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• Kyle Hart deals, San Diego slips past Colorado

Kyle Hart | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. home run leads to Padres win Kyle Hart, like Nick Pivetta before him, bounced back with a stellar performance in his second start at home. Hart lasted just 2/3 of an inning on the road against the Cubs in his last start. He returned to his home ballpark and threw six shutout innings and allowed one hit to lead the San Dieg...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 12, 2025. Articles to read Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Nick Pivetta stellar at Petco Park again, Padres remain perfect at home with rout of Rockies (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Photos: Padres shutout Rockies (Meg McLaug...2025
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• Padres 8, Rockies 0: Offense absent in another big loss

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images One rough inning was more than enough to sink the Rockies on Friday It was another tough night for the Rox on the road as they were completely outclassed by the Padres on Friday evening. A big fifth inning for San Diego was more than enough, as Colorado once again found themselves utterly unable to fight back in another lopsided loss. Márquez masterful...2025
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. homers in return to lineup The San Diego Padres came to life at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies. The Padres batted around in the six-run inning that knocked Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez out of the game. San Diego rode the momentum of the big inning to an 8-0 win at Pe...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 13 thread: Germán Márquez vs Nick Pivetta

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Rockies will try to keep the offense going and start a streak After avoiding a sweep at the hands of the A’s by way of a Thursday evening victory, the Rockies will attempt to turn in their first winning streak of the season when they head down to California to play the San Diego Padres over the weekend. To that end, Colorado will send Germán Márquez (0-1, 2.45 E...2025
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• Rockies 7, Brewers 2: Doyle Rules

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Feltner shoves and Doyle drives in five as Rox salvage a win After getting bludgeoned by the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, the Colorado Rockies rebounded to avoid a sweep and end their homestand with a 7-2 victory. Ryan Feltner dazzled on the mound as the team enjoyed a strong performance from Brenton Doyle at the plate and the team utilized ...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win
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• Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Friar Faithful have a great week The first week of the 2025 MLB season has been record-breaking for the San Diego Padres. Not only have they set a record with seven straight victories to begin their year but they had three shutouts in the first six games; something they had also never done before. Newcomer Nick Pivetta threw seven shutout innings in hi...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Padres display a sense of urgency Every year when spring training comes to a close the words you hear from virtually every team viewing themselves in contention for the playoffs is that it is important to get off to a fast start. Considering the way the Padres played in the spring—a 12-17 record and leaking runs all over the place—gettin...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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• Braves return to San Diego to kick off their season against the Padres

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Let’s get rockin’ and rollin’, y’all! After the Atlanta Braves ended their turbulent 2024 season in San Diego, Petco Park will be where their 2025 season begins. The Braves are set to tangle with the San Diego Padres for a four-game series in beautiful San Diego to start off their season. For the Braves, this serves as a way to get a hollow form of revenge...2025
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• Padres roster taking shape

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Gavin Sheets added to 40-man roster The San Diego Padres have until Wednesday of next week to finalize their 26-man roster for the beginning of the 2025 season. Outfielder/first baseman Gavin Sheets had an opt-out available to him with his minor league contract, and the spring production he has shown would absolutely guarantee he would be grab...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 7, 2025
Roki Sasaki, SP, Dodgers Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers out of Japan this offseason, and he's ready to make his mark in the major leagues. He is only 23 years old but has been a superstar in Japan for several years. His most notable achievement was throwing a perfect game in 2022. He did deal with some injuries and regression in 2024, but he posted his career worst ERA of just 2.35, which sho...2025
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• Stephen Kolek making case for starter role

Stephen Kolek | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Padres rotation competition heating up San Diego Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek turned in three scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Kolek came on in relief in the third inning and recorded a strikeout, while not allowing a hit or a walk in his second Cactus League outing. Stephen Kolek discussed his three scoreless innings a...2025
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• Manny Machado speaks, Padres brass listens

Manny Machado at San Diego Padres Fan Fest | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images A team leader’s opinion does matter If anyone has a right to feel like the true leader of the San Diego Padres, it is Manny Machado. The lack of offseason moves curb local interest in the team. Igniting a spark in the Friar Faithful seemed necessary and Machado was the logical choice to light t...2025
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• Examining the Padres 2025 payroll

AJ Preller | Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Not as bleak as we thought As spring training got started last week, Padres general manager AJ Preller had his first media availability for the new season. Within a few days the Padres had signed outfielder Jason Heyward, outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, RHP Nick Pivetta and LHP Kyle Hart. There were also some minor league signings that don...2025
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"Yesterday, they added to the rotation by agreeing to a deal with Nick Pivetta."

