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• Braves 2025 MLB Draft Preview: Looking at recent classes

Spencer Schwellenbach | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Taking a look at the hits and misses of the Atlanta Braves drafts over the last four years, and what you can read into potential 2025 selections. With the 2025 MLB Draft just a month away it’s time to take a look at how the Atlanta Braves past few drafts have turned out, and what exactly can be taken from them to apply to their potential...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres see NL West foe add Devers

David Frerker-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of June 16, 2025. Articles to read Nick Pivetta dominates Diamondbacks, leads Padres to win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani set to return to mound Monday against Padres (Bill Plunkett, OC Register) Padres place Jackson Merrill on 7-day concussion IL (Kevin Acee and Jeff Sand...2025
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• Braves News: Rafael Devers, Sunday Struggles, Grant Holmes, NL East Rivalries Ahead, More

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves win the weekend but come away with another bad Sunday performance. The first week of June for the Braves was one of the worst the franchise had experienced in a decade. This past week, they bounced back with a 4-2 record. However, after Sunday’s 10-1 loss to a team on pace to be one of the worst in baseball history, it feels as if very little positive ...2025
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• Nick Pivetta dominates Diamondbacks, leads Padres to win

Nick Pivetta | Allan Henry-Imagn Images San Diego ends three-game losing streak in final game of series in Arizona Nick Pivetta took the ball for the San Diego Padres looking to help his team snap a three-game losing streak and a potential sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He turned in a dominant pitching performance that included four hitless innings to start the game, while...2025
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• Padres' Merrill (concussion) lands on 7-day IL
The Padres placed All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill on the seven-day injured list on Sunday, a day after he suffered a concussion....2025
• Padres Place Jackson Merrill On Concussion IL, Select Trenton Brooks
The Padres officially announced that outfielder Jackson Merrill has been placed on the seven-day injured list for concussion-related issues. Infielder/outfielder Trenton Brooks will join the roster in Merrill’s place, as San Diego selected Brooks’ contract from Triple-A. More to come…...2025

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• Padres offense has to wake up

Notes from Padres week 11 The San Diego Padres completed their seven-game road trip with three games and a series win versus the Milwaukee Brewers, getting outstanding pitching from all three starters and the bullpen while scoring six runs over the three games. They arrived home, without an off day, and played three versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres won only one of those three games, the ...2025
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• ‘Wish He Was in a Different Uniform’ — Dodgers Skipper Makes Feelings Known About Padres’ Star Jackson Merrill in Rival Colors
LA Dodgers' skipper Dave Roberts wisher Padres' Star Jackson Merrill was playing for a different team as the latter returns from injury....2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Crew welcomes another playoff contender to Milwaukee The Milwaukee Brewers are set to begin a 10-game homestand that features the Padres, Braves, and Cardinals on Friday evening. The first of those opponents, the San Diego Padres, will be in town through Sunday for three games. Milwaukee is on a roll, with nine wins in their last 10 games to improve to 34-29 on the ...2025
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• Manny Machado, Tyler Wade get late-game RBIs to lead Padres to win

Tyler Wade | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego scores four runs in the seventh to take 2-of-3 from Pittsburgh Manny Machado just missed a grand slam home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The ball was caught at the wall by Pittsburgh Pirates centerfielder Oneil Cruz and Elias Diaz tagged up and scored from third base to give the San Diego Padres a 5-4 lead. Manny Mach...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Back in the win column. Noah Cameron has had a historic start to his career: In four starts, Cameron has posted a 1.05 ERA. He hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his four starts. He has gone at least 6 1/3 innings in each of them, too. That makes Cameron just the second pitcher since 1893 with 6 1/3-plus innings and one run or less in his first f...2025
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• San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr. been the one constant in lackluster offense

San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Gold Glove outfielder has tried to kick-start the lineup back on track. The 2025 Major League baseball season is approaching the first-quarter pole. It is fair to say Fernando Tatis Jr. has been the one constant in the San Diego Padres lackluster offense. He moved to the leadoff spot in the batting order and becam...2025
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• Padres release Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Will sign with Nippon Baseball The San Diego Padres have given outfielder Oscar Gonzalez his unconditional release to allow him to pursue a job in Japan with the Nippon Professional Baseball organization, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic. After trading Connor Joe last week, the Padres are parting with another left-field option. They placed Oscar ...2025
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• Padres are down and up; Darvish rehabs with El Paso

Yu Darvish | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes on Padres week #7 The San Diego Padres completed a nine-game road trip in Colorado, taking two of three from the Rockies while suffering an unexpected meltdown from their bullpen. They then came home to a three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels. Records good and bad Over the course of the three games from May 9 to May 11 the bu...2025
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"The Padres and Jackson Merrill have agreed to a nine-year, $135 million contract extension, sources confirmed to ESPN."

