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• Baseball Hall of Fame: CBS Sports' voters debate their ballots, including where they diverge on PEDs

Matt Snyder and Mike Axisa break down their differing thought processes on voting...2026
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• Mike Axisa's 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

CBS Sports' Mike Axisa breaks down his selections for Cooperstown...2026
• Outside The Confines: Leaving Minnesota

Nick Wosika-Imagn Images The Twins had themselves a fire sale. Winners and losers at the Trade Deadline. The Speedway Classic didn’t go as planned. And other baseball news. Good morning. The Twins traded 40 percent of their roster at the trade deadline. Bob Nightengale looks at the carnage in Minneapolis and the decision to trade Carlos Correa. Plus some assorted thoughts on the trade d...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025

They’re teammates now | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Pencils down. The trade deadline is over! Let’s talk about where the Royals are right now. They’re 54-55, a game under .500 with only 53 to play. Not great. They’re also 9th in the league - they’re closer to the bottom of the league than the top. Again, not good. If you look at the teams ahead of them, barring an insane hot st...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The trade season is underway

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Arizona deals first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle, and they’re not done yet. Other players who might get dealt this week. It’s Hall of Fame induction weekend. Good morning. Trade season is open. The Diamondbacks traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Mariners for two pitching prospects, left-hander Brandyn Garcia and right-hander Ashton Izzi. Daniel K...2025
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what the Cubs would have to get back for you to trade outfield prospect Owen Caissie. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the heat and cool off with us. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if we ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Leaving Minnesota
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball delete

Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball

Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025

I want a giant baseball card | Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images The Second Half Begins Tonight It’s a slooooooow news day. At The Star, Pete Grathoff notes that Royals streaming numbers are up: FanDuel Sports Kansas City said it had more than 115,000 unique streamers for Royals games this season. There has been a 54% year-over-year increase in unique streamers per game, and the number ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft

Ethan Holliday | Steve Sisney/For The Oklahoman / USA TODAY NETWORK The MLB Draft is this weekend, and we have what you need to know. The trade deadline is approaching. The Yankees and Dodgers look vulnerable. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The MLB Draft starts this Sunday night and here’s all the basic information on the event. Melissa Lockard also has a more in-dep...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. I’m leading with this one because it’s the one that will bring the most joy to your heart. Jesse Rogers tells of how the Tigers’ Javier ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl

Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rockies are the worst team in baseball, maybe ever. The Tigers have the best record in baseball. A look ahead to the trade deadline and draft. And other MLB news. Good morning. Russell Dorsey explains why the Rockies situation this year is much worse than last season’s White Sox, and how things are kind of looking up for the So...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Rocky Mountain low

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Aaron Judge continues to amaze. So do the Colorado Rockies, but in a different way. A look ahead to the draft. And a legend returns to the White Sox. Good morning. Louisa Thomas has an interesting piece in The New Yorker that is about the Mets, but it’s something that a lot of Cubs fans could relate to ten years ago. Thomas looks ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025

Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 14, 2024

Yesterday was fun. Ok, the 8th inning wasn’t. But the rest of the game was. | Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Yesterday was a big win in a young(-ish) season already full of nice wins Roster move yesterday: Lynch down, Veneziano up We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gjxt4TeqDP— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 13, 2024 As part of his series about Kansas Ci...2024
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• Central Notes: Warren, Francona, Tigers, Salty
Adam Warren found out about his trade to the Cubs in a somewhat unusual fashion, as he explained in an interview with MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (hat tip to CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa). Warren and his wife were on vacation in St. Lucia and “our biggest rule when we go out of the country…...2015
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• 2015 ALCS Will Be a Battle of the Powerful Blue Jays vs. the Powerhouse Royals
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• Mark Teixeira's Resurgence a Major Asset for AL East-Leading Yankees
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• Starlin Castro's Agent Denies Client Was Detained for Questioning About Shooting
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"CBS Sports' Mike Axisa breaks down his selections for Cooperstown"

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"Mike Axisa notes that the free agent deal the Blue Jays signed with outfielder Anthony Santander is heavily deferred and why that could be a big boon for Toronto."

