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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We’re kicking off our own power rankings of the NL Central, because who doesn’t love arbitrary lists? Welcome to our first edition of NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Wi...2025
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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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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 8, 2025
Around the League Colson Montgomery-White Sox-SS The White Sox are projected to be one of the worst lineups in baseball in 2025. On a macro level this is not ideal for fantasy production but what it does offer is playing time for young players. The White Sox are going to give SS Colson Montgomery every opportunity to figure it out at the major league level. He hit .214 with 18 HR, 66 R, 63 R...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 24th, 2025
Sandy Alcantara (SP - MIA) - Alcantara returned to the mound for the first time since 9/23 on Sunday, touching 99 mph repeatedly during his 1 scoreless inning against the Mets. By all accounts, the Marlins ace looked like his typical self during the outing, and if that's the case, his current ADP of SP #50 in round 14 seems drastically lower than I would value him. I'd be happy with Alcantara as m...2025
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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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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• Three things the Royals need to do this offseason

Ha-Seong Kim #7 of the San Diego Padres singles in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The offseason blueprint For a dozen years, Royals Review hosted the annual SB Nation MLB Offseason Simulation, where 30 writers from the 30 team sites would get together digitally over the course of a...2024
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• On-base options: Trade candidates

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s make a deal! The Royals have made getting a leadoff hitter who can get on base a top priority this off-season, after the team got a line of .228/.270/.334 from the top spot. Last week I looked at free agents who could fill that void, but with a weak market, a trade might be a more effective route. The Royals are reportedly open to trading their...2024
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• Cubs 5, Cardinals 1: The Professor holds class, again

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images And the Cubs put together another varied offense and defeated their arch-rivals. Just when the Cubs needed Kyle Hendricks to come through the most, he did that, in spectacular fashion. The Professor threw seven shutout innings, his best outing of the year, and the Cubs put together a number of good offensive rallies and won the first ...2024
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López continues All-Star campaign, Ian Mejia shoves, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves are back in the win column after Friday night’s 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Reynaldo López turned in another impressive start, tossing six innings and limiting the A’s offense to just one run on four hits. He walked two and fanned eight. Reynaldo López on e...2024
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• Lars Nootbaar injury: Surging Cardinals place outfielder on IL ahead of big road trip vs. Phillies, Astros

Nootbaar has been particularly effective in May, with seven extra-base hits in 22 games...2024

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"com, they won their hearing against utilityman Brendan Donovan but lost their hearing against outfielder Lars Nootbaar."

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"In any case, Pham wound up on third, where he scored on a sacrifice fly by Lars Nootbaar."

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"He then walked pinch-hitter Lars Nootbaar to load the bases."

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"The Cardinals made hard contact several times, but generally right at Cubs fielders, until Lars Nootbaar hit a one-out homer in the fifth."

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"Outfielder Lars Nootbaar has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take his spot on the active roster."

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• A recap of post-arbitration deadline contracts

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images What came of the 17 players who swapped numbers with their teams? Back in January, teams and players who did not agree to deals in arbitration passed the deadline for exchanging figures in advance of potential arbitration hearings. This year, 17 players didn’t come to agreements with their teams by that deadline, but sides could still negotiate after that—the Brew...2025
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• A recap of post-arbitration deadline contracts

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images What came of the 17 players who swapped numbers with their teams? Back in January, teams and players who did not agree to deals in arbitration passed the deadline for exchanging figures in advance of potential arbitration hearings. This year, 17 players didn’t come to agreements with their teams by that deadline, but sides could still negotiate after that—the Brew...2025
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• Three things the Royals need to do this offseason
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• Cards win Donovan arbitration, lose vs. Nootbaar
The Saint Louis Cardinals have won arbitration against outfielder Brendan Donovan but lost to outfielder Lars Nootbaar. Other teams in arbitration are getting mixed results but maintaining a 4-3 lead with two decisions to go....2025
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• Brewers put on a fireworks show in Labor Day rout of Cardinals

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Three home runs account for all of the runs scored. Box Score It may have been a day game in Milwaukee, but the fireworks came out anyway. The Brewers scored nine runs, all off of three home runs. The end result was a 9-3 rout of the Cardinals. All it took was five batters for the Brewers to take the lead. After Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers drew walks, ...2024
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• Brewers survive late threat to win their sixth straight game