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"The Padres are poised to name top prospect Jackson Merrill the club’s Opening Day center fielder, per a report from MLB Network’s Jon Morosi."

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"The team almost certainly will try to retain Kim when his contact is up, but even if they don’t, top prospect Jackson Merrill profiles as a middle infielder as well, and he’ll likely debut sometime in 2024."

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"Five Big Hype Prospects Jackson Merrill, 19, SS, SDP (A) AFL: 73 PA, 1 HR, 2 SB, ."

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"The Padres have come to terms on a deal with first-round pick Jackson Merrill, reports Jim Callis of MLB."

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• Nick Pivetta dominates Diamondbacks, leads Padres to win
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• Padres Place Jackson Merrill On Concussion IL, Select Trenton Brooks
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• Padres offense goes quiet against Ryne Nelson, Diamondbacks

Manny Machado (left), Stephen Kolek (middle) and Xander Bogaerts. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images San Diego hitters held to a double, five singles The San Diego Padres were held hitless after the fifth inning and opened their three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-1 loss at Chase Field, Friday. The Padres scored first in the game with a first inning run thanks to Fernando ...2025
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• Padres lose slugfest with Dodgers in extras

Mike Shildt and Manny Machado | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images San Diego shows it can go toe-to-toe with Los Angeles The first meeting of the 2025 season between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers proved to be worth the wait. Both teams put up runs, and the game went to extra innings before the Dodgers won the series opener 8-7 at Petco Park in 10 innings, Monday. The g...2025
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• Padres have playoff pitching, not the offense

Jason Adam | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This is not a sustainable situation The San Diego Padres remain ten games over .500 solely due to the 14-3 record they achieved at the start of the season. Since then they have played one game under .500 overall. There has been some ebb and flow with the pitching during this time but the primary cause for this result has been the offense. ...2025
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• Durbin walk-off homer sends Brewers fans home happy

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The homer gives the Brewers a 4-3 victory in a gutsy game Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres played a tightly contested game today, an ugly and oddly endearing ballgame that certainly appealed to the types of people who like “gritty veteran pitchers” and “small ball.” Brewers starter Jose Quintana wasn’t working with his best stuff tonight, bu...2025
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• Manny Machado hits milestone homer, but Padres lose to Giants

Manny Machado | Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images San Diego, San Francisco decide game in the third inning with five runs combined The fourth game of the four-game series between the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants ended just like the first three. One side had one more run than the other en route to a win. The Padres dropped their second game in a row to the Giants, falling 3-2 at O...2025
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• Padres rally to beat Giants in extras, 3-2

Manny Machado | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Manny Machado forces extra innings with two RBI in ninth, Jake Cronenworth wins it with RBI in 10th The San Diego Padres scored three runs in the final two innings of their game against the San Francisco Giants and won 3-2 in their second consecutive extra-innings game at Oracle Park, Tuesday. Jackson Merrill started the top of the 10th innin...2025
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• Padres offense goes quiet against Ryne Nelson, Diamondbacks
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• Padres lose slugfest with Dodgers in extras
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• Padres lose to Brewers in walk-off fashion

Stephen Kolek | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images San Diego, Milwaukee combine for six runs in final three innings to decide game David Morgan came in to pitch for the San Diego Padres in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers. Morgan threw one pitch to Caleb Durbin and it resulted in a game winning solo home run to left-center field to give the Brewers a 4-3 win. Caleb ...2025
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• Manny Machado, Tyler Wade get late-game RBIs to lead Padres to win
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• Padres offense comes to life in 8-6 win

Luis Arraez | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego gets 13 hits, takes advantage of Miami errors to come back from six run deficit The San Diego Padres watched the Miami Marlins score six runs in the first inning off starting pitcher Stephen Kolek. The Padres responded by scoring runs in each of the first five innings to take a one-run lead en route to an 8-6 win at Petco Park, ...2025
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• Padres’ terrible, awful, no good, very bad week

