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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (April 19-24): Korey LeeMitch Ransdell/South Side Sox What a difference a year makes Sure, we have yearly stalwarts like Eloy Jiménez winning these POTW mentions, and the occasional minor-leaguer done good like Chuckie Robinson. Pitchers get their due, with a start or two in a week that teases the imagination, like Michael Soroka or Garrett Crochet. And every so often, a real curveball of a winner is named, like...2024Read about Korey Lee breaking news today
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• Sunday feature: Victor Vodnik controls the moment, opposing hitters from Rockies bullpenIsaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The righty has started strong in 2024. Victor Vodnik, a second-year reliever for the Colorado Rockies, has quickly learned how to control the moment. With that approach, the right-hander has started the 2024 season by hurling 12.1 scoreless innings—the longest active scoreless streak among MLB relievers and third longest active streak in the Majors—enteri...2024Check it out Victor Vodnik breaking news
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• Bits and Pieces, April 10, 2024
♦ As we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s breaking the all-time home run record, I’m kind of surprised he hadn’t already had a stamp issued in his honor. ♦ Emily Nemens, author of The Cactus League: A Novel, wrote “On the All-But-Invisible Role of Interpreters, in Literature and in Baseball” for Lithub.com. I […]...2024See more articles Hank Aaron rumors
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• Cub Tracks’ Yu who?Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Javier Assad ran out of gas and a Tatis tater ruined the night. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheate...2024Visit the page Cub Tracks news today
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1 Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season: Frank Mozzicato’s 2023 season can be broken into two parts: Before the collision and after the collision... On June 2, a day after Mozzicato struck out 10 in five innings for the Fireflies, he was in shallow center field during battin...2024See also Anne Rogers breaking news today
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season PreviewUniversal No. 1 White Sox prospect Colson Montgomery will start 2024 with a promotion to Triple-A Charlotte, and a clear path to the majors. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A look at top-prospect shortstop Colson Montgomery and other major league hopefuls who start 2024 at the doorstep of The Show For a White Sox team that lost 101 games last season, at first glance it may seem li...2024See more articles Charlotte Knights rumors
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Cactus League injury and suspension
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (April 19-24): Korey Lee
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• Cub Tracks’ Yu who?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
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• Braves select contract of Jesse Chavez, place Angel Perdomo on injured listPhoto by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The addition of Jesse Chavez sets the Braves’ 26-man roster for Opening Day. The Atlanta Braves finalized their Opening Day roster with a pair of moves Thursday. The team selected the contract of reliever Jesse Chavez adding him to the 40-man roster. The Braves also placed left-handed reliever Angel Perdomo on the 15-day injured list...2024Continue with Jesse Chavez availability report
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring TrainingIsaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 28, 2024 It’s been a long March. The month is typically reserved for hope and optimism for baseball fans as the air fills the sound of cleats on dirt and the crack of wooden bats as winter thaws into spring in MLB camps around Arizona and Florida. However, this year has been much less satisfying for not...2024Check it out Spring Training availability report
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024, writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in hopes of ...2024Read about MLB Photos injury update
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• Garrett Mitchell fractures hand, will open season on injured listMichael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports An unfortunate turn of events in what looked to be a promising season for the outfielder This morning, Curt Hogg shared that Garrett Mitchell was slated to get an X-ray due to swelling in his hand that hadn’t gone down since getting jammed during yesterday’s game. Unfortunately, Pat Murphy shared the results of that X-ray with reporters after the game: Mitc...2024See also Garrett Mitchell
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• Cardinals 6, Cubs 3: Seiya Suzuki is ready for the seasonPhoto by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Cubs outfielder smacked two homers Monday. Spring Training results don’t mean much. This, we all know. Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki sure wishes they did, though. He hit two homers and likely finished his spring season with six of them and a 1.593 OPS. This is how he was hitting in August and September last year and we sure hope it carries over. If ...2024Click for news about Seiya Suzuki injury
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• Brewers bats keep it rolling against RockiesRick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports But news of Garrett Mitchell’s hand injury overshadows good day Box Score A day after putting up 14 runs on the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Brewers offense continued to look ready for the regular season as they defeated the Colorado Rockies 10-1. But the win was overshadowed by news from manager Pat Murphy, who told reporters after the game that Garrett Mitchell...2024Read about Rick Scuteri injuries
