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• A look at Designated Hitter options for the Atlanta Braves in 2026

The Braves have quite a few items on their offseason to-do list. There’s the enormous, three-year-running hole at shortstop, where the club will hopefully work out a deal of some kind with Ha-Seong Kim. Lord knows the starting rotation could use a reliable, take-the-ball-every-fifth-day arm to bolster a good-but-injury-prone group. And the bullpen is in […]...2025
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• Kyle Tucker Addresses Upcoming Free Agency, Wishes Luck to Teammates
The offseason may not be officially underway just yet, but it’s now a hot topic after the Cubs were eliminated from playoff contention Saturday in Milwaukee. Reporters made sure to ask Kyle Tucker about it after the game, as the outfielder/designated hitter is set to become a free agent once the offseason begins. “We’ll see … The post Kyle Tucker Addresses Upcoming Free Age...2025
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• Dodgers’ Will Smith Has Hilarious Answer to Getting More DH Opportunities in Future

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith had a humorous response when asked whether or not he would want to serve as the Dodgers’ designated hitter as his career went on. Smith has been adamant he wants to remain as the Dodgers’ catcher, even after suffering a hand injury which kept him sidelined for most of […]...2025
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• Mets Notes: Alonso, Marte, Manaea
First baseman Pete Alonso has already said he will be opting out of his deal with the Mets and re-entering free agency, which could set up another will-they-won’t-they winter. A report from Will Sammon of The Athletic suggests that the Mets aren’t thrilled with Alonso’s defense and that spending more time at designated hitter may…...2025
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• Mountcastle on his Orioles’ career: ‘I’ve loved my time here’

NEW YORK—When Ryan Mountcastle played his first game for the Orioles, it was during the pandemic season of 2020. On Sunday, the senior member of the team might have played his final game with the team. Mountcastle was the Orioles’ designated hitter on Sunday, going hitless in four at-bats, finishing the season with a .250 […]...2025
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• David Fry Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Facial Fractures, Won’t Require Surgery
The Guardians announced Wednesday that designated hitter David Fry, who was hit in the face by a 99 mph fastball from Tarik Skubal last night, will not require surgery. He’ll still be out six to eight weeks, but the 29-year-old has thankfully avoided any catastrophic injuries. The team’s statement reads as follows: “Imaging and clinical…...2025
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• A look at Designated Hitter options for the Atlanta Braves in 2026
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• Dodgers’ Will Smith Has Hilarious Answer to Getting More DH Opportunities in Future
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• David Fry Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Facial Fractures, Won’t Require Surgery
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• Guardians' Fry suffers facial fractures from HBP
Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry sustained a broken nose and facial fractures after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit's Tarik Skubal in the sixth inning Tuesday....2025
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• Aaron Judge’s Yankees outfield situation still has more questions than answers

Since returning from the injured list for a right elbow flexor strain on Aug. 5, Judge has served as the designated hitter for all 25 games....2025
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• MLB Notes: Unfortunate Aaron Judge Injury Update, Alex Bregman Talks New Contract, Rays All-Star Out for Year Again

The New York Yankees have an unfortunate injury update regarding two-time MVP Aaron Judge. The seven-time All-Star has been back from his elbow injury since last Tuesday as a designated hitter, but manager Aaron Boone ruled out Judge returning to the outfield before this weekend against the St. Louis Cardinals. According to Andy Martino of …...2025
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• Giancarlo Stanton holds his own during first outfield chance in two years

Playing the field so Aaron Judge could serve as designated hitter while he rehabs his flexor strain in his elbow, Stanton held his own....2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 4th, 2025 Since team icon Todd Helton ended his Hall of Fame career in 2013, first base had become quite the revolving door for the Colorado Rockies. Veteran stopgaps, rookie hopefuls, and a few decidedly not-first-a-baseman players all manned the position with varying degrees of success. However, none were tru...2025
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• Game Thread #110: Milwaukee Brewers (65-44) @ Washington Nationals (44-65)

Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff | Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images Woodruff looks to continue excellent season The Brewers started August with a win and hope to carry that momentum through the weekend with Brandon Woodruff making the start on Saturday against the Washington Nationals. Woodruff’s 2.01 ERA through four starts has been an excellent addition to the rotation. Through 22 1⁄3 innings ...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani injury watch: Dodgers superstar removed as pitcher vs. Reds

