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• Tigers Outright Akil Baddoo
The Tigers announced that outfielder Akil Baddoo has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. Detroit designated him for assignment last week as the corresponding move for the Alex Cobb signing. Baddoo was a Rule 5 success story in 2021, when he hit .259/.330/.436 with 13 homers across 461 plate appearances in his debut season. The…...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Juan Soto is welcomed in Flushing. The White Sox trade Garrett Crochet. A Winter Meetings wrap-up and which teams get a participation trophy this winter. Good morning. Trade for Kyle Tucker already, Jed. I’m going crazy checking every ten minutes to see if a deal has been done. Fangraphs has this end-of-the-year recap of how you used the site and the ballplay...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried to Yankees, MLB Draft Lottery results, and more

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. To no one’s surprise, Atlanta Braves fan-favorite Max Fried has agreed to a hefty deal with the New York Yankees. The left-hander agreed to an eight-year deal worth $218M and the contract does not include any deferred money. Breaking: Max Fried and the New York Yankees are in agreement on an eight-year, $21...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 2

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Tuesday brought a little more heat to the winter meetings After a somewhat quiet day one of the Winter Meetings, action picked up more on day two. More deals and trades started coming in, including another high-profile free-agent signing. The day also included the MLB Draft Lottery. Here’s a round-up of what happened on the second day. The big move of the day cam...2024
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• Tigers Designate Akil Baddoo For Assignment
The Tigers formally announced their previously reported signing of right-hander Alex Cobb this evening. In a corresponding move, outfielder Akil Baddoo was designated for assignment as noted by MLive’s Evan Woodbery. More to come…...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 10, 2024

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Let’s make a deal. Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon at The Athletic report on the Royals’ pursuit of a hitter. [$] The Kansas City Royals expect their payroll to be in the same $120 million range it was last season, according to sources briefed on their plans. FanGraphs estimates the team’s current payroll is $116 million, leaving little flexibility for the front of...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The fireworks came yesterday. What else is happening? Baseball’s winter meetings got underway on Sunday with the announcement of Baseball’s Classic Era Hall of Fame ballot, and then the party really got started last night when Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for a mind-boggling $765 million. Soto’s signing on the eve of the official start of the meetings f...2024
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• Tigers take chance on injury-plagued pitcher with one-year deal

The Tigers and right-hander Alex Cobb are in agreement on a one-year deal...2024
• Ranking this off-season’s free agents

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
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• Where have all the starters gone? Revisiting the Edwin Jackson trade tree, and the state of modern baseball

Leon Halip-Imagn Images Allow me to reintroduce myself. I’m Brad; nice to see you all! For many years, I had the privilege of writing for DRaysBay, but that privilege was paused in January 2018 when the Miami Marlins hired me to work in their analytics department. I have joined the Free Agent class this offseason, and the powers at DRaysBay have graciously invited me to once again explore ...2024
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• Braves News: Chris Sale, Matt Olson named Gold Glove finalists, Yankees lead ALCS 2-0, and more

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The beginning of the offseason means that award season is officially ramping up, and the Atlanta Braves announced that they have two Gold Glove finalists in Chris Sale and Matt Olson. #Braves pitcher Chris Sale and first baseman Matt Olson are Gold Glove finalists. There are three finalists at each pos...2024
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• Guardians replace ALCS Game 1 starter Alex Cobb on roster vs. Yankees as injury ends righty's season

Cobb now cannot return the rest of 2024 while Lively has a chance to start an ALCS game...2024
• Alex Cobb Replaced By Ben Lively On Guardians’ ALCS Roster
Major League Baseball announced that it has approved a roster change for the Guardians, with right-hander Alex Cobb replaced by fellow righty Ben Lively. MLB didn’t announce the specific nature of Cobb’s injury but the Guards announced it as an acute left low back strain. Per MLB playoff roster rules, a player removed with an…...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News on October 14, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What’s next? The Royals say this playoff ending will light a fire under them for next year. “If you back up from it a bit, it was a pretty impressive season,” Pasquantino said. “But as a player on the team, it wasn’t enough. We knew that we had a good shot to compete and make the playoffs, and I think we felt good about our chances. And we just didn’t do ...2024
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• Playoffs Today
Games get underway at 3 PM EDT when the Guardians visit the Tigers. Alex Cobb takes on Keider Moreno. Cobb made just three starts this season, with major and minor injuries limiting his time on the field. He did post a 2.76 ERA. Montero posted a 4.76 ERA in his first season in the majors. […]...2024
• Guardians Activate Alex Cobb For ALDS Roster
The Guardians released their 26-man roster for the AL Division Series this morning, and veteran right-hander Alex Cobb was included after being activated from the 15-day injured list. Cobb has pitched in just one MLB game since August 14 due to a pair of IL stints — first due to a fractured fingernail, and now…...2024

