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• Justin Verlander takes a big step toward his Giants return

After logging a strong simulated game on Wednesday at Coors Field, San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Justin Verlander took another big step toward a return to the mound....2025
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images 25 years? Wait, what? Recently, esteemed baseball writer Jayson Stark complied his First Quarter Century baseball team for a story which ran in the Athletic. Has it already been 25 years since Y2K? Crazy how time slips away. I didn’t see much to argue about with Stark’s selections. The team is loaded with Hall of Famers and all-time greats as you would expect. St...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies’ historic series losing streak and their rest-of-season projections, an Orioles fan’s decision to get the name of Trevor Rogers tattooed on his butt, a Patrick Corbin innings-eating update, draft prospect Jace LaViolette’s dedication to staying in the lineup, the late-career struggles of Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, [...2025
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• Injured Verlander takes mound for bullpen session
Giants righty Justin Verlander threw during a bullpen session on Tuesday night as he tries to work his way back from a strained right pectoral muscle....2025
• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images John Rave hasn’t fixed the offense....yet. J.J. Picollo discusses the promotion of John Rave. “John did a great job in spring training and nearly made our club out of spring training,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “And he did what you want players to do: Go back down and just force our hand. And we thought the way he was performing, we’ve be...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

The Rockies seem like a team that needs hugs | Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images Well, this ought to be interesting. I’ve been telling people for a few weeks that the Rockies would get to Wrigley Field with fewer than 10 wins. By losing their series finale to the Yankees at home Sunday, they accomplished that — they’re 9-44. Also, that Sunday series finale had a rain delay of...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025

Photo by Emma Bronsteader/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvador Perez hadn’t homered in a while. Salvador Perez is climbing the all-time AL catcher home run leaderboard: The list of names ahead of him include Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk (376), Yogi Berra (358) and Ivan Rodriguez (281). Eight-time All-Star Lance Parrish (289) is also on the charts. It’s conceivable, and reasonable, to expec...2025
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• Justin Verlander Injury: Giants Veteran’s IL Stint Gives Young Prospects a Golden Shot to Shine
Justin Verlander’s latest injury underscores the Giants’ gamble on an aging ace while opening the door for young lefty Kyle Harrison....2025
• Braves News: Breakout prospects, rain postponement, more

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well, Wednesday’s game was postponed due to rain in Washington D.C., seemingly a common occurrence for Atlanta. This will likely give the Braves one extra game with Ronald Acuna though, which is far from a bad thing. Speaking of Ronald, let’s talk about his return. It could seemingly be as soon as Friday, although that i...2025
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• Giants to place Verlander (pec) on 15-day IL
Giants right-hander Justin Verlander will be placed on the 15-day injured list due to a right pectoral injury, manager Bob Melvin said after Wednesday's 8-4 loss to the Royals....2025
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• Cubs 9, Giants 2: The offense resumes its onslaught

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And the Cubs got solid pitching from Matthew Boyd again. After being shut out Sunday for only the second time this year and then losing Shōta Imanaga for an indefinite time with a hamstring injury, you could have forgiven the Cubs if they had entered Monday’s game in a bit of a down mood. No matter. The Cubs opened a brief three-game homestan...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Royals/Orioles game was a big hit, and made MLB history Happy Monday, everyone! It’s a fine day to be a Cubs fan as they edge closer to the Mets, and things are just looking excellent. The news over the weekend was light, but there were some interesting history-making moments. The Royals set a franchise record for solo home runs in a single game, whi...2025
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• Garrett Mitchell to IL, Brewers select Daz Cameron

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Mitchell injury opens door for legacy Brewer The Brewers have placed outfielder Garrett Mitchell on the injured list and selected the contract of outfielder Daz Cameron and added him to the active roster. Mitchell left last night’s game with an oblique injury, and the club today listed his injury as an oblique strain. He has been placed on the 10-day IL; while mis...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ San Francisco Giants

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Crew heads back west as they’ll take on former shortstop Willy Adames for the first time by the Bay The Milwaukee Brewers are set to head west for the second time this year, this time a little closer to the coast as they’ll be by the Bay to take on the San Francisco Giants. Milwaukee, coming off a solid 4-2 homestand that featured series wins over the Tigers and A’s...2025
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How many games will the Rockies win in 2025? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Tampa, FL at Tropicana George M. Steinbrenner Field as they take on the Tampa Bay Rays, who are playing their season in the sp...2025
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• Braves complete sweep of Mets on Ozzie Albies walkoff, 13-10
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It was another comeback win for the Braves in the series finale, but this one was markedly different than the first two. In what was rightfully billed to be a pitchers’ duel between Spencer Strider and Justin Verlander, the Braves and Mets combined for eight runs in the first inning and a half of baseball and ultimately 23 runs over 10 innings as Atlanta ...2023
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• RazzSlam 2: The Slammening
Let me set the scene: it's March 2020. Grey's mustache is neat and trimmed, and he's been wearing his sun hat 24/7. "At least take the hat off when you shower," Cougs says, and Grey looks longingly out at the ocean. "The sea is the only shower I need!" he says, with dreams of visits to sushi restaurants dancing through his head. Justin Verlander is a top 10 pitcher. Steven Strasburg is healthy. Ma...2021
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• Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games for PEDs: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Dee Gordon Suspended 80 Games for PEDs: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Relentless Royals Can't Wait to Swing—and They Rarely Miss
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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2025
"Justin Verlander agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, sources told ESPN."

