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• Rockies' Bryant activated after oblique strain

Out since early June with a left oblique strain, Colorado Rockies infielder/outfielder Kris Bryant was activated off the 10-day injured list on Tuesday....2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?

Injuries and ineffectiveness have pushed the Braves to the brink of desperation in terms of needing outfield help. (Editor’s note: In the past, we have run Trade Deadline series focused on specific targets. However, as we all know at this point, we could run 35 pieces identifying potential acquisitions, and the Braves would somehow manage to acquire four players outside of that set of 35. So, we’r...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Saturday 7/20, 6:15 CT

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up the series with the visitors from Arizona. Today's roster move: Here Saturday notes... STREAKING: Nico Hoerner has a 12-game hitting streak, which is the Cubs’ longest of the season. Seiya Suzuki had a 10-game streak, May 23-June 2. Hoerner, Cody Bellinger and Christopher Morel all had 13-game streaks last season. So did Kris...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 17, 2024 When a team makes a pick at the top of the draft, it’s typically with the intent of selecting a franchise-altering player. We have seen plenty of players become the face of their respective franchises and put them on a course for success. How long that success carries varies...2024
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• MLB Draft 2024: Rockies draft 3B/OF Charlie Condon third overall

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Georgia Bulldog raked in 2024, and now joins the Rockies as a third base/outfield hopeful. The Colorado Rockies have drafted their corner outfield bat of the future, as they selected Univeristy of Georgia third baseman/outfielder Charlie Condon with the third overall pick. With the 3rd pick in the 2024 Draft, the @Rockies select...2024
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• 2024 Chicago Cubs Draft preview: Who will the Cubs take at 14?

James Tibbs III | Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports The MLB Draft starts on Sunday. The Cubs will try to find another Nico Hoerner or Justin Steele. The 2024 MLB Draft starts on Sunday at 6 p.m. CTand will be broadcast on both MLB Network and ESPN. While the MLB Draft certainly doesn’t have the glitz and glamor of its cousins in the NFL and NBA, more and more fans are realizing that consisten...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Saturday 7/20, 6:15 CT
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Elehuris Montero experiment is over

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 1st, 2024 The Colorado Rockies have seen some departures over the last week. 2018 draft pick and valuable member of the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes Coco Montes requested his release to join the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japan and utilityman Alan Trejo was designated for assignment and electe...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Colorado Rockies

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Crew heads back to the West to open July The Milwaukee Brewers will head west for the second time in three weeks as they visit Denver and Los Angeles to take on the Rockies and Dodgers, respectively. Last time out west, Milwaukee went 3-4 against the Angels and Padres, taking two of three in Anaheim before dropping three of four in San Diego. The Rockies, s...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Two young Rockies excelling in sorely needed power stat

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 28, 2024 When it comes to the all-time home run kings in baseball, one of the most jaw-dropping stats is how many at-bats some of the game’s best long-ball hitters averaged between homers. In the all-time, career record book, Mark McGwire hit one homer every 10.61 at-bats. Aaron Judge is currently sitting at 11.5...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 28

After the catch, Travis Wood is all smiles. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Famous outfielder Travis Wood 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 ...2024
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• Cub Tracks slips away

Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Justin Steele denied his first win by RISPy business and a leaky pen. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia are making strides as big league sluggers

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 24th, 2024 Back at the beginning of May I took to the page pleading for the Colorado Rockies to stop mishandling young first baseman, outfielder, and catcher Hunter Goodman. The Rockies were struggling immensely with an 8-26 start and the 24-year-old Goodman wasn’t getting much playin...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: March 30

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2008 - The Braves and the Nationals play the first game ever at Nationals Park with Atlanta falling 3-2 when Ryan Zimmerman hits a walk-off home run off Peter Moylan. MLB History 1948 - Cardinals pitcher Murry Dickson becomes the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter in spring training history. 1966 - Dodgers starte...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Some takeaways from the Colorado Rockies prospects panel at RockiesFest

