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• Braves News: Grant Holmes season review, Charlie Morton’s future, and more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. There was virtually no news surrounding the Atlanta Braves on Friday. It appears the next big deadline comes on January 10th, when players and teams exchange arbitration figures. For now, though, we’ve got a season review and some thoughts following the Winter Meetings. Braves News: Our 2024 season in review seri...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr. Tops Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool
Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. received roughly $3.08MM from the pre-arbitration bonus pool, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. Pirates righty Paul Skenes ($2.15MM) and Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson ($2MM) round out the top three. The most recent collective bargaining agreement introduced a $50MM pool that is divided among players who have yet to accrue enough service time to…...2024
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• How do early Orioles’ careers of Henderson and Machado compare? | MAILBAG

Question: How would you compare Gunnar Henderson to Manny Machado at the same time in his career? Machado was the last homegrown superstar the O’s had. From: David Lando Answer: David, Henderson is ahead of Machado statistically for the first three years of his career. Machado had a knee injury that resulted in surgery that limited him to […]...2024
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• Will Orioles’ Elias sign a big-time free agent before an extension for Henderson? | MAILBAG

Question: Will Mike Elias sign a multi-year free agent before he extends Gunnar Henderson? From: @beachwahoo Answer: Doug, I think Mike Elias will sign a multi-year free agent this month, perhaps two. I know the Orioles would like to extend Gunnar Henderson, but I don’t think that’s coming in the near future. Question: What does […]...2024
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• What makes a successful MLB leadoff hitter in 2024 (and why the Royals care)

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Get. On. Base. One of the oldest adages in baseball is that it’s a game of failure at the plate. Take shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who won the batting crown this year with a .332 average. Even that means he “failed” more often than not. Yet no one would call Witt’s 2024 campaign a failure—in fact, he just succeeded more than most of his peers. Witt is just one ...2024
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• Mateo’s role on 2025 Orioles is to be determined

During Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias’ press availability to discuss moving in the left-field wall, he surprised those listening with an unprompted endorsement of Jorge Mateo. Mateo, who missed nearly the entire second half of the season after colliding with shortstop Gunnar Henderson in Miami in late July, had Tommy John surgery a […]...2024
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• Orioles/Royals Wild Card series preview

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images These O’s ain’t Royal. The Royals swept the Orioles in the 2014 ALCS, eventually falling to the Giants in the World Series. The Royals won it all in 2015, but would see the core of that team depart in 2017, leading to a rebuild that bottomed out with a 106-loss season last year. The Orioles made the playoffs in 2016, but began tearing down for a rebuild ...2024
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• The 2019 Draft takes center stage in Royals-Orioles series

Two members of the Royals 2019 draft class. | Brad Rempel-Imagn Images Adley, Bob, Gunnar, Alec, Joey, Michael, and Vinnie—oh, my! In 2018, the Kansas City Royals went 58-104. Normally, before the Draft Lottery Era, that would’ve been good (or bad) enough to earn a franchise the first overall pick in the upcoming draft. But not that year. And it wasn’t even close. That’s because the Balti...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Know your enemy: Q&A with Mark Brown of Camden Chat

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Orioles can hit, but the bullpen has been an issue. The Royals will face the Orioles this week in a best-of-three Wild Card series that is a re-match of the 2014 American League Championship Series that resulted in a Kansas City sweep. The two teams have rebuilt since then, with Baltimore developing what was widely considered the best farm system in baseba...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. For now, it’s worth ...2024
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• The state of the American League race

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who will battle for the pennant? With a little over two weeks left in the regular season, the Royals seem poised to make their first playoff appearance in nine seasons. They currently sit in the second Wild Card spot, with a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff spot, and a 92 percent chance of making the post-season, according to Fangraphs. For the post-...2024
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• Shohei's World, We're Just Living In It-September 8, 2024
Shohei Ohtani-Dodgers-DH Shohei Ohtani was 2-4 with an HR (46), 1 R, and 1 RBI in the win against the Guardians. He is hitting .291 with 46 HR, 113 R, 101 RBI, and 46 SB. It is one of the best fantasy seasons in history. Currently, it is the 9th best season ever by auction dollars earned. He has an outside chance of catching Ronald Acuna Jr. for the best season ever as he tries to become the fir...2024
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• Spoiler Alert: The White Sox possess only one existential function, and they’re even failing at that