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"Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta was one of the more surprising recipients of a $21."

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"The Red Sox are moving right-hander Nick Pivetta into a multi-inning relief role, manager Alex Cora informed reporters after tonight’s win over the Mariners (relayed by Alex Speier of the Boston Globe)."

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"Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo connected on a Nick Pivetta fastball that got too much of the plate, sending it over the right-field wall in the fourth inning of the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Saturday."

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"On the final day of the 2021 season, the Boston Red Sox narrowly escaped a potential four-way tie for the American League Wild Card as Eduardo Rodriguez earned the win and Nick Pivetta got the save behind a brief start from Chris Sale against the Washington Nationals."

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"8:21pm: The Phillies announced the trade: They’re getting Workman, Hembree and cash for righties Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold."

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"With the pain-free outlook for 2019, the 28-year-old Eickhoff figures to be in the mix at the back end of a Philly rotation that currently includes Nick Pivetta, Vince Velasquez and Zach Eflin."

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"The Phillies will counter with Nick Pivetta, who has a 5."

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"Nick Pivetta and Luiz Gohara staged a pitchers' duel that was decided by a Maikel Franco homer."

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"It was a special night for Nick Pivetta."

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"The Nationals acquired Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon on Tuesday night in exchange for prospect Nick Pivetta, the team announced."

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"Lucas Giolito Michael Taylor Reynaldo Lopez Eric Fedde Steve Souza AJ Cole Wilmer Difo Drew Ward Brian Goodwin Nick Pivetta That is arguable, of course."

• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win
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• Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres

Nick Pivetta | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Nick Pivetta lasts just three innings in second start for San Diego For the second game in as many days, a San Diego Padres starting pitcher struggled with command, walked in a run and suffered a loss at the hands of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Padres starter Nick Pivetta labored through three innings of work. He threw 76 pitches over that spa...2025
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• Cubs 3, Padres 1: Shōta shines on a cloudy, chilly Wrigley afternoon

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs welcomed fans back to Wrigley Field with a win. Friday’s home Cubs opener at Wrigley Field was typical of so many over the years: Cloudy, wind blowing off the lake, temperature in the mid-40s. The capacity house of 40,244 was there to be entertained and to see a win, and they certainly got both. Shōta Imanaga, perhaps the most popular current C...2025
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• Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park
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• Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego improves to 5-0 for first time in franchise history Gavin Sheets lined a double to left field to drive in two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the San Diego Padres on top of the Cleveland Guardians, 6-2. Time to party pic.twitter.com/zpURWYYJFT— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 1, 2025 Jason H...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode
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• Braves News: Braves Swept in Season Opening Series, Brian Snitker on his Future, More
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• Padres manager Mike Shildt had a tremendous opening series

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The players on the field did the job but Shildt deserves credit for the moves he made I’m sure a lot of the talk coming out of this Padres-Braves series will be the dominance of Nick Pivetta, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado looking healthy and the bullpen shoving—and rightfully so. But someone else who deserves props is the skipper Mike Shildt (a...2025
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• San Diego sweeps Atlanta in opening series

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Nick Pivetta dominant in Padres debut, allows one hit over seven innings Nick Pivetta made his first regular season start as a member of the San Diego Padres and led his team to a sweep of the Atlanta Braves with a 5-0 win at Petco Park, Sunday. Pivetta worked well with catcher Elias Diaz and was efficient against an Atlanta lineup that ...2025
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• Braves seek first win of season as they face Nick Pivetta and the Padres

