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• BCB After Dark: Can I interest you in a former Nat?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should continue to pursue free-agent right-hander Kyle Finnegan. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come on in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening....2024
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• Here are two pitchers non-tendered last week who the Cubs should consider signing

Kyle Finnegan: Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images. Jordan Romano: Greg Fiume/Getty Images. Photo montage: Mike Bojanowski One or both of these guys could really help the Cubs bullpen. Here’s the entire list of MLB players who were non-tendered last week. There are more than 60 of them. Many of them, including Cubs righthander Adbert Alzolay, were injured and not likely to play in 2025. It’s still ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jose A. Ferrer and the back end of the Nats’ bullpen

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ hard-throwing lefty and his role in the bullpen... Jose A. Ferrer started the 2024 campaign on the IL after suffering a strained teres major muscle in his upper back in Spring Training, and the 23-year-old southpaw didn’t pitch in the majors until mid-July, but in an abbreviated season, he made a strong impression on Davey Martinez. In 31 games and 32 innings pit...2024
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• Royals acquire Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer for Brady Singer

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Royals make their first big trade this winter. The Royals announced they have acquired infielder Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Brady Singer. Rumors about this deal have been percolating for a week now, here’s what we wrote when they first surfaced. India and Singer were teammates at the University of ...2024
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• TNF: Eagles vs Commanders Prediction and Game Thread

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Week 11 of Thursday Night Football features an NFC East showdown Thursday Night Football, Week 11. Tonight the Philadelphia Eagles host the Washington Commanders. The Eagles are 3.5 point home favorites in this game according to our friends at Fanduel Sportsbook. The 7-2 Philadelphia Eagles come into this game winners of five straight games. Last week th...2024
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• Commanders vs Eagles Thursday Night Football open thread

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images First place in the NFC East is on the line when Philadelphia and Washington take to the field in primetime Thursday. As many have expected since before the season kicked off the NFC East has developed into a two horse race. However, what most did not expect is exactly which two of the four teams in the division it would be competing for the title. The...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ patient plan to get Tanner Rainey back close to his pre-TJS self... Davey Martinez talked early in Spring Training 2024 about reliever Tanner Rainey returning from Tommy John surgery to take hopefully take on a role in the back end of the Nationals’ bullpen, though he did acknowledge pretty quickly, once things started, Rainey’s stuff was not quite where they’d h...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How will arbitration pan out of the Rockies?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Earlier this week we learned the fact that the Colorado Rockies will likely cut payroll a bit for the 2025 season. While that news isn’t surprising, the way the team will go about accomplishing that goal is always of interest to me as someone who loves the process of roster construction. Aft...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Injuries and underperformance defined a disappointing season, but lessons were learned 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 ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 1, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Today. Jaylon Thompson writes why the Royals are giving Cole Ragans the Game 1 start today. The organization trusts Ragans in the key role. And Ragans is prepared to take the baseball in perhaps the biggest game of the season. “It makes you feel good that they have that faith in you,” Ragans said. “It’s just, build off of it. They trust me, so it’s (pu...2024
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• Game One Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Kansas City Royals at Washington Nationals

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images I hope this is not the last game I cover this season. The Kansas City people in a monarchy will take on the Washington people from a nation this evening at Nationals Park in the second game of this three-game set. Kansas City snapped an L7 last night thanks to the zombie runner rule strong performances from the lefties on the pitching staff. They will no...2024
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• Being the fan of a contending team is nauseating and I love it

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The highs and lows of the pennant push. You can forgive Royals fans for not remembering how this works. It has been seven years since the Royals were in contention through the second half of the season. But even in 2016 and 2017, when the Royals crashed in September and were eliminated in the final week of the season, there was a post-championship afterg...2024
• Royals Rumblings - News for September 25, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Hold on, Royals. Jaylon Thompson writes how the Royals used their travel day as a mental reset. On the team flight, every player came with the same goal … and similar outfits. There was a planned theme where everyone wore camo clothing on the plane. The mental reset, the road-trip vibes: It all comes with one objective in mind. Make the playoffs. “Yo...2024
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• Braves place Reynaldo López on the 15-day IL

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The injury bug claims yet another player Reynaldo López left last night’s game with what was called right shoulder tightness by the Atlanta Braves. Considering that he only lasted one inning against the Nationals last night, it sure seemed like bad news was on the way and sure enough, the bad news has come late Tuesday morning. The Braves have officially...2024
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• Orioles 9, White Sox 0: Nothing to see here

White Sox baseball is bad. Joan Jett is not. | Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images I love rock ’n roll but despise South Side baseball The most exciting thing about this game is that Joan Jett was in the house! The “I Love Rock ’n Roll” superstar is a big-time Baltimore Orioles fan. If she isn’t seriously the most adorable baseball fan. Don’t mind me why I fangirl. Joan Jett is a real one, ...2023
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• Here are two pitchers non-tendered last week who the Cubs should consider signing
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jose A. Ferrer and the back end of the Nats’ bullpen
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• Royals acquire Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer for Brady Singer
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• NFL betting advice: Eagles-Commanders pick and Week 11 props

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Are you going to gamble on the game? Steve Maltepes, known as “The Philly Godfather,” will impart his gambling wisdom on the Eagles and where the smart money is going on various pro football games each weekend this season. Maltepes is one of the nation’s hottest sports betting experts who appears weekly on national radio and has his own website, www.the...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Rumors of interest in 1B & 3B + more Hot Stove talk...