Artist’s imagining of Miguel Vargas’ post-collision injury. The South Siders go “full White Sox” in Baltimore and make history. Again The 2024 Chicago White Sox are so bad, they’re being used by other teams as an adverb. "the white sox have just gone full white sox" pic.twitter.com/1C5dgI5rvw— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 3, 2024 It’s not a pipe dream anymore; with 22 games rem...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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• Royals relievers ruin Ragans’s ruby, rupture 4-3

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The bullpen collapsed late. In a game delayed over five hours by rain, the Kansas City Royals led for most of the game before collapsing in the eighth and ninth innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 walk-off victory. The Royals wasted little time in getting the party started. After Maikel Garcia went down on strikes, Bobby Witt Jr. roped a doubl...2024
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• Corbin Carroll, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
A fantasy baseball It Was A Good Day. Just wakin’ up in tha mornin’, gotta thank Junior Vlad, I don’t know but today seems kinda odd, No barkin’ from any pitchers’ elbows makin’ me look for replacements, And momma cooked a breakfast and left it by my door — her basement’s, I got my grub on, but didn’t pig out, My insulin, I didn’t need to dig out, Rollin’ around in a field of daffodils, Not even ...2022
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"Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to Adley Rutschman."

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"Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Henderson’s torrid start to June continued on Sunday As the weather is heating up, so is Gunnar Henderson’s bat."

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"The biggest decisions center on top prospects Grayson Rodriguez, DL Hall, and Gunnar Henderson, the 56th, 4th, and top-ranked prospects in the game, per Baseball America."

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"Noelvi Marte shows his stuff, Drew Waters gets off to a strong start, and Gunnar Henderson turns some heads."

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"The Orioles announced Friday that they’ve added lefty Brian Gonzalez and infielder Gunnar Henderson to their 60-man player pool."

• Braves News: Grant Holmes season review, Charlie Morton’s future, and more
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• Will Orioles’ Elias sign a big-time free agent before an extension for Henderson? | MAILBAG
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• What makes a successful MLB leadoff hitter in 2024 (and why the Royals care)
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 15, Seth Halvorsen

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The hard-throwing righty gave hope for the future of the bullpen after a meteoric rise through the farm system. Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organiz...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 25, Evan Justice

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The 26-year-old LHP only pitched 1⁄3 of an inning this season Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseb...2024
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• Rubenstein: Orioles will ‘speed up the effort’ to get to World Series

Oriole fans clearly want the new owners of the team to spend more money. They’d like to see key players extended. Some, like the team’s top starter, Corbin Burnes, and leading slugger, outfielder Anthony Santander, will become free agents at the end of the World Series. Others, including star shortstop Gunnar Henderson and catcher Adley […]...2024
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• The 2019 Draft takes center stage in Royals-Orioles series
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Know your enemy: Q&A with Mark Brown of Camden Chat
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• How do early Orioles’ careers of Henderson and Machado compare? | MAILBAG
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• Orioles’ Henderson needs postseason series win for greater acclaim

When the American League Most Valuable Player Award results are announced on November 21st, Gunnar Henderson should finish among the leaders. By Baseball Reference’s WAR (Wins Above Replacement), the Orioles’ shortstop was the fourth-best player in the major leagues. His 9.1 WAR trails only New York’s Aaron Judge, Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. and the […]...2024
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• Orioles/Royals Wild Card series preview
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Know your enemy: Q&A with Mark Brown of Camden Chat
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• It can mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing

Luis Arráez has the slowest bat in the majors — and is one of the best hitters. | Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Bat speed is great, but it isn’t all-important Back in the day when Americans read newspapers, there was a terrific Chicago-based nationally-syndicated columnist named Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally depart from normal column style for something he titled “Things I Learned...2024
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• Jonny Rockets Rays To Victory: Rays 2, Orioles 0

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images DeLuca’s sixth-inning home run ends the Rays’ five-series winless streak The Tampa Bay Rays came into Sunday on a five-series winless streak and a six-series losing streak at Camden Yards against the Baltimore Orioles. They left those streaks behind in Baltimore after winning 2-0. The game began with a quiet first inning for both teams. Christopher Morel’s leado...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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• Early Stumble and Late Collapse Spoil Rays’ Mid-Game Rally: Rays 5, Orioles 7

