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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?

Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they done enough to win the division? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Spring training has begun and in just six weeks the Royals w...2025
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• Diamondbacks Still Involved In Free Agent Relief Market
The Diamondbacks have pursued late-inning help all offseason. Arizona’s lone major league bullpen pickup was their waiver claim of Seth Martinez from Houston. The Snakes let Paul Sewald walk in free agency, leaving them without much in the way of experienced closers. General manager Mike Hazen told reporters this afternoon that any late-offseason bullpen pickup is likelier…...2025
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• Changes, Cleveland Guardians
The Guardians acquired the following players for their 2025 active roster: Carlos Santana, first base Luis L. Ortiz, starting pitcher Paul Sewald, relief pitcher Slade Cecconi, relief pitcher In addition, Juan Brito is slated to make his MLB debut as a true rookie, taking over second base. Brito hit .275/.384/.450 in his minor league career, […]...2025
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• Guardians Outright Pedro Avila
The Guardians have sent reliever Pedro Avila outright to Triple-A Columbus, according to the transaction log at MLB.com. Cleveland had designated him for assignment a week ago when they signed Paul Sewald. Avila has been outrighted once before in his career, which gives him the right to elect minor league free agency. Avila, 28, was a…...2025
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• Ryan Pressly Accepts Trade to Cubs, Paul Sewald Signs With Guardians

The reliever market picked up over the past week with two deals involving mid-30s relievers....2025
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• The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1369 – AL Closer Preview

1/26/24 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter Jason Collette – Co-Host Justin Mason – Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Paul Sewald signs […] Source...2025
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents

Allan Henry-Imagn Images With the Brewers currently sitting as the third seed in the NL, they’d take on the last wild card team in the field Coming off a big series win over the Diamondbacks and a series-opening win over the Phillies, the Brewers’ magic number now sits at two, meaning any combination of two Brewers wins and Cubs losses would clinch the NL Central division. After they surpa...2024
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• Braves News: Charlie Morton Shines in Brutal Loss, A Rare Implosion from Rasiel Iglesias, more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Another disappointing Sunday for Atlanta. Overall, it is hard to deny it has a been a good weekend for the Braves. Unfortunately, it is also hard to deny it was a big missed opportunity for the Braves in their 9-2 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday night. In a span of less than 30 minutes, though it felt like several hours, the Braves went from runners on s...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Even though it’s September, it’s the first time these two teams meet this season In a strange quirk of the schedule, the Brewers will face an NL opponent for the first time this season in September. The Brewers and Diamondbacks are meeting for the first time this season and will play all seven of their games this season in the next 10 days. It’s bee...2024
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• A No-Hitter for Dylan Cease - July 26, 2024
Dylan Cease, SP, SD Cease threw a no-hitter against the Nationals on Thursday, striking out 9 and walking 3 in the second no-hitter in MLB this season. Cease has been on some kind of roll lately; over his last 3 starts, he has allowed a total of just 2 hits across 22 shutout innings, while striking out 30 in the process. Overall, it's been a nice bounceback season for Cease who now owns a 3.50 ERA...2024
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• Reliever Ratio Re-Balancers To Target - June 14, 2024
Griffin Jax With the Twins holding onto a four run lead, they turned to Jax in the 8th, who threw a clean inning, punching out two hitters. While the closer job is currently occupied by someone else, I still love Ja for mid-season ratio help. He's let up only one run in the last month, and that should keep up as he has fantastic underlying numbers. Jax has the rare ability to both get groundballs...2024
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• MLB’s deals with gaming companies have led to death threats on players

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images It’s detailed in a recent USA Today article. A couple of days ago, a remarkable article by Bob Nightengale of USA Today detailed some of the things players face with the ubiquity of gambling surrounding the game and the ease with which bets are being placed on various baseball events, largely the “prop bets” on specific plays and players. This is above an...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Series Preview: Colorado Rockies vs Seattle Mariners

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Rockies are still looking for their first series win of 2024. Can they do it at home against the Mariners? After being swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, the Colorado Rockies return home to face the Seattle Mariners. The Rockies are 25-29 all-time against the Mariners, and were most recently swept in 2023. The Mariners have been a surprising team a...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Mariners series preview

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The Cubs head up the West Coast to Seattle. The Cubs are 15-7 all-time vs. the Mariners and have won 10 of the last 12 meetings between the two teams. Here’s hoping that continues this weekend. For more on the Mariners, here’s Kate Preusser, managing editor of our SB Nation Mariners site Lookout Landing: The Mariners were once again busy this off-season ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 26, 2024

Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images Two more days! The Royals get some good news on Michael Wacha after he was hit in the finger by a comebacker. “We are really lucky, he is really lucky,” Quatraro said of Wacha, whose X-rays came back negative on Monday morning. “We feel fortunate that it wasn’t anything worse.” “It was a little bit of a bruise probably, but in terms of pain, we anticip...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 27, 2024

Photo by: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images One downtown stadium site may have an issue. Anne Rogers writes about the Royals’ depth at shortstop. The only question is how far Witt can go. In his second season in the Majors, the 23-year-old hit 30 home runs and stole 49 bases, becoming the first Royal in franchise history to notch a 30-30 season. He hit 28 doubl...2024
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"Guards bring on reliever Paul Sewald to add experience to bullpen"

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"The relief pitching market will likely not be a major target for the White Sox given their robust pipeline of arms, but Clay Holmes, Ryan Pressly, or Paul Sewald might bring some much-needed accountability to a bullpen in flux."

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"The Mariners are listening to offers on certain players on their roster, with Bob Nightengale of USA Today listing Ty France, Teoscar Hernández and Paul Sewald among those being discussed."

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"The Mariners announced that they have selected Penn Murfee from Triple-A Tacoma to join the big league club, with fellow righty Paul Sewald heading to the injured list."

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"The Mariners announced that they have signed left-hander Roenis Elias, righty Paul Sewald and infielder Jantzen Witte to minor league contracts."

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"The Mets announced Thursday that they’ve optioned right-hander Paul Sewald and left-hander Daniel Zamora to Triple-A Syracuse."

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"To create an additional active roster spot, the Mets optioned righty Paul Sewald."

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"Then in the final one he struck, lining a walk-off single off Paul Sewald to score Jose Martinez, give St."

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"Barra approached Paul Sewald with a suggestion."

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"Paul Sewald stifled a laugh as Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant walked to the plate Thursday and a sold-out crowd serenaded him."

• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images More on Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers. The Hall of Fame inductees met the media. Anthony Santander’s deal is not what it seems. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan has the story of why Roki Sasaki decided to sign with the Dodgers. Yes, in many ways it is obvious, but Passan has a bunch of details you may not be aware of. Jack Har...2025
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• Guardians Sign Paul Sewald
The Guardians announced Wednesday that they’ve signed free agent reliever Paul Sewald to a one-year contract with a mutual option for the 2026 season. He’s represented by ISE Baseball. The righty is guaranteed $7MM on the deal, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. Per Zack Meisel of The Athletic, that’ll be paid out in the form…...2025
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• An updated look at the free agent market

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The market is thinning, but there are still plenty of names out there The free agent market has been highly active as of late, between MLB Winter Meetings and a fairly active weekend leading up to it. With so many names off the board, let’s take a position by position look at the top names (anybody with positive WAR) remaining. Each player’s 2025 seasonal age an...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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• This day in Braves History: Greg Maddux makes history with three straight Cy Young Awards

Photo credit should read BRIAN BAHR/AFP via Getty Images The strike-shortened season bears golden fruit for Greg Maddux Braves franchise history 1991: The Atlanta Braves take the lead in the World Series with a 14-5 rout of the Minnesota Twins in Game 5. Atlanta blows open a 5-3 game with nine runs in the last two innings. 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays take the major league baseball champio...2024
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks
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• A No-Hitter for Dylan Cease - July 26, 2024
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• Diamondbacks series preview: The defending National League champs come to town

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Their pennant defense hasn’t gone as planned. Last fall, the Diamondbacks went on a run to win the second National League pennant in club history. They fell to the Rangers in the World Series, but had a good team led by a young star in Corbin Carroll, with expectations they had a window of contention. But the team stumbled out of the gate this year, and were...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?
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• Washington Nationals history: Kurt Suzuki caps off the wildest comeback in Nationals history

