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• Twins 10, White Sox 5: Minnesota clubbed their way to another sweep

Tommy Pham slams his first bomb of the season | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Bad defense and a horrific bullpen were the death knell as Chicago continues to crash and burn Veterans Robbie Grossman and Tommy Pham tried their best to be the heroes we needed in this getaway day contest. And yet, another poor showing by the bullpen and more sloppy defense from the Sox ruined a decent en...2024
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• Gamethread: Twins at White Sox

Chris Flexen looking for his second W | Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports Can Chicago stop Minnesota’s surge? It’s another game, another Hump Day! Speaking of humps, can the White Sox hurdle the Minnesota Twins and break up their nine-game winning streak? The answer is likely no, as the South Siders will probably blow another late lead and head into the weekend series on another losing skid...2024
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• The Twins Have Manifested Their Catching Tandem Dream
The Minnesota Twins have pulled themselves back into the AL Central race. Offensive production, key starters returning, and clutch performances from the bullpen were some of the key contributors to rattling off nine straight wins. But another reason for the team’s recent success has gone overlooked. The Twins can boast one of the top catching duos in baseball....2024
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• The Chicago Pham Sox fail to break Minnesota’s streak

Tommy Pham is no longer a lucky charm for the White Sox. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images The South Siders fall to the Twins, 6-5, despite a persistent fight Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends. It finally feels like good baseball is back for White Sox, even if the resurrection of the offense was a little late to start and helped fuel tonight’s 6-5 loss. The South Siders came into tonight’s game...2024
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• Gamethread: Twins at White Sox

Break the streak! | David Berding/Getty Images Soroka and the South Siders attempt to stop the Twins’ hot streak Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy Michael John Graydon Soroka day. It’s a beautiful day for baseball in Chicago, as the White Sox look to snap the Twins’ eight-game winning streak tonight on the South Side. When the Minnesota comes to town, fans feel an oppressive da...2024
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• Hey, Nike and MLB! While you’re at it, give us the old All-Star Game uniform look

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Putting the All-Star players all in the same uniform is a bad idea. Yesterday, I wrote here about the memo being circulated by the MLB Players Association that says Nike and MLB will be fixing many of the issues that came up this spring with new uniforms. So, that’s good. Today, I want to call your attention to this article by Tyler Kepner...2024
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• Twins 10, White Sox 5: Minnesota clubbed their way to another sweep
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli tries his best to sound sane during a press conference where he reveals the team’s good-luck charm is a wrapped summer sausage. The latest on news around baseball includes Seattle’s latest surge, top pitching performances, and ... a White Sox sweep? While it hasn’t been too long since our previous update, BOY has a lot happened over the last week. Jo...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 29

Photo by Jerry Wachter/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Dawson hits for the cycle; a no-hitter and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narr...2024
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• Looking at the Royals’ AL Central competition

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Four teams still ostensibly have a shot, but are all of them actually contenders? The White Sox are clearly not going to win much of anything this season, but there are reasons to believe that all four of the other teams have a shot at the division. I wanted to take a deeper look at each team and see who I believe will really be in the hunt and...2024
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins

Erick Fedde stuck out a career-high 11 and the White Sox offense delivered. Then, the ninth inning came. | Matt Krohn/Getty Images A record-breaking start can’t stop the losing. Plus, things that would get me to enjoy the worst White Sox team in history Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy birthday to hypothetical slugger Gavin Sheets. We’ve got a lot to unpack today, so I’ll open ...2024
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• Louie Varland Is Stealing From deGrom’s Arsenal. So Why Isn’t He Getting Outs?

The Minnesota Twins haven’t lived up to preseason expectations. There were some concerns entering the season, primarily injuries to Jhoan Duran and Anthony DeSclafani and ownership’s decision to replace Sonny Gray and Kenta Maeda internally. Still, ZIPS projected Minnesota to win the AL Central. The lineup has been something of a nightmare. The Twins have a league-worst 0....2024
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• Twins' Kepler off injured list after knee injury

The Minnesota Twins reinstated outfielder Max Kepler from the 10-day injured list Monday....2024
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 44 — Minnesota Twins

