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• Minnesota’s June Swoon Felt Long Enough To Be An Entire Season
The month of June was a whirlwind for the Minnesota Twins. It felt like it dragged on for an entire season. Let’s begin with a broad overview of the month, followed by an examination of the key moments and players of the month. The overview The Twins came into the month five games above .500 and were in second place in the AL Central behind the Detroit Tigers....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Guardians series preview

Photo by Grace Hoppel/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs welcome an AL Central team to Wrigley Field. The last time the Guardians played at Wrigley Field was almost exactly two years ago, June 30 and July 1-2, 2023. The second game of that series had its start delayed by rain for two hours, 45 minutes and it didn’t end until almost midnight. The third game had its starting time moved fro...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies bring in Thad Levine to conduct an external audit?

Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 30, 2025 Last week following the promotion of Walker Monfort to Colorado Rockies executive vice president, Troy Renck of the Denver Post weighed in. Among a number of recommendations, Renck wrote this: The Rockies must hire an external president for baseball operations, a window left open with Walker’s new title (Former Rangers, Twins and Rockies e...2025
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• AL Central Notes: Arias, Carpenter, Cannon
Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias had to be carted off the field with a left ankle sprain during today’s 7-0 loss to the Cardinals. In the third inning, Arias jammed his left foot while sliding to try and gather a Masyn Winn grounder that went for a single, and Arias needed immediate treatment from the club’s…...2025
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• MLB Week 13 Hot or Not: Spencer Steer slams three home runs in one game

Spencer Steer rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Padres on June 27, 2025. | Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Meanwhile, Angels and Royals regress Welcome back to the Hot or Not feature series! This week’s recap covers the 13th full week of the season, from June 22-28. AL West Hot: Jacob deGrom flirts with a no-hitterThere have been a cou...2025
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• AL Central Notes: Arias, Carpenter, Cannon
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• MLB Week 13 Hot or Not: Spencer Steer slams three home runs in one game
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• Gamethread: Diamondbacks at White Sox

Jordan Leasure is the opener for the White Sox on Tuesday and will be making his first career start. | Colton Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Leasure will make his first career start as the opener for the South Siders after a brutal loss Monday The White Sox (25-54) return to the South Side Tuesday in an attempt to redeem themselves after getting walloped in a 10-run shutout loss t...2025
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!

Cal Raleigh celebrates after hitting his 29th home run in the dugout at Wrigley Field on June 20. He’s put up two more since Friday. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Jacob Misiorowski and Cal Raleigh break records as a heat wave sets in As the temperatures rise, so does the level of competition. MLB’s 12th week was record-breaking and filled with excitement, as the All-Star voting amps up and mi...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Minnesota Twins

Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brewers wrap up road trip against interleague rivals The Milwaukee Brewers are set to wrap up their six-game road trip this weekend, as they’ll head north to take on the Minnesota Twins in an interleague rivalry matchup. The Crew dropped two of three to the Twins in Milwaukee last month, but the two teams have bee...2025
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• 4 MLB teams who should be buyers at the trade deadline

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images With the MLB Trade Deadline approaching, here are 4 teams that should be buyers The stunning trade that sent Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants not only left Boston Red Sox fans looking for an explanation, but it kicked Major League Baseball’s trade season into high gear. With weeks to go until the Trade Deadline, all 30 teams are taking stock of where they...2025
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• MLB Week 11 Hot or Not: Rox get their first walk-off!

Angels’ starter Yusei Kikuchi pitches at Fenway Park. | Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images Roman Anthony’s debut doesn’t impress Welcome back to the Hot or Not feature series! This week’s recap covers the 11th full week of the season, June 8-14. AL West Hot: Angels rotation shines Angels starters were locked in last week. Although only Yusei Kikuchi earned a win, the starters scattered 15 runs...2025
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• Is This the Kansas City Royals’ Rock Bottom?

