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• Excellence is becoming the norm for Nationals ace MacKenzie Gore

Brad Penner-Imagn Images When MacKenzie Gore takes the ball these days, the Washington Nationals faithful expects good things to happen Despite the frustrating loss, MacKenzie Gore delivered yet another quality start where he showed off his dominant stuff. We have come to expect Gore to have lines like he did tonight, 6 innings, 2 runs, no walks and 6 strikeouts. This has become close to a...2025
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• Nationals Prospects: Alex Clemmey is the biggest wild card in the organization

Eric Rueb / The Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK Washington Nationals youngster Alex Clemmey has huge stuff, but also has a huge walk problem Alex Clemmey is one of the most fascinating prospects in the Washington Nationals organization. On one hand, he has some of the best stuff in the organization. Guys simply can’t hit him. However, with how wild he is, they often don’t need to ge...2025
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• We've Seen This Befor From Semien- Player Commentary June 9, 2025
Marcus Semien- 2B- TEX- Hot- Semien went 2-for-4 yesterday to continue his comeback from a dreadful start. Since May 30 he has gone 15-for-29 with 3 homers, 3 doubles, 5 walks, 9 RBI, 10 runs, and 2 steals. Before this stretch Semien was slashing .173/.260/.224 and had a .209 BABIP. Regression has been his friend. This is not the first Semien has experienced a slow start. On May 29. 2022 Semien wa...2025
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• Blue Jays Notes: Scherzer, Varsho, Francis
Blue Jays fans received an encouraging update on the status of right-hander Max Scherzer’s rehab from the thumb injury that has sidelined him on and off for over a year. As relayed by Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet, Scherzer threw fifty pitches as part of a three-inning simulated game today. Manager John Schneider told reporters (including…...2025
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• Blue Jays' Max Scherzer takes big step forward in injury recovery

Blue Jays fans received an encouraging update on the status of right-hander Max Scherzer’s rehab from the thumb injury that has sidelined him on and off for over a year....2025
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• Outside The Confines: New White Sox ownership. Eventually.

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images It’s been a long time coming, but it’ll be still be a long time happening. Happy Friday, everyone. The big news around baseball right now is that the White Sox might finally be seeing a change in ownership, but it won’t be happening any time soon. The plan will see billionaire Justin Ishbia take a controlling stake in the Sox by... 2029. So while hope ...2025
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• Blue Jays' Max Scherzer takes big step forward in injury recovery
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• Outside The Confines: New White Sox ownership. Eventually.
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• AL Week 10 Strategy-May 31, 2025
In The Field OF Evan Carter (quad) ran sprints on Wednesday and started a rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Round Rock. He has been out for two weeks with the injury. OF Alejandra Osuna and OF Sam Haggerty have been playing in the outfield in his absence. Carter hit .182 with 1 HR, 5 R, 3 RBI, and 3 SB in 37 PA before getting injured. 3B Yoan Moncada left Wednesday's game early with right...2025
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• Rebuilding the Right Way? How the Nationals Rebuild Compares to the Cubs and Orioles Rebuilds

Washington Nationals players celebrate after a game against the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park. The Nationals are navigating a full-scale rebuild just years removed from their 2019 World Series triumph After defying the odds and winning the World Series in 2019, the Washington Nationals have started a dreadful process for fans: a rebuild. Top-notch talent such as Max Scherzer, Tre...2025
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
In The Field C Alejandro Kirk missed Tuesday's game after getting hit on the head with a backswing on Sunday, but he was in the rest of the week. OF Yordan Alvarez (hand) is still day-to-day with his hand injury. He was able to hit in the cage on Thursday but did not play against the Rangers. He was expected back this weekend but did not return on Saturday. His return is expected soon. OF Byron ...2025
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• The Forgotten Future: Does Josiah Gray have a Future Role in Washington?