Chrystal and Ben chat about the bottom-dwellers of the AL Central The delightful Ben Jones of our sister site Twinkie Town joins the show to discuss the Minnesota Twins. Sitting just above the White Sox, the Twins are also riddled with injury and only rearranged their roster, aside from parting ways with Sonny Gray and Jorge Polanco in the offseason. But with heartthrobs like Joe Ryan pitching and...2024
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• What they’re saying about Wells’ injury and Orioles’ 11-3 rout of Twins

BALTIMORE—What happened? Just before gametime, the Orioles placed right-hander Tyler Wells on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to April 13th, because of right elbow inflammation. Wells, who was scheduled to start Wednesday’s afternoon game against the Minnesota Twins, was 0-2 with a 5.87 earned-run average. The injury leaves the Orioles searching for another starter with […]...2024
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• What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, Mar...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 16

MLB History 1900 - Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stockings. 1907 - The Detroit Tigers agree to trade Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in a deal for Elmer Flick but Cleveland’...2024
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• Weird but true: Remembering when two Devil Rays pitchers were shot in 2002

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images A look back at two tragic events from 2002. During the early morning hours of a Summer day in Charleston, South Carolina, police were called after a shooting where a 24 year old man had been shot twice in what was later deemed as a random act of violence. A few months later, also in the early morning hours, police responded to a shooting in Raleigh, North C...2024
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• Miguel Sano spotted with brace on foot, may wear it up to 10 days
Miguel Sano was spotted entering the Minnesota Twins’ clubhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., sporting a walking brace on his right foot, and the Star Tribune’s La Velle E. Neal reports it could be between seven and 10 days before the slugger is able to shed it. Sano suffered a laceration on his lower right leg while celebrating his hometown winter league team’s Dominican championship back on Jan. 23, and ...2019
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• Brand Name Ambition: Astros' Carlos Correa Focuses on Baseball and a Lot More
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Minnesota Twins' Hrbek's Pub Introduces Bloody Mary Topped with Pizza Slice
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"They are baseball's first 0-9 team since both the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins did it in 2016"

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"Star shortstop Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins are finalizing a six-year, $200 million contract, pending a physical, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Cavan Biggio hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and Whit Merrifield scored on an overturned call to lead the visiting Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins Sunday."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays acquired slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in a four-player trade."

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"Josh Donaldson, Minnesota Twins agree to four-year deal, report says"

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"The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed relievers Tyler Clippard and Sergio Romo, the team announced."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays have traded starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league infielder Jermaine Palacios."

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"The San Francisco Giants activated their dormant offense Sunday and scored four seventh-inning runs to surge past the Minnesota Twins, 13-8, avoiding a three-game series sweep."

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"The San Francisco Giants acquired infielder Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night in exchange for Minor League pitching prospect Adalberto Mejia."

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"Alex Rodriguez is on the verge of turning 40 years old, but that didn't stop the New York Yankees third baseman from turning back the clock in an 8-5 win Saturday night against the Minnesota Twins."

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"Torii Hunter, the 16-year veteran free-agent outfielder, is returning to his roots with the Minnesota Twins."

• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Remembering Dave McCarty

Dave McCarty wouldn’t give up on his big league dreams. David McCarty, who fashioned an 11-year major league career with seven teams, passed away on April 19. McCarty grew up in Houston and played collegiately at Stanford where he was named Baseball America College Player of the Year in 1991 after hitting .420 with 24 home runs. The Minnesota Twins took him with the third overall pick of the draft...2024
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• Should Jeffers and Vazquez Be Splitting Time Behind the Plate?
In 2023, the Minnesota Twins only used two catchers for the entire season for the first time since 1979. Christian Vázquez signed a three-year, $30 million contract in the previous offseason, indicating that he’d be Minnesota’s starting catcher. But he struggled offensively....2024
• Albert Suárez gets call to start for Orioles against Twins

BALTIMORE—The Orioles chose 34-year-old right-hander Albert Suárez to replace Tyler Wells for Wednesday afternoon’s start against the Minnesota Twins. They selected Suárez’s contract from Triple-A Norfolk. It will be Suárez’s first major league game since September 26th, 2017 for the San Francisco Giants, and his first start since September 23rd, 2016, also for San Francisco. […]...2024
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• Can Austin Martin Become the New Nick Gordon?
When the Minnesota Twins traded Austin Martin a few years ago, they believed he would be a star. The fifth overall pick in the 2020 draft, Martin was the centerpiece of the deal that sent José Berríos to the Toronto Blue Jays, but his career hasn’t gone as expected. Martin has cracked the big leagues just over two years since the trade....2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider surgery, Yuli Gurriel added for depth and more

