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• Outside The Confines: The Pirates make Derek Shelton walk the plank

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Guess someone had to take the blame. It’s Friday and the Pirates have decided that they have figured out who is to blame for their rough season start, and the person they’ve fixated on is manager Derek Shelton. Managers are typically the ones to take the blame when a team is on a downward slide, but this is hardly the first time the Pirates have had a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 7, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Comebacks are fun, no matter how easy the opponent makes them. David Lesky reacts to Monday’s series opener against the Chicago White Sox. But in this one, they got great pitching, just enough offense and one defensive play that I may be thinking about for a long time. And if you doubt that, I can still picture a double play started by Alcides Escobar in Houston ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Hot Dog!

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Dodgers are helping give all of MLB heartburn. We love ballpark food! I mean, is there anything better on a hot summer day than a beer and a hot dog while watching a game? I don’t think so. But teams seem to be on a quest to come up with some of the most insane food, whether it’s the crickets served by the Mariners, or sundaes in baseball helmets, it...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The city of Sacramento is torn over the Athletics. The Braves have a controversy as the team struggles. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Dan Moore has a wonderful essay on the city of Sacramento, the Athletics and the “Faustian” bargain that brought them together. Sacramento is hungry for an MLB team of its own, but the Athletics s...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Monday morning MLB moments

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Little tidbits from the weekend. Happy Monday, everyone. Plenty of fun stuff to catch up on from the weekend! We can see what happens when one of the tallest pitchers in baseball stands beside one of the shortest players. Elly De La Cruz fumbled a steal in fairly hilarious fashion. How are the Red Sox now celebrating their home runs? And...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Lots of players got contract extensions. More on the torpedo bat. The Dodgers are hot and the Braves are not. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. We’re leading off with a whole mess of contact extensions today and none of them are Kyle Tucker. First off, Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet agreed to a six-year, $170 million contract. extension. Dan Szymborski...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The Yankees new bat is causing a stir. There are two new stadiums this year. Willson Contreras eats tape. We remember whom we’ve lost and other news from baseball. I don’t know whether I’m paying tribute to David Farragut or Tom Petty. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Brewers on Saturday and many were quick to credit/blame New York’s new “torpedo...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Will we see an electronic strike zone this regular season? As we continue to see the ABS system get tested in Spring Training, and with it we have seen some pitchers share how unimpressed they are, while some batters have felt vindicated, and as a surprising side reveal, we’ve learned that a lot of players have been lying about their height. But one thi...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Spring Training stories

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Injuries, excitement, sneaky showcases... Spring Training has it all. We’re finally into spring training in a real way, with actual gameplay and so much is going on. Pitchers are getting fired up about ABS... and ABS might also be proving some players have been lying about their height. Three Twins players had a scary near-miss, meanwh...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Max Scherzer is headed to the Six

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Blue Jays are taking a chance on the former Cy Young winner Happy Friday everyone! We’re wrapping up January, and in two weeks Spring Training will begin. One of the bigger names on the table has found a new home as Max Scherzer has signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays were clearly gunning for some new pitching talent, but mis...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 9, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Captain Biceps is here. The Michael Lorenzen deal is official: “And I think that we’re going to win,” Lorenzen said. “Obviously, that’s another plus. I think they’re going to bring the best out of me, so I think it just makes sense in every direction.” “When I hung up the phone with Michael the other night, he said, ‘Let’s win the division.’” general manag...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Justin Verlander is a Giant

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The remaining free agents are starting to move. With just over a month left until pitchers and catchers report, we now know where one specific pitcher will be reporting in February, and that’s Justin Verlander. The three-time Cy Young winner who most recently played with the Houston Astros and has battled injury for the last several seasons, will now be he...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto tops the free agent market

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images But what will it take to sign him? There are plenty of big names out there who have now hit the free agent market, but likely none is bigger than Yankees’ slugger Juan Soto. Soto, agented by Scott Boras, is sure to fetch a tidy sum, and plenty of teams are already making overtures to try and get him on their roster. Al will have m...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Never mind

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images Gerrit Cole opts out and then he doesn’t. Qualifying offers were issued. Free agents are ranked. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. You officially have my permission to call them the Sacramento A’s if you want. Or the West Sacramento A’s if you’d rather. After opting out of his contract with the Yankees, which still ha...2024
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") Davy Andrews checks in on 2024 Mookie Betts and wonders if his performance was a sign of good things to come, or something to worry about."

