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• Nationals Option Shinnosuke Ogasawara, DJ Herz
The Nationals announced on Friday that they’ve optioned left-handers Shinnosuke Ogasawara and DJ Herz to Triple-A Rochester. Infielder Nasim Nunez and catcher Drew Millas were also sent down. As Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com writes, this essentially finalizes Mitchell Parker as the season-opening fifth starter. Manager Dave Martinez said early in camp that MacKenzie Gore, Trevor Williams,...2025
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• The Nationals’ Fifth Starter Competition
The Nationals continue to evaluate candidates for the final spot in their rotation. Manager Dave Martinez confirmed to reporters (including Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com) that four pitchers will be in the Opening Day rotation if healthy: MacKenzie Gore, Michael Soroka, Jake Irvin and Trevor Williams. The Nats haven’t revealed in what order those pitchers will take the ball,…...2025
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• Team Offense, Washington Nationals
The 2025 series on team offense continues with the Washington Nationals. The Nationals finished twenty fifth in the Majors and fourteenth in the National League in 2024 with 4.07 runs scored per game. This season I am using FanGraphs Roster Resource Depth Charts as the source of default lineups. That Dave Martinez batting order is plugged […]...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 25

Danny Tartabull had his fourth-most season homers in 1996 with the White Sox. As it turned out, he’d hit his last longball with the South Siders, as his move to Philadelphia — on this day, 28 years ago — didn’t work out too well. After a brief hello, it was a quick goodbye to Danny Tartabull 1903 Though under contract to the White Sox, shortstop George Davis intends to go to court in order...2025
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• Trevor Williams To Open Season In Nationals Rotation
The Nationals brought Trevor Williams back on a two-year, $14MM free agent deal this week. The veteran righty spoke with the Washington beat (including Spencer Nusbaum of the Washington Post and Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com) this afternoon and indicated he’ll be part of Dave Martinez’s rotation. While that’s not surprising in isolation, it potentially sets up…...2025
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• Joy of a Completed Set: 1992 Leaf Black Gold

[Such a gut punch to lose Rickey unexpectedly. I figured he'd outlive us all.]Here's a post I already had just about ready to go. Yep, I recently completed a set of 1992 Leaf Gold.. a.k.a. Black Gold. Took me a few years to accumulate them all, but wasn't too tough thanks to how overproduced baseball cards were back then. The gray-bordered base set doesn't do much for me, but with a black border a...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 25

Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! No-hitters, Sammy homers, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty ...2024
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• Josiah Gray Headed For Further Testing With Elbow Discomfort
The Nationals are dealing with a worrisome situation regarding one of their top pitchers. Josiah Gray told reporters that he came out of his most recent rehab start with elbow discomfort and fatigue (X link via Andrew Golden of the Washington Post). He’ll head for additional testing. Manager Dave Martinez indicated they’ll hold off on that…...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: June 3

Winning a game because of a wild pitch that careened off of home plate umpire Cory Blaser’s mask? Yep, just about sums up the 2023 Chicago White Sox. | Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A walk-off ... umpire beaning? 1963 With the White Sox in first place, another freak injury occurred that was reminiscent of past bizarre circumstances, costing the team dearly. First baseman ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: April 5

On this day 29 years ago, Dave Martinez began an extremely impressive three-year run on the South Side. | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images One of the most underrated outfielders in club history begins his career on the South Side 1974 The White Sox opened the season at home under freezing conditions versus the Angels and Nolan Ryan. Wilbur Wood started, which caused broadcaster Harry Caray to...2024
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• Victor Robles Suffers Left Hamstring Injury
Nationals center fielder Victor Robles injured his left hamstring during Wednesday night’s game against the Pirates. He suffered the injury running from first to third on a single in the bottom of the second inning. The former top prospect was making just his second start of the 2024 campaign. After the game, manager Dave Martinez…...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training 2024 Day 1 - Go 0-1 today + more...

