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• Why Pirates star Oneil Cruz will be a must-watch player in HR Derby

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• The Nick Loftin game: Royals walk off Pirates 4-3

Kansas City Royals second baseman Nick Loftin (12) celebrates after hitting a walk-off single during the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images What a great game One day after being baptized by the Salvy Splash, second baseman Nick Loftin nearly single-handedly propeled the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 walkoff victory over the Pittsbu...2025
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• Pirates ball-crusher Cruz accepts HR Derby invite
Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz will compete in Monday's Home Run Derby. Earlier this season, Cruz clobbered the hardest hit homer in the Statcast era at 122.9 mph....2025
• Pirates star Oneil Cruz becomes must-watch in HR Derby

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• 2025 MLB Home Run Derby: Pirates' Oneil Cruz joins Byron Buxton, James Wood, Cal Raleigh, Ronald Acuña Jr.

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• Hard-hitting Oneil Cruz bringing elite power show to Home Run Derby
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• Outside The Confines: All-Star announcements

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The full All-Star rosters were announced, which means some players got snubbed. The Nationals make a change. The draft and trade deadline are coming. Good morning. The full All-Star Game rosters were announced. Here’s the roster without a lot of the commentary attached if you just want the names. Jake Mintz has some thoughts on each player on both ro...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 26, 2025

William Purnell-Imagn Images Can you hit at Kauffman Stadium? The home struggles continue after last night’s loss: “It’s terrible to think about, but I don’t remember the last time that we kind of won at home,” Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. said. “And so it’s one of those things where we’ve gotta get our stuff right and get our stuff together and be ready to play tomorrow.” The Royals re...2025
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!

Cal Raleigh celebrates after hitting his 29th home run in the dugout at Wrigley Field on June 20. He’s put up two more since Friday. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Jacob Misiorowski and Cal Raleigh break records as a heat wave sets in As the temperatures rise, so does the level of competition. MLB’s 12th week was record-breaking and filled with excitement, as the All-Star voting amps up and mi...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Maikel Garcia breakout continues with yet another big game last night: The fact that García isn’t trying to hit homers — but has now surpassed his total from last year (seven) — speaks not only to his growth as a player in his third big league season, but also to how consistent he has stayed with his approach and all of the adjustments he made w...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 3, 2025

Jac Caglianone for the Omaha Storm Chasers | Minda Haas Kuhlmann It’s time for Jac. Vahe Gregorian writes about the decision to call up Jac Caglianone. While he certainly seems to have demonstrated that he’s beyond Triple-A, that’s not the same as being ready for this. No matter how hard the Royals will try to cushion and support him, he’ll surely be the story for weeks to come among fan...2025
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• Manny Machado, Tyler Wade get late-game RBIs to lead Padres to win

Tyler Wade | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego scores four runs in the seventh to take 2-of-3 from Pittsburgh Manny Machado just missed a grand slam home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The ball was caught at the wall by Pittsburgh Pirates centerfielder Oneil Cruz and Elias Diaz tagged up and scored from third base to give the San Diego Padres a 5-4 lead. Manny Mach...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl

Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rockies are the worst team in baseball, maybe ever. The Tigers have the best record in baseball. A look ahead to the trade deadline and draft. And other MLB news. Good morning. Russell Dorsey explains why the Rockies situation this year is much worse than last season’s White Sox, and how things are kind of looking up for the So...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The eye of the Tiger

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Tarik Skubal dominates Cleveland. Paul Skenes is going nowhere. The Dodgers fly in style and other MLB news. Good morning. Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal threw a “Maddux” on Sunday, a complete game win with under 100 pitches in a 5-0 win over the Guardians. What’s more amazing is that Skubal struck out 13 batters in his ...2025
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• Tarik Skubal Pitches game of the year - 13 K Complete Game Shutout Gem - May 26, 2025
Tarik Skubal (SP- Tigers) Skubal threw a complete game shutout Sunday striking out 13 and allowing just 2 hits. This was perhaps the best pitching performance of the 2025 season as Skubal needed just 94 pitches for the gem. He was able to generate 26 swings and misses and improved to 5-2, dropping his ERA to 2.49. Skubal is coming off his worst outing of the season where despite striking out 11 h...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Brewers take quick four-game road trip to Pittsburgh The Milwaukee Brewers sit at 24-26 on the season as they’ll head east to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates for a four-game series at PNC Park. This series marks their first National League opponent since the first weekend of May, when they took on the Cubs. The Brewers have had a crazy stretch where they’ve eit...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 3, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Baseball is here
Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports The College Baseball season started over the weekend. Manny Machado announced his decision to opt out of his deal. And more news from around baseball. So we had real live baseball in the US over the weekend. Yes, I know baseball really never ends when you include the winter leagues, but it’s always a sign that the main event is coming when the college kids tak...2023
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"WATCH: Pirates' Oneil Cruz records hardest hit ball in Statcast era on home run vs. Brewers"

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"Never mind all that, said Imanaga, with this strikeout of Oneil Cruz [VIDEO]."

