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• Dodgers News: Major Injury Updates on Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Dustin May

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a whirlwind of an offseason since lifting their eighth World Series trophy in October. Acquiring Cy Young award-winning pitchers, international phenoms, and veteran pieces to bolster the offense, the Dodgers have not received much, if any, bad news since October. More news: Dave Roberts Reveals Dodgers Starting Pitcher for …...2025
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images McClanahan will take the bump on Opening Day for the third time in his career The Tampa Bay Rays have named Shane McClanahan their Opening Day starter for the 2025 season when they’ll take on the Colorado Rockies on Friday, March 28th at Steinbrenner Field. This will be McClanahan’s third time as the Rays Opening Day starter; he starte...2025
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• NL East Notes: Sale, Montas, Wood
Braves left-hander Chris Sale just had a tremendous bounceback season. He made 29 starts with a 2.38 earned run average, earning a National League Cy Young award. He was largely injured and/or ineffective from 2019 to 2023, which had him pondering retirement. “I thought that it was gonna be my last year,” Sale said to…...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals get a discount while Ragans gets a guarantee. There is a social media account called “Freezing Cold Takes” that exposes sports takes that age incredibly poorly. To my knowledge, I have avoided being highlighted by the account, but I certainly gave them fodder back in 2023 when the Royals traded Aroldis Chapman to the Rangers. In return, the Royals ...2025
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• Dodgers’ Michael Kopech Had ‘Difficult’ Offseason, Will Likely Open Season on Injured List

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a near-perfect offseason, but especially in the world of sports, perfection doesn’t exist. Bringing in Cy Young award winners, international stars, veteran standouts, and key pieces from last season, the Dodgers are building a team whose sole purpose is to become baseball’s first repeat champions in a quarter-century. Unfortunately, …...2025
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• Regression candidates for the 2025 Braves

Reynaldo Lopez had a fantastic season. It will be hard to repeat in 2025. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images There were plenty of players on the Braves last year that were unlucky, but there were also some that had fortune on their side. The Atlanta Braves had some terrible luck when it came to injuries last season. We also explored that for some players, the bad luck went beyond just injuries the...2025
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• This Day in MLB History: The Yankees acquire Roger Clemens from the Blue Jays

Photo credit should read TONY RANZE/AFP via Getty Images MLB History 1909 - National League president Harry Pulliam takes a leave of absence due to health issues. League secretary John Heydler takes over. 1909 - The Red Sox trade 41-year old Cy Young to Cleveland for pitchers Charlie Chech, Jack Ryan and $12,500 in cash. 1922 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship ...2025
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• The state of the AL Central

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Four teams with a chance...to beat up on the White Sox For years the constant refrain about the AL Central was that it was too weak and winning it was easy enough that all the teams in it should be trying to take advantage. In 2024 we saw the script flip a bit and three central teams made the playoffs with another just missing. Granted, they all got to ...2025
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• Luis Patiño on the comeback trail with San Diego

Luis Patiño | Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Right-hander trying to re-establish himself Luis Patiño was once a promising pitching prospect in the San Diego system. He was expected to reach the major leagues and be a foundational piece of the Padres’ rotation for years to come. Although he did make his major league debut with San Diego, he did not remain with the team for long. Patiño debute...2025
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• Cole Ragans signs three-year, $13.25 million contact

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The deal buys out two years of arbitration. Cole Ragans had a breakout season in 2024, and now he’ll reap some of the rewards. Jeff Passan of ESPN is reporting that the Royals have signed the left-hander to a three-year, $13.25 million deal. The contract will begin this year, and include his first two arbitration seasons. It doesn’t buy out any free agent yea...2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images A local baseball hobbyist’s hunch on various Braves-related projections I’m no data scientist. I don’t know how to code. There are brilliant, world-class mathematicians who have spent decades developing and honing projection systems, and those systems are well-respected by many of baseball’s brightest minds. These systems are accounting fo...2025
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• Padres add lefty Kyle Hart to rotation mix

Kyle Hart in 2020 | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images A welcome surprise The report on Wednesday, February 12, of the Padres signing right-handed starter Nick Pivetta was a welcome relief to Padres fans, especially considering that the fanbase was widely under the impression that there was no money to spend. Pivetta appears to be the logical fourth starter behind Dylan Cease, Michael King, and Yu ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 14

