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• The Royals should be “ambushing” pitchers more

Alcides Escobar (2) hits an inside-the-park home run against the New York Mets in the first inning in game one of the 2015 World Series | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The 2025 Royals could take a tip from Alcides Escobar. The Royals’ offense is bad. There’s no getting around that. Anyone with half a brain worried that could be true before the season started. To the Royals’ credit, they also kne...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Back in the win column. Noah Cameron has had a historic start to his career: In four starts, Cameron has posted a 1.05 ERA. He hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his four starts. He has gone at least 6 1/3 innings in each of them, too. That makes Cameron just the second pitcher since 1893 with 6 1/3-plus innings and one run or less in his first f...2025
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• Braves News: The path forward, Daysbel Hernandez, more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Well the Braves got rained out of Wednesday’s game and will play a doubleheader Thursday. It’s not a bad day for some reflection after a rough few games for the offense, despite Ronald Acuna’s triumphant return. The Braves really need to turn it on here. They are 9.5 games back of the Phillies in the division,...2025
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• Diamondbacks Sign Nicky Lopez To Minor League Deal
The Diamondbacks have signed infielder Nicky Lopez to a minor league deal, per Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports. The veteran has been assigned to the Triple-A Reno Aces and should join that club in the coming days. Lopez, 30, has been fairly nomadic this year. He signed a minor league deal with the Cubs in…...2025
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• Cubs roster move: Miguel Amaya to injured list, Reese McGuire selected

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Cubs catcher will be out for a while. Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya suffered an oblique injury in Saturday’s game against the Reds. It happened on this play [VIDEO]. It’s not known how long Amaya will be out. Manager Craig Counsell said Amaya will have imaging done in Chicago Tuesday and then the team will know more. So Amaya has been placed on the 10...2025
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• Nicky Lopez Elects Free Agency
Infielder Nicky Lopez went unclaimed on outright waivers after being designated for assignment by the Cubs, per the transaction log at MLB.com. Chicago sent him outright to Triple-A Iowa, but Lopez has instead elected free agency. He can now sign with any team. The 30-year-old Lopez is a versatile, glove-first utility player who’s seen considerable…...2025

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• Cubs roster move: Miguel Amaya to injured list, Reese McGuire selected
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener

Miguel Vargas mashed two homers and a double in his four-hit outing, driving in all of the White Sox runs. | David Banks-Imagn Images Miguel Vargas was the only player to show up for the South Siders Things started out fun for the White Sox, but then gradually starting going downhill until the game snowballed into a complete disaster, falling to the Cubs in the first game of the Crosstown ...2025
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• Cubs 9, Giants 2: The offense resumes its onslaught

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And the Cubs got solid pitching from Matthew Boyd again. After being shut out Sunday for only the second time this year and then losing Shōta Imanaga for an indefinite time with a hamstring injury, you could have forgiven the Cubs if they had entered Monday’s game in a bit of a down mood. No matter. The Cubs opened a brief three-game homestan...2025
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• Checking in on notable former Braves players

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A month into the 2025 season, here’s a look at how ex-Braves are doing across the big leagues. A month has passed in the 2025 season, and after a rocky start, the Atlanta Braves seem to be finding their mojo again. As with every season, the Braves are finding a new normal after saying goodbye to a number of long-time members of the big league roster af...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 24, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Stormy nights in the Midwest. ICYMI, last night’s game was rained out and will be played today as part of a doubleheader. Anne Rogers took to Reddit for an AMA: Right now there is a lot of platooning and rotation, especially in the outfield. Is the plan to eventually settle on a group if/when the offense improves, or will there be continuous rotation? Along ...2025
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• Cub Tracks sweeps the leg

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, -four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs sent the Dodgers on their way without a Chicagoland victory and prepare for Philadelphia to arrive. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, ...2025
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• Cubs roster moves: Nicky Lopez signed, Drew Pomeranz added, Gage Workman DFA, Gavin Hollowell optioned

Gavin Hollowell and Drew Pomeranz | Photos by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Cubs make some more roster shifts. Nicky Lopez, who was with the Cubs in Spring Training this year but was let go and signed with the Angels, has been re-signed by the Cubs after the Angels let him go earlier this week: The Cubs are re-signing INF Nicky Lopez. He was with them in spring then to the Angels and ...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 19, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images We’ve run out of ways to describe how crappy the offense has been. Anne Rogers writes about the struggling Royals offense. “This is a game of routines,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s a game of consistency. If there was something glaring that we thought we could do, I think we would do that. But I think we have to trust our guys. We believe in this ...2025
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• The cock crowed thrice as the White Sox broke their winning streak with a shutout

