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• Washington Nationals embarrassed in a listless performance

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals looked flat today as they fall to 2-5 on the road trip Today was a gut punch for the Washington Nationals. In fact, this whole road trip has been a massive left hook to the liver for a team coming off series wins against the Dodgers and D-Backs. There is not a whole lot to recap in this game because frankly, not a whole lot happened. ...2025
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• Starter Spotlight: The Williams To Win

4-17-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Offense broke out yesterday behind a solo shot by Henry Davis and a grand slam by Oneil Cruz, the latter of which followed a benches-clearing incident involving a certain glove-tossing pitcher, the bats are showing signs of life. Can they continue it and secure a series victory? They’llContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: The Willi...2025
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• Oneil Cruz Isn’t a Center Fielder Yet

The mammoth Pirate has not taken to his new role in the outfield as readily as we’d once hoped....2025
• Who Owned Baseball (WOB) – Updated for April 16, 2025

Who Owned Baseball for April 16, 2025 Earning 1 WOB Chris Bassitt fanned 10 Braves over 5 innings without allowing a run, as the Blue Jays won, 3-1. Oneil Cruz homered and singled, driving in 4, as the Pirates powered past the Nationals, 6-1. Bailey Falter threw 7 innings of 2 hit shutout ball to […]...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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• Gary’s Five Pirates Thoughts – NL Central Play Begins

The Pirates face tough competition after a poor Miami series. Oneil Cruz remains pivotal despite criticism, while concerns about player positions and offense persist early in the season....2025

• Series Preview: Rays vs Pirates

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Three games down, one-hundred fifty-nine to go The 2025 regular season is a weekend old and the Rays will now move on to face the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three game set at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Although the Pirates finished last in the National League Central in 2024, there is plenty of reason to hope as they have perhaps the best starting pit...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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• 3 MLB teams that could surprise in 2025

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images These young teams could take a significant step forward in 2025. About this time last year, virtually no prognosticators predicted that any more than the requisite one American League Central team would make the postseason. In a division in which seemingly every team was a .500 team, the assumption was the division winner would sneak their way into the po...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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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which outfielders will break camp with the Colorado Rockies?

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 17, 2025 Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! Allan Henry-Imagn Images In the spirit of the day, “May the wind be always at your back.” For the Colorado Rockies, this week will probably find some players with the wind at the back in the sense of heading to Triple-A Albuquerque. Since Rock...2025
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• Braves walk off in 6-5 win, but Jurickson Profar leaves injured

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves had a fine Spring Training game on results, but the biggest thing is the injury status of Jurickson Profar. In his third spring tune-up, Spencer Schwellenbach issued his first walk of spring, the Andrew McCutchen in a scoreless first. He worked through the walk and a line drive hit he allowed to Bryan Reynolds on a hanging ...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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• Biggest needs heading into Christmas for each National League team

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Mets and Cubs have made big moves, but several other contenders still need to strike. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! December is a time full of giving and receiving gifts to celebrate the holidays. Now that the winter meetings have passed, only a few days remain before Christmas and turning the page to 2025. Each team has question marks wort...2024
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• Outside The Confines: The regular season ends*

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The regular season ends, except for two makeup games today. A look back and a look ahead to the playoffs. Plus other MLB news. So in case you don’t know already or don’t want to click on the links, the Braves and Mets play their two makeup games in Atlanta today. Each team just needs to win one game to make the playoffs. So whoever wins g...2024
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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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"(Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) THE NICO FILES: Nico Hoerner is second in MLB with six steals, one behind Oneil Cruz of the Pirates, and is tied with three others for the most singles (12)."

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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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"According to a police report, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop prospect Oneil Cruz was driving after curfew when he struck a motorcycle in front of him with three people aboard."

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

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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 1

Brad Penner-Imagn Images We’re kicking off our own power rankings of the NL Central, because who doesn’t love arbitrary lists? Welcome to our first edition of 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. Wi...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• 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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• 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 14, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Its prospect list season! MLB Pipeline writes about the top international prospect in each farm system. Royals: Yandel Ricardo, SS (No. 8) There’s something to be said for catcher Ramon Ramirez, who has gone from a $57,500 signing to a powerful catcher at 19. For now, we’ll lean on last year’s big international signing in Ricardo. The Cuban na...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 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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• Braves walk off in 6-5 win, but Jurickson Profar leaves injured
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• Both starters pitch scoreless outings in split squad day

Reynaldo Lopez pitched 2.0 scoreless innings | Brett Davis-Imagn Images The starters of both games in split squad play were great. The offense came alive in the game with most of the projected starters in the lineup. The Atlanta Braves had a split squad day with part of the team playing at their spring training home against the Rex Sox and the rest of the squad playing the Pirates away. Th...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The regular season ends*
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Three left standing
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers hit the road for final time this season as they head to Pittsburgh With the NL Central all locked up for the Brewers, they dropped three straight to the Diamondbacks before winning a thrilling game on Sunday afternoon, coming back from an 8-0 deficit to win 10-9. They’ll look to keep that momentum going as they hit the road for the last time this season, tak...2024
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• Elly De La Cruz and Oneil Cruz are must-see TV

