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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they done enough to win the division? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Spring training has begun and in just six weeks the Royals w...2025
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• The Cubs invite 20 non-roster players to Spring Training

James Triantos at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here are the players who will help fill out the spring camp roster. Friday afternoon, the Cubs announced the 20 players who have received non-roster invitations to Spring Training at the Sloan Park complex in Mesa, Arizona. Of these 20, 10 played in the Cubs organization at some point in 2024...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ who’s on first second

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs still need a backup first baseman and other soliloquies. 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,...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 3, 2025

Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Screw the groundhog, spring is near. John Sherman and the Royals talked about contention at Royals Rally on Saturday. As spring training is on the horizon, the Royals are content with their current roster. Picollo attempted to add a middle of the order bat but shifted to the relief market in recent weeks. The decision was made to pursue Estévez to round ...2025
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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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• Cubs adding INF Nicky Lopez on Minor League deal (source)
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• Cubs Sign Former White Sox IF Nicky Lopez to Minors Deal
According to Jon Heyman and Jesse Rogers, the Cubs have signed former Royals and White Sox infielder Nicky Lopez to a minor league deal. While it’s not a flashy move, Lopez provides defensive versatility in case of an injury. Since they already filled a bench role in Chicago with Jon Berti, Lopez will likely serve … The post Cubs Sign Former White Sox IF Nicky Lopez to Minors Deal appeared f...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Aaron Bummer

Not even astonishingly-bad BABIP luck could keep 2024 from turning into a bummer for this guy. Good left-handed relievers should be cherished, and Aaron Bummer fits the bill in that regard. The Atlanta Braves picked him up in a trade in November 2023 and despite the fact that it took five players leaving in order for the Braves to bring him in, it ended up being a pretty lopsided trade in favor of...2024
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• Rangers 4, White Sox 3: the bleeding continues

Lenyn Sosa had a night he’d like to forget. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports It was a walk-off win ... almost You can’t make this stuff up; you just can’t. The Sox played some decent ball today and still lost games 102 and 103 as the World Series Champion Texas Rangers swept Wednesday’s twin bill. The White Sox got right to business in the bottom of the first off of rookie Jack Leit...2024
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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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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends ...

Instead of watching Jake Burger launch bombs for the White Sox, we are forced to view from afar. Thanks, Kenny! | Brennan Asplen/Getty Images Because it’s certainly more fun than what we’re watching now Hey there, fellow White Sox fans! I’m excited to introduce a new feature this season where I’ll update you on how one of our favorite former players is faring with his new team. Not just ...2024
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• White Sox series preview: Welcome, old friends!

Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images The White Sox have become a stop for former Royals. The White Sox lost 101 games last year, an embarrassing culmination of the rebuild movement they embarked on several years go. The disappointing season cost general manager Rick Hahn his job, but rather than clean house, the White Sox promoted farm director Chris Getz to run the tea...2024
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• Season-opening road trip continues for Braves as they head to Chicago to face White Sox

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Weather will likely be a factor as the Braves plan to play three against the White Sox on Chicago’s South Side After taking two of three in Philadelphia, the Atlanta Braves will continue their season-opening road trip Monday with a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. The Braves banged out 25 runs and 39 hits while scoring a series win again...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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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Atlanta Braves

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves enter the 2024 season as the favorite in the National League, but, for better or worse, will ultimately be defined by their postseason success or lack thereof. (Yes, we’re really doing this.) The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a banner 2023 season that saw them set numerous offensive records on their way to an MLB-best 104 wins. Unfortunatel...2024
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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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"The Cubs have signed infielder Nicky Lopez, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman."

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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."

• The Cubs invite 20 non-roster players to Spring Training
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 3, 2025
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• When, oh when, will the White Sox become competitive?

Pick a year, any year. With a chance for you to answer For the middle of winter, this has been a sort of busy week, what with SoxFest last weekend, FanGraphs posting the Steamer projections for 2025 and Keith Law coming through with his prospect rankings. So, even though this isn’t a usual spot for your input and there may not be much response, let’s give you a chance at a couple of predic...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025

We salute Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. David Lesky looks at the non-roster invitees to spring training. Let’s see, Biggio is interesting as an NRI given where he was just a few years ago. I don’t think he makes the team. Devanney is a guy who I think should be a utility infielder in the big leagues right now because he can hit a little and can play shortstop capably. Tolbert has been in camp befor...2025
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• The best hitter at Kauffman Stadium the past five years is a free agent - should the Royals sign him?