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images In this edition of the 20th anniversary series, we will recap the most iconic regular season game of the 2019 season Even before the playoff run, the 2019 Washington Nationals were involved in some iconic games. No game was more iconic than the 11-10 comeback thriller against the Mets on September 3rd. When fans showed up to the ballpark to see a matchup betwee...2024
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents
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• Braves News: Charlie Morton Shines in Brutal Loss, A Rare Implosion from Rasiel Iglesias, more
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks
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• Schwarber's Showcase - September 4, 2024
Kyle Schwarber, OF, Phillies Kyle Schwarber had a monster game on Tuesday to lead the Phillies to a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays. He went 5 for 6 with 3 home runs and a double, tallying 4 runs and 6 RBI. His final home run, a three-run blast, put the Phillies up 10-8 in the ninth inning against Toronto closer Chad Green. This was his first game with a home run in almost three weeks, and it brings h...2024
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• Brody Hopkins works the angles

Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK The geometry of a pitching prospect The first thing to understand about Brody Hopkins, who was traded to the Rays along with outfield prospect Aidan Smith and a PTBNL for star outfielder Randy Arozarena, is that he is an athlete. An outfielder and pitcher in college, he only concentrated fully on pitching in his final year at Winthrop. He ...2024
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• A No-Hitter for Dylan Cease - July 26, 2024
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• Braves outlast Diamondbacks in dramatic 5-4 win

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Braves scored early, they didn't score often but they did score (very) late and it was enough for them to win. Sean Murphy's big fly with two outs in the top of the ninth inning helped push this game to extras, which is where the Atlanta Braves held on to a dramatic 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Things started off well enough for the ...2024
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• A Game of Groans
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• Outside the Confines: Winning the press conference
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• Washington Nationals history: Kurt Suzuki caps off the wildest comeback in Nationals history
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• Schwarber's Showcase - September 4, 2024
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• MLB’s deals with gaming companies have led to death threats on players
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Montgomery is a Snake at last. Decisions are made concerning who makes the Opening Day rosters. Looking ahead to the 2024 season and other news from MLB. I’m not going to have any Shohei Ohtani links today. I think we’ve covered that story well enough in other pieces on this site. If you have read something that you really think th...2024
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• Game 1 of the World Series was exactly what it needed to be

Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK This World Series is off to a brilliant start in terms of competition and drama. This isn’t going to be a discussion about television ratings because the ratings for this season’s World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers aren’t going to affect your life or my life, either. Instead, the focus should be on what happe...2023
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• Rangers 6, Diamondbacks 5 (11 innings): Seager, García blast Rangers to Game 1 win

Adolis García’s extraordinary postseason story added another chapter, with a Game 1 sayonara homer. | Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports This what you want? The World Series is underway, and it already looks like we’ve got a good one on our hands! The Diamondbacks had their ace on the hill and a prime opportunity to get one win closer to the most unlikely title in recent memory, but the Ranger...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Letter and the Banner, Again

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, October 26th, 2023 We once again find ourselves a few blocks away from Coors Field. Instead of being at 20th and Blake we are at Speer and Chopper. Ball Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets, sits silent just two days after the NBA season tipped off within its walls. We’ve been here before. Almost exactly one year ago the Colorado Avalanche raised their 20...2023
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• Braves News: Deadline Day Arrives, Matt Olson goes deep in loss, more
Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tuesday could be busy and exciting for many across baseball. I feel it is not far fetched to say that nearly every night Ronald Acuna Jr. has taken the field so far this year up until Monday, he was the player both Braves fans and opposing fans were excited to see the most. If it was not him, then it was perhaps Matt Olson, or may...2023
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• Top 25 Starting Pitcher Prospects For Dynasty Fantasy Baseball in 2022
To win most dynasty leagues, especially ones that have been around for a few years, you need elite pitching. In my experience, farming prospects is not the most efficient way to accrue elite pitchers. It can work in fits and starts, but you’ll probably need to supplement your staff via the trade market, swapping sizzling young bats for established WHIP suppressors. This winter I saw Elly De La Cru...2022
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• Mariners Willing To Listen To Trade Offers On Ty France, Teoscar Hernández
The Mariners are listening to offers on certain players on their roster, with Bob Nightengale of USA Today listing Ty France, Teoscar Hernández and Paul Sewald among those being discussed. Their openness on Sewald was reported last week. The fact that the Mariners are listening to offers isn’t necessarily a shock, as most front offices…...2023
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• D-Backs Finalizing Trade For Paul Sewald
The Diamondbacks and Mariners are making progress on a trade that would send reliever Paul Sewald to Arizona, reports Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. Jeff Passan of ESPN tweets that the clubs are finalizing a deal. It’s unclear which players would head back to Seattle if the deal gets across the finish line. More to come....2023
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• Brewers Acquire Andrew Chafin
The Brewers have picked up left-hander Andrew Chafin in a trade with the Diamondbacks, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link). Rosenthal linked Milwaukee to Chafin’s market earlier today. Give how Arizona also just landed Paul Sewald from the Mariners yesterday, it makes for an interesting buy/sell dynamic with the Diamondbacks’ front office. …...2023
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• Diamondbacks Acquire Jace Peterson
The Diamondbacks acquired infielder Jace Peterson and cash from the A’s for minor league pitcher Chad Patrick, the clubs announced. Arizona had an opening on the 40-man roster after dealing Josh Rojas and Dominic Canzone in this afternoon’s Paul Sewald trade. Peterson is largely a Rojas replacement. He’s a left-handed hitting infielder who splits most of his time between third...2023
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• Mariners Could Deal From Rotation, Open To Offers On Paul Sewald
There’s been ample speculation surrounding the Mariners’ excellent young rotation since it was reported that the Cardinals had interest in 26-year-old righty Logan Gilbert. And while a trade involving one of Seattle’s talented arms could be a long shot due to the lofty asking price associated with all controllable young starters, Ken Rosenthal of The…...2023
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• Sources: Mariners ship closer Sewald to D-backs

