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• Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Picks: 4/29/26
A better picture of Prielipp, and the new Brent Rooker? The post Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Picks: 4/29/26 appeared first on Pitcher List....2026
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• Rooker returns to A's after missing 14 games
The Athletics activated Brent Rooker off the 10-day injured list Sunday and put the two-time All-Star in the cleanup spot as the designated hitter against Texas after he missed 14 games with a right oblique strain....2026
• Athletics Designate Andy Ibanez For Assignment, Reinstate Brent Rooker
Outfielder Brent Rooker is back with the Athletics after missing a little over two weeks with an oblique strain. The club has designated infielder Andy Ibanez for assignment to clear a roster spot for Rooker, per a team announcement. Rooker is batting fourth as the DH today against the Rangers. The Dodgers gave Ibanez a […]...2026
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• A’s All-Star Brent Rooker placed on IL with oblique strain

The Athletics will be without one of their top sluggers for the foreseeable future....2026
• A's place Rooker on IL, ending 213-game streak
Brent Rooker was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Athletics on Friday because of an oblique strain, ending a streak of 213 consecutive games played....2026
• Athletics Place Brent Rooker On Injured List
The Athletics announced today that outfielder/designated hitter Brent Rooker has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to an oblique strain. Infielder/outfielder Zack Gelof has been recalled as the corresponding move. It’s not an especially surprising development. Rooker appeared to injure himself on a swing yesterday, reaching for his side. He was removed from […]...2026
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• The Opener: Rooker, Meadows, Corbin
Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today: 1. Rooker to undergo imaging: The A’s suffered a worrisome injury yesterday when slugger Brent Rooker exited in the first inning of their game against the Yankees. Martin Gallegos of MLB.com writes that Rooker was diagnosed with […]...2026
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• A’s star Brent Rooker exits game vs. Yankees in middle of at-bat in injury concern

The A’s had some bad injury lucky during their series finale in the Bronx on Thursday....2026
• A's Rooker exits vs. Yankees with apparent injury
Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker exited Thursday's game against the Yankees after feeling pain on a swing in the first inning....2026
• Preseason Prep - March 17, 2026
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) should see plenty of playing time in 2025 and will likely continue to occupy the DH even when Sean Murphy starts behind the plate. Why? Because the lefty hitter actually did pretty well against LHP in 2026. In 95 PA against southpaws, Baldwin hit .299 with 4 HR, 17 RBI, and 13 R while drawing walks at a 7.5% clip and fanning just 16% of the time. For comparison, he batted .26...2026
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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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• Home Run Derby 2025: Participants, rules, and prediction for winner

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Let’s make our picks for the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby. The best show in sports is back for another year. The 2025 MLB Home Run Derby is tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, and while the established sluggers we know might not be participating, there’s a whole lot of power in this lineup. There are breakout stars, young guys ready to make the push into superst...2025
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• Matt Olson will replace Ronald Acuña Jr. in the Home Run Derby

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Acuña will be passing the torch to the NL’s joint-leader in fWAR among first basemen Earlier this week, Ronald Acuña Jr. was a late scratch from the series opener in Sacramento against the Athletics due to a back ailment. Fortunately, Acuña’s back woes only kept him out of one game and it didn’t take him long to return to the lineup at all. There wa...2025
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• Early trade targets to bolster the Royals’ lackluster offense

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images How aggressive should they get? The Royals' offense is sputtering yet again, with the team scoring three or fewer runs in their last seven games and ten of their last eleven. It has become beyond evident that their lineup needs help, and it may not come from within the organization. Adding a bat at the deadline feels imperative, not just to contend this ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Athletics series preview

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images The Cubs will be the first visiting team to play a major-league game in Sacramento. As I noted in my AL West preview, I’m going to be using Sacramento to refer to this team, as is being done by the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle recently announced that they would call this team by its city name, even though MLB is officially just calling them ...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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• MLB surprises, disappointments and more from the month of April
Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Braves are rolling, but what about the rest of the league? When I was in high school, my best baseball bud was Conor. In addition to being the most-skilled player I had ever shared a field with, he luxuriated in baseball lore and fandom in a way that I, who had only actually learned about baseball a few years prior, found it hard to catch up with. Th...2023
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"Athletics All-Star Brent Rooker added more fuel to rumors of a work stoppage in 2027 with some new, bold comments."

