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• The Twins May Have A Jose Altuve-Type Player In Their System
There was perhaps no better player at the plate for St. Paul Saints in September than Payton Eeles. Eeles lead the team in home runs (5), RBI (15), walks (12), stolen bases (8), and on-base percentage (.442) to finish the team’s final 18 games. It left a strong impression across the clubhouse. “Payton Eeles was freaking awesome at the end [of the season],” said St....2024
• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024

NPB Wrap Today! | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Final Asia Baseball Wrap: the NPB Ed note: As I mentioned in the comments last week, this was supposed to run last Friday but life intervened so it’s going today Michael Massey got married this week: We're so happy for you, Michael and Jane! Congratulations! (Via IG: jane_dejarld) pic.twitter.com/Q2qecxdIbQ— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) Novembe...2024
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• Best second basemen since 2020

Jose Altuve may be slowing a bit, but he’s still the leader at this position...2024
• Altuve, Betts each collect 7th Silver Slugger Award
Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and Dodgers utilityman Mookie Betts led the field of Silver Slugger honorees, which included seven first-time winners....2024
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• MLB Announces Silver Slugger Winners
MLB and Louisville Slugger announced the 2024 Silver Slugger award winners. MLB had announced the list of finalists last week. The results are as follows: American League Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals (5th Silver Slugger) First Base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (2nd) Second base: Jose Altuve, Astros (7th) Third base: José Ramírez, Guardians (5th) Shortstop: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (1st)̷...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Our Rookie of the Year! Jackson Merrill: 5.3 fWAR, 156 G, .292 AVG, .326 OBP, .500 SLG, 130 wRC+, 77 R, 90 RBI, 24 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season Where do we start? Merrill hadn’t played a game in the big leagues let alone in center field before 2024 and by the end of the season he was a name all baseball fans knew aro...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. For now, it’s worth ...2024
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Erceg and Vinnie were injured on the same fateful play For a second, you could squint and see another late-inning rally. A clutch Kyle Isbel double had Kansas City six outs away from another comeback win. Then a disastrous ground ball ended with Lucas Erceg and Vinnie Pasquantino injured and the Royals’ lead gone. The air had been let out of the balloon at that...2024
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?

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

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves finished July strong and look like they are finally starting to build some momentum. It was a rough start, but the Atlanta Braves finished off their seven-game road trip by winning four of the last five games, including a series win against the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. While the Wild Card race remains tight, the NL East deficit is ...2024
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• Five lesser known Royals prospects performing well in 2024

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Sometimes valuable big leaguers come from places you’d least expect. It’s fairly easy to follow along with the Royals' top prospects. At least, most fans could probably name the top handful of guys working their way through the pipeline. Many of them, including Blake Mitchell, Gavin Cross, and Ben Kudrna have had solid seasons and taken no...2024
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• Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of American League contenders

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How do the Royals stack up? The second half of the season begins today and the Royals find themselves in the hunt. The rest of the season will be a 60+ game sprint to the end with teams jostling for position to be one of the six teams in each league to earn an invitation to post-season action. The Royals certainly have their strengths...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Draft is on tap

Travis Bazzana | Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports All-Star Week is full of events, like the Draft, the Futures Game and the Home Run Derby. Oh yeah, there’s also the All-Star Game. Good morning. We’re going to have plenty of draft coverage over the next week. We’re going to do a lot of mocking of drafts over the weekend. The real one comes Sunday night. Eric Longenhagen has a mock draft. ...2024
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• Starting lineups for the 2024 All-Star Game Announced

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Although the Atlanta Braves don’t have a starter voted in by the fans, there’s still a chance the Braves could be represented in the starting lineup. The official starting lineup for the 2024 All-Star Game, being hosted by the Texas Rangers on July 16, 2024, has been announced by MLB. The starting position players were chosen based on Phase 2 voting compris...2024
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• Brewers get extra-inning victory, sweep Rangers

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee overcomes Keuchel’s rough debut to get win Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers took on the Texas Rangers today, and they did so with a new face on the mound: Dallas Keuchel, the 2015 Cy Young Award winner who was acquired from the Seattle Mariners yesterday. But by the time this one was decided, Keuchel had long-since left the game, and an unlikely he...2024
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• After the dust cleared

Twelve days ago I wrote a post about my thoughts on the 2024 Heritage minis after receiving a bunch of the cards from Johnny's Trading Spot.I said that I didn't plan to collect the set. Even though it's a tribute to my most favorite set of all-time, the 1975 Topps mini test set, I didn't feel enthusiasm for it, mostly because trying to collect the main Heritage set was tough enough and I di...2024
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?

