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• Josh Smith’s Short Yankees Stint Ends in Texas Triumph
Once a buried prospect in the Yankees system, Josh Smith has emerged as a key utility player for the Rangers, thriving in a role he never got....2025
• Josh Smith has become invaluable Rangers piece after trade ended short stint with Yankees

A strong bat and gifted defender who can play anywhere — including third base — and who won a Silver Slugger as utilityman last season sure would be useful to the Yankees right now....2025
• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
In The Field C Alejandro Kirk missed Tuesday's game after getting hit on the head with a backswing on Sunday, but he was in the rest of the week. OF Yordan Alvarez (hand) is still day-to-day with his hand injury. He was able to hit in the cage on Thursday but did not play against the Rangers. He was expected back this weekend but did not return on Saturday. His return is expected soon. OF Byron ...2025
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• Rangers 8, Rockies 3: 13 Colorado strikeouts vs. 11 Ranger hits, 7 Texas walks tell the tale

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images The Rockies have notched another modern era worst The Rockies have fallen to 7-36, earning the title of worst record through 43 games in the modern era of Major League Baseball. They were outhit and outpitched by the Rangers again as Texas concludes a sweep that leaves the Rockies at 2-20 on the road. Farmer’s First Longball In his 36th game with the Rockies, in hi...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.352 — Josh Jung batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.339 — Josh Smith batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.319 — Jonah Heim batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.319 — Wyatt Langford batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.312 — Kyle Higashioka batting against Antonio Senzatela. 0.310 ...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.347 — Corey Seager batting against Kyle Freeland. 0.332 — Josh Jung batting against Kyle Freeland. 0.329 — Josh Smith batting against Kyle Freeland. 0.312 — Jonah Heim batting against Kyle Freeland. 0.309 — Jackson Merrill batting against Jose Soriano. 0.307 — Wyatt […]...2025
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• Rangers 11, White Sox 3: Still bad

All-aboard the (entirely too early) Nick Nastrini hype train! | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images At least this game doesn’t count The White Sox made their CHSN debut today, with a pathetic showing. While most of the damage was already done in the first inning, they could still only muster up six hits and three runs against the Rangers, and for the balance of the game the offense was stalled at tw...2025
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• Some potential Brewers trade targets

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Let’s irresponsibly speculate about who could fill the Brewers’ hole in the infield The Brewers are missing an infielder, and it is a near certainty that they’ll make some sort of move to address this hole before the season starts. We’ve discussed plenty of free agent options, and last week I looked at some higher-profile free agents that could be a fit if the tea...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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• Josh Smith Wins Silver Slugger: Rangers’ Utility Shined in 2024
Josh Smith’s versatility and reliability at the plate have earned him well-deserved recognition. After stepping up for the Texas Rangers in a year marked by key injuries across the infield, Smith was awarded the American League Silver Slugger at the utility position, an impressive accomplishment for a player who adapted to multiple roles with seamless......2024
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
In The Field OF Giancarlo Stanton is not expected back this weekend according to manager Aaron Boone. He continues to work out but isn't ready to return. The Yankees and Stanton hope that he returns on Monday. 1B Triston Casas (oblique) has been able to take full batting practice and is expected to start a rehab assignment soon. OF MJ Melendez (ankle) started a rehab assignment on Thursday and i...2024
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?

Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Rangers win, and the Memphis Rags make their national debut The 2024 White Sox season slogs on. Pedro Grifol, in his apathetic, monotone voice that displays less humanity than an AI skipper, makes the bizarre claim that the team is almost there. John Schriffen calls another pitch “juicy.” We are in baseball hell. The White Sox are the final square of one-ply to...2024
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• AL Week 15 Strategy-June 29, 2024
In The Field 3B Josh Jung (wrist) was supposed to swing a bat on Friday but that was pushed back to Saturday. The Rangers will take it slow with Jung even when he is activated by giving him planned days off. 3B Josh Smith has been the primary third baseman of late so that means he will fill in for Jung when he is not playing and slide into a utility role but his at-bats will be fewer lowering hi...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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• The Last Days of Lob City? Inside the Clippers' Latest Playoff Demise
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• Lakers' Next Step in Rebuild May Be Leading Them on Path to LaMarcus Aldridge
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• Hangin' with Dwight Howard: A Changed Man, Entertaining Host and Snake Charmer
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• NBA Insider: 3 Years After Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Still in Search of NBA Home
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"The Rangers played utility guy Josh Smith in center field last night, something that Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News spoke to manager Bruce Bochy about."

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"Lowe moved to second Josh Smith reached on an infield single."

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"Of this group of players the others who consistently run a higher OBP than SLG include Rob Refsnyder, Josh Smith (who only has parts of two seasons under his belt) and Travis Jankowski."

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"Wife of Rangers prospect Josh Smith basks in his ‘absolutely nuts’ MLB debut"

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"Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link) reports that Josh Smith is also part of the return."

