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• Braves series preview: What happened to this team?

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The former champs have been hit hard with injuries. The Braves won a championship in 2021, and won 100 games in back-to-back seasons following that, but this season has been a disaster. They’re on pace to have their worst season since they lost 93 games in 2016. The team has gone into freefall in July, dropping 15 of their 21 ga...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: What’s next for the Rockies at third base without Ryan McMahon?

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 28th, 2025 Fans of the Colorado Rockies were unsure if it would actually happen, but on Friday the Rockies pulled the trigger. Franchise third baseman Ryan McMahon was traded to the New York Yankees for two pitching prospects. The move should officially kick off a full-scale rebuild of ...2025
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• Ryan McMahon traded to the New York Yankees

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images The All-Star third baseman is headed to the Bronx. According to Mark Feinsand and multiple reports, the Colorado Rockies have traded third baseman Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees. Breaking: The Yankees are acquiring 3B Ryan McMahon from the Rockies, per source. Colorado will receive two prospects in return.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand...2025
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• Guardians series preview: Are these teams buyers or sellers?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images This is an important series for two AL Central teams on the bubble. The Royals and Guardians face each other this weekend with both teams on the bubble of a post-season race. The Guadians are three games back of a Wild Card spot, while the Royals sit another 1.5 games behind them. Both teams are playing well as of late - the Guardians have won 11 of their...2025
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• Brady House is finding his footing with the Washington Nationals

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Brady House’s combination of a brilliant glove and growing comfort at the plate is making him a force Brady House looked uncomfortable at the plate in his first couple weeks as a big leaguer. He was clearly getting up to speed with the challenges of big league pitching. However, he has found his feet this month and is looking like a threat at the plate. From the sec...2025
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• The Washington Nationals Should Try CJ Abrams at Second Base After The Trade Deadline

Getty Images Why the Nats need to use the rest of the season to begin Abrams transition away from shortstop We’re 9 days away from the 2025 MLB trade deadline, and we can expect the Nationals roster to look pretty different after it passes, as all expiring deals are on the trade block, as well as some players with control still, such as Nathaniel Lowe. With lots of players coming off the r...2025
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• Cubs series preview: To the friendly confines!

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Will these two teams make a deal? The Royals head to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this week, just a train ride away. They swept the Cubs there in 2021, but have lost the series to them each of the last two seasons. The Cubs have missed the playoffs each of the last four seasons, but come into this series with the second-best record ...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Outfield

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The future of the Rockies’ outfield has only gotten less certain after the first half. The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run in Ma...2025
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• 2025 Brewers midseason awards

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Christian Yelich, Freddy Peralta find themselves all over our midseason honors Paul Dietrich MVP: Christian Yelich I actually think the team MVP is Freddy Peralta but given that there’s a separate spot for me to recognize a pitcher, I’ll go with a hitter here. A quick glance at Yelich’s overall numbers don’t exactly show a superstar; going into play on Saturday, his...2025
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• Jacob Young is back to his best for the Washington Nationals

Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images Since returning from injury, Jacob Young has looked more like his 2024 self Last night, Jacob Young made one of the best catches I have ever seen a National make. In the bottom of the 9th, Young scaled the wall like Spiderman to rob a home run from the red hot Riley Greene. JACOB YOUNGARE YOU KIDDINGWHAT A CATCH pic.twitter.com/VfUW6aYQ7d— MLB (@MLB) July 3, ...2025
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• Dodgers series preview: Ohtani takes the mound

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Japanese phenom is scheduled to pitch this weekend. For a team reeling with nine consecutvie losses at home, the Dodgers are probably the last team you want to see on the schedule. The franchise has become the bullies in baseball, combining lavish spending with a smart front office to produce 100-win seasons in five of the last seven full years, includin...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images At last, the Cubs face their biggest rivals. The Cubs have played 77 games this year and the Cardinals 78. This is the first time the teams have met in 2025. Have I mentioned how much I detest the balanced schedule? The good news for this rivalry is that all 13 games between the two teams remain, including the final three games of the season at Wrigley Field. For m...2025
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• Twins series preview: Expect a low-scoring series

