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• The Rays pummel the White Sox, so let’s tour Chicago together

Michael Soroka does nothing Monday night against the Rays. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Only minimal highlights for a game that sucked absolute butt Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends. You’d be in for a doozy of a recap today, because this game doesn’t deserve your attention, so you’ve earned a little treat for being such a graceful and loyal South Sider. Cubs fans could never (without the ...2024
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Rays

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Grifol yanks the White Sox offensive weapon for a weird lineup in Tampa Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy probable starter day. I can’t get myself to say happy Michael Soroka day. It doesn’t have the same ring when saying it for a starter who’s 0-3. Soroka takes the bump in Tampa today with a painful 6.48 ERA, and he’s facing a perfectly average...2024
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• Rays: 8, White Sox: 2 - City Connect Streak Continues!

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images DeLuca hits his first Rays HR; Harold Ramirez goes 4-4 IN Rays’ win Rays announced they would bring back the City Connect jerseys for today’s game against the White Sox. Why fix what isn’t broken, right? Flames stay lit, ready to rage. pic.twitter.com/vccqxIq0Cb— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 6, 2024 Tonight's lineup ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/eVK0...2024
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• Rays 8, White Sox 2: TKO, fifth inning

Jonny DeLuca tapped a two-run single in the second inning, and the Rays never looked back. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Five walks - three Ks = runaway loss [In response to the White Sox activating an alleged spousal and child abuser, serial philanderer and domestic abandoner, and demonstrably horrific and selfish teammate, we present a limited recap that steers around direct details of ...2024
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• Should the Royals call Brandon Belt?

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The veteran could boost the lineup. The Royals have gotten off to a good start, but the season is long, and there are cracks in the edifice. The Royals are scoring 4.60 runs-per-game, good for 14th-best in baseball, but the production has been inconsistent. In 16 of their 35 games, the Royals have scored three runs or less. The offensi...2024
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• White Sox, storms and CJ Bucknor combine for 6-5 win over the Cardinals

Tote that barge, lift that tarp. Many times over, as it turned out. | Joe Puetz/Getty Images Took over three hours for the final out, which really shouldn’t have been an out The stage was set for a dramatic, extra-inning finale. The White Sox scored in the top of the 10th to go ahead 6-5, thanks to (who else) Tommy Pham scoring Manfred Man Rafael Ortega. Then, in the bottom of the ten...2024
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• Rays: 8, White Sox: 2 - City Connect Streak Continues!
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The two-time World Series champion was a dangerous hitter last year, but he is still unemployed over a month into the 2024 campaign. During the 2023 MLB season, 212 different position players came to the plate at least 400 times. From that group, 35 players became free agents at some point during the offseason. There were the big, splashy ...2024
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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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• Rays 7, White Sox 8: Windy City Woes

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Rays lose to league-worst White Sox... again. On a cold and windy night in Chicago, the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the worst team in Major League Baseball for a second consecutive night. If you though Friday night might have been rock bottom for a team that is currently being held together by bubble gum and scotch tape, you were wrong. The day started off wi...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 27, 2024

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The Royals have been flashing D lately. Jaylon Thompson dives into how impressive Kyle Isbel’s catch Thursday was. “Just taking your eye off the ball and running,” Isbel said of his thought process. “Taking your eye off the ball helps you run faster because you are not running with your head sideways. So that was a big key there. I knew it was going to ...2024
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• Braves News: Chris Sale sharp in series opener, Ozzie Albies returns, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves began the weekend series on a high note after a 6-2 defeat over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Several elements propelled the Braves to this win, including Chris Sale’s strong outing, Ozzie Albies’ return to the lineup, and Marcell Ozuna’s strong bat. Chris Sale made an...2024
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• Gamethread: Rays at White Sox

Our Lord and Savior Gavin Sheets. | David Berding/Getty Images Time to break more bad records, but the good news is that it will be in a game you might not be able to watch The White Sox are back home to take on the tied-in-last-place Rays. Don’t let that last part fool you, though. The Rays are sitting right at .500, and just four games back from first in arguably the toughest division. ...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• The 2024 White Sox could be historically bad

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports This isn’t a diss to the Sox — it’s just reality. A year ago at this time, many were saying that the 2023 Oakland Athletics could be historically awful. It should be noted that after 16 games, the 2023 A’s were one game better than the 2024 White Sox. Oakland was 3-13 and the Sox are currently 2-14. The A’s then went on a horrific run that left them at 10-45, w...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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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres ex Tommy Pham returning?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, March 1, 2024. San Diego Padres News Veteran MLB Analyst Offers Ridiculous Praise Towards San Diego Padres Top Prospect Ethan Salas (Sports Illustrated) Padres Interested in Bringing Back Ex-Friar Free Agent Outfielder: Report (Sports Illustrated) Jake Cronenworth should ...2024
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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"Martinez, Michael Lorenzen, Gio Urshela, Tim Anderson, Amed Rosario, Whit Merrifield, Brandon Belt, Tommy Pham, Adam Duvall, Hyun Jin Ryu, Brandon Woodruff, Liam Hendriks and many more."

