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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle Hendricks waves to fans after being pulled from his last game at Wrigley Field | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The late night coffee shop wonders if Kyle Hendricks is a vestige of a bygone age of pitchers Welcome late night/early morning Cubs fans and friends to the indie coffee shop Josh lends us for the latter part of the week. There’s coffee and lattes if that’s your jam, ther...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 16

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Mets lost, so there’s that. The Atlanta Braves may have flamed out in astonishing fashion to end last night’s game against the Dodgers but fret not, Braves fans — it wasn’t all bad news in the Wild Card race as far as yesterday is concerned. Sure, the Braves did lose and there were two other results that didn’t go Atlanta’s way but one other team suff...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024

Bubble! | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images With The Gauntlet over, just 15 games to go Let’s check in on those playoff odds, shall we? Baseball Prospectus: 92.7% to make playoffs, 3.2% to win division, 1.9% to win World Series Fangraphs: 94.3% to make playoffs, 6.8% to win division, 2.6% to win World Series Baseball-Reference: 94.1% to make playoffs, 3.4% to win division, 6.0% to win ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Benches empty in Philadelphia. The White Sox have been dealt a bad hand. The Mets are surging. And other news from around MLB. I don’t want to pick on the White Sox, but it’s mind-blowing to think that they could go on a 79-game winning streak and still be under .500. Of course, there aren’t 79 games left in the season, so it’s kind of a silly way of sa...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Giants lock up their third baseman. Alex Bregman should be happy. The Yankees don’t have a closer. The Guardians have the best closer. And other news from MLB. Good morning. The Cubs still haven’t allowed a hit since Tuesday. The Giants signed third baseman Matt Chapman to a six-year, $151 million extension. Chapman explained why he re-sign...2024
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• How do you feel about manager Matt Quatraro?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals skipper could win AL Manager of the Year. In his second season of managing, Matt Quatraro is engineering one of the biggest improvements in baseball history. After losing 106 games last year, the Royals have already won 20 more games this year with several weeks to go. If they manage to win 15 of their final 21 games, they will tie the 1999 Diamond...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani had one heck of a weekend

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Grand slams, records made, hard hits, and first pitches. We all know Shohei Ohtani is a generational talent, and probably one of the best baseball players of all time, but he had an incredible weekend that helped prove it. First, he was the fastest player to reach the 40/40 club, he reached the milestone in 126 games, something none of the other five p...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 300 for Judge

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images One of many more milestones to come. On Wednesday, Aaron Judge got his 300th home run, and managed to get a little shade from the White Sox right beforehand. Judge’s big bomb came right after Juan Soto was intentionally walked. Judge became the player to achieve the 300 home run milestone the fastest, which has many people wondering if this is just the b...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024

Sure, it’s not a Royals highlight, but I liked the picture | David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports Anyone miss their 4000-word Fridays? At The Star, Jaylon Thompson sets the table for the playoff push over the next two months: The Royals have a chance to catch the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the AL Central but currently trail by six games. Later this month, the two teams will play a f...2024
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• Royals acquire infielder Paul DeJong, reliever Lucas Erceg

Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals make their moves. The Royals made two more trades before the 5 p.m. CT deadline, picking up reliever Lucas Erceg from the Athletics for outfielder Jared Dickey and pitchers Will Klein and Mason Barnett and infielder Paul DeJong from the White Sox for minor league pitcher Jarold Rosado. Lucas Erceg was originally drafted by t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 30, 2024

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images It’s trade deadline day. Jaylon Thompson writes about how aggressive the Royals might be for today’s trade deadline. “We want to be aggressive; we want to do what we need to do for this team,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “At the same time, we want to be aware of what our future looks like. So we’ll be a little more calcu...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Four for the Hall

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Four new inductees into Cooperstown. A preview of the second half. Lots of injuries and other news from around MLB. Good morning. At least the Cubs won yesterday. Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. Jason Beck has a recap of the ceremonies. Tyler Kepner has a recap of the even...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Look, but don’t touch

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images A look ahead to the trade deadline. The Blue Jays are in a pickle. How to get out Shohei Ohtani. Touch home plate, not your teammate. And other MLB news Good morning. Who’s going to Milwaukee? And a special thank you to Ashley MacLennan for filling in for me over the past week in this spot. Alden Gonzalez has the story of the controversial new Traj...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The last Monday of June

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Where is the season going? Happy Monday, and welcome (unbelievably) to the last week of June. That means not only are we approaching the All-Star break, the halfway mark of the season, it also means we’re barrelling towards the trade deadline on July 30th. It feels almost impossible to believe that the season is almost halfway over and now teams are really m...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2023
This picture choice makes sense once you get to the OT section | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images (Spring Training) Baseball games start today! Kansas City takes on Texas in Surprise at 2:05pm Royals time today. The Royals get the Cactus League opener! The Spring Training opener, even! I don’t think this is something that’s officially noted, but I’m making this call for us. The...2023
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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"Back in 2016, Fangraphs writer Eno Sarris came up with four variables: When he uses his best relievers."