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"Oneil Cruz helped off after injury causes benches to clear"

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"Oneil Cruz drew the walk, stole second and scored on a single by Bryan Reynolds."

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"The Pirates are planning to promote shortstop prospect Oneil Cruz to make his major league debut, reports Héctor Gómez of Z101 (Twitter link)."

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"Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz uninjured after involvement in 'tragic accident'"

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"Acquired reliever Tony Watson from Pirates for prospects Oneil Cruz and Angel German."

• Outside The Confines: All-Star announcements
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• Sell High on Matthew Liberatore? - June 30, 2025
Oneil Cruz (OF-PIT) powered the Pirates to victory as he went 2-4 with a pair of homers and 4 RBI against the Mets. Naturally, he fanned in his two other at-bats, but the good news is that he didn't make any mind-boggling errors in the field. The toolsy 26 year-old is now hitting just .210 with 15 homers, 35 RBI, 45 runs scored, and 27 steals (in 30 attempts) across 321 PA on the year with a barel...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 26, 2025
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• Pirates hang on for 5-4 victory over Brewers

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Yelich’s hot hitting continues, but isn’t quite enough Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers dropped the first game of their three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday evening. The Pirates got out to an early lead, and while the Brewers resiliantly fought back more than once, Pittsburgh had an answer at every turn. Brewers starter Chad Patrick set a care...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals

The Cubs celebrate a walkoff and a series win against the Pirates | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs are in the middle of a seven-game stretch against division rivals. The Cubs maintained a 5½ game lead in the division over the weekend taking three of four from the Pirates, but now the real fun starts. The second place Brewers are heading to Wrigley Field for a three-game set, there...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 3, 2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The Royals need power, and Jac has that, but what else can he offer? Jac Caglianone has officially been added to the Royals’ MLB roster, and there is every reason to expect he will start, perhaps in right field, in Tuesday’s series opener in St. Louis. Reactions to this news have ranged from pure joy that the savior has arrived to sheer terror that the Royals...2025
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• Padres shutout in loss to Pirates

Bradgley Rodriguez | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego held to just two hits by Pittsburgh pitchers The San Diego Padres managed just two hits against Bailey Falter and the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers and took a 5-0 loss at Petco Park, Saturday. Fernando Tatis Jr. singled in the first inning and Martin Maldonado singled in the third inning, but that was all the of...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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• Sell High on Matthew Liberatore? - June 30, 2025
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got some solid pitching and enough home runs to win. The wind was blowing in at Wrigley Field yet again Thursday evening, as it has seemingly for pretty much every home game this year. That didn’t matter to Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki, who both launched baseballs into the bleachers. Suzuki’s homer wound up the difference in ...2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone
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• Manny Machado, Tyler Wade get late-game RBIs to lead Padres to win
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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• Game Thread #53: Milwaukee Brewers (25-27) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (18-34)

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Brewers look to bounce back after last night’s heartbreaker Last night’s Brewers game was frustrating, if only because the Brewers looked to be in position to still scrape out a win despite not playing their best baseball at times. You can find Paul’s full recap of last night’s game here. Today’s matchup, the third in a four-game set, pits Pittsburgh’s Mitch ...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images At least you’re not a Pirates fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I do...2025
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Padres score early, sweep Pirates Stephen Kolek, who performed well as a starting pitcher in Spring Training, began the year in El Paso as a member of the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. Kolek, like Michael King the year before, was transitioning to a starting role from the bullpen and finally got the call up to make his first MLB star...2025
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. scores on a wild pitch to give Padres 2-1 win Fernando Tatis Jr. stepped to the plate to lead off the top of the ninth inning with the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied, 1-1. Tatis Jr. lined a ball into left field and slid into second base, placing himself in scoring position with no outs. Luis Arr...2025
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• Outside The Confines: All-Star announcements
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 26, 2025
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• Pirates hang on for 5-4 victory over Brewers
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025
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• Setting expectations for Jac Caglianone
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• Can Atlanta roll over the Reds?

