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• Yankees might not waltz their way to AL East title after all with ‘flaws’ exposed

Just about three weeks ago, the Yankees had a seven-game lead in the AL East and were the only team in the division with a winning record....2025
• Series Preview: Rays vs Red Sox

Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Sixty-five games down, ninety-seven to go. Just one month ago, on May 9th, the Tampa Bay Rays were 17-21 and had six teams between them and the 3rd Wild Card spot. Entering play on Monday, the Rays have improved to 35-30, sit 4.5 games back of the Yankees and are currently in a three-way tie for all three Wild Card spots wi...2025
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• Yankees pitching implodes as Red Sox launch five homers in missed chance for early AL East statement

If the Red Sox hang around and pester the Yankees later this season, Aaron Boone & Co. might remember an early June series....2025
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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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• MLB Trade Deadline Rumor: Orioles’ $8,725,000 Star Could Be Centerpiece of Shocking AL East Deadline Deal
A Silver Slugger winner could find himself on the move before the July 31 MLB trade deadline, depending on how his team performs....2025
• Inside the downfall of the Red Sox, from sloppy baseball to poor roster-building: 'Not been good enough'

The Red Sox were supposed to be AL East contenders this year. What happened?...2025
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images or, are the Rays good? With the 2025 season one third complete, what is the top story line of the year thus far? Danny Russell With the series win against the Twins, the Rays have risen to a 28-27 record, second in the AL East — albeit 7.0 games back from the Yankees — and, in an astonishing turn around, improving their playoff odds to 30%. Y...2025
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• MLB Week 7 Hot or Not: A week of epic walk-offs and go-ahead games!

Taylor Ward hits a go-ahead grand slam against the Padres at Petco park on May 12, 2025. | Vincent Mizzoni/MLB Photos via Getty Images Last week was a whirlwind filled with exciting finishes from old and new faces. This week’s Hot or Not summary reviews the best and worst in MLB from May 11-17. AL West Hot: Angels stun the Padres in epic fashionHeading into the ninth, the Angels had a 1.9...2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals take on a struggling Orioles team

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images While the Nats have disappointed, no team has underachieved more than the Baltimore Orioles It’s rivalry week in Major League Baseball, which means it’s time for another round of the good ole “Battle of the Beltway” series. In April, the Nats took two out of three from Baltimore. That of course was in the friendly confines of Nationals park, now it will be on the ...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The best young hitter in baseball took the Yankees to their first World Series in 15 years before moving across town in free agency. Now, he returns to the Bronx as two division leaders clash. On December 7, 2023, the New York Yankees swung a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres. It cost a pretty penny, with future Cy Young contender Michael King le...2025
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• Five splashy trades the Brewers could make to fix their infield

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Unlikely? Yes. But if the Brewers are going to save this season, they need to act. We are now over 40 games into the 2025 season, and I think it’s officially okay to panic about the state of the Brewers’ offense. Milwaukee has simply looked punchless at the plate, and it's the sheer number of underachievers that’s killing the Brewers: yes, third base is a giant blac...2025
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• Yankees Manager Pushes Aaron Judge To Do More Despite His Record-Breaking Start
Despite injuries and pitching struggles early in the season, the New York Yankees sit atop the AL East thanks to a red-hot start from Aaron Judge....2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Jung Hoo Lee, Tyler Mahle highlight baseball’s biggest surprises. There’s nothing like the start of a new baseball season. The soothing, familiar sounds of the crack of the bat and a fastball burying itself in a catcher’s mitt. The contagious optimism found in all 30 clubhouses, from the defending champions to the last-place club ...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Royals

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Twenty-eight games down, one-hundred thirty-four to go We are officially one month into the 2025 regular season and the Tampa Bay Rays have gone through the longest homestand in franchise history and a west coast swing against two of the toughest teams in the National League. They’ve endured playing at the newest hitter’s haven in baseball. They’ve suffe...2025
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• One month in: The Rockies, the White Sox, and . . . the Orioles?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Over the weekend, the baseball discourse took a strange turn. Here’s a sample from Ken Rosenthal on Monday: The Orioles’ 10-17 record is the third-worst in the majors, ahead of only the Chicago White Sox (7-21) and Colorado Rockies (4-23). Their 5.83 rotation ERA is also the third-worst, ahead ...2025
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• Matt Olson said it all when it came to the Toronto series

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta continues to remain in a state of frustration after ending their road trip across the AL East on a downer. I honestly wanted to just post a link to Matt Olson’s quotes following Wednesday’s loss and leave it at that but hey, this was at least a somewhat productive series since the Braves did win their second road game of the year w...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Yankees’ leadoff man has been unexpectedly clutch for the team. The Yankees are a team built on a lot of money and superstar power, but still, no one would have pointed at Paul Goldschmidt in the lineup and thought he might be the most productive member of the team. Yet, in a recent series against the Tigers, and in fact all through the early part of th...2025
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• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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• What Do MLB Players Really Do During the Long Offseason Months?
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2025
"Yankees pitching implodes as Red Sox launch five homers in missed chance for early AL East statement"

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"Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 58th home run to help the Yankees wrap up their second AL East title in three years with a 10-1 victory over the Orioles on Thursday."