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"Overperformers My preseason look at the Cubs and projections highlighted an excellent piece from Eno Sarris and Sahadev Sharma explaining the 80th/20th percentile outcomes for the Cubs, including which players would need to hit particular levels to reach those upper echelon results."

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"The A’s are re-signing Jed Lowrie to a one-year contract, reports Eno Sarris of the Athletic (Twitter link)."

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"The latter may have the bigger impact on the season as a whole, as The Athletic’s Eno Sarris and Ken Rosenthal (subscription required) report that the league has sent a memo to teams…"

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"Cameron Maybin’s name has emerged as part of trade discussions between the Tigers and Cubs, the Athletic’s Eno Sarris and Brittany Ghiroli report (subscription required)."

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"The Mets have struck a deal with free agent righty Rick Porcello, according to Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris of The Athletic (via Twitter)."

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"In an interview with Eno Sarris of The Athletic that ran on Monday, the Giants shortstop credited some advice that Barry Bonds once gave him for helping him improve his approach at the plate with two strikes this year."

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"Finding the Next Kyle Hendricks, by Eno Sarris Eno is on the chase."

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"Eno Sarris of FanGraphs collected quotes from a handful of major leaguers last June that paint an optimistic picture of MLB's readiness for its first openly gay player."

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" For example, anyone who ventures to read the latest from Eno Sarris of FanGraphs will find Harper has plenty to say about hitting."

2014
"It's no wonder that, according to Eno Sarris of FanGraphs, moving Posey to third base has supporters in the Giants front office."

• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 16
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Unless you’re a White Sox fan. Happy Wednesday! We’re unbelievably nearing the end of August already (how?!) and not a single MLB team is anywhere near 100 wins (though one is very close to 100 losses), and the postseason really could be anyone’s game at this point. It’s certainly been an unusual year, and will continue to be so as we head...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 300 for Judge
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024
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• Royals acquire infielder Paul DeJong, reliever Lucas Erceg
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 30, 2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 16
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 30, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling

Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images The Phillies and Mets played in London. Gambling is causing a safety problem for the players. And other news from around baseball. So they’re playing cricket on Long Island and baseball in London. What a world we live in. Before we get to the London Series, Bob Nightengale has a story about how MLB players are getting angry and threatening ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Monday reflections

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The new week is upon us. Happy Monday, friends! We have some fun stuff in today’s links for you. Shohei Ohtani continues to set records (and one reporter thinks he’s got a good case for NL MVP); Darryl Strawberry reflects on his career as he gets a big honor; several broadcasters lose it during live airing; and the Mets might just need to tear it all down...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Montgomery is a Snake at last. Decisions are made concerning who makes the Opening Day rosters. Looking ahead to the 2024 season and other news from MLB. I’m not going to have any Shohei Ohtani links today. I think we’ve covered that story well enough in other pieces on this site. If you have read something that you really think th...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Jimy Williams, More

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Today could be another fun day for the Braves. Plenty of good content came from the 2024 Braves Fest, as much like Max Fried, Spencer Strider is also fully focused on making the most of 2024. The big thing for Strider is that his first two seasons have not ended how we all know he knows they should have, with a title. As a result, Strider is more motiva...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 16
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani had one heck of a weekend
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 16, 2024

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Bobby hits some dingers! Bobby Witt Jr. fell just short to Teoscar Hernandez in the Home Run Derby finals. “Texas-sized crowd — it was just a lot of fun to be able to do that and experience that with my brother-in-law, with my family in the stands, and being able to make it to the finals,” Witt said. “It was awesome. Teoscar put on a great show. It was so...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Changes are coming to the Home Run Derby