Cactus League lifestyle
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training gamesJen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues. Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff. Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has bee...2024See also Spring Training
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• A visitor’s guide to 2024 Arizona spring trainingPhoto by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Everything you need to know if you’re headed to the Valley of the Sun for baseball (and other entertainment!) this spring. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — 2024 will be my 35th spring training and as a veteran of going to spring games as well as other places in the Phoenix area, I thought I’d post some helpful hints for those of you venturing to the Valley of the S...2024Read about Ross Kinnaird
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• Cub Tracks’ Open Season
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. It’s here! Opening Day at Wrigley! Play Ball! Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight f...2023Visit the page Cub Tracks
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• Major League Baseball’s 2023 early season schedule is a mess — and there will be repercussions
Outside the Wrigley Field bleachers on April 14, 2019, when the Cubs and Angels were snowed out | David Sameshima The Cubs are just one of several cold-weather city teams who have a bad early schedule, and this was totally avoidable. The photo above shows you the type of weather we often have in Chicago in April. Yes, snow, and it happens more frequently than anyone would want. That one’s ...2023Click for news about Wrigley Field
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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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Timeline
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"He appeared in seven games in the Cactus League where he allowed 12 hits and nine runs in just seven innings of work." - 2023
"Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League." - 2022
"Rodriguez obliterated Cactus League…" - 2021
"Leaders of all eight Cactus League cities sent a letter to Major League Baseball saying it would be "wise" to delay the start of spring training due to the high rate of COVID-19 infections in Maricopa County." - 2020
"Canning felt something abnormal during yesterday’s Cactus League outing, per Maddon, who acknowledged some organizational concern…" - 2019
"With Cactus League play about a month away, beat reporter Ken Gurnick answers questions from Dodgers fans." - 2018
"All 30 MLB teams will wear Stoneman Douglas High School caps during their workout and pregame -- with an option to wear the school hats in-game -- before their Grapefruit League and Cactus League openers." - 2017
"A pair of three-run outbursts by the Dodgers, including Joc Pederson's fifth-inning homer, helped them overcome Jarrett Parker's four RBIs for San Francisco in Los Angeles' 7-6 Cactus League triumph Wednesday." - 2016
"Cy Young winners Jake Arrieta and Corey Kluber did not disappoint in their Cactus League matchup Wednesday, a 5-3 Indians victory over the Cubs." - 2015
"A's switch-pitcher Pat Venditte introduced himself to the Cactus League on Tuesday, recording two outs against the Giants -- one with each arm -- as fans, and even teammates, ooed and aahed."
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Cactus League trade rumors, contract, salary rumors
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• Sunday feature: Victor Vodnik controls the moment, opposing hitters from Rockies bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
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• Braves select contract of Jesse Chavez, place Angel Perdomo on injured list
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in TexasPhoto by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024Visit the page Houston Astros
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• Braves sign Jesse Chavez to minor league dealPhoto by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chavez returns to the Braves after being let go by the White Sox. The Atlanta Braves announced Monday that they have signed veteran reliever Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal and have added him to their spring roster. Chavez opted out of his contract with the White Sox over the weekend. The #Braves today signed RHP Jesse Chavez to a ...2024See also Jesse Chavez
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• Gamethread: White Sox at RockiesErick Fedde will make his fourth appearance of the spring with his start this afternoon. | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Last Sunday in Arizona before heading home Happy Sunday, Sox fans! Guaranteed Rate Field pic.twitter.com/nc0CEsveMq— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) March 24, 2024 Even though I'm not anxiously counting down like I have in past seasons, Opening Day is now only ...2024Continue with White Sox salary
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• White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. CaliforniaHero of the game: Dominic Fletcher | John E. Moore III/Getty Images You win some, you lose some The White Sox split their split-squad day on Friday, losing to the Angels, 2-0, and stomping the A’s, 8-2. The first game started at 3:05 p.m. CT against the Angels. If you happened to be in California or have MLBtv, you could catch the game. The second game against the Athletics was only avai...2024Read about White Sox trade rumors