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"com/i1dG1JQfaH— Andy Kostka (@afkostka) June 11, 2023 With the victory, the Orioles improved to 41-24 on the season, good for second place in the AL East."

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"Step 1, complete: Yankees clinch AL East title"

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"Aaron Boone, whose job security came into question after the Yankees finished third in the AL East and then lost to the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Game, will return with a new three-year deal, plus an option, sources confirmed to ESPN."

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"MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

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"AL East Notes: Yankees, Gardner, Red Sox, Luxury Tax, Rays, Relocation"

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"AL East Notes: Brach, Orioles, Ellsbury, Yankees, JDM"

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"Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead"

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"O's cool Blue Jays, stay alone atop AL East"

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"Brian McCann's home run in the sixth inning helped push the Yankees into sole possession of first place in the AL East on Monday night with a 4-1 win over the Rays, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped."

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"The Red Sox have finalized their contract with Pablo Sandoval, the first of two big signings aimed at boosting Boston's offense after a last-place finish in the AL East."

• Series Preview: Rays vs Red Sox
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• MLB Trade Deadline Rumor: Orioles’ $8,725,000 Star Could Be Centerpiece of Shocking AL East Deadline Deal
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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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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner

Today was Braves Franchise History 1919: It’s Hank Gowdy Day in Boston‚ the catcher’s first game after returning from the Army. He hits the first pitch he sees from Dolf Luque for a single‚ but the Reds prevail over the Braves‚ 10 - 4. 1920: The Braves beat the Reds‚ 7-0‚ behind Jack Scott’s three-hitter. Boston chases Jimmy Ring in the 3rd inning and goes on to tally 12 hits. 1926: Hack Wilson sm...2025
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it

Gunnar Henderson #2 of the Baltimore Orioles reacts after striking out in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 16, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images So many similarities Ryan O’Hearn went to Baltimore and, like a werewolf in the full moonlight, turned into a monster. The onetime Royals first baseman had a fant...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series
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• Five splashy trades the Brewers could make to fix their infield
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Phillies

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Thirty-four games down, one-hundred twenty-eight to go The Tampa Bay Rays snapped out of a four game losing streak and took two out of three against the New York Yankees over the weekend. Entering play on Tuesday, the Rays are now 16-18, sitting in third place in the AL East and are 2.5 games back of the Yankees for the division lead. The Philadelphia Phillies co...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Red Sox
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• MLB Week 10 Hot or Not: Cleveland and San Francisco’s pitching carries, Atlanta’s offense is abysmal
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• Alex Cora ‘Surprised’ by Gap in AL East, Credits Yankees’ Consistent Excellence
Red Sox manager Alex Cora expressed his surprise at seeing the team trail the Yankees by a wide margin in the AL East standings....2025
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• Max Fried has settled in quickly with the Yankees

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Max Fried is proving to be one of the most underrated signings of the offseason. Last weekend when the AL East-leading New York Yankees (then 30-19) visited Coors Field to play the historically bad Colorado Rockies (then 8-42), a sweep seemed inevitable. Reality hit on Friday night when RHP Tanner Gordon led the Rockies to a surprising 3-2 win. The n...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Twins

Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Fifty-two games down, one-hundred ten to go The Twins have been tearing up their schedule this May, having won 16 of their last 20 — one game postponed, three losses — including a run of 13 wins in a row, buoyed by a strong bullpen in closer Jhoan Duran and homegrown talents Cole Sands, Griffin Jax, and Louis Varland. Game one in the series will see Chris P...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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• Five splashy trades the Brewers could make to fix their infield
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up