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Despite rallying to tie the game after a rough start, the Rays couldn’t overcome a late Orioles surge After winning 17 straight games when they score four runs or more, it is time for the Tampa Bay Rays to reset the clock. On Saturday night, the Rays lost to the Baltimore Orioles in a game that got out of hand quickly, became exciting in the middle, and then ...2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Photo by Brett Patzke/MLB Photos via Getty Images A Sock, Shohei, Skenes, Soto, and so, so much Texas. Major League Baseball held its 94th All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Texas, the first to be hosted by the Rangers since 1995. That particular Midsummer Classic featured some of the most dangerous hitters of the ‘90s, like Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Pi...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could Toglia be the next Rockie in the Home Run Derby?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 16, 2024 For the third straight season, the Rockies didn’t have a representative in the Home Run Derby on Tuesday night. Considering the breakout season Michael Toglia is having, and a slugger the Rockies selected in the 2024 MLB Draft, hopefully, the trend could end sooner than later. While it’s not every y...2024
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• Teoscar Hernández wins dramatic 2024 MLB Home Run Derby

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images This ended up coming down to the final swing and the final involved two guys who weren't exactly favored to be there, either. There were plenty of twists and turns in this year's Derby. In a night where it was seemingly wise to expect the unexpected, it was Teoscar Hernández from the Los Angeles Dodgers who wound up becoming MLB's Home Run Derby champion for...2024
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• 2024 Home Run Derby open thread

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. gonna hit some dongs! Baseball’s brightest stars have assembled at Globe Life Park, home of the Texas Rangers for this year’s All-Star festivities. Tonight, sluggers will square off in the annual Home Run Derby. Joining the participants is Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who will get to hit in his native Texas, where his father spent ye...2024
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• The most collected teams - AL

Here's the first of a series of three posts that have been on my mind for years.Every time I'm looking for cards online, it pops into my head: which teams seem to be the most collected?This is not based on research or anything on TCDB or any other site that may have compiled this. It's based on my own experience. When I'm looking to buy a team lot or I'm looking for cards of my team, which teams s...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr. to participate in the Home Run Derby

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images The phenom will become the fifth Royals hitter to participate. On Sunday, Bobby Witt Jr. was selected to his first All-Star game, to be held in his native Texas. Today we found out that he will also participate in the Home Run Derby, to be held July 15 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN. See you all in Texas.. #HRDerby ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/7KmxIZaEks— Bobby Witt Jr (...2024
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• Gunnar Henderson just made Camden Yards history for the Baltimore Orioles
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Henderson’s torrid start to June continued on Sunday As the weather is heating up, so is Gunnar Henderson’s bat. After the Baltimore Orioles infielder got off to a slow start this season, batting just .197 for the month of April and then .213 for the month of May, Henderson has found his swing in June. Entering Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, H...2023
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• Royals come up clutch with two outs, Marsh sharp in 9-4 win over Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won nine straight at home. Alec Marsh tossed 5 2⁄3 innings of scoreless baseball and the offense erupted for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings as the Royals defeated the Orioles 9-4 on Friday evening. The Royals scored all nine runs with two outs in the inning. Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to...2024
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• Braves win a wild back-and-forth game 5-4 behind Kevin Pillar’s blast and Spencer Strider’s strong start
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A wild game between two good teams went Atlanta’s way Coming off of a rough loss on Friday night, the Braves looked to Spencer Strider to pave the way to a return to the win column. Both pitchers cruised through the first two innings without any baserunners before the first batter reached in the third, as Jorge Mateo led off the inni...2023
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• Michael Harris delivers a walk-off as Braves beat Orioles in extras
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves outlast Orioles in extras to claim another series win Michael Harris delivered a walk-off win for the Atlanta Braves as they knocked off the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 in 12 innings to claim another series win. The Braves got an early morning start for their offense as Matt Olson took Tyler Wells deep to the opposite field for a 1-0 l...2023
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• Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. among 6 Braves’ finalists for this year’s Silver Slugger Awards