Notes and quotes on the rumors flying around involving your Washington Nationals... Asked late this past September if he now thought the Nationals were deep enough into their reboot/rebuild to justify doing some spending in free agency to supplement the talent they’ve assembled via trades, signings, and the draft over the last years, Washington’s manager Davey Martinez toed the company line to an ...2024
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• Royals re-sign Michael Wacha to three-year, $51 million deal

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Royals retain the veteran right-hander. The Royals have re-signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a three-year, $51 million deal, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The deal comes with a club option for a fourth year. Wacha's new contract is three years, $51 million with a $14 million club option in 2028, according to a source.$18 mi...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which Colorado Rockies will win Gold Gloves in 2024?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 29, 2024 As the 2024 postseason enters its final week, Major League Baseball is easing fans into offseason activities, which means that it’s the beginning of awards season. Given that the Rockies pride themselves on playing good defense, they generally have a player or two in the running to win a Rawl...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How will arbitration pan out of the Rockies?
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• Royals acquire Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer for Brady Singer
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• TNF: Eagles vs Commanders Prediction and Game Thread
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• Thursday Night Football: Washington Commanders @ Philadelphia Eagles Live Thread & Game Information

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Week 11 of the 2024 NFL season kicks off this evening with an NFC East divisional rivalry. The Washington Commanders will travel to take on the Philadelphia Eagles. The 7 and 3 and second-place Commanders are coming off a one-point loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last weekend. The first-place Eagles currently hold a 7 and 2 record and are in the midst of...2024
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• Eagles vs. Commanders Week 11 game preview and predictions

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images How are you feeling about this matchup? Here’s something I’m not sure I’ve ever said before: the Washington Commanders deserve your respect. They’re a very legitimate team. The Commanders rank seventh in DVOA, one spot ahead of the Eagles. The Commanders rank third in point differential, one spot (and one point) ahead of the Eagles. Jayden Daniels is t...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which Colorado Rockies will win Gold Gloves in 2024?
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 146 thread: Tanner Gordon vs. Casey Mize

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Gordon is back while the offense tries to rebound The first game in Detroit was one the Colorado Rockies would rather soon forget. For the first time in club history, the team sent the 27-batter minimum to the plate in a nine-inning game and were shut out for the 15th time this season. The team mustered just three hits and will now look to change their f...2024
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• Braves at Nationals game thread

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images One win down, one to go I don’t think anybody saw last night’s result coming and if you did, you’re a far more optimistic fan than I am and a lot of people in general. The Atlanta Braves absolutely pulverized the Washington Nationals last night and thanks to getting some help from the Bluebirds up North, the Braves are still right in the thick of things ...2024
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• NFL betting advice: Eagles-Commanders pick and Week 11 props
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 1, 2024
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• This Week in Purple: How do you do, fellow kids?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 24-25, 2024 The Colorado Rockies only won two games this past week, but they clinched the season series against the San Diego Padres last Friday. The struggled mightily against the Washington Nationals, and lost 3-0 in the Bronx against the New York Yankees last night. They do have two more against th...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin 100th career W; 8-3 win over Rockies;

Notes and quotes from Patrick Corbin’s 100th career win... CORBIN’S 100th CAREER W: Patrick Corbin earned the 98th win of his 12-year, big league career back on May 10th, in his eighth start of the season. Corbin, 35, got his 99th on July 19th, in his 20th outing of the ‘24 campaign. On Thursday afternoon in the nation’s capital, Washington’s left-handed starter earned his 100th career W in the N...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker bounces back; Nats beat Rockies, 6-1

Notes and quotes from Mitchell Parker’s big night to Luis García, Jr.’s big home run... PARKER BOUNCES BACK: Before Mitchell Parker’s somewhat disastrous outing against Philadelphia’s Phillies last week in Citizens Bank Park (10 H, 2 BBs, 9 ER in 3 IP), Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez talked to reporters about the growth he’d seen from Washington’s 24-year-old, 2020 5th Round pick over the cours...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats lose 4-1; improvement for Patrick Corbin; James Wood gets on...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Giants... CORBIN ERA NEARS END: Patrick Corbin gave up 13 hits and 11 runs (10 of them earned) over three innings in his July 30th start against D-Backs on the road in Arizona, throwing 67 pitches to 22 batters before he was lifted from what ended up a 17-0 loss. “Just location. Just location,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told rep...2024
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• Brewers stifled early in 6-4 loss to Nationals

Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Civale punished early, Hoskins goes deep- again! Box Score The Brewers took the loss on Saturday afternoon in a 6-4 defeat as starter Aaron Civale struggled to escape the first inning. While the Brewers attempted a late comeback, the damage was done early as Civale surrendered four runs in the opening frame. After ret...2024
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• Ravens injury updates: Malik Hamm out for the season, cornerback to miss ‘a few weeks’

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh gives injury report news after Wednesday’s training camp practice. On Wednesday, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh gave injury updates on a few players in training camp, beginning with outside linebacker Malik Hamm, who was placed on injured reserve earlier in the week. “Malik was doing so well. [He’s a] local guy,...2024
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• Notes: Detroit Lions listed as top landing spot for Chase Young
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Quite a few publications think there’s a decent chance it happens. Now that this regime has flipped the Detroit Lions from their culture to their performance on the field, Detroit is a desirable destination. That means some of the league’s biggest names no longer rule the Lions out as they once did. Analysts and writers are now frequently suggesting Detr...2023
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• Braves News: Dominant win, Matt Olson, Jared Shuster, more
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves have been very good so far this season. We are only two games in, but two wins, four homers, fourteen runs scored, three allowed is quite nice, even against the lowly Nationals. Those two wins were behind Max Fried and Spencer Strider, who both seem likely to factor into the Cy Young conversation th...2023
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• Nationals 2, Cubs 1: Changes need to be made
Cody Bellinger, though, is not one of the changes | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images The Cubs’ offense is missing in action. To begin this recap, I want to remind you of the old baseball saying that no team is as good as it looks when it’s on a long winning streak, and no team is as bad as it looks while on a long losing streak. This is to say that while the Cubs look pretty bad right n...2023
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• Guesstimating Dan Quinn’s 2023 offseason wishlist for the Cowboys defense
Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The Cowboys got Dan Quinn back, now they need to give him everything he needs to capitalize on a strong defense. Dan Quinn is back! We can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing we don’t have to stress out about who his potential replacement would be, or how that would impact the Dallas Cowboys defense after watching them play like one of the best overa...2023
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• Michael Wacha to start ALDS Game 1 vs. Yankees

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Cole Ragans will start Game 2 The Royals have advanced to the American League Divisional Series against the Yankees, by virtue of their two-game sweep over the Orioles. The quick series will allow the Royals to get some rest with two days off before they begin the series on Saturday in Yankee Stadium. The team announced that Michael Wacha will start the ...2024
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• Commanders vs Eagles Thursday Night Football open thread
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• Eagles vs. Commanders Week 11 game preview and predictions
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nasim Nuñez makes it through...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ 2023 Rule 5 pick… “It’s going to be a challenge,” GM and President of Baseball Ops Mike Rizzo told reporters, after the Nationals selected infielder Nasim Nuñez with the 5th pick of the Rule 5 Draft, of the challenges of keeping a young player like the shortstop on the roster all season as the club had to in order to hold on to him as per the rules for Rule 5 pic...2024
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• New Commanders coach Dan Quinn let Cowboys players know he was leaving before he took job

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Dan Quinn let his Cowboys players know before he took the Commanders head coaching job. The NFL Combine took place last week and it provided the first opportunity for people in new positions across the league to do work and be seen on behalf of their new employers. On this list is a former Dallas Cowboys coach a as Dan Quinn left his post as defensive co...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training updates; Injury news; CF in D.C. in 2024...

Notes and quotes from the first two days of Spring Training 2024... GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOU AND YOU: Davey Martinez talked on Day 1 of Spring Training 2024 about watching all of the players the club assembled this year as they are reuniting, getting comfortable, or getting to know one another in West Palm Beach, FL. Returning players from 2023’s roster, those who signed on this winter, and the...2024
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• Putting together a Thursday Night Football parlay to make Bears-Commanders a bit more exciting

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images It might not be the most exciting of games, but you can definitely find a way to make it a fun one. Sometimes, you look ahead at a game on a schedule and think, “Wow, this is going to be a great game between two really good teams and two great quarterbacks.” Other times, you see Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears set to face off against Sam Howell and t...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: This is what an overworked Rockies bullpen looks like
Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 27, 2023 As it turns out, only having three starting pitchers just isn’t a sustainable model. It’s like expecting a ceiling fan to keep a house cool on a 98-degree day. It’s better than nothing, but it just can’t be asked to do that much work. It will just be hot and uncomfortable, which is precisely wha...2023
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