Sterlin Thompson, Zac Veen, Drew Romo, Chase Dollander, Gabriel Hughes, Jaden Hill, and Case Williams | Renee Dechert Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, February 6 A highlight of RockiesFest 2024 was the “Player Q&A: Rockies Prospects” panel, which brought together Chase Dollander (2023 mid-season #4 PuRP) Jaden Hill (2024 pre-season #19 PuRP) Gabriel Hughes (2023 mid-season ...2024
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ stars and swipes
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Read all about it! #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Cubs visit the nation’s capital and are victorious behind Drew Smyly’s strong outing. Cody Bellinger is aggressive on the bases early ands sets the tone. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and blo...2023
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"Adbert Alzolay was summoned to close things out, and he did so relatively quickly after allowing a leadoff single to Kris Bryant, who had his first two hits of the season in this game."

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"The last Cubs Player of the Month, before now, was Kris Bryant in August 2016."

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"When longtime players like Contreras (or, last year, Javier Báez, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo) are traded, some institutional memory goes with them."

2021
"The San Francisco Giants have reached a deal to acquire star third baseman Kris Bryant from the Chicago Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Friday."

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"Third baseman Kris Bryant lost his grievance against the team, sources told ESPN, meaning he won't be a free agent until after the 2021 season."

2019
"Why a Cubs-Braves Kris Bryant trade makes sense now that Rendon has signed"

2018
"They played travel ball together and grew up together along with Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant."

2017
"Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field."

2016
"Kris Bryant matched a career high with six RBIs, hitting two home runs, including his third career grand slam."

2015
"The Cubs put on a power show Monday night as rookies Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler and Kyle Schwarber hit half of Chicago's six home runs to post an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Division Series and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series."

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"If top prospect Kris Bryant is healthy and in form in Spring Training, he's got to be in the Cubs' Opening Day lineup."

• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?
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• MLB Draft 2024: Rockies draft 3B/OF Charlie Condon third overall
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• 2024 Chicago Cubs Draft preview: Who will the Cubs take at 14?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Turns out the Rockies aren’t very good at recouping value when trading stars

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Trades are fickle things. In general, it’s tough to predict how they will turn out, especially for a team that is trading away one of their notable star players. As the Rockies designated Elehuris Montero for assignment recently, the prized prospect of the Nolan Arenado trade,...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Elehuris Montero experiment is over
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• Friday Rockpile: Two young Rockies excelling in sorely needed power stat
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia are making strides as big league sluggers
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• This Week in Purple: Up and Down and All Around

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for June 22-23, 2024 The Rockies had a weird week again, going 2-7 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. The worst game came on Tuesday, when they put up six early runs and were up 9-4 heading into the ninth inning, but a spectacular bullpen implosion that included a grand slam, a questionable check sw...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Yes, Ezequiel Tovar should be an All-Star

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, June 18, 2024 The 2024 All-Star Game is little over a month away — and in case you haven’t voted yet, you can do that here. Yesterday, MLB released the first ballot update. Here’s how the Colorado Rockies stand so far: C Elias Díaz — 8th 3B Ryan McMahon — 5th SS Ezequiel Tovar — 10th I’ve...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Elehuris Montero experiment is over
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• Friday Rockpile: Two young Rockies excelling in sorely needed power stat
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Yes, Ezequiel Tovar should be an All-Star
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• Monday Rockpile: For either Kris Bryant or the Rockies, enough has to be enough.

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 17th, 2024 You’ve probably heard this one before. A player for the Colorado Rockies—one who is being paid a very large sum of money by said team—is more injured than expected and has no timetable for return. This is a situation fans of the team are all too familiar with since the Rockies signed Kris Bry...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The abundance of Rockies Latin American starting pitching prospects could be promising

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 13, 2024 This Rockpile builds on last week (June 7) when we looked at the history of Rockies starting pitching, focusing on how some of the organization’s best pitchers were signed out of Latin America, specifically Mexico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Check out that article here...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The curious case of Elehuris Montero

