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• Effectively Wild Episode 2347: Time Elia All Wounds

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Blooper, the All-Star-Game-hosting Braves’ flagging fortunes, the pre-deadline trade market, the simultaneous surges of Ceddanne Rafaela and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the performances of old pitchers Charlie Morton, Clayton Kershaw, and Justin Verlander, and the death and legacy of Lee Elia, then (1:01:44) share several Stat Blasts about players who [R...2025
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• Less than satisfactory results

I have been snapping pictures of the cards that Johnny's Trading Spot sent me a week or so ago just about all afternoon without suitable results. I'm not sure what's going on but none of the pictures look right. Some of this may be because it's summer and there is so much light streaming into the house, but also I think it's because I never want to deal with whatever I need to get "the ...2025
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• Batting Around: Who should have been the American League's All-Star legends pick to pair with Clayton Kershaw?

Commissioner Rob Manfred only made one selection this year...2025
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• ‘He Knows Me Now’ – Jacob Misiorowski Sends a Message to Clayton Kershaw After 12-Strikeout Masterclass
Milwaukee Brewers rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski sends a message to Dodgers veteran Clayton Kershaw after a dominant 12-strikeout outing....2025
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• Outside The Confines: How about those Blue Jays?

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Who saw that surge coming? Happy Wednesday, BCBers! We’re getting mighty close to the All-Star break, and that means two things: if we’re not talking about the All-Stars, we’re talking about the amateur draft or the trade deadline. There’s plenty to get into in today’s news, as we find out who is taking the helm in Washington, the unexpected surge of the Toronto Bl...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2345: Amazing Stories

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Brandon Woodruff and the minor medical miracle of players returning from significant injuries to be big leaguers again, the likelihood of players becoming or repeating as all-stars, Clayton Kershaw as an honorary all-star, the end (for now) of the Pete Alonso Home Run Derby era and the Derby’s […]...2025
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• Game Thread #92: Milwaukee Brewers (51-40) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (56-36)

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images An old-versus-new matchup headlines game two The Brewers won a convincing victory in game one of this series when they chased Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the first inning of Monday night’s game. Tonight, they’ll look to extend the Dodgers’ skid to six games in a marquee pitching matchup between Clayton Kershaw, the living legend, and Jacob Misiorowski, the latest exciti...2025
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• Game Thread #91: Milwaukee Brewers (50-40) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (56-35)

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Brewers host star-studded Dodgers in matchup of All-Star pitchers Next week, Freddy Peralta and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be teammates on the National League All-Star Team. Tonight, they’ll face off as the star-laden Los Angeles Dodgers, owners of the National League’s best record, visit Milwaukee for the first of six games they’ll play in the next 13 days. Ya...2025
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts

Clayton Kershaw tips his cap after throwing his 3,000th career strikeout. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The old and new generations continue making history Last week was another scorcher, but historic performances by veteran and young stars made the heat a bit more bearable. This week’s recap covers the 14th full week of the season from June 29 to July 5. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve’s ba...2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game

Your 2025 Kansas City Royals All-Stars | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Maikel Garcia and Carlos Estévez snubbed Two Royals were named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters, which were revealed this afternoon. Unsurprisingly, Bobby Witt Jr. made hit second All-Star Game. What more can be said about the Royals franchise star? He’s off to a “slower” start than last year at .292/.344/.493 ...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Crew returns to American Family Field for final homestand of first half The Milwaukee Brewers are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games in Milwaukee beginning Monday evening. The series marks the start of the last homestand in the first half for the Crew, as they’ll wrap up the week with the Nat...2025
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• Will Dodgers Trade for Third Baseman at Deadline? Manager, GM Answer

Moments before Los Angeles Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw collected his 3,000th career strikeout, All-Star third baseman Max Muncy suffered a scary injury after tagging out Chicago White Sox outfielder Michael A. Taylor, who attempted to steal third. The anticipation of history from the fans at Dodger Stadium quickly turned into a chilling uncertainty as Muncy …...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 5, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Hope you’re having a great Fourth of July weekend. Jaylon Thompson writes that the Royals brought back Luke Maile because Salvador Perez suffered some calf tightness. “He feels good and I think it was a little bit of a scare to him last night,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters in Phoenix. “His cleat got caught on that one swing and he felt his ca...2025
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• Outside The Confines: 3,000 Ks for Kershaw

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images An incredible milestone. This week we got to see a truly massive milestone, as Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. This milestone seemed like it might not be possible for Kershaw, who has been injured on and off for the past several seasons. But Kershaw persevered, the Dodgers remained loyal—a rarity among franchises—and...2025
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• At Long Last, Clayton Kershaw Joins the 3,000-Strikeout Club

