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• This Day in Braves History: May 5th

Braves Franchise History 1929 - The Boston Braves play their first Sunday home game ever, losing to the Pirates 7-2. 1935 - Dizzy Dean faces 40-year old Babe Ruth as the Cardinals take on the Braves at Braves Field. Dean walked Ruth in his first at-bat then struck him out in his second plate appearance. Dean won the game 7-0 and homered in his first at-bat. MLB History 1904 - Cy Young tosses the...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 5

Happy birthday to Lennie Merullo | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Sammy Sosa has a big day and other stories for the discerning reader. Happy birthdays to Lennie Merullo* and other former Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at basebal...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Brewers set to take on former division foe in interleague series to wrap up homestand In a matchup of former NL Central foes, the Milwaukee Brewers are set to wrap up their six-game homestand with a three-game set against the Houston Astros. The Brewers are 17-18 this year after dropping two of three to the Cubs over the weekend, while the Astros sit at 17-16 aft...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs explode in the the second and coast to a 10-0 victory. Friday night in Milwaukee, the Cubs scored two in the first to set the tone early, then lowered the boom with a seven-run second, featuring a Michael Busch grand slam. For those of you who aren’t longtime WPA guys, a quick summation. When the game gets lopsided early and stays that way th...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: May 2

The White Sox would make the World Series in 1919, but their home schedule would not begin until this day. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Comiskey Park finally sees a game in 1919 1901 The White Sox were part of the first forfeit in American League history. After the Detroit Tigers took a lead with five runs in the top of the ninth, rain began. White Sox players began stalling, hop...2025
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• Rockies Reacts Survey Results: Fans are most optimistic about the Nuggets winning games

Both the Nuggets and Avs are going to Game 7’s tomorrow Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Colorado Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. ★ ★ ★ The Colorado Rockies won back-to-back games for the first time all season yesterday, beating the Atlanta Brav...2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals vs Cincinnati Reds

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (14-18) are trying to comeback from a series loss and will take on the Cincinnati Reds (17-15) for a three-game series. After losing three straight, Washington salvaged what they could against a star-studded Philadelphia squad, winning 4-2 on Thursday. However, things aren’t going to get easier, playing a Cincinnati Reds team that has wo...2025
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• Before Cubs vs. Brewers, a look into the future

David Banks-Imagn Images How might these two teams match up as the season goes on? The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs kick off a three-game series in Milwaukee tonight, and as the season enters its second full month, I’d like to take stock of how these two teams have performed so far and what we might expect of them the rest of the way. I don’t mean any disrespect by leaving the Cincin...2025
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• Comeback Arms Lead the Way - May 1, 2025
Tony Gonsolin, SP, Dodgers Tony Gonsolin looked impressive in his season debut, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings. He induced 17 whiffs in the night for a 40% whiff rate, with his slider being his most effective swing-and-miss pitch, with six whiffs on eleven swings. This was about as good of a start as you could ask for, considering Gonsolin hasn't pitched s...2025
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• Braves blast Rockies as AJ Smith-Shawver impresses

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images Smith-Shawver pitched well and the bats continued to hit against the lifeless Rockies. The Atlanta Braves continued to impose their will against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in front of a sparse crowd at Coors Field, winning for a second night in a row to claim another series victory, 8-2. Atlanta is 14-15 and within a game of .500 after an 0-7...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 28

Tom Connolly (right) at the 1913 World Series | Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Connolly* (right) passes, and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...2025
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers

Photo by John McCoy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The official end of the Freddie Freeman era in Atlanta MLB History 1900: Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stocking...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...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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"The team will provide further updates following the surgery, but there is no doubt that the 2023 AL Cy Young winner will miss the entire 2025 season."

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

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"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."