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"Justin Verlander discussed the current shoulder issues he is working through to start the Spring."

2023
"The Astros are acquiring Justin Verlander from the New York Mets in exchange for outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, two top-five prospects in Houston's farm system, sources said."

2022
"Justin Verlander wins AL Cy Young Award, beating Dylan Cease and Alek Manoah"

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"Justin Verlander Still Awaiting Qualifying Offer Decision"

2020
"Astros ace Justin Verlander disputed a report that he will miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury, saying he has a forearm strain."

2019
"With that in mind, it looks more likely than ever that they’ll be saying goodbye to the Number 1 player on the market, right-hander Gerrit Cole, who teamed with Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke to comprise an incredibly formidable trio in 2019."

2018
"Astros ace Justin Verlander took to Twitter on Tuesday to object to a MLB Network host's comment that the Yankees are "the team to beat in the American League."

2017
"Justin Verlander, who'd been unbeatable since Houston acquired him, had a one-run lead through five dominant innings Tuesday night, putting the Astros four frames away from winning the World Series."

2016
"Ian Kinsler's sixth-inning home run completed a three-hit, two-RBI day in support of Justin Verlander, whose 7 1/3 quality innings sent Detroit cruising to a three-game sweep of Minnesota with a 6-3 win Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park."

2015
"Alex Rodriguez homered to join the 3,000 hits club, while Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner also cleared the fences as the Yankees played long ball against Justin Verlander in a 7-2 victory over the Tigers on Friday night at Yankee Stadium."

2014
"Bleacher Report's Scott Miller broke down how the vote went: Kershaw, who signed a seven-year, $215 million deal in January 2014, becomes the first pitcher since Detroit's Justin Verlander in 2011 to win an MVP award."

• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals
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• Rockies 4, Giants 3: Breaking streaks

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images RyMac homers as the Rox snap two losing streaks It only took a month’s worth of games but the Colorado Rockies (6-25) have finally won back-to-back games this season, the last MLB team to do so, as they took down the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in a comeback victory. The victory was notable in the fact that it snapped a 13-game losing streak on the road for the...2025
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• Garrett Mitchell to IL, Brewers select Daz Cameron
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more

Al Yellon The Commissioner gave a wide-ranging interview over the weekend. Over the weekend, Commissioner Rob Manfred gave a long interview to the New York Times, which you can read in its entirety here (article unlocked). I know it’s sport around baseball to mock and make fun of Manfred, but he did give some candid answers to questions surrounding the sport, and it’s useful for us to take...2025
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• The Opener: Mariners, Henderson, Minor Leagues
As the 2025 regular season continues, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today: 1. Mariners 40-man move incoming: The Mariners are reportedly poised to select the contract Luis F. Castillo today, who will start today’s game against the Giants and Justin Verlander after teammate…...2025
• Giants' Justin Verlander offers surprising revelation about Astros

Was last season the end of the line for Verlander and the Astros? Not necessarily....2025

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• Justin Verlander Injury: Giants Veteran’s IL Stint Gives Young Prospects a Golden Shot to Shine
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 37

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Twists, turns and a 14-5 loss. This game was a story in three parts. Al writes a full recap on every game. If you want to see a discussion of the entirety of this game, go there. I say this, because the game went 11 innings and I’ve been abundantly clear how much I dislike extra innings. This was a new number on the random number generator. Both teams ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Cubs bounce back with 9-2 win in series opener. The Cubs had a rough Sunday, losing a game and seeing their top pitcher injured. That could send a lot of teams reeling. But through the first quarter of the season, this team has been exceptionally resilient. Monday night was no exception. The Cubs bounced back from a rough day with a 9-2 victory. This one...2025
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• Rockies Reacts Survey Results: Fans are most optimistic about the Nuggets winning games

Both the Nuggets and Avs are going to Game 7’s tomorrow Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Colorado Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. ★ ★ ★ The Colorado Rockies won back-to-back games for the first time all season yesterday, beating the Atlanta Brav...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ San Francisco Giants
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Vets on the move - March 24th, 2025
Willy Adames landed in San Fransisco, signing a seven-year deal this offseason. The 29-year-old bounced back in 2024 after a career-worst 2023 campaign. He hit .217 with a 94 wRC+ and 24 homers in '23. Last season, he hit .251 with a 119 wRC+ and tallied 32 homers and 110 RBIs (both career highs). Adames has been scorching with his new team in spring training, slashing a ridiculous .364/.429/.614 ...2025
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 22, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals
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• Garrett Mitchell to IL, Brewers select Daz Cameron
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• There was no luck to be had at Camelback Ranch, as the White Sox lose to San Francisco

