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• Scott Boras gets dropped by Gold Glove client

A 2024 Gold Glove winner has become the latest MLB player to drop famed agent Scott Boras. Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reports Thursday that Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who had previously been with Boras Corp., is switching his representation....2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez win Silver Slugger Award

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s just the third time the Royals have had two players win a Silver Slugger Award in the same season. The awards keep piling up for Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Pérez. After Bobby won a Gold Glove at shortstop for his defensive prowess, he has been awarded a Silver Slugger Award for offensive excellence at the shortstop position. And Sal...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Awards Season

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for November 9-10, 2024 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ The World Series is ...2024
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• Brice Turang wins Platinum Glove, Brewers honored as team

Katie Stratman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Brewers continue to rack up defensive hardware Earlier this week, Rawlings announced the winners of the annual Gold Glove awards, where Brice Turang and Sal Frelick were honored at second base and right field, respectively. Tonight, the Brewers learned that they got even more defensive hardware. Turang was honored as the Platinum Glov...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez finalists for Silver Slugger Award

Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images The Royals could be filling up the award mantle this fall! Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez were named finalists for the Silver Slugger Award, given annually to the top offensive performer at each position. Salvy is a four-time winner of the award, while Bobby was a finalist last year for the first time, but was passed over for Rangers shortstop Corey Se...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo win Gold Glove Awards

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Love the glove! Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and pitcher Seth Lugo each won their first career Gold Glove as winners were announced Sunday night. Witt beat out Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians and Anthony Volpe of the Yankees to take home his first Gold Glove Award. He led all American League shortstops in Defensive Runs Above Average and Outs Above Averag...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The player is poised to make history as he prepares to make his debut. Happy Friday, everyone! We’re halfway through September, which means we only have two full weeks of regular season baseball left. There are still some questions about who will slot in for the wild card spots, and some teams who are poised to win their divisions might want to worry a bi...2024
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• TB 3 SEA 2: Siri Springs Rays to a late night win

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Pitcher’s duel and just enough offense gives the Rays a win in Seattle Jose Siri loves a spotlight. For the third time on this very road trip, Siri came through with the hero bat with a miraculous and monster HR that he and the rest of Rays fans got to watch sail into the night to swipe victory from the jaws of defeat. Rays fight to return to .500 again was ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 15, 2024

Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports Happy 40th to Jarrod Dyson! Cole Ragans was the stopper in yesterday’s win: The Royals entered this pivotal American League Central series with their top starting pitchers available ... but Brady Singer and Seth Lugo turned in disastrous starts. The Twins outscored the Royals 21-6 in the games they started. Ragans needed to turn in a positive outing if the ...2024
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• Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of American League contenders

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How do the Royals stack up? The second half of the season begins today and the Royals find themselves in the hunt. The rest of the season will be a 60+ game sprint to the end with teams jostling for position to be one of the six teams in each league to earn an invitation to post-season action. The Royals certainly have their strengths...2024
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• The blues are calling for the White Sox, who blow their 25th lead of the season in Seattle

Top MiLB pitching prospect Drew Thorpe deserved better. Frasier agrees INT. KACL CHICAGO BOOTH — DAY FRASIER is at the microphone, as he takes a caller for his show, with ROZ in the booth, producing. FRAISERWell, Chicago, it seems we have a bit of a conundrum on our hands. Our beloved White Sox, once a proud and mighty franchise, have fallen on hard times. They’re currently languishing in the bott...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried Opens Series Against Orioles, 2024 MLB Player Poll, more

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are hoping for better times in Baltimore. Without a doubt, times are a bit tough for the Atlanta Braves. However, it seems that the franchise and its players are well thought of by MLB players. This was indicated in the 2024 MLB Player Poll via the Athletic. It seems may around baseball feel Ronald Acuna Jr. is one of the most talent players i...2024
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• Royals magic not enough as they fall in ten innings 6-5