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"Davy Andrews brings us a new stat (of a kind) looking at batters who have almost aged out of use, but can still hit against opposite-arm pitchers."

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"Davy Andrews at FanGraphs made precisely this argument as he tried to unravel the Swanson riddle earlier this offseason: At the plate, it sure looks like Swanson’s success in 2020 and ’22 was tied to some luck on balls in play."

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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta
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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes
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• Outside The Confines: Calling balls and strikes

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images ESPN and MLB decide to part ways, for now. The Robo Umps have a successful debut. Looking ahead to next year’s free agent class. And more news from around MLB. Good morning. Evan Drellich and Andrew Marchand report that MLB and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to terminate their agreement to broadcast MLB games after this year. (The Athletic ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The face of the franchise will become the face of free agency this fall. Happy Wednesday BCB friends! We have some interesting stories ahead for you today, chief among them being that one of baseball’s biggest extensions isn’t happening. The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to come to an agreement on extension terms. As a result, Vlad Jr,...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Your new Hall of Fame inductees

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images I just want to talk to that one voter who left Ichiro off their ballot... Well, the long-anticipated time arrived last night as the newest class of MLB Hall of Famers was announced. Ichiro Suzuki was one vote shy of being a unanimous inductee, and I think perhaps anonymous ballots shouldn’t be allowed because I just want to have a quick chat with the pe...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Yankees tried, but. . .

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Juan Soto is welcomed in Flushing. The White Sox trade Garrett Crochet. A Winter Meetings wrap-up and which teams get a participation trophy this winter. Good morning. Trade for Kyle Tucker already, Jed. I’m going crazy checking every ten minutes to see if a deal has been done. Fangraphs has this end-of-the-year recap of how you used the site and the ballplay...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Going for gold

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Major leaguers press to be allowed to compete in the 2028 Olympics. Aaron Judge wants to play, but no one will pitch to him. More on the White Sox and other news from around the league. Good morning. With the 2024 Paris Olympics now over, some people are looking forward to 2028 Los Angeles, where baseball will be a sport again. Jake Mintz looks at the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The White Sox keep losing. A Giant threw a no-hitter. A look down the stretch and other baseball news. Good morning. The White Sox catch a break this week in that they have three games coming up against the Athletics in Oakland. The A’s are the second-worst team in the American League. They’re still 19½ games better than the South Siders. The Chicago ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Off to a flying start

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A look at trends to start the season, like Mike Trout is back. The fans who fought back against the A’s. And other news from MLB. Good morning. No big stories today, but lots of little ones. Dan Moore has a strong piece on the fan groups that have fought against the Athletics leaving Oakland (and some historical precedents elsewhere) and the dilemma of...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 19, 2024

I believe this is my first Nick Loftin picture | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Early season winning makes for a busy off day No game yesterday, but there was a roster move: INF Nick Loftin has been optioned to Omaha (AAA). A corresponding move will be announced tomorrow.— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 18, 2024 This clears the way for Michael Massey to return from his reha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2024

Bobby Witt, Jr. appeared on MLB Network as they announced him as the #20 overall player in the Majors: "Simplified things as much as possible... everything I do off the field kind of helps my game on the field."Bobby Witt Jr. talks about the improvements he made on both ends leading to a 72-spot rise on this year's #Top100RightNow!@Royals | @BwittJr pic.twitter.com/YXtUKSQNgt— MLB Network (@MLBN...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Extensions, extensions
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The voice of the Brewers is silent

Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images A true baseball legend, Bob Uecker has passed away. It seems to be a great truth of baseball that some of the least inspiring players become powerhouses in some other capacity, either in the dugout, or, in the case of Bob Uecker, behind a microphone, as the voice of the Brewers. Uecker, later lovingly called “Mr. Baseball” had the kind ...2025
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• The Dansby Swanson signing by the numbers
Dansby Swanson takes an at bat last June at Wrigley Field | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs landed the last of the big four shortstops. When I posted about the Dansby Swanson signing on social media I said the seven-year $177 million deal was very reasonable, dare I say, “intelligent spending,” given the shortstop market we’ve seen this year. One of my friends, Cubs fan James Lo...2022
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• Outside The Confines: The countdown is on
Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The weather may still be frightful, but there’s something bright ahead. It may come as a surprise, but we blinked and January is over. Wednesday will be the first day of February (and Thursday we’ll know the groundhog’s verdict on how much longer winter will last), but more than another month of winter, the start of February means one th...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The A’s Opera House

