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• Dodgers @ Giants May 14, 2024: Stone and Co. look for the series win
The Dodgers (28-15) beat the Giants (19-24) last night by a score of 6-4 in ten innings, improving their record to 2-3 in extra-innings this year. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was decent, allowing four earned runs over 5.2 innings, the majority of the damage coming via a three-run homer in the second inning. The bullpen allowed just …...2024
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto shaky in first game against Giants

Yamamoto got his first taste of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry Monday night in the hostile Oracle Park....2024
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• Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants: Detailed Game Preview, Key Highlights, and More

The Los Angeles Dodgers, after losing two of three games in San Diego, are gearing up to face the San Francisco Giants with Yoshinobu Yamamoto ready to make his ninth start of the season Monday. With a record of 27-15, the Dodgers are leading the National League West by 5.5 games, behind only the Philadelphia …...2024
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• Tyler Glasnow Has Been Everything Dodgers Wanted With Cy-Young Worthy Season So Far

The Los Angeles Dodgers went big fish hunting this offseason and succeeded. They signed two Japanese sensations: unknown commodity Yoshinobu Yamamoto and three-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP Shohei Ohtani. While these two attracted all the attention during the offseason, and deservedly so, one move the Dodgers made flew under the radar compared to …...2024
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Throwing a New (Old) Pitch

After a disastrous debut against the San Diego Padres in South Korea, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has settled into his role. He ended April with a sub-3.00 earned run average; it’s down to 2.79 after an outstanding eight-inning start Tuesday against the Marlins. In his May 1 start against the Arizona Diamondbacks, …...2024
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• Dodgers Notes: Huge Ippei Mizuhara Update, Former LA Pitcher Eyes MLB Return, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Makes History

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon, 3-1, completing their second straight series sweep and extending their win streak to a season-high seven games. Gavin Stone was absolutely dominant, allowing one earned run across seven innings, while Teoscar Hernández powered the offense with a two-run home run. Off the field, there …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A look at trends to start the season, like Mike Trout is back. The fans who fought back against the A’s. And other news from MLB. Good morning. No big stories today, but lots of little ones. Dan Moore has a strong piece on the fan groups that have fought against the Athletics leaving Oakland (and some historical precedents elsewhere) and the dilemma of...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024

Dang it - Ryan already used the picture I wanted to use | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sure, the Royals have a 7 game winning streak. But, more importantly, they’d have a 29 week unbeaten streak on Thursdays if they hadn’t lost Opening Day Yesterday was a day game (and what a game). That jumbles all the news up. Basically, we get a bunch of recaps, but I’m sur...2024
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• 2024 Cubs attendance watch: The weather and ticket pricing for the first homestand

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Some interesting numbers for both as the 2024 season begins. The Cubs won five of six games played at Wrigley Field last week. So, that’s good! What wasn’t good was the weather, which was pretty awful through the entire homestand. No game-time temperature was over 47 and the average for the six dates was 43. It rained during play in three of the six games and t...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Oh no-no! The first no-hitter of the season!

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images In just his eighth major league start, Ronel Blanco got the season going in style. Some pitchers wait their whole career and never have a no-hitter. Tyler Gilbert did it in his first major league start in 2021. Ronel Blanco waited a little longer, doing it in his eighth MLB start. And while some might have read the headline and thought it was an April Fool...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 1, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Hey, how bout more of those wins? Anne Rogers profiles Maikel Garcia. “Watching Maikel the last few days of Spring Training, the exhibition game, batting practice during the workout, you could tell he was ready for the season,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “He was getting bored of Spring Training. He plays at such a competitive level all winter in a super com...2024
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• The Cubs are reportedly headed to Japan to open the 2025 season

The scoreboard showing the final score of the Cubs’ win over the Mets at the Tokyo Dome, March 29, 2000 | Al Yellon This will be SO awesome. ALBUQUERQUE — I’m currently in New Mexico heading back to Chicago, but about a year from now I hope to be in Japan watching the Cubs. That’s happening, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today: The Chicago Cubs and Dodgers have been privately informed they h...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
Snag, Lag, or Red Flag? A classic exercise (that was just made up) where we look at players in different ADP ranges of the draft and decide which of these three categories they fall into: Snag - Get the player. Don't hesitate to draft him in that range. Lag - Pump the breaks. See what else is available and if he falls, maybe. Red Flag - Forget about him. Early Rounds: Yordan Alvarez, OF/DH,...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Who will win the 2024 MVP and Cy Young awards?

Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/VIEWpress Fans responded to the survey and made their choices. Who are yours? Recently, SB Nation Reacts asked MLB fans to make their choices for 2024 MVP and Cy Young awards. Obviously, it’s very, very early with the season having not yet begun, and as you’ll see, one of these choices is probably already wrong. Here are the results of the SB Nation Reacts surv...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 14, 2024
Injury News Taj Bradley-Rays-SP Taj Bradley is dealing with a strained pec but is considered day-to-day. This is an injury worth watching because it could mean a couple of days off from throwing or it could turn into a multi-week injury. Either way, he is not expected to be ready for the start of the season. The Rays are going to be cautious with their young right-hander. Bradley has much appe...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: New York Yankees

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images I hope y’all really enjoyed the Yankees being mediocre in 2023 because it’s probably not going to happen again in 2024. If you’re a Yankee-hater, then you ate pretty good last season. The New York Yankees have only missed the postseason five times since the turn of the century, and last season just so happened to be one of those five. With that being ...2024
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• Shunning my card duties

Well ... not exactly. Cards are always on my mind, even if I'm not physically present with them or writing about them.I traded cardboard success for family bonding success over the weekend. That's an even swap but you don't want to read about ducks and piggies. So I'll reveal the ugly card details and show some shoulder-shrug cards before getting out of here and refocused on hobby things.&nb...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani’s surprise wedding

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The superstar posted the news to social media. Surprise! Shohei Ohtani has tied the knot, and for someone worth nearly a billion dollars, and a superstar athlete in both his native Japan and his present home of the US, one might expect some high-profile nuptials, but instead Ohtani has kept his wedding relatively quiet. Ohtani has married a woman from Japan ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...2024
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"In the aftermath of the offseason’s top free agent pitcher, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, signing with the Dodgers late last month, the market for #2 pitching free agent Blake Snell has begun to pick up."

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"Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to join the Dodgers on a 12-year, $325 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday."

• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Says He’s Still Getting Used to Life in MLB

It’s been about four months since Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed his gigantic 12-year, $325 million contract that brought him to MLB and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior, Yamamoto had spent his entire professional baseball career in Nippon Professional Baseball, the highest level of baseball in Japan. Yamamoto is still getting adjusted to MLB after making the …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: One month down

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
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• Dodgers Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Fastball is Fooling No One

When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year, $325 million contract in December, jaws dropped around the world. It was a record-setting deal for someone who had never thrown a pitch in Major League Baseball. The 25-year-old right-hander impressed during spring training with his unique training regimen and insane breaking balls but …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start
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• Jordan Montgomery has fired Scott Boras. Could more of the ‘Boras Four’ be next?

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images A high-profile client has dumped his high-profile agent. News item: LHP Jordan Montgomery has hired Wasserman’s Joel Wolfe & Nick Chanock as his agents, per sources.Montgomery was one of the Boras Four, who were unsigned late into free agency.I projected he would get 5 yrs, $106M and he eventually signed for 1 yr, $25M w/Arizona on March 26.— Kiley McDanie...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• 2024 Cubs attendance watch: The weather and ticket pricing for the first homestand
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• Dodgers’ Austin Barnes Believes Yoshinobu Yamamoto Will Be One of the Best in the Game

Generally, teams give the most lucrative contracts to the best players in the sport. So, the Dodgers surprised the baseball world when they made Yoshinobu Yamamoto the highest-paid pitcher in baseball despite not having thrown a ball in MLB. His time playing in the new league has certainly been an adjustment. Not only is he …...2024
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting to live up to hype

Yoshinobu Yamamoto faced a great deal of pressure before ever throwing a pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After a rough start, he's starting to show why the Dodgers handed him a huge contract despite having never thrown a pitch in the major leagues....2024
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• Braves continue road trip with showdown against NL West-leading Dodgers