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Twins pitching has been outstanding lately. After a late-season collapse, the Twins were strangely quiet this offseason. But despite some early injuries, they have shown they will be a contender in the Central Division with strong pitching and an opportunistic offense. The Twins have gotten hot recently, enjoying a 13-game winning streak in May. Their 16-7 home reco...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Injuries are always unfortunate, yet they are a standard part of a Major League Baseball season. The fact is, injuries are inevitable and it’s important to have depth or reliable sources of relief when plans fall apart. When a team struggles, it’s easy to blame injuries, which certai...2025
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• Alex Verdugo is as advertised

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Alex is pretty much who we thought we was, with the good and the bad Bringing up Alex Verdugo in mid-April gave the Atlanta Braves a shot in the arm. When he arrived, the outfield that was already missing Ronald Acuña was being rocked by the Jurickson Profar suspension and some pretty poor play from bench players forced into the lineup. He helped the Braves grab a ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The best slugger in Northwest Arkansas Naturals history is back in Kansas City. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers and David Adler look at some of the intense work from Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. this spring at getting better on the basepaths. They’re incorporating audio components along with the visual technology on when to react, as well as ways to o...2025
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"Statcast gives him a -1 for Outs Above Average at third so far in 2025."

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"Here are Outs Above Average leaders so far: Baseball Savant | OAA As you can see, Arcia has graded out as the top defensive shortstop in baseball to this point, which passes the sniff test, as he’s made a number tremendous plays at short."

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"right now is leading the Royals in home runs, runs, RBI, slugging percentage, baserunning runs, Defensive Runs Above Average, Outs Above Average and basically anything that doesn’t involve taking a walk."

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"But outs above average (OAA) do not lie and Nico Hoerner had more of them than every other shortstop in MLB in 2022 except one: Statcast Outs Above Average Leaderboard — SS There are a lot of interesting things going on in that chart, and please forgive me for just screenshotting the whole thing and including it, but first, it’s notable just how good Nico was in 2022."

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"Mets’ Kevin Pillar isn’t buying his defense may be regressing"

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"The 25-year-old is coming off a solid rookie season that saw him perform well at the plate (95 wRC+, 96 OPS+) and very well with the glove in 698 2/3 innings in center field — plus-6 Outs Above Average, -plus5."

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"5 Ultimate Zone Rating and -6 Outs Above Average in just 607 2/3 innings of corner outfield work last season between the Jays and the Brewers."

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"Meanwhile, Statcast’s Outs Above Average metric has Cain tied for third among MLB outfielders, trailing only Delino DeShields Jr."

2017
"Twins, Red Sox are top out-making outfields"

• Braves series preview: What happened to this team?
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• Monday Rockpile: What’s next for the Rockies at third base without Ryan McMahon?
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• Ryan McMahon traded to the New York Yankees
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• Guardians series preview: Are these teams buyers or sellers?
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• The Washington Nationals Should Try CJ Abrams at Second Base After The Trade Deadline
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• Cubs series preview: To the friendly confines!
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Outfield
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: First base

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Michael Toglia’s regression has left first base in question The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run in March as a seas...2025
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• Maikel Garcia is having a fine year, but he’s not the long-term solution at third

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Moving him to second and adding a different third baseman improves the lineup Last Wednesday’s game against the Texas Rangers, Maikel Garcia had himself a day. At the plate, he blasted a three-run home run to give the Royals a lead they’d never relinquish, then later drove in the team’s insurance run on a nice poke to the opposite field that, with the assistance of...2025
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• Gloves Off: The Washington Nationals Defense Is Falling Apart

Brad Mills-Imagn Images It’s not just errors plaguing the Nationals—it’s a deeper defensive disconnect. With poor positioning, limited range, and questionable roster decisions, Washington’s fielding problems go beyond the box score. Every inning, a team will have the chance to bat on offense and field and pitch on defense. The Washington Nationals have created a young, gritty lineup that h...2025
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• 2025 Brewers midseason awards
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2025

It was a good series | Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images I know it was just a doubleheader split and the first game was a letdown, but it was really nice to take 2 of 3 After the games were over last night the Royals signed RHP Justin Dunn to a minor league deal, per Jaylon Thompson. Thompson also wrote about the other (perplexing?) roster moves yesterday: Cameron didn’t...2025
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• Eli White is kinda for real

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Eli White has brought his contact and power numbers way up and his strikeouts way down Looking at Eli White’s skill set of defense and speed, I could really dream of the value he could create if he added a just a little pop to his bat. After all, he put up a .200/.274/.305 line over 117 PA and contributed 0.6 WAR in 2022. So it’s a decent defensive skill set. We...2025
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• Who should hit at the bottom of the Royals’ lineup going forward?