• Guardians 6, Cubs 1: Swept outta Cleveland

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images This was not the result the Cubs wanted at Progressive Field. In a week where the Cubs had hoped to show they belonged in the NL wild card race, instead they blew a lead and tried to come back in one game, and then the offense disappeared for the rest of the series. The 6-1 loss Wednesday, resulting in a sweep by the Guardians, was thus a microcosm of the...2024
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• MLB's Best and Worst, Through the Eyes of All-Star David Price
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"With their first prominent offseason move now in the books, the Tigers may be looking to follow up the Alex Cobb signing with some offensive help."

2023
"The Giants beat the Reds — in fact, Alex Cobb came within one out of a no-hitter — and moved into the third wild card spot, one game behind the Cubs."

2022
"The Giants have activated Alex Cobb for his start today, as expected."

2021
"Alex Cobb made his final start of the season this afternoon, allowing five runs over as many innings in a loss to the Rangers."

2020
"The Orioles announced Friday that righty Alex Cobb has been placed on the injured list."

2019
"John Means and Alex Cobb appear locked into their turns, and Asher Wojciechowski has a spot to lose."

2018
"The list includes right-handers Lance Lynn and Alex Cobb, who rank as two of the best free agents remaining in this year’s class."

2017
"Zeros were the order of the day on late Saturday afternoon when Rick Porcello and Alex Cobb took the mound for the Red Sox and Rays, respectively, at Tropicana Field."

2016
" Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb, who suffered a mild concussion after a comebacker went off the side of his head in June 2013, told Weinbaum he would "be open" to wearing the new headgear if it feels close to what a regular hat does."

2015
"Rays right-hander Alex Cobb‘s 2015 season is in jeopardy, as is much of his 2016 season, as Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that an MRI has revealed a partially torn ligament in his right elbow."

2014
"Continually churning out good young pitchers, from Price to Moore to Archer to Alex Cobb to Jeremy Hellickson to Jake McGee."

• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• Braves News: Max Fried to Yankees, MLB Draft Lottery results, and more
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 2
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 10, 2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• Reports: Tigers, veteran Cobb reach 1-year deal
The Tigers have added Alex Cobb to their rotation, agreeing to a one-year contract with the veteran right-hander, according to multiple reports....2024
• Tigers Interested In Paul Goldschmidt
With their first prominent offseason move now in the books, the Tigers may be looking to follow up the Alex Cobb signing with some offensive help. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reports (via X) that Detroit has interest in seven-time All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who is a free agent for the first time in his…...2024
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents
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• Where have all the starters gone? Revisiting the Edwin Jackson trade tree, and the state of modern baseball
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• Royals Rumblings - News on October 14, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• Braves News: Max Fried to Yankees, MLB Draft Lottery results, and more
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• Where have all the starters gone? Revisiting the Edwin Jackson trade tree, and the state of modern baseball
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• 2024 NLCS, Game 2: Mets vs. Dodgers and ALCS Game 1, Guardians vs. Yankees

John Jones-Imagn Images The ALCS begins and the NLCS continues. Here’s all the info you will need for today’s two LCS games. MLB.com Gameday for NLCS Game 2. Dodgers lead series 1-0. LHP Sean Manaea vs. TBD. 3:08 p.m. CT. TV: Fox. Announcers: Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci. MLB.com Gameday for ALCS Game 1. RHP Alex Cobb vs. LHP Carlos Rodón. 6:38 p.m. CT. TV: TBS. ...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview

The AL Central takes center stage in the ALDS! The Royals and Yankees renew an old playoff rivalry while the upstart Tigers and Guardians duke it out. The American League Central doesn’t get much respect. Some of this is due to its history as one of baseball’s “newer” divisions. The AL Central’s only two World Series champions in 30 seasons of play are the 2005 White Sox and 2015 Royals. Neither w...2024
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• The state of the American League race