Slowed by injuries and diminished stuff, the 37-year-old lefty secured what may be his last major milestone....2025

• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies’ historic series losing streak and their rest-of-season projections, an Orioles fan’s decision to get the name of Trevor Rogers tattooed on his butt, a Patrick Corbin innings-eating update, draft prospect Jace LaViolette’s dedication to staying in the lineup, the late-career struggles of Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, [...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images At least you’re not a Cubs fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t...2025
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• You're not working? I'm not working

This has been a weird holiday week as far as working my job.In general, holidays don't mean much in the journalism world, the news doesn't stop and newspapers come out every day (mostly). But my paper has always been good about holidays and I often am able to take some time off.Not this year. I worked on Christmas. Not unusual but not ritual either. I also worked on New Year's Day. Both of t...2025
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• The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title

The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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"The MLB All-Star Game rosters will feature 19 first-timers -- and special commissioner's pick Clayton Kershaw -- as the pitchers and reserves were announced Sunday."

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"The Dodgers have agreed to a new contract with free agent lefty Clayton Kershaw, per Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman of the New York Post."

2023
"Angels outfielder Mike Trout was selected to his 11th All-Star Game and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw earned his 10th selection."

2022
"He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw."

2021
"However, Seager and Taylor were the only players mentioned, meaning that Clayton Kershaw will enter free agency without the qualifying offer attached to his services."

2020
"Even though the Dodgers are 5-1 this season in extra innings, ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw isn't a fan of the rule putting a runner at second base to start the inning, calling it "not real baseball."

2019
"A more upbeat Clayton Kershaw says the team's NLDS loss to the Nationals still stings but he won't let it affect his preparation for next season."

2018
"Three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will get the ball for the Dodgers on Opening Day, manager Dave Roberts announced Tuesday."

2017
"Enrique Hernandez smacked three home runs, including a grand slam in the third inning, and had seven RBIs to back Clayton Kershaw and power the Dodgers to an 11-1 victory in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World and eliminate the defending World Series champion Cubs."

2016
"With Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill out of the way temporarily, the Cubs went back to being the Cubs on Wednesday night."

2015
"Clayton Kershaw struck out 11 in 6 2/3 innings but suffered another postseason loss Friday night as he was out-dueled by Jacob deGrom in a 3-1 Mets win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium."

2014
"Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw was the big winner as this season's Players Choice Award winners were unveiled live on MLB Network Monday night, claiming Player of the Year, Marvin Miller Man of the Year and NL Outstanding Pitcher honors."

• Effectively Wild Episode 2347: Time Elia All Wounds
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• Outside The Confines: How about those Blue Jays?
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• Taking a look at the Mike Rizzo era of Washington Nationals baseball

James A. Pittman-USA TODAY Sports Mike Rizzo has been an ever present for Washington Nationals fans, so I decided to take a look at his tenure On an early July night, the 16 year tenure of Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo came to an end. After getting swept by the Red Sox, Rizzo got axed alongside Davey Martinez, the manager he had become tied to the hip with in recent years...2025
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for July 5, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: 3,000 Ks for Kershaw
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• Random Ramsdom: Stafford’s arm is still live

Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 7/3/25 Hello and Happy almost Fourth of July! Forgive me for putting this out a bit late, it’s a holiday week and I am ready for some time off! (I’m always ready for some time off haha). Please comment away and hopefully everyone has a fun-filled but safe holiday! Speaking of fireworks (some said fir...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 3, 2025

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The Battle for Grass Creek will soon end (for now). Kansas City’s offense was quiet again in last night’s loss: It was the 41st time the Royals have been held to two runs or fewer, a mark that leads the league. Kansas City’s eight wins in such contests — tied for third best in baseball — speaks to the pitching staff, particularly the bullpen’s ability to...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers

I’m not really sure any combination of White Sox pitching is any match for the Dodgers’ offense, but Brandon Eisert will see what he can do to start things off. | Alyssa Howell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Chicago enacts the ‘build-a-start’ strategy with Brandon Eisert and Sean Burke vs. veteran Clayton Kershaw Looking to switch things up tonight, Chicago is using the opener approach agai...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• Less than satisfactory results
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• Taking a look at the Mike Rizzo era of Washington Nationals baseball
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game
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• Random Ramsdom: Stafford’s arm is still live
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• 3,000 strikeouts for Clayton Kershaw, infinite pain for White Sox as Dodgers walk it off 5-4

Sean Burke was phenomenal against a stacked Dodgers lineup. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Historic night ends in predictable disaster for Chicago It was a night that promised history and yet delivered a familiar dose of heartbreak to White Sox fans. While Clayton Kershaw etched his name into the annals of baseball history with his 3,000th career strikeout, Chicago once again perfected t...2025
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• Excellence is becoming the norm for Nationals ace MacKenzie Gore