2020
"Former Rockets forward Josh Smith—who sparked Houston’s memorable comeback with […] The post James Harden incident led to Kevin McHale’s firing, claims Josh Smith appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"Former NBA players Mario Chalmers and Josh Smith have both signed on to play in Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league this summer, according to a series of tweets from the league."

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"The Mariners have reached a minor-league deal with righty Josh Smith, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times (via Twitter)."

2017
"The post Report: Pelicans Release Josh Smith After Playing in 3 Games appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The post WATCH: Josh Smith Scores 41 Points Against Carlos Boozer in China appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The Los Angeles Clippers added depth with Lance Stephenson and Josh Smith before bringing back DeAndre Jordan."

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"Wanting to play for a winning team with a chance to win the title, Josh Smith has decided to join the Houston Rockets, sources told ESPN."

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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• White Sox 7, Rangers 6: Texas’ late-inning comeback falls short

Yes, you heard that right, just a normal day for now-former White Sox player Joey Gallo. And apparently Joey Gallo became a pitcher mid-game? The White Sox moved to 8-14 in Spring Training play with a 7-6 win against the Texas Rangers this afternoon. This being one of two games being played today (with the Spring Breakout loss coming in a separate recap), let’s take a look at today’s win. ...2025
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training

John Rave #96 of the Kansas City Royals cannot catch a ball hit by Josh Smith #47 of the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on March 27, 2023 | Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images No trade = blander projection Can you believe the Royals have already played more than a week of Spring Training? Regular season baseball will be on us in less than a month, and while many rost...2025
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• Rangers 11, White Sox 3: Still bad
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• Some potential Brewers trade targets
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• What each American League team has done this offseason
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Changes are coming to the Home Run Derby

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ch-ch-ch-changes. It looks like changes are coming to one of the most dynamic and entertaining parts of the All-Star Break. The Home Run Derby this year will be a little different than in previous years. Rather than a head-to-head elimination bracket in the first round, it will be all eight batters going in order, and then the top four adv...2024
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• AL Week 15 Strategy-June 29, 2024
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• TB 3, TEX 4: Rays rally late, but can’t break the Texas Curse

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Rangers maximized every opportunity to squeak out a walkoff The Rays will have to wait a long while longer to get a victory in Arlington, Texas. Whatever is in the water in Texas (and judging by their increasingly poor environmental regulations, probably a LOT of things) the Raangers are able to find just enough, every game, to be able to get by with a W vs the Ra...2025
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
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• The best 1st half OPS on the Rangers isn't from who you'd expect - July 15th, 2024
Josh Smith (SS/3B - TEX) - Smith homered twice on Sunday against Houston, giving him 10 on the year to go along with a slash line of 293/392/469. That OBP is augmented by a whopping 15 HBP, but the plate discipline is very good nonetheless, and Smith has even chipped in 5 steals to make a 20/10 year a possibility. His eligibility will probably be limited to SS and 3B, but Smith has shown me enough...2024
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• Five Sell High Candidates - May 20, 2024
Jordan Hicks We see starters turn into relievers all the time, but rarely is it that relievers, especially closers, turn back into starters. Hicks went five innings surrendering one earned run on a solo homer, but only punched out one batter. He now sports a 2.38 and 1.11 WHIP. I want to use a sample-size argument, but Hicks now has 53 starter innings under his belt across ten starts this season. ...2024
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• Prognosticating the rest of the Atlanta Braves 2024 season

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Battery Power Almanac is back to soothsay the balance of the 2024 Atlanta Braves season predicated on the last four decades of “the 4’s”. As the bleeps and blorps of technology send us all careening into the AI embankment, it is time to unplug, power down and pull out the Battery Power Almanac for some fine reading while sipping s...2024
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• Bo Still Has Power Outage- April 28, 2024
Bo Bichette- SS- TOR- Cold- Bichette went 0-for-4 with a K yesterday and is slashing .208/.264/.307 with 1 homer for the season. His EV of 88.1is down from 90.2 and his HardHit% has also dropped from 44.9% to 37.8%. Bichette's Chase Rate and SwStr% have both improved, which has resulted in a better BB% (6.4% compared to 4.5% in 2023) and K% (down to 15.5% from 19.1%.) His BABIP of .238 is well bel...2024
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• Braves conclude Texas Week by hosting the Rangers