Notes and quotes from Day 1 of Spring Training in West Palm Beach, FL. “The whole staff has to do a better job of throwing strike one,” Washington’s GM, Mike Rizzo, told fans in a recent season ticket holder event in D.C. “To me it’s the most important pitch in the game. We’re going to put up a sign in Spring Training. “I told [Manager] Davey [Martinez], we’re going to put up a sign in Spring Tr...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2000

Rondell White on Opening Day 2001 | Getty Images The Cubs got some decent talent in deals this year, but didn’t keep it. On the field, the Cubs were a mess in 2000. They got off to a bad start, then a 17-9 July helped put them just six games under .500 by August 2 (50-56). From there, though, they went a staggeringly bad 15-41 to finish with 97 losses. There was a July selloff, too. March ...2023
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988

Photo by: 1991 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images Some big names both arrived and departed. The Cubs had hoped to contend with the signing of Andre Dawson in 1987. They did for a while, but collapsed in September. Former manager Jim Frey, now GM, attempted to make that right in ‘88. He made some... interesting (translation: mostly not good) deals. February 12: Acquired Rich Gossage and Ra...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Cade Cavalli and a big winter of work ahead...

Cade Cavalli underwent Tommy John surgery last spring, and in September he threw a ball again for the first time... “He was going to be that fifth starter,” Washington Nationals’ manager Dave Martinez told reporters after top pitching prospect Cade Cavalli suffered, “... a grade three sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament which [required] Tommy John surgery,” as the club announced this past spri...2023
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• Braves News: Kyle Wright to start rehab assignment, Jesse Chavez update and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Some good news on the injury front for the Atlanta Braves. While the Atlanta Braves dropped their second straight game Monday night, they did get some good news on the injury front. Kyle Wright is slated to begin a rehab assignment Thursday with High-A Rome. Wright has made just five starts this season and has been out since May with rig...2023
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"com) this afternoon and indicated he’ll be part of Dave Martinez’s rotation."

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"That was enough for Washington manager Dave Martinez, who yanked Salazar and brought in Robert Garcia to put out the fire, which he did in nine pitches."

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"Their manager, Dave Martinez, a former Cubs player and bench coach, had a mantra that year that he’d tell his team every day: “Go 1-0 today."

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"Nationals manager Dave Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post) that Stephen Strasburg will land on the 15-day injured list prior to tomorrow’s game against the Braves."

2021
"Nationals righty Stephen Strasburg will undergo surgery to alleviate neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome, manager Dave Martinez announced to reporters Tuesday (Twitter link via MASNsports."

2020
"Veteran catcher Welington Castillo has opted out of the 2020 season, Nationals manager Dave Martinez told reporters Friday (Twitter link via the Washington Post’s Jesse Dougherty)."

2019
"Joe Maddon, Joe Girardi, Dave Martinez and others give their takes on the big issues surrounding the game."

2018
"New Nationals manager Dave Martinez had a trio of camels brought to spring training camp Wednesday, four-legged visual aids to help players launch a journey aimed at getting over the franchise's playoff hump."

2017
"The Nationals are zeroing in on Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez to be their next manager, per a source of MLB Network Insider Jon Heyman, and a source has told MLB."

2016
"Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez awards yellow-star stickers to players or coaches, and Sutcliffe, who is in camp to work with the pitchers, got one Wednesday after he was struck by an errant throw from outfielder Jorge Soler."

2015
"Dave Martinez, bench coach for Joe Maddon in Chicago and Tampa Bay, also is a serious candidate."

2014
"Former Chicago Cubs outfielder and Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Dave Martinez will resume the same role under new manager Joe Maddon, according to multiple media reports."

• Today in White Sox History: February 25
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• Trevor Williams To Open Season In Nationals Rotation
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• Joy of a Completed Set: 1992 Leaf Black Gold
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: Ryne Sandberg edition

There are a handful of useful clues here, even though we can’t see the scoreboard. Here’s what we know about this photo: Future Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg is batting The Cubs are playing the Astros The Astros catcher is wearing No. 14 The Astros pitcher is righthanded Not very many people are in the bleachers Here’s the full photo again: First things first. Alan Ashby was a ca...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin enters final year of 6-year deal in D.C.

