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• Royals Move Bailey Falter To Bullpen
The Royals are going to be reinstating Michael Lorenzen from the 15-day injured list on Saturday, which will bump left-hander Bailey Falter to the bullpen. Manager Matt Quatraro relayed the news to Anne Rogers of MLB.com. It’s an unfortunate development for Falter, who has been having a good season overall. He logged 113 1/3 innings…...2025
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• Red Sox series preview: Two of the hottest teams in the AL

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Is this the most important series of the year? The Royals are back to .500 and head to Boston before they have nine games in a row against teams with a losing record. The Red Sox are red hot right now, winning 20 of 27, the best record in the American League since the end of June (the Royals have the third-best record at 17-10). They’re coming off a hom...2025
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• Scouting report: Bailey Falter

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images A breakout year and a reunion with an old coach make for a great late-rotation starter Just before the end of the trade deadline, the Royals made a final trade with the Pirates to acquire starting pitcher Bailey Falter. The 28-year-old southpaw is having the best season of his career, posting a 3.73 ERA over 113.1 innings in 22 games, and could be...2025
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• MLB Week 17 Hot or Not: It’s a trade frenzy

Ke’Bryan Hayes celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Braves on July 31, 2025. | Aaron Doster-Imagn Images The 2025 trade deadline was far from disappointing As always, the trade deadline consumed the headlines last week. From blockbuster moves to buzzer-beating transactions, all eyes were on the trades, less so the games. This recap covers in-game and off-field action f...2025
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• Royals Designate Thomas Hatch For Assignment
The Royals activated recent trade acquisitions Bailey Falter and Ryan Bergert this morning, ahead of their afternoon matchup with the Blue Jays. To make room on the roster, Jonathan Bowlan was optioned to Triple-A, while Thomas Hatch was designated for assignment. In additional news, the team also announced that Michael Massey has been returned from…...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 2, 2025

Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images Yaz! Mike Yastrzemski had quite a debut for the Royals. On Friday, Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, as the Royals secured a 9-3 victory. “It was the first time I was able to relax today just getting back on the field,” Yastrzemski told reporters postgame, via FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City...2025
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• MJ Melendez sent down among roster moves to accommodate trade acquisitions

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images MJ Melendez is shipped out. A day after adding three pitchers and an outfielder, the Royals made corresponding roster moves for their game tonight against the Blue Jays. MJ Melendez was optioned to Triple-A Omaha and outfielder Joey Wiemer was designated for assignment. The Royals also moved pitcher Kris Bubic to the 60-day Injured List. Earlier this week t...2025
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• Blue Jays series preview: New look Royals head north of the border

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Both the Royals and Blue Jays were active at the trade deadline The Royals added four new players to the roster at the trade deadline - outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, and pitchers Ryan Bergert, Bailey Falter, and Stephen Kolek (who will likely head to the minors), in addition to the acquisitions of Randal Grichuk and Adam Frazier earlier in the month. The fi...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025

They’re teammates now | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Pencils down. The trade deadline is over! Let’s talk about where the Royals are right now. They’re 54-55, a game under .500 with only 53 to play. Not great. They’re also 9th in the league - they’re closer to the bottom of the league than the top. Again, not good. If you look at the teams ahead of them, barring an insane hot st...2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates the hot run of his Toronto Blue Jays. | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Diamondbacks sell first, White Sox and Bucs surprise, and Jays gear up to buy Long-time, no-see! After a week off from our regularly-scheduled programming, the Hot or Not feature series is back. This recap covers the first full week back from the All-Star break from July 20-26. AL West Ho...2025
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• 3 MLB Trade Deadline sellers that have to get it right