Maikel Garcia #11 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals are splashed by MJ Melendez #1 after the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images How many Royals will be headed to Arlington instead of on a vacation? Believe it or not, the All-Star Game is coming up fast. Voti...2024
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• Blog Bat-Around: 5 best pack-pulled hits (plus a few others)

All right, time to inject a little spirit of community into the blog world again. Everyone's gone off into their own directions, even if they didn't ditch their blog 10 years ago. What we need is another Blog Bat-Around.This version was started by Matt of Diamond Jesters. Inspired by his recent pull of a Tony Gwynn bat relic in 2024 Topps, he listed his top five pack-pulled hits.I'm taking u...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 16

MLB History 1900 - Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stockings. 1907 - The Detroit Tigers agree to trade Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in a deal for Elmer Flick but Cleveland’...2024
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• Jose Altuve heckled with tattoo taunts while signing autographs
The Houston Astros have no choice but to accept that the 2020 season will be a grueling one when it comes to the jeers, taunts and put-downs that well-prepared hecklers will have at their disposal in the wake of the team’s damning sign-stealing scandal. Along with every other Astros player who played a role in the scandal, Jose Altuve is learning that lesson the hard way so far in spring training....2020
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• Astros' Jose Altuve shows off tattoo during spring training to back Carlos Correa's claims
The 2017 AL MVP does, in fact, have a collarbone tattoo...2020
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• Jose Altuve appears to send message by showing off collarbone tattoo
Carlos Correa offered an explanation last week for why Jose Altuve did not want his teammates tearing off his jersey after the second baseman belted a walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS, and Altuve may have tried to provide further evidence on Monday. Correa told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic that Altuve did not want his jersey ripped off in celebration because Altuve had “an unfinished ...2020
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• Adam Jones has a laugh over Carlos Correa's tattoo explanation for Jose Altuve
Carlos Correa has decided to dig his heels in and defend the Houston Astros against some of the criticism they are facing, and former MLB star Adam Jones found one thing Correa said about the scandal particularly entertaining. Jones, who now plays professionally in Japan, admitted in a tweet on Saturday that he has been watching the Astros cheating scandal unfold from a distance, but he couldn’t r...2020
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• Brand Name Ambition: Astros' Carlos Correa Focuses on Baseball and a Lot More
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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2024
"Jose Altuve made a strong plea for the Astros to keep pending free agent Alex Bregman in Houston, saying, "We're not the same organization without him."

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") 8:48PM: Jose Altuve was removed during the fifth inning of tonight’s United States/Venezuela World Baseball Classic…"

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"Crane also feels Jose Altuve has been mistreated in the sign-stealing scandal's wake"

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"The Astros' Carlos Correa, whose wife is pregnant with their first child, and Jose Altuve, who has an ailing left leg, said Thursday they will not be playing in the All-Star Game."

2020
"Astros stars Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve apologized for their roles in the team's sign-stealing scheme in 2017 as the team began spring training Thursday."

2019
"It’s well known that the Nationals hope to work out a long-term deal with third baseman Anthony Rendon before he reaches free agency next winter, and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote over the weekend (subscription required) that Rendon and agent Scott Boras have been eyeing something in the vicinity of Jose Altuve’s extension from…"

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"Watt and Jose Altuve following Hurricane Harvey."

2017
"It has already been quite a month for Jose Altuve, who won a World Series title, a Player Choice Award, an AL Silver Slugger Award and, on Thursday, his first AL MVP Award."

2016
"Carlos Correa reached on an eighth-inning throwing error by Dellin Betances, sending Jose Altuve home with the go-ahead run as the Astros defeated the Yankees, 5-3, on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday."

2015
"Jose Altuve hammered a 3-1 pitch from Craig Breslow over the wall in left for a walk-off homer with one out in the ninth, giving the Astros a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park."

2014
"He beat out Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve in what is expected to be a precursor to securing the AL MVP Award, which will be revealed Nov."

• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Juan Soto in the World Series ... in 2019 & 2024

Notes and quotes on Juan Soto’s postseason success and more... By the time you read this Juan Soto and the New York Yankees might be done in the 2024 World Series, but after Game 4 Tuesday night, which NY won to stay alive (down, 3-1), he had reached base in all 11 WS games he’d played in during his career, seven back in 2019 and four this year, which ESPN’s Buster Olney noted, is a rare feat: F...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...2024
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• Altuve urges Astros: Time to pay Bregman back
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Jose Altuve believes Astros will address star teammate's contract situation

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve has faith that the club will come to contractual agreement with third baseman Alex Bregman....2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 18

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Atlanta’s choke job pushes them further back Tuesday’s action wasn’t a total loss for the Atlanta Braves, with three of the four teams in the wild card picture taking losses, but their unfortunate late-inning collapse now looms large with such small margins. The Mets kept rolling, lengthening the Braves chase to earn a spot back into the playoff picture. C...2024
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• Disaster four-run 8th inning leads to 6-3 loss
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?
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• MLB Announces Silver Slugger Winners
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Jackson Merrill
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Braves NL Wild Card Race Report: September 18
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Ragans was amazing until he wasn’t. Here’s a rule change the Royals could get behind if it were applied to tonight: let the Royals choose one inning to eliminate from the final results. If you did th...2024
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• Opinion: Yes, we root for laundry. Is that a problem?

Just before or at the trade deadline, the Rays traded Zach Eflin, Chris Devenski, Phil Maton, Shawn Armstrong, Jason Adam, Amed Rosario, All-Star Isaac Paredes, and former ROY and All-Star Randy Arozarena. Some of these players were only here briefly and won’t be missed, but some had clear roles in the team’s present success — Jason Adam was a mainstay of the bullpen; Eflin one of the more depend...2024
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• Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of American League contenders
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• After the dust cleared
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Juan Soto in the World Series ... in 2019 & 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 3, 2024

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Postseason baseball is coming to Kansas City! Bobby Witt Jr. has led the Royals to the ALDS: That set up Witt’s sixth-inning moment. Kyle Isbel singled with one out in the sixth, and Massey followed with two outs as the Royals lineup turned over. Once again, the Orioles faced a decision of whether to pitch to Witt with a man on third and a base open. Once again...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51

Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani goes where no ballplayer has gone before. The White Sox rot from the head. A look ahead to the end of the season and the Mariners had some issues. Good morning. This Ohtani fellow is good, but he’s no Babe Ruth. After all, the Babe was a great pitcher too. Now if Ohtani learns to pitch next season, them maybe we can consider him the greates...2024
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• Caminero Returns To Give Some Brief Hope In Another Loss: Astros 3, Rays 2

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Alex Bregman’s homer and Josh Hader’s save secured Houston’s 3-2 win over the Rays. Tonight was supposed to be about the return of the No. 2 prospect in baseball, Junior Caminero, to the Tampa Bay Rays from Triple-A Durham. Instead, Houston Astros’ Yordan Alvarez broke the scoreboard in Tropicana Field during batting practice before a game with little of...2024
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• Tyler The Conqueror Leades Rays To Another Series Win: Rays 1, Astros 0