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes from week #8 All numbers entering today (so before their win vs. Atlanta) The San Diego Padres were swept over two series versus the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. They scored three runs versus the Mariners and were shutout the first two games versus the Blue Jays. The last game of the Toronto series went into extra inning...2025
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• Braves News: Rafael Devers, Sunday Struggles, Grant Holmes, NL East Rivalries Ahead, More
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• Padres offense has to wake up
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• Padres lose slugfest with Dodgers in extras
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• Padres lose to Brewers in walk-off fashion
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps

Jake Cronenworth | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Notes from week #6 The San Diego Padres swept the Pittsburgh Pirates then lost two of three to the New York Yankees amidst bad weather in both locations and a bullpen meltdown, the first in the first month and a half of the season. They also had a major overhaul of the lineup, getting Brandon Lockridge and Jackson Merril...2025
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• Padres have an ‘invaluable’ 26th man

Tyler Wade | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Tyler Wade wins on the margins The San Diego Padres broke spring camp with Brandon Lockridge and Yuli Gurriel as their last roster picks. Both Eguy Rosario and Tyler Wade were out of options and had to be placed on waivers. Both cleared waivers and accepted minor league contracts, both being assigned to Triple-A El Paso. The Padres were surprised th...2025
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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch

San Diego Padres snapping a four-game losing streak | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The return of injured starters could change the Friars’ fortunes. The first month of the 2025 major league baseball season was going as smoothly as you can imagine for the San Diego Padres. But what a difference a week makes. Last week, the Padres were atop the National West standings ...2025
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• Sources: Padres' Merrill lands $135M extension
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• Padres To Name Jackson Merrill Opening Day Center Fielder
The Padres are poised to name top prospect Jackson Merrill the club’s Opening Day center fielder, per a report from MLB Network’s Jon Morosi. The news comes just days before the club is set to face the Dodgers in a two-game regular season set in South Korea as part of MLB’s Seoul Series. Game 1…...2024
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• Padres To Extend Jackson Merrill
The Padres are in agreement with star outfielder Jackson Merrill on a nine-year contract extension that guarantees the star $135MM, according to a report from Robert Murray of Fansided. The deal can max out at $204MM and includes a $30MM club option for a tenth season that can be converted to a player option. The…...2025
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• Shildt: Merrill Traveling With Padres For Korea Series
Over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly likely that top prospect Jackson Merrill would break camp with the Padres. While the team has yet to make that official, manager Mike Shildt implied this evening the 20-year-old was trending towards a spot on the Opening Day roster. “Jackson Merrill is going to Korea,” Shildt…...2024
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• Pirates' Skenes, Yanks' Gil named Rookies of Year
Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was named the National League's Rookie of the Year on Monday, beating out a loaded field that included Jackson Merrill and Jackson Chourio, and New York Yankees starter Luis Gil won the the award in the American League....2024
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• Chris Sale wins Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Photo by Kevin D. Liles./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chris Sale and Raisel Iglesias were also named as pitchers for The Sporting News NL All-Star Team, as well! Despite the fact that the World Series hasn’t even started yet, that hasn’t stopped award season from kicking off and the first organization to announce their winners is the Sporting News. They’ve also announced their All-Star team...2024
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• Paul Skenes Wins National League Rookie Of The Year, Earns Full Year Of Service Time
Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes has been voted the National League Rookie of the Year for 2024, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced. Outfielder Jackson Merrill of the Padres finished second while outfielder Jackson Chourio of the Brewers finished third. The Pirates will not earn a PPI bonus pick from this result but Skenes will…...2024
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• Padres, Jackson Merrill Reportedly Discussed Pre-Debut Extension
The Padres saw their season come to an end last night at the hands of their division rivals in Los Angeles, but despite that disappointing end the 2024 campaign was nonetheless littered with plenty of bright spots for fans in San Diego. Perhaps the most significant among those was the emergence of Jackson Merrill, who…...2024

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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Top 50 Prospects For 2023 Fantasy Baseball: Spring Training Snapshot
Here’s a link to the Top 25. That top 25 blends in pretty well with what you’ll see elsewhere, and so this group, mostly, but from here forward, my lists tend to be tilted toward near-term fantasy functionality, for what it’s Wuertz. I value the grind of the climb. Each level brings new separators, so guys like Maikel Garcia and Joey Ortiz have shown more, in my opinion, than a guy like Jackso...2023
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• Braves News: Rafael Devers, Sunday Struggles, Grant Holmes, NL East Rivalries Ahead, More
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• Nick Pivetta dominates Diamondbacks, leads Padres to win
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• Dylan Cease deals, Padres beat Dodgers

