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• The clock may be ticking on Scott Boras’ MLB reign

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Playoff hero Jordan Montgomery fired Boras after being one of several big-name free agents to sign late for a much lower contract than expected. For decades now, Scott Boras has been synonymous with the MLB offseason. He changed the landscape of player salaries in such a dramatic way and over such a long period of time that it would not surprise anyone to se...2024
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• Battery Power TV: Atlanta Braves hit the road again after eventful stay at Truist Park

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves dropped two of three to the Mets this week and will now head out on a six-game road trip. The Atlanta Braves’ first homestand of the season was full of ups and downs and had no shortage of storylines. As Atlanta was busy sweeping away the National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend, the pitching staff was de...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024

Dang it - Ryan already used the picture I wanted to use | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sure, the Royals have a 7 game winning streak. But, more importantly, they’d have a 29 week unbeaten streak on Thursdays if they hadn’t lost Opening Day Yesterday was a day game (and what a game). That jumbles all the news up. Basically, we get a bunch of recaps, but I’m sur...2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves hit three homers, Chris Sale was good, and the bullpen gave no quarter once again After two bonkers comeback wins to take the series on Friday and Saturday, the Braves, perhaps unexpectedly, engaged in a perfectly normal baseball contest in which they also emerged victorious by a 5-2 score. They did normal things like hitting some homers, playi...2024
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• Harper jacks 3 homers for first hits of '24 season

Harper homered in each of his first two at-bats for Philadelphia during Tuesday night's game against Cincinnati. The two-time NL MVP went 0 for 11 while playing in three of the Phillies' first four games....2024
• Spencer Strider takes the mound as the Braves return to Philadelphia

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Spencer Strider will make his first career Opening Day start Friday against the Phillies. The marathon begins today. For the next six months, the Atlanta Braves will take the field looking to earn a seventh straight NL East title and another World Series championship. After two straight losses in the Division Series, the Braves have spent a lot of time t...2024
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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports From Chicago to even Pittsburgh, the NL Central is truly up for grabs in this upcoming season. Let's not beat around the bush, here: The National League representative for this season's World Series very likely won't come out of the Central Division. While it's certainly true that we do live in a baseball world where anything is possible as long as you make t...2024
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...2024
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• Looking back on the 1994 Atlanta Braves season that was and wasn’t

Often lost in the celebration of Atlanta’s 14 division crowns from 1991 though 2005 is the one they didn’t win - but didn’t count - in 1994. After the Boston Braves won the 1914 World Series, earning the moniker the “Miracle Braves” in the process after going 68-19 in their final 87 games to win the National League, the Braves franchise only made five appearances in the postseason until 1991. Fiv...2024
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• Braves Organizational Depth Preview: First Base

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports A look at the organizational depth within the Atlanta Braves system. We’re in the middle of spring training now and while teams are starting to shape down their rosters down to the best 26 guys, prospects and bounceback players are doing their best to either make their respective teams out of the gate or set themselves up for potential promotions down the li...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. injury update: Braves star expected to be ready for Opening Day despite knee irritation

The reigning NL MVP was examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles...2024
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• Ronald Acuna Jr. Expected to Be Ready for Opening Day

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves receive a positive injury update on the knee injury for Ronald Acuna Jr. It was an anxious weekend for many in Braves Country. After experiencing soreness in his right knee, the same knee he had ACL surgery on a few years ago, initial tests suggested meniscus irritation for Ronald Acuña Jr. on Friday. As a result, he w...2024
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• NL East Notes: Harper, Sale, Crick
After his recovery from Tommy John surgery necessitated a move to first base last season, Bryce Harper took well enough to his new position that the Phillies announced in November that Harper would be their regular first baseman in 2024 and beyond. The two-time NL MVP spoke to reporters (including The Athletic’s Matt Gelb) about…...2024
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• ZiPS projects Braves for another monster season in 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Dan Szymborski’s annual ZiPS projections project the Braves to be among the best teams in baseball again in 2024 The Atlanta Braves have spent most of the offseason shoring up their bullpen and searching for help in the rotation. They reportedly flirted with Aaron Nola early on, but haven’t made a significant splash unless you consider the ...2023
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• Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and the Cubs Building the 'New-Age' MLB Star
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"Acuña reestablished himself as one of, if not the best player in the game in 2023 by winning the NL MVP Award unanimously."