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images Can the bats come back alive? The Royals' offense has been one of the worst in baseball, and their slow start has resulted in a wide variety of changes in their batting order all season. The first four or five hitters for the Royals rarely change, but the back end of their lineup is consistently a revolving door, with hopes of getting a spark from someone ...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs

Shane Smith and his 2.08 season ERA looks to shut down the North Siders Friday afternoon. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Chicago kicks off the Crosstown Classic with Shane Smith on the mound looking to snap the South Side losing streak MLB has launched its very first “Rivalry Weekend,” where typical City rivals will face off all on the same weekend, and when you’re done rolling your eyes what...2025
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• Alex Verdugo is as advertised
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• Monday Rockpile: What’s next for the Rockies at third base without Ryan McMahon?
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Outfield
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• Luis Garcia Jr. is swinging a red hot bat for the Washington Nationals

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Luis Garcia Jr. has been a hitting machine after overcoming a slow start to the season The discussion for most of the season has been that the Nationals lineup does not have much behind CJ Abrams and James Wood. There was some truth to this for a lot of the season. Nathaniel Lowe got into a prolonged slump, Keibert Ruiz has fallen off after a hot start, and Josh Be...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Has Jordan Beck truly arrived?

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, May 1st, 2025 When a season starts off as bleakly as this one, it can be hard to find the positives among all the bad press. While the losses continue to mount, one may have to squint to identify any morsels of good work being performed at Coors. Luckily, every team, every year, has something to write home about, ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 26, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025

PHOTO DAY PICTURES ARE HERE!!!!! I’ll leave the best ones for whoever is doing our Photo Day story, but I figured the “Vinnie with a Pasquatch necklace” is good for today. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images SPRING TRAINING GAMES START TODAY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Royals have their first Spring Training game today! The squad faces off against the Rangers at 2:05 PM Royals time. No TV t...2025
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• Remaining opportunities to help the outfield this off-season

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Will the Royals add to this bunch? The Royals had a pretty good offense last year, finishing sixth in the American League in runs scored despite a September swoon. But that performance was largely carried on the strength of an MVP-season by Bobby Witt Jr. and solid hitting from catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Meanwhile, the o...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 10, 2025

Sadly, there is no picture of the Royals Spring Training truck so we’re stuck with nonsense from Boston | Photo by MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Pitchers and Catchers report in a little over a month The Royals tweeted out some gorgeous pictures of Kauffman Stadium in the snow. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/5fDgNwVQbQ— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) January 9, 2025 Max covered t...2025
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• The greatest Royals shortstop seasons of all-time

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. is among the best already, but that is not saying very much Shortstop has been a pain point for the Royals since the beginning of the organization. When Freddie Patek has your only run of more than three seasons over 2 WAR in over half a century, you can tell just how rough filling the position has been for this organization. That dearth of t...2023
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• Is Bobby Witt Jr. becoming a superstar before our eyes?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The kid is coming into his own. The expectations have been high for Bobby Witt Jr., perhaps his entire life. The son of a former big leaguer, Witt had a leg up, but he also combined his advantage with hard work to become Gatorade High School Player of the Year and the #2 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline called him the “second-best sh...2023
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• Five reasons I am thankful for the 2022 Cubs
Willson Contreras celebrates a walkoff single against the Brewers on August 20 | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports There were some really joyous moments amidst a middling baseball season. I’ve been a Cubs fan for the vast majority of my conscious life. My first major league baseball memory is the Sandberg Game, and that was really it for me. I was in love with the ivy, the bleachers and the blu...2022
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• Just like everyone predicted, Orlando Arcia and Marcell Ozuna are leading the way for the Braves