At least we have Southpaw. | Chicago White Sox The Giants eke out a 2-0 win against the punchless South Siders It didn’t take long for the Giants to take advantage of Jonathan Cannon. Casey Schmitt, who batted second, singled but was caught stealing. LaMonte Wade Jr. took one for the team, quite literally, after being hit by a pitch. Luis Matos and Sam Huff had back-to-back singles, and th...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Will the Dodgers hoist the World Series trophy again in 2025? | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images One team in particular dominates all talk about this division. Something something Dodgers. Given what the Dodgers have spent the last couple of offseasons, they should win this division by eleventy-seven games, right? As you surely know, baseball doesn’t work that way. They l...2025
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• Yanks belt 3 HRs off Verlander to top Tigers
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• Verlander struggles vs. homer-happy Yankees
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• Yanks belt 3 HRs off Verlander to top Tigers
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• LA solves JV! Dodgers find O to set up WS G7
Justin Verlander, who'd been unbeatable since Houston acquired him, had a one-run lead through five dominant innings Tuesday night, putting the Astros four frames away from winning the World Series. But the bottom of the Dodgers' order set up a two-run rally in the sixth against Verlander, and Joc Pederson sailed a home run to left field in the seventh off reliever Joe Musgrove to send Los Angeles...2017
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• Fan Who Caught Alex Rodriguez's 3000th Hit Doesn't Plan to Give It to Player
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• Verlander loses no-no in 9th, 1-hits Halos
The long path back to pitching dominance for Justin Verlander ended Wednesday night with a familiar sight. The Tigers' ace came within three outs of his third career no-hitter, settling for a 5-0 shutout of the Angels on Wednesday night at Comerica Park....2015
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• Verlander loses no-no in 9th, 1-hits Halos
The long path back to pitching dominance for Justin Verlander ended Wednesday night with a familiar sight. The Tigers' ace came within three outs of his third career no-hitter, settling for a 5-0 shutout of the Angels on Wednesday night at Comerica Park....2015
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• Astros turn to McCullers to deliver first WS title
Lance McCullers Jr. may be just 24 years old, his big-game experience a mere fraction of what Justin Verlander or Clayton Kershaw possess. In terms of mettle, however, there are few pitchers in baseball the Astros believe can match him....2017
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• Yoenis Cespedes for Rick Porcello Trade a Good Fit for Both Red Sox, Tigers
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• St. Louis Cardinals Rumors: Playing Fact or Fiction with the Latest Talk
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• Shane Greene to Tigers: Latest Trade Details, Scouting Report and Reaction
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• Justin Verlander takes a big step toward his Giants return
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants Game Thread

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals look to return to their winning ways this afternoon The Nationals five game winning streak was snapped last night as the offense went cold in a shutout loss. However, the Nats have a chance to redeem themselves this afternoon and return to winning ways. The ever dependable Jake Irvin will take the mound, looking to get the Nats back in...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.317 — Aaron Judge batting against David Peterson. 0.301 — Jacob Wilson batting against Justin Verlander. 0.300 — Jonathan Aranda batting against Cal Quantrill. 0.300 — Freddie Freeman batting against Yusei Kikuchi. 0.289 — Miguel Andujar batting against Justin Verlander. 0.288 —...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Tuesday 5/6, 6:40 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Tuesday notes... MOVIN’ ON UP: The Cubs will try for a second time tonight to move to nine games above .500. They failed to do so on Sunday. They have not had nine more wins than losses since Sept. 13, 2023, when they were 78-69 following a second straight loss, by 7-3, at Colorado. They lost their next three...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Justin Verlander Drawing Interest From “Multiple Teams”
There hasn’t been much public buzz about Justin Verlander’s market as the three-time Cy Young Award winner prepares for his 20th Major League season, yet business may be starting to pick up. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi (video link) reports that “multiple teams [are] interested in” the right-hander, and that Verlander and former teammate Max Scherzer…...2025
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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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• Baseball history unpacked, January 8

Happy birthday, James Russell! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to James Russell and others, 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 follow as the...2024
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• Latest On Justin Verlander
Following the Mets’ trade of Max Scherzer to the Rangers led to further increased speculation about a trade of fellow high-priced, multi-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander. Several teams have been tied to the nine-time All-Star, including the Rangers, Astros and Dodgers. However, Andy Martino of SNY reports that the Mets value Verlander much differently…...2023
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• Latest On Justin Verlander
Few potential trade candidates are as notable as Justin Verlander. There are myriad complications that could stand in the way of a deal, but there’s been speculation over the past couple days about the chance of Verlander being on the move. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com suggested Thursday night there was some industry sentiment the Mets would…...2023
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the American League Championship Series
Cubs World Series Champion Anthony Rizzo reacts to the Yankees’ win in the Division Series | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The battle of the evil empires To be perfectly candid, the scheduling issues due to rain postponements was the main reason for splitting the Championship Series guides. However, with the Yankees victory over the Guardians yesterday, the contrast between these two series c...2022
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