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been a rough start for the Braves so far. I have a toddler, and toddlers … are messy. They are the smallest living beings in the house, but they make, by far, the most mess. They’re at the perfect intersection of being able to do things for themselves, but they are also not good enough at any of them to be fully trusted. They kn...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 13 thread: Germán Márquez vs Nick Pivetta
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres trying to avoid getting swept at Wrigley

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 6, 2025. Articles to read Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Dylan Cease continuing to evolve in walk year with Padres (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Nick Pivetta roughed up as Padres drop second straight to Cubs (Kevin Acee, San Di...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 11

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Cubs stay red-hot with a 7-1 win, their fifth straight. It’s crazy to imagine given the rough schedule to start this season, but the Cubs have stormed out of the gate. They sit one terrible inning shy of seven consecutive wins. The A’s probably will finish well short of the playoff picture. The Diamondbacks and Padres, who bookended that A’s ser...2025
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• Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 10

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs escape with a 3-1 victory for their fourth straight win. For three days in Sacramento to start the week, the Cubs battered the A’s. Against a lesser team, they basically made it look easy. But coming home to great the Padres, winners of seven straight to start the season, they were significantly stepping up in class. This wasn’t the...2025
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• Cubs 3, Padres 1: Shōta shines on a cloudy, chilly Wrigley afternoon
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Padres series preview

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Cubs open the 2025 Wrigley Field season against a club from the NL West. While everyone has been focusing on the Dodgers and their 8-0 start, the San Diego Padres are also off to a great start, going 7-0 and sweeping a homestand. For more on the Padres, here’s Ben Fadden, who runs our SB Nation Padres site Gaslamp Ball: The Padres enter Wrigley pl...2025
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• Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win
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• Braves seek first win of season as they face Nick Pivetta and the Padres
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• Braves return to San Diego to kick off their season against the Padres
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• Kyle Hart deals, San Diego slips past Colorado
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• Padres 8, Rockies 0: Offense absent in another big loss
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Padres series preview
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• Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win
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• Braves News: Braves Swept in Season Opening Series, Brian Snitker on his Future, More
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• Padres score late to beat Rangers

Luis Arraez | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Luis Arraez leads San Diego offense with three hits, including a home run Forrest Wall lined a ball into the outfield in the bottom of the seventh inning, driving in two runs to give the San Diego Padres their first lead of the game over the Texas Rangers en route to a 9-8 win. Wall was up to bat with the Padres trailing 7-6 with two outs and r...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2025

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Did you report to Spring Training? ZiPS projected standings have the Royals finishing 82-80, third in the AL Central: I don’t want to harp too much on Kansas City’s offense, since I did that at length last week, but the fact is it’s a very Bobby Witt Jr.-reliant lineup with a ton of holes. This might be the best projected Royals pitchin...2025
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• Which non-roster invitee will make the team out of Spring Training?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Reliever roulette While Kenley Jansen and Scott Barlow signed for “real money” with other teams earlier this week, the Braves continued to swell their ranks of non-roster invitees with uninspiring recent performances by adding Jake Dieman and Dylan Covey to the array of folks nominally competing for a roster spot out of Spring Training. Diekman has a numb...2025
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• What’s left for the Braves after signing Jurickson Profar?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A big addition leaves the Braves with a few more holes to fill before spring training. The Atlanta Braves finally — finally! — made an offseason splash on Thursday, signing outfielder Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million deal. Profar solidifies the Braves’ outfield picture heading into 2025, where he could form one of the game’s top outfields ...2025
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• Gohara K's 9 Phillies but Braves drop finale
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• Phillies Acquire Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree
8:21pm: The Phillies announced the trade: They’re getting Workman, Hembree and cash for righties Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold. The cash part amounts to approximately $815K, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, who notes Workman and Hembree are owed roughly $1.1MM combined. The money Boston’s sending should enable Philly to stay under the luxury tax,…...2020
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• Under-the-radar Anthony Rizzo off to red-hot start for Yankees