Bobby Witt Jr. approaches the visiting dugout at Steinbrenner Field before the Royals versus Tampa Bay Rays game on May 1. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Teams are starting to distance themselves at the top and bottom of their divisions a full month in It’s Sunday, so you know what that means. This week’s Hot or Not recap covers the fifth full week of the season, from April 27 to May 3. AL...2025
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?
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• Max Fried has settled in quickly with the Yankees
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner
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• Red Sox Scramble After Triston Casas Injury Triggers Bold Rafael Devers Dilemma
With Triston Casas out for the season, the Red Sox are weighing all options at first base as they look to maintain momentum in the AL East....2025
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley

Austin Riley had himself a night | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves had arguably their most complete game of the season against the Blue Jays The struggling Atlanta Braves went north of the border to take on the AL East leading Toronto Blue in a matchup that did not look too promising. Marcell Ozuna was out due to hip inflammation and the Braves trotted out a lineup that look...2025
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• Road woes continue for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images At least they finally won a game away from Cobb County? Well, that was one of the series of all time, huh? The Atlanta Braves travelled down to Tampa hot off the heels of winning their first series of the season over their divisional rivals in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies. The obvious hope for Atlanta heading into this series was that they would...2025
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• Braves vs. Rays series recap: Road woes continue for Atlanta

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images At least they finally won a game away from Cobb County? Well, that was one of the series of all time, huh? The Atlanta Braves travelled down to Tampa hot off the heels of winning their first series of the season over their divisional rivals in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies. The obvious hope for Atlanta heading into this series was that they would...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Starting Pitching

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images This rotation has the potential to be brilliant. It also has the potential to have a collective rapid unscheduled disassembly. Sure hope it’s the former! The starting rotation in 2025 for the Atlanta Braves figures to be incredibly fascinating. It’s probably the positional unit on this team with the biggest possible variance of results...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Yankees ace needs Tommy John surgery. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will miss the entire 2025 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Max Fried says he’s “ready to step up” in Cole’s absence. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team needs to add pitching, but “very little is available.” Bus...2025
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• McCann's blast sparks Yankees past Rays
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead
The Red Sox endured the early body blow of a grand slam by Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett and then stormed back with big hits and clutch relief to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Reds on Friday night that reduced their magic number for clinching the American League East to six games....2017
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• Sox win set with Jays, increase AL East lead
Fresh off a 19-inning comeback win on Tuesday, the Red Sox were right back at it on Wednesday night, riding another stellar outing from Doug Fister and a balanced offensive attack to a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays in the rubber game at Fenway Park....2017
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• Gardner's 2 HRs, Judge's 10th blast lead NY
Brett Gardner homered twice and drove in four runs, Austin Romine collected a career-high five RBIs and Aaron Judge hit his American League-leading 10th homer as the Yankees claimed sole possession of first place in the AL East with a 12-4 victory over the Orioles on Saturday at Yankee Stadium....2017
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• The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1382 – Team-by-Team Prospect Review: AL East ft. Eric Longenhagen

The prospect deep-dives are back! After a year off, Paul is joined by Eric Longenhagen to go team-by-team and discussing any and all fantasy relevant prospects and prospect-adjacent players Source...2025
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs sweep the Astros to close a successful homestand. Every season is an entity onto its own. You watch enough seasons and they start to feel like one long homogenous mass. But when you sort them out, or more specifically when one is going on, you can really feel that individuality. And so, as we sit in front of this currently unfolding season, th...2024
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• David Price Right at Home with Boston Red Sox Thanks in Large Part to Big Papi
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• Are the Yankees Headed for a Third Straight Year Without a Playoff Appearance?
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• Blockbuster Josh Donaldson Trade Shows Jays All-in for 2015, A's Retooling Again
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• MLB Week 10 Hot or Not: Cleveland and San Francisco’s pitching carries, Atlanta’s offense is abysmal
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Twins
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• Rays 13, Jays 0: Sweeping Away the Jays

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images A complete beatdown for the Rays to sweep a home series?! Well, this is new There’s been two previous sweeps in George Steinbrenner Field as a major league park. Both went against the Rays. Finally, it’s the Rays side of things that get into the fun of busting out the brooms. Taking the full series vs the Jays securing 5 wins in a row and back-to-back stro...2025
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• MLB Week 8 Hot or Not: Nats and Halos on the rise, Rox remain in the basement

CJ Abrams hits a home run against the Orioles in the second inning of play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 18. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Several teams are defying expectations, for better and worse We’re back in business with the last full week of May in this week’s Hot or Not recap, covering May 18-24. AL West Hot: The Angels kick it up a notch It’s time to pull out the brooms...2025
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals take on a struggling Orioles team
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle
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• Roundtable: What is the top storyline of the first third of the season?
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals take on a struggling Orioles team
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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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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley
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• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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