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Baseball is a funny thing, so much capital and hope are placed upon promising top prospects only for them to regress to average players who aren’t quite able to contribute to the level of potential placed upon them. That pressure to perform is amplified even more when you ar...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies are not an appealing destination for MLB players

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 The results are in. The Athletic ran an MLB Player poll with questions covering a variety of topics, ranging from “Who is the best player in baseball?” (Shohei Ohtani) to “Who has the best vibes?” (Mookie Betts) and even the age-old question “Is the MLB season too long?” (No). The Ath...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The importance of Latin American origins in Colorado starting pitching

Photo by Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 7. 2024 As if fielding a competitive and consistent rotation wasn’t hard enough, the troubling trend of increased injuries and surgeries has made the task even more challenging for MLB teams. Then there are the Rockies — the only team trying to piece together a quality pi...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Comparing the 2024 Rockies to last year through the first third of the season.

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 6, 2024 Last week was nice. The Colorado Rockies took two-of-three from the best team in baseball so far, the Philadelphia Phillies, before topping perennial American League Central contender Cleveland Guardians. For good measure, they even won their first game of a three-game road-set against the Los A...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2024

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports 6/6. Not much Royals news, other than signing Kevin Padlo to a minor league deal, with yesterday’s postponement — the game will be played as part of a doubleheader in August. Sterlingice does a pretty thorough job trawling through the various blogs so I’ll leave that to him for tomorrow’s rumblings. Zach Koenig at Twinkie Town ranked Kauffman as the best ball...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?
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• MLB Draft 2024: Rockies draft 3B/OF Charlie Condon third overall
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• 2024 Chicago Cubs Draft preview: Who will the Cubs take at 14?
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 28
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Yes, Ezequiel Tovar should be an All-Star
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies have an outfielder problem

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 27th, 2024 The Colorado Rockies are now 52 games into the 2024 season and are once again locked into an all-too-familiar situation: the outfield is crowded, an under-performing veteran is getting far too much playing time, and there are tough decisions to make when it comes to this organization’s futur...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 17, 2024 It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies st...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Making a first impression

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Paul Skenes made the most anticipated rookie pitching start since Stephen Strasburg. The Giants lose an outfield. Miami fans are unhappy. And other news from MLB. Good morning. Sad news last week as former major league infielder Sean Burroughs died of a heart attack at age 43. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and former ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 13, 2024

