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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images The issues surrounding baseball stadiums. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reveals his contract demands. The decline of first base. The Mariners’ front office are criticized and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan looks at the issue of two major league teams playing in minor league stadiums this season. He examines what it means for the Athletics...2025
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Outside The Confines: What’s gone wrong in Toronto?

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Mets have pitching issues. The Blue Jays have trouble with their first baseman. A look ahead to the next labor battle. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Mets have shut down left-hander Sean Manaea indefinitely with an oblique strain. Ben Clemens notes that it’s mid-February and the Mets already need more pitching with injuries to Manae...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Calling balls and strikes

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images ESPN and MLB decide to part ways, for now. The Robo Umps have a successful debut. Looking ahead to next year’s free agent class. And more news from around MLB. Good morning. Evan Drellich and Andrew Marchand report that MLB and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to terminate their agreement to broadcast MLB games after this year. (The Athletic ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Spring awakening

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers are showing up to Spring Training, but there is still some unfinished business in the Hot Stove. Remembering a forgotten hero of integration. Good morning. Jeff Passan has an update on where we stand with the remaining business this winter—including Alex Bregman. (ESPN+ sub. req.) A roundtable discussion of the start of Spring ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s stay together

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Pete Alonso returns to Flushing. The Dodgers are the new bad guys. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Here’s what sealed the deal between the Mets and Pete Alonso. The Mets re-signed free agent first baseman Pete Alonso to a two-year, $54 million deal with an opt out after one season. Jake Mintz writes that in the staring contest between Al...2025
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers win their 8th World Series. The Yankees look back and regret a disastrous fifth inning. The Juan Soto free agency sweepstakes is underway. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. I assume you know what happened in Game 5 of the World Series by now, but if you want to relive it, AJ Cassavell breaks down how the Dodgers j...2024
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• Outside The Confines: LA Story

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend

Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passes away. A World Series preview and other MLB news. We were all set to celebrate the World Series and the first Yankees/Dodgers Fall Classic since 1981. But first, we have to say goodbye to one of the heroes of that World Series of 43 years ago. The Los Angeles Dodgers mourn the passing of legendary pitcher Fern...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024

Winning more fun than losing, news at 11 | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Hold onto your butts! Day games sometimes make for weird Rumblings. Many official outlets use the game thread to fill up their Royals quota for the day. Also, it’s harder to sift through Tweets for stories as there are a bunch of game thread-style Tweets. The last few weeks, I’ve been updating playoff odds here. However,...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 24, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images How’s your morale? Vahe Gregorian tried to gauge the clubhouse mood in the midst of a seven-game losing streak. “Just really there’s no other option other than keep going,” Massey said, adding, “We still control our own destiny. That’s the way we’ve got to look at it. “Obviously, there’s two mindsets we could take. That one or the other one (downward). So w...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The most interesting man in baseball retires. The Mariners fire their manager. A look ahead to the stretch run and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Driving to the stadium right now. My Uber driver asked, "Are you a player?" I said, "No."— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) August 22, 2024 Longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto an...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Being a kid again

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Little League Classic was Sunday. It was also Players Weekend. Lots of injuries and other news from around MLB. Good morning. The Tigers won last night’s Little League Classic over the Yankees, 3-2 with their youthful energy. Buster Olney tells how major leaguers learn to love the Little League Classic after participating. Melanie M...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024

Ok, that’s pretty funny | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There are baseball players doing real baseball things in Arizona and Florida! Baseball is back (!), which means Anne Rogers newsletter is back! She looks at three storylines for this spring: Vinnie Pasquantino’s return to the lineup It’s been eight months since Pasquantino appeared in the Royals’ lineup after rig...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 22, 2023

Sorry, Santa. I hope you put coal in Noah Syndergaard’s stocking Only 4 shopping days left until CobraCy’s Christmas post will be late (please tell me he’s writing one) As talked about yesterday in other outlets, The Star’s Pete Grathoff explores the possibility of Royals games being on Amazon Prime in the future: According to the Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Joe Flint, Amazon...2023
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") Matt Snyder scolds the Orioles and Mariners for not seizing the opportunity to improve their teams this winter."