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who will battle for the pennant? With a little over two weeks left in the regular season, the Royals seem poised to make their first playoff appearance in nine seasons. They currently sit in the second Wild Card spot, with a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff spot, and a 92 percent chance of making the post-season, according to Fangraphs. For the post-...2024
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is constantly making history. Happy Monday, friends (and happy birthday to me!). Hope your weekends were lovely and you’re ready to jump into some news updates. Over the weekend, Shohei Ohtani joined the unique tier of players as the only person to join the 46-46 club (and seems poised to potentially hit the 50-50 club). In other news, some big...2024
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• The Man(zardo) is Back - September 2nd, 2024
Kyle Manzardo (1B/DH - CLE) - Manzardo returned to the majors with a bang on Sunday, hitting two solo homers against the Pirates in a 6-1 win. I expect that he'll be the primary DH (at least against RHP) down the stretch for the Guardians, and as even though his first stint with Cleveland was rather poor, I expect better things from him this time around. He blames a lot of his struggles on trying ...2024
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• AL Week 23 Strategy-August 24, 2024
In The Field 1B Ryan Mountcastle left Thursday's game early with a sore wrist. The injury occurred on a slide into second base in the second inning. He was not in the lineup on Friday or Saturday. OF Mickey Moniak left Thursday's game early due to left elbow irritation. He is considered day-to-day. OF Jazz Chisholm Jr. (elbow) was activated off the 10-day IL on Friday and returned to the lineup ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1
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• Royals Rumblings - News on October 14, 2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees

The Yankees’ championship drought is a feast compared to the Guardians’. Who will get a chance to snap it? The Championship Series is upon us and only four teams remain from the 30 who began the MLB season back in March. October winnowed the field to 12 playoff teams, the Wild Card round cut out four more, and now, the New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers a...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview
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• Outside The Confines: In a club of one
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• Cub Tracks’ swept away

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. These last two games were indicative of an early fall. 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 #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and ...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline 2024: Grading all 30 teams’ moves

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The dust has settled after a frenzied final few hours of trade activity. How did your team fare? The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. There will be waiver claims, minor signings, injury returns, and other internal promotions from this point onward, but in general, each team’s roster now features the primary players who wi...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 31, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals are trading on up. J.J. Picollo reflected on a busy trade deadline that had the Royals acquire infielder Paul DeJong and pitchers Michael Lorenzen and Lucas Erceg. “We’re pretty happy with the way this went,” Picollo said. “Over the last couple days, we had an objective that we wanted to add to our bullpen. We were able accomplish that. We also we...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Giants series preview

Bob Kupbens-USA TODAY Sports What, YOU again? SAN FRANCISCO — Yes, I’m here in the Bay Area to visit my dad and take in this four-game series. Don’t ask how much sleep I got last night. The Cubs took two of three from the Giants at Wrigley Field last week (and if not for a bullpen implosion would have taken all three), and hopefully they can continue that winning in the Left Coast. But the...2024
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• Porcello's gem not enough as Red Sox shut out
Zeros were the order of the day on late Saturday afternoon when Rick Porcello and Alex Cobb took the mound for the Red Sox and Rays, respectively, at Tropicana Field. The right-handers were on, making runs precious. In the end, one proved enough as the Rays took a 1-0 win....2017
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• Porcello, Sox look to sweep away Cobb, Rays
The Rays and the Red Sox will wrap up their three-game series Sunday in a 1:35 p.m. ET contest at Fenway Park. And the finale has all the trappings of a pitching duel with Alex Cobb starting for the Rays and Rick Porcello for the Red Sox....2017
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• Porcello seeks better fate vs. Cobb, Rays
Veteran right-handers Rick Porcello and Alex Cobb match up again after last week's tilt in Fenway Park, squaring off on the Tropicana Field mound Saturday as the Red Sox try to boost their postseason hopes while dampening the Rays' October plans....2017
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• Cobb, Colome combine to shut out Red Sox
Zeros were the order of the day on late Saturday afternoon when Rick Porcello and Alex Cobb took the mound for the Red Sox and Rays, respectively, at Tropicana Field. The right-handers were on, making runs precious. In the end, one proved enough as the Rays took a 1-0 win....2017
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• Cubs 1, Brewers 0: The man of Steele (and his sidekicks)