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Tyler Alexander allowed only three hits as he dominated Astros’ hitters. The Rays usually take a next-man-up approach, and today, it was time for a new opener. Shawn Armstrong served as the Rays eight times, and they have used one since July 2023. With his departure at the trade deadline, it’s time for someone else to fill the role. Enter Hunter Bigge. Bigge ...2024
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• Opinion: Yes, we root for laundry. Is that a problem?
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• Takeaways from the Braves’ series win in Milwaukee
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• November reign: Altuve wins AL MVP Award
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• Skid hits 8 as Red Sox fall on walk-off homer
Jose Altuve hammered a 3-1 pitch from Craig Breslow over the wall in left for a walk-off homer with one out in the ninth, giving the Astros a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park. The home run was confirmed after replay review....2015
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• Altuve's walk-off blast hands Astros a sweep
Jose Altuve hammered a 3-1 pitch from Craig Breslow over the wall in left for a walk-off homer with one out in the ninth, giving the Astros a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park. The home run was confirmed after replay review....2015
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• ALCS stacks up teams with MVP candidates
One of the great photos of the 2017 season featured the diminutive Jose Altuve and the gigantic Aaron Judge beside each other on the basepaths. We already know who has the height advantage when these two American League MVP Award candidates stand side by side, but which of their teams will stand tall in the AL Championship Series?...2017
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• Correa leads Astros' OD win as Yanks protest
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• Castro delivers early, but Yanks edged late
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• Prospects power Yankees against Astros
Jose Altuve sparked a three-run first inning for the Astros, and some of the Yankees' top prospects sparked a late rally on Saturday in Kissimmee, Fla....2015
• Dallas Keuchel, Astros Look Ready to Shine Under Bright October Lights
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• 2023 Top Keepers – Second Basemen
Welcome back, everyone. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. This week we are going to dive into the 2023 Top Keepers - Second Basemen. When it comes to second baseman, it is a position that now seems to be home of platoon players. Today's managers and general managers believe that if you can play a position in the field, then you can play second base. In 2022, only 12 players started more...2022
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• Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 21
In many fantasy baseball leagues, the season is winding down. The difference between making the playoffs and sitting on the sideline is going to be between which players are hot and which players are not. As I have been doing the past month with the second baseman and shortstop rankings, I am going to highlight the players you may have a chance of adding from the waiver wire. We all know Marcus S...2021
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• Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 17
At this point of the season, we all know who the top players are at each position. Unless you already own them are can make a trade for them, players like Marcus Semien, Jose Altuve, or Ozzie Albies won't be helping your fantasy lineup this year. But as we gear up for the trade deadline and the final stretch of the season, the difference between winning your league and falling short could be find...2021
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• Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 15
With the All-Star break upon us, now is a good time to see who has been a fantasy star in the first half of the season and who has been a disappointment. Owners of Marcus Semien, Jose Altuve, Whit Merrifield and Eduardo Escobar have to be ecstatic with the overall performance of those four players. Semien has been the top-ranked second baseman for most of the season, while Altuve and Merrifield h...2021
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• Top fantasy second baseman: Baez or Altuve?
Could Jose Altuve have a challenger this year at the top of the fantasy second-base rankings? Welcome to the conversation, Javier Baez....2019
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• Jose Altuve or Mike Trout: Who's No. 1 in our rankings for 2018?
The draft begins, and you're on the clock ... whom should you pick? Our experts defend their choices for the No. 1 overall selection in fantasy baseball drafts in three of the most popular formats: roto, head-to-head categories and head-to-head points....2018
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• Jose Altuve's Career Year Makes 2016 AL MVP Award His to Lose
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Juan Soto in the World Series ... in 2019 & 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 3, 2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.303 — Yainer Diaz batting against George Kirby. 0.302 — Luis Arraez batting against Jack Flaherty. 0.291 — Ivan Herrera batting against Austin Gomber. 0.290 — Jose Altuve batting against George Kirby. 0.289 — Brendan Donovan batting against Austin Gomber. 0.288 — Nolan […]...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51
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• Manny Machado predicts Padres-Astros World Series

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Both teams have the talent to get there and boy would that be a must-watch matchup We know Manny Machado has confidence and he displayed it again following the Padres series win over the Astros yesterday. “We’re going to see them again,” he told the media, which included Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “They’re a really good ballclub, and how we...2024
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• Keepers From Rod

Well jeez I got distracted and meant to whip up this post last month, but yeah let's quickly bust out some incoming highlights. The big lot of cards from Rod last month helped me add many new cards to my PCs of active players, especially current and recent Padres.Six player stacks here, including 2024 Topps team set variations for all except Soto because of course he's not with San Diego any ...2024
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?
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• Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that the Cubs made hold up for another win. It wasn’t the best of games. Cubs hitters struck out 12 times. Some sketchy defense helped lead to a Houston run. The Cubs had only one hit after the fourth inning. And yet, the Cubs put a large crooked number on the board in the first inning f...2024
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• Astros series preview: Signs of struggle

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images The buzz on the Astros is they may not be what they once were. The Astros have been in the ALCS in each of the last seven seasons, winning four pennants and two titles. But they fired GM James Click after the 2022 season and last year their 90 wins were their fewest wins in a full season since 2016. This year, the Astros have stumbled out of the game, fall...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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• Braves News: USA beats Venezuela, shortstop competition, more
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Team USA won a wild game against Ronald Acuna and Venezuela in which each team had to come back from 2+ run deficits. A grand slam from Trea Turner turned the tables for Team USA in the eighth inning. On the Braves’ side of things, there has been some interesting buzz around the potential of...2023
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• Houston Astros still deny Jose Altuve’s involvement in 2017 cheating scandal
Years after the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal rocked Major League Baseball, All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve remains the focal point...2022
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• Insider reveals interesting detail regarding Jose Altuve and Astros' cheating scandal

Altuve has silently taken the brunt of fans' ire over the years, even though his home/road splits from 2017 show that he played much better away from Minute Maid Park....2022
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