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"While he didn’t win back-to-back NL MVP awards like Murphy, he spent a decade defining one of the key positions on the diamond, defensively, while being above average offensively."

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"533 in a 2022 campaign that left him in line to receive consideration for the NL MVP award, will make $144 million over the next five…"

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"USA Today’s Bob Nightengale had previously reported that the 2020 NL MVP had already…"

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"The Brewers are poised to build around the 2018 NL MVP"

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"” Trade talks surrounding the Cubs have involved former NL MVP Kris Bryant more than Schwarber in recent weeks."

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"Former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen has seemingly been on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ trade block for some time."

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"The NL MVP is headed to the Yankees"

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" Bryce Harper, the most recent NL MVP, is expected to command a $400 million deal—if not more—when he hits free agency in 2018, telling 106."

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"Outfielder (and NL MVP favorite) Bryce Harper and closer Jonathan Papelbon got into it during the bottom of the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies."

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"The 2007 NL MVP told Todd Zolecki of MLB."

• The clock may be ticking on Scott Boras’ MLB reign
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

What do you all think will happen during the 2024 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the first time, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 28 responses, and here’s what you all think will happen this year: Let’s start with a win total The community is more optimistic, overall, than...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports How many games will the Rockies win in 2024? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Phoenix, AZ as they take on the reigning-NL Champion Arizona Diamondbacks to kick things off. They then head to Chicago for a three-game set against ...2024
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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game
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• Watch: Former NL MVP has cringeworthy moment discussing alleged steroid use

Former NL MVP and longtime Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa had an awkward exchange with a reporter Friday regarding his alleged steroid use....2024
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• Braves Organizational Depth Preview: First Base
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
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• The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/Getty Images You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wi...2024
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results
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• Looking back on the 1994 Atlanta Braves season that was and wasn’t
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Tuesday 3/5, 7:05 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images It’s the Cubs’ first spring night game of 2024. Earlier today, Sara Sanchez did a deep dive into Cody Bellinger’s numbers. Bellinger will return to the Cubs lineup tomorrow in Mesa: Manager Craig Counsell announced Monday that the 2019 NL MVP will step in as designated hitter on Wednesday when the Cubs host the Angels at Sloan Park in Mesa at 3:05 p.m. ET/2:...2024
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• Ronald Acuna Jr. Expected to Be Ready for Opening Day
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• It has been a wild week of translucent pants, expansion, Spring Training and Ronald Acuña, Jr.

What can’t Ronald Acuña, Jr. do? That’s the question for 2024. | Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This week has seen lots of balls in play as Spring Training is in full swing and full view; continued hints of long-overdue expansion; and Ronald Acuña, Jr. giving us even more reasons to smile. Every time I have said to myself, “Well, I’ve seen it all ...” MLB goes ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
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• 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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• Looking back at Opening Day starters for the Atlanta Braves

Rick Mahler and Bruce Benedict were the starting battery on Opening Day in 1982. Bob Gibson, who started 10 Opening Days during his playing career, was making his debut as Atlanta’s pitching coach. | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Here are some of the famous and forgotten starters the Braves have had since moving to Atlanta in 1966, including one player who started at five differen...2024
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• Watch: Former NL MVP has cringeworthy moment discussing alleged steroid use
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• 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 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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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Brandon Phillips

Brandon Phillips had only spent part of one season with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Although “Dat Dude” is most known for his decade of production with the Cincinnati Reds, he achieved two historic, career milestones during his 120 games with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. A graduate of Stone Mountain, GA’s Redan High School, Brandon Phillips was a sec...2024
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• What Padres fans can look forward to in 2024