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves are well represented among the nominees for this season’s Silver Slugger Awards Louisville Slugger announced Thursday the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards in the American and National Leagues. The Atlanta Braves are well represented with six finalists in Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Sean Murphy and Marcell ...2023
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• Yankees cameraman suffers orbital fracture after being hit by errant throw by Orioles' Gunnar Henderson

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• Cole carves Corbin’s Camden crew, Kansas City captures commencing contest 1-0

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images A dominant effort from the pitching staff has the Royals on the precipice of the ALDS. In their first postseason game since winning the World Series in 2015, the Kansas City Royals managed just enough offense in a pitcher’s duel to win the Wild Card opener 1-0 over the Baltimore Orioles. Corbin Burnes started the game pounding the zone with cutters and t...2024
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• Orioles Face September Call-Up Decisions For Multiple Top Prospects
The Orioles – the surprise of the 2022 season – have some decisions to make about their September roster. The biggest decisions center on top prospects Grayson Rodriguez, DL Hall, and Gunnar Henderson, the 56th, 4th, and top-ranked prospects in the game, per Baseball America. Hall and Henderson are under consideration to join the big league…...2022
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• NL ROY Race Stays Sizzlin' - September 17, 2024
Jackson Merrill The rookie phenom went 2-3 R, HR, RBI, BB as he continues to compete with Paul Skenes for NL Rookie of the Year. Merrill has been a fantasy goldmine, hitting 24 homers and stealing 16 bases. He slowly got better throughout the year, and is now an elite fantasy option. He is slashing .306/.335/.608 in the second half. His .299 xBA is 96th Percentile and his .533 xSL is 95th Percenti...2024
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• Shohei's World, We're Just Living In It-September 8, 2024
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
In The Field OF Giancarlo Stanton is not expected back this weekend according to manager Aaron Boone. He continues to work out but isn't ready to return. The Yankees and Stanton hope that he returns on Monday. 1B Triston Casas (oblique) has been able to take full batting practice and is expected to start a rehab assignment soon. OF MJ Melendez (ankle) started a rehab assignment on Thursday and i...2024
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• AL Week 15 Strategy-June 29, 2024
In The Field 3B Josh Jung (wrist) was supposed to swing a bat on Friday but that was pushed back to Saturday. The Rangers will take it slow with Jung even when he is activated by giving him planned days off. 3B Josh Smith has been the primary third baseman of late so that means he will fill in for Jung when he is not playing and slide into a utility role but his at-bats will be fewer lowering hi...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 13

Two heavy hitters for the Orioles continue to show dominance, as they take the AL East lead. | Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The Guardians and Phillies continue to duke it out for the best team in baseball, a bat boy saves Shohei Ohtani, and ... are the Astros back? The action never ceases within MLB, so of course there have been many resurgences and regressions across both league. Wher...2024
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• MLB Roundup Week 4: Win streaks, sweeps, and sausages, oh my!

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli tries his best to sound sane during a press conference where he reveals the team’s good-luck charm is a wrapped summer sausage. The latest on news around baseball includes Seattle’s latest surge, top pitching performances, and ... a White Sox sweep? While it hasn’t been too long since our previous update, BOY has a lot happened over the last week. Jo...2024
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• Baseball is back! Opening Day 2024
Happy Opening Day! Baseball is back! Around the League Kodai Senga (shoulder) was able to start a throwing program on Wednesday which included a light catch. His current timeline is a 6-week ramp-up period so we will get more news along the way on how his shoulder has responded. SS Matt McClain had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The Reds have said they hope ...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 3rd Basemen
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 third baseman projections: Ke'Bryan Hayes After the All-Star Break Hayes hit .295/.335/.531 and ten homers. In the first half of the year he had just five long balls and that was in 130 ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 19, 2024
Welcome Back! Around the League Kyle Bradish-Orioles-SP Kyle Bradish is unlikely to start the season in the Orioles rotation after suffering a UCL sprain in his pitching elbow. This is concerning news for the Orioles because this type of injury is usually a precursor for Tommy John surgery. For now, there has been no mention of TJS for Bradish. He is going to receive PRP injections and se...2024
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• Jose Miranda, 2023 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Already gave you my Jordan Walker fantasy. Really, really like him. Already gave you my Gunnar Henderson fantasy. I really, really, really like him, by the by. Already gave you my Josh Jung fantasy. I really like him. Okay, so I didn't put those in order, but you can count the "really"s. I mention these guys because I tried to give you 3rd basemen sleepers, because that position is the dog's break...2022
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• William Contreras fifth on 2024 MVP Ballot, Adames and Chourio earn recognition