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The two best teams in the National League meet this weekend for a three-game series at Dodger Stadium After avoiding a sweep in Seattle with a win Wednesday, the Atlanta Braves will continue their road trip Friday with a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It has been an unusual few weeks for the Braves, who have seen their offense sp...2024
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• 2024 Cubs attendance watch: The weather and ticket pricing for the first homestand
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 8

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs came up empty on Saturday, losing 4-1. When things are going good, you just want them to stretch out to infinity. Of course, nothing works that way. The Cubs came up pretty empty on Saturday. They did manage seven hits and drew three walks. Depending on the quality of the contact through the game, the timing and the sequencing, that kind of ou...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 7

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs halt a Dodgers comeback for their fifth straight win. There are 155 regular season games remaining. That’s plenty of time to allow for just about any outcome possible. That said, this team is making quite a first impression. I keep using the word relentless and that’s the word that keeps standing out. Particularly where the offense is. It was ...2024
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• Cardinals 6, Dodgers 5: Yoshinobu Yamamoto bounces back nicely, but a rally to force extras still results in loss
After taking the first two games of the four-game set against the Cardinals, the Dodgers missed a ton of golden chances early, rain played a role in knocking out their rolling starter, and Joe Kelly had a disaster to result in a 6-5 loss even after they sent it into extras. Things just didn’t go …...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

What do you all think will happen during the 2024 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the first time, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 28 responses, and here’s what you all think will happen this year: Let’s start with a win total The community is more optimistic, overall, than...2024
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• The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/Getty Images You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wi...2024
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Shunning my card duties
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• 2024 Cubs attendance watch: The weather and ticket pricing for the first homestand
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• Cub Tracks’ splitsville

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Jordan Wicks continues to impress, but the Cubs couldn’t score enough to make it count. 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 ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Oh no-no! The first no-hitter of the season!
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• Padres excite fans before FanFest cancellation

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images A great end to the Seoul Series but a sad announcement from the team earlier today One of the messages going around the Padres fan base following this morning’s 15-11 win over the Dodgers was how great the atmosphere will be now coming up at FanFest this weekend. Well that isn’t happening anymore, as the team has cancelled the event due to expected weather...2024
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• The obsession begins

Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Who will be the King of K?

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will lead the pitching staff in strikeouts Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is...2024
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• Sources: Yamamoto joins Dodgers on $325M deal

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• Rangers Interested In Reunion With Jordan Montgomery
Left-hander Jordan Montgomery figures to be among the most sought-after free agents on the starting pitching market this offseason. With righty Aaron Nola having already returned to the Phillies on a seven-year deal earlier this week, only recently-posted right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto and reigning NL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell compare rank ahead of Montgomery…...2023
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto to sign with Dodgers for $325M over 12 years: 25-year-old NPB ace joins Shohei Ohtani in LA

Yamamoto was posted to MLB after seven brilliant years in NPB...2023
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• Blue Jays Have Reportedly “Taken The Lead” In Yariel Rodriguez Sweepstakes
After missing out on top free agents Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier this month, the Blue Jays have ramped up activity at the lower levels of the market of late by re-signing center fielder Kevin Kiermaier to a one-year pact and landing utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa on a two-year deal in recent days. It…...2023
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• Report: Giants Out Of Bidding For Yoshinobu Yamamoto
The Giants have been informed they’re out of the running for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, reports Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area (X link). While there’s no indication that Yamamoto has made his final decision, Pavlovic adds that the Giants expect he’ll sign with the Dodgers or one of the New York clubs. Andy Martino of SNY…...2023
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• Angels, Giants Among Teams Pursuing Blake Snell
The Angels have lost Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers and never appeared to be a finalist for NPB star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but they’re pursuing the biggest fish remaining on the free agent market, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, who reports that the Halos have made reigning NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell…...2023
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• Phillies Have Made Offer To Yoshinobu Yamamoto
The Phillies have put forth a formal contract offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, writes Matt Gelb of the Athletic. While terms are unreported, Alex Coffey of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote earlier in the week the club was planning to be aggressive in its pursuit of the NPB star. It’s notable, if unsurprising, that the Phillies have put…...2023
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• Braves reportedly willing to pay for free agent starter

Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports No Braves player currently makes more than $22 million annually, but the team is reportedly willing to go above that for the right free agent starter. MLB Free Agency is off to a slow start, but that shouldn’t be terribly surprising. Unlike the NBA and the NFL, Major League Baseball’s offseason is a more deliberate affair and the free agent market won’t like...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
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• Preseason Prep - February 29, 2024
Jhoan Duran, RP (MIN) Duran was knocked around in his Grapefruit League debut, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. The fireballer topped out at 100.5 mph, which is about a mile per hour less than his average from 2023. These details should be ignored at this point in the preseason as he will likely work his arm into increased velocity. Duran is entering his firs...2024
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Throwing a New (Old) Pitch
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• New York Mets reportedly missed out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto signing for one reason

The New York Mets reportedly would've landed starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency if not for this one thing....2024
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• Braves @ Dodgers May 3, 2024: Dodgers return home to start series with top seed in the NL
The Dodgers wrapped up their nine-game road trip on Wednesday in commanding fashion, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a second consecutive scoreless outing and the Ohtani-less lineup put up eight runs against the Diamondbacks. That wrapped up a 7-2 roadtrip to bounce back from their previous 3-6 homestand. The Dodgers had an off day yesterday and …...2024
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• Dodgers Notes: Shohei Ohtani Misses First Game, Former LA Outfielder Replaces MVP, Top Rookie Sent to Minors

The Los Angeles Dodgers took down the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the series on Wednesday night. The Dodgers won 8-0, thanks to a dominant performance by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and an offensive outpouring, even without Shohei Ohtani, who was out of the lineup for the first time this season. Off the field, a couple former Dodgers …...2024
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• Dodgers 8, D-backs 0: Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues to roll as Dodgers finish road trip at 7-2
(Via @Dodgers) Much to the chagrin of many fans, Dave Roberts basically ran out the surrender lineup tonight in the finale of the series and the finale of the road trip. Amusingly, that lineup immediately jumped out to a big lead that the Dodgers didn’t relinquish, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto cruised for another start in a …...2024
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• Dodgers Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Fastball is Fooling No One
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• Dodgers @ Padres – April 12, 2024: Back home
Hello and welcome back to Moriyama Digest, apparently, and also welcome back home to the Dodgers who start a homestand with a series against the Padres. Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres: pic.twitter.com/OR0PPXXn6c— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 12, 2024 Lining up in LA ? pic.twitter.com/fD6RbMW59n— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 12, 2024 Yoshinobu Yamamoto will …...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Preseason Prep - February 29, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation strength, what to expect from Ian Anderson and more

Photo by Bryan Cereijo/Getty Images Part 1 of our mailbag focuses on the Braves rotation. Is it really a strength and will Ian Anderson be a factor in 2024? Thanks again to everyone who took the time to send in questions this week. We got so many good ones that I am going to split this into two parts, the second of which will run Saturday. Let’s get to it! The Braves rotation for 2024 has ...2024
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• Sizing up the NL East heading into 2024

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves have won six straight NL East titles and still look like the cream of the division’s crop The Atlanta Braves have done most of their heavy lifting this offseason, but there are still some key players available and moves left to be made around Major League Baseball as the calendar plunges into January. The Braves themselves have...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 3, 2024

New year, same Wednesday Rumblings Anne Rogers made three predictions for the 2024 Royals, including Michael Wacha being a difference-maker: Health was an important factor in the turnaround from injury-riddled seasons from 2019-21, but Wacha also pointed to his arsenal when asked what the biggest difference has been the last two seasons. “If you really dive into it, I kind of mixed up my repertoi...2024
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• Dodgers Pitcher JP Feyereisen On 2024 Teammates: ‘Excitement is Almost Not The Word For It’

There is excitement in the air around the Dodgers right now. After bringing in Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto this offseason, Los Angeles is buzzing. It’s not just the fanbase, but the players on the team, too. Multiple players have spoken about the moves that the front office pulled off this winter, and …...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Pick your southpaw

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’d rather have Jordan Montgomery or Shōta Imanaga play for the Cubs next year. It’s a new year here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We hope your new year is off to a great start. Ours is since you arrived. It’s cold out...2024
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