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• Game Thread: White Sox at Tigers

Jonathan Cannon gets the start this afternoon. | Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The South Siders head to Detroit for their first series away The White Sox are officially on the road, with their first stop in Detroit to see an American League Central rival, the Tigers. Both teams have dealt with early injuries, so we’ll see how this series plays out. Jonathan Cannon gets the start today. His ...2025
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• Tigers @ Dodgers March 28, 2025: Yamamoto starts against fan favorite Jack Flaherty as the Dodgers receive their rings
(Via @MLB) The Dodgers (3-0) hung on just long enough to beat the Detroit Tigers (0-1) by a score of 5-4 in their home opener. The reigning American League Cy Young and pitching Triple Crown winner, Tarik Skubal, was on the mound for Detroit, up against the two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell, making his …...2025
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• Five free MLB prop bets for Friday, March 28: Juan Soto, Bryan Reynolds, Jack Flaherty predictions, more props

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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Vets on the move - March 24th, 2025
Willy Adames landed in San Fransisco, signing a seven-year deal this offseason. The 29-year-old bounced back in 2024 after a career-worst 2023 campaign. He hit .217 with a 94 wRC+ and 24 homers in '23. Last season, he hit .251 with a 119 wRC+ and tallied 32 homers and 110 RBIs (both career highs). Adames has been scorching with his new team in spring training, slashing a ridiculous .364/.429/.614 ...2025
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• Coming Down the Homestretch- Preseason Prep- March 23, 2025
As we come close to the domestic Opening Day on Thursday, rosters and rotations are falling in line. Players are getting slotted into where they will open the season. There are also still some moves. And, of course, not a day goes by without some injury news to raise questions about how playing time will be impacted. The Tigers were a surprise participant in the 2024 postseason. P Tarik Skubal ca...2025
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• Vets on the move - March 24th, 2025
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• Coming Down the Homestretch- Preseason Prep- March 23, 2025
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• Atlanta Braves 2025 Spring Breakout Preview

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports And so begins prospect season 2025 The prospects are about to take center stage for the Atlanta Braves, as Spring Breakout comes to CoolToday Park as the Braves take on a host of Detroit Tigers prospects. Despite last season’s game not going so well for the duo, the spring breakout game set the stage for breakout campaigns from pitchers Owen Murphy and Sp...2025
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• Braves fall to Rays as Matt Olson drives in two runs

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Chris Sale got touched up a bit in the third and fourth innings before departing. The Braves fell to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday afternoon, 4-3. Chris Sale pitched well in the early going, but he gave up a rare lefty-on-lefty two-run homer to Brandon Lowe in the third to make it 2-0 Tampa Bay. In the fourth, Sale gave up a leadoff single (who was promptly thrown...2025
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• Nationals News: Michael Soroka has been the story of the spring

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Michael Soroka looks like a completely new pitcher this spring Michael Soroka has had a crazy journey to the Washington Nationals. I wrote about that earlier this month. However, after two dominant Spring Training starts, it is time to write about his stuff and how he can have a massive impact on the field for the Nats. In seven spring training innings, Soroka has ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images This is a division of haves and have-nots. Last year, three AL Central teams made the postseason and four finished over .500. This was largely because they all fattened up against the awful White Sox. The Twins, Tigers, Guardians and Royals went 42-10 against the White Sox. Wow. The Cubs, meanwhile, were 10-6 against the AL Central last year. So that...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 25, 2025
Logan O'Hoppe (C-LAA) put together a solid if unspectacular first full season in the majors in 2024, posting a .244 average, 20 homers, 56 RBI, and 64 runs scored across 522 PA, with a slightly above-average wRC+ of 101. Contact was an issue as O'Hoppe recorded a 29.5% strikeout rate, 16.5% swinging-strike rate, and 68.5% contact rate. His 80.5% z-contact% was well below average. But he tended to ...2025
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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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 16, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Were you part of the Royals international amateur class? Cole Ragans joined MLB Network Radio to discuss his offseason throwing program: Baseball America has a scouting report on Kansas City’s international amateur class ($): Dominican shortstop Ramcell Medina, signing for $950,000, has been an up-arrow player. Early on, Medina looked like he might end up a...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Can Nate Pearson start?

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Nate Pearson should be given a chance to start. It’s a new year here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and warm up. There’s no cover charge this evening. We can take your coat for you. The hostess will lead you to a tab...2025
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• The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title

The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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"Jack Flaherty is returning to the Motor City, as ESPN’s Jeff Passan (multiple links) reports that the right-hander has signed a two-year deal with the Tigers worth $35MM in guaranteed money."

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"He just recently came to the organization from the Dodgers in the deadline trade that sent Jack Flaherty to Los Angeles."

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"Jack Flaherty was supposed to start for the Cardinals, but he was scratched due to illness and Matthew Liberatore will start instead."

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"Jack Flaherty rips Rays players’ refusal to wear gay pride patch"

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"Opening Day starter Jack Flaherty is expected to be activated from the injured list to start the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, manager Mike Shildt told reporters tonight (Twitter links via Katie…"

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"Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty has had his contract renewed by the team."