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024Continue with Gene Wang contract
Cactus League stats and results
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024
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• Garrett Mitchell fractures hand, will open season on injured list
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• Cardinals 6, Cubs 3: Seiya Suzuki is ready for the season
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• Mariners sail by White Sox, 8-2Another awful spring game for Chicago | itch.io But, hey, forget the third inning and it was a tie This probably wasn’t the way Nick Nastrini planned his final audition to go for a spot in the White Sox starting rotation. However, both the radio team and listeners polled think he’ll get the job anyway because, well, the alternative is pretty much handing a mitt and a rosin bag to a random ...2024Read about White Sox scores
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• A few notes on Cubs Opening Day roster choicesPhoto by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images We’re a bit closer to learning the roster to begin the 2024 season. Opening Day 2024 for the Cubs against the Texas Rangers is now just five days away. Friday, we got some further clarity on some roster spots that had been up in the air. Dominic Smith has opted out of his Cubs deal According to sources, the 28-year-old Smith opted out of his Minor Leagu...2024See more Texas Rangers statistics
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• White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• White Sox 3, Royals 3: Twinsies!Andrew Benintendi with the clutch hit. Will he make his big contract worth it this season? | John E. Moore III/Getty Images Well, we wanted to be just like Kansas City after all The best part of this game was when Kansas City Royals announcer Ryan Lefebvre roasted the White Sox franchise on the radio broadcast with the following observation, “Doesn’t it feel like the Royals opened a bran...2024Read about White Sox stats
Cactus League parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend
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• Sunday feature: Victor Vodnik controls the moment, opposing hitters from Rockies bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
2024See more articles Anne Rogers
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Friday Rockpile: A familiar face appears to be headed back to the Rockies leadoff spotPhoto by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 15, 2024 Opening Day is coming. In less than two weeks, the Rockies will open the 2024 season when they take on the Diamondbacks in Arizona on March 28. In what’s becoming a perennial quandary, the question once more arises: Who is the best option for leadoff hitter for the Colorado Rock...2024Visit the page Colorado Rockies
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• Gamethread: White Sox at BrewersKBO superstar Erick Fedde has had a solid spring. | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Another soundless, faceless spring contest Happy Wednesday, everyone! We have an AL/NL Central showdown as the White Sox take on the Brewers at American Family Fields of Phoenix at 3:05 p.m. Wow, that’s a mouthful. Don’t try to say that too fast; you might accidentally let a curse word slip. Today, we le...2024See more articles White Sox
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• Spring Training Game Thread #19: Milwaukee (7-10) @ Chicago Cubs (9-7)Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Brewers take on division rival in Cactus League clash The Brewers take on the Chicago Cubs tonight for the second time this spring. After a three-game losing streak, Milwaukee will look to build some momentum with the regular season just over two weeks away. Colin Rea will lead the way on the mound with a lineup featuring Garrett Mitchell, William Contreras, ...2024Continue with Spring Training
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 8, 2024We have an Alec Marsh quote below to go along with this picture | Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images A jam packed Rumblings Jaylon Thompson (The Star, of course) is writing about MLB and their new Spring Breakout games. The short version is that MLB is having a set of games in a couple of weeks with only prospects: The Royals prospects will play top prospects from the Milwaukee Brewers’...2024Check it out Alec Marsh
Top Cactus League news
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• Venditte shows off switch-pitching skills in spring opener
2015
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• Where there's a Will: Ferrell's foul ball steals the show
Will Ferrell, making a 10-team tour through the Cactus League for charity on Thursday, arrived at the White Sox-Giants game via a helicopter that landed in center field and DH'd for Chicago in the ninth, fouling off a 92-mph fastball and generating a roar from the crowd, before striking out and being "traded" to San Francisco mid-inning....2015See also Will Ferrell
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• Kluber, Arrieta sparkle in Tribe win
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• Actor Ferrell to play 9 positions in spring games
Comedian/actor Will Ferrell plans to play all nine positions during Cactus League games Thursday, according to a report by USA Today....2015See more articles Will Ferrell
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• Bumgarner allows two runs in two innings vs. Padres