This absolute mass of a human, Yermín Mercedes, was born on this day, 32 years ago. | Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A player who will become a South Side phenomenon, albeit briefly, is born 1993 Sadly, his impact on the South Side was brief, but the clubbing machine who would rise to prominence on the South Side, Yermín Mercedes, was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It took Mercedes...2025
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• Ex-MLB pitcher busted with over 20 kilos of cocaine
It’s always surprising when former athletes break the law for asinine reasons, which was recently the case in an arrest involving a former MLB pitcher.Esteban Loaiza, who spent 14 years in the league, and nearly won the Cy Young award back in 2003, was arrested for possessing over 20 kilograms of cocaine in San Diego on Friday, according to police records obtained by Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. N...2018
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2025
"He earned his first All-Star appearance and finished fourth in Cy Young voting last year, posting a 3."

2024
"Guardians ace Shane Bieber will have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery, a major blow to the team and the 2020 Cy Young winner."

2023
"Vida Blue, who won the 1971 AL MVP and Cy Young awards, and won three straight World Series titles with the A's, has died at 73."

2022
"Verlander edged out Manoah and Cease to win his third career Cy Young Award"

2021
"MLB could very well have a 37-year-old Cy Young winner in 2021"

2020
"Tom Seaver, the Hall of Fame pitcher who led the Mets to a World Series title in 1969 and won three Cy Young Awards, died Monday at age 75."

2019
"The Rangers are in the final stages of completing a trade to acquire two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber from the Indians, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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
"Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner who was the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the postseason, died Tuesday when his plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida."

2016
"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."

2015
"Zack Greinke outdueled fellow Cy Young candidate Madison Bumgarner and slumping Joc Pederson homered as the Dodgers defeated the Giants on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, 2-1, extending their division lead to 5 1/2 games."

2014
"Lester doesn't have a Cy Young Award like Max Scherzer, but he set career bests in innings pitched (219."

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• This Day in MLB History: The Yankees acquire Roger Clemens from the Blue Jays
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• Royals extend contract for J.J. Picollo and pick up 2026 option on Matt Quatraro

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals reward Picollo an Quatraro for last year’s turnaround. The Royals improved by 30 wins last year, making a surprise post-season run. Today, they ensured that the men who led that turnaround will stay in Kansas City for awhile. The team announced today they have signed General Manager J.J. Picollo to a contract extension through 2030 with a club opti...2025
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• Luis Patiño on the comeback trail with San Diego
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• Cole Ragans signs three-year, $13.25 million contact
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• Royals, Cole Ragans Agree To Three-Year Deal
7:13pm: Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports the specific breakdown. Ragans receives a $250K signing bonus and a $1MM salary for the upcoming season. He’ll make $4.5MM and $7.5MM for the following two seasons and would escalate his ’27 salary to $8MM if he wins the Cy Young in either of the next two years. 7:05pm:…...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 14, 2025

John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Time to stretch! Jaylon Thompson reports on the pitchers and catchers in their first few days of camp. After helping the Royals return to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2015 — only to fall short in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees — Perez wants to bring another champion...2025
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• Ranking the Brewers’ pitching staff by how cool they dress

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Swag as an advanced statistic Pitchers and catchers reported to their spring training facilities today, marking the official start of Spring Training. To celebrate the occasion, the Brewers’ social media pages shared photos of various pitchers arriving. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Milwaukee Brewers (@b...2025
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• The Mythology of Reporting Early

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Is it always a good thing to show up early? What does it mean to report to Spring Training early? Is it a sign of renewed determination? A portent of big production in the coming season? Junior Caminero has reported early to camp, like so many other players do every year, but what — if anything — does that tell us? Several times during my years working for...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for February 8, 2025

Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will the outfield shake out? Dan Szymborski at Fangraphs writes that the Royals missed an opportunity to improve the outfield. We have position-specific data going back to 2002, so starting in that year, I looked at the positional WAR for every single team that made the playoffs. I omitted DH for NL teams during the non-DH seas...2025
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• 2025 Cubs player profiles: Justin Steele

Justin, the Man of Steele | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images This page profiles Cubs No. 1 starter Justin Steele, potential All-Star and Cy Young candidate. Justin Steele is the Cubs’ homegrown success story. Most, if not all of us, remember when Steele and Keegan Thompson came up, both young men full of promise, fire, and down-south manners. Their careers have taken different paths si...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Comparing NL West starting rotations from the last six seasons