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Justin Steele gutted out a fantastic outing and the Cubs got solid relief work in this one-run win. Who says the Cubs can’t develop great pitching? Justin Steele is a strong contender for the National League Cy Young Award and he showed the reasons why Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. He gutted out six innings — several of them after being hit in the leg b...2023
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• Cubs Pursuing Alex Cobb
The Cubs added right-hander Tyler Chatwood on a three-year, $38MM guarantee this week, but another sizable investment for their rotation could be on the way. With the Winter Meetings nearing, they’re making a “strong push” to sign free agent righty Alex Cobb, Bruce Levine of CBS Chicago reports. Their hope is to reach a deal…...2017
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• MLB, MLBPA to Debut New Protective Headgear for Pitchers at Spring Training
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• All 9 Recipients Will Reject Qualifying Offer
All nine of the free agents that received a one-year, $17.4MM qualifying offer will reject that offer in favor of free agency, Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports writes. Each of Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Jake Arrieta, Wade Davis, Lance Lynn, Alex Cobb, Greg Holland and Carlos Santana will turn down that one-year opportunity…...2017
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• AL Week 25 Strategy-September 7, 2024
In The Field OF Max Kepler was placed on the 10-day IL with left knee tendonitis on Thursday. He had missed the previous four games with the injury. OF Matt Wallner is expected to fill in for Kepler while he is out. Wallner is hitting .262 with 11 HR, 23 R, 29 RBI, and 3 SB. OF Kyle Tucker was activated on Friday. He has been out since early June with a right shin fracture. He was hitting .266 w...2024
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• AL Week 23 Strategy-August 24, 2024
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• AL Week 21 Strategy-August 10, 2024
In The Field SS Carlos Correa (heel) is still not running at full speed and is unlikely to be with the Twins during their current season with the Guardians. Once he starts a rehab assignment we will have a more clear understanding of when he will return. Correa is hitting .308 with 13 HR, 51 R, 47 RBI, and 0 SB. OF Tyler O'Neill was placed on the 10-day IL on Wednesday due to an infection on hi...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Pitchers
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Pitcher projections: George Kirby (SP-SEA) ended 2023 recording a 3.52 ERA, 8.1 K/9, 0.8 BB/9, and 3.63 xFIP in his 31 starts (190 IP) this season. While his K/9 isn't exactly impressive, h...2024
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• Scary Line Drive off Carlos Carrasco's Face Shows Pitchers Will Never Be Safe
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• How 2015 MLB Spring Training Has Changed the Regular-Season Landscape
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• Bleacher Report's 2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Cheat Sheet
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 2
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents
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• Where have all the starters gone? Revisiting the Edwin Jackson trade tree, and the state of modern baseball
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• Braves News: Chris Sale, Matt Olson named Gold Glove finalists, Yankees lead ALCS 2-0, and more
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• Alex Cobb Replaced By Ben Lively On Guardians’ ALCS Roster
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• MLB Postseason Game Thread: October 14

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Both of the LCS are in action this evening Last night, the Dodgers opened up the NLCS by taking the Mets out back and giving them a serious paddling in Game 1. Now, it’s time for the Mets to try to respond in order to avoid coming back to Citi Field in a 2-0 hole. Talking about doing it is one thing but actually doing it is a completely different sto...2024
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• Braves News: 2024 NLCS Begins, Braves Memory Lane, more

Brett Davis-Imagn Images One day closer to Opening Day 2025!!! The 2024 NLCS is officially underway as the Mets and Dodgers met in Game 1 to determine will win the NL Pennant and have a chance to be World Series Champion this season. Braves News Over the past quarter century, October 13th has been a decent day for the Braves in the playoffs. It is the day the Braves won Game 2 of the NL...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried to Yankees, MLB Draft Lottery results, and more
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• Rays Madness: final four matchups

Part 3! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
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• MLB rumors: Angels acquire Alex Cobb; Mets make trade with Marlins; several teams after Jake Odorizzi
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• 2015 MLB All-Star Roster: Predictions for Game's Most Likely Snubs
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• Chris Archer Has Quietly Joined Select Group of MLB's Top Aces
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• Another Ace Bites the Dust as Tommy John Halts Alex Cobb's Great Young Career
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• Alex Cobb Injury: Updates on Rays Pitcher's Elbow and Recovery
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• How 2015 MLB Spring Training Has Changed the Regular-Season Landscape
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