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images Cincinnati is bringing a formidable rotation to Atlanta, and the Braves will have no choice but to try to figure them out over the next four days. The current homestand for the Atlanta Braves rolls on, as they’re going straight from a three-game series against the Dodgers into a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. While the quality of competiti...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2025

Hunter Harvey heads to the IL. | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hunter Harvey hits the injured list. Happy Saturday folks. I think this may be my first time putting together a Rumblings...I honestly cannot remember if I did it during my previous stint as a writer here in the mid-2010s. I apologize if I forget something important or do something wrong. Vahe Gregoria...2025
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• 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
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• Cubs 6, Pirates 5: A little bit of Patrick Wisdom, a little bit of Esteban Quiroz
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... and the Cubs recorded their fourth straight one-run win. Well, that was... something, all right. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 6-5 Friday evening, their fourth consecutive victory, all by one run. And they did it with a bit of power, a bit of small ball and a couple bits of relief pitching that nearly blew up, but in the end finished things off. The ga...2022
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• Oneil Cruz helped off after injury causes benches to clear
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• Oneil Cruz just smoked one 122.4 mph -- the hardest-hit ball in Statcast history
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy Walk-Off, Kyle Wright to make season debut, more
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports A memorable first home run in a Braves uniform for Sean Murphy. It certainly was not the most seamless avenues to earn victory, but it is hard to imagine a better way to earn a win for the Braves. Not only did they win a game in extras, a tall task for them since the runner-on-second rule started, but it happened via a walk-off home run from Sean Murphy, his ...2023
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$Oneil Cruz injury: Pirates shortstop fractures left ankle on slide before benches clear with White Sox$
• Oneil Cruz injury: Pirates shortstop fractures left ankle on slide before benches clear with White Sox

Cruz was helped off the field after the awkward slide into home...2023
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• Cubs 12, Pirates 0: Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine on a no-hitter

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It’s the first no-hitter thrown by the Cubs at Wrigley Field in over half a century. You know, the Cubs might not make the postseason this year — and despite this 12-0 win over the Pirates they didn’t gain any ground on the Mets and Braves — but we will all have one wonderful, indelible memory to share all winter after Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Port...2024
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• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: A tale of three games
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... with a tiny little dash of complaint department at the end. There were three different sub-plot games within the Cubs’ 8-3 win over the Pirates Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh, a win that gave the Cubs both the series win and a 10-9 edge in the season series over the Bucs. It’s the first time in franchise history the Cubs have won the season series from...2022
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• Do the Cubs have a realistic chance of winning the NL Central?
Getty Images Wait, hear me out. This offseason, the Cubs have signed more major-league free agents not on their team previously than any other MLB ballclub. (The Mets technically signed more, but a couple of them were re-signings of their own free agents.) Will that make enough of a difference for the Cubs to compete for the division title? You already know the key signings and acquisition...2023
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• Sell High on Matthew Liberatore? - June 30, 2025
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• Tarik Skubal Pitches game of the year - 13 K Complete Game Shutout Gem - May 26, 2025
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• Not a Good Start for Nestor - March 30, 2025
Nestor Cortes, SP, MIL Cortes' Brewer career could not have gotten off to a worse start, as he became the first pitcher in MLB history to give up homeruns on three consecutive pitches to start a ballgame. He finished the outing with 2 IP, allowing 8 ER's (5 HR's) while striking out 2 and walking 5. It really doesn't get much worse than this. Cortes was solid for the Yankees last year, posting a...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
Mariners Starting Rotation The Mariners' starting rotation is fascinating. Luis Castillo is the veteran with the most impressive resume, but he could turn out to be the worst starter on the team by the end of the season. He is certainly the oldest at 32 years old. In fact, every other Seattle starter is 27 years old or younger. The youth-infused rotation is buoyed by a pitcher-friendly ballpark an...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• Stash List Volume 4: Esteury Ruiz is Ready For His Close-Up
A lot of the best prospects are now big leaguers, but the top of this list remains stocked with ready-now impact fantasy talents. Graduated from Volume 3: Wink if You’re Ready or What’s the Rush, Man? Royce Lewis, Oneil Cruz, Luis Garcia, Roansy Contreras, Riley Greene, Elehuris Montero, Josh Winckowski, CJ Abrams, Caleb Kilian, Edward Cabrera, Jonathan Aranda, and Zack Thompson. Graduated fr...2022
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• Stash List Volume 2: Royce Lewis Rolls Into Town Wearing Pink Like Kirby
As the fantasy community mourned the destruction of Minnesota SS Carlos Correa’s middle finger this week, we also wondered if such an injury would be the spark that lights a major league candle for Royce Lewis. The Twins wasted no time in promoting him, making the announcement before we learned that Correa’s finger was not broken as first reported. Even so, it’s the middle finger of his throwing h...2022
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• Roansy Contreras, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Since I'm focused mostly on 2022 fantasy baseball, and how guys can help us next year, whenever next year is, Roansy Contreras moved up on the radar, because the Pirates' puzzling moves at the end of the year to bring up their guys. It was almost like a showcase for the Rays. "So, do you like Roansy for a middle reliever? Right...Who do you want to send us? Garrett Whitlock for Roansy and Oneil Cr...2021
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• Oneil Cruz, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Love that Oneil Cruz ended the year with the Pirates. Maybe this is a banana in the ol' tailpipe. Or rather a banana in the booty hole. Booty as in treasure stolen by Pirates and put in a "hole" in a lower deck--Ya know what? No need to explain, everyone says booty hole with only one thing in mind. A pirate ship's lower deck for treasure, where the peg boys hang out. So, maybe this banana in the b...2021
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• Outside The Confines: All-Star announcements
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 15