Notes and quotes on Patrick Corbin’s final Grapefruit League start on Sunday... CORBIN WRAPS UP SPRING: Davey Martinez’s message for Patrick Corbin coming out of the left-hander’s fourth start of the spring was one he has been repeating throughout the past few seasons as the now-34-year-old starter has struggled to find his form from 2018, which earned him a 6-year/$140M contract with the National...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training 2024 Day 1 - Go 0-1 today + more...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: On Juan Soto and Davey Martinez + more...

Notes and quotes for a winter Friday in D.C. Davey Martinez got emotional and even a bit nostalgic when he spoke with reporters in the immediate aftermath of the club’s franchise-altering trade of Juan Soto (and Josh Bell) to the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline on August 2, 2022. “I can sit here and talk about Juan all day long, you guys know what kind of player he is and what kind of young...2023
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2000
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• Today in White Sox History: February 25
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• Joy of a Completed Set: 1992 Leaf Black Gold
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• Robbie’s RBI rip reinforces Royals relief retinue in 3-0 rout

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The magic number is down to 3. In a matchup of two struggling offenses, the Kansas City Royals scored more runs than they had in the previous four games combined in a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals. The starting pitchers were in control early, with Michael Lorenzen and DJ Herz allowing just three combined baserunners across the first two innings. In the...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin enters final year of 6-year deal in D.C.
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez reportedly gets extension; GM Mike Rizzo and Nats close...

Notes and quotes from the Nats’ off day, with some big news on the bench and in the front office... DAVEY EXTENDED; RIZZO CLOSE TO DEAL: With all the work they’ve done since they kicked off their organizational reboot at the 2021 Trade Deadline, selling off expiring deals to jumpstart the process with an influx of young, higher-end talent, the prospects they’ve added through deadline deals over th...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 9
Happy birthday, Tony Wolters! | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Tony Wolters, Tyler Colvin’s strange day, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, wi...2023
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• MLB suspends Nationals' Sean Nolin, Dave Martinez for HBP

Sean Nolin has been suspended five games for “intentionally hitting” Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman with a pitch. Additionally, MLB suspended Dave Martinez for one game as a result of Nolin’s actions....2021
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• Nationals Place Sean Doolittle On Injured List
Nationals lefty Sean Doolittle has been diagnosed with a right oblique strain, manager Dave Martinez tells reporters (Twitter link via Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). The exact results of his MRI aren’t yet available, but Martinez described Doolittle’s injury as a “pretty good” strain. Left-hander Ben Braymer is up from the Nats’ alternate site…...2020
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• Brewers fail to hold early lead, fall 6-5 in heartbreaker

Hoskins had a big two-out hit early. | Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Inability to add on after big first inning dooms Milwaukee Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers suffered a tough loss at the hands of the Washington Nationals this afternoon, a game in which they got out to a big lead early. But the offense, which has been struggling lately, was shut down by the Nationals’ bullpen after they cha...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: April 5
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Cade Cavalli and a big winter of work ahead...
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The switch-hitting third baseman is a possible keeper as a bridge between Patrick Wisdom and Matt Shaw. He’s at just the right age where a couple of years at a small raise might be appealing. His bat and glove have good value. A former Cub farmhand, 6’1”, 221 lb. Jeimer (pronounced Jay’mer) Candelario is a first/third sacker the Cubs got from the Washin...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Being a kid again

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images The Nationals and Phillies played the Little League Classic. The Yankees are not good for once. The Padres future is cloudy. Julio Rodríguez goes off. And other news from around MLB. This weekend we had the annual Little League Classic game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, which is always a lot of fun—especially for the players, who get to (kind of) be little ...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
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• Cubs 17, Nationals 3: The bats suddenly come alive
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Now THAT was fun! As the bottom of the sixth inning began Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field, I was sitting at the ballpark thinking sad thoughts about how I’d write yet another recap of another losing baseball game for the Chicago Cubs. And then the Cubs bats woke up, exploding for 17 hits and 16 runs over the last three innings, crushing the Nationals 1...2023
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• Lerner family mulling a potential sale of Nationals

