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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?

Photo by Evan Hurd/Sygma/Corbis via Getty Images Take the Royals to contention? The Royals surprised the baseball world, improving by 30 wins and reaching the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. But as Bobby Witt Jr. put it “they didn’t get this far just to get this far”, and the team has designs on being a true contender for a title. Getting there may prove to be more difficult ...2024
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• What to know about the MLB off-season

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Let the Hot Stove season begin. Now that the World Series is complete, the off-season can begin in earnest. Here is what you need to know about the Royals’ off-season. Which players become free agents? The Royals have seven players that automatically become free agents now - Paul DeJong, Yuli Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman, Michael Lor...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals games

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Royals games were better this year. It was a remarkable season for the Royals with 30 more wins this year than in 2023, one of the biggest improvements ever. That gave Royals fans a lot more games to be excited about! Here are the best Royals games of the year. March 31 - Royals blow out the Twins The Twins were expected to be the clas...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals moments

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images There were more good moments than in their 106-loss season! Royals fans had tempered expectations coming off a 106-loss season. But the team stunned the baseball world with a huge turnaround that gave fans thrilling moments all season. Here are the top moments from the 2024 season. April 11 - “The Boys Are Playing Some Ball” After coming off 106 losses, the R...2024
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• Here are all the former Cubs still in the 2024 MLB postseason

Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos | Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images There aren’t as many as in some past years. I’ve written similar articles to this one in the past and there has generally been a good selection of former Cubs to root for in the MLB postseason. Not this year. The eight clubs remaining as we head to the Division Series round have a total of only ...2024
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• Who should the Royals add to the 40-man roster this off-season?

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Royals should have some roster flexibility. Regardless of how this season ends, the Royals will look to capitalize off their surprising turnaround with a smart off-season. Their decisions will be impacted by the 40-man roster, their active and reserve roster of players. This winter, they will need to decide whether or not to add certa...2024
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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?
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• What to know about the MLB off-season
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals games
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• Here are all the former Cubs still in the 2024 MLB postseason
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Plus Spencer Nivens hits more home runs in August than anyone in the minors. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, August 27 to Sunday, September 1 ...2024
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• TWitM: Dickey dominates, Murdock mows ‘em down

Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jared Dickey may be the most underrated prospect in the farm system. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, July 2 to Sunday, J...2024
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• Royals activate Michael Massey, call up CJ Alexander

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nelson Velázquez is shipped down. The Royals made a series of moves on Monday in an attempt to wake up an offense that has scored just 11 runs in the last seven games and is currently scoreless over the last 22 innings. Returning to the lineup is Michael Massey, who had been out for the last month with a back injury. The Royals also called up infiel...2024
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• 12 thoughts about the Royals’ 7-2 win over the Dodgers

MJ Melendez #1 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates as he crosses the plate after hitting a grand slam home run in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. | Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Jeremy Guthrie is still pitching... prescient calls that lead to Royals wins. 12. The Dodgers use a live organist in their ...2024
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• The virtue of patience in baseball

Will Smith #31 of the Kansas City Royals poses for a photo during the Kansas City Royals Photo Day at Surprise Stadium on Thursday, February 22, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Teams almost never make changes as quickly as we would like. Is there a method to the madness? As humans, when things are going poorly, we want change and we want it n...2024
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• TWitM: Mitchell mashes, Squires slugs

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Plus, what moves might be on the way for Kansas City? This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” Much of the talk about the Royals of late centers around their recent ...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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"After a Nelson Velázquez single, Michael Massey singled off the lefty to drive home two more runs."

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"Another really nice piece of hitting, going the other way, and it scored Bellinger and Nelson Velázquez, who had run for Mancini."

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"Patrick Wisdom was hit by a pitch leading off the inning and Nelson Velázquez singled, with both runners moving up on a throw to third base."

• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?
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• What to know about the MLB off-season
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• Who should the Royals add to the 40-man roster this off-season?
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• TWitM: Award Season is upon us

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Winners will be honored at Futures Night on September 20. This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” The 2024 minor league regular season has officially closed at all ...2024
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals rounds third base before scoring a run during the third inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2024 in New York City. | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images If you’re a Yankees fan, you’re probably pretty nervous about facing the Royals in the playoffs. There are 15 games left in the season and the Roya...2024
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs have had a great road trip so far. Can they continue this hot streak? The last time the Cubs played in Washington was May 4, 2023. That’s 484 days ago. In that game — and trust me, you do not want to click on that boxscore link — Trey Mancini, Nelson Velázquez and Brad Boxberger played for the Cubs. Seems like more than 484 days ago that those...2024
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• TWitM: Spencer Nivens is out of this world

Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin via Imagn Content Services, LLC Nivens is the hottest hitter in the entire minor leagues right now This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” This Week in the Minors: Tuesday, Aug...2024
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• Evaluating what the Royals can offer in a trade

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images Gotta give up talent to get talent. Tuesday’s trade deadline is fast approaching, and the Royals will likely be buyers for the first time in several seasons. The team has a low-ranked farm system, according to several evaluators. Will they have enough to offer other teams to receive players that can make a difference? They have shown ...2024
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• Royals Option Nelson Velázquez
The Royals announced a series of roster moves today. Infielder Michael Massey was reinstated from the injured list and the club selected the contract of infielder CJ Alexander. In corresponding moves, the club placed infielder/outfielder Adam Frazier on the 10-day injured list due to a right thumb strain and optioned outfielder Nelson Velázquez to Triple-A…...2024
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise
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• TWitM: Jac Caglianone heats up
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• TWitM: Dickey dominates, Murdock mows ‘em down
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• Baseball blogger bypasses bedtime but bored by bad ballgame. Boys in blue beaten 5-1

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports The bullpen stunk, but it’s not their fault the offense couldn’t cobble together runs. The Kansas City Royals forced me to stay up later than I would prefer just to put on a lifeless display offensively en route to dropping a series to a trash Oakland A’s team with a 5-1 loss tonight. Cole Ragans did not have his best command early, frequently missing to both...2024
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• Royals keep raking, mash Mariners 8-4

Relief pitcher Sam Long #73 of the Kansas City Royals pitches during the seventh inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on June 06, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images No drama necessary in this one. In a week punctuated by three dramatic come-from-behind wins and a dramatic come-from-behind loss, the Royals played a pretty drama-free one toda...2024
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• Time to talk trades if the Royals wants trophies

J.D. Martinez #28 of the New York Mets bats against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning at Nationals Park on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Who is available? What will the Royals give up? The Royals have been good this year but they also aren’t without their flaws. Fortunately, there is a long tradition of good but flawed teams making th...2024
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• TWitM: Mitchell mashes, Squires slugs
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• The All-Star Game is coming Part 2: Votepocalypse

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 26, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This democracy can be dominated by royalty Last week we talked about what would have to happen to get a Royals catcher or baseman into the Al...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 30, 2024

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports There’s an early game today. The Royals snapped their losing streak last night thanks to the long ball: Nelson Velázquez and Salvador Perez did the heavy lifting for Kansas City. Both launched solo home runs off Twins starting pitcher Bailey Ober in the fifth inning. The fifth-inning shot was the second of the game for Velázquez, who’d also belted one out in ...2024
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• Seth’s sinkers, Salvy’s swings sink similar siblings 6-1

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Nelson Velázquez hit two homers but I couldn’t work him into the alliteration. The Kansas City Royals hit three home runs on offense and worked around plenty of baserunners from the Minnesota Twins as the Royals won 6-1 at Target Field tonight. Lugo labored early on. The Twins channeled their inner Joe Mauers in the first inning with a couple opposite-fi...2024
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• What to know about the MLB off-season
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals moments
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• The virtue of patience in baseball
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• Royals keep raking, mash Mariners 8-4
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• You can now vote your Royals into the All-Star Game!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Royals fans, you know what to do. The last time the Royals were competitive, fans stuffed the ballot box, eventually sending four of the boys in blue as starters - catcher Salvador Perez, shortstop Alcides Escobar, and outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon. The Royals have a chance to send multiple players to the Midsummer Classic, to...2024
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• Royals stage ninth-inning rally to defeat Padres 4-3

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nelson Velázquez hits a huge two-run triple. Nelson Velázquez hit a two-run triple in the ninth inning and scored the game-winning run on a walk off sacrifice fly by Nick Loftin as the Royals salvaged the game and the series with a 4-3 win over the Padres Sunday afternoon. After three scoreless innings to start the game, the Royals pu...2024
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• This game defies witty headlines, Royals lose 9-3

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals walks back to the mound after giving up a two-run home run to Gary Sánchez #99 of the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium on May 06, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Matt Quatraro made his worst choice of the season so far. I said before the game that I was excited to see what Cole Ragans could ...2024
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• Brewers get 6-5 win in dramatic comeback victory

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Willy Adames hits three-run go-ahead homer with two outs in ninth Box Score After Andruw Monasterio popped out against Royals closer James McArthur to record the second out of the ninth inning, the Brewers had no runners on, they were down by two, they were down to their last out, and they had a 1% win probability. Win probability be damned, they said, as they...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 16, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2024

