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• Braves News: Ian Anderson outrighted, pitching probables, and more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves announced Thursday that right-hander Ian Anderson had been outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett and that outfielder Bryan De La Cruz had been picked up by the New York Yankees. The #Braves today outrighted RHP Ian Anderson to Triple-A Gwinnett. Additionally, OF Bryan De La Cruz was claimed off wa...2025
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• Royals Reacts Survey: Fans don’t expect MJ Melendez to return to Royals

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Will his demotion be permanent? 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. Earlier this month, the Royals finally demoted MJ Melendez, after he hit 4-for-47 (.085) wit...2025
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• Alex Verdugo leads off in Braves debut

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Well then! Can’t say that this was expected! The Atlanta Braves have revealed their starting lineup for the series opener against the Minnesota Twins and Brian Snitker has decided to throw his newest outfielder right into the thick of it to see what he’s got. Not only is Alex Verdugo starting tonight’s game in left field, he’s leading off in his 2025 regul...2025
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• Player of the Week: Bobby Witt Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 16, 2025 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Royals 4-3. | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images As if there was any doubt Last week, Lucas Erceg won the unofficial Royals Review player of the week honors. Truthfully, I considered giving it to Bobby Witt Jr. because of how well ...2025
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• How much of an upgrade will Alex Verdugo provide?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It’s hard for him not to be some kind of upgrade, but whether it’s an impactful one... who knows Alex Verdugo was a very late preseason add — which makes some sense, since there was no reason for anyone to lock up a guy coming off a 0.6 fWAR season, with similar projections for the upcoming season. The Braves maybe foresaw him playing some kind of role in...2025
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• Royals rallies repeatedly rarify, series swept in 4-3 submission

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images 12 straight games scoring four or fewer runs. The Kansas City Royals once again struggled offensively, managing just one extra-base hit in a 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Kansas City wasted no time against Clarke Schmidt in his first major league start of the season. Bobby Witt Jr. roped a single before Vinnie Pasquantino walked on five pi...2025
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• Braves News: Ian Anderson outrighted, pitching probables, and more
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• New York Giants roster review: Color-coding starters and key reserves

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Let’s see how many top-tier players the Giants actually have The New York Giants are less than two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft. We want to take an honest look at the Giants’ roster ahead of the draft, using former Washington and 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan’s color-coded scheme, inspired by Mark Tyler’s article at Hogs Haven. Here’s the co...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays agree to a massive contract extension. Tragedy in the Dominican Republic hits baseball. More on torpedo bats and two long losing streaks are broken. Good morning. You’ve probably heard this already, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays agreed on a 14-year, $500 million contract extension. Michael Baumann l...2025
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• Russell Wilson signs with Giants, who will play Pete Carroll’s Raiders in 2025 season

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The former Seahawks QB is back in the NFC after three combined seasons with the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers. Russell Wilson is set to return to the NFC in his third stop post-Seattle Seahawks career. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Tuesday that the Seahawks’ greatest ever franchise quarterback has signed a one-year deal that will see him make t...2025
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• Should the Broncos sign LB Jamien Sherwood in free agency?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Linebacker Jamien Sherwood had a breakout year in 2024 and could be a player the Broncos target in free agency. The Denver Broncos linebackers really struggled this past season. They lost leading tackler Alex Singleton early on in the year and had to rely on Cody Barton and special teamer Justin Strnad to be their starting linebackers. While both players ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 24

On this day seven years ago, Jim Thome was elected to the Hall of Fame on his first try. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Jim Thome makes the Hall! 1939 It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird. Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame — on his fourth try. Collins, by his 124.4 WAR the best second baseman in baseball hi...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 6

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Hawk* lands in the Hall, Rizzo traded to the Cubs, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to...2025
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• New York Giants reportedly asked Daniel Jones to go home

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Quarterback’s refusal led to ultimate decision to ask for release After deciding he would no longer be their starting quarterback the New York Giants asked Daniel Jones to go home, per a report from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Like the Las Vegas Raiders did two years ago when they benched Derek Carr in a similar situation, Florio reported that the Gi...2024
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• New York Giants fans pining for the return of DeVito-mania

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Giants fans want to see Tommy DeVito start at quarterback Something has to give for the New York Giants in 2024. After losing 20-17 in overtime to the Carolina Panthers in what was universally believed to be their most winnable game, the common consensus is that change has to come the Giants over their bye week. One of the expectations is that the Giants...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto
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• The Philadelphia Phillies’ formidable five
The Philadelphia Phillies have officially become one of baseball’s most disappointing teams, owning a horrid 27-52 record. The Phillies will presumably have a, “fire sale” as the trade deadline approaches. Year after year, the Phillies have become less and less (June 23, 2015-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images North America) proactive and frequently downgrade their roster. At the heart of their pitching s...2015
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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images 12 straight games scoring four or fewer runs."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images He’s available again The New York Giants and Odell Beckham Jr."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs scored six unanswered runs to end the first half on a high note."