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"Mike Axisa has some possible landing spots for Davis if the Giants decide to trade him, as seems likely."

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"Mike Axisa has ten more players who are in line for a contract extension."

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"At this CBS Sports article from August, Mike Axisa looks at Swanson in comparison to Correa and other shortstops who signed last year and concludes: Swanson is having a career year and this offseason figures to be his best chance at a massive long-term deal."

2018
"Verlander’s tweet was not particularly well-received, and CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa pointed out the former All-Star’s hypocrisy after what he said about then-Detroit Tigers teammate Jhonny Peralta’s PED suspension in 2013."

2017
"com’s Mike Axisa writes, this would have led to the single biggest contract in sports history, let alone baseball history."

2016
"5 million if he opts out after next season, per CBS Sports' Mike Axisa, an eye-opening annual value."

2015
" Mike Axisa of CBS Sports reported the home run was the longest of the young MLB season so far."

2014
"com previously reported that Castro was being held for questioning and the incident left six people injured: Mike Axisa of CBSSports."

• Outside The Confines: Leaving Minnesota
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: The trade season is underway
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps

D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images The Rafael Devers trade shakes up the sport. Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound. A pitching masterpiece at the College World Series. Good morning. I hope you like reading about Rafael Devers, because a good chunk of the news today is about that shocking trade on Sunday. By the way, Devers was 2 for 5 with an RBI double last night. The Giants still lost to the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Leaving Minnesota
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Boys keep swinging

Brad Penner-Imagn Images New concerns about the ABS system as MLB unveils a check-swing system. The Boone brothers reunite. A look back at how a volcano affected baseball and other baseball news Good morning. If the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS, aka “robot umps”) is adopted in 2026, players and umpires have concerns about the margin of error on the system (The Athletic sub. req.) and...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: ‘Twas the day before Opening Day

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The season is about to start, so there are predictions. Some players get traded. Others get cut. A look back at Freddie Freeman’s dramatic World Series home run and other news from MLB. Good morning. Last day without baseball for a while, no? On the eve of (domestic) Opening Day, ESPN dot com previews all 30 teams and ranks them into tiers. Tom Verduc...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Down goes Cole

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Yankees ace needs Tommy John surgery. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will miss the entire 2025 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Max Fried says he’s “ready to step up” in Cole’s absence. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team needs to add pitching, but “very little is available.” Bus...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Leaving Minnesota
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling a draft
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits Moon Shot Homer vs. Tampa Bay, His 3rd of the Season
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• Andy Pettitte's No. 46 Reportedly to Be Retired by New York Yankees on Aug. 23
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• 2015 ALCS Will Be a Battle of the Powerful Blue Jays vs. the Powerhouse Royals
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• Johnny Cueto Reportedly Said Blue Jays Are Stealing Signs Before ALCS Game 4
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• Daniel Murphy Becomes Most Improbable Member of Elite Ring of Playoff Sluggers
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• Royals' 1st AL Central Title Sees KC Enter Playoffs as Flawed Favorites
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• Starlin Castro's Agent Denies Client Was Detained for Questioning About Shooting
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• Carlos Correa signed with the Giants. Okay, Cubs: Go get Dansby Swanson
Photo by Adam Hagy/Getty Images Only one of the four big free agent shortstops is still on the board. News item: BREAKING: Shortstop Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a 13-year, $350 million contract, a source familiar with the deal tells ESPN.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 14, 2022 My initial reaction to this is: THIRTEEN YEARS!?!?!?! The Giants are...2022
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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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• Nelson Cruz Splash Could Finally End Mariners' 13-Year Postseason Drought
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: The trade season is underway
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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• BCB After Dark: What would it take to trade Owen Caissie?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 18, 2025
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• Outside The Confines: An ‘intriguing’ winter

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Reds and Royals make a deal. Chinese Taipei wins Premier12 in a shocking upset. A survey of the free agent market and other news from around baseball. Good morning. Thanksgiving week is officially underway. Have an intriguing holiday. We had one trade this past Friday as the Reds traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Royals for Brady Singer...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown harvest

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Part of the future is coming to a park near you. Plus game notes and other amusements for the discerning reader. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground ...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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