The sliding Royals aren’t anything new, but a sweep at home is a new low. In this episode of Royals Rundown, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco dive into the highs, lows, and head-scratchers of the Kansas City Royals’ latest stretch. From questionable umpiring in the Yankees series to offensive stalls by key players like Bobby Witt Jr., the duo doesn’t hold back. They discuss the rise of...2025
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• Twins lose another starting pitcher to injury as Tigers continue pulling away with the AL Central

Zebby Matthews landed on the IL with a shoulder strain Sunday...2025

• Royals Rumblings - News for May 28, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Bullpen blues blow Kansas City’s series against Cincinnati Reds. At Into the Fountains, Craig Brown talks about Royals prospect Jac Caglianone’s timeline after Monday’s loss. Again, it’s about things like pitch recognition, in-game adjustments, and making contact. It’s also about putting the work into becoming a competent outfielder. These are decidedly unsexy bas...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The best slugger in Northwest Arkansas Naturals history is back in Kansas City. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers and David Adler look at some of the intense work from Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. this spring at getting better on the basepaths. They’re incorporating audio components along with the visual technology on when to react, as well as ways to o...2025
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• AL Central Notes: Abreu, Kipnis, Moustakas, Cuthbert, Sano
White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu shed over ten pounds already this offseason, James Fegan of The Athletic writes. The weight loss comes thanks in part to a diet with a lot more fish and white meat. But aside from eating healthier, the Cuban native has another, more surprising goal: to steal more bases. Abreu…...2018
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Relentless Royals Can't Wait to Swing—and They Rarely Miss
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"This AL Central team ascends to No. 1 for 1st time in '25"

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"Four, that the AL Central was a weak division with no runaway favorite."

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"com/niINdTR2b8— MLB (@MLB) June 29, 2023 The AL Central is still without a team at or above ."

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"Guardians clinch 1st AL Central title since '18"

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"A 7-2 win over Cleveland on Thursday has given the White Sox their first AL Central title in 13 years."

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"AL East Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays AL Central Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians…"

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"Avila, 33 in January, is no stranger to the AL Central, having spent parts of eight seasons with the Tigers plus…"

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"Some rumblings from around both the NL and AL Central divisions… Reports back in December indicated that Cubs swingman Mike Montgomery wanted to be a full-time starting pitcher, though the southpaw told reporters (including Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times) that he was just indicating his preference rather than demanding a role change."

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"That inched the club one victory closer to the 1916 New York Giants' MLB-record run of 26 wins in a row, and trimmed the Tribe's magic number to three to clinch the AL Central crown."

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"They are sitting atop their division and rank fourth in the AL in runs scored with 271, more than any other team in the AL Central."

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"Crown jewel: KC wins AL Central"

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"Jeff Samardzija has returned to Chicago, and the White Sox apparently have their sights set on returning to AL Central contention."

• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies bring in Thad Levine to conduct an external audit?
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• MLB Week 13 Hot or Not: Spencer Steer slams three home runs in one game
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• Gamethread: Diamondbacks at White Sox
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• Three players the White Sox need to trade before the deadline

The Chicago White Sox may be in the AL Central basement, but the future appears bright at Guaranteed Rate Field....2025
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• White Sox Reacts Survey: Hitters on the block

Who will be the next bat to leave Chicago? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago White Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. While it’s premature to say the White Sox, even coming off of a 4-3 homestand against formidable AL Central opponents, are ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: June 4

On this day 17 years ago, Paul Konerko ended a marathon game against the Royals with a home run. | Set Number: X156365 TK1 R3 F529 Six massive homers — and four to win games 1959 The 1959 season was filled with extra-inning games for the White Sox, including SIX against Baltimore. There were also three true marathon games, of 17, 17, and 18 games — ALL against the Orioles. This was the fir...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: June 3

On this day 24 years ago, Paul Konerko breathed a little bit of hope into a disappointing season. Paulie goes deep in a walk-off thriller 1963 With the White Sox in first place, another freak injury occurred that was reminiscent of past bizarre circumstances, costing the team dearly. First baseman Joe Cunningham, who hit .295 with 70 RBIs and 101 walks in 1962, broke his collarbone in Los ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• MLB Week 13 Hot or Not: Spencer Steer slams three home runs in one game
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• 4 MLB teams who should be buyers at the trade deadline
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• MLB Week 11 Hot or Not: Rox get their first walk-off!
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• MLB Week 10 Hot or Not: Cleveland and San Francisco’s pitching carries, Atlanta’s offense is abysmal