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"Jack Flaherty and Miles Mikolas each have just one season of MLB success under their belt, and the depth options for the rotation are even less established."

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"The Cardinals will tab rookie right-hander Jack Flaherty to start their Grapefruit League opener Friday against the Marlins, manager Mike Matheny said."

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"Louis would have considered sending young outfielder Stephen Piscotty to Oakland along with a promising starter (Luke Weaver or Jack Flaherty), though it seems talks never got going."

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"That list, which was unveiled during an MLB Network special on Friday, includes both 21-year-old Alex Reyes (Number 13) and 20-year-old Jack Flaherty (Number 80)."

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"Number 3 prospect Jack Flaherty was on the hill for Class A Peoria during a 6-0 win and he overpowered Beloit hitters for nine strikeouts in six scoreless innings."

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• Atlanta Braves 2025 Spring Breakout Preview
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• Nationals News: Michael Soroka has been the story of the spring
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Will the Dodgers hoist the World Series trophy again in 2025? | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images One team in particular dominates all talk about this division. Something something Dodgers. Given what the Dodgers have spent the last couple of offseasons, they should win this division by eleventy-seven games, right? As you surely know, baseball doesn’t work that way. They l...2025
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• On The Future Of The Blue Jays
A lot can change in a year for a baseball team. Around this time in 2024, FanGraphs gave the Tigers a 28.9% chance of making the playoffs and had the Cardinals as the favorites to win the National League Central. Detroit had a middling first half and sold at the deadline, trading Jack Flaherty to…...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 25, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025

PHOTO DAY PICTURES ARE HERE!!!!! I’ll leave the best ones for whoever is doing our Photo Day story, but I figured the “Vinnie with a Pasquatch necklace” is good for today. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images SPRING TRAINING GAMES START TODAY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Royals have their first Spring Training game today! The squad faces off against the Rangers at 2:05 PM Royals time. No TV t...2025
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• Atlanta Braves vs Detroit Tigers spring game thread

Grant Holmes looks to continue his spring success | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Grant Holmes looks to continue his spring success against the Tiger The Atlanta Braves take on the Detroit Tigers in North Port, FL for a spring home game in which potential rising star Grant Holmes looks to continue his strong performance. Holmes has made two appearances thus far this spring and has done well. In...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 25, 2025
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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they done enough to win the division? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Spring training has begun and in just six weeks the Royals w...2025
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• The state of the AL Central

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Four teams with a chance...to beat up on the White Sox For years the constant refrain about the AL Central was that it was too weak and winning it was easy enough that all the teams in it should be trying to take advantage. In 2024 we saw the script flip a bit and three central teams made the playoffs with another just missing. Granted, they all got to ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025
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• Sorting things out

I'm finally getting around to the latest big box from Johnny's Trading Spot, which arrived two weeks ago. Boxes that size are a lot to deal with amid a busy life. I had to approach it in shifts. The first thing to deal with is why Johnny sent a big box, which contained a few smaller empty boxes, plus the boxes with cards. I'm sure there was a reason but I was baffled. The other mo...2025
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• The Mythology of Reporting Early

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Is it always a good thing to show up early? What does it mean to report to Spring Training early? Is it a sign of renewed determination? A portent of big production in the coming season? Junior Caminero has reported early to camp, like so many other players do every year, but what — if anything — does that tell us? Several times during my years working for...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ tell it to me slowly

John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. It’s the time of the season for waivers. Who’s your daddy? 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, overheat...2025
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A big addition leaves the Braves with a few more holes to fill before spring training. The Atlanta Braves finally — finally! — made an offseason splash on Thursday, signing outfielder Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million deal. Profar solidifies the Braves’ outfield picture heading into 2025, where he could form one of the game’s top outfields ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The voice of the Brewers is silent

Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images A true baseball legend, Bob Uecker has passed away. It seems to be a great truth of baseball that some of the least inspiring players become powerhouses in some other capacity, either in the dugout, or, in the case of Bob Uecker, behind a microphone, as the voice of the Brewers. Uecker, later lovingly called “Mr. Baseball” had the kind ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’re interested in free agent starter Max Scherzer Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come in out of the cold. We can check your coat. There’s no cover charge this evening. The hostess will take...2025
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• Jack Flaherty rips Rays players’ refusal to wear gay pride patch