Brad Penner-Imagn Images When MacKenzie Gore takes the ball these days, the Washington Nationals faithful expects good things to happen Despite the frustrating loss, MacKenzie Gore delivered yet another quality start where he showed off his dominant stuff. We have come to expect Gore to have lines like he did tonight, 6 innings, 2 runs, no walks and 6 strikeouts. This has become close to a...2025
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• Welcome to baseball’s best rivalry: Dodgers vs. Padres

2024 NL Division Series at Petco Park | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images All of baseball will have eyes on season’s first matchup at Petco Park. For some of the Friar Faithful, the 2025 Major League Baseball season officially begins with the first series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. So, I hope everyone will join in welcoming the team from up nort...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl

Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rockies are the worst team in baseball, maybe ever. The Tigers have the best record in baseball. A look ahead to the trade deadline and draft. And other MLB news. Good morning. Russell Dorsey explains why the Rockies situation this year is much worse than last season’s White Sox, and how things are kind of looking up for the So...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• Outside The Confines: How about those Blue Jays?
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• Misiorowski dominates as Brewers win 3-1 thriller

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Miz bounces back from his first rough outing with a gem Box Score Monday evening’s matchup between Freddy Peralta and Yoshinobu Yamamoto was billed as an exciting matchup between All-Stars, but it turned out to be a bit of a dud when the Brewer offense chased Yamamoto in the first inning. Tonight’s matchup was also billed as a big pitching matchup, between the wea...2025
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• Game Thread #92: Milwaukee Brewers (51-40) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (56-36)
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• Vaughn’s debut homer is the big hit in Brewers’ 9-1 romp over Dodgers

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The Brewers chase All-Star Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the first inning Box Score The Brewers got one of their best wins of the season tonight in what was billed as a big-time pitching matchup between two National League All-Stars. But the Brewers jumped on the Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who didn’t make it out of the first inning, and broke through with a two-out, ...2025
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• Taking a look at the Mike Rizzo era of Washington Nationals baseball
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• Outside The Confines: 3,000 Ks for Kershaw
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• Dodgers Lineup vs White Sox: Miguel Rojas Starting With Max Muncy Injured