MacKenzie Gore shuts out the Cubs last Wednesday. | Alyssa McDaniel/MLB Photos via Getty Images Several teams have needed elite pitching to compensate for weak hitting Hello, June! Entering the 10th week of the season, MLB has fully ramped up and is approaching its most exciting period of the summer. This week’s recap covers games from June 1-7. AL West Hot: Houston’s relievers need to b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 28, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images John Rave hasn’t fixed the offense....yet. J.J. Picollo discusses the promotion of John Rave. “John did a great job in spring training and nearly made our club out of spring training,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “And he did what you want players to do: Go back down and just force our hand. And we thought the way he was performing, we’ve be...2025
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• Royals lose 3-1 to Twins on walkoff Ty France home run

This guy, again. | Photo by Matt Krohn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royal killer strikes again. Well, it was in fact the low-scoring affair that was promised, but it was equal parts frustrating and fascinating. Unfortunately, Royal-killer Ty France asserted his presence against the Royals’ best reliever, Lucas Erceg. He left a slider hanging over the middle of the plate, and France did ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 16, 2025

Cam Devanney, mentioned in the blogs below | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images The Royals have 4 wins over the last 4 Thursdays so we, here at Friday Rumblings, are doing our part At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about Maikel Garcia’s new stance: While Garcia has seen the biggest growth with the toe tap, the Royals also have other players utilizing it from time to time. Infielder Jonatha...2025
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• Minnesota’s June Swoon Felt Long Enough To Be An Entire Season
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies bring in Thad Levine to conduct an external audit?
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• Today in White Sox History: June 18

On this day 25 years ago, future White Sox hurler Orlando Hernández was crushed for nine innings by Chicago, forcing him from the game just two outs in. | Linda Cataffo/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images A perfect road trip gets completed with a mauling at Yankee Stadium 1933 Right in the middle of a 24-game homestand (!), the White Sox drew the biggest crowd in Chicago history at the ...2025
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• Kansas City Royals Swept, Shaken, and Searching for a Spark at Home

The boys take this show on the road. In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco break down what might be the Kansas City Royals’ lowest moment of the season so far: a sweep at the hands of the Athletics and a brutal homestand that left fans frustrated and the clubhouse reportedly rattled. What went wrong? The duo unpacks the lack of offensive punch,...2025
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• Game 69: Royals vs Yankees Gamethread

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Lets avoid the sweep Today, the Royals will take on the Yankees in the last game of their three-game series after dropping their first two games with a combined score of 16-5. In each game, the Royals have fallen into a hole early and struggled to regain the game's momentum. The Yankees are now 5-0 against the Royals in 2025, scoring 28 runs over the f...2025
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• Royals lose 7-5 in front of Big Slick crowd

