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Leandro Arias displayed a strong approach, little power in 2024

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Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images The 19-year-old switch-hitter rarely looked overmatched at the plate, but he failed to generate power at Delmarva or Aberdeen. It’s always difficult to project too far ahead with international free agents that sign as teenagers. The path to the big leagues is a long one, and a young player requires significant … [Read more...] about Leandro Arias displayed a strong approach, little power in 2024

Despite second-half swoon, Ryan O’Hearn remained a useful platoon player

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Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images O’Hearn capably crushed right-handed pitchers until enduring another late-season slump. Ryan O’Hearn is here to do two things: crush right-handed pitchers and chew bubble gum. And he’s all out of bubble gum. If there were any questions about O’Hearn’s staying power after his out-of-the-blue, breakout 2023 season, he silenced the skeptics … [Read more...] about Despite second-half swoon, Ryan O’Hearn remained a useful platoon player

Oliver mass shooting: Man charged with murder held without bail; attorney calls him ‘peacemaker’

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A Baltimore judge on Wednesday denied bail for a motorcycle club member accused of murder in a fatal fight that started over a parking spot. Eric Kibler, 43, of Hagerstown, is charged with first- and second-degree murder and related assault and firearms offenses in the Aug. 18 death of 36-year-old Anthony Martin, one of eight people shot in the Oliver neighborhood that … [Read more...] about Oliver mass shooting: Man charged with murder held without bail; attorney calls him ‘peacemaker’