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• Cubs vs. Padres at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/4, 2:05 CT

Steve Sher The Cubs return to Sloan Park. Tuesday notes... GOTTA GET THAT WORK IN BEFORE JAPAN: Only four Cubs have 20 at-bats so far this spring: Michael Busch, Ben Cowles, Christian Franklin and Gage Workman. Of those, only Busch is guaranteed to go to Tokyo. THE MOST INNINGS PITCHED BY A CUB THIS SPRING: Six, by Brad Keller and Caleb Kilian. RUN DIFFERENTIAL: After losses by four ru...2025
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• Royals snap 4 game losing skid with 10-4 win over Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 5 run second, 4 run third did the damage in Royals win After putting up just a single run the day before, and only four hits in each of the last two contests, the Royals offense exploded for a 10-4 win over the Padres on Sunday afternoon. A five-run 2nd inning, followed by a four-run 3rd inning was enough for the Royals. Maikel Garcia go...2025
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• Bryce Elder has up-and-down start for Braves against Nationals in spring training action

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s mercurial hurler had himself another, well, mercurial performance. Bryce Elder’s first spring training start in 2024 was a proverbial rollercoaster ride where the peaks and valleys varied with each inning while he was out there on the mound. Eventually, he averaged out to having a decent outing as the Atlanta Braves were on...2025
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• What Sean Reynolds and Bryan Hoeing’s injuries mean to the Padres’ bullpen dynamics

San Diego Padres pitcher Bryan Hoeing | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Injuries may force the Padres to shuffle the order of their bullpen Spring training is in full swing, but the San Diego Padres are already facing injuries that could cause a shuffle to the bullpen order. Sean Reynolds is suffering from a stress reaction in his right foot that requires him to wear a walking boot for th...2025
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• Both starters pitch scoreless outings in split squad day

Reynaldo Lopez pitched 2.0 scoreless innings | Brett Davis-Imagn Images The starters of both games in split squad play were great. The offense came alive in the game with most of the projected starters in the lineup. The Atlanta Braves had a split squad day with part of the team playing at their spring training home against the Rex Sox and the rest of the squad playing the Pirates away. Th...2025
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 26-year-old right-hander looked to get his spring started on a good note as the Braves had their spring home opener today. The Atlanta Braves had their spring training home opener today at CoolToday Park and it was a very intriguing occasion, indeed — all eyes were on Ian Anderson as he made his spring training debut for the year as he looks to lock d...2025
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• Bryce Elder has up-and-down start for Braves against Nationals in spring training action
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• What Sean Reynolds and Bryan Hoeing’s injuries mean to the Padres’ bullpen dynamics
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• Braves one of a handful of teams interested in José Quintana, per report

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Could the veteran hurler be on his way to Atlanta? While spring training may officially be underway, there are still a few free agents available to be snapped up on a contract. One of those players is José Quintana, who is still available after his two-year contract with the Mets expired following the 2024 season. With the Atlanta Braves still reportedly...2025
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images McClanahan will take the bump on Opening Day for the third time in his career The Tampa Bay Rays have named Shane McClanahan their Opening Day starter for the 2025 season when they’ll take on the Colorado Rockies on Friday, March 28th at Steinbrenner Field. This will be McClanahan’s third time as the Rays Opening Day starter; he starte...2025
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• Regression candidates for the 2025 Braves

Reynaldo Lopez had a fantastic season. It will be hard to repeat in 2025. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images There were plenty of players on the Braves last year that were unlucky, but there were also some that had fortune on their side. The Atlanta Braves had some terrible luck when it came to injuries last season. We also explored that for some players, the bad luck went beyond just injuries the...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The left-hander has shot up the Rockies’ system since he was drafted 88th overall in 2022 9. Carson Palmquist (588 points, 28 ballots) Palmquist has a low, funky arm slot and has utility as both a starter and reliever. The 6’3”, 24-year-old lefty largely flew under the radar as an amateur — he wasn’t highly scouted out of high school,...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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• Luke Jackson lands deal with Rangers