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Thanks mom! Seth Lugo turned in an outstanding performance on Sunday, setting a single-game career-high in strikeouts. “When one pitch ain’t working, or I see a certain swing or approach from the other team, then I have other options to go to,” Lugo said. “I never feel cornered like I have to be too fine on the corners. I can stay in the zone and at...2024
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• Cubs belt record 6 HRs to take Game 3
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• Cardinals allow record 6 HRs, drop Game 3
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• Cubs sink Cards' 'pen after Waino-Lester duel
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• 'Pen can't hold off Cubs after HRs back Waino
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Pair-rieta: 2nd no-no puts Cub in historic club
Jake Arrieta threw his second career no-hitter on Thursday night, shutting down the Reds in a 16-0 Cubs victory. Arrieta had plenty of help. Kris Bryant matched a career high with six RBIs, hitting two home runs, including his third career grand slam....2016
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• Cubs tie 1907 team for franchise's best start
Kris Bryant hit a two-run double, Addison Russell drove in three runs and Ben Zobrist had four hits, including a pair of RBI singles, to lift the Cubs to an 8-7 victory over the Padres on Tuesday. The Cubs improved to 25-6, matching the 1907 team for the best start in franchise history....2016
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• Q&K: Quintana fans 12 in dazzling debut win
Jose Quintana made a great first impression on the Cubs, who did their best to welcome him. Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo each belted two-run homers and rookie Ian Happ smacked a two-run double to back Quintana in his debut, an 8-0 Interleague victory on Sunday over the Orioles at Camden Yards....2017
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• Arrieta, Bryant make history in Cubs' win
Jake Arrieta made history with his 20th win of the season, but Kris Bryant jumped into his spotlight with his record-breaking home run in a 4-0 victory over the Brewers on Tuesday night. The win leaves Chicago 1 1/2 games behind Pittsburgh in the hunt for the NL's top Wild Card spot but improves its magic number to make the postseason to three....2015
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• NL Week 8 Strategy-May 11, 2024
In The Field SS Nick Ahmed was placed on the 10-day IL with a left wrist sprain. The Giants called up SS Casey Schmitt in a corresponding move which means he is likely to fill in while Ahmed is out. SS Dansby Swanson (knee) was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday. He is eligible to return on May 18. DH Matt Carpenter joined the Cardinals on Saturday. He is likely to see some at-bats against right-...2024
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• Cubs' Kris Bryant does a third annual prank by fooling fantasy baseball drafters and it was great
Bryant hit three different drafts as a pizza delivery man...2018
• WATCH: Cubs' Kris Bryant pranks unsuspecting fans
Kris “Kristio” Bryant. It really does have a ring to it.For unsuspecting fans and fantasy baseball owners, Bryant playing the role of Kristio, owner of a pizza and wing joint by the same name, was just great.Bryant teamed up with Red Bull to prank these fans, and it was all sorts of amazing. Those reactions are just glorious.Bryant and his Cubs head into the 2018 season as one of the top World Ser...2018
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• Cubs' Hype-Filled Roster Still at Least a Year Away from MLB Success
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• New Chicago Cubs Offseason Checklist Following Joe Maddon Hire
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?
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• 2024 Chicago Cubs Draft preview: Who will the Cubs take at 14?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Turns out the Rockies aren’t very good at recouping value when trading stars
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Elehuris Montero experiment is over
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Colorado Rockies
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 28
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• Cub Tracks slips away
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia are making strides as big league sluggers
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The curious case of Elehuris Montero
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 13, 2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Sean Bouchard as a starter should be the first of many roster changes for the Rockies

Photo by Rachel ODriscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Things keep getting worse for the Colorado Rockies. 22 games into the 2024 season and the losses are mounting along with the injuries. Kris Bryant is on the injured with a back strain and while he is eligible to return on Tuesday, it’s unknown if he will be ready. Kyle Freel...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Breaking down the Rockies Opening Day roster

Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 After roughly six weeks of rigorous spring training action and evaluation, the Opening Day roster has finally become clear after lots of speculation and theorizing, Now, as we wait for the regular season to begin tomorrow in Arizona, how will the Colorado Rockies initially set up for the 162 game marathon? Catcher (2): Elias Díaz, Jaco...2024
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• Cub Tracks C’s the future

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The young Cubs are showing why they’re held in such high regard. These are indeed interesting times. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers...2024
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Colorado Rockies

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images There’s nowhere to go but up for the Rockies, right? Right? Ever since their most recent Postseason appearance in 2018, the Colorado Rockies have had a wretched run of seasons in the aftermath of that Wild Card berth (in which they were swept by the Brewers). Despite the fact that the "game” is inherently "rigged" against the Rockies due to their uniqu...2024
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• BCB After Dark: I Don’t Know is on third

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will play the most third base for the Cubs in 2024. It’s anothe week here at BCB After Dark: the swingingest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so thankful—and a little bit amazed—that you braved the weather to make it here tonight. Come on in and warm up. L...2024
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• 2023 Cubs player profiles: Jeimer Candelario

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The switch-hitting third baseman is a possible keeper as a bridge between Patrick Wisdom and Matt Shaw. He’s at just the right age where a couple of years at a small raise might be appealing. His bat and glove have good value. A former Cub farmhand, 6’1”, 221 lb. Jeimer (pronounced Jay’mer) Candelario is a first/third sacker the Cubs got from the Washin...2023
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• Trade Candidate: Ian Happ
After many months of rumors and speculation, the Cubs finally pulled the ripcord on their rebuild in earnest at last year’s trade deadline. In quick succession, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo, Craig Kimbrel, Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin, Jake Marisnick and Trevor Williams were all given opportunities elsewhere. Now the roster mostly consists of new…...2022
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