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"Morton’s struggles continued in the 5th, again after getting the first two hitters out to start the inning, Morton gave a 2-out double to Francisco Lindor and then a 2-out 2-run homer to Tommy Pham, who came in to replace the injured Alsono."

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"Reds outfielder Tommy Pham confronted the Giants' Joc Pederson in the outfield during pregame warmups Friday."

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"Tommy Pham’s time with the Padres hasn’t gone as he or the organization would’ve hoped at the time of his acquisition from the Rays."

2020
"Padres outfielder Tommy Pham has now twice tested negative for COVID-19 infection, MLB."

2019
"The Rays and Padres are deep into talks on a trade that would see Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham and San Diego outfielder Hunter Renfroe switch clubs, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN."

2018
"com's 12:25 Live with Alexa, predicted that Tommy Pham would win the 2018 National League MVP Award, the Cardinals outfielder joined the daily Facebook Live show on Tuesday to graciously accept the endorsement."

2017
"Luke Weaver shined over six innings, while Jose Martinez and Tommy Pham keyed the offense."

2016
"It turns out, there's no time for that, as the club placed Tommy Pham on the 15-day disabled list with a tear in his left oblique."

2015
"Added to the lineup as part of manager Mike Matheny's efforts to find an offensive spark, outfielder Tommy Pham delivered a tiebreaking home run on Sunday that halted the Cardinals' three-game losing streak and sent them off from Cincinnati with a 9-2 win over the Reds at Great American Ball Park."

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"Outfielder Tommy Pham, who has gotten his first taste of the Majors as a September callup, has committed to spending part of his offseason playing winter ball in Venezuela, the Cardinals confirmed on Tuesday."

• The Rays pummel the White Sox, so let’s tour Chicago together
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• Should the Royals call Brandon Belt?
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?
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• Is Jurickson Profar the best offseason signing in MLB so far?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Profar’s getting paid $1 million but playing like a $30 million player February 24, 2024: San Diego Padres signed free agent Jurickson Profar. What was your reaction to that? Probably something like ‘good bench piece and clubhouse guy for $1 million? Can’t hate that move. Now let’s go get a starting left fielder to replace Juan Soto’. F...2024
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• Former Dodgers Outfielder Designated for Assignment By MLB’s Worst Team

The Chicago White Sox selected the contract of outfielder Tommy Pham and designated former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kevin Pillar for assignment on Friday. According to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, Chicago is designating outfielder Kevin Pillar for assignment to make room for Pham on the 26-man roster. Pillar, a 12-year MLB veteran, was in his first …...2024
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• White Sox call up vet OF Pham in flurry of moves

The Chicago White Sox called up outfielder Tommy Pham from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday and selected the contract of outfielder Rafael Ortega....2024
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• White Sox To Select Rafael Ortega, Option Dominic Fletcher
In addition to their previously reported promotion of Tommy Pham and DFA of Kevin Pillar, the White Sox will select the contract of veteran outfielder Rafael Ortega and option fellow outfielder Dominic Fletcher to Triple-A Charlotte, reports Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. They’ll need a second 40-man move to open a spot for…...2024
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• White Sox To Select Tommy Pham, Designate Kevin Pillar For Assignment
12:10pm: Fellow outfielder Kevin Pillar will be designated for assignment as the corresponding move, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. 12:02pm: The White Sox are set to select the contract of veteran outfielder Tommy Pham, reports Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. Pham had an out clause in his minor league contract that he…...2024
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• What’s the plan, White Sox?

Chris Getz asking himself, “A plan? I’m supposed to have a plan? What’s a plan?” | Ron Vesely/Getty Images As if you could ever actually have one In theory, in any business transaction, each participant should have a plan of how to benefit. That is, unless the White Sox are involved. Of course, what “benefit” means can be in the eye of the beholder. For us fans, the idea would be to form...2024
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 46 — St. Louis Cardinals

Chrystal and Taylor chat about the upcoming series Friend of the pod Taylor Streiff of Redbird Rants joins again to chat about the Cardinals ahead of the series against the White Sox. St. Louis made a lot of moves during the offseason, especially on the pitching side, resulting in an outstanding pitching rotation and bullpen. You thought the Royals-to-White Sox pipeline was bad? Just wait! We sp...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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• Bitter Sweep Trip to Chicago: Rays 2, White Sox 4

