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While the Yankees have been relatively silent at baseball's Winter Meetings in San Diego, and the Mets only real move has been re-signing reliever Scott Rice, the Los Angeles Dodgers are apparently turning over their entire roster. On Wedneday, the Dodgers completed three deals -- and are nearly set on a fourth that would send talented but oft-injured superstar Matt Kemp to the Padres...

The Tri-City ValleyCats released their 2015 regular season schedule on Thursday afternoon. After a very successful 2014 that saw the 'Cats make it to the New York-Penn League Championship series, the 'Cats open up the 2015 slate with a six-game road trip at the Connecticut Tigers and Brooklyn Cyclones...

After going 48-28 in the regular season and earning the No. 1 seed in the New York-Penn League playoffs, the Tri-City ValleyCats could not capture their second consecutive league title, falling, 11-2, to the State College Spikes on Tuesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium...

The Tri-City ValleyCats forced a deciding Game 3 in the New York-Penn League Championship Series after beating the State College Spikes in Game 2 on Monday night at Joe Bruno Stadium. One night after being shut out in State College, Tri-City ace Joe Musgrove was dominant, throwing seven scoreless innings in the 3-0 ValleyCats win...

It took 11 innings, but the Tri-City ValleyCats earned a hard-fought, 3-2 win in Game 1 of the New York-Penn League semifinals on Wednesday against the Connecticut Tigers. The eventual game-winning run scored on an Alfredo Gonzalez sacrifice fly in the top half of the 11th...

It took a little while, but the Tri-City ValleyCats finally got to pop the celebratory bottles on Thursday night at Joe Bruno Stadium, beating the Brooklyn Cyclones, 4-3, to win the Stedler Division outright. Despite clinching the division title on Monday, the 'Cats had not officially won the league outright, because they could have finished tied with Connecticut...

Despite clinching the division (in a loss) on Monday night, the Tri-City ValleyCats have hit a rough skid in the regular season's final two weeks. After a 2-1 loss on Tuesday to the Vermont Lake Monsters, the 'Cats have lost three straight games and six of their last seven...

Despite suffering a 5-2 loss and being outhit 13-5 by the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Tri-City ValleyCats clinched the Stedler Division crown for the third straight year on Monday at Joe Bruno Stadium. The 'Cats needed a win or a Connecticut loss and they got the latter, with the Tigers falling to the Lowell Spinners...

After having the best record in the New York-Penn League heading into the all-star break, the Tri-City ValleyCats have dropped their first two games out of the break, losing to Vermont on Thursday by a score of 4-2. That loss comes on the heels of a 3-1 loss on Wednesday...

Nick Tanielu, Tri-City ValleyCats third baseman and the Astros 2014 14th-round draft pick, earned MVP at the New York-Penn League All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Brooklyn. Tanielu, a right-handed hitter with good power, was 3-3 on the night...

The Tri-City ValleyCats own the best record in the New York-Penn League as the teams break for the league all-star game, to be played Tuesday in Brooklyn. The Cats (42-21) will send four players (OF Derek Fisher, IF Nick Tanielu, C Jamie Ritchie and P Ryan Thompson) to the all-star game...

The Tri-City ValleyCats got one of their best pitching performances of the season on Thursday night in a win over the Hudson Valley Renegades. Turns out they didn’t need it in the end, as the ‘Cats exploded for six runs in the seventh and eighth innings to turn a 0-0 nail biter into an easy 6-0 win...