Brewers catcher William Contreras | Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani wins the NL award with Aaron Judge taking AL honor The Milwaukee Brewers’ William Contreras placed fifth in the 2024 NL MVP race. He received three votes for a finish as high as third place, with the most popular vote in his favor for fifth place at seven votes. Ultimately, first place honors went to...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 15, Seth Halvorsen
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• 2024 Season in Review: Lucas Erceg

Lucas Erceg #60 of the Kansas City Royals throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Great stuff, great performance Kansas City Royals fans, myself included, were blown away by the skill and dominance of the 2014 and 2015 Royals...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 25, Evan Justice
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• Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez finalists for Silver Slugger Award

Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images The Royals could be filling up the award mantle this fall! Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez were named finalists for the Silver Slugger Award, given annually to the top offensive performer at each position. Salvy is a four-time winner of the award, while Bobby was a finalist last year for the first time, but was passed over for Rangers shortstop Corey Se...2024
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• Bobby and Gunnar: The future of shortstop

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Bobby Witt and Gunnar Henderson are young, exciting, and talented. Hopefully we see them competing for MVPs for years to come. The Royals have won the Wild Card series, and the Orioles’ playoff woes continue. But Baltimore has a very bright future ahead of them if they can just get some more pitching. Plenty of people will be talking and writing about the u...2024
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• Cole carves Corbin’s Camden crew, Kansas City captures commencing contest 1-0
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• Orioles/Royals Wild Card series preview
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• The 2019 Draft takes center stage in Royals-Orioles series
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Is there hope for the White Sox future?

Exclusive imaging of the White Sox analytics department. Other turnarounds don’t suggest it As the season creeps forward to the magical question, “To be 120+ or not to be 120+?” it behooves us to consider other teams that have recently been in dire straits ... though, of course, not necessarily quite as dire. There are four teams to examine that represent a relatively quick turnaround, ea...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for August 3, 2024

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. is your July Royals Player of the Month. Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer were named Royals Player and Pitcher of the Month. Witt is generating MVP buzz, writes Jaylon Thompson. “He is just a game changer every night,” Singer said. “He has been absolutely incredible this year. You talk about the MVP, obviously, I think he should be at the top...2024
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• Three storylines to watch for the second half of MLB season

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The MLB All-Star break is over and now it's time for the contenders to start separating themselves from the pretenders. Now that we’ve gotten the American League’s annual paddling of the National League in the All-Star Game out of the way, it’s time to focus on the business end of the regular season. While we’re not quite in the money rounds of the seaso...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2024

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images I miss when the Boys Were Playing Some Ball. The Royals scuffled on offense, getting swept for the first time this year. “We’re going to keep playing hard,” Royals catcher and captain Salvador Perez said. “We’re going to forget about today. It’s over. Bad series for us. We concentrate on tomorrow and try to win the series at home.” Michael Wacha was solid...2024
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• The All-Star Game is coming Part 2: Votepocalypse

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 26, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This democracy can be dominated by royalty Last week we talked about what would have to happen to get a Royals catcher or baseman into the Al...2024
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• Braves have two prospects eligible for prospect promotion incentive

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves have two chances to claim extra draft capital if either AJ Smith-Shawver or Hurston Waldrep were to win the 2024 Rookie of the Year Award. Looking at the big picture, that seems unlikely given that neither have a clear path to a meaty enough role in the majors at this juncture, but as they say, there is a chance. This ...2024
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• Braves News: Big Names Connected to Atlanta, Rookies of the Year Announced, More

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Some pretty exciting rumors on Monday On Monday, some pretty exciting speculation occurred. Yes, per Jon Morosi, free agent Shohei Ohtani is reportedly “intrigued” by the Braves, though it seems unlikely he comes to Atlanta due other clubs likely offering more money. However, also per Morosi, we saw the continuation of speculation t...2023
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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