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Cubs step back into top spot but rest of NL Central is still on their tail Welcome to the 15th week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s ra...2025
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• Sell High on Matthew Liberatore? - June 30, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 26, 2025
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• Misiorowski outduels Skenes in 4-2 Brewers victory

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee takes game, series from Pirates Box Score Jacob Misiorowski went five shutout innings as the Brewers earned a 4-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Misiorowski walked the first batter he faced, Adam Frazier, to start the game. Frazier stole second and made it to third on a Bryan Reynolds flyout. With one out and a runner on third, Miz was able to bea...2025
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• MLB Week 12 Hot or Not: Records were set!
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 19, 2025
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Ian Happ walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs once again didn’t get much offense... but just enough to win. One day, Cubs hits will ring out all over Wrigley Field. One day, Cubs home runs will fly one after one into the iconic Wrigley bleachers. One day, the Cubs will win a home game by seven or eight or nine runs. Today was not that day. It was, though, a good day in the end, as Ian Happ’s wal...2025
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• Pirates 2, Cubs 1: A pitcher’s duel gone wrong

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Cade Horton outpitched Paul Skenes, but the Cubs lost anyway. Let’s try to look at the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Pirates in 10 innings Friday this way: If there was one game in this series they might have been destined to lose, it was the game where Paul Skenes started for Pittsburgh. On the other hand, the Cubs did have four hits off Skenes and got him out of the game...2025
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals
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• Memorial Day Rumblings - News for May 26, 2025

We salute those that have sacrificed all. Freddy Ferrmin was a big hero on Sunday, writes Jaylon Thompson. “Freddy can do it all, man,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He is a leader and ... he doesn’t take any pitches off. He prepares on the defensive side as well as anybody I’ve seen. He can really throw. “(H)uge hit for us. That was a two-strike hit, as well. Freddy is a really good compet...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #2: Pittsburgh Pirates
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• Rays 2 Pirates 4: There is no shame in getting bested by Paul Skenes

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It was the top of the first inning and something very strange was happening. A Rays pitcher — in this case Ryan Pepiot — threw four balls to a player, who then took first base. This, I’ve been told, is called a “walk,” and we hadn’t seen one from a Rays pitcher since Opening Day, when Pepiot and Pete Fairbanks had give up a total of three. It was one sign ...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Something new, something blue

Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals are hot Under the category of “you learn something new every day,” this summer I spent a few days in Milwaukee. Having never stayed in Milwaukee before, I spent some time walking around the downtown area, sampling the local cuisine and beverages and came across this sign. Wow, how many of you knew that the American Le...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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• Outside the Confines: We’re in the home stretch
David Banks-USA TODAY Sports New revelations about the Astros’ scandal. More on a possible Angels sale. The Cardinals are in first place thanks to some one-sided trades. And other news from baseball. I’ve got nothing. The Athletic has an excerpt from Evan Drellich’s upcoming book about the Astros sign-stealing scandal. (The Athletic. sub. req.) In it, Drellich reveals that former Astros...2022
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