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images Fresh off a 5-1 road trip, the Braves will play three against the reigning postseason champs After a 5-1 road trip, the Atlanta Braves will return to Truist Park to begin a nine-game homestand, which starts with a three-game series against the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers. The Braves (barely!) took two of three from the Marlin...2024
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Chris Paul enters another postseason run with the Golden State Warriors ready to yell, scream and execute his way as far as he can, even if it is (again) unlikely to end in a championship. People are incomprehensible. A basketball play is a simple thing, with simple objectives. You draw up a plan and you execute. You teach fundamentals, principles t...2024
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• TB 3, TEX 4: Rays rally late, but can’t break the Texas Curse
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• White Sox 7, Rangers 6: Texas’ late-inning comeback falls short
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• Some potential Brewers trade targets
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?
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• Outside The Confines: Changes are coming to the Home Run Derby
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run
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• Meet the 2024 McDonald’s All-Americans, starring Cooper Flagg in a loaded class

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s meet this year’s talented class at the boys 2024 McDonald’s All-American Game. Competing in the McDonald’s All-American Game is a right of passage for the basketball stars of the future. While the game itself often takes on the feel of an All-Star Game as an exhibition meant to excite the fans, the practices and scrimmage leadi...2024
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• Bird App Recap: How Sweep it Is(n’t)
all this time it took you to get yourself straight ... it’s too late... Your 43-66 Chicago White Sox look to escape the sweltering Texas heat without being swept by the 62-46 Rangers. The Pale Hose, losers of three straight, are 1-4 vs Texas on the season and look to even up their all-time record at Globe Life Field with a win. Texas looks to complete the sweep and stay atop the AL West, fending o...2023
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• Cubs leadoff hitter Mike Tauchman: We’re Tauch-ing about on-base percentage here
Mike Tauchman celebrates after scoring against the Pirates last week in Pittsburgh | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A closer look at the unique offensive profile for the Cubs’ new leadoff hitter It’s undeniable that one of the key components of the recent turnaround in the fortunes has been the plate presence of Mike Tauchman at top of the Cubs lineup against right-handed pitchers. ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: It’s been... one week
Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images insert earworm here Here we are, friends, it’s Wednesday and we’re officially through the first week of the season. As of this morning, only one team remains completely undefeated (the Rays); we’ve had our first pitch clock violation ejection (Manny Machado); someone has been banned from Dodger Stadium for a year (for a stupid proposal); and we have see...2023
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• Sources: Veteran Smith opts to join Rockets
Wanting to play for a winning team with a chance to win the title, Josh Smith has decided to join the Houston Rockets, sources told ESPN.com on Wednesday....2014
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Josh Smith Claims $6.9 Million Salary with Clippers Will Be 'Harder' on Family
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• Reports: Josh Smith reaches deal with Clippers
Reports: Josh Smith reaches deal with Clippers...2015
• Josh Smith 'chooses winning' with Clippers deal
Josh Smith 'chooses winning' with Clippers deal...2015
• Josh Smith to Clippers: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Paul Pierce Claims He Will Retire If Clippers Win NBA Title
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• Report: Josh Smith Agrees to Join Houston Rockets
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?
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• AL Week 15 Strategy-June 29, 2024
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• AL Week 3 Strategy-April6, 2024
American League In The Field The Athletics have optioned OF Esteury Ruiz to Triple-A. This is huge news for those who drafted Ruiz to be a big part of their stolen base plan. He hit .254 with 5 HR and 67 SB last year in 132 GP but struggled in spring (.236 AVG with 31% K). The Athletics have said that they want him to lead off and play every day which is why he is at Triple-A. Something smells...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Josh Smith Can Make Crowded Houston Rockets Front Line Truly Elite
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rangers series preview

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Cubs welcome an AL West team to Wrigley Field. The Rangers won 90 games in 2023 and wound up as World Series champions. The follow-up was a flop, as they went 78-84 and missed the postseason. They come into Wrigley Field in first place in the AL West. For more on the Rangers, here’s Adam Morris, manager of our SB Nation Rangers site Lone Star Bal...2025
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• White Sox 7, Rangers 6: Texas’ late-inning comeback falls short
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training
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• Rangers 11, White Sox 3: Still bad
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• What each American League team has done this offseason
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• AL Week 19 Strategy-July 27, 2024
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
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• White Sox 7, Rangers 6: Texas’ late-inning comeback falls short
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• Royals Opening Day roster prediction one week into Spring Training
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2024

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images I miss when the Boys Were Playing Some Ball. The Royals scuffled on offense, getting swept for the first time this year. “We’re going to keep playing hard,” Royals catcher and captain Salvador Perez said. “We’re going to forget about today. It’s over. Bad series for us. We concentrate on tomorrow and try to win the series at home.” Michael Wacha was solid...2024
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• Who Are These Guys Aaron Rodgers Is Making Look Like Stars?
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• NBA Free Agents 2016: Final Top 100 Big Board
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• Turning Prodigies into Pros: The Oak Hill Basketball Family
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• The Last Days of Lob City? Inside the Clippers' Latest Playoff Demise
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• NBA Playoff Bracket 2016: Full Review of Postseason Picture, Matchups and Odds
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• James Harden's Solo Act Not Cutting It for Rockets and Wednesday NBA Takeaways
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