The Lerner family that has owned the Washington Nationals since 2006 is exploring the possibility of selling the Major League Baseball franchise, news that manager Dave Martinez said Monday he "was shocked" by....2022

• Source: Nats hire Martinez as manager
The Nationals are zeroing in on Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez to be their next manager, per a source of MLB Network Insider Jon Heyman, and a source has told MLB.com's Jamal Collier that the two sides have agreed to a deal. The club has not commented....2017
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• Nationals To Hire Dave Martinez As Manager
The Nationals will hire Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez as their manager, Jon Heyman of FanRag reports. The Nats will make an official announcement after the World Series, Heyman adds. After the firing of Dusty Baker on Oct. 20, the 53-year-old Martinez quickly emerged as the overwhelming favorite to take over in Washington, which chose…...2017
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
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• Cubs 17, Nationals 3: The bats suddenly come alive
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• Reports: Martinez joining Maddon with Cubs
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• Braves get back on track with 10-3 win over the Nationals

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Max Fried made his return while Ozzie Albies finished with four hits in a win over the Nationals. Max Fried returned and the Atlanta Braves got back on track Thursday night with a 10-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Despite a long layoff, it didn’t take Fried long to settle in. Fried retired the first six hitters he faced, including a pair of strikeou...2023
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• Nationals reportedly tab Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez as new manager
Martinez spent most of the past decade as Joe Maddon's right-hand man...2017
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• Royals' Ibanez 1 of 8 on Rays' manager list
Bench coach Dave Martinez and Raul Ibanez are among eight candidates on the preliminary list the Tampa Bay Rays are considering for their next manager....2014
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• The case for the Nationals to win it all
Once again, the Washington Nationals resemble as much of an impressive fantasy baseball draft as they do a ballclub that actually exists in real-life. They are a stunning collection of mostly mid-prime talent that has sent 12 representatives to the All-Star Game over the past three years. Led by a former MVP winner in Bryce Harper and the two-time reigning NL Cy Young recipient in Max Scherzer, th...2018
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• Team Offense, Washington Nationals
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• Today in White Sox History: February 25
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: Ryne Sandberg edition
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• Robbie’s RBI rip reinforces Royals relief retinue in 3-0 rout
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 25
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• Brewers fail to hold early lead, fall 6-5 in heartbreaker
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• Today in White Sox History: April 5
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• Team Offense, Washington Nationals
The 2024 series on team offense continues with the Washington Nationals. The Nationals finished twenty first in the Majors and twelfth in the National League in 2023 with 4.32 runs scored per game. This season I am using FanGraphs Roster Resource Depth Charts* as the source of default lineups. That Dave Martinez batting order is […]...2024
• Energetic Abrams to open spring in leadoff spot
Manager Dave Martinez expecting variation in mid-lineup, playing time for top prospects...2024
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• Joy of a Completed Set: 1992 Leaf Black Gold
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• Outside The Confines: Bench ‘em
Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images A new practice of benching bad behavior is picking up steam. “Benching” baseball players isn’t a new practice, but it seems to be gaining popularity this season, as we’re seeing managers bench their players for a number of largely behavioral reasons. No hustle on the basepaths? Get benched. Boneheaded lack of attention paid during the game? Get...2023
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• 'Strategy is sacred': Managers weigh in on three-batter rule, sign-stealing scandal
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• NL East Notes: Anthony Rendon, Ronald Acuna, Tommy Hunter
The latest from around the NL East… Anthony Rendon left last night’s game after fouling a ball off his left big toe, and he wasn’t in today’s Nationals lineup. X-rays on the toe were negative, and manager Dave Martinez told MLB.com’s Jamal Collier and other reporters that there had yet to be any discussion of a possible DL stint for the star third baseman. Washington is already short Daniel Murph...2018
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• Detroit Tigers: Advantages of Trading David Price to the Cubs
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