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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Laureano was a scrapheap addition who did wonders for the Braves’ battered outfield and even wrested a starting role from others in the process. In a season where so many things went wrong for the Atlanta Braves, there may not have been a more pleasant and unexpected surprise on the offensive side of the ball than Ramon Laureano. It’s prob...2024
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• Potential free agent target: Josh Rojas

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The light-hitting utility player provides plus defense. The Royals are seeking to supplement their lineup, and have been attached to some hitters that may be available through trade. But a recent report at The Athletic suggests the team may have to shop in the lower-priced aisle. The Kansas City Royals expect their payroll to be in the s...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 1, Brenton Doyle

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The second-year center fielder built upon his successful rookie season in every possible way. Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that...2024
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images After Orlando Arcia’s 2024 season, shortstop remains a question moving forward for the Braves. The shortstop plan for the 2024 Atlanta Braves was pretty simple. Orlando Arcia was going to be their defensive-first shortstop, who could bat at the bottom of the lineup while the remaining eight hitters in the deepest lineup in baseball did what they do...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 4, Michael Toglia

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Stellar defense and massive power defined Toglia’s incredible growth in 2024 You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn f...2024
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• What does Joey Wiemer bring to the Royals?

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Is Joey Wiemer going to be useful, or was it just a flier to make the deal even? Jonathan India is exactly the player we were expecting the Royals to go after in the offseason. A leadoff hitter to set the table for Bobby was desperately needed, though it would have been nice if he played center field. As part of the trade, they got Joey...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 1, Brenton Doyle
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 4, Michael Toglia
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• Potential trade target: Nico Hoerner

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs second baseman has a high-contact approach. The Royals are seeking an on-base hitter to set the table for MVP candidate Bobby Witt Jr., and could use offensive upgrades at second, third, and the outfield. There are reports they have discussed potentially acquiring Reds second baseman Jonathan India. But another infielder from the Nat...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 15, 2024

I know this picture is from last month, but the Royals keep adding more hardware so it’s evergreen | Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images We continue our trip through Asia with the KBO wrap Unless Max sneaks out a story about it while I’m not looking, the big news for yesterday is more hardware for the Royals! Bobby Witt Jr. was named 1st team all-MLB shortstop, Salvador Perez was named 2nd t...2024
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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The All-Star third baseman could be on the move. The Royals have made offense a top priority this off-season, and while their main target is a leadoff hitter that can get on base, GM J.J. Picollo has also said he would like another middle-of-the-order bat that can lengthen the lineup. This year’s free agent class is a bit thin, with numerous buyers whi...2024
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• 2024 MVBrewers #8: Joey Ortiz

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Ortiz had a solid rookie season in Milwaukee We’re continuing our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2024 with third baseman Joey Ortiz. Ortiz finished the season with 2.7 bWAR and 3.1 fWAR, good for sixth and fourth on the team, respectively. Ortiz was solid all season long, but especially before going down with an injury in late June. Prior...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Xander Bogaerts

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Bogaerts finished his second season in San Diego where it all began Xander Bogaerts: 2 fWAR, 111 G, .264 AVG, .307 OBP, .381 SLG, 95 wRC+, 50 R, 44 RBI, 11 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season From the start, Bogaerts was a team guy. The Padres came to him and said they wanted to move him over to second base in just the secon...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 48, Jake Cave

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Jake Cave played more than a veteran fourth outfielder should have, but also earned the hearts of Rockies fans as a true Man of the People. Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in conte...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 26, 2024

Seriously - that was a lot of rain | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Yesterday’s game was just weird and I was glad the Royals stole it Let’s talk about yesterday’s game for a minute. It really was odd. I know Ryan covered it here, but I just wanted to blather on more about it. Really, to have a clean game, they would have had to start it at least an hour earlier and we just don’t do that...2024
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• Brewers sign Jakob Junis, trade Ethan Small to Giants

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Milwaukee shores up some innings after trading Corbin Burnes The Brewers agreed to a one-year contract with right-hander Jakob Junis on Monday night. Kiley McDaniel first reported the agreement, and Ken Rosenthal stipulated the terms. Junis will be guaranteed $7 million in the form of a $4 million salary in 2024 and a $3 million buyout on a mutual option for...2024
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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."

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

• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Potential free agent target: Josh Rojas
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 1, Brenton Doyle
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia
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• What does Joey Wiemer bring to the Royals?
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• 2024 MVBrewers #3: Jackson Chourio

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Chourio had a slow start but ended up as one of the best rookies in the league We’re continuing our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most valuable players in 2024 with outfielder Jackson Chourio. Chourio finished the season with 3.8 bWAR and 3.9 fWAR, both good for third on the team. Chourio had one of the better rookie seasons among Brewers in recent memory in 2024, and...2024
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• Potential trade target: Nolan Arenado

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cardinals are embarking on a weird offseason. The team has fallen short of expectations and this will be John Mozeliak’s last running the team before he hands things off to Chaim Bloom. They definitely have talent, but they need an organizational reset to shake up the roster and get younger. Veteran Nolan Arenado is one of the contracts they will b...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jacob Young in center and at the plate...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ center fielder who has put himself in the outfield mix in the majors... While he did not win the NL Gold Glove in center field, Jacob Young did shine in the outfield this past season, with, as his club noted in the Washington Nationals’ Season in Review, the 25-year-old, 2021 7th Round pick, “… [leading] all of MLB with 21 outs above average and 19 runs prevented...2024
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• Potential trade target: Nico Hoerner
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 15, 2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 1, Brenton Doyle
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 4, Michael Toglia
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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• Orioles/Royals Wild Card series preview

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images These O’s ain’t Royal. The Royals swept the Orioles in the 2014 ALCS, eventually falling to the Giants in the World Series. The Royals won it all in 2015, but would see the core of that team depart in 2017, leading to a rebuild that bottomed out with a 106-loss season last year. The Orioles made the playoffs in 2016, but began tearing down for a rebuild ...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Should the Rockies retire Charlie Blackmon's number?

Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images With Chuck Nazty’s career at its end, thoughts turn to celebrating his Rockies tenure What a week, huh? With so many of us ready for the end of another tough season for the Rockies, Charlie Blackmon decided to drop a bombshell just before the campaign's final home stand: He’s calling it a career. Charlie Blackmon has announced he will retire from Major League B...2024
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• Cristopher Morel and the Rays a match made in heaven

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Cristopher Morel is one of the crucial pieces of the future ST. PETERSBURG, FL — One day before the trade deadline, the Rays splashed the market by sending All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes to the Cubs in exchange for OF Cristopher Morel, RHP Hunter Bigge, and RHP Ty Johnson. The trade was a shocker for everyone; no one expected either because they ...2024
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• Jackson Chourio is happening

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The 20-year-old rookie is starting to deliver on his promise Jackson Chourio is as promising a prospect as the Brewers have ever had. His raw tools, particularly his speed and quick hands, are enticing enough to draw comparisons to last year’s MVP, Ronald Acuña Jr. In the minor leagues, he showed a tremendous ability to quickly adapt to a new level of pitching, ...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia
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• Three Brewers among NL Gold Glove finalists

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Brice Turang, Blake Perkins, and Sal Frelick in final three at their positions Major League Baseball has revealed the finalists for the 2024 Gold Glove awards, listing three players at each position from whom the winners will be chosen. Brice Turang (second base), Blake Perkins (center field), and Sal Frelick (right field) are have made the last three for Mi...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason

Bobby Witt Jr’s MVP-like performance helped push the Royals back to the postseason. Kauffman Stadium was built for speed. Ironically, that wasn’t the intent. When the stadium was constructed for the 1973 season, the team anticipated home runs would go up since the dimensions were actually smaller than their previous home at Municipal Stadium, where hitters had to smack a ball 360 feet down the le...2024
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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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• Your weekly moment of baseball Zen: Pete Crow-Armstrong edition

One of Pete Crow-Armstrong’s exceptional catches against the Dodgers | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The rookie centerfielder put on a show in LA The Cubs continued their winning ways on the road taking two games of three from the National League West juggernaut Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. There were a lot of memorable performances. Former Dodgers came to play with Cody Bellinger unleash...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The 2024 Colorado Rockies All-Star Snubs

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 8th, 2024 Major League Baseball announced the complete initial rosters for this year’s All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon. The Colorado Rockies have not had multiple All-Stars since they sent four players to the Midsummer Classic in 2019. As expected, the Rockies once again have just ...2024
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• Ryan McMahon is an All-Star

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The third baseman is named to the National League reserves as the Rockies’ sole representative The complete initial rosters for the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game were announced on Sunday afternoon. There were 32 first-time All-Stars named to the National and American League squads, and among them was Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahon....2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: The Rockies have an outfielder problem

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 27th, 2024 The Colorado Rockies are now 52 games into the 2024 season and are once again locked into an all-too-familiar situation: the outfield is crowded, an under-performing veteran is getting far too much playing time, and there are tough decisions to make when it comes to this organization’s futur...2024
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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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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Ramon Laureano
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• Potential free agent target: Josh Rojas
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• 2024 Season in Review: Orlando Arcia
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 4, Michael Toglia
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• 2024 MVBrewers #3: Jackson Chourio
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• Potential trade target: Nolan Arenado
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• Potential trade target: Nico Hoerner
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 15, 2024
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• Potential trade target: Alec Bohm
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nasim Nuñez makes it through...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ 2023 Rule 5 pick… “It’s going to be a challenge,” GM and President of Baseball Ops Mike Rizzo told reporters, after the Nationals selected infielder Nasim Nuñez with the 5th pick of the Rule 5 Draft, of the challenges of keeping a young player like the shortstop on the roster all season as the club had to in order to hold on to him as per the rules for Rule 5 pic...2024
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• 2024 Cubs final season grades
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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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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 20, 2024

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Are the Royals plotting one more big move? The Royals and Chiefs respond to Jackson County Executive Frank White’s veto of the sales tax extension for the stadiums. In a letter sent late Friday to attorneys for the county legislature, obtained by The Star, the teams insist the “unresolved” issues on their projects are actually resolved. Or close to it. ...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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• Pollock ... declines his 2023 option!
The seemingly-impossible has arrived, as 0.4 rWAR AJ Pollock declined his option to return to the White Sox for $13 million in 2023. | David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Anderson’s club option exercised; Harrison’s declined; AJ give the White Sox an early holiday gift by accepting his $5 million buyout Two days to go until the five-day post-World Series signing moratorium ends, and the White Sox...2022
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