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The Royals showed some fight today. The Royals battled to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, and even staged another comeback in the tenth, but their comeback magic fell short as they to the Mariners 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. For the second time in the series, J.P. Crawford led off the game with a home run, this time off Cole Ragans. The Royals had a c...2024
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• Mariners series preview: Two young stars off to very different starts

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Julio Rodriguez and Bobby Witt Jr. seem headed in different directions. Julio Rodríguez and Bobby Witt Jr. were both rookies in 2022. Rodríguez was a sensation right from the start, earning Rookie of the Year honors, while Witt had mixed results in his inaugural season. Both took a step forward with 30/30 seasons, earning MVP consideration last year, a...2024
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• Mariners series preview: This battle means more now

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Grass Creek may have bigger implications now. Back in 2007, Freneau, the founder of this site, found futility in the series between the Royals and Mariners. So he invented a new rivalry - The Battle for Grass Creek - to give the teams something to fight for - the town of Grass Creek, Wyoming, which sits equidistant from Seattle and Kansas City. This year...2024
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• Despite uncharacteristic grounding, Braves finish April on top

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The team with the best projections in baseball had the best April record in baseball. Coming into the season, the Atlanta Braves were projected to be the best team in baseball. One month in, they had baseball’s best record. That seems like a wholly unremarkable set of events, but this April hasn’t felt unremarkable in any sense. Also, consider...2024
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• What I’ve learned from other ballparks

A view from behind the fences in Oakland. | Chrystal O’Keefe/South Side Sox On a personal tour, Chrystal noticed just how much some owners care — or don’t Last week I spent my time in three ballparks, as I attempt to see all 30. Two were very well-taken care of, and one has been left to rot. I carefully inspected each ballpark — everything from the variety of the food down to the structur...2024
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• The Mariners rock the White Sox so hard, they’re moving the team

The Mariners had Touki Toussaint’s number | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Loose cannon Toussaint and the White Sox were left dead in the water Happy Monday, White Sox fans. It's about to heat up in Chicago, and if you're looking to stay cool, you can hitch your wagon to the ice-cold White Sox, who couldn't keep the momentum of yesterday's win. Tonight's series opener at home against the Ma...2023
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"After Alzolay struck out the first two hitters, Cal Raleigh singled."

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"One of those dingers was hit by resident donger Cal Raleigh, who would hit another off Brent Honeywell, Jr."

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"The article doesn’t say how much Hoerner specifically got from the pool, only that he was one of 11 players who received “more than $500,000”: Eleven other players earned at least $500,000 in the program: Steven Kwan, Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk, Nestor Cortes, Logan Webb, Shane McClanahan, Cal Raleigh, Daulton Varsho, Nico Hoerner, Triston McKenzie and Tony Gonsolin."

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"The Mariners announced they’re selecting the contract of catching prospect Cal Raleigh."

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"Florida State catcher Cal Raleigh, the Mariners' third-round selection in the June Draft, passed a physical and signed with Seattle just prior to Friday's 2 p."

• Which Royals should win Gold Gloves?

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Several Royals could take home some defensive hardware, but which are most deserving? Rawlings announced the finalists for this year’s Gold Glove awards. These finalists include four Royals, with each having a chance to win their first Gold Glove. An aside: it’s silly that they present these players as “finalists.” That implies that there’s another round of voti...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• The Astros are once again alive and well

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Houston Astros have woken up. That's bad news for everybody else in the AL, especially the AL West. It wasn’t all that long ago when I was using this space to talk about how the Houston Astros had yet to really lift off this season and were spinning their wheels in the mud. With most of their rotation dropping left-and-right and their hitters underperf...2024
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• Doggone: Mariners 8, White Sox 4

The White Sox offered more bark than bite in the series opener in Seattle. | Steph Chambers/Getty Images Pale Hose get walked off, in grand fashion It was a dog-day evening at T-Mobile Park, as the first-place Seattle Mariners scuffled against Erick Fedde and the White Sox for seven of nine innings, before rallying in the eighth and walking the game off in the bottom of the ninth. Fedde w...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried Opens Series Against Orioles, 2024 MLB Player Poll, more
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• Braves’ first West Coast swing of the year starts with three in Seattle

