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Not long ago, Ricky Tiedemann didn’t need to prove anything. For three straight years, he was the arm in the Toronto Blue Jays’ system — the name scouts circled, the future rotation spot that felt reserved before it was ever earned. Baseball America labeled him Toronto’s No. 1 prospect repeatedly, and few argued. He wasn’t just promising. He felt inevitable. That certainty is gone. As the Blue Jays approach ... Read more

Not long ago, Ricky Tiedemann didn’t need to prove anything. For three straight years, he was the arm in the Toronto Blue Jays’ system — the name scouts circled, the future rotation spot that felt reserved before it was ever earned. Baseball America labeled him Toronto’s No. 1 prospect repeatedly, and few argued. He wasn’t just promising. He felt inevitable. That certainty is gone. As the Blue Jays approach ... Read more

It didn’t come with a press conference or a dramatic leak. Just a report, dropped quietly, at a moment when most front offices were already knee-deep in draft prep. The Minnesota Vikings fired general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah—and in doing so, unintentionally reopened a debate many thought was settled years ago. Because this wasn’t just a Vikings story. It was a mirror. Not long ago, the prevailing wisdom around ... Read more

For years, the Chicago Bears were told they chose wrong. When the franchise hired Ryan Poles as general manager, the noise was immediate and loud. Across the division, Minnesota had landed Kwesi Adofo-Mensah—the analytically minded executive hailed as the future of NFL front offices. Chicago, critics argued, had passed on innovation for familiarity. Data for instinct. Vision for comfort. That narrative aged ... Read more

There are rebuilds that announce themselves loudly—and then there are the quieter ones, the kind that begin with subtle shifts, unfinished sentences, and questions no one wants to answer yet. The Las Vegas Raiders may be standing at the edge of the second kind. With a new regime in place, the Silver and Black are staring down an offseason that will shape far more than their 2026 roster. Cap flexibility, draft ... Read more