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Braves are going to have to find a way to overcome the loss of Spencer Strider. We knew that situation with Spencer Strider was going to be bad news, but that didn’t make it sting any less. The Atlanta Braves announced that Strider underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Friday and will miss the remainder of the ...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves began the road trip on a high note after defeating the Miami Marlins 8-1. Max Fried got the start and appeared to be in midseason form, as he tossed 6.1 frames. He gave up just one run on four hits, struck out four, and surrendered a base on balls. ▪️6.1 innings▪️1 run allowed▪️1 walk▪️4 strikeout...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Ryan McMahon’s swing mechanics are yielding good omens

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Since being drafted in the second round out of high school by the Colorado Rockies in 2013, we’ve heard a lot about the potential of Ryan McMahon. While his glove has turned into one of the best in all of baseball at third base, the bat was always supposed to be his calling card. His power...2024
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López sharp in win over Mets, Allan Winans, and more

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves were able to hang on in a wild one and defeat the New York Mets 6-5 on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Reynaldo López earned the start, making his home debut. López tossed six innings of scoreless baseball. He surrendered three hits, walked three, and fanned six. Solid home debut...2024
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• The Chicago Pham Sox fail to break Minnesota’s streak
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Gamethread: Twins at White Sox

Joe Ryan has a hard time getting Andrew Bennintendi out when they face off. | Griffin Quinn/Getty Images How long will the winning last? The White Sox won the World Series over the weekend. Actually, they just swept the Tampa Bay Rays, in shocking fashion. The Florida team was so embarrassed they had to distract everyone with new City Connects today. Behold the bold Daring individuali...2024
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• Looking at the Royals’ AL Central competition
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Bird App Recap: Goose Eggs

Your 2024 Chicago White Sox, making baseball history with every shutout ... Hello friends, and welcome to another Bird App Recap! The last time I tweet-capped Pale Hose happenings on a baseball diamond, the plucky South Siders bravely faced major league competition for the very first time in the young 2024 season. Too bad the White Sox failed to field a major league-quality squad on Day one, and ...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Ryan McMahon’s swing mechanics are yielding good omens
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• Hey, Nike and MLB! While you’re at it, give us the old All-Star Game uniform look
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Twins 6, White Sox 3: Losing ugly

Korey Lee has earned the full-time backstop spot | David Berding/Getty Images Eight straight losses at Target Field for Chicago; South Siders on pace for just 20 wins in 2024 Whew, friends. This season has been UGLY. Honestly, my brain is a bit overloaded with abysmal baseball, and I’m running out of different ways to say, “Man, this team stinks!” Yet, here we are again — another evening ...2024
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Bird App Recap: Goose Eggs
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• Remembering Dave McCarty
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• How Can the Twins Rediscover Their Positive Vibes From Last Year?
The vibes were immaculate at Target Field last fall. The Minnesota Twins had won a playoff game and a playoff series and had taken the Houston Astros to four games in the ALDS. They created a new wave of fans, and the team took momentum into the offseason. It seemed like it would take a lot to kill the good feelings from Minnesota’s most successful season in over 20 years....2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2

Kansas City’s hot start has it at holding the top run differential in the league and just barely behind the Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central lead. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Strikeouts for days, Yankees continue their reign, and the AL Central has two teams in the top five — just like we expected It’s just the second week of the season, but teams are already battling hard for divisi...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends ...