Wil Myers and Will Middlebrooks, two of San Diego's key offseason acquisitions, distinguished themselves offensively Saturday as the Padres held on for a 7-6 Cactus League victory over the Giants. San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner surrendered two runs, on Cory Spangenberg's second-inning single, and four hits in two innings...2015Check it out Wil Myers
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• Panik, Duffy lead Giants' big day on offense
Emerging from a spring hitting hiatus, Joe Panik went 3-for-3 and scored three runs Sunday to help the Giants defeat a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad, 11-9, in a Cactus League game....2015See also Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Cubs get pop from Russell, fine 'D' from Ross
Addison Russell belted a two-run homer with two outs in the fourth inning Friday to lift the Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the Angels at Sloan Park in front of 15,446, which set a single-game Cactus League record....2016Check it out Sloan Park
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• Cain turns in solid spring debut in draw with Dodgers
The first matchup of the Cactus League season between the Dodgers and Giants settled into a 5-5 tie and set the stage for what figures to be a wild battle between the National League West rivals this season....2015
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Cactus League fantasy rankings and news
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2024
Daulton Varsho, OF (TOR) Varsho hit his first home run of the spring on Tuesday, which would seem disappointing if not for his 3/8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and six spring stolen bases. Varsho's numbers declined in his first season in Toronto, but he did exhibit better plate discipline and above-average speed. That only led to 16 stolen bases, but based on the results in the Grapefruit League, it's ...2024Continue with Daulton Varsho
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024Read about Edward Cabrera
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• Getting Closer to When It Counts- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 10, 2024
We're now less than three weeks away from Opening Day (less than two weeks away from the Seoul opener for the Dodgers and Padres.) Rosters are taking shape. Injuries are projecting into impact on the season. Time is getting shorter for remaining free agents to sign and get enough work to be ready for the start of the season. As drafts are taking place it's critical to keep up to date with the Draf...2024See more Blake Snell
Cactus League schedule, game
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (April 19-24): Korey Lee
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• Sunday feature: Victor Vodnik controls the moment, opposing hitters from Rockies bullpen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 5, 2024
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 1 thread: Kyle Freeland vs Zac GallenPhoto by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post It’s Opening Day! The Colorado Rockies quest to rebound from a franchise rock-bottom 2023 season where they lost 103 games. It will be a challenging start to their climb towards respectability in 2024 as they will face off against the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks to being the new campaign. Kyle Freeland will get the ball o...2024Continue with Colorado Rockies
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024
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• Garrett Mitchell fractures hand, will open season on injured list
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• Cardinals 6, Cubs 3: Seiya Suzuki is ready for the season
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• Rangers plan to start Seager, Jung on opening dayWorld Series MVP Corey Seager and All-Star third baseman Josh Jung are expected to be in the lineup for the Texas Rangers on opening day Thursday, even after both played in only one Cactus League game before the team broke camp from Arizona....2024Check it out World Series
Cactus League rumors, scandals
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Brewers
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• Getting Closer to When It Counts- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 10, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 29, 2024Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Happy leap day! Michael Wacha reigned the zone in his spring debut: His own criticism aside, Wacha looked the part in the small sample Tuesday, pounding the strike zone and using all his pitches to get ahead of the three batters he faced. The velocity was there, with his fastball in the low-to-mid 90s, and his changeup continued to throw hitters’ timing off....2024See more articles Michael Wacha whispers
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• BCB After Dark: Looking sharp?Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you what you think of the new Cubs spring training caps. It’s great to see you here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and get out of the cold. The fellowship is warm in here. I think we even have a fireplace. Let us t...2024Check it out Matt Dirksen rumors
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• A visitor’s guide to 2024 Arizona spring training
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 28-August 3): Jesse ScholtensMitch Ransdell/South Side Sox The late-blooming rookie helps the White Sox limp (crawl?) through the dog days of summer with a pair of solid starts Jesse Scholtens’ South Side debut last April didn’t generate much of a buzz, but his recent pitching starts certainly have. After the trade deadline left the White Sox rotation as hollow as Rick Hahn’s head, Scholtens got his chance to shine ...2023See also Jesse Scholtens buzz
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