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Frankie Montas pitched seven shutout innings of one-hit baseball Box Score When the Brewers and Cardinals play, it’s generally a good idea to throw out the expectations. It’s always going to be a competitive series no matter how the teams are doing. That continued tonight, as the Brewers built an early lead but the Cardinals rallied hard late. However,...2024
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• Bullpen shines, offense sputters in second straight extra-innings loss

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images A dramatic late comeback was undone by a failure to score in extra innings Box Score Having split their games on Monday and Tuesday, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals needed to decide a series winner tonight at American Family Field. After Brewers starter Colin Rea got off to a shaky start, it looked like it might be a high-scoring affair, but after th...2024
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• BCB After Dark: St. Louis wishes it was boring

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how the Cardlnals are going to do this season. It’s another Monday evening at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you could stop in this evening. Come on in. There’s no cover charge. There are still a few tables available. Bring your ...2024
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• Brewers take series opener over Cardinals, 7-1

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee gets to Sonny Gray early with three homers Box Score The Brewers took their series opener against the Cardinals Thursday night, as Milwaukee homered three times and totaled six runs off starter Sonny Gray in a 7-1 victory. After Brice Turang was robbed by Lars Nootbaar to open things up in the first, Milwaukee got on the board quickly as William Cont...2024
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• Bird App Recap: Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
Boy do these teams stink. Once again we are here for a Sunday rubber match. And boy, it turns out to be a weird one It’s Lucas Giolito Day, as the White Sox attempt to win another series before the All-Star break. Let’s tweet about it! Lucas starts off with a strike out of Lars Nootbaar. Every time I hear that guy’s name I think of this tweet. https://t.co/7QTQk7UiMQ— Not Larry, White...2023
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• Cardinals 3, White Sox 0: Bullpen shines, while offense goes into hibernation
Touki Toussaint threw five solid innings of two-run ball, with five K’s. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images The pitching staff kept the South Siders in the game, but can’t find the run support to get the win The White Sox drop game two to the Cardinals in typical South Side fashion. The pitching did everything it needed to do to keep a hot-hitting St. Louis team at bay, but once again the South ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Things are better than they seem
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies’ Ryan Feltner was hit by a scary line drive. More nonsense from the Cardinals and the A’s relocation efforts. Looking ahead to the trade deadline. Tributes to moms. I asked Bard, Google’s new AI, to write an introduction to this feature: Sure, here is an introduction for the “Outside The Confines” feature on Bleed Cubbie Blue: Welcome to “O...2023
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers look to stay hot against division rivals in Milwaukee In 2022, the Brewers held their own against the Cardinals, going 9-10 across the season series, including a 5-5 split at American Family Field. Milwaukee will look to improve on that performance as the season series kicks off this weekend, with the Brewers trying to maintain the momentum of...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves homered five times to snap a three-game skid. The Atlanta Braves flexed their muscles Thursday night snapping a three-game skid with an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves didn’t waste any time getting going Thursday as Ronald Acuña Jr. jumped on the first pitch he saw from Adam Wainwright and drove it over the wall in center for...2023
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 6: A long day’s journey into... victory!
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images It rained, then rained again, but the Cubs came from behind multiple times to defeat their arch-rivals. You guys are fortunate, because before the Cubs came back and won this game 8-6, I had a whole rant ready about how they outsmarted themselves with the “opener” strategy with Michael Fulmer and Drew Smyly, because not starting Smyly led the Cardinals to ...2023
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• Cubs 4, Cardinals 3: Is the Cubs’ season saved?
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs put runs on the board early and held on to win. This game might have saved the Cubs’ season. All right, maybe I’m being a bit overdramatic about the Cubs’ pulsating 4-3 win over the Cardinals on a gorgeous afternoon at Wrigley Field, but I’m pretty sure of this: Had they blown a 4-1 seventh-inning lead and lost this game, that probably would have...2023
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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• Cardinals Place Lars Nootbaar On Injured List
The Cardinals have placed outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the 10-day injured list. The placement, which is retroactive to March 31, is due to a left thumb contusion. Outfielder/designated hitter Juan Yepez has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take the vacant active roster spot. Nootbaar suffered the injury diving into a base on Opening Day. He’d been…...2023
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• Royals send off Wainwright in a farewell full of fireworks, win 12-8

