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• Early season struggles of Nationals Colin Poche

Rhona Wise-Imagn Images Being used like a Swiss Army knife when he was built to be a scalpel Not until the first week of February did Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo find his replacement for lefty Robert Garcia in the bullpen. He signed Colin Poche to a minor league contract. In his five years with the Tampa Bay Rays, he was a reliable left-hander in the Rays bullpen, but was a casu...2025
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• Washington Nationals sluggers power comeback win

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Nationals rallied to overcome a 4-0 deficit to beat fry the fish The Washington Nationals showed off some major resilience in their 7-4 win over the Marlins. Nobody was more resilient than the ill Nathaniel Lowe who was scratched from the lineup but got a massive bases clearing double to give the Nats a lead they would not surrender. However, to start the game i...2025
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• Carpenter and Torkelson Power the Tigers - April 6, 2025
Kerry Carpenter (OF-DET) went deep again as he went 1-5 with a 2-run jack against the White Sox on Saturday. The 27 year-old is now off to a solid start to the 2025 campaign as he's now hitting .250 with 3 homers, 8 RBI, and 4 runs scored across 29 PA thanks to the last two games, during which he's hit all 3 dingers. Thanks, in part at least, to Riley Green and a resurgent Spencer Torkelson hittin...2025
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• Alexander goes 5 2⁄3 hitless innings as Brewers extend Reds’ offensive misery

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Reds avoid shutout, but 3-2 victory gets Brewers back to .500 Box Score Tyler Alexander hasn’t looked too bad early this season, but when he signed as a free agent in February, hardly anyone thought that he’d be starting games for the club in the first week of April. A bevy of injuries to Milwaukee’s starting rotation has tested their depth early, so Alexander ...2025
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• The Royals are not elevating and celebrating just yet

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images They are popping up and it’s dragging the offense down. The Royals finally managed to have a big game offensively in their first tilt against the Brewers in their home opener. It seemed like every time I looked away, the Royals scored another run. Maybe I should have kept looking away more...or looked away during the Guardians series. My fault y’all. With...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 2, 2025

Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images The boys are balling against the Brewers. David Lesky writes about a dominant season debut for southpaw Kris Bubic. [$] His fastball was a monster. It is absolutely wild to me that the guy who had the fastball that he had early in his career has developed that pitch to be as good as it is. In 2020, he gave up a .299 average and .464 slugging ...2025
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Moises Ballesteros | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs Triple-A affiliate is loaded with prospects. The Iowa Cubs take the field tonight against the Omaha Storm Chasers at 7:08 Central Time at Principal Park in Des Moines. It’s the 45th season that Iowa will be the Cubs’ top farm team. The first thing to know about this Cubs team is that it is absolutely loaded with pr...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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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2025
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) appears likely to open the 2025 campaign as Atlanta's starting backstop. That is interesting news from a fantasy standpoint given Baldwin's status as the organization's top prospect. As a 23 year-old last season, he batted .276 with 16 dingers, 88 RBI, and 58 runs scored across 551 total PA at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He showed strong command of the plate with a 13% ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 15, 2025
Keibert Ruiz (C-WSH) has enjoyed a productive spring in which he's hit .269 with 3 homers and 8 RBI across 29 PA. He underwhelmed in 2024 on the heels of a 2023 in which he seemed to turn a corner with a .260 average, 18 homers, 67 RBI, and 55 run scored across 562 PA. As a 25 year-old in 2024, Ruiz batted just .229 with 13 dingers, 57 RBI, and 46 runs scored, with his wRC+ dipping to just 71 afte...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 10, 2025
Ivan Herrera (C-STL) impressed in his first significant run in the majors last season, registering a .301 average with 5 homers, 27 RBI, 37 runs scored, and 5 stolen bases across 259 PA, with a wRC+ of 127 as a 24 year-old. Reports indicate that he'll share time behind the plate in 2025 with Pedro Pages as Willson Contreras moves to 1B, but it's likely that Herrera sees more playing time. In 2024,...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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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images There’s reason to hope for more than a dead cat bounce from the third baseman The experience of watching Maikel Garcia at the plate last season was not particularly enjoyable for anyone, unless you were cheering against the Kansas City Royals. When I think back to last season and what I remember from Garcia, my mental picture is of his swing looking slow and th...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 7, 2025
Roki Sasaki, SP, Dodgers Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers out of Japan this offseason, and he's ready to make his mark in the major leagues. He is only 23 years old but has been a superstar in Japan for several years. His most notable achievement was throwing a perfect game in 2022. He did deal with some injuries and regression in 2024, but he posted his career worst ERA of just 2.35, which sho...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024

Thank you, veterans, David Laurila at Fangraphs talks to J.J. Picollo at the GM meetings. “We need to be a little more dynamic offensively, and by that I mean we need to get on base at a higher rate than we did this year,” Picollo told me earlier this week in San Antonio. “We’re trying to target players we can lengthen out our lineup with, whether it’s someone at the top, in the middle, or toward ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Two outfielders and an infielder start the top five We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Early season struggles of Nationals Colin Poche
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• Alexander goes 5 2⁄3 hitless innings as Brewers extend Reds’ offensive misery
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• Vets on the move - March 24th, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2025
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• Early season struggles of Nationals Colin Poche
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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia
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• Preseason Prep - March 7, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• Washington Nationals sluggers power comeback win
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• What are the “Torpedo bats” and why should you care?

Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images The big story to start this season is the “torpedo” or “bowling pin” bats which a handful of Yankees have used while hitting a ton of home runs. And it turns out that Giancarlo Stanton was actually using one last postseason when he slugged .709 with seven home runs. At least two Rays players, Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz, have also begun experimenting with them. ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 10, 2025
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• The optimist’s case for Maikel Garcia
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Compton led Rome to a win, their sixth straight The Rome Emperors are heading to the playoffs next week, and they seem to be getting hot at the right time. They’ve now won six games in a row, this one being headlined by two home runs and six RBIs from Drew Compton. Elsewhere in the Atlanta Braves system the Gwinnett Stripers won behind six innings of one ...2024
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• Questions (and some answers) from the first three weeks of the Brewers’ season

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports What have we learned so far? The Milwaukee Brewers are off to a good start, at 11-6 and leading the NL Central at the end of play on Wednesday, despite dropping their first series of the year this week against San Diego. Their offense, even after a couple of down days, has looked far better than almost anyone expected. What can we glean from the team’s first thr...2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves hit three homers, Chris Sale was good, and the bullpen gave no quarter once again After two bonkers comeback wins to take the series on Friday and Saturday, the Braves, perhaps unexpectedly, engaged in a perfectly normal baseball contest in which they also emerged victorious by a 5-2 score. They did normal things like hitting some homers, playi...2024
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• Postseason heroics and groundballs to second: Reflecting on the enigmatic career of Eric Hosmer

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Hosmer leaves behind a legacy in Kansas City few can match. Eric Hosmer recently announced his retirement from professional baseball. Almost 16 years after the Kansas City Royals made him the third overall draft pick, the first baseman will transition into a career in media. By any reasonable standard, Hosmer had an incredibly successful career in basebal...2024
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• Welcome to the Cubs family, Matt Shaw! (And Jaxon Wiggins!)
Matt Shaw | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK With the 13th pick, Cubs took the Big 10 Player of the Year. The 2023 MLB Draft started tonight and with the 13th pick in the first round, the Cubs selected shortstop Matt Shaw of Maryland. Shaw was the Big 10 Player of the Year this past season and the 2022 Cape Cod League MVP. Shaw’s biggest asset is his bat. He’s the all-time ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Dodgers 1: Two out of three is... actually really good

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs waited out rain and pummeled the visitors from L.A. The Cubs beat the Dodgers convincingly Sunday afternoon, 8-1, taking two of three from the team that was supposed to just rip through everyone this year and dominate the sport on the way to a World Series championship. Oh, that’s not how it works? Right, exactly: That’s not how it works. And t...2024
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• Kris Bryant's Epic 3-HR Game Shines Light on Leap from Phenom to Superstar
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• Cubs 6, Pirates 5: A little bit of Patrick Wisdom, a little bit of Esteban Quiroz
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... and the Cubs recorded their fourth straight one-run win. Well, that was... something, all right. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 6-5 Friday evening, their fourth consecutive victory, all by one run. And they did it with a bit of power, a bit of small ball and a couple bits of relief pitching that nearly blew up, but in the end finished things off. The ga...2022
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• Braves win a wild back-and-forth game 5-4 behind Kevin Pillar’s blast and Spencer Strider’s strong start
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A wild game between two good teams went Atlanta’s way Coming off of a rough loss on Friday night, the Braves looked to Spencer Strider to pave the way to a return to the win column. Both pitchers cruised through the first two innings without any baserunners before the first batter reached in the third, as Jorge Mateo led off the inni...2023
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• Simply put: Braves are the best in June 2023
Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was literally the best month for the Braves franchise since the start of the 20th century. I don’t think anyone ever goes back to read any of these monthly recaps, but if one were to do so, the very first part of each would give them a refresher about how the month went relative to expectations. I have a feeling that no one i...2023
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• Welcome to the Cubs family, Matt Shaw! (And Jaxon Wiggins!)
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• Cubs 7, Tigers 6: More drama than we needed, part 2

Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs won their third straight... but it was not easy. Hey, Cubs! Maybe soon, you could take a big early lead and, you know, hold it? For the second straight game, the Cubs took that early-inning lead. Also for the second straight game, they had scored four runs and had a multiple-run lead heading into the eighth inning. This time, a bit of a bullpen meltdo...2023
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
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• Carpenter and Torkelson Power the Tigers - April 6, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 25, 2025
Logan O'Hoppe (C-LAA) put together a solid if unspectacular first full season in the majors in 2024, posting a .244 average, 20 homers, 56 RBI, and 64 runs scored across 522 PA, with a slightly above-average wRC+ of 101. Contact was an issue as O'Hoppe recorded a 29.5% strikeout rate, 16.5% swinging-strike rate, and 68.5% contact rate. His 80.5% z-contact% was well below average. But he tended to ...2025
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• Early season struggles of Nationals Colin Poche
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• Carpenter and Torkelson Power the Tigers - April 6, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 31, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Hoping Jonathan India is okay. The Royals react to Jonathan India getting hit in the head by a pitch in the ninth inning on Sunday. “My view of it was, I watched him get hit in the (expletive) face,” Pasquantino said. “And I’m still kind of collecting my thoughts on it. But (Clase) threw a pitch that he doesn’t ever throw, the pitch before which was a four-sea...2025
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• Are the Braves a slappy team now?

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The hitting approach feels very Chipper. The Braves have been bludgeoning teams with their high-exit-velocity, launch-angle-aware approach. It has worked out for them lately to the tune of seven consecutive playoff appearances and a World Series title. But there appears to be a trend during the first couple of games. Below is the spray ch...2025
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• Analyzing Royals Fall League hitter metrics

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Several Royals were lineup mainstays for the Saguaros. The Arizona Fall League wrapped up play recently with the Salt River Rafters emerging as champions. The Surprise Saguaros — this year rostering players from the Royals, Guardians, Rangers, Orioles, and Astros — looked to be on their way to winning their third consecutive AFL title. They fi...2024
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• Matt Olson’s struggles have come at a tough time for the Braves

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Matt Olson has chased his way to a tough season for the Atlanta Braves Matt Olson was a steady force for the prolific offense of the 2023 Atlanta Braves but has had a difficult time sustaining that success. Olson in 2023, led the National League in games played, home runs, RBI, and slugging percentage. He ended the season with 7.4 bWAR, and 6.5 fWAR, bot...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin hits clutch grand slam

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Baldwin’s blast and Ian Anderson’s strong start led Gwinnett to a win It was a fun night of baseball for the Atlanta Braves system, as the big league club got a big win behind Spencer Schwellenbach and the next wave of guys did good things on the farm. Drake Baldwin and Ian Anderson continue to show out for Gwinnett, putting up dominant games in Trip...2024
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• Questions (and some answers) from the first three weeks of the Brewers’ season
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• Brewers 3, Cubs 1: A battle of two bullpens
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Justin Steele and Brandon Woodruff pitched a tight matchup for six innings... but the Cubs’ pen couldn’t hold the lead. Today, the complaint department is open. Here’s mine: Why is it, that when an opposing hitter is literally trying to make an out, the Cubs pitcher can’t throw strikes? That’s what happened to Javier Assad in the eighth inning after a l...2023
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• Getting Ahead In Head To Head In Week 5; Can The A’s Lose 9 Games In A Week?
The new Dr. Strange movie introduces us to the idea of being able to explore other universes, or multi-verse. I sure wish I could take that idea and incorporate it into the ever changing paradigm of baseball. For starters, there has to be a world where the use of performance enhancing drugs are actually healthy for us to use. Like if you could eat a can of spinach and get stronger. That would ...2022
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• Bailey Ober, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Bailey Ober gave up a lot of home runs. 20, to be exact. That was only in 92 1/3 IP. His 1.95 HR/9 made me choke on my boba. That alone is a crime punishable by "not getting a fantasy baseball sleeper post written for him." Bailey Ober's pitches generated a 19.7 Launch Angle. If you're going to allow a 45.8% fly ball rate, which would've been 2nd in the league, if he qualified, you kinda can't be ...2022
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• Luis Urias, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Like someone practicing tantric sex, this has been a long time coming. The only thing that nearly stopped me from writing this post was because I wrote a Willy Adames sleeper, but that's no reason to not think a Luis Urias sleeper is possible. *counting double negatives* One "no reason," two "not think"...are "nearly" or "but" negatives too? Okay, ya know what, double or triple negatives aside, Ad...2021
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• Hey Kids, It’s Story Time
On my teams with Juan Soto, Trevor Story and Cody Bellinger, there's been very little to celebrate. I paid $15 for Tom Arnold to send me a Cameo video telling me it would be okay. You remember Tom Arnold: Guy who is famous for sleeping with Roseanne Barr. Honestly, that should make someone famous. That and getting your junk Ginzu'd are valid reasons for fame. More so than your sister was in a sex ...2021
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