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• Phillies Designate Nick Williams, Trevor Kelley For Assignment; Nick Pivetta Optioned
The Phillies announced a series of roster moves Tuesday, selecting the contracts of right-handers Connor Brogdon and Blake Parker. In corresponding 40-man moves, Philadelphia designated outfielder/former top prospect Nick Williams and right-hander Trevor Kelley for assignment. Right-hander Nick Pivetta was also optioned to Philadelphia’s alternate training site. Williams, 26, was considered ...2020
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• Gohara faces Phils in Braves' 2017 home finale
The Braves and Phillies are set for their final matchup of 2017 with young starters Luiz Gohara and Nick Pivetta on the hill at SunTrust Park, where Atlanta will play its final game of the season....2017
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• Nick Pivetta Unlikely To Accept Qualifying Offer
Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta was one of the more surprising recipients of a $21.05MM qualifying offer earlier this month, but he’s likely to reject the offer in search of a multi-year deal, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan, who suggests that “at least” a three-year deal should be waiting for the righty, who’s heading into his…...2024
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• Padres Reportedly Expected To Keep Dylan Cease, Michael King
Rumors have swirled all winter about the Padres trading a starting pitcher such as Dylan Cease or Michael King. Yesterday, they added to the rotation by agreeing to a deal with Nick Pivetta. They made another modest rotation add today by signing lefty Kyle Hart. It would be fair to wonder if those signings were…...2025
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• Red Sox Move Nick Pivetta To Bullpen
The Red Sox are moving right-hander Nick Pivetta into a multi-inning relief role, manager Alex Cora informed reporters after tonight’s win over the Mariners (relayed by Alex Speier of the Boston Globe). It’ll be his first bullpen work since Boston acquired him from the Phillies during the abbreviated 2020 campaign. Pivetta has been a durable but…...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 7, 2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 6, 2024
Edwin Diaz, RP (NYM) Diaz is right on track towards a successful return from the torn patellar tendon in his knee that forced him to miss the entire 2023 season. The electric closer was hitting the mid-to-high 90's with his fastball in a minor-league intrasquad scrimmage on Tuesday. The expectation is Diaz will appear in his first Grapefruit League game of the season next week. All signs point to ...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 1, 2024
SP Notes Corbin Burnes, BAL The Orioles will be counting on the newly-acquired Burnes to be the ace of their rotation this season, especially with Kyle Bradish set to open the season on the IL. Burnes was among the elite pitchers in baseball from 2020-2022, posting a 2.62 ERA, 2.66 xFIP, 11.86 K/9, and 2.29 BB/9 across those three seasons. He took a step back last season, recording a still solid...2024
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• Kikuchi Keeps it Going - Aug 16, 2023
Yusei Kikuchi, SP, TOR Kikuchi was dominant again against the Phillies on Tuesday allowing 1 ER on 4 hits and 0 BB's in 6 IP while striking out 7. Kikuchi has been getting excellent results for quite some time now, as his ERA since the start of June is a stellar 2.63 ERA across 13 starts. During that stretch, he has compiled an 80:16 K:BB in 72 IP, while allowing less than a HR per 9 IP. The im...2023
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• Tyler Glasnow is back to being a fantasy ace - August 1, 2023
Tyler Glasnow (SP-TB) dominated the Yankees on Monday, holding them to one run on three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts over seven innings. The only run Glasnow permitted was a harmless fourth-inning solo shot by Jake Bauers, by which point Tampa Bay already had the lead. Glasnow threw 61 of his 94 pitches for strikes, improving to 5-3 with a 3.15 ERA. He's now gone at least seven innings...2023
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• AL Week 18 Strategy-July 22, 2023
In The Field SS Royce Lewis (oblique) was able to play catch and take swings on Friday. He is still hoping for a mid-August return. However, the start of a rehab assignment will give us a more accurate timetable. Lewis was performing well prior to the injury (.326 AVG with 4 HR, 11 R, 15 RBI, and 1 SB). SS Corey Seager left Friday's game early due to a sprained right thumb. X-rays came back nega...2023
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• Chris Sale returns to IL - June 3, 2023
Jon Gray (SP-TEX) was outstanding once again on Friday, beating the Mariners with seven scoreless innings. Gray outdueled Luis Castillo in a 2-0 pitcher's duel, yielding just two hits (both singles) and one walk while striking out five. Gray was efficient as well, throwing 57 of his 82 pitches for strikes. Friday marked Gray's fifth consecutive start with a win, which isn't surprising given that h...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2023
Keibert Ruiz (C-WSH) has scuffled through spring training so far, logging a .182 average, no homers, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, and 5 strikeouts across 34 PA entering Saturday's action. The slow start is a bit concerning after he did not impress in 2022 - his first extended stretch of big-league action - with a .251 average with 7 homers, 36 RBI, 33 runs scored, and 6 steals over 433 PA, with a below-aver...2023
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• Sawx Make Astros Sit Down For The Director’s Cut Of P For Pivetta
Yesterday, Nick Pivetta went 9 IP, 1 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.22 vs. the Astros who put an absolute beating on the Red Sox on Tuesday like they were a garbage can lid. Yes, that Nick Pivetta aka The Stopper aka If The Red Sox Turn Their Season Around This Feels Like The Moment It Happens aka The Nick Pivetta of Every Fantasy Baseballers' Dreams For The Last Five Years aka I Was Not E...2022
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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win
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• Padres 8, Rockies 0: Offense absent in another big loss
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 13 thread: Germán Márquez vs Nick Pivetta
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 11
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• Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/5/25): Cubs 7, Padres 1 – Kelly Homers Again as Cubs Take Series
The Cubs entered their game against the Padres Saturday at Wrigley Field hoping for a fifth consecutive victory. Once again, Chicago got a lot of help from the bottom of the lineup to keep the streak alive and win the series. The North Siders grabbed the lead against Nick Pivetta with a pair of runs … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (4/5/25): Cubs 7, Padres 1 – Kelly Homers Again...2025
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• Game 9: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Your game thread for April 5, 2025. San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, April 5, 2025, 11:20 a.m. PST Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Projected matchup: Nick Pivetta vs. Matthew Boyd Today's Padres bullpen usage chart pic.twitter.com/aBUuvLEAUE— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) April 5, 2025 Please remembe...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Saturday 4/5, 1:20 CT