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images The dynamic duo everyone saw coming. If you don’t know, here’s the current fWAR leaderboard for the Braves: FanGraphs | Leaderboards Yes, the best two players on the team to this point of the season have been Orlando Arcia and Marcell Ozuna. You would’ve gotten some decent odds on that before the season. Ozuna is the least surprisin...2024
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• Royals trade Edward Olivares to the Pirates

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The outfielder hit .265/.315/.432 in parts of four seasons with KC. The Royals have traded outfielder Edward Olivares to the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to reporter Anne Rogers. In return, the Royals receive infielder Deivis Nadal, a 21-year-old infielder who hit .212/.344/.377 with 8 home runs and steal in 318 plate appearances in Low-A ball. The move open...2023
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• It’s okay to believe once again

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Maybe this year is different. Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny a...2023
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• All-Star shortstops Orlando Arcia and Dansby Swanson face off in Chicago

Former teammates Orlanda Arcia and Dansby Swanson have had All-Star season for their respective clubs this season. | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images In their first season as starting shortstops for their current teams, Orlando Arcia and Dansby Swanson are having remarkably similar and successful seasons. This time last year, Atlanta had an All-Star shortstop, who was providing elite d...2023
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• Three hitters the Braves could look to acquire before the deadline
Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Braves have one of the strongest offenses in the league that features Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olsen, Austin Riley, Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies. But, like every great lineup, this Braves team does have a couple of holes in it. The first is the DH spot, which is currently occupied by Marcell Ozuna and the other is left field where Eddie Rosario plays. T...2023
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• Nationals Prospects: Brady House found his power stroke yesterday

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Brady House’s signature power was missing at the big league level but the Nats third baseman found it yesterday As an amateur and in the Minor Leagues, power was a big part of Brady House’s game. Most scouts considered his raw power his best trait. On MLB Pipeline, he has 60 grade power, which is very good. However, in his first 21 games in the MLB, that power was...2025
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• James Wood and Pete Crow-Armstrong are two young superstars who do things very differently

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals James Wood and the Chicago Cubs Pete Crow-Armstrong are young stud outfielders, but they are so different With the Chicago Cubs coming to DC, we are going to see two of the most exciting young outfielders in the sport in James Wood and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Both were highly touted outfield prospects who were traded early in their develop...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• How Dylan Crews can win Rookie of the Year

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images A look at what is next in the development of Dylan Crews Dylan Crews enters 2025 as the Nationals starting right fielder, and a favorite to win NL Rookie of the Year. However, for a guy that is still the number one prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, it has felt like there has not been a ton of buzz around him. That could due to the towering presen...2025
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Obviously, we wish this year’s Cubs would have done better. But there were still some performances to celebrate. As they did in 2023, the Cubs dug themselves a deep hole early on this year, went on a pretty good run and were briefly in a wild-card spot, then couldn’t hold on to it in September. They did finish 83-79, the same record as last y...2024
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• 2024 Season Preview: New York Mets

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Things can’t get worse after a disastrous 2023 season... right? Everything went wrong for the Mets in 2023. Really, it’s been a downward spiral since the club lost a 10.5 game divisional lead to the Braves in the summer months of 2022 and then quickly bowed out in the Wild Card round against the Padres. A real shame. Objectively speaking, there was no reason ...2024
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• A Cubsmas Advent Calendar: Christopher Morel rakes

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Will he continue to hit for the Cubs in 2024? This is Day Three of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here. One of the best moments of the Cubs’ 2023 season was the Christopher Morel walk off home run against the White Sox in August. You could hear the celebration throughout the neighborhood before Marquee Sports ...2023
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• Should the Atlanta Braves target this bullpen arm?
Should the Braves make a move for this bullpen arm? | Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports The Braves bullpen has been elite, but could they target a solid arm to upgrade? The All-Star week festivities have begun, which means that trade deadline season is quickly approaching us. The Atlanta Braves are in the fortunate position to where they do not really have any “needs”. However, teams could al...2023
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