Kevin Kleps
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Content marketing specialist; former assistant editor and sports business reporter @CrainsCleveland; dad, husband, fantasy football addict, coffee supporter
Painesville, Ohio
Joined March 2010
I’ve always wanted to do a Friday news dump, so here goes: Next week will be my last at Crain’s Cleveland. Leaving journalism is one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever made, but the timing, and opportunity, felt right. I’ll miss my colleagues a ton.
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Darius Garland being part salary dump, part traded for a 36-year-old ball stopper known for playoff disappointments is just … sad. Damn.
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Fantasy owners seeing the Kenneth Walker they hoped they were getting in the regular season …
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-- Bregman: 32 on 3/30; 5 years, $175M; 17 bWAR the last four years -- Bellinger: 31 on 7/13; 5-$162.5M; 12.8 bWAR last 4 -- Alonso: 31; 5-$155M; 13.6 bWAR last 4 -- Schwarber: 33 on 3/5; 5-$150M; 11.1 bWAR last 4 Jose Ramirez: 33; 7-$175M; 23.7 bWAR last 4 Cleveland legend.
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I was surprised at how much I missed not watching Mahomes in the playoffs. But now we have Caleb, who throws a 50-yard fadeaway in freezing cold with half the defense in his face.
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Stroud has been brutal, but throwing 26 times, and calling three passes on that last drive of the half, is idiotic.
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After a very lengthy review, we now determine it was a catch by Cooks and the Bills advance.
Jarrett Stidham is the starter.
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Cheap MLB owners when they realize that with a salary cap comes expectations to spend at least a certain amount.
Passan: Unless deal in place MLB is going to lock out in 2027. Owners want a salary cap. They look at all the other sports. They say why do they have it and we don’t? Salary cap would bring some semblance of competitive balance to the game. Players don’t want to limit earning
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*Four-week stretch *DK, not DO Other than that, I think I nailed it!
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This is quite the three-week stretch for DO Metcalf. Oooooffffff.
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The NFL and others made such a big deal about virtual measurements being introduced, but it’s still a virtual measurement of where an official (incorrectly) estimates that the ball is down.
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So I guess the lesson here is the Big Ten had the three best teams in the country: Indiana, Ohio State and Penn State.
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"The Guardians have needs. They also have a payroll that, even by their standards, should be considered embarrassingly low." Shawn Armstrong, a 35-year-old journeyman reliever, and Austin Hedges are tied for the fourth-highest salaries on the team. Great read by @ZackMeisel.
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Fret not, the Guards are simply waiting for Tucker’s asking price to drop to $25 million a year.
Notable Available #MLB Free Agents OF Kyle Tucker OF Cody Bellinger INF Bo Bichette 3B Alex Bregman SP Framber Valdez SP Ranger Suarez SP Zac Gallen https://t.co/Ty52pe9Hem
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As this was happening, the esteemed FanDuel Sports Network had a TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES graphic and it sounded like John Michael was announcing the game with a tin can and a string — complete with background noise!
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The John Harbaugh news brings an even bigger surprise: Sasha Brown is the Ravens’ president? BRB, gonna start a Twitter fight.
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Firing Stefanski and keeping Berry makes zero sense. Congrats on maybe, finally having one good draft.
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