NL East rumors, news

NL East news, rumors

  • 2025 Atlanta Braves Season Preview
    • 2025 Atlanta Braves Season Preview
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It’s time to get ready for the season ahead! The 2025 regular season is so close that we can all taste it. Get ready for the upcoming season by keeping up with our season preview series. In this preview, we’ll be covering the Atlanta Braves by each positional group and we’ll also be taking a look at our closest rivals in the NL East division as well. 202...2025
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  • Offseason In Review: Philadelphia Phillies
    • Offseason In Review: Philadelphia Phillies
    After winning the NL East for the first time in 13 years, the Phillies had their quietest offseason since Dave Dombrowski took over as president of baseball operations. Some will say the Phillies didn’t need to make any major moves, considering that almost all of their key contributors are returning for another year. Others will…...2025
  • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Well, at least Sandy Alcantara’s back, because a lot of this roster looks bad. Ah, the Miami Marlins. Whether they’re serving in their usual position at-or-near the bottom of the NL East or they’re shocking the baseball world with an appearance (or even a deep run) in October, this is a team that’s spent most of its existence with one eye s...2025
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  • • NL East Preview
    Three contenders, a breakout candidate, and a team from Florida. The post NL East Preview appeared first on Pitcher List....2025
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  • Braves ranked third best team in MLB
    • Braves ranked third best team in MLB
    Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images That isn’t too bad for Atlanta, but who is ahead of them is. The Atlanta Braves are winding down Spring Training 2025, as is all of MLB, so it figures that it is time for the regular season prognostications to start pouring in from various sources. MLB.com has release their “final” power rankings before the start of the regular season - which starts on ...2025
  • • 2025 Bold Predictions: East Edition
    A bold player prediction for every MLB team in the AL and NL East. The post 2025 Bold Predictions: East Edition appeared first on Pitcher List....2025
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NL East injury and suspension

  • • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    2025
  • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
  • Braves News: Jurickson Profar Gets Positive Update, AJ Smith Shawver, more
    • Braves News: Jurickson Profar Gets Positive Update, AJ Smith Shawver, more
    Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Positive Vibes all around to start the week. Last Monday, the Braves learned that Sean Murphy would be out of action for at least a month due to injury. It looked as if it could be deja vu over the weekend due to a wrist injury to Jurickson Profar. However, yesterday it was revealed that Profar is likely dealing with a bone bruise ...2025
  • Which NL East position player will disappoint the most this year?
    • Which NL East position player will disappoint the most this year?
    Which of the Braves’ foes will hit the wall this year? The Braves look to have a great lineup coming back in 2025. Once Ronald Acuña returns from injury, they’ll really get rolling. But it’s not enough to see the Braves succeed; someone else needs to fail. I wonder which of the NL East best position players will take a step back this year. Here’s a summary of the NL East’s notable pos...2025
  • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Diving into 5 more projections before the Braves first spring training game. For part one, click here. Baseball is a beautiful, wonderful, stupid sport. It’s famously the most random major sport in the US, and it doesn’t take much searching to find numerous examples of its unpredictability. Chris Sale went 18-3 in 2024 as he domi...2025
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
  • PECOTA gives 2025 Braves second-best World Series odds
    • PECOTA gives 2025 Braves second-best World Series odds
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images PECOTA hates a lot of teams most years. The 2025 Braves aren’t one of them Baseball Prospectus’s annual PECOTA projections have been unveiled and once again, the Atlanta Braves are projected to have a very good season according to the model. While PECOTA’s projection for Atlanta in 2025 isn’t as rosy as it was in 2024, it’s still rosy eno...2025
  • A view from the basement of the NL East
    • A view from the basement of the NL East
    Brad Penner-Imagn Images Sizing up the top three teams in the NL East as the Nationals look to make up ground on the divisions elite For the Nationals to get back into contention, they are going to overtake some of the titans of the National League in their own division. The NL East is an unforgiving landscape, where teams like the Mets, Phillies and Braves come into most seasons with cham...2025
  • What if the Braves stand pat heading into the regular season?
    • What if the Braves stand pat heading into the regular season?
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images There’s a non-zero chance that the way the Braves look right now is the way they’re going to look once this thing gets rockin’-and-rollin’ again in late-March. So here we are, folks: It’s January and the biggest move of the offseason for the Atlanta Braves has been the one where they stick their hand up and wave “bye-bye” to to a bunc...2025
  • This is what it took for the Atlanta Braves to have a “bad” season
    • This is what it took for the Atlanta Braves to have a “bad” season
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Was this a disappointing season? Absolutely. Should you still be proud of this team for making it this far, regardless? Also, yes. For the third time in as many seasons, the Atlanta Braves are exiting the Postseason without clearing the first hurdle that was ahead of them. In 2022, it was a massive disappointment to lose to the Phillies a...2024