Martin Maldonado | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images San Diego offense has big night against depleted Los Angeles pitching staff Dylan Cease had the start the San Diego Padres needed him to have against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park, Tuesday. Cease held the Dodgers without a run and completed seven innings to help the Padres get an 11-1 win. Cease flirted with danger throughout ...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.329 — Jacob Wilson batting at Jose Soriano. 0.307 — Jonathan Aranda batting at Lucas Giolito. 0.305 — Manny Machado batting vs. Bobby Miller. 0.305 — Luis Arraez batting vs. Bobby Miller. 0.304 — Jackson Merrill batting vs. Bobby Miller. 0.301 — Trea […]...2025
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• Padres lose slugfest with Dodgers in extras
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• Brewers drop series opener to Padres, 2-0

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Offense doesn’t do it’s part despite strong start from Chad Patrick Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers dropped their series opener to the San Diego Padres on Friday night, in a rough 2-0 loss that featured a strong start from Chad Patrick and little offense from the rest of the team. Patrick started his evening with a 1-2-3 inning, though that was due to a double pla...2025
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• San Diego Padres offense getting healthy and ready for a hot stretch

San Diego Padres Manny Machado | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Jackson Merrill has returned from the injury list and Jake Cronenworth should be activated by the weekend. By week’s end, the San Diego Padres starting lineup should be fully intact with the expected return of Jake Cronenworth for the Colorado Rockies series. The team is playing great baseball as they battle the Los Angele...2025
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• ‘Can’t Just Sign for $700 Million’ – Jackson Merrill’s Loyalty to Padres Sparks Talks of a Possible Shot at NL Rival
San Diego Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill had some comments after signing a nine-year, $135 million extension that raised some speculation....2025
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• Padres underwhelming offseason gives way to promise of a new year

Manager Mike Shildt (left), Fernando Tatis Jr. (middle), General Manager A.J. Preller (right). | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego enters camp on a positive note The lack of activity by the San Diego Padres made for a long offseason. The majority of moves the team made came in the form of minor league contract signings, adding players like Oscar Gonzalez, Yonatha...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned

Don Orsillo, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Mark Grant at Fanfest 2025 | Photo by Cheri Bell The sky is not falling The San Diego Padres held their 2025 FanFest celebration February 2nd with an improvement over the 2023 version. With the signing of Xander Bogaerts and the trade for Juan Soto, excitement was high in 2023 and Petco Park had ten of thousands of people clogging the concour...2025
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• Analyzing Royals Fall League hitter metrics

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Several Royals were lineup mainstays for the Saguaros. The Arizona Fall League wrapped up play recently with the Salt River Rafters emerging as champions. The Surprise Saguaros — this year rostering players from the Royals, Guardians, Rangers, Orioles, and Astros — looked to be on their way to winning their third consecutive AFL title. They fi...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason

Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Here’s what to expect in the Wild Card round. Once again the Major League Baseball postseason is upon us and once again the Cubs will be watching from home like the rest of us. In what is becoming one of my least favorite annual traditions, I bring you this Cubs fan’s guide to each round of the postseason. If yesterday’s stunning doubleheader between the B...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 22

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images An Acuña is currently helping an NL East team get into the Postseason. It’s not Ronald and it’s not the Braves, though. For what feels like the umpteenth time in this NL Wild Card race for the Atlanta Braves, it was one step forward but two steps back. Atlanta got the job done against the Marlins but unfortunately, everybody else in the rac...2024
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• Something new, something blue

Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals are hot Under the category of “you learn something new every day,” this summer I spent a few days in Milwaukee. Having never stayed in Milwaukee before, I spent some time walking around the downtown area, sampling the local cuisine and beverages and came across this sign. Wow, how many of you knew that the American Le...2024
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• Padres promote Ethan Salas, other top prospects to Double-A

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Salas will now be teammates with Jackson Merrill According to Jeff Sanders, five prospects in the San Diego Padres organization, including Ethan Salas, are being promoted to Double-A San Antonio. 2022 first round pick Dylan Lesko is heading to High-A Fort Wayne with the Padres #5 prospect Samuel Zavala. Dillon Head hasn’t even played...2023
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