2025
"Slugger Brent Rooker and the A's are in agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract extension, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Monday night, confirming a report by The Athletic."

2024
"Athletics slugger Brent Rooker was one of the most sought-after candidates on the summer trade market, but the A’s were reluctant to move him then and are similarly unwilling to move him now."

2023
"Former Royals Whit Merrifield (Blue Jays), Jorge Soler (Marlins), and Brent Rooker (Athletics) will all be All-Stars, with Soler and Rooker selected for the first time."

2022
"The Padres have traded Brent Rooker to the Royals for Cam Gallagher, according to Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic."

2021
"Outfielder Brent Rooker has been recalled to take his roster spot."

2020
"Twins Place Max Kepler On Injured List, Promote Brent Rooker"

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"The Twins have agreed to terms with compensation pick and outfielder Brent Rooker, Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press writes."

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• Matt Olson looks to defend home turf in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s All-Star first basemen will be in the center of the spotlight tonight as he swings with the best that MLB has to offer. 25 years after he was in attendance at Turner Field for the 2000 MLB Home Run Derby, Matt Olson will attempt to defend his home ballpark from some of the biggest home run hitters in all the land — includin...2025
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• Home Run Derby 2025: Participants, rules, and prediction for winner
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals offense is failing, and something needs to be done. The Royals have long been an offensively-challenged club, thanks in part to the stadium they play in. But they have taken their offensive ineptitude to new depths this year. They are dead last in baseball in runs scored per-game at 3.30. They have been shut out ten times this ...2025
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• Royals attempt ninth-inning comeback against Athletics but fall short 6-4

The A’s two dingers was enough to win, but they got plenty more. | Denny Medley-Imagn Images A three-run ninth gave a false glimmer of hope. Michael Wacha’s changeup looked dangerous tonight, but not much else was working for him. He managed five strikeouts in 5 1⁄3 innings and gave up nine hits in those innings, including two home runs. It did not matter all that much because the Royals o...2025
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• Athletics series preview: The nomads have some hitting talent

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images But there have been some growing pains with the Athletics. The Athletics are once again vagabonds, having departed Oakland. Their new home in Las Vegas is not yet ready for them, so they’ll spend some purgatory in Sacramento. But don’t call them the Sacramento Athletics! This year, they’re just known as the “Athletics”, a team that won’t even embrace their tem...2025
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• Early trade targets to bolster the Royals’ lackluster offense
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• A’s To Give Tyler Soderstrom Reps In Left Field
The Athletics’ promotion of first base prospect Nick Kurtz, the No. 4 overall pick from last year’s draft, gives the team three middle-of-the-order but defensively limited sluggers: Kurtz, first baseman Tyler Soderstrom and designated hitter Brent Rooker. Soderstrom and Rooker have primarily handled first base and DH, respectively, in 2025, but GM David Forst tells…...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Torpedo bats are making their way to Coors Field

Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 15, 2025 The 2025 Colorado Rockies have picked up where they left off in 2024 in that the lackluster offense continues. Yesterday, Evan Lang detailed just how bad the offense is. (Look, a 28.2% strikeout rate that is the highest in the majors is just bad.) In short, this offense needs help. Two weeks ago, Joelle Milholm advocated for the Colorado...2025
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• Junior Caminero being robbed of a homer was the HR Derby’s best moment

This web gem from a young fan capped off a perfect Home Run Derby The Home Run Derby might be the perfect sporting event. Beyond the incredible feats we see from the participants, there are some other performances each year that are also notable. As someone who has struggled to throw a decent batting practice session in his day, I always come away impressed with the pitchers during the Home Run ...2025
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go
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• Athletics 3, White Sox 2 (10 innings): because, of course

Joshua Palacios led off the game in a hurry, clubbing a leadoff solo shot to left on the third pitch of the contest. | D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images The South Siders get walked off in extras The Chicago White Sox have dropped yet another series to the Athletics, allowing a walk-off home run in this one. What started out as promising turned boring, then promising again, and then ... reality....2025
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• Going and Vaughn

Andrew Vaughn had the lone RBIs in Tuesday’s loss against the A’s. | Justin Casterline/Getty Images One home run will not a win make as the White Sox go down 12-3 to the Athletics Two teams. Two slow starts to the season. Two teams with a hot start to the game. You wouldn’t know what hot was with the crisp 54-degree spring evening as first pitch got underway, but you would be shown it in ...2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino should unleash his inner Billy Butler