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The veteran reliever returns to the organization who drafted him out of high school. Luke Jackson’s second tour of duty with the Atlanta Braves has officially come to an end as the right-handed reliever has agreed to a major league deal with the Texas Rangers, the organization who drafted him in the first round out of high school in 2010....2025
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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• Rick Porcello Is Worthy of Cy Young, but How Did Justin Verlander Lose?
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• How Madison Bumgarner Plans to Provide Encore to Immortal Postseason
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"A.J. Minter signs two-year, $22 million deal with Mets, per report"

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"Braves’ bullpen and offense complete another incredible comeback after Fried falters again"

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"This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz records his 3,000th strikeout"

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"Justin Verlander Reaches 130 Innings Pitched, Vests 2023 Player Option"

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"Rays Announce ALDS Roster"

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"Red Sox Sign Collin McHugh, Designate Hector Velazquez"

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"Reds Outright R.J. Alaniz"

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"Gerrit Cole gives the Astros a rotation as deep as their lineup"

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"E-Rod's stellar outing, bats lift Red Sox over A's"

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"Julio Urias Called Up by Dodgers: Latest Comments and Reaction"

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"Astros Clinch 2015 Playoff Berth: Highlights, Twitter Reaction to Celebration"

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• What Sean Reynolds and Bryan Hoeing’s injuries mean to the Padres’ bullpen dynamics
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 6, Brody Brecht

Photo by Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo/Getty Images The right-hander was chosen 38th overall in the 2024 draft 6. Brody Brecht (661 points, 28 ballots) Brecht could have been an early draft pick coming out of high school in 2021, but he wanted to play college football as a receiver at Iowa. When that didn’t work out as hoped (due in part to concussions), Brecht concentrated on baseball full-t...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• Braves one of a handful of teams interested in José Quintana, per report
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Luke Jackson lands deal with Rangers
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• Padres add lefty Kyle Hart to rotation mix

Kyle Hart in 2020 | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images A welcome surprise The report on Wednesday, February 12, of the Padres signing right-handed starter Nick Pivetta was a welcome relief to Padres fans, especially considering that the fanbase was widely under the impression that there was no money to spend. Pivetta appears to be the logical fourth starter behind Dylan Cease, Michael King, and Yu ...2025
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• Brewers Sign Tyler Alexander

3:55pm: Alexander will earn a guaranteed $1MM on the contract, MLBTR has learned. He can earn an additional $1MM worth of incentives based on innings pitched. That breakdown is as follows: $50K for 40 innings, $100K for 60 innings, $125K for 80 innings, $150K for 90 innings, $175K for 100 innings, and $200K for both…...2025
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/4, 2:05 CT
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• Bryce Elder has up-and-down start for Braves against Nationals in spring training action
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• Both starters pitch scoreless outings in split squad day
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 6, Brody Brecht
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• Braves one of a handful of teams interested in José Quintana, per report
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• Regression candidates for the 2025 Braves
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 9, Carson Palmquist
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images A local baseball hobbyist’s hunch on various Braves-related projections I’m no data scientist. I don’t know how to code. There are brilliant, world-class mathematicians who have spent decades developing and honing projection systems, and those systems are well-respected by many of baseball’s brightest minds. These systems are accounting fo...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5

Matt Shaw | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Our countdown of the Cubs top prospects finishes with the top five prospects in the Cubs system. We finish up our look at the top prospects in the Cubs system today with the top five prospects in the system. While I’ve written that the Cubs system is down from its heights last year, it’s still a top 10 farm system in my mind and that’s mostly b...2025
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• Padres Randy Vasquez needs a breakthrough 2025 season

San Diego Padres SP Randy Vasquez is poised for a breakthrough 2025 season | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Randy Vasquez has a legitimate opportunity to become a mainstay in the Padres starting rotation. Randy Vasquez was acquired by the San Diego Padres in the Juan Soto trade with the New York Yankees last offseason. He came with big expectations, as Vasquez flashed an explosive four-s...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20