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"Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs put together solid pitching and some home runs and defeated the playoff-bound Mets."

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"(Source: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images North America) For the most part, the Rays slumped heading into the All-Star break, going 4-11 in their previous 15 games."

• Alex Verdugo leads off in Braves debut
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• New York Giants roster review: Color-coding starters and key reserves
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto
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• Russell Wilson signs with Giants, who will play Pete Carroll’s Raiders in 2025 season
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• Braves News: Spring Breakout roster, Ian Anderson’s outing, and more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. We are officially less than three weeks away from Opening Day for the Atlanta Braves, who begin play on March 27 in San Diego. It was a rather slow day for news and notes, but those will likely pick up as we inch towards Opening Day. Until then, we’ve got a look at the Spring Breakout roster, Ian Anderson’s late...2025
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• Report: Colts have trio of veteran quarterback free agents ‘already on radar’

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Colts are reportedly eyeing a trio of veteran free agents to potentially challenge and push Anthony Richardson for the starting job this offseason. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Indianapolis Colts already have a trio of veteran free agent quarterbacks on their radar including Jacoby Brissett, Daniel Jones, and Trey Lance among them: Colts l...2025
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• Should the Broncos sign LB Jamien Sherwood in free agency?
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• NFL draft rumors: When teams and media seem to be working together (Opinion)

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward and the push for QBs going high in the NFL draft We are just days away from the kickoff of the NFL combine and the real start of the NFL offseason. Despite that, NFL rumors have been flying since before last season even ended. As always, including with the Cleveland Browns, what is true or not about the rumors ends up not matterin...2025
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• Enough with the Aaron Rodgers-to-LA talk

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Rams should want nothing to do with Rodgers even if team moves on from Matthew Stafford This entire offseason for the L.A. Rams has been extremely nauseating and it’s only February. The most sickening rumor I’ve heard is that Aaron Rodgers would be an ideal fit in Hollywood if the Rams traded Matthew Stafford. Let me tell you that signing Rodgers would be ...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 25, 2025

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images New year, new swing? Anne Rogers writes about the outfield situation. Melendez is the most interesting part here, because he still boasts tremendous power potential. It hasn’t clicked in his first three seasons, and the 26-year-old slashed .206/.273/.400 with 17 homers in 2024. The Royals, thinking back to Melendez’s 41-homer Minor League season in 2021, b...2025
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• Royals Reacts Survey: Fans don’t expect MJ Melendez to return to Royals
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• Game Thread #6: Milwaukee Brewers (1-4) vs. Kansas City Royals (2-3)

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Freddy Peralta and the Brewers look to start a win streak in today’s rubber match The Brewers took a step in the right direction yesterday, snapping what had been a four-game losing streak to start the season. Milwaukee now has a chance to inch closer to .500 against Royals ace and Opening Day starter Cole Ragans (5.40 ERA), the fourth-place finisher in la...2025
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• Russell Wilson signs with Giants, who will play Pete Carroll’s Raiders in 2025 season
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• NFL draft rumors: When teams and media seem to be working together (Opinion)
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 25, 2025
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• Today in White Sox History: January 24
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote

Ichiro will cross the HOF line ahead of C.C. Sabathia, but both stand a great chance of election. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner lead a ballot that is almost certain to see multiple HOFers elected Once again, our Cooperstown ballot is hosted in this post, so you will be able to see the running results in real time right here, rather than having to vote off-...2025
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• Seahawks-Giants: 5Qs, 5As with Big Blue View

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Seahawks will look to get back on the winning track Sunday against a team they’ve handily defeated each of the past two seasons. The calendar has turned to October and Week 5 of the NFL season has arrived. For the Seattle Seahawks that means a showdown with the New York Giants for the third straight season. The Hawks have easily bested the Giants in ...2024
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• For the Braves and Mets, it’s deja vu all over again