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images These three sellers have to nail the MLB trade deadline to save their future. The 2025 MLB Trade Deadline is fast approaching, and all 30 teams likely know by now whether they will be buyers, sellers, or something in between at the end of the month. While every team needs to get it right at the deadline, to borrow a phrase from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, som...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Brewers welcome NL Central foe to town The Milwaukee Brewers are headed back to town to close out the month of June, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies on deck. The Pirates are up first, as they’ll head to Milwaukee for three games beginning Monday evening. The Crew is on a four-game win streak as they won their finale with the Cubs before sweepi...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Brewers take quick four-game road trip to Pittsburgh The Milwaukee Brewers sit at 24-26 on the season as they’ll head east to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates for a four-game series at PNC Park. This series marks their first National League opponent since the first weekend of May, when they took on the Cubs. The Brewers have had a crazy stretch where they’ve eit...2025
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• Turang Loads the Torpedo- Player Commentary May 21, 2025
Brice Turang- 2B- MIL- Hot- Turang hit his 4th homer of the season yesterday, in 197 PAs. In 2024 he slugged 7 homers in 619 PAs. Turang has a .297/.372/.390 slash line. The average will likely be hurt by regression since he has a .370 BABIP. Turang has dramatically increased his Statcast metrics. His EV has jumped from 87.0 to 91.2, with his HardHIt% going from 25.4% to 43.0% and his Barrel% from...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2025

All aboard the Jacwagon? | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the Royals keep up the momentum into the All-Star Break? There were a couple of stories about Vinnie Pasquantino giving Jac Caglianone an il bacetto in celebration after his home run on Wednesday. Anne Rogers mentions it in her story: Caglianone’s two-run home run off Pirates starter Bailey Falter cleared not one, not two but ...2025
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"But Bailey Falter escaped as Vinnie Pasquantino hit a routine flyout to center and Maikel Garcia bounced out 6-3 to end the inning."

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"Tobias Myers will lead off that series, facing Bailey Falter of the Pirates."

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"Bailey Falter, who allowed that Swanson home run, was the opener for the Cubs."

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"The Phillies announced that outfielder Oscar Mercado has been designated for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster for southpaw Bailey Falter, who has been recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start today’s game."

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"10:17 am: The Phillies announced they’ve placed starting pitcher Aaron Nola, third baseman Alec Bohm and relievers Connor Brogdon and Bailey Falter on the COVID-19 injured list."

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"The Phillies have added three left-handers – Kyle Dohy, Bailey Falter and Damon Jones – as well as infielder Nick Maton, righty Francisco Morales and outfielder Simon Muzziotti to their 40-man roster, the team announced."

• Red Sox series preview: Two of the hottest teams in the AL
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• Scouting report: Bailey Falter
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• MLB Week 17 Hot or Not: It’s a trade frenzy
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 2, 2025
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• Blue Jays series preview: New look Royals head north of the border
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• The Royals are counting on their pitching development

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The pitchers the Royals acquired at the trade deadline all have potential that they haven’t quite tapped into yet. Can the Royals pitching coaches help them take the next step? The Kansas City Royals this season have received great performances from most of their starting pitchers. Cole Ragans may have struggled, but Seth Lugo and Micha...2025
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• Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (47-62) at Colorado Rockies (28-80)

8-1-2025 – By Ethan Smith – @mvp_EtHaN on X Well, the 2025 trade deadline has come and gone, and the Pittsburgh Pirates look much different than they did just 24 hours ago. Ke’Bryan Hayes, Bailey Falter, Caleb Ferguson, David Bednar, Adam Frazier and technically Taylor Rogers are all out of the Pirates organization, while a slewContinue reading "Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (47-6...2025
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• The Royals keep nailing trade deadlines by channeling classic Moneyball

Kansas City Royals general manager J.J. Picollo before game 4 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals on October 10, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO. | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s the third productive deadline in a row The MLB trade deadline came and went yesterday, and it was a wild, wild day. The Kansas City Royals were...2025
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• Royals acquire left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images More pitching depth! The Royals have continued to add pitching, acquiring left-hander Bailey Failter from the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The 28-year-old has made 22 starts this year with a 3.73 ERA, although he has the fourth-lowest strikeout rate among qualified starters. MLB.com reporter Alex Stumpf reports the return is pitcher...2025
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• Game Ninety-Four: Pittsburgh Pirates at Kansas City Royals