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray poses for a photo during picture day. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Josiah Gray was an All-Star, but now his future is uncertain in DC The Washington Nationals’ future is considered one of the best in baseball. With All-Star C.J. Abrams and budding superstar James Wood, Washington’s lineup seems to be a good spot. However, when looking at thei...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Royals/Orioles game was a big hit, and made MLB history Happy Monday, everyone! It’s a fine day to be a Cubs fan as they edge closer to the Mets, and things are just looking excellent. The news over the weekend was light, but there were some interesting history-making moments. The Royals set a franchise record for solo home runs in a single game, whi...2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• Max Scherzer’s Coin-Flip Taunt After Home Plate Ump’s Questionable Calls Sparks Troll Fest Among Fans
While rehabbing a thumb injury, Max Scherzer went viral on X for joking that umpire CB Bucknor was flipping a coin to make calls....2025

• Keibert Ruiz is a bright spot in struggling Nationals offense

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images This is a big year for Keibert Ruiz and he knows it. The Nationals catcher is red hot to start the season The Washington Nationals offense has been slumping to start the season. They have been striking out far too much and have struggles with runners in scoring position. Guys like Dylan Crews, Josh Bell, Jacob Young, and Luis Garcia Jr. have stumbled out of ...2025
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"There hasn’t been much public buzz about Max Scherzer this winter, apart from a report earlier this month that four unknown clubs were showing interest in the future Hall-of-Famer’s services."

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"The Rangers announced today that they’ve placed veteran right-hander Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list due to a strained left hamstring."

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"Max Scherzer Reportedly Open To Waiving No-Trade Clause"

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"Max Scherzer has oblique injury and dealing with blisters"

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"The Dodgers are making significant progress on a deal that would send them star right-hander Max Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner from the Nationals for a prospect-laden return, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton slugs first home run of 2020 MLB season with 459-foot blast off Max Scherzer"

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"Among qualified starters, only Clayton Kershaw, Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer bested that ERA, while only Chri"

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"There was Max Scherzer, standing on the mound, grunting as he pounded fastballs into the catcher's mitt and getting angry for himself when he did not execute."

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"The Cubs rallied against the Nationals and Max Scherzer in a bizarre four-run fifth inning that checked nearly every item in the box score to post a crazy 9-8 victory Thursday night and clinch the National League Division Series."

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"Max Scherzer tied the single-game strikeout record on Wednesday, fanning 20 Tigers batters in Washington's 3-2 win at Nationals Park."

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"Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5."

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"Lester doesn't have a Cy Young Award like Max Scherzer, but he set career bests in innings pitched (219."

• Nationals Prospects: Alex Clemmey is the biggest wild card in the organization
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team

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

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images After the Twins series wrapped, news broke that the Rays have signed SP Kyle Gibson to a minor league deal. Heading into the off-season, 37-year old veteran starting pitcher Kyle Gibson was considered a top free agent at FanGraphs — 50th out of 50 — and was projected to a $10 million deal. He settled for half of that with the Baltimore Orioles, and things didn’t go ...2025
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• Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes dishes on Nationals rebuild, MLB trends and James Wood

Insights on the Washington Nationals and MLB as a whole from Washington Post nationals baseball writer Chelsea Janes Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post is one of the sharpest minds in the baseball writing world, so it was a pleasure to be able to chat with her. She covered the Nationals from 2014-2018 for Post before going on some adventures that eventually led her back to the Post as a National...2025
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• Royals move for Ragans one of league’s best trades since 2023

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Where does the acquisition of Ragans rank among deals since 2023 offseason? When I go to a baseball game, I always hope to see something I’ve never before seen happen during the game. I’ve always dreamed of seeing a perfect game, but I’d settle for a no-hitter. I’d love to see a batter go off and homer multiple times—three would great, but four would be utterly a...2025
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• The Biggest Trade In Nationals History Looks Better Every Day

The 2022 Nationals found themselves at a crossroads. Washington had sold at the prior year's trade deadline, shipping Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Dodgers, sending Kyle Schwarber to the Red Sox, dealing Daniel Hudson to the Padres and trading Jon Lester to the Cardinals. The organization's steadfast hope had been that even while…...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals
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• Excellence is becoming the norm for Nationals ace MacKenzie Gore
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• We've Seen This Befor From Semien- Player Commentary June 9, 2025
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• Rebuilding the Right Way? How the Nationals Rebuild Compares to the Cubs and Orioles Rebuilds
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• Royals move for Ragans one of league’s best trades since 2023
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• AL Week 4 Strategy-April 19, 2025
In The Field OF Willi Castro (oblique) was out of the lineup on Friday. This comes on the heels of him leaving Wednesday's game early due to tightness in his right oblique. He is considered day-to-day. 3B D.J. LeMahieu (calf) is expected to start a rehab assignment on Tuesday. He has not had a spring, so he will need a length rehab assignment prior to making his season debut. OF Josh Lowe (obliq...2025
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more