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Braves and Mets have been here before. If it feels like this is all happening again, that’s because it is. For the second time in three seasons, the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets find themselves playing a massive 3-game series in Atlanta late in the season with playoff implications all over the place. And the similarities are striking. Back in 2022...2024
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• Cowboys vs. Saints: Carl Lawson could get his chance in Week 2

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images This may wind up being an important week for Carl Lawson. After a stellar Week 1 performance against the Cleveland Browns, the Dallas Cowboys now turn their attention to win No. 2 in their home opener. It won’t be easy, but if the team that showed up last week shows up again, Cowboys Nation should like their odds again this week. As important as the play ...2024
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• New York Giants roster review: Color-coding starters and key reserves
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• Outside The Confines: Vladito stays in Toronto
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• New York Giants free agency: Jason Pinnock leaving Giants for San Francisco 49ers

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Pinnock bolts New York after sign Jevon Holland Former New York Giants safety Jason Pinnock is finalizing a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers, per Jordan Schultz. Pinnock started the last two seasons for the Giants, playing a total of 1,987 snaps while contributing 473 defensive snaps in his inaugural season as a Giant in 2022. The 25-year-old too...2025
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• Should the Broncos sign LB Jamien Sherwood in free agency?
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 6
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• Miami Dolphins legend Mercury Morris passes away

Mercury Morris, Pro Bowl running back and two-time Super Bowl champion, passed away Saturday night. The Miami Dolphins lost a legend on Saturday night. According to a post from his family, Mercury Morris, a three-time Pro Bowl running back for the Dolphins in the 1970s, passed away. Morris was 77. The release from the family read: It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Eugene...2024
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• How much can Giants expect from Adoree’ Jackson vs. Vikings?

Adoree’ Jackson | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Jackson uncertain how many snaps he will be able to play in Week 1 Although it took until roughly a week before the beginning of the regular season, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson said Monday “I never thought the door was closed” to return the New York Giants. “No animosity, no feelings, no ill intentions on, I think, on my end,” Jackson said...2024
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• Giants Reacts Survey: Should Brian Daboll call the plays in 2024?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who should call the offense in 2024? News has come fast and furious for the New York Giants this offseason. We’ve had our hands full keeping track of the Giants on the scouting trail in preparation for the 2024 NFL Draft. Their coaching staff and top decision makers criss-crossing the country to personally scout top prospects, and it’s made news every ti...2024
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• Should the Giants resign Odell Beckham Jr.?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images He’s available again The New York Giants and Odell Beckham Jr., their 2014 first-round pick, had a tempestuous relationship before former general manager Dave Gettleman traded the star receiver to the Cleveland Browns. The Baltimore Ravens have released Beckham Jr. and designated him as a post-June 1 cut after the former Giant caught 35 passes for 565 yar...2024
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• Postseason heroics and groundballs to second: Reflecting on the enigmatic career of Eric Hosmer

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Hosmer leaves behind a legacy in Kansas City few can match. Eric Hosmer recently announced his retirement from professional baseball. Almost 16 years after the Kansas City Royals made him the third overall draft pick, the first baseman will transition into a career in media. By any reasonable standard, Hosmer had an incredibly successful career in basebal...2024
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• Cubs 7, Yankees 4: A big-time comeback win
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs scored six unanswered runs to end the first half on a high note. Here is one way to show how much the Chicago Cubs have improved over the last year or so. In June 2022, the Cubs visited Yankee Stadium and got swept. They were outscored 28-5 and were embarrassed to the point where Frank Schwindel threw a 35 mile per hour pitch hit for a home run, t...2023
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• A few midseason thoughts about David Ross as Cubs manager
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images How does the Cubs skipper stack up as we head to the season’s second half? A number of BCB readers have suggested, not just this year but in the past, that when I issue grades for the players at midseason, I should also rate the manager and coaching staff. Truth be told, I just don’t know enough about many members of the coaching staff to assign a grade. H...2023
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• Should the Giants resign Odell Beckham Jr.?
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• De’Andre Swift trade: Eagles acquire Lions running back in exchange for draft picks
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Philly native is returning home! If you thought Howie Roseman couldn’t possibly acquire more former Georgia Bulldogs ... think again! The Philadelphia Eagles are trading for Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift, according to a report from NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Details of the deal: EAGLES RECEIVE D’Andre Swift, 2023 seventh-round pick (No. 249)...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz elected to the Hall of Fame

