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• Freddie Freeman Eyes Breakthrough With Swing Tweak As Dodgers’ Ongoing Slump Threatens World Series Hopes
Freddie Freeman spent a sleepless night working on swing mechanics after the Dodgers went 3-7 in their last 10 games despite leading the NL West....2025
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• MLB trade deadline notes: One NL West club eyeing Red Sox's Jarren Duran, latest news for teams on the fence

Between Jarren of the Red Sox and Jhoan of the Twins, Duran is the name to know ahead of the deadline...2025
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• Padres vs. Nationals predictions, odds: MLB picks, best bets Sunday

Can the Padres catch the underachieving Dodgers in the NL West?...2025
• Padres at the All-Star break

Yu Darvish versus the Phillies | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week 16 The San Diego Padres finished the unofficial first half of the season with a series win versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Ryan Bergert was called up for the first game and pitched 4.2 innings, allowing three hits and two runs with seven strikeouts in 82 pitches. The Four Horseman of the bullpen allowed...2025
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• San Diego Padres first half review

Adrian Morejon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The pitching has carried the team The ceremonial first half of the season ended on Sunday and the All-Star break introduces the second half of the MLB season. Although there are only 66 games left, there is still plenty of time for the Padres and their competitors to stake a claim to the postseason. With a 52-44 record, the Friars are in ...2025
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• D-backs Expected To Target Young Pitching At Deadline
The Diamondbacks enter the unofficial second half of the season with a 47-50 record that has them buried by 11 games in the NL West and sitting 5.5 games out of the final NL Wild Card spot (with four teams to leapfrog to get there). General manager Mike Hazen said two weeks ago that he…...2025
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• Padres at the All-Star break
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• Trade Deadline Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers

MLBTR’s new team-by-team deadline preview series (available to Front Office subscribers) continues with a look at the reigning World Series champions, who are laser-focused on defending their title. The Dodgers have again weathered a storm of pitching injuries to take control of the NL West, and at this point are looking primarily at adding a…...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Crew returns to American Family Field for final homestand of first half The Milwaukee Brewers are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games in Milwaukee beginning Monday evening. The series marks the start of the last homestand in the first half for the Crew, as they’ll wrap up the week with the Nat...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas Undergoing X-Rays After Suffering Hand Injury

Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas exited Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals early with a hand injury. More news: Former Dodgers Catcher Austin Barnes Signs With NL West Rival Rojas appeared to have sustained the injury trying to steal second. The veteran is set to get an X-ray on his left hand, per …...2025
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• Dodgers Skipper Drops Blunt Truth About Shohei Ohtani’s Pitching Future
Shohei Ohtani’s pitching return may stay limited in 2025 as Dodgers take a cautious approach amid injuries and pressure in the NL West....2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres get past Nats in game two

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of June 25, 2025. Articles to read Padres Bryan Hoeing’s return bolsters pitching staff (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Carlsbad’s Scott Miller, baseball writer and ‘wonderfully kind soul,’ dies at 62 (Jay Posner, SD U-T) San Diego-based Finlete looking to connect fans to Padres’ Tirs...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 79 thread: Jack Dreyer vs. Germán Márquez

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Rockies welcome the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to Coors Field. Tonight, the Los Angeles Dodgers (48-31) will play the Colorado Rockies (18-60) in the first of a three-game series at Coors Field. Despite looking better in June with nine wins, the Rockies’ 60 losses in the first 78 games of a season are tied with the 1904 Washington Senators for th...2025
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• Braves News: Atlanta Beat Mets in Series Opener, Ronald Acuna Jr., Chris Sale Injury Update, More

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images If there is one positive about the Atlanta Braves this this year, it is that if they face a quality opponent not from the NL West, they typically do pretty well (10-6 vs non NL West teams with a .550 or better W% this year.) They also are now 4-0 against the rival Mets this season after last night’s dramatic 3-2 victory to start the series in New York. Spencer Sch...2025
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• Washington Nationals Suddenly Hot Bats Head to San Diego

WTOP Fresh off almost stealing a series from the juggernaut Dodgers before the bullpen imploded, the Nats’ hot bats take on the Padres The Nationals were 12 outs away from beating the Dodgers and securing their first series win since May, but the Dodgers' lineup did what the Dodgers' lineup does and scored a whole lot of runs, putting 11 on the board in the 6th and 7th innings combined. Mi...2025
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• The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title

The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Is There Anybody Left in Los Angeles Whom Yasiel Puig Hasn't Alienated?
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• Kirk Gibson on His Parkinson's Disease Fight: 'It's Not a Death Sentence'
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"A star outfielder to the NL West?"