Al Yellon The Commissioner gave a wide-ranging interview over the weekend. Over the weekend, Commissioner Rob Manfred gave a long interview to the New York Times, which you can read in its entirety here (article unlocked). I know it’s sport around baseball to mock and make fun of Manfred, but he did give some candid answers to questions surrounding the sport, and it’s useful for us to take...2025
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• AL Week 2 Strategy-April 5, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He hit a solo home run on Thursday night. He is getting closer to a return because he was able to play in the field on Friday night. He is tracking towards a return sometime next week. He is looking to build off his strong 2024 season (.249 AVG with 23 HR/30 SB). The Angels have been mixing and matching at short w...2025
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• Keibert Ruiz is a bright spot in struggling Nationals offense
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Rays add veteran Kyle Gibson to minors after O’s DFA
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• Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes dishes on Nationals rebuild, MLB trends and James Wood
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• Outside The Confines: Record Royals
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The Yankees new bat is causing a stir. There are two new stadiums this year. Willson Contreras eats tape. We remember whom we’ve lost and other news from baseball. I don’t know whether I’m paying tribute to David Farragut or Tom Petty. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Brewers on Saturday and many were quick to credit/blame New York’s new “torpedo...2025
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• Braves News: Braves Swept in Season Opening Series, Brian Snitker on his Future, More

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Not an ideal start to the season for Atlanta. Every team is going to have a bad week or two during a 162-game season. And for the Braves, starting a season 0-4 is something they have done as recently as 2021. Furthermore, if you are going to snuggle, best to get it out of the way at the start of the season. There are clearly concerns at the moment fo...2025
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• The Washington Nationals Opening Day history

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images With Opening Day coming up tomorrow, I am looking back at the Nats Opening Day history Tomorrow is Opening Day for your Washington Nationals. With that in mind, I wanted to talk about the Nats Opening Day history. We will touch on the results, the fixtures in Opening Day lineups, and some of the most iconic moments. Results: The Nats have had less than stellar r...2025
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• Nationals History: Remember when the Washington Nationals won the World Series

Erik Williams-Imagn Images In the last edition of the 20th Anniversary series before the season, it is only right to remember the greatest night in Nats history In the 20th anniversary series, I have highlighted some of the most memorable players and moments in Washington Nationals history. With the season just around the corner, it only felt right to re-live October 30th, 2019, the greate...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Fall 4! Cubs return to LCS, Fly The W in DC
And then there were four. The Cubs rallied against the Nationals and Max Scherzer in a bizarre four-run fifth inning that checked nearly every item in the box score to post a crazy 9-8 victory Thursday night and clinch the National League Division Series....2017
• Rizzo's bloop sinks Nats as Cubs take DS lead
The Cubs survived four errors and a dominant outing by Max Scherzer to post a 2-1 come-from-behind victory Monday on Anthony Rizzo's bloop RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and take a 2-1 lead over the Nationals in the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile....2017
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• Tanaka tops Scherzer as Yanks win 7th straight
Two homers from Stephen Drew and a seventh-inning barrage helped lead the Yankees to their seventh straight victory, a 6-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven strong innings of one-run ball to pick up his fourth win. Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5....2015
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• Yanks win 7th straight behind Tanaka, 4-run 7th
Two homers from Stephen Drew and a seventh-inning barrage helped lead the Yankees to their seventh straight victory, a 6-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven strong innings of one-run ball to pick up his fourth win. Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer fell to 6-5....2015
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• Source: Scherzer nearing multiyear contract
Free-agent pitcher Max Scherzer is nearing agreement on a multiyear contract with an unidentified club, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com Sunday....2015
• Greinke extends scoreless streak, tops Nats
It was Star Wars day at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon. When it was over, the force was strong with Zack Greinke, who outdueled Max Scherzer as the Dodgers blanked the Nationals, 5-0. Greinke, who pitched eight innings, has not allowed a run in 43 2/3 innings, which is the third-longest scoreless streak in Dodgers history....2015
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• Nationals, Scherzer agree to seven-year contract
Free-agent right-hander Max Scherzer agreed to a seven-year contract with the Nationals, a source told MLB.com. The club did not confirm the deal, which was first reported by CBSSports.com....2015
• K's to the Max: Scherzer ties mark with 20
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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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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Preseason Prep - March 13, 2025
Max Scherzer, TOR Scherzer is currently dealing with a sore right thumb and will not be making his scheduled start on Thursday. The Blue Jays are hopeful that this is a short time issue and that the former ace will still be fine for the start of the season. 2024 was a difficult campaign for the 40-year-old, as he only made starts for the Rangers and posted a 22.6% K% that is well below his norma...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2025
Roki Sasaki SP LAD Sasaki will make his MLB debut March 19 against the Cubs in the second game of the Tokyo Series, Kirsten Watson of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports. His splitter has caught the eye of hitters, though not their bats. Turns out he's got just 518 rpm on the splitter; the lowest rpm on a splitter of 2024 was 577 rpm. Slow is good when it comes to RPM on a splitter, but his 96.3 mph on ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2025
Francisco Alvarez (C - Mets) The Mets announced Alvarez will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing hamate surgery. This is a big blow for owners who have already drafted as Alvarez has slugged 36 home runs over the past 2 seasons and is seen as one of the better young hitting catchers in baseball. This does continue an injury trend for him tho as he played in just 110 games a year ago as he was hurt in...2025
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• Nationals Prospects: Alex Clemmey is the biggest wild card in the organization
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• Nationals MacKenzie Gore finally looks like an ace, but can he keep it up?