Yoán Moncada is terminally benched. In an alternate universe, the South Siders won. But only in one of them. And only in extra innings Tonight’s game had been wreathed in more collective unforeseen hope than we’ve witnessed since June, the last time the White Sox won a series on the road. Optimism was high, and there were murmurs of the South Siders evading the ever-increasing probability ...2024
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", this: And hey, why not pile on, as Lenyn Sosa brought the White Sox side of the score to final with a two-run bomb: Ron Washington, not wanting to burn his bullpen on [checks notes] Opening Day, after two days off and with one still coming tomorrow, then inserted Naperville’s Own Nicky Lopez to finish out the game."

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"Busch hit a line drive to short on which Nicky Lopez made a nice snag and doubled Tauchman off second."

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"He walked Nicky Lopez in the second and Olson to start the third, but Atlanta was unable to do anything with them."

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"The Royals have won their arbitration hearing over infielder Nicky Lopez, MLB."

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"Nicky Lopez is much improved at the plate in 2021."

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"The rosters are set for the 2017 Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game as Yankees Number 23 prospect Billy McKinney and Royals Number 11 Nicky Lopez were named the winners of the Fall Stars Final 2 Fan Vote, presented by Bowman Baseball Cards."

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• Cub Tracks settles for meatloaf

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. It’s sad when two out of three is disappointing, but there you go. Expectations are high. WELCOME to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, an...2025
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• Is Drew Waters a long-term solution or a mirage?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Drew Waters has come in and been reasonably productive in an outfield that desperately needed it. Can he continue being an answer for the Kansas City Royals? The defining story of the Royals season so far is the dearth of production from the lineup, and the outfield in particular. Luckily, the pitching has been good enough to keep that...2025
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• The Short Porch is wondering who should play third base for the Cubs

Jon Berti at bat against the Giants last homestand | Photo by Nick Loggarakis/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s been a rough rotation since Matt Shaw was optioned to Triple-A. The Cubs got off to a hot start despite the toughest schedule in baseball in April but there are still big question marks despite their three game lead in the division over the Cardinals and Brewers. There are reports...2025
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• Team Italy spark plug Nicky Lopez joins hot-hitting Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs signed versatile infielder Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract on April 23, 2025 after releasing him earlier in the spring. The Cubbies initially offered a minor-league deal with an invite to Spring Training on February 7, 2025,… Continue reading →...2025
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• Nick Loftin should get another chance

Nick Loftin #12 of the Kansas City Royals runs during a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 11, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Let him play! Over the weekend, Royals speedster and superutility man Tyler Tolbert went on bereavement leave. To take the open active roster spot, Kansas City recalled...2025
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• Collecting Rule 5: White Sox acquire SS Gage Workman from Cubs

Meet your newest waiver-wire-and-Rule-5 acquisition, Gage Workman! | Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images If you fill your roster with players you can’t demote, at least you’re forced to put them on the IL faster when they’re hurt! Chris Getz seems to have found a curious crack in the baseball industry: Collecting Rule 5 players drafted by other teams and then dropped. The GM made his se...2025
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 19 edition

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs had an excellent homestand and remained in first place in the NL Central. The Cubs began a stretch of 21 games against teams with sub-.500 records by going 5-1 against the Marlins and White Sox at Wrigley Field. With 15 games remaining in that stretch, they would need to go 10-5 to meet what I thought was a goal for a good team, going 15-6. I be...2025
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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• Cub Tracks settles for meatloaf
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Cubs suffer their first three-game skid of 2025 in a 7-2 loss. I put it all in the dek today. The Cubs lose 7-2. First three-game skid. That’s the story of the day. Jameson Taillon was tagged with four homers. It was overkill at some point. The Cubs offense mustered five hits and five walks. The two runs? Solo homers. There haven’t been a lot of games where t...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 35

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Cubs bounce back with 9-2 win in series opener. The Cubs had a rough Sunday, losing a game and seeing their top pitcher injured. That could send a lot of teams reeling. But through the first quarter of the season, this team has been exceptionally resilient. Monday night was no exception. The Cubs bounced back from a rough day with a 9-2 victory. This one...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 19, 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 4: Justin Turner walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images That is a headline you likely did not expect to read this year. Maybe I should write that players are “done” more often. No matter what happens with the remainder of Justin Turner’s tenure with the Cubs, we will always have the wonderful memory of his walkoff double — his first extra-base hit of the year! — that gave the Cubs a stirring comeback 5-4 walkoff w...2025
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• Brewers embarrassed by early Cubs offensive explosion