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report today! Anne Rogers projects the Opening Day roster. The Royals believe Isbel is their best center field option and are counting on power in their corner outfield with Melendez and Renfroe. One major roster battle this spring is that fourth outfielder spot (or fifth, counting Nelson Velázquez below). Drew Waters, who can p...2024
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• Cubs 4, Marlins 2: Nick Madrigal saves the day
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The infielder’s key two-run single gave the Cubs an eighth-inning lead. As most of you know, I have been critical of Nick Madrigal on this site in the past. So today I will give him major props for his game-winning single in the Cubs’ eighth-inning rally. Madrigal’s two-run single with one out in the eighth gave the Cubs the lead and Miguel Amaya followed with ...2023
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• Cubs 15, Reds 2: Zach McKinstry, David Bote and Franmil Reyes go deep in this laugher to end the year
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs had some fun and breezed to win No. 74. It seems like a very long time ago when the Cubs defeated the Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in the 2022 season opener, but in reality, that was just short of six months ago, the length of a normal baseball season. Wednesday, on a lovely October afternoon that spilled into early evening in Cincinnati, the Cubs booke...2022
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• Cubs 5, Padres 2: Some home runs and, at last, the bullpen holds
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs smashed three long balls and won the series from San Diego. This time, Cubs relievers did their job. With four innings to cover for Hayden Wesneski after he departed following a decent five-inning outing, Michael Fulmer, Mark Leiter Jr., Keegan Thompson and Brad Boxberger threw four innings and allowed two hits and a run. Combined with a power ...2023
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• Royals come up clutch with two outs, Marsh sharp in 9-4 win over Orioles

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The Royals have won nine straight at home. Alec Marsh tossed 5 2⁄3 innings of scoreless baseball and the offense erupted for eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings as the Royals defeated the Orioles 9-4 on Friday evening. The Royals scored all nine runs with two outs in the inning. Marsh hit Gunnar Henderson to begin the game, then gave up a single to...2024
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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• Cubs 6, Padres 0: The story of the man of Steele and his sidekicks Yan and Nico
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Strong pitching and timely hitting once again led the Cubs to victory. If Justin Steele keeps up this sort of pitching, there will be a case for him to be on the National League All-Star team. From BCB’s JohnW53: With his 5⅓ shutout innings, Justin Steele has allowed no more than two earned runs in 12 consecutive starts, going back to July 22 of last se...2023
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• The Cubs don’t have enough outfielders and have too many guys playing out of position
No. Edwin Rios is not really a first baseman | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Fix it, Jed. A misplay by Trey Mancini in right field Sunday cost the Cubs two runs. A similar misplay by Miles Mastrobuoni during the opening series against the Brewers also led to two runs, which was the difference in that game. Neither Mancini nor Mastrobuoni is really a right fielder. Mancini did play ther...2023
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• Cubs roster move: Christopher Morel recalled, Nelson Velázquez optioned
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Welcome back to Chicago, Christopher. Christopher Morel has spent the first month of his season at Iowa demolishing Triple-A pitching: .330/.425/.730 (38-for-115) with nine doubles, two triples and 11 home runs. Today, the Cubs recalled Morel to the major league roster and, per Jesse Rogers, they are sending Nelson Velázquez back to Iowa: Yes, sending dow...2023
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• You’re the Royals GM - what is your offseason plan?
2024

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• What to know about the MLB off-season
2024

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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals games
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• 2024 Season in Review: The best Royals moments
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• TWitM: Award Season is upon us
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• The boys are playing some ball and could make some noise
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview

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• TWitM: Spencer Nivens is out of this world
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• Evaluating what the Royals can offer in a trade
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• Royals offense remains asleep, lose 6-0

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals can’t cleanly field a groundball hit by Wyatt Langford #36 of the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning at Globe Life Field on June 22, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. | Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Royals’ tailspin continues. A lot will probably be made of the fact that Angel Zerpa gave up five runs in the eighth inning, but, honestly, that do...2024
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• The All-Star Game is coming Part 2: Votepocalypse
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• Could the Royals be a landing spot for a free agent on a short deal?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images What better way to get potential voters on your side? Spring training is just a few weeks ago, but many top free agents remain unsigned. The contracts signed after the start of January are typically far less than the amount observers expect, as players settle for less money in the hopes of getting into camp in time. This could provide terrific value for t...2024
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• The Cubs used to be fun. What happened?
Christopher Morel celebrates a home run on May 23 | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The team’s struggles continued as they were swept by the Angels The Cubs were swept by the Angels and every loss seemed utterly predictable and inevitable. There was the giving up a four-run lead loss as the bullpen imploded (yet again) on Tuesday, followed by the spectre o...2023
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