After just 51 pitches, and 6 consecutive balls, Shohei Ohtani was removed by the Dodgers’ training staff against the Reds Shohei Ohtani missed the end of the 2023 season and the entire 2024 campaign as a pitcher, as he worked his way back from a UCL injury in his right elbow. After all that time, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar returned to the bump this year to resume pitching duties. However, a...2025
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• Game Thread #101: Milwaukee Brewers (60-40) @ Seattle Mariners (53-47)

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Jacob Misiorowski is on the mound as the Brewers go for 12 straight wins With the Brewers on an 11-game winning streak, burger watch is officially on in the Milwaukee area. If the Brewers push that streak to 12 games tonight, there will be free burgers at George Webb restaurants tomorrow. They will have that chance tonight in game two against the Mariners...2025
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"Rafael Devers To Start Work At First Base With Giants"

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"Blue Jays To Sign Justin Turner"

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"MLB to test more rule changes in Atlantic League"

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"Mets, Pirates To Swap Daniel Vogelbach, Colin Holderman"

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"Why Aaron Boone Pulled Yankees Starter Gerrit Cole After Two Innings"

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"Shin-Soo Choo Donates $1K To Each Rangers Minor Leaguer"

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"White Sox reportedly in very serious pursuit of Edwin Encarnacion"

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"A's reacquire Moss in 4-player deal with Royals"

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"Twins in first place after Vargas' big night"

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"Leon's big night backs Wright in Red Sox's win"

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"WATCH: Big Papi and Gronk sing together in new commercial"

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"David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series"

• Kyle Tucker Addresses Upcoming Free Agency, Wishes Luck to Teammates
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• Texas Rangers Prospect Maxton Martin Named Carolina League All-Star

Texas Rangers prospect — outfielder Maxton Martin has been named to the Carolina League All-Star team at the designated hitter position.The 20-year-old was a Texas Rangers' 11th-round pick (321st overall) in the 2023 draft out of Southridge High School in Kennewick, Washington.In his 102 games with the...2025
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• Hickory Crawdads Outfielder Maxton Martin Named Carolina League All-Star

==Hickory Crawdads outfielder Maxton Martin has been named to the Carolina League All-Star team at the designated hitter position==.The 20-year-old was a Texas Rangers' 11th-round pick (321st overall) in the 2023 draft out of Southridge High School in Kennewick, Washington.In his 102 games with the Low-A Hickory...2025
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• Phillies reportedly willing to hand blank check to star slugger

Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber is slated to become a free agent this offseason. That does not necessarily mean that he will be leaving Philadelphia behind....2025
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• Blue Jays, Eloy Jimenez Agree To Minor League Deal
The Blue Jays and outfielder/designated hitter Eloy Jimenez are in agreement on a minor league contract, as first reported by Mike Rodriguez. The Premier Talent Sports & Entertainment client was with the Rays organization earlier this season but was cut loose around the All-Star break. Jimenez, 28, was a top prospect with the Cubs and…...2025
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• Kjerstad on Norfolk’s injured list; Updates on Eflin, Selby; Orioles claim reliever Rico Garcia off waivers

PHILADELPHIA—Outfielder/designated hitter Heston Kjerstad, the overall No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft, hasn’t played for Triple-A Norfolk since July 25th and he’s on the Triple-A injured list. Kjerstad was hitting just .149 with two home runs and six RBIs in 27 games for the Tides after hitting .192 with four homers and 19 RBIs […]...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Today in White Sox History: August 3

As a left fielder, Ron Kittle was a pretty good designated hitter. Ron Kittle boots a couple on the game’s first two plays, leading to a rare late 1983 loss 1906 The 4-0 win over the Boston Americans was just the second victory of what would become a record-setting 19-game winning streak for the White Sox, but for Ed Walsh, this game was a monumental one-hitter — the second one of his care...2025
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• Game Thread #106: Milwaukee Brewers (62-43) vs. Chicago Cubs (62-43)

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images A huge divisional series starts tonight in Milwaukee Tonight, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs will begin one of the bigger regular-season series to come to Milwaukee. The division rivals come into this late-July series tied for first in the National League Central; the Brewers, who have been white hot for two solid months, were trailing the Cubs by 6.5 gam...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions

Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Six prospects who narrowly missed the top 30 cut The 2025 MLB Draft has given the Braves a new wave of prospects, and with more than half of the minor league season in the books it’s time to update the Battery Power top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects. We’ll run through in more detail in the first wave of prospects tomorrow, but in sho...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Lodolo is Lights Out - July 24, 2025
Nick Lodolo, SP, Reds Nick Lodolo had the best start of his young career on Wednesday, tossing a complete game shutout against the Nationals. He allowed four hits and struck out eight. His curveball was exceptional, as he induced 9 whiffs on 22 swings for a 41% whiff rate and 45% CSW%. This was his fourth straight quality start and seventh straight start where he has allowed 3 runs or less. While ...2025
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• Game Thread #101: Milwaukee Brewers (60-40) @ Seattle Mariners (53-47)
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 101 thread: Erick Fedde vs Bradley Blalock

John Leyba-Imagn Images Blalock seeks to secure his first win of the season against Arenado’s Redbirds After last night’s tough loss, the Colorado Rockies will look to get back to their winning ways and even their series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Bradley Blalock (0-2, 9.97 ERA) will get the ball for the Rockies. Making his seventh appearance, and fifth start, of th...2025
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• Sean Murphy is an enticing trade candidate who shouldn’t get traded

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves currently have two very good catchers. If they still think they can win in the near future, that number needs to stay at two. Dating back for as long as I can remember, one thing that has remained remarkably consistent about the Atlanta Braves throughout all this time that’s passed between the divisional dynasty of the 90s ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: General Manager

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 21st, 2025 The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 21, 2025

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Every action has a reaction. Salvador Perez picked up the Royals in their Sunday win to salvage the series. “Salvy is incredible,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro told local reporters in Miami. “What he has done for his career and what he is doing right now, he is a Hall of Famer. And when he gets going in the middle of our order, that’s an enormous spark for us.” Vin...2025
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• Brewers rack up 11 hits in 6-5 win, sweep Dodgers

Brewers designated hitter William Contreras | Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images The Brewers are now on a 10-game winning streak Box Score In an action-packed series finale, the Brewers escaped with a 6-5 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers to record their 10th consecutive win. In the process, they swept the season series against the Dodgers for the first time in franchise history. And they’re now ...2025
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• 2025 Brewers midseason awards

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Christian Yelich, Freddy Peralta find themselves all over our midseason honors Paul Dietrich MVP: Christian Yelich I actually think the team MVP is Freddy Peralta but given that there’s a separate spot for me to recognize a pitcher, I’ll go with a hitter here. A quick glance at Yelich’s overall numbers don’t exactly show a superstar; going into play on Saturday, his...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Second base

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Estrada? Amador? Who is the second baseman of the future? The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did back on March 28 when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run in March as a...2025
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• Hickory Crawdads Outfielder Maxton Martin Named Carolina League All-Star
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Milwaukee’s offense dominates again in 8-2 win over Nationals

Brewers designated hitter Christian Yelich | Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images The Brewers outhit Washington 15 to 2 Box Score Milwaukee’s potent offense came through again with an 8-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. The Brewers were quick to establish an early lead, scoring in each of the first three innings, en route to a 15-hit game. Five different batters tallied multiple hits, includi...2025
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• Game Thread #110: Milwaukee Brewers (65-44) @ Washington Nationals (44-65)
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• Shohei Ohtani injury watch: Dodgers superstar removed as pitcher vs. Reds
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• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs deal for Dylan Cease?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs could swing a deal for Padres ace Dylan Cease It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come settle in with us. We’ve got a few tables still available. Let us know if we can do anything for you. There...2025
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• Brewers rack up 11 hits in 6-5 win, sweep Dodgers
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• Battery Power Braves Players of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr. and Ozzie Albies

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images This week’s award is split between two of the Braves’ longest tenured players. Call it a cop-out. With this week’s regular season schedule for the Atlanta Braves condensed to three games because of the All-Star break, there was a chance that two or more players would have enough impact over the three game series with the New York Yankees to end up with a tie for th...2025
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• Baldwin catches and Murphy is the designated hitter as Braves return to action

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images They Braves are continuing to find a way to get their dynamic duo of catchers into the lineup at the same time. The lineups are out for tonight’s second-half opener between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees. The Braves clearly feel like they’ve got a good thing going by having both Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy in the lineu...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: July 16

