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Happy Thursday everyone! Here's what you may have missed recently:
- Danny Hultzen (remember him?) appears to be making good progress towards returning to action.
- Bob Dutton wonders if D.J. Peterson will have a shot to make the club out of Spring Training.
- Ryan Divish posts the contract statuses for all Mariners for 2015.
- Shannon Drayer records and transcribes the Jack Zdurencik and Lloyd McClendon end-of-the-season press conference. Make sure to check it out if you haven't already done so.
- Larry Stone at The Seattle Times argues that it's time for the Mariners to be aggressive.
- Michael Young could be joining the Rangers in a front office role.
- Adam Dunn is planning to retire.
- Lyle Overbay is also likely to retire.
- Minor League Ball provides a list of all the teams who have changed their minor league affiliations.
- Derek Jeter has launched a new website.
- The Yankees are currently working on ironing out an extension for General Manager Brian Cashman.
- Could Manny Ramirez be earning himself a job as a major league assistant hitting coach?
- Theo Epstein appears to be pretty optimistic about the Cubs in 2015.
- Grant Brisbee re-evaluates the James Shields trade now that the Royals are squarely in the playoffs.
- Carson Cistulli at Fangraphs briefly talks about Brandon Finnegan, the 2014 draftee who is already pitching in the major league postseason.
- Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs lists the most absurd swings on 3-0 counts in 2014.
- August Fagerstrom of Let's Go Tribe compares Corey Kluber's masterful season to other pitchers' seasons from history.
- MLB will test some new pace-of-game rules in Arizona Fall League games this year. It's pretty interesting.
- For those of you who caught the Royals/couple and the puppy thing during the Wild Card game, here's the full story behind it.
- It's good to know the Kansas City Police Department is always looking out for people.