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Should the Royals pursue Joey Gallo? When I started exploring potential free agents the Kansas City Royals might target with less than a month until pitchers and catchers report, the usual suspects came to mind. Outfielder Anthony Santander seemed like a great fit, especially with reports suggesting he might settle for a short-term deal this offseason. Thir...2025
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• White Sox arbitration cases: They gone!

Raise your hand if, like Andrew Vaughn, you’re gonna make $5.85 million next year on the heels of a full, 0.2 WAR season. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Andrew Vaughn gets paid big, and some others just get paid As per tradition, the White Sox came to terms with all pending arbitration cases in advance of Thursday’s awkward, numbers-exchange deadline. WHITE SOX AGREE TO TERMS ON ONE-YEAR...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Aaron Bummer
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• White Sox situation is even worse than it seems

Who knew Edvard Munch was a White Sox fan? | weloveart.com And has been for years Sure, the entire baseball world knows that the White Sox are the worst team in modern major league history (forget the percentages, total losses are what people remember), but dig into the numbers a bit and 121 losses are just the little bitty tippy-tip of the iceberg. Actually, we don’t have to dig into the...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?
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• Baseball is supposed to be fun, isn’t it?

Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times. — Bob Uecker And it was, whenever Bob Uecker was involved Bob Uecker’s death last week at the age of 90 was not just a reminder of what a great guy (and bad ballplayer) he was, but also a reminder of a very important fact —...2025
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• The best hitter at Kauffman Stadium the past five years is a free agent - should the Royals sign him?
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Aaron Bummer
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• White Sox situation is even worse than it seems
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 21

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Folks, it’s getting real bleak! After dropping yet another game here in 2024 where the other team scored at least four runs, the Atlanta Braves were once again in the awful position of relying on other teams for help. One of these teams was the Chicago White Sox and another was the Philadelphia Phillies. Folks, this is a dire situation that we’re in as Bra...2024
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• Tigers 6, White Sox 3: Another day, another L

Andrew Vaughn is slashing .321/.365/.500 over his last 15 games. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Detroit sweeps Chicago and hands them their 101st defeat I know, shocker. It was another loss and anemic offensive showing by the White Sox. They move to 8-38 against the AL Central and 31-101 overall. To call this season miserable is an understatement. I’ve genuinely run out of words to describe ...2024
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• Twins 7, White Sox 0: More of the same

Hitting machine: Danny Mendick collected a pair of hits in his first MLB game of 2024. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The South Siders got shut out for the eighth time. At least Danny Mendick made a good return to the majors In the opener of this four-game series in Minneapolis, the White Sox (3-19) fell behind early and could not catch the Twins (8-13). Ultimately, Minn...2024
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• A Game of Groans
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs sign Nicky Lopez?
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• The cock crowed thrice as the White Sox broke their winning streak with a shutout
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• Tigers 6, White Sox 3: Another day, another L
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• Twins offer game, White Sox politely refuse to take it, lose 6-3

Who knew Rembrandt was a White Sox fan? | National Gallery of Art Join countless small animals as road kill Yeah, yeah, yeah, another game, another loss, 0-7 road trip, 3-22 season, yadda yadda yadda. But let’s try to forget all that and admire some actually good White Sox defense. First, there was a brilliant grab by Nicky Lopez with two on in the bottom of the first that would have bee...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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• White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California

Hero of the game: Dominic Fletcher | John E. Moore III/Getty Images You win some, you lose some The White Sox split their split-squad day on Friday, losing to the Angels, 2-0, and stomping the A’s, 8-2. The first game started at 3:05 p.m. CT against the Angels. If you happened to be in California or have MLBtv, you could catch the game. The second game against the Athletics was only avai...2024
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• Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Chicago White Sox 6

Yep, you know the drill. Shohei Ohtani took it deep. | Christian Petersen/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani cooks the South Siders for his Boys in Blue debut Happy Tuesday, White Sox fans, and happy Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger day! I hope you’ll join me every Tuesday for White Sox game coverage this season, and my promise to you will be the one that’s endured through all my seasons here: I won’t b...2024
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• The best pictures from 2024 Spring Training photo day

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals poses for a portrait during photo day at Surprise Stadium on February 22, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Our $200 million man - and more Ah yes, spring: that time of year when it gets warmer just to trick you before dipping below freezing again for a week or two. That time of every year just after the Chiefs...2024
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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
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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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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 20, 2025
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• The best hitter at Kauffman Stadium the past five years is a free agent - should the Royals sign him?
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• What each American League team has done this offseason
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Aaron Bummer
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• White Sox situation is even worse than it seems
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 21
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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
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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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