NL East lifestyle

  • • An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
    Danny Rockett A summary of happenings at the first Cubs Con in three years. I am a part of the greatest community in the world: I am a Cubs fan. Cubs fans can be from anywhere and can be anyone. You can be a part of any religion, race, or gender and the bond that ties us all together is a love of the Chicago Cubs. Whether you’re an autograph hound, a fantasy league stats nerd, gear head, o...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "After spending the majority of his eight MLB seasons with the Marlins, Cooper now heads back to the NL East in the…"

  • 2024
    "Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg helped lead the team to two NL East titles, won the NL MVP Award in 1984, and is one of the most popular Cubs of all time."

  • 2023
    "It’s possible these games could mean absolutely everything to a Cubs team wanting to make the playoffs for the first time in three years while being totally meaningless to a Braves team that has a 100 percent chance to not just make the playoffs but win the division: FanGraphs NL East division odds 8."

  • 2022
    "True, they had won the NL East in 2018 and would do so again in 2019, but they clearly saw the value in beginning to lock up young players long-term at below-market rates."

  • 2021
    "Javier Báez strikes out five times as Mets' NL East lead takes another hit with loss to Marlins"

  • 2020
    "MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

  • 2019
    "Culberson, 30, played a big role for the Atlanta organization in its two consecutive NL East title years,…"

  • 2018
    "NL East Notes: Yelich, Mets, Arrieta, Rizzo"

  • 2017
    "Phils slow Nats' march to NL East title; No. is 2"

  • 2016
    "Mets NL East faves?"

  • 2015
    "Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006."

  • 2014
    "Bryce Harper Celebrates in Custom Firemans Helmet After Nationals Clinch NL East"

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NL East trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    2025
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  • • Phillies “Checked In” On Pete Alonso During Offseason
    Before Pete Alonso re-signed with the Mets, the Phillies were among the teams that “checked in” on the first baseman’s free agent market, the New York Post’s Jon Heyman writes.  Rather than make the jump elsewhere in the NL East, Alonso returned to Queens on a two-year, $54MM deal that allows Alonso to opt out…...2025
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  • 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL Central
    • 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL Central
    Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images It’s time to take a look at Cubs opponents for this year. As I did last year, I’m going to write up this year’s “Know Your Enemy” series by division, as the Cubs are playing all 29 teams again with the new balanced schedule and sorry, but I’m not writing 29 of these articles. In this series, I’m hoping to give everyone a general overview of the each team i...2025
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  • • Which NL East position player will disappoint the most this year?
    2025
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  • • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    2025
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    2025
  • • Poll: Who’s Winning The Offseason In The NL East?
    The calendar has flipped to February and the start of Spring Training is just a matter of days away. While some notable free agents (including nine of MLBTR’s Top 50 MLB Free Agents for the 2024-25 offseason) remain unsigned, most clubs have already done the heavy lifting in terms of preparing their roster for the…...2025
  • An update on MLB teams’ local TV for 2025
    • An update on MLB teams’ local TV for 2025
    Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The state of local baseball broadcasting is still in flux. Last November, I posted this article about the state of MLB teams’ local TV packages and where they stood back then, and where they were going into the 2025 season. Since then, there have been some updates on a couple of teams that hadn’t finalized broadcast plans for 2025. Here a...2025
  • Outside The Confines: Three left standing
    • Outside The Confines: Three left standing
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Roki Sasaki nears a decision and there are consequences. The international amateur market opens today. What’s up with Alex Bregman? And other news from around baseball. Good morning. I think we’re all familiar with Roki Sasaki narrowing his decision to three teams on Monday by now. But the fallout from that continues. This came out before Sasaki’s Monday an...2025
  • Garrett Cooper Signs Minor League Deal with Braves
    • Garrett Cooper Signs Minor League Deal with Braves
    Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The deal includes an invite to Spring Training. The Braves have agreed to a minor-league deal with veteran first baseman Garrett Cooper. Included in the deal is an invite to Spring Training, per Robert Murray. Free-agent first baseman Garrett Cooper in agreement with the Atlanta Braves on a minor-league contract, sources say. The deal includes an inv...2025
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NL East stats and results

  • • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    2025
  • • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    2025
  • Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves
    • Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Next time we’re running a poll on everyone’s favorite Ninja Turtle A few days ago, I asked for a pencils-down answer about the Braves’ prospective success in 2025, and a bunch of people supplied me with an answer. Here’s what happened. First, the division question, where a majority agreed that the Braves would return to the top of the...2025
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  • • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    2025
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    2025
    Continue with Willson Contreras stats
  • • A view from the basement of the NL East
    2025
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  • • An update on MLB teams’ local TV for 2025
    2025
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  • Editorial: If the Nationals win the MASN case, they must splash the cash
    • Editorial: If the Nationals win the MASN case, they must splash the cash
    Brad Mills-Imagn Images A win for the Nationals should mean a win for fans In the midst of another relatively cheap offseason for the Washington Nationals, a development came this week in the ongoing MASN case that could change the teams future. According to Matt Weyrich of the Baltimore Sun, the Nationals filed a petition to uphold a previous MLB committee ruling that stated the Orioles ...2025
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  • Set-bach: Second consecutive problematic start kicks Braves out of playoff spot via 9-5 loss
    • Set-bach: Second consecutive problematic start kicks Braves out of playoff spot via 9-5 loss
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Schwellenbach was once a savior and a stopper, but the strikeouts have gone south in September so far Spencer Schwellenbach’s most recent start prior to his shellacking by the Blue Jays on Saturday night was a real kick in the proverbial nards: he danced through the raindrops despite a lack of whiffs and strikeouts, and was ultima...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    Happy birthday, D-Lee! | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie takes Koufax deep, Lou Brock passes, and other stories. Happy birthday to Derrek Lee! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful pas...2024

NL East parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • PECOTA gives 2025 Braves second-best World Series odds
    2025
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  • • Outside The Confines: Three left standing
    2025
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  • • What if the Braves stand pat heading into the regular season?
    2025
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  • Braves News: Eddy Alvarez deal, MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now,” and more
    • Braves News: Eddy Alvarez deal, MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now,” and more
    John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Per the transaction log, the Atlanta Braves have added second baseman Eddy Alvarez on a minor league deal. The 34-year-old has seen playing time with NL East foes New York Mets and Miami Marlins, as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers. As for the minors, he has logged 843 games, with a .279 career batting average and a...2025
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  • • Editorial: If the Nationals win the MASN case, they must splash the cash
    2025
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  • Braves set to continue homestand with rematch against the Brewers
    • Braves set to continue homestand with rematch against the Brewers
    Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Braves will take on the Brewers at Truist Park starting Tuesday in a rematch of last week’s three-game series. The Atlanta Braves will continue their homestand Tuesday when they begin a three-game series against the NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. Atlanta scored a series win in Milwaukee by taking two of the three games as part of a stretch whe...2024
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  • Battery Power TV: Spencer Strider ready to roll, Jesse Chavez returns as Atlanta Braves open 2024
    • Battery Power TV: Spencer Strider ready to roll, Jesse Chavez returns as Atlanta Braves open 2024
    Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Grant McAuley and Kris Willis catch up on all of the latest Atlanta Braves news in advance of Opening Day. The 2024 season is upon us and the Atlanta Braves get things started where last season ended, opening up with a rematch against the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies. Spencer Strider gets the ball on Opening Day, which was shifted from Thursday to...2024
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  • 40 years later, let’s celebrate the 1984 Chicago Cubs
    • 40 years later, let’s celebrate the 1984 Chicago Cubs
    A sign at Three Rivers Stadium on the day the Cubs clinched the NL East in 1984 | Al Yellon The team that broke the franchise’s 39-year postseason drought deserves to be remembered, all year long. As 1984 dawned, all Chicago Cubs fans knew this about their favorite team: They hadn’t made the postseason since 1945, and That failure had included some epic collapses in the 1960s and 1970s Ne...2024
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  • Ryne Sandberg has metastatic prostate cancer
    • Ryne Sandberg has metastatic prostate cancer
    Ryne Sandberg at his Hall of Fame induction in 2005 | Photo by Rich Pilling /MLB via Getty Images This is not good news. Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg helped lead the team to two NL East titles, won the NL MVP Award in 1984, and is one of the most popular Cubs of all time. Today, there’s rough news to report regarding Ryno: We're with you, Ryno. pic.twitter.com/JmJLoXTTl1— National ...2024
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  • Celebrating the new Golden Age of Atlanta Braves baseball
    • Celebrating the new Golden Age of Atlanta Braves baseball
    Winning never gets old, does it? | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images It is a sixth NL East title in a row for the Atlanta Braves. That’s a celebration worth celebrating. The Atlanta Braves have done it again. Again. And again. Then double that. Six-in-a-row. A six pack - and not the kind your drink nor the 1982 movie starring Kenny Rogers. It never gets old, does it? The Braves have won...2023
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Top NL East news