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

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

• Baseball history unpacked, May 5
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• Player of the Week: Seth Lugo

Seth Lugo #67 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Kauffman Stadium on April 25, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images What a pair of starts. While the Royals offense has been slow to start this year, the pitching has been phenomenal. Kansas City has won 9 of its last 10 games, and has done so on the back of top...2025
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• Rockies 4, Giants 3: Breaking streaks

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images RyMac homers as the Rox snap two losing streaks It only took a month’s worth of games but the Colorado Rockies (6-25) have finally won back-to-back games this season, the last MLB team to do so, as they took down the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in a comeback victory. The victory was notable in the fact that it snapped a 13-game losing streak on the road for the...2025
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• The Seth Lugo conundrum

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images In which the pesky player option rears its fickle head. Seth Lugo dominated Friday night. Facing the Houston Astros in his sixth start of the season, Lugo threw a gem, having by far his best outing of the season as the Royals prevailed 2-0. During his previous starts, Lugo had tossed no more than 6.2 innings, but this time he went a full eight while completely s...2025
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• Observations of the Farm

Is Chicago’s Chase Meidroth just Nick Madrigal 2.0? Not so fast there, buddy. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Some noteworthy pickings from the minor league stat sheets The White Sox want another Nick Madrigal — this time, with batteries included I’ve been wrong about a great number of things, both real-life and baseball related. This isn’t the place to talk about the former, but I’m usually...2025
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• Braves look to build some momentum behind Chris Sale

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images After a huge comeback win Friday night, the Braves will hope to finally find their footing this season behind last season’s Cy Young winner who has had some brutal luck to start the season. After a huge comeback win Friday night, the Braves will hope to finally find their footing this season behind last season’s Cy Young winner who has had some brutal l...2025
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• Poll: When Should The Marlins Trade Sandy Alcantara?
While this year’s trade deadline is still more than three months away, there’s perhaps no more obvious trade candidate in the game right now than Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara. The 2022 NL Cy Young award winner, Alcantara missed last season due to Tommy John surgery but is back in action with Miami this year. While…...2025
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• Tigers series preview: A team on the rise

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Tigers and Royals are both looking to build off last year’s run. The Tigers have gone through a rebuild at about the same pace as the Royals, only they seemed to be behind last summer. They were six games under .500 at the trade deadline, and were obvious sellers, trading away starting pitcher Jack Flaherty, reliever Andrew Chafin, and outfielder...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 5
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33
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• Rockies Reacts Survey Results: Fans are most optimistic about the Nuggets winning games
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• Uninspiring defense and Byron Buxton hand the White Sox another loss

Despite going 3-for-3, Edgar Quero was unable to save the White Sox. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images The South Siders fall to the Twinkies in a 4-2 loss The White Sox made Bailey Ober look like a Cy Young contender with sleepy bats and uninspiring defense. Thanks to a few errors and Byron Buxton simply existing, the Twins walked away with a win. In the top of the first, Luis Robert Jr. just ...2025
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• MVP debates

Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images How’d that guy win? One of the beauties of today’s advanced baseball stats is it gives nerds like me a chance to go back in time and argue about how badly baseball writers mangled MVP and Cy Young votes in years past. I’ve always been in favor of making ballots public, if for no other reason than to shame homerism for undeserving candidates. Whether tha...2025
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• Braves inch closer to .500 with another series win

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta may not have swept the worst team in the NL but a series win capped off a productive trip out West. The Atlanta Braves entered this series with Colorado with a bit of confidence in their step and a wind behind their sails. After all, they had just gotten done toppling a tough Diamondbacks team for their first road series win...2025
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• Braves look to continue winning ways behind Chris Sale in Arizona

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Sale comes into the start with a 6.17 ERA, but better days should be on the horizon. The Atlanta Braves are riding high after a 5-1 home stand, and they will look to continue their winning ways against the Arizona Diamondbacks for a three-game series that begins Friday night in Phoenix. The Snakes are 14-11 this season, although they’re coming off back-to-back hom...2025
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• Game Thread XXIII: Royals at Tigers

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The long road trip ends, and 17 straight days of Royals baseball ends. The Royals are about to play their 17th game in 17 days. This stretch started with the Orioles weekend series, the Royals took two of three, before winning three of four against the Twins at home for a 5-2 homestand. Off to Cleveland, where they would lose two of three, then the Bronx, where ...2025
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• Spoiler alert: Here’s how the 2025 Braves season will play out

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Past results may not be indicative of future performance, but don’t doubt the Battery Power Almanac. There’s that meme. You know the one. “What a week, huh?” “Lemon, it’s Wednesday.” The 2025 Atlanta Braves regular season isn’t even a month old and it’s already been a long season. The lack of free agent signings to bolster the pit...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the best long-term replacement for Justin Steele. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re glad you decided to stop by. Come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a couple of good tables av...2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins

Brad Mills-Imagn Images A National League East showdown between the red-hot Washington Nationals (5-7) and the Miami Marlins (6-6). The past week of Washington Nationals baseball has been a treat for fans in the nation’s capital. After series wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the almighty Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington is putting together encouraging wins and will try to build on ...2025
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• Finally, a series win for the Braves in 2025!