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s sweep Bob Nutting’s poverty franchise. The baseball team from the city of steel will take on the baseball team from the city of fountains tonight at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City took the first two games of this series to secure their first home series victory since early May and will look to complete the sweep tonight. The Roya...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Cardinals surge, but Cubs remain at top of the pack Welcome to the eighth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank some teams! 1. Chic...2025
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. scores on a wild pitch to give Padres 2-1 win Fernando Tatis Jr. stepped to the plate to lead off the top of the ninth inning with the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied, 1-1. Tatis Jr. lined a ball into left field and slid into second base, placing himself in scoring position with no outs. Luis Arr...2025
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• The Washington Nationals are struggling against left handed pitching

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Last night confirmed my suspicion that left handed pitchers are giving the Nationals problems this season The Washington Nationals offense has been a highly inconsistent unit. One game they are teeing off and hitting homers, the next it is a steady barrage of ground balls. Part of the issue is the teams inability to hit left handed pitching. The Nats inability to g...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game Thread

Amed Rosario and Dylan Crews celebrate after both players scored runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning at PNC Park. | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (7-10) take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (6-12) for game three of a four-game series. Becoming desperate for a win, Washington shut out Pittsburgh on Tuesday, 3-0, in a game where Washington dominat...2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Amed Rosario celebrates after scoring against the Miami Marlins during the fourth inning. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (6-9) are heading to Pennsylvania to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-11) What a roller coaster for the Washington Nationals in the past week. After two back-to-back series wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers, the tide look...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We’re kicking off our own power rankings of the NL Central, because who doesn’t love arbitrary lists? Welcome to our first edition of NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Wi...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers hit the road for final time this season as they head to Pittsburgh With the NL Central all locked up for the Brewers, they dropped three straight to the Diamondbacks before winning a thrilling game on Sunday afternoon, coming back from an 8-0 deficit to win 10-9. They’ll look to keep that momentum going as they hit the road for the last time this season, tak...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 2, 2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Pirates

Jonathan Cannon pitched well last Friday night when the White Sox ultimately walked it off in extras. | Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can a second-half, fresh start help Chicago turn the tide in Pittsburgh? After the All-Star break, the Chicago White Sox are back in action tonight, kicking off the second half of their season with 65 games remaining. They travel to P...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Reds series preview

Photo by Kate Woolson/Cincinnati Reds/Getty Images A divisional matchup for the weekend. The Reds were hanging around second place in the NL Central, behind the Cubs, until an early May stretch where they lost nine of 11 dropped them into third. A five-game winning streak got them hot again, until they dropped the last two of a three-game series to the Pirates in Pittsburgh. For more on th...2025
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• Braves offense disappears until ninth inning in 3-2 loss to Pirates

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images There have been too many games like this one, already. For the third time this season, the Atlanta Braves had a chance to reach .500 and for the third time this season, they failed to do so. This time, their late comeback bid fell short as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to a 3-2 win over the Braves. Austin Riley was the second batter in this game for the B...2025
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• Braves battle Bucs with Bryce Elder on the bump

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s Bryce Elder against an offense that isn’t so hot right now. Let’s see how this goes! Fresh off of completing a series win in a four-game entanglement with the Reds, the Atlanta Braves are on the road and right back at it tonight as they get set to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first of three games. Bryce Elder will be...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates
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• Braves dig early hole, lose to Pirates 11-5

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Braves fell behind early and were unable to recover in Friday’s loss to the Pirates Ray Kerr struggled early and the Atlanta Braves never recovered in a 11-5 loss Friday night to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kerr was recalled on Friday and was making his first career start. He found himself in trouble early as Andrew McCutchen singles and then moved to thi...2024
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• Cubs 14, Pirates 1: Now that’s more like it

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Friendly Confines were very friendly to Cubs bats Tuesday evening. Rain delayed action at Wrigley Field Tuesday for an hour and 25 minutes and when it got started, the Cubs didn’t wait long before unleashing bats that had been awfully quiet for almost a week. A barrage that included 12 hits, six walks and four home runs led the Cubs to a 14-1 victory over t...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 129