At least one prominent MLB pitcher wasn't thrilled with the Tampa Bay Rays players' decision to not wear rainbow-colored logos for the team's "Pride Night" on Saturday....2022
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• Cardinals renew ace Flaherty's contract for 2020
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• Cubs 9, Cardinals 1: A Happ-ening in old London Town
Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs left fielder had himself a game. LONDON — The Cubs seem to enjoy merrie olde England! Ian Happ smashed two home runs and the Cubs put together a varied 14-hit attack against Cardinals pitching and crushed their ancient rivals 9-1 to open the 2023 MLB London Series. After a scoreless first, Happ got right to work with this leadoff h...2023
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• Jack Flaherty Expected To Return Friday
The Cardinals, surging toward a playoff berth with a prodigious September winning streak, will get another boost to their postseason hopes this weekend. Opening Day starter Jack Flaherty is expected to be activated from the injured list to start the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, manager Mike Shildt told reporters tonight (Twitter links via Katie…...2021
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• Cardinals Activate Dakota Hudson From 60-Day IL
The Cardinals announced Friday that right-hander Dakota Hudson has been activated from the 60-day injured list and added to the active roster as the 29th man for today’s doubleheader. The Cards already had an open 40-man spot after releasing Daniel Ponce de Leon this week. Opening Day starter Jack Flaherty is still expected to be…...2021
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• Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty penalized by salary renewal system for second consecutive season
The Cardinals imposed a salary on Flaherty for the second year in a row...2020
• Make Or Break Year: Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty posted a 3.01 ERA, 29.8% strikeout rate, and 8.2% walk rate over 347 1/3 innings during the 2018-19 seasons, finishing fifth in NL Rookie Of The Year voting in 2018 and then fourth in Cy Young Award voting in 2019. After coming up through the Cardinals’ farm system as a top-100 ranked prospect,…...2023
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• Jack Flaherty Shut Down From Throwing For 2-3 Weeks
The Cardinals placed Jack Flaherty on the 15-day injured list this week, as the right-hander is again battling shoulder issues. The club hasn’t provided any sort of estimated timeline on Flaherty’s return, but manager Oli Marmol said this afternoon that the star hurler wouldn’t throw for the next two-to-three weeks (via John Denton of MLB.com). President…...2022
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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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• Cub Tracks’ those who can, do

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Today’s anthology of #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Jed Hoyer hath redeemed himself for the nonce We await further wisdom and, of course, developments. 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, an...2024
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• 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 25 (9/13-9/19)
Welcome to the beginning of the end, baseball fans. Playoffs in fantasy baseball are underway, and this list of two start pitchers might make or break your season. Before we get to the list, we need to take a moment to talk about the Cleveland Indians, soon to be Defenders. This name change is perfect for them because their lineup is actually, quite "offensive", too hitters everywhere. The Indians...2021
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• 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 20 (8/9-8/15)
Welcome sports fans to another week of fantasy baseball. It was a fun week, as we got to see the impact some of the trade deadline acquisitions had on their new ball clubs. Division races are starting to heat up but pitches are slowing down! We saw the utility man Brock Holt register the slowest pitch in human history last week clocking in at a beer league softball like 30 MPH. Oh and he allowed 0...2021
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• Five free MLB prop bets for Friday, March 28: Juan Soto, Bryan Reynolds, Jack Flaherty predictions, more props
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• Dodgers, Yankees Blockbuster Trade Idea Involving All-Star Pitcher, Outfielder Ahead of Opening Day

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a surplus of pitching talent entering the 2025 season. After a postseason in which they had just three healthy starting pitchers in Jack Flaherty, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Walker Buehler, the Dodgers spared no expenses putting together a group that has the potential to be one of the best rotations in …...2025
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• Grant Holmes looked sharp for the Braves but bats cold in loss to Tigers

Grant Holmes is cementing his spot in the rotation | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Grant Holmes produced eight groundballs and only allowed one hit in 5.0 innings of work The Atlanta Braves took on the Detroit Tigers in a spring home game where Grant Holmes got the ball looking to continue his spring training success. For the most part Holmes looked great. He started off the first inning by onl...2025
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• Braves fall to Rays as Matt Olson drives in two runs
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• BCB After Dark: Where should the Cubs find more pitching?

Justin Steele warms up before a game against the Cardinals in August in front of a sold out Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The roster has improved but more can be done before Spring Training Welcome to your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we’re pouring all the beverages you can imagine to help you get through January. If you’re looking for som...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 7, 2025

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Is the off-season 90 percent complete now? Craig Brown reacts to the Cavan Biggio signing. Biggio’s strength as a hitter comes from his strike-zone recognition. In his career, he’s chased on pitches outside of the zone under 16 percent of the time. That’s an elite chase rate. The league average is generally around 28 percent. It’s a fantastic foundation f...2025
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• Dodgers come to town as Braves fight for their playoff lives

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images If the Braves are going to get back on the Postseason track, they’ll have to do it Shohei Ohtani and the rest of this star-studded squad. The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a stretch of games where they faced the Rockies, Blue Jays, the Reds for one game and the Nationals for two games. They went 5-4 in that span and are currently back on the outside...2024
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• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
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• Should the Atlanta Braves target this bullpen arm?
Should the Braves make a move for this bullpen arm? | Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports The Braves bullpen has been elite, but could they target a solid arm to upgrade? The All-Star week festivities have begun, which means that trade deadline season is quickly approaching us. The Atlanta Braves are in the fortunate position to where they do not really have any “needs”. However, teams could al...2023
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