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Braves will try to improve on their MLB-best record as they face the tough staff in Seattle The Atlanta Braves are heading out on their first West Coast trip, which will start with a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners.The Braves enter the series with an MLB-best 19-7 record and have won five straight series after suffering their first an...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2024
Cal Raleigh (C-SEA) has enjoyed a strong start to spring training as he's batted .286 with 2 homers, 7 RBI, and 4 runs scored across 16 PA entering Sunday's action. Yes, it's a tiny sample size in somewhat-meaningful preseason action, but it's good to see Raleigh already displaying his trademark power. The 27 year-old is coming off his strongest MLB campaign yet, one in which he hit .232 with 30 d...2024
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• Too much of a good thing

Yesterday while shopping for furniture I knew that this would be my chance to finally get to Target to see if the 2024 cards were there.I had checked for cards once before last week during a quick spin through Walmart. The area where the cards were was being replaced by Easter baskets and decorations for sale. The new card station was vacant except for some fantasy something or other.So I do...2024
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 11

Paul Skenes continues his spectacular start. | Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A quick look around the major leagues at who’s hot, who’s not, and everything in-between! Week 11 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season is upon us! The kids are out of school, the weather is warm, and summer is officially right around the corner. Top Stories and Trends The New York Yankees continued their ass...2024
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• Doggone: Mariners 8, White Sox 4
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 23, 2024
Kodai Senga, SP, Mets Kodai Senga has been shut down with a moderate posterior capsule strain in his right shoulder. He is coming off of an impressive rookie year where he struck out 202 batters in 166.1 innings with a 2.98 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. He had issues with walks, giving up free passes at an 11.1% rate, but his 29.1% K rate was able to offset it. He was being drafted as a high-risk, high-rewar...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• TB 3 SEA 2: Siri Springs Rays to a late night win
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• The blues are calling for the White Sox, who blow their 25th lead of the season in Seattle
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• Doggone: Mariners 8, White Sox 4
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• Braves News: Max Fried Opens Series Against Orioles, 2024 MLB Player Poll, more
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• Fried looks to stay in Maximum mode as Braves take on Mariners

Photo by Brennan Asplen/Getty Images The West Coast swing begins and Max Fried will be looking to get things started on the right track for the Braves. The Atlanta Braves are set to get started on a quick trip out West and they’ll be sending their star pitcher out to kick things off as Atlanta takes on the Seattle Mariners. You don’t need me to tell you how well Max Fried did in his last...2024
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• The terrible Fanatics MLB uniforms are going to put the balls in baseball

See through pants? Yeah, this will be fine. The new Fanatics MLB uniforms have been one of the biggest talking points in baseball over the past several weeks, and for good reason. The quality of the new-look apparel is so atrociously poor it defies belief, and that’s not just for fan replica’s, but player versions as well. So, when the Mariners released an innocuous video of Cal Raleigh telling da...2024

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• Cubs 6, Mariners 2: Even more good pitching
Sorry, no game action photos were available from today’s game, so enjoy this one of Hayden Wesneski from team photo day | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Cubs staff shut down the Mariners pretty well Monday afternoon. The Cubs won their sixth straight Spring Training game Monday afternoon, taking a first-inning lead and holding on for a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. In that...2023
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• Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. among 6 Braves’ finalists for this year’s Silver Slugger Awards

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are well represented among the nominees for this season’s Silver Slugger Awards Louisville Slugger announced Thursday the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards in the American and National Leagues. The Atlanta Braves are well represented with six finalists in Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Sean Murphy and Marcell ...2023
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• Jared Shuster impresses as Braves beat Mariners
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Shuster allowed just a solo home run over six innings. Jared Shuster turned in the best start of his young career to help lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Shuster worked a scoreless first inning and then the Braves got started quickly against George Kirby to get him a run. Ronald Acuña Jr. singled to l...2023
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• Cubs 3, Mariners 2: It’s Michael Busch’s league and we are all just living in it

