Joe Maddon is not impressed with the Giants’ hiring of Tony Vitello.

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Should the Rangers sign Tyler Rogers to a three year, $27 million deal?

Back in August, I did a quick look at the Cardinals minor league system here, done after the 2025 trade deadline. That article attempted to capture all the new players the Cardinals had just brought in via trading and drafting and what impact they would have on prospect depth. It was a before-after comparison using a before-the-draft Fangraphs update and an MLB.com after-the-deadline update. At that time, I focused on the individual players acquired, more than the system as a whole. Based on what I was seeing, I surmised that the Cardinals had increased their system depth by a fair bit, primarily in the FV 40 and 40+ area. Now, Fangraphs has published a system-wide ranking across MLB shown here. As the title indicates, Fangraphs now ranks the Cardinals’ system #1 in all of baseball, using player valuations as the metric.

The biggest move the Chicago Cubs make this offseason might not involve a splashy free-agent signing or blockbuster trade – it could be locking down one of their own. According…