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images A deflating 10-0 loss opens this big three-game series Box Score In a game that was over almost before it started, the Chicago Cubs made a strong statement to the Milwaukee Brewers. The red-hot Cubs offense spat on Pat Murphy’s idea to use Tyler Alexander to open for Quinn Priester and jumped all over Brewers pitchers who looked unfit for the moment. After a second-...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 22, 2025

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Royals rotation is old school. In case you missed it, the Royals acquired veteran hitter Mark Canha. Kyle Wright faced live hitters for the first time since 2023, writes Anne Rogers. “I was definitely nervous again,” Wright said. “I had those pregame jitters, which I was pumped about. Usually the thoughts have just been, ‘Is my shoulder going to...2025
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• Cub Tracks returns to form

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped one at Sloan Park, thanks in part to Michael King’s good pitching and their quiet bats. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ov...2025
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• The White Sox WAH factor

The WAH when you first learn you’ve been born into a White Sox family. | tenor.com Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The South Siders would be better served by another measure: Wins Above Horrible Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The White Sox instead rate a WAH factor. WAH, a statistic reserved for teams with at least 121 losses, goes along with Baseball-Reference’s or FanGraph...2025
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• Cub Tracks goes to eleven

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Cubs win in comeback fashion and the starter relieved the reliever. Good times. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, s...2025
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• Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords

Major League Baseball MLB’s ABS challenge system test was used for the first time. The Cubs — or, more accurately, a bunch of miscellaneous guys wearing Cubs uniforms — defeated the Dodgers in the 2025 Spring Training opener 12-4 Thursday afternoon in Glendale, Arizona. That wasn’t the most important story of the game, as you surely know that Spring Training wins and losses are pretty well...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves homered five times to snap a three-game skid. The Atlanta Braves flexed their muscles Thursday night snapping a three-game skid with an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves didn’t waste any time getting going Thursday as Ronald Acuña Jr. jumped on the first pitch he saw from Adam Wainwright and drove it over the wall in center for...2023
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• Braves reinstate Ozzie Albies from Injured List, promote Darius Vines

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta gets a big part of their lineup The Atlanta Braves are getting a key piece of their lineup back for Monday’s series opener against the Colorado Rockies, and also giving a different member of their 40-man roster a taste of big league life.. The Braves reinstated Ozzie Albies from the 10-day Injured List Monday and optioned Vaughn G...2023
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• Braves rally late for 8-6 win over Pirates

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Kevin Pillar and Orlando Arcia came through with a couple of clutch hits in the ninth to help Atlanta snap a three-game losing streak. Yonny Chirinos struggled and the Atlanta Braves came up short again in a 6-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It didn’t take the Braves long to get on the board Tuesday night. After getting brushed back by the first pitch ...2023
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• Royals win back-and-forth contest over Angels, 11-8
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images A season-high 11 runs in an offensive explosion! The Royals erupted for a season-high 11 runs in a wild back-and-forth contest against the Angels that resulted in an 11-8 win for Kansas City on Saturday night. Matt Duffy and Hunter Dozier each had three hits, and the team struck out just three times, their lowest total of the year. The Royals were able...2023
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• Royals almost lose on a straight steal, but walk it off instead, winning 4-3 over Cleveland
Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Freddy Fermin, our hero Entering today’s game, the Royals boasted the 3rd worst 80-game start in MLB history and with a loss, would secure the 3rd worst half-season start in history. Lowest winning% in a team's first 80 games in the expansion era. Royals tied for third worst (squeaking out an additional win more than the A's this y...2023
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• Road sweet road: Royals win 3-1 in San Francisco
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Royals match their home win total on the road in one try. The Royals embarked on their first road trip of the year and doubled their win total on the first try, beating the Giants 3-1 in the home opener for San Francisco. Brad Keller was solid for over five innings, and Royals pitchers held the Giants to just five hits. Royals bats have gotten off to a s...2023
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• Matt Olson reaches 50 homers on the season but Braves lose 7-5 to Phillies