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Starting pitching has been a focal point of messaging for the Colorado Rockies for several years. Since reaching the playoffs in back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018 on the backs of a young rotation, the team has consistently said things in the realm of, “If our rotation is healthy and g...2025
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• Ranking the best trades in Milwaukee Brewers history

Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Something to ponder while we wait for spring As we wait to see whether the Brewers make any moves to improve their infield before spring training, I thought it would be an interesting time to go back through team history and look at some of the team’s best trades. I’ve ranked the top five trades with the following considerations in mind: What did they get? What...2025
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• The risk and reward of the Cole Ragans deal
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• Sorting things out

I'm finally getting around to the latest big box from Johnny's Trading Spot, which arrived two weeks ago. Boxes that size are a lot to deal with amid a busy life. I had to approach it in shifts. The first thing to deal with is why Johnny sent a big box, which contained a few smaller empty boxes, plus the boxes with cards. I'm sure there was a reason but I was baffled. The other mo...2025
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• Nationals history: The Gio Gonzalez trade took the Nats to the next level

Joy R. Absalon-Imagn Images The Gio Gonzalez trade was an underrated moment in the Nats climb to contention These days, Gio Gonzalez gets lost in the shuffle of Nationals history. He was not on the 2019 World Series team, and could be a bit frustrating to watch due to his effectively wild nature. Because of that, some people forget just how good Gio was in DC. Coming off a 2011 season wher...2025
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• The Nationals dream team

Brad Mills-Imagn Images For the 20th anniversary series, I will build a team of the greatest Nationals Today, I am going to build a Washington Nationals dream team. With the 20th anniversary of the team, it feels like a good time to look back at the greatest players to ever play for the team. The catcher is Wilson Ramos. While catcher hasn’t been the strongest position for the Nats, Ramos...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1910

Ginger Beaumont with the Pirates in 1903 | Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images The Cubs won the pennant this year... by a lot. The Cubs took over first place in the National League in late May 1910 and did not relinquish it for the rest of the season, spending 145 days in the top spot and winning the pennant by 13 games. They won 104...2025
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• Halladay dies in plane crash off Florida coast
Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner who was the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the postseason, died Tuesday when his plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. He was 40....2017
• Seaver, Hall of Famer and Mets legend, dies at 75
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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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• Greinke wins duel as Dodgers extend lead
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• Bumgarner takes tough loss to Dodgers
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• Posey, Freak push Giants' win streak to 5
Conjuring the magic he displayed during his Cy Young Award-winning years, Tim Lincecum allowed three hits in seven innings to lead the Giants to their second straight shutout victory over the Dodgers, a 4-0 verdict on Wednesday night. San Francisco has won five straight....2015
• Dominant Arrieta wins NL Pitcher of Month
The awards keep coming for Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta. The 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner has carried his brilliance into this season, and on Monday was named the NL Pitcher of the Month....2016
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 29, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Bobby Witt Jr. isn’t the video game cover boy? MLB.com’s Anne Rogers detailed how the rotation stands now. She writes as if five pitchers, including Kris Bubic, are competing for the final rotation spot. The Royals are confident in Bubic’s potential return to the rotation, even after seeing how much success he had in the bullpen last year when he returned from...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Cease or King?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you which Padres hurler you’d rather trade for. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come in out of the cold. We’re waiving the cover charge this evening. The...2025
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame

Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Carlos Beltrán is left out The Baseball Writers of America announced they have elected Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner as their 2025 Hall of Fame inductees. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán fell short of selection on his third year of eligibility. Ichiro Suzuki came to MLB after a prolific nine-year career in Japan where he was a t...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 19

The player most responsible for sending the White Sox into the basement for three decades, Chick Gandil, was born 137 years ago today. Happy birthday to a player ultimately as big a villain as ever seen in the game 1882 Infamous Black Sox ringleader Chick Gandil was born in St. Paul. The first baseman started his career with the White Sox in 1910, and played his last game, as he helped thr...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’re interested in free agent starter Max Scherzer Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come in out of the cold. We can check your coat. There’s no cover charge this evening. The hostess will take...2025
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• Justin Verlander Drawing Interest From “Multiple Teams”
There hasn’t been much public buzz about Justin Verlander’s market as the three-time Cy Young Award winner prepares for his 20th Major League season, yet business may be starting to pick up. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi (video link) reports that “multiple teams [are] interested in” the right-hander, and that Verlander and former teammate Max Scherzer…...2025
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