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Tampa Bay Rays fall to three games below .500 after getting swept by Chicago White Sox. After 28 games into the season, one team is not supposed to provide half the wins for another. Yet, that is where we find ourselves after the Chicago White Sox completed the three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-2 win for their sixth win in 2024. This Rays team is...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 26, 2024

Gil Luna notched his first win of the season, in an extra-innings affair in Chattanooga. | S. R. Silver/South Side Sox Birmingham rattles of their eighth straight win and Charlotte wins in extras Charlotte Knights 6, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 4 (10 innings) (Gameday score) (Statcast box)Another game, another six-run result delivered by a healthy and everchanging Knights baseball team. Despit...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2024

Crushed: Colson Montgomery’s solo home run propelled the Knights to a 5-3 victory. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Can you believe it? All four affiliates won again! Charlotte Knights 5, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 3 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)The Knights recovered from a slow start to take down the IronPigs for the second straight evening. Knights starter Jake Woodford struggled early on, al...2024
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• A Game of Groans
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2024 season

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Our writers discuss the off-season and expectations for this year. After one of the busier off-seasons in recent Royals history, the 2024 regular season is finally here! The Royals spent over $100 million on free agents, adding infielder Adam Frazier and Garrett Hampson, outfielder Hunter Renfroe, starting pitchers Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, and relie...2024
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• Rays 8, White Sox 2: TKO, fifth inning
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• White Sox, storms and CJ Bucknor combine for 6-5 win over the Cardinals
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• Is Jurickson Profar the best offseason signing in MLB so far?
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• Bitter Sweep Trip to Chicago: Rays 2, White Sox 4
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 26, 2024
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• White Sox 9, Rays 4: The Martín Maldonado Game

Martín Maldonado’s huge home run. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Did Tommy Pham’s arrival fix him? I don’t mean to alarm you, but the White Sox have won their fourth game, this time at home and against the Rays. Chris Flexen looked great on the mound tonight and the offense finally decided to help its pitcher. Right off the bat, pun not intended, Nicky Lopez and Tommy Pham started the hit...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 25, 2024

The red-hot Brooks Baldwin rounds third to score in Chattanooga versus the Lookouts. | S. R. Silver/South Side Sox Brooks Baldwin cannot be stopped, Lenyn Sosa continues to mash, and other storylines from the farm Lehigh Valley IronPigs 7, Charlotte Knights 6 (Gameday score) (Statcast box)Lenyn Sosa was demoted three days ago. He seems to have taken that personally. LENYN. SOSA. HOME. ...2024
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• How the White Sox can go from worst to best in a single season

The campfire milkshake speaks out, in an exclusive interview with Di Billick. Yes, it’s just what you’re thinking: An exclusive interview with a temporarily magical White Sox oracle Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy rain postponement. My typical opening greeting was changed from “fans” to “friends” due to the recent exodus of a huge horde of South Side supporters of the team. Bu...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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• Cards get back on track with rout of Reds
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• Cards rally to halt D-backs' winning streak
A three-run seventh inning, highlighted by run-scoring hits from Tommy Pham and Yadier Molina, helped the Cardinals to a 5-3 win as they opened a four-game series against the D-backs on Monday night at Chase Field....2015
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• Cards rally to halt D-backs' winning streak
A three-run seventh inning, highlighted by run-scoring hits from Tommy Pham and Yadier Molina, helped the Cardinals to a 5-3 win as they opened a four-game series against the D-backs on Monday night at Chase Field....2015
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• Pham-tastic: Rookie busts out as Cards pad lead
Rookie outfielder Tommy Pham homered twice while driving in four runs, Jaime Garcia pitched into the seventh inning and the Cardinals made it a bona fide winning streak by beating the Brewers, 5-4, Wednesday night in Milwaukee....2015
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• Pham-tastic: Cards rookie thumps Brewers
Rookie outfielder Tommy Pham homered twice while driving in four runs, Jaime Garcia pitched into the seventh inning and the Cardinals made it a bona fide winning streak by beating the Brewers, 5-4, Wednesday night in Milwaukee....2015
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• Cards extend Central lead with sweep of Brewers
John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings on only 88 pitches, Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham combined for five hits and five runs scored from the top two spots in the lineup and the Cardinals earned a 6-3 win over the Brewers on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep at Miller Park....2015
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• Cards extend Central lead with sweep of Brewers
John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings on only 88 pitches, Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham combined for five hits and five runs scored from the top two spots in the lineup and the Cardinals earned a 6-3 win over the Brewers on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep at Miller Park....2015
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• A look at this year’s outfield free agent class