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals hits an RBI double in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on April 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Embrace the double There’s nothing quite as iconic as a big dude stepping up to the plate and whacking a baseball over the fence by swinging a bat very, very hard. Smaller players ...2025
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• Braves News: Chris Sale receives recognition for excellent 2024 season

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Last night was Chris Sale Cy Young Bobblehead Night at the ballpark and while the Atlanta Braves failed to pick up the win, it was a nice reminder of and a good way to commemorate what was a fantastic season for Sale in 2024. There was a pregame ceremony honoring Sale as well, and it was truly an impressive sig...2025
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 2: Sweep!

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs had themselves some fun in Sacramento. During the Cubs’ 10-2 demolition of the Athletics Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a friend of mine: “Maybe the Cubs should move to Sacramento.” Well, of course that’s a silly notion, but the Cubs sure seemed to enjoy hitting in Sutter Health Park, where they smashed eight home runs and outscor...2025
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• Cubs 7, Athletics 4: The baseballs keep flying out of Sutter Health Park

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs smashed more home runs against the A’s Tuesday night. The Cubs smashed four home runs in their 18-3 blowout of the A’s Monday night. Two more Cubs left the yard Tuesday at Sutter Health Park, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki, and the Cubs rode those home runs to a 7-4 win over the Athletics. That is, I suspect, going to be a theme in Sacramen...2025
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• Junior Caminero being robbed of a homer was the HR Derby’s best moment
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• Matt Olson hits 15 homers, is eliminated in first round of 2025 MLB Home Run Derby

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Olson took some good cuts and the hometown crowd was certainly behind him but it didn’t translate into a deep run for Atlanta’s first baseman. Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson ultimately finished seventh out of eight competitors in the first round of the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby. His 15 home runs left him just three homers shy of advancing, as both ...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Torpedo bats are making their way to Coors Field
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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The remaining free agents are starting to move. With just over a month left until pitchers and catchers report, we now know where one specific pitcher will be reporting in February, and that’s Justin Verlander. The three-time Cy Young winner who most recently played with the Houston Astros and has battled injury for the last several seasons, will now be he...2025
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• Where do they go from here?

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Looking ahead to 2025 That was fun, wasn’t it? Isn’t that what we’re trying to convince ourselves? That the 2024 season was a blast? In a lot of ways, it was. I mean think about it, they went from 106 losses in 2023 to 86 wins and a playoff berth in 2024. What’s not to like about that? Maybe I’m alone in this thought, but for some nagging reason, I didn’t enjoy t...2024
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Back on December 12, 2023, I speculated about the future of the Colorado Rockies TV broadcasts. At the time, the only models we had were MLB’s takeovers of the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres broadcasts. Now we’re a year in, and while some questions remain unanswered, it’s worth takin...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Athletics series preview

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images These are not last year’s 112-loss A’s. They’re a much better team now. The Cubs need to take them seriously. Last year, the Cubs played the Athletics in Oakland in April, when the A’s were on their way to a 12-50 start. The Cubs swept the series and outscored the A’s 16-3. Oakland went on to lose 112 games. I am here to tell you that this year’s ...2024
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• Brenton Doyle wins NL Player of the Month honors

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images He’s the first Rockie to win this award since CJ Cron in August 2021 We all knew Brenton Doyle was on fire in July, and today MLB agreed, recognizing him as the NL Player of the Month. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Colorado Rockies (@rockies) His accomplishments are significant. Over 24 games in July...2024
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• Salvador Perez named to eighth All-Star Game
Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvy will be the lone Royals representative in Seattle. Selections for the 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle were announced on Sunday, with Royals catcher Salvador Perez earning his eighth selection to the Midsummer Classic. Salvy is hitting .253/.288/.454 and leads all MLB catchers with 15 home runs. The only player in Royals history with mor...2023
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• Braves avoid sweep with 4-2 win in Oakland
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Ozzie Albies homered and the bullpen did its job. Ozzie Albies homered, while Jared Shuster turned in a good performance to help the Atlanta Braves to a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Jared Shuster found himself in trouble early as Esteury Ruiz reached on an error by Orlando Arcia. Ruiz then stole second before Brent Rooker popped out. Shuster...2023
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• White Sox 8, Athletics 7: South Siders salvage a win
Jake Burger celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of today’s game and presumably putting the game out of reach. | Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports And to make it even better, Luis Robert Jr. is an All-Star! The Chicago White Sox grabbed a much-needed win against the Oakland Athletics to avoid a sweep at the hands of the worst team in baseball, 8-7. The game got a littl...2023
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• Royals fall to A’s 5-4, tie for worst record in baseball
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Singer struggles with his control. After a beautiful pregame ceremony to honor Royals great Lorenzo Cain, the current squad made fans yearn for the past in a 5-4 loss to the A’s that tied them with Oakland for the worst record in baseball at 8-26. Brady Singer struggled with his control all evening, lasting just four innings and allowing five runs on six ...2023
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• Padres, Royals Swap Brent Rooker, Cam Gallagher
The Padres have traded Brent Rooker to the Royals for Cam Gallagher, according to Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. More to come....2022
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• Royals get walked off by the worst team in baseball