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports MLB’s up-and-coming stars Elly De La Cruz and Oneil Cruz have given fans a reason to tune in this season. If you’re surveying the baseball landscape for games to watch, I have a pretty good idea of how the process should go for tonight. If your favorite team is playing well, you’re probably going to watch them first. Other than that, if you’re going to pay...2024
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• Paul Skenes' MLB debut was unforgettable for the most unexpected reason

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Anything can happen on any given day at a baseball stadium. Just ask the Pirates and the Cubs and they'll tell you. For the first time in years, the eyes of the baseball world were actually firmly focused on what was going on at PNC Park in Pittsburgh this past Saturday night. While a divisional weekend tilt between the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs and ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 5, 2024
Yandy Diaz If you want a player with a sea of red for a stats page, Diaz is your guy. He led all qualified 1B in wRC+ (164) and was 4th in xwOBA (.381). He slashed a strong .330/.410/.522, and while some may argue for regression, Diaz's xBA of .305 ranks 6th amongst all hitters. He also is plus at controlling the zone (19.7 Chase%, 18.3 Whiff%, both 83rd Percentile), which allow him to maintain hi...2024
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• Braves vs. Pirates Spring Training game thread

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Chris Sale will make his spring debut Tuesday in Bradenton. Chris Sale will make his spring debut for the Atlanta Braves Tuesday when they make the trip to Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves acquired Sale in a big offseason trade with the Boston Red Sox in hopes that he can bring another experienced and valuable arm to their rotati...2024
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• Braves News: Morton leads series win, Yonny Chirinos

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Charlie Morton posted his second straight brilliant start against the Mets on Wednesday, with the previous start coming against the other New York team, the Yankees. Across the two starts he pitched 13.0 innings with 21 Ks and only 2 BB (1 per appearance). The strikeouts and walks are both quite encouraging, as M...2023
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• The Penguins Could Learn a Thing or Two from…the Pirates?!?
I was reading an article on the Tribune-Review the other day about the Pittsburgh Pirates. Check that…our first-place Pirates…when I came upon a passage that struck a chord. “The Pirates believe the energy inside their clubhouse is contagious, with a combination of veteran leadership and young talent sparking their turnaround,” wrote Kevin Gorman. Indeed, thanks largely to the tireless effor...2023
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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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• 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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$Oneil Cruz injury: Pirates shortstop fractures left ankle on slide before benches clear with White Sox$
• 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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• Not a Good Start for Nestor - March 30, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 13th, 2024
Rotation in St. Louis This offseason, the Cardinals added three veteran arms, almost completely overhauling their rotation, which was dreadful last season. The St. Louis starters had the 2nd worst K/9 (6.92) and 5th worst ERA (5.08) in 2023. The New: Sonny Gray Gray is the most accomplished and in-form pitcher that the Cardinals have on the roster. He tweaked his hamstring last week and his status...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Shortstop projections: CJ Abrams Abrams finished 2023 with 18HR/64RBI/83RS/.276BA/47 SB. It's encouraging to see his power emerge as the season's progressed, making him a terrific fantas...2024
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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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• Prospect News: Oneil Cruz is the Captain Now or Kennedy Seeks Office
I’ve been watching Pirates SS Oneil Cruz for a long time, but the sensory shock of seeing him run the bases stays fresh. As does the thump of seeing him square up a baseball. On big league broadcasts, we get more angles from better cameras than we see in minor league games. Some minor league broadcasts show mostly just the hitter/pitcher interaction, so I’d almost forgotten what Cruz looks like ta...2022
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• This Weekend We Are All At Least Prospective Fathers
For Mother’s Day, MLB uses pink bats. My suggestion for Father’s Day is bats with hairy bags hanging off the handle. This suggestion appears to fall on deaf ears, even though I go through the proper channels, filling out all the comment cards in the lobby at MLB headquarters. Even chitchatting with Jim, at security, for way longer than most people! No one hears my suggestions! Shoot, I was typing ...2022
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• Washington Nationals embarrassed in a listless performance
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Texas Rangers preview, Monday 4/7, 6:40 CT

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs open a series against a team from the AL West. Monday notes: WALKING ON BY: The 66 walks by Cubs batters are the most in team history through 12 games of a season. Their previous high was 64, in 1974, when they started 6-6. They had 63 in 2009 (8-4) and 2016 (9-3), and 62 in 1941 (5-7) and 1946 (7-5). They had no more than 59 in any other sea...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 2

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Brewers bounce back with four straight wins but remain second in NL Central rankings Welcome to the second 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 furth...2025
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• 3 MLB teams that could surprise in 2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which outfielders will break camp with the Colorado Rockies?
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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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• 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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