Oakland Athletics The A’s unveil their plans for a Las Vegas stadium and it looks... similar to something else The A’s moving to Las Vegas has been a limbo-state story for months now. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of certainty about when or if the A’s are moving, because right now they’re still in Oakland and exploring ways to extend their stay, but they have also unveiled stadium renderi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The shame of MLB
Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images The A’s get hijacked to Las Vegas and the commissioner mocks A’s fans. The trade deadline is coming and the Cardinals could make a big move. Bull Durham is 35 years old. So it looks like I get the honor of announcing the A’s move to Las Vegas. Fun. Let’s be clear. There are no plans for a stadium in Las Vegas. There are “artist renderings,” which ar...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Big bucks for a Buc
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Bryan Reynolds is staying in Pittsburgh. A look at some early trends this season. A look ahead to the draft. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. Let’s win again today. After months of speculation, the Pirates and outfielder Bryan Reynolds have agreed on an eight-year, $106.75 million extension. There is no opt-out, which had reportedly be...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The end of 2024

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Join us for some end of year baseball news. Happy Monday, everyone! It’s the last Outside The Confines of 2024, and there’s been some quiet movement around baseball over the holiday week. Shohei Ohtani made a major announcement; Corbin Burnes is getting nicely paid by Arizona; MLB dot com picks some realistic free agents for every team, a...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Almost Opening Day
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Opening Day is just one day away. Did we learn anything from Spring Training? A look ahead. Sergio Romo retires in style. This is the final OTC of the winter. Starting tomorrow, we’ll have real games to talk about. I don’t care who has the best major league ballpark giveaways this summer. I just want to know who can get me an Iowa Cubs...2023
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• Outside The Confines: It’s baseball season

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Spring Training has opened for two teams. Some predictions for the rest of the off-season. And other news from around baseball. It’s tradition for baseball fans to say the day after the Super Bowl that it’s baseball season. So who am I to buck tradition? I hope that yesterday’s football game puts an end to the idea that a close game is a good game. Because ev...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Is a decision near?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Juan Soto is reportedly getting closer to signing. A few other free agents have signed for a lot less. A look ahead to the Winter Meetings and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Especially if you’re Juan Soto. If you’re reading this, Juan, hi! Top free agent Juan Soto is reportedly nearing a decision as to where he will sign. The decision could come as soon...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 4, 2024

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Kris Bubic will be a starter next year. Anne Rogers writes about Royals' priorities heading into the Winter Meetings. But that doesn’t mean they view their lineup as complete. They’d still like to add depth down the order, including fortifying their bench and adding a hitter who might be able to slot into the No. 5 or 6 spot behind Bobby Witt Jr., Vinni...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Giving thanks

RENEE SPENCER/STARNEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The fallout of the Blake Snell signing. Reasons to give thanks for baseball. And other stories from around baseball that you may have missed over the holiday. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Jake Mintz analyzes the signing of free agent Blake Snell by the Dodgers. With the deal, Mintz argues that the rich ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 8, 2024

Eric Stout, anyone? Hey, this is relevant! | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Asia Baseball recaps begin today with the CPBL! Slow news day. At least we got Spring Training game schedules: ⚾Step up to the plate, baseball fans! Game times for @Royals & @Rangers Spring Training are officially announced! Get ready to grab your tickets when they go on sale November ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

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

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Twins and Mariners make a trade

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The Orioles are being sold. Justin Turner heads north of the border. More trouble in Las Vegas. And other news from around baseball. The College Baseball season starts in 16 days. The Mariners and Twins made a reasonably major trade as Minnesota shipped second baseman Jorge Polanco to Seattle for right-handed reliever Justin Topa, right-handed starter Anth...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Gather round the hot stove
Photo by Matthias Bein/picture alliance via Getty Images The trade deadline fire has been lit. Shohei Ohtani trade. Three words have never ignited such dread and enthusiasm in baseball fans. As the trade deadline draws nearer, all anyone can think about is whether or not the Japanese mega-star will be sporting an entirely different jersey come August, and if he is, just how much will his n...2023
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