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Hopefully this will be the start of the Braves finally getting their season off to a proper start Despite the fact that the Atlanta Braves had gotten off to a very slow start and the Philadelphia Phillies had burst out of the gates to start this season, this was always going to be a hard-fought series between two teams who have been battling a...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
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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 April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• The Schwellenbach Breakout Is Here - April 5, 2025
Spencer Schwellenbach, SP, Atlanta Braves Schwellenbach was a fan-favorite pick in drafts this year as a sleeper pick, and deep gambler's pick for Cy Young if you're into that sort of thing. He did everything he could to validate both of those, tossing 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K. He only allowed six hard hit balls and a whopping 39 CSW%. While the Marlins are not a super competitive offensive line...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 22, 2025
Matt Shaw Shaw made his big league debut with the Cubs a couple days ago, and boy was it on a big stage. The Cubs rookie played third during their series in Japan. Shaw went 1-9 during that series, but that isn't really notable. What is notable is that Shaw is now creeping up draft boards, and with multi-positional eligibility between 2B, 3B, and SS, there is a ton of intrigue. He stole 31 bags a...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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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 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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• 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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• Melky Cabrera Signing Makes White Sox MLB Offseason's Most Improved
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• Today in White Sox History: May 2
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• Player of the Week: Seth Lugo
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 30 thread: Chris Sale vs. Chase Dollander

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Rockies look to win finale of 0-5 home stand Seeing Chris Sale’s name on the lineup is worrisome for any team. The 8-time All-Star is one of the best in the game and not what a 4-25 team like the Rockies wants to see in their matchup today. After all, Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA in a Cy Young 2024 season when he also won the National League Comeback Player of t...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Replacement Steele
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons

David Banks-Imagn Images There’s something else that this signing would do for the Cubs. With Kyle Tucker off to a great start with the Cubs, the chorus of voices urging Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to open up the team wallet and sign Tucker to an extension before he hits free agency has gotten louder. While there’s no question about Tucker’s abilities on the field — he’s hitting the way he ...2025
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• Dodgers to Call Up Top Prospect to Replace Blake Snell on Tuesday vs Nationals

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed left-hander Justin Wrobleski will start on Tuesday in place of two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell. More news: Dodgers’ Blake Snell Underwent Testing on Shoulder, Been Dealing With Issues for 3 Weeks Snell was placed on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation. There was previous speculation that the … The post Dodgers to Call Up T...2025
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• What’s going on with Chris Sale’s velocity?

Photo by Kathryn Skeean/MLB Photos via Getty Images Everyone is talking about it elsewhere, may as well do so here. By this point, you’re probably aware that 2025 Chris Sale hasn’t had 2024 NL Cy Young Chris Sale results. His three Game Scores (v2) have been 53, 51, and 33 last night; in 2024, he didn’t have three Game Scores at 53 or below until getting blown up by the Athletics on June 1...2025
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• Was the infamous 2016 Braves prospect ranking actually that bad?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It raised the ire of Braves fans across then internet, but did FanGraphs actually get it wrong back in 2015? Back in 2015, when all Atlanta Braves fans had was the hope and wishes on prospects as the Braves were in the midst of their first full-fledged rebuild since the late 1980’s, FanGraphs released a prospect ranking of the top ...2025
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• Dodgers to Call Up Top Prospect to Replace Blake Snell on Tuesday vs Nationals

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed left-hander Justin Wrobleski will start on Tuesday in place of two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell. More news: Dodgers’ Blake Snell Underwent Testing on Shoulder, Been Dealing With Issues for 3 Weeks Snell was placed on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation. There was previous speculation that the …...2025
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• New York Mets stars add fuel to speculation of trade pursuit for former Cy Young winner this summer

The New York Mets' top stars added fuel to speculation of a summer trade for a specific two-time All-Star from an NL rival....2025
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...2025
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