The struggling Arizona Diamondbacks acquired closer Paul Sewald from the Seattle Mariners on Monday, hoping to shore up a bullpen that has faltered over the last month and taken Arizona from leading the NL West to out of a playoff spot, sources told ESPN....2023
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• Sewald may ride slider into bullpen spot
Toward the end of last summer, Mets manager of baseball research and development T.J. Barra approached Paul Sewald with a suggestion. Though the reliever was enjoying a fine year overall, establishing himself as the closer at his hometown park in Triple-A Las Vegas, he posted a 5.28 ERA over a five-week span from late May through the end of July. Barra offered a solution, presenting Sewald with da...2017

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• Schwarber's Showcase - September 4, 2024
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• A No-Hitter for Dylan Cease - July 26, 2024
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• Top 100 Starting Pitchers For 2022: The Crucible
A crucible is a trial or challenge faced by a protagonist, where they endure a challenge and come out new and improved. Kind of like the time Grey brought us to Chucky Cheese as a "team building" exercise. Naturally, we all started sumo wrestling in the ball crawl pit, only to find that Grey had released several crocodiles among the balls. Where did he get the crocodiles, you ask? I dunno, I didn'...2022
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• Them Crooked Save Vultures Are Back On Tour
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) This is The Save Vulture Dance. Sing it like it’s The Electric Slide. [spoken word intro] The save vulture is a scavenger bird. They see weakness in others’ misfortune. A closer goes down or struggles or gets traded and the save vulture swoops in and gnaws on the closer’s hand...2021
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• “Take It To The Graveman” No Longer About Cheating Secrets In Houston
Kendall Graveman was traded to the Astros with Rafael Montero for Abraham Toro and Joe Smith. So, I am now asking, what on earth is going on there? Is that a real trade? That trade made it seem like the Mariners' front office wished they never made Tuesday night's comeback. That's a trade a last place team does with a first place team that's in another division. Pardon the pun, but that Toro trade...2021
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• SB Nation Reacts: Where will the Royals finish in the division?
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• Changes, Cleveland Guardians
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• Washington Nationals history: Kurt Suzuki caps off the wildest comeback in Nationals history
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• Potential free agent target: Josh Rojas
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents
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• This day in Braves History: Greg Maddux makes history with three straight Cy Young Awards
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• Braves News: Charlie Morton Shines in Brutal Loss, A Rare Implosion from Rasiel Iglesias, more
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• The stars are finally starting to align in the Valley

Kyler Murray is finally close to his long-awaited return to the field. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports There has been a lot of frustration surrounding Valley sports stars in 2023, but things may be starting to turn around. It’s quite a time to be a Valley sports fan, isn’t it? At least as far as the big three teams are concerned. We just watched the magical Diamondbacks World Series run...2023
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• NLDS Game 2 Recaps: Atlanta evens the series, while Arizona searches for a sweep

Michael Harris II made an unbelievable catch to rob Nick Castellanos and double off Bryce Harper to end Game 2. | Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves are still in the hunt, but the Dodgers are in trouble Playoff baseball continues to deliver, with a night full of entertainment on both sides of the country. From elite pitching matchups to clutch homers to game-winning...2023
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• Mariners Could Deal From Rotation, Open To Offers On Paul Sewald
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