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Minor League Ball Gameday, Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Rockies rookie Tom Murphy goes down with injury and other reading items from around MLB

Colorado Rockies Photo Day Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion thread for Tuesday, March 14th. Here are some items worthy of your consideration as you take time off your work day to sneak in some baseball reading while your boss is not looking over your shoulder.

****MLB Spring Training Scoreboard

****World Baseball Classic Scoreboard

****Colorado Rockies rookie catcher Tom Murphy will miss four to six weeks with a forearm fracture.

****At Beyond the Boxscore, Anthony Rescan does his best to get New York Mets rookie Robert Gsellman more attention.

****Fred Zinke at MLB.com looks at ten injured MLB players who could be worth a fantasy investment.

****At Beyond the Boxscore, Henry Druschel examines the youngest teams in Major League Baseball.

****Viva El Birdos has a nice article on St. Louis Cardinals prospect Junior Fernandez.

****At Fangraphs, Dave Cameron tells us what Statcast catch probabilities tell us about Miguel Sano playing outfield for the Minnesota Twins. Teaser: the answer is not what you think.

****At The Hardball Times, Mike Podhorzer looks at the fantasy implications of the decline of speed in MLB.