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs go for their fifth straight win. Saturday notes: YOUR FIRST-PLACE CUBS: With their 6-4 record, the Cubs begin today in first place by half a game over the Cardinals (4-3). Last year, the Cubs were not atop the division until April 29, after 29 games, when they were 18-11 and up by half a game. They lost the next day, slipping to second, and n...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 10
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• Padres underwhelming offseason gives way to promise of a new year

Manager Mike Shildt (left), Fernando Tatis Jr. (middle), General Manager A.J. Preller (right). | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego enters camp on a positive note The lack of activity by the San Diego Padres made for a long offseason. The majority of moves the team made came in the form of minor league contract signings, adding players like Oscar Gonzalez, Yonatha...2025
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• Examining the Padres 2025 payroll
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• Braves News: Measured messaging, roster depth, top tools in the system, more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well the Braves’ season informally started, as pitchers and catchers reported, with most of the team now present at Spring Training. In stark contrast to last year’s chorus of “World Series or bust”, the team appears to be taking a more measured tone of confidence after a struggle of a 2024 seas...2025
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• Since We Last Met: Boston Red Sox

Desperate times. | Dennis Brearley/Boston Red Sox/MLB via Getty These Soxes don’t just lose, they raise it to an art form Here we are in the final weeks of the 2023 baseball season. Playoff chases abound, each and every game seemingly has rippling implications for teams on the cusp of the postseason chase still fighting for their playoff lives. This Sox vs Sawx series, however, is not one...2023
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• NL Player of the Week hosts AL Player of the Week as Braves face Red Sox
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Masataka Yoshida is rolling into town on a heater with Boston. The Red Sox will also have to deal with Sean Murphy, who’s also been on a heater lately. The league’s spotlight will once again shine brightly on Truist Park in Cobb County, as the Boston Red Sox are rolling into town to take on the Atlanta Braves for the start of a two-g...2023
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