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"The Padres clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night when they turned a triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West-leading Dodgers."

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"0% according to FanGraphs) but you know they’d love to move up the Wild Card standings by taking the series from the Cubs at Wrigley: FanGraphs NL West Division odds as of 8."

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"LA secures its 10th straight trip to playoffs, eyes NL West title next"

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"Scherzer still needs to waive his no-trade rights, although recent reports suggested he’d be willing to do so to move to one of the NL West contenders."

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"Three NL West organizations are reportedly engaged with the Boston organization on the exceptional right fielder, adding to the intrigue."

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"Bumgarner is leaving San Francisco but staying in the NL West"

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"The longtime Dodgers catcher is returning to the NL West after spending the end of the 2016 campaign with the Phillies and 2017 with…"

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"Erick Aybar and Jose Pirela went deep on Sunday afternoon, sending the Padres to a 6-4 victory, their third over their NL West rivals in two days."

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"Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West"

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"The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20."

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"He was the guts of a team that was a surprise winner in the NL West."

• MLB trade deadline notes: One NL West club eyeing Red Sox's Jarren Duran, latest news for teams on the fence
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• Padres at the All-Star break
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• San Diego Padres first half review
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• Blue Jays Trade Deadline Rumors: Toronto’s Urgency Grows As GM Ross Atkins Chases NL West Arm for World Series Push
The Toronto Blue Jays have been one of the hottest teams in baseball, with this MLB insider pointing out a potential trade deadline acquisition....2025
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• Passan finds the perfect trade deadline addition for every MLB contender
A star outfielder to the NL West? A powerful slugger dealt to New York? We make moves for every World Series hopeful....2025
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• Trade Deadline Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Gamethread 83: Dodgers vs Royals

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Potential to end up on the wrong side of franchise history The Royals dropped their 6th straight contest last night 5-4 to the Dodgers. They had 18 base runners but were unable to drive any of them in after the 2nd inning. They loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the 9th, but a first pitch 4-6-3 game ended double play from Jac Caglianone, le...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle’s struggles at the plate are becoming hard to ignore

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 26, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have seemed reinvigorated recently. 5-5 in their last ten contests entering Wednesday’s affair with the Dodgers, the oppressive heat of June has seemed to bring with it optimism and better play from the residents of Coors Field. Players such as Jordan Beck and Tyler Freeman are prov...2025
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• Washington Nationals Suddenly Hot Bats Head to San Diego
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers

Kyle Teel has posted a 1.043 OPS in the last two weeks, and holds the highest batting average (.319) on the team this season. | Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Shane Smith and the South Siders will take on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the defending World Champions in a three-game set Coming off a series win, the White Sox (28-56) are heading to the City of Angels to take on the defending Worl...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle’s struggles at the plate are becoming hard to ignore
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• Enough is enough for the Padres

Fernando Tatis Jr and Trainer Mark Rogow | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Notes on Padres Week 12 A lot of the news is bad. The Padres played to a 2-5 record over the past seven days and currently stand at 40-35. They are in third place in the NL West, six games behind the Dodgers and 1.5 games behind the Giants. Their last seven games versus division rivals didn’t go very well. Alt...2025
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• Padres @ Dodgers June 19, 2025: Yamamoto looks to bounce back as the Dodgers go for the sweep
(Via Ken Lund) After disappointing results against the Cardinals (39-35) and Mets (45-29) in which the Dodgers (46-29) went 3-4 while looking sloppy and inconsistent, they’ve turned it around and dialed in their focus against their two closest challengers in the NL West. They took two of three against San Francisco (41-33) this past weekend, …...2025
• How do the Padres stay in contention?