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs got themselves a real keeper in their January trade with the Dodgers. Not many Cubs fans, I would say, had heard of Michael Busch when the Cubs traded for him (and Yency Almonte) back in January. This was true even though Busch had been a first-round pick of the Dodgers (31st overall) back in 2019 (Cubs could have had Busch back then, too, they select...2024
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• The ‘Shohei Ohtani did WHAT?!’ tracker
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Keeping tabs on the ridiculous things Shohei Ohtani does this season There is a joke around social media that “Twitter is not real life.” However, there are moments that cross the bridge from memes, to reality. One such moment comes to us courtesy of Shohei Ohtani. The incredible two-way player is doing things in major league baseball that we have not see...2023
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• Mariners To Sign Mitch Garver
The Mariners and Mitch Garver have agreed to a two-year, $24MM contract, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan (via X). The deal will become official when Garver passes a physical. Garver is represented by ISE Baseball. While Cal Raleigh is still Seattle’s top backstop, Garver gives the Mariners a prominent bat who can act as both…...2023
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• Nico Hoerner gets paid extra as part of MLB’s Pre-Arb Bonus Pool
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The pool was negotiated in the new CBA last winter, Cubs shortstop Nico Hoerner had a fine 2022 season, his first true full MLB year. He batted .281/.327./410 with 22 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases, and his strong defense led to a 4.5 bWAR season, the best bWAR mark for any Cub in 2022. Hoerner was paid a bit over the minimum salary in 2022, $72...2022
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• Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez finalists for Silver Slugger Award
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• Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Gold Glove Award at Pitcher

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Matt Olson and Griffin Canning came up short in their bids This Awards season continues to be good to LHP Chris Sale, as the star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves continues to receive recognition for an incredible season on the field in 2024. This time, Sale has won his most prestigious award of the offseason yet, as he was named the NL’s Gold G...2024
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• Chris Sale wins Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Photo by Kevin D. Liles./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chris Sale and Raisel Iglesias were also named as pitchers for The Sporting News NL All-Star Team, as well! Despite the fact that the World Series hasn’t even started yet, that hasn’t stopped award season from kicking off and the first organization to announce their winners is the Sporting News. They’ve also announced their All-Star team...2024
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards
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• TB 3 SEA 2: Siri Springs Rays to a late night win
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers preview, Thursday 8/22, 1:20 CT

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Thursday notes... CATCHING HOME RUNS: Christian Bethancourt’s two-run homer last night was just the 10th by a Cubs catcher this season. Only four teams have hit fewer: the Marlins, five; and the Diamondbacks, Giants and Rays, eight. The Blue Jays also have hit 10. Twenty individual players have hit at least 10 homers...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 15, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
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• The blues are calling for the White Sox, who blow their 25th lead of the season in Seattle
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• Fried looks to stay in Maximum mode as Braves take on Mariners
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Seattle Mariners

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Will the Mariners find their way back into the Postseason in 2024 after missing out in agonizing fashion last season? It's time to talk about the Seattle Mariners, who figure to once again be an intriguing team that very much has a chance to forge its own destiny in the immediate future. Our Atlanta Braves won't have to wait too long to face off against...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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• Since We Last Met: Seattle Mariners

Ty France and Eugenio Suárez of the Seattle Mariners celebrate a win against the Chicago White Sox at T-Mobile Park on June 18, 2023, in Seattle | Alika Jenner/Getty Images Everybody’s favorite second team (ok, maybe just mine) pays a visit to the South Side The red-hot Seattle Mariners pay a visit to the South Side of Chicago to take on your White Sox. These surging Mariners have won eig...2023
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• Both Bryces great, but Braves pull away late for 6-2 win
Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Battle of the Bryces was fun, and the bats broke out in the late innings to deliver what ended up being a hard-fought but easy win Did you know it was Bryce Elder’s birthday today? I didn’t, which is kind of shameful for someone who touted the Battle of the Bryces across a few different posts in preparation for tonight’s game. No matter, though: said Ba...2023
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