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"CBS Sports' Matt Snyder casts his first official ballot this year"

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"com/gyClgNuafE— Fergie Jenkins (@fergieajenkins) September 28, 2022 Matt Snyder (CBS Sports*): How the Cubs could return to contention in 2023 after promising signs in 2022."

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"Matt Snyder used his background knowledge and analytics to go 26-18 during the 2020 MLB Playoffs"

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"Rays select contract of Brandon Snyder, place Matt Snyder on DL"

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"242, per Matt Snyder of CBSSports."

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"As Matt Snyder of CBS Sports noted, these odds aren't available for bettors to actually put money on."

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" Matt Snyder of CBS Sports wrote about a decision Mattingly made in this year's National League Division Series Game 5 that may have sealed the now-former manager's fate: He pinch hits for Joc Pederson with Chase Utley."

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"it would've been easier to list the teams that aren't a fit for Ben Zobrist, but I guess I like taking the long route sometimes — Matt Snyder (@MattSnyderCBS) December 30, 2014 "Trades are risky by nature," Rays general manager Matt Silverman told Roger Mooney of The Tampa Tribune nearly two weeks ago."

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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 25, 2025

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images New year, new swing? Anne Rogers writes about the outfield situation. Melendez is the most interesting part here, because he still boasts tremendous power potential. It hasn’t clicked in his first three seasons, and the 26-year-old slashed .206/.273/.400 with 17 homers in 2024. The Royals, thinking back to Melendez’s 41-homer Minor League season in 2021, b...2025
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• Outside the Confines: Ringing in 2025

Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images A look back at 2024 and ahead to 2025. The current state of the Hot Stove and other news from around MLB. Here’s to a Cubs World Series Championship in 2025. (If they win, I’m going remind you all I called it. If they don’t, then I was just making New Year’s chit-chat that will have been forgotten by October.) Dayn Perry has a reason for every 2024 losing...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Farewell to a legend

Set Number: X27208 TK1 R14 F17 Tributes come in for Rickey Henderson. The Astros sign a first baseman. The Marlins trade Jesús Luzardo to Philadelphia. And other Hot Stove news. Good morning. I assume you all know about the passing of Rickey Henderson by now. We have a lot of tributes to “The Man of Steal” today. Late last night, the Mets agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal to bring...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Is a decision near?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Juan Soto is reportedly getting closer to signing. A few other free agents have signed for a lot less. A look ahead to the Winter Meetings and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Especially if you’re Juan Soto. If you’re reading this, Juan, hi! Top free agent Juan Soto is reportedly nearing a decision as to where he will sign. The decision could come as soon...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 25, 2025
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• BCB After Dark: Is Cole Hamels a Hall of Famer?

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Cole Hamels belongs in the Hall of Fame. Thank you for stopping by BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you tonight. Please come in out of the cold. We’ve got a great show for you. There are still a few tables availab...2025
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• Outside the Confines: The Dodgers take New York
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 16, 2024 (CPBL)

You! Yeah, you in row 3! You should read today’s Rumblings | Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Royals with a 6-week unbeaten streak on Thursday; Should push it to 7 next week! At The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about how the Royals bullpen has 4 lefties: Across the majors, the Royals and Detroit Tigers are the only teams featuring four left-handed relievers on their respective active roster...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Lost cause

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The White Sox keep losing. A Giant threw a no-hitter. A look down the stretch and other baseball news. Good morning. The White Sox catch a break this week in that they have three games coming up against the Athletics in Oakland. The A’s are the second-worst team in the American League. They’re still 19½ games better than the South Siders. The Chicago ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves lost their superstar for the season. The Yankees are soaring and the Dodgers are struggling. And other news from MLB and baseball. Good morning. Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore his right ACL back in 2021 and missed the rest of that season as well. Dan...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ shooting blanks

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs exercised in futility Wednesday afternoon against Dylan Cease and dropped two out of three to the visitors. 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 baseb...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Is Cole Hamels a Hall of Famer?
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 27, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Saying goodbye