The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off an emotional walk-off win Wednesday night. Clayton Kershaw recorded his 3,000th career strikeout, becoming just the 20th pitcher to join the exclusive club. Read more: Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw Becomes 20th Pitcher in MLB History With 3,000 Strikeouts Just moments before Kershaw’s incredible feat, Max Muncy left the game …...2025
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• Kershaw and the Strikeout Records
Clayton Kershaw reached the 3000 strikeout milestone Wednesday night. The 3,000-strikeout club is already an exclusive group of 20, and Kershaw is just the fourth left-hander to achieve the feat, joining CC Sabathia, Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton. He achieved the feat with his family in the stands, among the only home crowd he has […]...2025
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• 3,000 strikeouts for Clayton Kershaw, infinite pain for White Sox as Dodgers walk it off 5-4
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• Dodgers slowed by Cubs' fast start in G4 loss
With Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill out of the way temporarily, the Cubs went back to being the Cubs on Wednesday night. Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece....2016
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• Dodgers' Series dream ends with loss to Cubs
The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to wrap up the 11th NL pennant in franchise history....2016
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• Arrieta handcuffs Halos as Cubs roll in opener
Jake Arrieta was deemed the National League's best pitcher last year, capturing the Cy Young Award despite sensational -- not to mention historic -- seasons from Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw. And on Monday night, in the first game of the 2016 season, the Angels found out why....2016
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• Hollywood & Vines: LA wins NLCS at Wrigley!
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• Hollywood & Vines: LA wins NLCS at Wrigley!
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• Kershaw fans 11 but LA falls short in Game 1
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• deGrom's 13 Ks lead Mets over LA in Game 1
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• deGrom's 13 Ks lead Mets past LA in Game 1
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• Preseason Prep - March 16, 2025
Nolan Schanuel If you play in a super deep league and find yourself desperate at the Corner Infield spot, consider Schanuel. He had a sneaky good 2024, displaying some of the best discipline and contact skills in all of baseball. His .343 OBP is driven by a 11.2% walk rate, thanks to only whiffing at 14% of the time (96th Percentile) and only chasing 21.5% of the time (91st Percentile). Even thoug...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 26, 2025
Fantasy Relevance for the Dodgers deeper rotation options? Baseball fans know that the Dodgers loaded up on starting pitching in the offseason adding 2-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell, Phenom Roki Sasaki and re-signing the legendary Clayton Kershaw. With Shohei Ohtani expected to take the mound this year and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow returning it's an electric top 5. That being ...2025
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• Mr. Burnes Goes Nuclear Against Cleveland
Usually I take Saturday pretty light. Wash my hair, get a pedicure, the normal things, but holy schnikes?! Corbin Burnes did what? Mr. Burnes made a vest out of Cleveland. That's what he did. On Saturday, Burnes went 8 IP, 0 ER, 0 hits, 1 walk, 14 Ks, ERA at 2.25, and Josh Hader (1 IP, 0 ER) finished the no-hitter. Can a guy win the Cy Young off of one start? We have a tool for the best starts of ...2021
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• 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 23(8/30-9/5)
Welcome to another week of two-start pitchers sports fans. The fantasy playoffs are right in front of us, so it's time to hunker down and put our best lineups out there. With that said, a few MLB notes to get to. The Yankees winning streak finally ended, courtesy of the A's. The Yanks also in turn ended the Braves win streak earlier in the week with a series sweep on them. Also, the Pitcher Shohei...2021
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• Who is king of aces in fantasy baseball?
While the fantasy community has reached a consensus on the top tier of aces this season, determining the best option among Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber and Chris Sale is far more difficult. Instead of settling for picking names out of a hat, let's compare them in the four starter-related fantasy categories and some additional areas of interest to establish a pecking order....2018
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• Is Clayton Kershaw still a first-round pick in fantasy baseball?
Clayton Kershaw has reached the 200 inning mark just once during the past four seasons. A closer look at the numbers reveals whether he's still worthy of being a first-round pick this season....2018
• Brandon McCarthy to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Misiorowski dominates as Brewers win 3-1 thriller
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• Game Thread #92: Milwaukee Brewers (51-40) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (56-36)
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• Clayton Kershaw Shrugs Off Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski Threat Before Their First Matchup
Clayton Kershaw plays down first matchup against Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski as Dodgers hope to end four-game losing streak in Milwaukee....2025
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• Vaughn’s debut homer is the big hit in Brewers’ 9-1 romp over Dodgers
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• Game Thread #91: Milwaukee Brewers (50-40) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (56-35)
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• Taking a look at the Mike Rizzo era of Washington Nationals baseball
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• MLB Week 14 Hot or Not: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game
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• All All Stars
The American and National League All Star rosters are complete. They look like two very good squads for me, and I’m very happy that Clayton Kershaw received the Legend Pick. I’m also happy Julio Rodriguez made the team, as I thought he should have been a starting outfielder. Here is how the Lineup Analysis Tool […]...2025
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images 25 years? Wait, what? Recently, esteemed baseball writer Jayson Stark complied his First Quarter Century baseball team for a story which ran in the Athletic. Has it already been 25 years since Y2K? Crazy how time slips away. I didn’t see much to argue about with Stark’s selections. The team is loaded with Hall of Famers and all-time greats as you would expect. St...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• Outside The Confines: Jackie Robinson Day moments

Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images Yesterday was one of baseball’s most meaningful days. Jackie Robinson Day is a big event in baseball. All 30 clubs play, and all players wear the number 42—retired throughout MLB—to honor the late, great Jackie Robinson. While the event itself is typically a joyful one, recalling the barriers broken by Robinson that paved the way for so many ...2025
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry

Sometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
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• Clayton Kershaw leaves door open for possible retirement after Dodgers' shocking playoff exit

A familiar playoff ending has led to familiar questions for the legendary lefty...2023
• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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• Clayton Kershaw “Leaning Towards Playing” In 2023
Some retirement speculation swirled around Clayton Kershaw at the end of last season, when the veteran southpaw was entering free agency and also dealing with forearm/elbow injuries that kept him from pitching during the Dodgers’ postseason run. However, when he returned to full health, Kershaw ended all thoughts of retirement, and ended up returning to…...2022
• Report: “Industry Expectation” That Clayton Kershaw Will Return To Dodgers
For months, it has been widely anticipated that Clayton Kershaw’s next destination will be one of the Dodgers or Rangers. Buster Olney of ESPN hears (Twitter link) “heavy industry speculation” the three-time Cy Young Award winner will be returning to Los Angeles. Kershaw has kept his plans for the 2022 season fairly quiet, although at…...2022
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• Right-hander Kenta Maeda reveals he asked out of Los Angeles
As if there weren’t enough drama surrounding the Dodgers’ three-way deal for outfielder Mookie Betts, departed Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda revealed on his YouTube channel that he had requested a trade out of Los Angeles, according to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. Neither the trade nor the revelation of Maeda’s request are particularly shocking since Maeda had made clear in the pas...2020
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