Instead of watching Jake Burger launch bombs for the White Sox, we are forced to view from afar. Thanks, Kenny! | Brennan Asplen/Getty Images Because it’s certainly more fun than what we’re watching now Hey there, fellow White Sox fans! I’m excited to introduce a new feature this season where I’ll update you on how one of our favorite former players is faring with his new team. Not just ...2024
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• OF Hunter returning to Twins on 1-year deal
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits 3 Home Runs vs. Twins: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Torii Hunter Retires: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits Grand Slam vs. Twins, Record 25th All-Time
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• Twins' Eddie Rosario Homers on 1st Pitch in 1st Career At-Bat, Family Goes Wild
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• Giants land All-Star Nunez in deal with Twins
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• David Ortiz Records 500th Home Run: Highlights and Reaction
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• Mike Trout Launches Grand Slam Deep to CF Against Minnesota Twins
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Jose Miranda, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
So, I gave you a Jose Miranda 2022 fantasy post kinda already, when I told you how much I liked him towards the tail-end of last year, while thinking he was about to be promoted. Ended up I got goosed, and Miranda got service time jag-offed and wasn't brought up. I didn't tell you everything, so we're back. What I did say, "Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: ...2021
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• Miranda Has The Right To Remain Buylent
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: Minnesota Twins prospect. The sun sets through the West Village window, as clickety-clack from Carrie's word processor is heard. She reads the words out loud as they make their way onto her 64-bit screen,...2021
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• Cody Bellinger's fantasy baseball stock just keeps on rising
Cody Bellinger is living the life right about now. Not only are the Los Angeles Dodgers sporting an 8-3 record with baseball’s second-best run differential (+35) heading into Tuesday night, but there are also only three hitters with a better wRC+ than Bellinger’s 266 mark (Mike Trout, Tim Anderson and Tim Beckham). As if that wasn’t enough, the reigning National League Player of the Week is tied f...2019
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• Jose Altuve's Career Year Makes 2016 AL MVP Award His to Lose
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• What Is James Shields Truly Worth in Today's MLB Pitching Market?
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• The Twins Have Manifested Their Catching Tandem Dream
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• The Chicago Pham Sox fail to break Minnesota’s streak
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• Hey, Nike and MLB! While you’re at it, give us the old All-Star Game uniform look
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 29
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 45 — Minnesota Twins

Chrystal and Brandon chat about the upcoming series in Chicago No, you’re not experiencing déjà vu. The White Sox are again facing the Twins this soon into the season. Last week the Twins executed a four-game sweep against the White Sox, each game feeling more devastating than the last. The wonderful Brandon Warne of Locked On Twins and Access Twins joined me to chat about the bottom-dwelling Whi...2024
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• Gamethread: Rays at White Sox

Celebrations from last night’s walk-off winner that had fans buzzing into today’s game. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Last night the White Sox had fun. Can they... sweep the Rays today? Last night we saw some much needed excitement from this team, and with the stands full the crowd got to enjoy it. It was the teams first win of the series, and their first time winning back-to-back games th...2024
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• Has Willi Castro Graduated Out Of The Group Of Struggling Twins’ Sluggers?
Justifiably, much of the early criticism of the Minnesota Twins has stemmed from the bottom half of their lineup on a nightly basis. A group of veteran sluggers started their 2024 campaign in an absolute tailspin simultaneously, creating a black hole that has already swallowed multiple wins....2024

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats 6-4 over Dodgers; Mitchell Parker earns W in MLB debut...

Notes and quotes from the series opener in Los Angeles... NO PRESSURE, MITCHELL!: As the Nationals’ Communications Department noted before last night’s game, 24-year-old, 2020 5th Round pick Mitchell Parker, who made his MLB debut in the series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dodger Stadium, became just the second pitcher in MLB history to, “... face three former MVPs as the first three ...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Surprising MLB starts this year, both good and bad

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Which teams are off to starts that you did not expect? The latest SB Nation Reacts national survey posed two questions: Which MLB team that has gotten off to a good start surprised you the most, and similarly, which team that has not started the 2024 season well has surprised you the most? First, the good starts: The survey, of course, w...2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope
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• There is no such thing as a good owner

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman prior to a game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Last June, the Oakland Athletics were in the midst of yet another terrible season. With an Opening Day payroll of under $57 million, they were dead last in spending—the third time in the past six years that they were last or second to last in total pay...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, 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...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 15 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The countdown continues. Another day has gone by without Cody Bellinger signing a contract. Further, the so-called “Boras Four” — Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery — are all still unsigned. We have discussed Boras and his modus operandi here many, many times. Here is a different take on that — and let me be cle...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon’s 21-year career saw him play for 11 different teams including the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Patrick Duffy/Beam Imagination/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He won more games than any Latin American pitcher in MLB history and won an American League Cy Young Award. Should that be enough for “Big Sexy” to gain entrance into Cooperstown? When you say the nickname “Big Sexy” ...2024
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