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals seek another bat in the outfield? The Royals will focus largely on upgrading the pitching staff this off-season, but their offense could use some upgrades as well. They scored the eighth-fewest runs in baseball with the fifth-fewest home runs and the third-lowest on-base percentage. At the end of the season, J.J. Picollo ins...2023
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• Red Sox To Decline Tommy Pham’s 2023 Mutual Option
The Red Sox won’t be exercising their end of Tommy Pham’s $12MM mutual option for 2023, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports. Pham gets a $1.5MM buyout on the option, and becomes a free agent. It was a tough season for Pham, who may have received more attention for a fantasy football-related altercation with…...2022
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• Tommy Pham says Joc Pederson is 'lucky I didn't hurt his a-- even worse' over fantasy football drama

Pham reportedly slapped Pederson over a fantasy football disagreement earlier this year...2022
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• LOOK: Brewers troll Giants' Joc Pederson over fantasy football drama with Tommy Pham

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• Much ado about fantasy football: Weighing in on Pham/Pederson feud

Disagreements between participants in fantasy leagues are par for the course. But MLB players Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson made it public. Our fantasy analysts react to the recent spat....2022
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• Trout unsure if he'll be fantasy commish again

On Wednesday, Mike Trout tried to steer clear of the fantasy football dispute between Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and Giants outfielder Joc Pederson....2022
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• Tommy Pham drags Mike Trout into his fantasy football feud with Joc Pederson
Pham said Trout, the commissioner of the fantasy football league, 'could have solved' the dispute between him and Pederson...2022
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• Tommy Pham drags ‘worst commissioner’ Mike Trout into Joc Pederson feud

The fantasy football controversy that has become one of the biggest stories in MLB this season could've been nipped in the bud by baseball's best player, according to Tommy Pham....2022
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Rays
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• Rays: 8, White Sox: 2 - City Connect Streak Continues!
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• Should the Royals call Brandon Belt?
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• White Sox, storms and CJ Bucknor combine for 6-5 win over the Cardinals
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• Is Jurickson Profar the best offseason signing in MLB so far?
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• The Chicago Pham Sox fail to break Minnesota’s streak
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• Bitter Sweep Trip to Chicago: Rays 2, White Sox 4
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 25, 2024
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• Time to rearrange the deck chairs again

White Sox GM Chris Getz hated last year’s team. I can’t imagine he feels much better about this one. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports This year’s Chicago White Sox team is historically pathetic, even by Reinsdorfian standards. Something has to change While Rob Colletti’s analysis yesterday showed why (if you didn’t already know) the problem with the White Sox starts at the top with cha...2024
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• 2024 Season Preview: New York Mets

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Things can’t get worse after a disastrous 2023 season... right? Everything went wrong for the Mets in 2023. Really, it’s been a downward spiral since the club lost a 10.5 game divisional lead to the Braves in the summer months of 2022 and then quickly bowed out in the Wild Card round against the Padres. A real shame. Objectively speaking, there was no reason ...2024
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• Could the Royals be a landing spot for a free agent on a short deal?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images What better way to get potential voters on your side? Spring training is just a few weeks ago, but many top free agents remain unsigned. The contracts signed after the start of January are typically far less than the amount observers expect, as players settle for less money in the hopes of getting into camp in time. This could provide terrific value for t...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling Hall of Fame-ish
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The countdown is on to see who will be enshrined We’re less than a week away from the announcements of who will be in the 2023 MLB Hall of Fame class heading for enshrinement in Cooperstown. With only a portion of the ballots being shared publicly it can be exceptionally difficult to predict which players (if any) will make the cut. But every year Ryan Thi...2023
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• Padres Will Tender Tommy Pham
Tommy Pham will be tendered a contract by the Padres prior to today’s 7pm CT deadline, The Athletic’s Dennis Lin reports (Twitter link). The Padres’ decision ends months of speculation that Pham could be non-tendered a way of saving a projected arbitration salary of roughly $8MM for the 2021 season. It was a tumultuous first…...2020
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• Rays Exploring Outfield Additions
The Rays are looking at a variety of possibilities for improving their outfield mix, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter). The Tampa Bay organization previously struck a deal that shipped out one outfielder (Tommy Pham) and brought in another (Hunter Renfroe). While there had been some whispers of hiccups in…...2019
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• MLBTR Poll: Grading The Rays/Padres Trade
While Thursday’s Rays/Padres deal headlined by Tommy Pham and Hunter Renfroe likely won’t go down as this winter’s most shocking, the trade had something to say about the respective offseason strategies of both clubs. Tampa Bay, for their part, cut salary, increased controllability, and added yet another prized infield prospect to an already enviable collection.…...2019
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