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ch-ch-ch-changes. It looks like changes are coming to one of the most dynamic and entertaining parts of the All-Star Break. The Home Run Derby this year will be a little different than in previous years. Rather than a head-to-head elimination bracket in the first round, it will be all eight batters going in order, and then the top four adv...2024
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling
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• Mets To Sign Rick Porcello
The Mets have struck a deal with free agent righty Rick Porcello, according to Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris of The Athletic (via Twitter). It’s a one-year, $10MM deal, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Twitter link). This is a long-rumored match that’ll put the New Jersey native back in familiar territory. It’s a bit…...2019
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• A’s To Re-Sign Jed Lowrie
The A’s are re-signing Jed Lowrie to a one-year contract, reports Eno Sarris of the Athletic (Twitter link). It’ll be the veteran infielder’s second straight season in green and gold and his seventh year in Oakland over three separate stints. Oakland is plenty familiar with Lowrie, who has generally been productive while donning an A’s uniform.…...2022
• How do you feel about manager Matt Quatraro?
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• Cubs Asked Tigers About Cameron Maybin
Cameron Maybin’s name has emerged as part of trade discussions between the Tigers and Cubs, the Athletic’s Eno Sarris and Brittany Ghiroli report (subscription required). Maybin would be a pure rental piece, as the outfielder is only signed through the 2020 season and is owed roughly $280K for the remaining month of action. Now a…...2020
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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• Do the 2023 Cubs have more than a .500 win percentage in their future?
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A look at the Cubs at the quarter season mark I know it’s hard to believe, but Major League Baseball is closing in on the first quarter of the season. The Cubs have played 37 games to the tune of an 18-19 record. Their .486 win percentage would translate to somewhere between 78 or 79 wins over the course of the full season. That win total would be precise...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. tops Eno Sarris’ list of bounce back candidates
Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images 2023 could be a big season for Ronald Acuña Jr. As if Atlanta Braves fans needed another reason to be excited for the start of Spring Training. Eno Sarris released annual list of bounce back candidates for the upcoming season and Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. topped the list. As Sarris points out, tabbing Acuña for a bounce back is...2023
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• Pirates To Hire Sarah Gelles As Assistant General Manager
The Pirates are hiring Sarah Gelles to be an assistant manager, per a report from Eno Sarris and Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic. Since 2019, she had been working for the Astros as director of research and development. Not too long before the report of the hiring, Sarris had published an article at The Athletic…...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ pen names

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. How do you sell relief? Still no Bellinger. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhe...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Jimy Williams, More
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• A Cubsmas Advent Calendar: Justin Steele was an ace in 2023

Justin Steele throws against the Diamondbacks in September | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Was it a career year or a new level for the Cubs lefty? This is Day Nine of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here. The Cubs’ best pitcher in 2023 was Justin Steele. The 28-year old lefty put together a season worth...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2023
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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• Kyle Schwarber's Fluke ACL Tear an Early Test for Cubs' Sky-High Expectations
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• SF Giants' Big-Name, Big-Money Rotation Suddenly Far from a Sure Thing
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• Jake Arrieta Showing No Signs of Slowing Down After Breakout '15 Cy Young
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• Will Miguel Cabrera's 40-Home Run Power Return in 2016?
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• Is Steven Matz Ready to Assert Himself as Yet Another Ace-Level Mets Arm?
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 16
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: The big showdown in Philadelphia
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman signs a Giant deal
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• How do you feel about manager Matt Quatraro?
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani had one heck of a weekend
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• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!
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• Outside The Confines: 300 for Judge
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 30, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 13, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 2, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball players won Oscars last night

Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images But it was still a fun show. While most of the buzz this weekend was over the Oscars, that doesn’t mean there was no baseball news to delve into. The Reds have a suspension scandal to deal with. Former Reds player Joey Votto is heading to his Canadian homeland on a minor league deal. The Twins are getting their sleep, Willy Adames is looking ...2024
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• Trading Corbin Burnes was the right decision

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images After months of speculation, the Brewers made the right call and accepted a reasonable trade return for their ace The biggest domino in an eventful Brewers offseason fell Thursday night when Milwaukee dealt Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles for infielder Joey Ortiz, pitcher D.L. Hall, and the 34th overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft. Burnes entere...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Jimy Williams, More
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation strength, what to expect from Ian Anderson and more

Photo by Bryan Cereijo/Getty Images Part 1 of our mailbag focuses on the Braves rotation. Is it really a strength and will Ian Anderson be a factor in 2024? Thanks again to everyone who took the time to send in questions this week. We got so many good ones that I am going to split this into two parts, the second of which will run Saturday. Let’s get to it! The Braves rotation for 2024 has ...2024
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• A Cubsmas Advent Calendar: Christopher Morel rakes

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Will he continue to hit for the Cubs in 2024? This is Day Three of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here. One of the best moments of the Cubs’ 2023 season was the Christopher Morel walk off home run against the White Sox in August. You could hear the celebration throughout the neighborhood before Marquee Sports ...2023
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• Cub Tracks sell low, Shohei

#Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. We’re just waiting for the meetings to start. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. *means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (direc...2023
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• Outside The Confines: I had that in my back pocket

Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports The Astros tie up the ALCS with the Rangers thanks, in part, to a batting glove. The D-Backs make a series out of it. And other news from MLB and the playoffs. So we actually have two good series now that the Astros have gone into Arlington and tied up the series with two wins on the road. Also, the Diamondbacks got one in the win column with a win at home and...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 26, 2023
Hey, I lucked out. Getty has a Millennium Force image in the archives | Photo by Tricia Spaulding/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Not a lot of baseball today, but lots of OT No game last night and, generally, well, not a lot going for a team that’s barrelling towards Memorial Day with a sub .300 winning percentage. Fortunately, OT will be a bit long. A littl...2023
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