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Baker Mayfield is not hiding how he feels. The Buccaneers quarterback went on record saying he felt disrespected a little bit after Tampa Bay failed to get a deal done before his self-imposed training camp deadline. Mayfield set the tone publicly, and now the pressure is squarely on the front office.
Shifting to baseball, the Minnesota Twins are facing a real fork in the road with catcher Ryan Jeffers. Both the Yankees and the Rays have shown serious interest, and Minnesota has to weigh what Jeffers is worth to a contender versus what he means to their own rebuild. This one could move fast as the deadline approaches.
And in Washington, the Nationals are getting a trade update on shortstop CJ Abrams, but not the one they were expecting. Aggressive contenders are reportedly driving the conversation in a direction that may surprise the front office. Washington built around Abrams as a cornerstone, but when the market starts talking loudly, even cornerstones get re-evaluated.
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