Steven Bisig-Imagn Images It has been a long road and there is more to prove, but MacKenzie Gore delivered like only an ace could last night As he has done plenty of times before, MacKenzie Gore dominated through five innings. He was carving through Mariners hitters, getting plenty of swings and misses, as well as more soft contact than usual which was nice to see. However, it was not thos...2025
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• Rays add veteran Kyle Gibson to minors after O’s DFA
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• Rebuilding the Right Way? How the Nationals Rebuild Compares to the Cubs and Orioles Rebuilds
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• Royals move for Ragans one of league’s best trades since 2023
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• The Forgotten Future: Does Josiah Gray have a Future Role in Washington?
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• The Royals Quarter-Century Team
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• Rob Manfred talks about torpedo bats, the ABS challenge system and more
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

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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• Outside The Confines: Spring Training stories

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Injuries, excitement, sneaky showcases... Spring Training has it all. We’re finally into spring training in a real way, with actual gameplay and so much is going on. Pitchers are getting fired up about ABS... and ABS might also be proving some players have been lying about their height. Three Twins players had a scary near-miss, meanwh...2025
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• Nationals history: The Max Scherzer/Trea Turner trade has been a dud for the Washington Nationals

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The trade that started the Nationals rebuild has has not provided the kickstart it was expected to. At the 2021 MLB trade deadline, Mike Rizzo made the decision to blow it up. After a Kyle Schwarber led run in June, a mid July slump sent the Nationals tumbling out of the playoff picture. After nearly a decade of contention, Mike Rizzo decided to in his words ‘retoo...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Nationals history: Scherzer is almost perfect

Brad Mills-Imagn Images In this edition of the 20th anniversary series we will re-live Max Scherzer’s no-hitter When Max Scherzer signed with the Nationals for seven-years $210 million, it was seen as an overpay. However, Scherzer quickly dispelled that notion in a dominant first season. Today, we will talk about his no-hitter that somehow left a sour taste in Nationals fans mouths. The d...2025
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• Blue Jays Interested In Max Scherzer
There hasn’t been much public buzz about Max Scherzer this winter, apart from a report earlier this month that four unknown clubs were showing interest in the future Hall-of-Famer’s services. The Blue Jays may or may not have been one of those four mystery teams, but Toronto is showing interest in Scherzer now, according to…...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Could the Cubs use some Max effort?

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’re interested in free agent starter Max Scherzer Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop by. Come in out of the cold. We can check your coat. There’s no cover charge this evening. The hostess will take...2025
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