For the balance of July and into August 1992, Lance Johnson ran wild for the White Sox. | Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images One Dog begins one heck of a long hitting streak 1920 With the White Sox down to their last two outs in the ninth, trailing the Senators, 5-4, Joe Jackson capped a rally by hitting an inside-the-park grand slam past (or over) Washington center fielder Sam Rice. That score,...2025
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• David Ortiz Surprises Military Members with Tickets to 2014 World Series
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• WATCH: Big Papi and Gronk sing together in new commercial
The biggest hit of the summer this year comes from — David Ortiz and Rob Gronkowski? The dynamic duo sing a song together called “Sippin'” for a new Dunkin’ Donuts commercial, and the tune actually is strangely catchy. The music video also is pretty great, as the Boston Red Sox designated hitter and New England Patriots tight end hang by the pool and partake in all sorts of summer fun. Now, that’...2015
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• Leon's big night backs Wright in Red Sox's win
Designated hitter David Ortiz was confined to the dugout and Dustin Pedroia left with a shin contusion but that didn't stop the Red Sox on Friday night, as Steven Wright lobbed a three-hitter and Sandy Leon drove in four runs in a 9-0 Interleague win over the Dodgers....2016
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• Harvey, Fielder named Comeback Players of the Year
The Rangers had high hopes for Prince Fielder after acquiring him from the Detroit Tigers prior to the 2014 season. But the designated hitter, who had missed just one game in the previous five seasons, had season-ending surgery on a herniated disc in his neck in May and played in just 42 games....2015
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• Harvey, Fielder named Comeback Players of the Year
The Rangers had high hopes for Prince Fielder after acquiring him from the Detroit Tigers prior to the 2014 season. But the designated hitter, who had missed just one game in the previous five seasons, had season-ending surgery on a herniated disc in his neck in May and played in just 42 games....2015
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• David Ortiz Says Dream Job Would Be Porn Star If He Weren't a Baseball Player
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• Duffy, Brown homer as Giants show off lively bats vs. Rangers
Third baseman Casey McGehee and first baseman Travis Ishikawa scored on triple by designated hitter Brandon Crawford off Tepesch to give the Giants an early 2-0 lead in the first. The Giants went on to win, 12-3....2015
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• WATCH: David Ortiz clubs 500th career home run
The 500-home run club has gained a new member. Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz took Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Moore deep in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game for the 500th homer of his illustrious career. He hit his 499th career home run in the first inning. Ortiz is the 27th major league hitter to reach the milestone and the first since Gary Sheffield did so on April 17, 2009 as...2015
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• Lodolo is Lights Out - July 24, 2025
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• Devers Debuts in the Bay - June 18, 2025
Rafael Devers, 3B, Giants Rafael Devers went 2 for 5 with a double and an RBI on Tuesday in his debut for the Giants. He hit in the third spot in the lineup as the designated hitter. While a large part of his trade seemed to stem from the fact that he refused to play first base for the Red Sox, he ironically is completely fine to learn first base for the Giants. He's expected to split time between...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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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2025
Roki Sasaki SP LAD Sasaki will make his MLB debut March 19 against the Cubs in the second game of the Tokyo Series, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. His splitter has caught the eye of hitters, though not their bats. Turns out he's got just 518 rpm on the splitter; the lowest rpm on a splitter of 2024 was 577 rpm. Slow is good when it comes to RPM on a splitter, but his 96.3 mph on ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 6, 2025
Luken Baker, 1B (STL) Baker's prodigious power has been on display this spring. The 27-year-old hit his third home run on Wednesday, improving his OPS to 1.233 in 17 Grapefruit League at-bats. Power is Baker's game. He hit 33 home runs in 314 AAA at-bats in 2023 and 32 homers in 376 AAA at-bats in '24. However, the rest of his game is lacking. He is a classic Three True Outcomes batter, striking o...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 1, 2025
Around the League Sean Murphy-Braves-C Sean Murphy is coming off arguably his worst season in the majors. He played in only 72 games due to injury and when he was on the field it was a struggle. Murphy hit .193 with 10 HR, 19 R, 25 RBI, and 0 SB. This was coming off the best season of his career in 2023 (.251 AVG, 21 HR, 65 R, 68 RBI, and 0 SB in 108 GP). He played the first game of the season...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Perfectly normal reactions to Spring Training’s opening weekend