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 2023 is finally over and it’s a clean slate! Thank goodness 2023 is over. You don’t need me to tell you but there was a lot of bad things that happened for the Padres last year. Let’s try to forget about that and start over with a clean slate! Here are some of the things Padres fans can look forward to this year! A healthy Fernando Tatis J...2024
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• MLB Hot Stove: Yankees and Marlins reportedly agree to Giancarlo Stanton trade
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• Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Exchange Words, Brawl in Dugout
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• Jimmy Rollins to Dodgers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Stanton fishes out close vote, wins NL MVP
Giancarlo Stanton elevated his game in 2017, and now he stands alone atop the National League. Stanton won the NL Most Valuable Player Award as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) on Thursday night. The four-time All-Star right fielder is the first player in Marlins history to claim the NL's highest honor....2017
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• Corey Kluber Wins 2014 AL Cy Young: Voting Results, Comments, Reaction
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• Max Scherzer Has Fun with Papelbon Incident, Jokingly Chokes Bryce Harper
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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• Nolan Arenado To Opt-In To Remainder Of Cardinals Contract
Katie Woo of The Athletic reports that superstar third baseman Nolan Arenado has informed the Cardinals he will be opting into the remainder of his contract. Arenado, who slashed .293/.358/.533 in a 2022 campaign that left him in line to receive consideration for the NL MVP award, will make $144 million over the next five…...2022
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
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• Reigning NL MVP Acuña headlines fantasy outfield rankings
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• I Have an Itch to Yell “Yelich!” at Every Draft This Year
It's a relatively rare feat to witness a player finish in the top-two overall on the Razzball player rater as well as in NL MVP voting two consecutive seasons, then follow up such elite fantasy production with a 99th percentile exit velocity, 98th percentile hard hit rate and 88th percentile xwOBA in the third year to follow. That's two years of high-end, top-two fantasy production followed by sex...2021
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• Next Step of Clayton Kershaw's Historic Young Career Must Be Dominating October
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• The clock may be ticking on Scott Boras’ MLB reign
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• Battery Power TV: Atlanta Braves hit the road again after eventful stay at Truist Park
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• Spencer Strider takes the mound as the Braves return to Philadelphia
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• Looking back at Opening Day starters for the Atlanta Braves
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• Dodgers' lineup features 3 of top 4 MVP favorites

The Dodgers' lineup features three of the top four NL MVP favorites, according to ESPN BET: Mookie Betts (+650), Shohei Ohtani (+800) and Freddie Freeman (+900)....2024
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening

Andre Dawson with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown, July 25, 2010 | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Give the man what he wants. Tuesday, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune posted a column in which he wrote that Hall of Famer Andre Dawson wants the cap on his Hall of Fame plaque changed from an Expos cap to a Cubs cap. Dawson’s reasoning, per Sullivan: “...2023
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• This might end up being the best Braves lineup in franchise history
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves as a franchise have had some fantastic offenses dating back to their days in Boston. This might be the best in that long, long line. Yesterday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves walloped the Los Angeles Angels 12-5. This included a six-run barrage in the fourth inning that ultimately put the game out of reach at 9-1 at that point. The baseba...2023
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• 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun announces retirement

All told, Braun will be remembered fondly by many Brewer fans who were willing to move past the PED scandals but will of course be viewed in a different light by the majority of other fans....2021
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• I Have an Itch to Yell “Yelich!” at Every Draft This Year
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• Carlos Correa slams Cody Bellinger, says Jose Altuve 'never cheated'
The Houston Astros’ apology tour continues to go about as smoothly as a Model T going over a road full of potholes. In a wide-ranging interview with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Astros star Carlos Correa blasted Los Angeles Dodgers star and reigning NL MVP Cody Bellinger over some eye-opening comments he made Thursday taking aim at the Astros and Jose Altuve. Bellinger said that Altuve stole the...2020
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• Cody Bellinger not buying Jose Altuve's electronic-buzzer excuse
Cody Bellinger is among the most dissatisfied players in MLB over the Houston Astros’ cheating and the team’s lack of remorse and penalties from MLB. Bellinger took a shot at both the Astros and Red Sox in January over the allegations. He also shared his concerns over the allegations about some of the Astros’ top players wearing electronic buzzers to receive stolen signals. On Friday, Bellinger sp...2020
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• Ryan Braun says he could retire after 2020 season
Ryan Braun has provided Milwaukee Brewers fans with plenty of memories during his 13-year career. As he enters his 14th season in Milwaukee, Braun indicated on Sunday that this might be the last time fans get to see him. Speaking to reporters about the upcoming season, the 36-year-old outfielder talked about the sense of urgency to win now in what might be his final season. Braun has had a memorab...2020
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• Dodgers Cody Bellinger, Alex Wood sound off on Astros cheating allegations
As more allegations emerge about the Houston Astros’ cheating, more players are feeling emboldened to speak out. On Thursday, that included some members of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost to the Astros in the 2017 World Series, the year MLB confirmed Houston cheated during games. In response to allegations of the Astros using electronic buzzers to communicate stolen signs, 2019 NL MVP Cody Bell...2020
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