Pedro Ramirez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK The second installment of series features four infielders and a pitcher. Let’s continue with our countdown of the Top 25 prospects in the Cubs system with prospects 16 through 20 today. Just as a reminder, to be eligible for this list, you need to still have rookie eligibility, which means 130 or fewer at bats or 50 or f...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: Introduction and 21 through 25

Brett Bateman | Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs farm system remains strong despite some setbacks due to graduations and trades. The 2025 BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects list starts today and continues through the rest of the week. Today we will be looking at prospects 21 through 25. But before we get to that, let’s take a quick overview of the Cubs system. The Cubs mino...2025
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• Rays acquire Alex Faedo from the Tigers

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images The Rays have added another arm to a crowded bullpen picture The Tampa Bay Rays have reportedly acquired RHP Alex Faedo from the Detroit Tigers for minor leaguer Enderson Delgado. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, the Rays have designated SS Osleivis Basabe for assignment. Faedo, who turned 29 in November, was designated for assignment by the Tigers f...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Should Ryan Pressly close for the Cubs?

Ryan Pressly pitching against the Twins in July | Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Cubs made a deal on Sunday Welcome to a special edition of your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we’re serving all the beverages you can imagine as you celebrate making it through another week in January, 2025. Take off your coats and stay awhile. We’ve got Cubs banter ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Convention: Craig Counsell and his coaching staff talked hitting, baseball trends and heart

Craig Counsell at the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images This was a more light-hearted and transparent conversation One of the things that’s changed at Cubs Convention since Jed Hoyer took over as President of Baseball Operations is the distinct difference in tone between the Front Office panel and every other panel at the event. It’s striking the first time you see it. I...2025
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• In Memoriam: Three former Rays passed in 2024

There were three former Rays players that passed away last year Entering the new year, let’s take a moment to look back and remember a trio of former Rays players that tragically passed away last year. Sean Burroughs Selected in the first round, 9th overall, in the 1998 draft by the San Diego Padres, was Sean Burroughs. Burroughs had already received national attention prior to the draft as he wa...2025
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• Spencer Schwellenbach solid, Marcell Ozuna tallies 100th RBI as Braves right ship against Reds, 7-1

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images The Braves finally flipped the RISP script in support of yet another solid Spencer Schwellenbach start in a Wednesday win. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Atlanta Braves, desperate for a win, made a rare appearance in their navy road uniforms on Wednesday, and it worked. Whatever the actual cause, the Atlanta offense finally broke its R...2024
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• E-Rod's stellar outing, bats lift Red Sox over A's
Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez helped the Red Sox avoid a four-game series sweep at the hands of the A's, matching his career-high with eight innings pitched as the offense went to work in a 12-3 victory at the Coliseum on Sunday afternoon....2017
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• E-Rod's stellar outing, bats lift Red Sox over A's
Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez helped the Red Sox avoid a four-game series sweep at the hands of the A's, matching his career-high with eight innings pitched as the offense went to work in a 12-3 victory at the Coliseum on Sunday afternoon....2017
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• Jon Lester to Cubs: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Astros Clinch 2015 Playoff Berth: Highlights, Twitter Reaction to Celebration
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• Jake Arrieta 1st Pitcher in 2015 to Reach 20 Wins: Latest Details and Reaction
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• Rangers rip 3 HRs as Hamels stymies Halos
Starter Cole Hamels, staked with an eight-run lead after two innings, pitched 7 2/3 scoreless frames and the Rangers hit three home runs en route to a 10-0 victory over the Angels on Friday night....2017
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz records his 3,000th strikeout
Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Braves win their first game in Atlanta defeating the Mets, 8-4. 1982 - The Braves see their 13-game winning streak to start the season come to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Reds. 2008 - John Smoltz becomes the 16th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. He is the sixth fastest player to the mark in terms of innings pitched with 3,386. MLB History 1876 - The Bos...2023
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• Andy Pettitte's No. 46 Reportedly to Be Retired by New York Yankees on Aug. 23
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One
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• Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2022: Week 3
I'll be honest: a lot of the job of a fantasy sports writer is constrained by search engine optimization and giving audiences what they expect. This article, for example, is ostensibly about starting pitchers. But what *is* a starter, anyway? So many teams are using openers now. So many teams are letting pitchers go 4.2 IP, or piggybacking, or bullpen games, or long reliever, or, or, or. And tee-b...2022
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• RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 13, 2021
I hope you all had a Happy 4th of July weekend, my fellow Razzball Commenter Leaguers! This weekend not only marked the birthday of our fine U.S. of A., but more importantly, marked the halfway point of the fantasy baseball season! We just finished ~13 weeks and there are ~13 weeks remaining. While we typically use the All-Star Break to mark the halfway point, this week is the real deal. If yo...2021
• Erick Fedde Waps the Mets
Washington Nationals fifth starter slash long reliever slash wait, really, that guy?--Erick Fedde was awesome Friday night as he limited the New York Mets to just two hits (seven base runners) in seven innings pitched. He struck out seven and had 31 called strikes plus whiffs, which baseball nerds tell me is pretty good. I'm Fedde up with these crazy pitching lines, ya'll! I thought the bans were ...2021
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• The 2020 effect on building your fantasy baseball pitching staff