Big crowd for Big Slick watched a rough game. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images They went 2-10 with runners in scoring position. 10 runners left on base. Same story, different night. Well, for two finesse/control pitchers, sometimes they just don’t have it. When they don’t have it, the hits come in bunches. Tonight, neither starting pitcher had it. Both Seth Lugo and Casey Mize were chase...2025
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• Crown jewel: KC wins AL Central
The Royals became the first Major League team to clinch a division title this season on Thursday as they rallied past the Mariners, 10-4, after Lorenzo Cain's two-run single in the sixth inning ignited a late-game rally and Johnny Cueto turned in seven strong innings of three-run ball....2015
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• Rap Group 'Center of Attention' Makes Hype Song for Kansas City Royals
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• Jordan Zimmermann to Tigers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• AL Central 2015 Preview: Sleepers, X-Factors and Predictions
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• Tribe flying high with full team effort
Look at the Indians. They are sitting atop their division and rank fourth in the AL in runs scored with 271, more than any other team in the AL Central. How's that?...2016
• White Sox acquire Samardzija from A's
Jeff Samardzija has returned to Chicago, and the White Sox apparently have their sights set on returning to AL Central contention. The White Sox and A's completed a trade Tuesday that sent Samardzija and fellow pitcher Michael Ynoa to Chicago in exchange for right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt, catcher Josh Phegley, first baseman Rangel Ravelo and infielder Marcus Semien....2014
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• Ben Zobrist to Royals: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Royals Clinch 2015 Playoff Berth: Highlights, Twitter Reaction to Celebration
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 7, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Comebacks are fun, no matter how easy the opponent makes them. David Lesky reacts to Monday’s series opener against the Chicago White Sox. But in this one, they got great pitching, just enough offense and one defensive play that I may be thinking about for a long time. And if you doubt that, I can still picture a double play started by Alcides Escobar in Houston ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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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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• Ryan Puts Cubs In An 11K Headlock
Slowly, paper extrudes from a fax machine. A hand brings it to a face and we read, "Need Joe R...an down at the Pentagon. Damn, we need toner! Joe R...an? Who the hell is that?! Oh, I know..." A chair swivels around to the CIA Director, he screams, "Send Joe Ryan (5 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.45) to the Pentagon! I can only assume they need a guy with a 10.2 K/9, 1.2 BB/9 -- yowzas! ...2021
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• 1st-Place Indians Make AL Central Statement with Sweep of Defending Champ Royals
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• Royals Still Have All the Ingredients of Their Championship Formula in 2016
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• MLB Offseason Has Created Most Wide-Open A.L. Battle in Recent Memory
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• Melky Cabrera Signing Makes White Sox MLB Offseason's Most Improved
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Guardians series preview
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• Monday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies bring in Thad Levine to conduct an external audit?
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• MLB Week 13 Hot or Not: Spencer Steer slams three home runs in one game
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• Gamethread: Diamondbacks at White Sox
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Minnesota Twins
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• Today in White Sox History: June 18
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle

Tarik Skubal throws the final strikeout of his first career complete game, against the Guardians on May 25. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pitching was all the buzz in the last week of May Week nine of the Hot or Not series is all about pitching — both dominant and faulty. This week’s recap covers the fifth full week of the season, May 25-31. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve Altuve ha...2025
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• MLB insider shockingly predicts this AL Central player will win MVP over Aaron Judge — and it’s not Bobby Witt Jr.

Aaron Judge appears well on his way to winning his third American League MVP award, but one MLB insider shockingly predicts he won't....2025
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• MLB Week 4 Hot or Not: NL Central has some Easter fun, Toronto’s newcomers aren’t exciting anyone

Elly De La Cruz celebrates his home run against the Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 20. | Greg Fiume/Getty Images A few pitching gems outshine the early batting slumps Welcome back to the Hot or Not feature series! This week’s recap covers the fourth full week of the season, from April 20-26. AL West Hot: Hunter Brown is becoming an aceIt would be a shame not to mention B...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 25, 2025

Leigh Guidry/USA TODAY Network Prior to yesterday’s game, I was 6th on the Royals in position player fWAR for 2025. And so were you! Suddenly, the Royals are on a 4-game winning streak and only 2 games under .500. Huzzah! Going back to Wednesday, Pete Grathoff talked about the rain delay the started well before the rain. Roth was correct as the rain didn’t start for more than 90 minute...2025
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• Four-fifths of the word “booth” is “boot”

Solution to a certain announcer’s work. | pinterest.com But there’s no way the White Sox will boot the boob out of their booth For a while there, thanks to an easy opening homestand, the White Sox were in a tie for first in the AL Central (also tie for last, but we won’t mention that) because of some very good pitching, occasional long balls, and the division reverting to its historically ...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2025

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images One. More. Day. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers has some huge questions surrounding the Kansas City Royals’ “Great Unknown” in 2025. The Royals weren’t able to bring in the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted this offseason, so the pressure is on for MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe to improve from a year ago and provide a power threat in the fifth and sixth spots. C...2025
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