  • • Mets NL East faves?
    2016
  • • deGrom silences Phils in one-hit shutout
    The Mets arrived in Philadelphia closer in the NL East standings to the fourth-place Phillies than the first-place Nationals, desperate for a series win. Jacob deGrom delivered just that in a 5-0 win over the Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park....2016
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  • • Believe that: Mets win first East title since '06
    Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006. Matt Harvey pitched into the seventh, David Wright iced things with a late three-run homer and the bullpen did the rest, inciting a jubilee in the visiting clubhouse....2015
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  • • Believe that: Mets win first East title since '06
    Lucas Duda hit a grand slam in the first inning Saturday at Great American Ball Park and the Mets never looked back, winning a 10-2 game over the Reds to clinch their first NL East title and playoff berth since 2006. Matt Harvey pitched into the seventh, David Wright iced things with a late three-run homer and the bullpen did the rest, inciting a jubilee in the visiting clubhouse....2015
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  • • Cole Hamels to Rangers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
    2015
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  • • Mets' DC rally: 'This was amazing!'
    The Mets showed the Nationals on Tuesday night who's boss in the National League East as New York outslugged Washington, 8-7, at Nationals Park. With the victory, the Mets are now six games ahead of the Nationals in the N.L. East race....2015
  • • Mets' DC rally: 'This was amazing!'
    The Mets showed the Nationals on Tuesday night who's boss in the National League East as New York outslugged Washington, 8-7, at Nationals Park. With the victory, the Mets are now six games ahead of the Nationals in the N.L. East race....2015
  • • Bryce Harper Celebrates in Custom Firemans Helmet After Nationals Clinch NL East
    2014
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Baseball Fame Ranking

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NL East fantasy rankings and news

  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    2025
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  • • An unconventional Cubs Convention: Fans, friendship and love for a baseball team
    2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
    2016
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  • • Jason Heyward-Shelby Miller Blockbuster Trade a Win-Win Move Each Had to Make
    2014
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NL East schedule, game

  • • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    2025
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  • • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    2025
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  • 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East
    • 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East
    New Met Juan Soto | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Some of these teams are really, really good. The Cubs did reasonably well against NL East teams in 2023, going 17-16 against those five clubs. On the other hand, much of that was the 6-1 record they posted against the Nationals; they were only 11-15 against the other four NL East teams and had a winning record against only one other (Ma...2025
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  • • 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL Central
    2025
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  • • Which NL East position player will disappoint the most this year?
    2025
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  • • Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves
    2025
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  • • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    2025
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  • One spring training prediction for every NL East team
    • One spring training prediction for every NL East team
    With spring training open, let's gaze into the crystal ball in the NL East. Here is a prediction for every team in the division....2025
  • • Changes, Philadelphia Phillies
    The Phillies acquired the following players for their 2025 active roster: Max Kepler, leftfielder Jesus Luzardo, starting pitcher Jordan Romano, closer Joe Ross, relief pitcher The Phillies won the NL East and decided to mostly stand pat. Over the years, a lot of Kepler’s value came from his defense, but even that slipped recently. He will […]...2025
  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    2025
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NL East rumors, scandals

  • • 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins
    2025
  • • 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
    2025
  • • Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
    2025
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  • • Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
    2025
  • • Braves have another meeting in the desert while looking for a winning oasis
    Joseph Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK For the second year in a row at around the same time, the Braves felt compelled to have a clubhouse meeting. The different circumstances suggest that the standards have risen. By now, most of Braves Country and a lot of the baseball world is at least aware of the lore from last season. After playing a calamitous baseball game on May 31 in ord...2023
  • • It's starting to feel like 2020 again for the Atlanta Braves
    Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In 2020, the Braves leaned on their offense and their bullpen to carry them to the playoffs. They'll be doing it again for maybe the next couple of months. Do y’all remember the 2020 season? I know that season had a depressing ending in the massive shed in Arlington, Texas that’s masquerading as a baseball stadium, but it was still good...2023
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  • • The time for nervousness is over and the time for confidence is here for the Braves
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images They've got the tangibles. They've got the intangibles. 2023 should be a fun season of baseball in Atlanta, so let's act like it! The Atlanta Braves quite famously won 101 games last season, with wins No. 98, 99, and 100 forming a sweep over the New York Mets to all-but-clinch the 2022 NL East title. It took overcoming an incredibly slo...2023
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  • • NL East Notes: Marlins, Givens, Acuna, Mets, Red Sox
    Mychal Givens was a popular figure in trade speculation before the Rockies acquired him from the Orioles earlier today, and The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (Twitter link) reports that the Marlins were one of the clubs who also had an interest in Givens’ services.  With Givens now off the board, the Fish will continue to pursue…...2020
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  • • Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea to Marlins: Latest Trade Details, Comments, Reaction
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
    2016
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