Years ago, baseball analyst Tom Verducci opined that starting pitchers who threw more than 60 innings above their total innings pitched the season prior were more susceptible to injury. Case studies were done and after witnessing the “Verducci Effect” in action, many teams and their training staffs adhered to similar guidelines to prevent ruining young......2021
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/4, 2:05 CT
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• Royals snap 4 game losing skid with 10-4 win over Padres
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• Bryce Elder has up-and-down start for Braves against Nationals in spring training action
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• What Sean Reynolds and Bryan Hoeing’s injuries mean to the Padres’ bullpen dynamics
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• Both starters pitch scoreless outings in split squad day
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• Ian Anderson gives up one run in his 2025 spring training debut
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 6, Brody Brecht
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
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• Braves one of a handful of teams interested in José Quintana, per report
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• McClanahan to be Opening Day stater
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• Regression candidates for the 2025 Braves
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: The top 5
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15

Cole Mathis | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Our overview of Cubs prospects continues with a catcher, two shortstops, a third baseman and a right-handed starter. It’s day three of our countdown of the top prospects of the Cubs system for 2025. Today we look at prospects 11 through 15. To be eligible for this list, you have to have fewer than 130 major league plate appeara...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 16 through 20
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• Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to the Hall of Fame

Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Carlos Beltrán is left out The Baseball Writers of America announced they have elected Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner as their 2025 Hall of Fame inductees. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán fell short of selection on his third year of eligibility. Ichiro Suzuki came to MLB after a prolific nine-year career in Japan where he was a t...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 19

The player most responsible for sending the White Sox into the basement for three decades, Chick Gandil, was born 137 years ago today. Happy birthday to a player ultimately as big a villain as ever seen in the game 1882 Infamous Black Sox ringleader Chick Gandil was born in St. Paul. The first baseman started his career with the White Sox in 1910, and played his last game, as he helped thr...2025
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• Bus Clarkson: A little-known star from an alternate Milwaukee Brewers history

Milwaukee Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK Meet a Negro League All-Star who spent his twilight years in Milwaukee Milwaukee has had a major league baseball team for all but five years since 1953, the year the Braves left Boston for the Midwest. After a short gap from 1965-69, the Seattle Pilots moved to town in 1970, became the Brewers, and the rest is history. However, 1970 was not the first sea...2025
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• A goodbye to Charlie Morton

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Charlie Morton’s 4-year run in Atlanta has officially ended. Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves ended their 4-year partnership over the weekend, with Morton signing a 1-year $15M contract with the Baltimore Orioles. It wasn’t certain Morton was going to pitch at all in 2025, with plenty of speculation all throughout last season that 2024 might’ve been his swan ...2025
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Astros are still very good - but for how much longer? The Astros have had a mini-dynasty lately. They have reached the American League Championship Series in each of the last seven years, winning four pennants and two championships. Notwithstanding their sign-stealing scandal, they have been a franchise to emulate with a record of success any other organiz...2024
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