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A strong debut, a rollercoaster, a win. As per usual, Saturday is a family day for me. I’m usually good in the afternoon when the Cubs are at home. But these Saturday night games are tough for me to follow too closely. Did I miss anything? Obviously, I was right there with many of you when the ripple went through social media on Friday. Actually, I’d been...2023
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• Phillies Designate Oscar Mercado For Assignment
The Phillies announced that outfielder Oscar Mercado has been designated for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster for southpaw Bailey Falter, who has been recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start today’s game. Mercado had only been claimed off waivers from the Guardians a few days prior and struck out in…...2022
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• Perez’s powerful projectiles pulverize Pirates 4-3

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Royals homered thrice, all on first pitches. Salvador Perez went yard twice and Jac Caglianone also homered as the Kansas City Royals completed the sweep with a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals let a scoring opportunity go in the first when Bobby Witt Jr. ripped a ball to left and missed a homer by just a few feet, set...2025
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• Eld-ritch Blasted: Same bugbears befall Braves in 7-5 loss

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images 3TTO issues, defensive issues, hitting into good defense — you name it. The Braves came away with a split of a four-game set in Pittsburgh. If you make a list of “problems” the Braves have had this season (and past seasons), letting starters wither on the vine after their eighteenth batter is probably going to be up there. If you make an honest list of pro...2023
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• Diamondbacks 6, Cubs 2: Swept

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images I have no good news for you today. I’ve got bad news and worse news about the Chicago Cubs. Here, let me start with the worse news, maybe the rest of this recap will feel better in comparison. (Probably not, but what the heck.) The Cubs picked just about the worst possible time to match their season-high losing streak at five games with Sunday night’s 6-2...2023
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• Cubs roster move: Nick Madrigal to injured list, Jared Young recalled

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is out again. Nick Madrigal left Saturday's game in Arizona with what was reported as a hamstring injury. This has happened to Madrigal repeatedly during his Cubs tenure. Now it's putting him on the injured list: #Cubs place Nick Madrigal on the 10-day IL retro to 9/17 with a right hamstring strain. Jared Young has been recalled from Triple...2023
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• Cubs 10, Pirates 6: Jordan Wicks, your table is ready

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports That was some debut by the Cubs lefthander, but they had to hold on for dear life to win. Jordan Wicks, just called up from Triple-A Iowa, did not have an auspicious beginning to his major-league debut. Ke’Bryan Hayes smacked Wicks’ second pitch out of the yard for a home run. Then Wicks allowed a single and walk. And then... nothing else. Wicks retired th...2023
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• Preseason Prep - 3/10/2023
Rodon to Open Season on IL The Yankees have announced that SP Carlos Rodon has a left forearm strain and will not be ready for the start of the season. Rodon signed a massive $162 million deal with New York in the offseason coming off two excellent seasons with the White Sox and Giants, but now it is unclear when he will be able to make his Yankees debut. Over the past two seasons, Rodon has com...2023
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• McCarthyism Refers To The Hysteria Around Jake McCarthy
Corbin Carroll sat yesterday against the historically significant southpaw, Bailey Falter (6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.08). Torey Lovullo, fantastic on MTV's The Challenge, benches Corbin Carroll after two games is such big-brain'ing. Never underestimate the dumbness of any of this. Oh, and if this is because the new CBA says a guy who starts the year with the team, and wins the ...2022
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• MJ Melendez sent down among roster moves to accommodate trade acquisitions
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• Know Your Enemy: Philadelphia Phillies
Get a real job, you jerk | Rich Schultz/Getty Images The defending NL champs stumble into a snowy spring It’s early Monday morning and snow is faintly falling upon all the living and the dead, and it seems like a good time for the Phillies to roll into town. This is a laughably grim and gray morning, a cruel Chicago joke after shorts-wearing weather of the weekend, and a proper setting fo...2023
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• 2023 MLB Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Trea Turner now plays for the Phillies. We will never know peace again. The 2022 Philadelphia Phillies single-handedly “justified” the expanded Postseason format when they finished a distant third place in the NL East with 88 wins, but secured the final Wild Card spot and proceeded to make it all the way to Game 6 of the World Series. Perhaps realizing t...2023
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