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Oakland A’s are in their final days. The White Sox avoid history for one more day. The Reds fire their manager. And other news around MLB. The White Sox won last night, thanks in large part to the Angels dropping an easy infield fly in the bottom of the eighth. So the White Sox breaking the record of the 1962 Mets will have to wait until another day, and...2024
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• Outside The Confines: 51/51

Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani goes where no ballplayer has gone before. The White Sox rot from the head. A look ahead to the end of the season and the Mariners had some issues. Good morning. This Ohtani fellow is good, but he’s no Babe Ruth. After all, the Babe was a great pitcher too. Now if Ohtani learns to pitch next season, them maybe we can consider him the greates...2024
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• Don Mattingly, Dodgers Part Ways: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Astros Fan Catches Albert Pujols HR, Snaps Picture Before Throwing Ball Back
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• Todd Frazier's Dramatic Win Caps Successful Debut for New Home Run Derby Format
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• Oddsmaker Gives Curt Schilling 12,000-1 Odds of Being Selected as Trump's VP
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• Jason Heyward Splash Puts World Series-Chasing Chicago Cubs on Top of MLB
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• Asdrubal Cabrera-Rays Deal Positions Ben Zobrist to Become Hot Trade Target
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• BBWAA Awards 2016: Full List of Finalists Announced and Reaction
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• Tim Tebow Not Among Players Invited to Mets' Major League Camp
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• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025
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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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• Outside the Confines: Believe the hype. Or don’t.
Dylan Crews | SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK Maybe the A’s have a deal for a new stadium in Nevada, but why would they want them? And other baseball news. Good morning. It’s always a good morning after a big Cubs win the night before. Hey, it qualifies as big this year. We will start in Oakland. Or Las Vegas. Or Carson City. Wherever. Dan Szymborski looks at the Athle...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 10, 2023
A Superb Owl, indeed! | Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Who? Thankfully, Spring Training is right around the corner so we’ll start seeing “best shape of his life” stories. Today, well, it’s still a bit slow. ICYMI: A number of Royals were named to World Baseball Classic rosters. Max has you covered with all the news here: Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer to repres...2023
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• What Do NLCS Mistakes Mean for Mike Matheny's Future as Cardinals Manager?
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is underway

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images News from Opening Day weekend and MLB. It’s the home opener! (Weather permitting.) It’s also April Fools Day. In honor of that, all the links will take you to Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.” (No, they won’t.) The City of Oakland have delivered their list of demands to allow the Athletics to play for the next three years at the Coliseu...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Twins and Mariners make a trade

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The Orioles are being sold. Justin Turner heads north of the border. More trouble in Las Vegas. And other news from around baseball. The College Baseball season starts in 16 days. The Mariners and Twins made a reasonably major trade as Minnesota shipped second baseman Jorge Polanco to Seattle for right-handed reliever Justin Topa, right-handed starter Anth...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A classic fall

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The World Series is set. Adolis García and Ketel Marte were the heroes of the Championship Series. What’s next for the Astros. The Red Sox and GIants have new bosses. Congratulations to the Rangers and the Diamondbacks. May we have a seven-game series with every game decided by one run. And let’s have Game 7 go to extra innings for good measure. I don’t hav...2023
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• Outside The Confines: I had that in my back pocket

Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports The Astros tie up the ALCS with the Rangers thanks, in part, to a batting glove. The D-Backs make a series out of it. And other news from MLB and the playoffs. So we actually have two good series now that the Astros have gone into Arlington and tied up the series with two wins on the road. Also, the Diamondbacks got one in the win column with a win at home and...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ land of the Giants
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. The Cubs effort looks positively Lilliputian and the tide is going out. Marcus Stroman tries to play stopper. 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, st...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 28, 2023
I have no idea what is going on here. But somehow this image is in our archive I have a feeling today is going to be all NFL Draft talk. KC represented well last night The NFL Draft is sucking all the KC sports oxygen out of the room. See? I just used the word “sucking” and Kansas City sports in context and it wasn’t referring to the Royals 28th ranked offense or 27th ranked pitching. ...2023
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