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals will never lose again! The Royals have played three Spring Training games as I write this - and at least four by the time you read it. Some people would say that Spring Training is a terrible environment for evaluating players based on results. Others will say that even if it was an excellent environment, three games at th...2025
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
Mariners Starting Rotation The Mariners' starting rotation is fascinating. Luis Castillo is the veteran with the most impressive resume, but he could turn out to be the worst starter on the team by the end of the season. He is certainly the oldest at 32 years old. In fact, every other Seattle starter is 27 years old or younger. The youth-infused rotation is buoyed by a pitcher-friendly ballpark an...2025
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• Projecting the 2025 Braves Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Not one, but two, different options for Atlanta’s first 26-man roster of the 2025 season. Atlanta Braves full-squad workouts begin one month from today, but much to the chagrin of Braves fandom, the organization has been stunningly quiet this offseason when to comes to making moves that - on the surface - move the needle on the quality of...2025
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• A look at Designated Hitter options for the Atlanta Braves in 2026
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• Kyle Tucker Addresses Upcoming Free Agency, Wishes Luck to Teammates
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• Bichette (knee) could move to DH for Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, sidelined since Sept. 7 with a sprained left knee, sought a second opinion Monday on his injured knee, and could initially return to the lineup at designated hitter for the club as it prepares for the postseason....2025
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• Brewers OF Yelich returns after 5-game absence
Christian Yelich returned to the lineup for the Brewers on Monday night after their designated hitter missed five games because of lower back soreness....2025
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• Sliding Yanks 'plan' for Judge to return Tuesday
Aaron Judge could return to the Yankees' lineup Tuesday, when he is eligible to come off the 10-day IL, and manager Aaron Boone said Judge would be the designated hitter....2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Today in White Sox History: August 3
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• Milwaukee’s offense dominates again in 8-2 win over Nationals
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• Game Thread #110: Milwaukee Brewers (65-44) @ Washington Nationals (44-65)
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• Reports: Orioles sending O’Hearn, Laureano to Padres for prospects

The Orioles have traded Ryan O’Hearn, the starting All-Star designated hitter, and outfielder Ramón Laureano to the San Diego Padres, according to reports from Robert Murray of FanSided and ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Orioles will receive six prospects in return. They are: 19-year-old left-hander Boston Bateman, 22-year-old right-hander Tyson Neighbors, 22-year-old right-hander Tanner Smith, 20-year-o...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Can the Cubs deal for Dylan Cease?
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• Sean Murphy is an enticing trade candidate who shouldn’t get traded
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #5: Milwaukee Brewers

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images At least you’re not a Brewers fan! Oh, wait... my bad. *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. So, about a month and a half ago, I published a series of satirical articles intended to poke fun at our NL Central rivals. Some of you thought they were funny; most of you probably didn’t. If you didn’t catch them when the...2025
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• What to watch for when the Braves aren’t very watchable

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images Spring Training may as well start tonight I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don’t think the Atlanta Braves are going to win a ton of games in the second half of the season or make the playoffs. If you’ve been in a coma since March, this is shocking news but among the conscious it isn’t. They are eleven games below even and just lost seven o...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 11

Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Adolfo Phillips* is in the news, 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, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a hand...2025
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• Sean Murphy gets the start at catcher for Braves vs. Diamondbacks

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The lineups have been released for this middle game of the three-game series between the Atlanta Braves and the Arizona Diamondbacks. If you’re a fan of a slight reshuffle and seeing the same players in slightly different positions in the lineup, then boy do I have news for you! Anyways, here’s how the Braves are looking: Sale gets ...2025
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images 25 years? Wait, what? Recently, esteemed baseball writer Jayson Stark complied his First Quarter Century baseball team for a story which ran in the Athletic. Has it already been 25 years since Y2K? Crazy how time slips away. I didn’t see much to argue about with Stark’s selections. The team is loaded with Hall of Famers and all-time greats as you would expect. St...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are historically bad, but where is Dick Monfort?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 2nd, 2025 There has never been a team quite like the 2025 Colorado Rockies. They are fundamentally broken on every level. The starting pitching has the highest ERA in the league by over a full point and the fewest strikeouts. The bullpen fares better, but was one of the more overworked units in baseball to...2025
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• Five splashy trades the Brewers could make to fix their infield

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Unlikely? Yes. But if the Brewers are going to save this season, they need to act. We are now over 40 games into the 2025 season, and I think it’s officially okay to panic about the state of the Brewers’ offense. Milwaukee has simply looked punchless at the plate, and it's the sheer number of underachievers that’s killing the Brewers: yes, third base is a giant blac...2025
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• Brent Rooker on Athletics’ new ballpark, swing changes and more

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Brent Rooker is the main cog for an Athletics team that is trying to turn the corner. In 2024, The Athletics OF/DH Brent Rooker had an outstanding season. As Frank Polito wrote on Athletics Nation, “This past season was clearly the break-out that A’s leadership and our fans expected.” Rooker finished the season 10th in AL MVP voting and won the AL S...2025
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