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Andruw Jones now has company in the Braves single-season 50 homer club, as Matt Olson homered twice to reach the milestone number. Matt Olson got two steps closer to breaking Andruw Jones’ franchise record for homers in a single season after he smacked both his 49th and 50th home runs of the season in tonight's game. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to help ...2023
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• Samad Taylor plays hero in his debut, KC wins 10-9
Photo by Patrick Mulligan/Getty Images This was a roller coaster of a game, but KC finally ends their losing streak. If you didn’t watch this game, it’s hard to describe. Of course, that’s what you pay me for. But first, a visual aid. FanGraphs.com https://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2023-06-17&team=Royals&dh=0&season=2023 For the vast majority of this g...2023
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Nicky Isn’t Ricky But….
Nicky Lopez of the Kansas City Royals is the antithesis of Ricky Henderson, the tsaeb of fantasy baseball. Lopez won't hit for power and....Well, he won't do much of anything except get some steals. Will they be a "manna falling down from heaven" amount of steals? Niet, but steals are a commodity and many fall behind in the early part of the draft, forcing them to pay up later. You won't have to p...2022
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• Royals’ Nicky Lopez among fantasy baseball’s best waiver-wire gems

There are tons of buried treasures on the waiver wire. You just have to look deep — real deep....2021
• Little Nicky Is A Devilishly Good Buy
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) "Your mascara isn't as thick as I'd expect from someone named Billie Eyelash." At a podium, Billie Eilish laughs at Billy Crystal, and the banter fades away as they get serious to announce Best New Artist. Hoping to join previous winners like Evanescence, Bruce Hornsby and the ...2021
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• Add IL Brr To Mondesi
"Hello, Proprietor of a Milliner, I understand your trade is hat-making. I was wondering if you could make this Dairy Queen sundae helmet into a normal-sized head helmet...Right, right, I get that. Yes, I guess I could just buy a helmet from the John Olerud collection, but I'd like this exact Kansas City Royals sundae helmet. It's for Opening Day for the 2021 baseball season, Mr. Milliner--Wait a ...2021
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• Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, May 19 edition
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Crosstown Classic all-time series is now tied. The Cubs’ 7-3 win over the White Sox Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field was their seventh straight over the South Siders (and the Cubs have won nine of 10 since the beginning of the 2023 season). It also evened up the all-time series between the two clubs at 74 wins each. The Cubs are 37-38 ...2025
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• White Sox humbled by 13-3 loss in Crosstown Classic opener
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 4: Justin Turner walks it off
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• Is Drew Waters a long-term solution or a mirage?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?

Nicky Lopez takes an at bat at Wrigley Field during the Crosstown Classic | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Welcome to your end of the weekend, heading into the work week coffee shop where we’ve got whatever you’re looking for tonight we’ve got you covered. If you’d like a warm chai tea to get your evening going, we can do that. If you’re looking for a shot of something a little stronger...2025
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• Time to rearrange the deck chairs again

White Sox GM Chris Getz hated last year’s team. I can’t imagine he feels much better about this one. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports This year’s Chicago White Sox team is historically pathetic, even by Reinsdorfian standards. Something has to change While Rob Colletti’s analysis yesterday showed why (if you didn’t already know) the problem with the White Sox starts at the top with cha...2024
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• The institutional idiocy of dropping José Rodríguez

José Rodríguez in 2023, wondering why he was called up to the White Sox for a week to pinch-run in one game. | Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Scrap heap arms > speed-power middle infielder, got it, White Sox There are a lot of other things I need to be doing for South Side Sox late tonight (early a.m., actually), but Thursday’s move requires some follow-up. Oh, you thin...2024
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview

Universal No. 1 White Sox prospect Colson Montgomery will start 2024 with a promotion to Triple-A Charlotte, and a clear path to the majors. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A look at top-prospect shortstop Colson Montgomery and other major league hopefuls who start 2024 at the doorstep of The Show For a White Sox team that lost 101 games last season, at first glance it may seem li...2024
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• The greatest Royals shortstop seasons of all-time

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. is among the best already, but that is not saying very much Shortstop has been a pain point for the Royals since the beginning of the organization. When Freddie Patek has your only run of more than three seasons over 2 WAR in over half a century, you can tell just how rough filling the position has been for this organization. That dearth of t...2023
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• Bird App Recap: Royals 5, White Sox 3
@NorthSideSoxPod Baseball is slowly destroying my life. Eat Arby’s. The White Sox news cycle was a little hectic today ahead of facing the Royals. Some news was as good as it can be, given the unfortunate circumstances. Tim Anderson underwent successful surgery this morning in Chicago to repair a sagittal band tear on the middle finger of his left hand. His expected return to the active...2022
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