Kansas City Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel (28) reacts after a called strike three Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. | Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports Bad pitching. Bad. The Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics tonight via a walkoff home run by Brent Rooker, sending a tied 4-4 score to its final 6-4 count in the bottom of the nin...2023
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• Sources: Big-spending A's, Rooker reach extension
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go
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• Offseason buzz about Garrett Crochet, Brent Rooker and more
Tristan H. Cockcroft checks in from Arizona, reporting on the players that a majority of fantasy baseball experts are talking about this offseason....2024
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• A look at the trade market for bats

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The lineup could use some more length. The Royals have gotten off to a good start, in part, because the offense has been better than expected. The team finished last year with the eighth-worst runs-per-game in baseball at 4.17, but they’ve managed to improve that number significantly this year to 4.81, good for eighth-best. Still, anyone that has wa...2024
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• Open Up The Season & Let The Love Shine In
*digs nose into an open field of grass, lifts head, eyes filled with tears* This smells of my youth! Passerby, "My dog just peed there, so probably because you used to wet yourself." Baseball is back. "Hello, Genie, I have three wishes for this baseball season. My first wish: No one I roster get hurt. My 2nd wish: Everyone I roster do well. I drafted Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, and Seiya S...2022
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• Latest On A’s Extension Talks With Nick Kurtz
The A’s have signed a number of extensions over the past two seasons. Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson and Tyler Soderstrom are all locked in as long-term lineup pieces in advance of the 2028 move to Las Vegas. The A’s have also opened extension conversations with Nick Kurtz and Shea Langeliers. The latter two players would be the […]...2026
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• How much golf can MLB players squeeze into spring training?

Just how often do MLB players have the chance to golf during spring training? According to Oakland A's DH Brent Rooker, more than you think. The post How much golf can MLB players squeeze into spring training? appeared first on Golf....2026
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• Matt Olson hits 15 homers, is eliminated in first round of 2025 MLB Home Run Derby
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• Home Run Derby 2025: Participants, rules, and prediction for winner
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• Matt Olson will replace Ronald Acuña Jr. in the Home Run Derby
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• It’s time for Alec Zumwalt to go
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• Matt Olson will replace Ronald Acuña Jr. in the Home Run Derby
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 2: Sweep!
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• Offseason buzz about Garrett Crochet, Brent Rooker and more
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...

David Banks-Imagn Images ... and Shōta Imanaga strikes out a whole bunch of A’s. In the end, the final 13 games of the Cubs’ 2024 season might not mean much. Any postseason hopes hang by a very thin thread. Nevertheless, it’s always nice to see the Cubs smash baseballs all around and out of Wrigley Field, especially with recent batting struggles at home. Monday night, an 18-hit attack led ...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 1

Ronel Blanco completed the first no-hitter of the season! | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Diving into the best and worst performances of the first week of the season The first week of the MLB season was full of action, including a no-hitter, a walk-off grand slam and various hot and cold starts from a variety of teams. We’re here to give you the top performances and moments of the week, ...2024
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 22

Yea, sure, Jerry Reinsdorf cares about fans | Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports People finally got fired, but hope is already lost Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we wil...2023
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• The Royals need to value playing time more
Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images The Royals are wasting precious playing time on placeholders. The 2023 season has not gone the way Royals fans would like, but the poor start is probably not too surprising for a team that lost 97 games last year and shed some of their best players without adding much this off-season. This was not expected to be a contending year for the young Royals, b...2023
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