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1976 - Ted Turner, owner of UHF television station WTCG which already broadcasts Atlanta Braves games, buys the team for $12 million, largely with borrowed funds. He will soon turn his television station into a national superstation, on which Braves games are a staple product. 1997 - Former Atlanta Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro...2024
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• Ian Anderson to undergo Tommy John surgery, per report
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ian Anderson’s season is over. Atlanta Braves right-hander Ian Anderson will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2023 season according to a report by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Anderson made just one start at Gwinnett, before going on the injured list. Atlanta Braves right-hander Ian Anderson will undergo Tommy John surgery, sources tell ...2023
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening

Andre Dawson with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown, July 25, 2010 | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Give the man what he wants. Tuesday, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune posted a column in which he wrote that Hall of Famer Andre Dawson wants the cap on his Hall of Fame plaque changed from an Expos cap to a Cubs cap. Dawson’s reasoning, per Sullivan: “...2023
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• Ryne Sandberg will get the next statue in Gallagher Way
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images There was a bit of news in the Ricketts’ family panel at Cubs Con. Statue Row at Gallagher Way honors the most beloved Cubs Hall of Famers in the long and storied franchise history of the Cubs. As you may recall from my reconnaissance from the days before the Fergie Jenkins statue was unveiled, there are two extra bases for statues on either end of Statue ...2023
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• Alex Verdugo leads off in Braves debut
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• Game Thread #6: Milwaukee Brewers (1-4) vs. Kansas City Royals (2-3)
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• Russell Wilson signs with Giants, who will play Pete Carroll’s Raiders in 2025 season
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• Braves News: Spring Breakout roster, Ian Anderson’s outing, and more
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• Report: Colts have trio of veteran quarterback free agents ‘already on radar’
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• Should the Broncos sign LB Jamien Sherwood in free agency?
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• NFL draft rumors: When teams and media seem to be working together (Opinion)
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• Braves to sport 2025 All-Star Game logo on hats

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There are also a couple of minor tweaks to the uniform, once again. Uniform nerds, unite! Earlier this week, I went on a bit of a tangent within an article that was meant to cover the return to spring training for the Atlanta Braves. You’ll have to forgive me for that, as I, uh, have a history of writing about such things. I could ...2025
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• Braves News: Nacho Alvarez, Spring Training, more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well we are so close that you can almost smell the start of baseball, as pitchers and catchers report on February 12th, otherwise known as THIS WEDNESDAY! I know we are all excited to see the sport we love return to even preseason. Unfortunately, pitchers and catchers reporting tends to be more of a symbolic than...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote
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• Who could replace Vic Fangio as Dolphins defensive coordinator? Taking a look at the candidates

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins have swung into the coaching carousel with the news on Wednesday that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will not return in 2024. Who could be his replacement? The Miami Dolphins and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio mutually agreed to part ways on Wednesday, opening a major vacancy on the Dolphins’ coaching sta...2024
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• Change is coming to the New York Giants’ coaching staff

Wink Martindale | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images How much change will there be? We recently looked at a handful of potential free agents who could be playing their final games with the New York Giants on Sunday. Several coaches on Brian Daboll’s staff could also be in that situation. Let’s assess some of the potential changes. Wink Martindale Around midseason, Jay Glazer of FOX Sports ...2024
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening
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• Thoughts & Jots: From Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Bengals to Colin Kaepernick

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Things on my mind 1. I was expecting to see Chase Young be traded but for a single third-round pick? His teammate Montez Sweat was traded to Chicago for a second. Young joins a playoff contender whereas Sweat will go to a team that is competing for the first overall draft pick. Both players would have been free agents this off-season so at least Washington g...2023
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• Ravens News 7/19: WR Puzzle and more
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Breaking down the Ravens’ training camp roster, from locks to long shots Jonas Shaffer, The Baltimore Banner Running back Lock: Gus Edwards, Justice Hill Near lock: J.K. Dobbins On the bubble: None Long shot: Keaton Mitchell, Owen Wright Injuries are, of course, a concern, and Dobbins’ standoff with team officials at minicamp was a red flag. But the Raven...2023
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