Fernando Tatis Jr | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images They aren't good enough right now The San Diego Padres are currently in third place in the NL West, 5 games back of the Dodgers with a 39-33 record. They have been struggling offensively since their fast start got them off to a 14-3 record. Over the past month the team has a .227 batting average, last in MLB. Their OBP, SLG and O...2025
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• 4 MLB teams who should be buyers at the trade deadline

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images With the MLB Trade Deadline approaching, here are 4 teams that should be buyers The stunning trade that sent Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants not only left Boston Red Sox fans looking for an explanation, but it kicked Major League Baseball’s trade season into high gear. With weeks to go until the Trade Deadline, all 30 teams are taking stock of where they...2025
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• Dylan Cease allows five runs in the fourth, Padres lose

Dylan Cease and Martin Maldonado | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images San Diego falls to 1-3 on roadtrip against NL West foes Dylan Cease looked as dominant as he could for the San Diego Padres to start the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He recorded strikeouts against the first five Dodgers hitters and appeared to be in control of the contest until he reached the bottom of the fourth in...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies Game Thread

Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams (5) reacts after hitting a double against the Miami Marlins during the first inning at Nationals Park. | Brad Mills-Imagn Images Washington is coming off four consecutive series losses and has continued to tumble down the standings, riding an eight-game losing streak. After a tough series against the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets, W...2025
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• What will it take for the Braves to get back in it?

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Let’s dream about pipes. The maddening and hysterical nature of the 2025 Atlanta Braves season to-date has left them in an unthinkably deep hole. The maddening part – they’re nine games under .500, a full 15 games out of 1st place in the NL East and 9 games back in the Wild Card standings. The hysterical part – pretty much everything under the h...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 80 thread: Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Chase Dollander

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Rockies have some momentum coming into tonight’s game. Can they win this time? The Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 last night mostly due to six unearned runs in the fourth inning, but they clawed their way back in the later innings to put themselves with two runs of the kings of the NL West. Unfortunately, they were not able to pull th...2025
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• Royals vs Padres Game 76 Gamethread

Jac Caglianone’s bat has woken up. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Some late-night, west coast baseball action. The 37-38 Royals bats have woken up. The Royals scored 6, 6, and 4 runs in their sweep of the Texas Rangers, but most importantly they started hitting home runs. Jac Caglianone finally got on the board with two home runs himself, including one on a pitch that was at neck level. The R...2025
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• 4 MLB teams who should be buyers at the trade deadline
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• Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies Game Thread
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• What will it take for the Braves to get back in it?
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• Padres lose slugfest with Dodgers in extras

Mike Shildt and Manny Machado | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images San Diego shows it can go toe-to-toe with Los Angeles The first meeting of the 2025 season between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers proved to be worth the wait. Both teams put up runs, and the game went to extra innings before the Dodgers won the series opener 8-7 at Petco Park in 10 innings, Monday. The g...2025
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• Game Thread #66: Milwaukee Brewers (35-30) vs. San Diego Padres (36-27)

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Brewers look for series win against San Diego Today’s game against the San Diego Padres is the last of a three-game series. The Padres won the first game 2-0, while the Brewers took the second 4-3 behind an absolutely electric Caleb Durbin walk-off home run. Milwaukee hasn’t lost a series since a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins back in mid-May. Hopef...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner

Today was Braves Franchise History 1919: It’s Hank Gowdy Day in Boston‚ the catcher’s first game after returning from the Army. He hits the first pitch he sees from Dolf Luque for a single‚ but the Reds prevail over the Braves‚ 10 - 4. 1920: The Braves beat the Reds‚ 7-0‚ behind Jack Scott’s three-hitter. Boston chases Jimmy Ring in the 3rd inning and goes on to tally 12 hits. 1926: Hack Wilson sm...2025
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• Will a different venue provide a different result for Braves against Dodgers?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The Braves have a chance to get back at one of their tormentors from earlier this season. It’s easier said than done! Earlier this month, the Atlanta Braves visited Los Angeles looking for any type of way to get their season going in a positive direction after they had gone 0-for-4 in San Diego to kick off the season. As we all know, that ended up not ...2025
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• Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West
Starting pitcher Bud Norris lasted just one out, but that hardly mattered as an offensive outburst from the Dodgers covered an unexpected bullpen game in an 14-3 victory for Los Angeles on Sunday....2016
• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Shark takes tough-luck loss vs. Maeda, LA
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Zack's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• Greinke's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• NL West Notes: Barnes, Tomas, Giants
When Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi isn’t working to get an edge on rival teams, he’s trying to out-maneuver those within the organization in fantasy football, as Andy McCullough writes in a fun piece for the Los Angeles Times. Dodgers players are regretting their decision to allow the executive into the team’s league, it seems, as he…...2018
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Will Padres' Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?
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• Brandon McCarthy to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
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• Padres vs. Nationals predictions, odds: MLB picks, best bets Sunday
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• San Diego Padres first half review
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• Padres Star Playfully Heats Up Rivalry With Cheeky Reply to Avoid Naming Shohei Ohtani as MLB’s ‘Best’
Fernando Tatis Jr. throws playful shade at Shohei Ohtani during All-Star break, teasing a fiery Padres-Dodgers rivalry in the 2025 NL West race....2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers
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• Gamethread 83: Dodgers vs Royals
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• Royals vs Dodgers Game 82 Gamethread

Noah Cameron gets the Friday night start. | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The second half of the season starts tonight. The 38-43 Royals welcome the NL West-leading (and tied for MLB lead) 51-31 Los Angeles Dodgers to town for a weekend series in Kansas City. While the weather has gotten blistering hot here in KC, the bats have cooled off miserably this past week. The Royals are on a five-game ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle’s struggles at the plate are becoming hard to ignore
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers
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• Rafael Devers trade: Red Sox fans, Dodgers among losers, 3 winners

David Butler II-Imagn Images Let’s parse the Rafael Devers trade between the Red Sox and Giants. More than a month ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline, we have our first big move. Big might be an understatement. After months of frustration with slugger Rafael Devers, the Boston Red Sox traded the star to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for LHP Kyle Harrison, RHP Jordan Hicks, Single-A OF ...2025
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle

Tarik Skubal throws the final strikeout of his first career complete game, against the Guardians on May 25. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pitching was all the buzz in the last week of May Week nine of the Hot or Not series is all about pitching — both dominant and faulty. This week’s recap covers the fifth full week of the season, May 25-31. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve Altuve ha...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Three questions A.J. Preller must answer before Opening Day

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Padres have time to revamp the roster By making very few moves during the offseason, the San Diego Padres have dampened the hope of the Friar Faithful for the 2025 season. This reflects the current state of the franchise, and there is no point in debating the topic…or is there? The Padres 93-win 2024 season was dis...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Entering his third year, X is still unproven Xander Bogaerts joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the 2022-23 offseason, signing a contract for 11 years and $280 million, which included a no-trade clause. People around San Diego and baseball wondered if he was worth such a contract because no one predicted he would receive such a...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Wait... the Rockies aren’t worse than the White Sox, right?

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 6, 2025 Earlier this week, we received one of the most-discussed pieces of the offseason cycle: the 2025 iteration of Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA standings. Speculation abounds! These projections, while of course not iron-clad, are some of the most respected and studied in the baseball landscape, so ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: How should Rockies fans manage expectations in 2025?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, January 3, 2025 Another year is here and another season is on the horizon. While hope certainly springs eternal, it’s also important to adjust the hope settings to somewhere between “not as bad as the 2024 White Sox” and playoff contention. Last year, I turned to Clint Hurdle’s advice as my expectations guide...2025
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• Takeaways from Braves-Rockies: A missed opportunity

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves still won the series but they also missed a golden chance gain as much ground as possible in the NL Wild Card race. Heading into this series, the Atlanta Braves were going for a sweep in order to set the record straight against a Colorado Rockies team that tripped them up in a major way back at Coors Field. For the first two ga...2024
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