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Wainwright’s last start in Kansas City was a good one...for the Royals Adam Wainwright started his 404th game as a big league pitcher tonight, and likely his last in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals gave him the shortest start of his career. He went 1+ innings, but never recorded an out in the second leaving after giving up 8 runs, all earned. The Royals lineup...2023
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• Cardinals outfielder drove the ball right into his own nuts

Two balls, one strike. It was a rough night for Lars Nootbaar and Cardinals. Not only did St. Louis lose to the hapless A’s, but in the bottom of the fifth ball met balls in the worst way. Ouch pic.twitter.com/TVmsPt6zg4— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) August 17, 2023 You know it’s bad when you’ve been hit in the nuts so hard that you do that weird circular Three Stooges walk around home plat...2023
• Cardinals 3, Cubs 0: All good things...
Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cubs’ eight-game winning streak came to an end. You knew the Cubs’ winning streak was going to end eventually, no long winning streak lasts forever. Steven Matz was the reason. The Cubs haven’t been able to solve Matz all year. With this game, a 3-0 loss that snapped their eight-game winning streak, that gave Matz 15⅓ scoreless innings against the ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: No Rays of sunshine

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Things are going wrong fast for the Rays. Also the Angels, who bet big on one last year with Shohei Ohtani. And other news from around MLB Just a few months ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were the biggest story in the game for the best start to a season since the 1984 Tigers. Now, they’re the biggest story in the game for not-as-pleasant reasons. The Tampa Bay Ray...2023
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• Buy A Nootbaar Next IKEA Run
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH) "The best part of any candy bar is the stuff inside the chocolate, so I want a candy bar where the nougat, cookie wafer, crushed peanuts are on the outside of the chocolate. Mouth feel matters too, so the crunchy bits on the outside need to have a soft, chewy texture. Swiss and dutch chocolate are for losers. This candy...2022
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• Sean Manaea, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Let's start here: Sean Manaea's 9Ks. ? pic.twitter.com/nQCTtvidNx — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 9, 2021 Not sure why it's so visually pleasing to watch a pitcher strikeout guys, but, mah gawd, I could watch that all day and twice on Muesday, the magical day that Narnia's itself between Monday and Tuesday. So, Sean Manaea, the real-life Girl Scout cookie--*intern whispers in ear*...n...2022
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• Wain You’re Wright, You’re Right
"When you come through Ellis Island with a whole boatload of Nootbaars, do you go to immigration or declare them with VAT?" That's me talking to myself while watching Lars Nootbaar with a game-saving catch for Alex Reyes and the Cards, and securing the win for Adam Wainwright (8 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.10). Adam Wainwright has a 3.10-ish ERA across the past two seasons. Sudden...2021
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• A recap of post-arbitration deadline contracts
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• Milwaukee bullpen can’t hold lead as Cardinals win in extras

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Arenado’s walk-off grand slam puts exclamation point on back-and-forth game Box Score In a lengthy, back-and-forth game, the St. Louis Cardinals ultimately pulled out a come-from-behind victory in extra innings tonight over a Milwaukee Brewers team that ran out of gas at the back end of their bullpen. All three of the big stars of that bullpen—Bryan Hudson, Devi...2024
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• Braves News: Charlie Culberson released, 2024 season preview, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves have made another move as Opening Day quickly approaches. Fan favorite utilityman Charlie Culberson was released by the club on Friday. The #Braves have released Charlie Culberson. The soon-to-be 35 y/o former utilityman came to Spring Training attempting to become a pitche...2024
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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports From Chicago to even Pittsburgh, the NL Central is truly up for grabs in this upcoming season. Let's not beat around the bush, here: The National League representative for this season's World Series very likely won't come out of the Central Division. While it's certainly true that we do live in a baseball world where anything is possible as long as you make t...2024
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• Bird App Recap: Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
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• Sean Manaea, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
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