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• Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (12-23) at St. Louis Cardinals (16-19)

The Pirates face challenges against competitive teams, with some players struggling, while the Cardinals aim to maintain momentum after their recent success against the Mets....2025
• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 6

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang | Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images A tough week ends on a high note Last Week’s Results Tuesday: Brewers 7, White Sox 2 Wednesday: Brewers 6, White Sox 4 Thursday: White Sox 8, Brewers 0 Friday: Cubs 10, Brewers 0 Saturday: Cubs 6, Brewers 2 Sunday: Brewers 4, Cubs 0 Division Standings Chicago Cubs: 21-14 Cincinnati Reds: 18-17 (3 GB) Milwauk...2025
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Padres score early, sweep Pirates Stephen Kolek, who performed well as a starting pitcher in Spring Training, began the year in El Paso as a member of the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. Kolek, like Michael King the year before, was transitioning to a starting role from the bullpen and finally got the call up to make his first MLB star...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 34 thread: Germán Márquez vs. Logan Webb

Photo by Geneva Heffernan/MLB Photos via Getty Images Can the Rockies sneak another win in San Francisco? The Colorado Rockies play the finale of a four-game road series against the San Francisco Giants before heading back to Coors Field to play the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres. They are currently 6-27 (.182), which is the third-worst winning percentage through 33 games behind the 1...2025
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• Dodgers Don’t Have Set Date For Shohei Ohtani Pitching Debut, Says GM

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani appears closer than ever to making his debut on the mound for LA. Ohtani reportedly threw a bullpen session last week prior to a game versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Per manager Dave Roberts, Ohtani threw 31 pitches. His current repertoire is focusing on the four-seam and two-seam fastballs, and a splitter. …...2025
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• Game 33: San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Your game thread for May 4, 2025. San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates, May 4, 2025, 10:35 a.m. PST Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Today's Padres bullpen usage chart pic.twitter.com/HLVjCs8vKE— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) May 4, 2025 Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in yo...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 6
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 34 thread: Germán Márquez vs. Logan Webb
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego bangs out 14 hits, scores nine runs against Pittsburgh Just when the San Diego Padres thought their team was getting back to full strength, Fernando Tatis Jr. took a fastball off his left forearm from Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller in the top of the third inning, and exited the game. Tatis Jr. was...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 2

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Iron Horse sits one out and other stories for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Keith Moreland* and myriad other former Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at basebal...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 5

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images A tough week of road games ends on a high note Last Week’s Results Monday: Giants 5, Brewers 2 Tuesday: Brewers 11, Giants 3 Wednesday: Giants 4, Brewers 2 Thursday: Giants 6, Brewers 5 Friday: Cardinals 3, Brewers 2 Saturday: Cardinals 6, Brewers 5 Sunday: Brewers 7, Cardinals 1 Division Standings Chicago Cubs: 17-12 Cincinnati Reds: 15-13 (1.5 GB) Mil...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 28

Tom Connolly (right) at the 1913 World Series | Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Connolly* (right) passes, and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2025
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• Outside The Confines: One month down

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A look at the successes and failures over the first month of the season. The Pirates are an utter failure starting at the top. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Alex Kirschner writes about the toxic rot from the ownership of the Pittsburgh Pirates and how it has poisoned the relationship between the fans and the team. Also, the team is wasting a gener...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Who else could be on the Rockies hot seat this season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Last Wednesday, I reviewed the Rockies' history of coaching and staff changes. It wasn’t an all-inclusive list, but the timing was opportune. To my surprise, the Rockies fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens and replaced him with interim hitting coach Clint Hurdle. Now, as much as I would like ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025

Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The stoppable force meets the movable object in Kauffman Stadium. David Lesky takes a long look at Kansas City Royals trade candidates (as buyers) at Inside the Crown. [$] Last year, two of the 12 teams in the postseason were under .500 after 23 games. The bar simply isn’t as high to get in, which means more times are in it a lot longer. B...2025
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• This Day in MLB History: Freddie Freeman signs with the Dodgers

Photo by John McCoy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The official end of the Freddie Freeman era in Atlanta MLB History 1900: Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stocking...2025
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• Vanessa Hudgens kisses MLB boyfriend Cole Tucker on vacation

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Cole Tucker kisses girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens during a recent getaway. Vanessa Hudgens and boyfriend Cole Tucker are in vacation mode. Earlier this week, the “Tick, Tick… Boom!” actress, 32, shared a collection of Instagram shots from her recent Antigua getaway with the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, 25, including the moment the couple kissed......2021
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• Former MLB player Otis Nixon reported missing by police in Georgia
Former Major League Baseball outfielder Otis Nixon has been reported as missing by police in Woodstock, Ga. According to WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta, Ga., police said Nixon was on his way out the door Saturday morning to play golf but never arrived at the course for his scheduled tee time.Nixon is famous for robbing Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andy Van Slyke from hitting a home run back in 1992, thus preserving a...2017
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Royals Rout Sends 'Crazy' World Series Spinning into Game 7 Wednesday Night
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"Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who slipped off a railing during the seventh inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs Wednesday night, is awake and alert, according to Jennifer Phillips, who is organizing a fundraiser for the fan."

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"Roberto Clemente Day and honoring the Pittsburgh Pirates legend"

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"A four-run seventh helped propel the Atlanta Braves to a 5-2 come-from-behind win over the Pittsburgh Pirates."

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"Entering the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday evening in […] Yankees stun Pirates on Aaron Judge’s 60th home run, Giancarlo Stanton grand slam - Yanks Go Yard - Yanks Go Yard - NY Yankees News, Rumors & Fan Community"

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"The San Diego Padres are acquiring second baseman/outfielder Adam Frazier from the Pittsburgh Pirates, sources told ESPN."

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"The Major League Baseball Players Association has now filed a second grievance proceeding against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic reports (subscription link)."

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"A few years later, the right-handed pitcher was selected Number 1 overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he eventually found his way back to the team that originally drafted him."

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"The San Francisco Giants have agreed to acquire former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to multiple reports."

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"Gerrit Cole worked six effective innings Monday night while the Pittsburgh Pirates put together big offensive outbursts early and late to emerge with their 10th victory in 13 games, a 10-3 decision over the San Francisco Giants."

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"During a Pittsburgh Pirates spring training game Saturday in Kissimmee, Florida, one fan put on his Superman cape and saved the day."

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"As Robert Pace of FOX Sports explained, NL Central foes the Pittsburgh Pirates, St."

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"Kershaw got the majority of first-place votes to finish ahead of Miami's Giancarlo Stanton and Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen."

• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 5
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Who else could be on the Rockies hot seat this season?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• Next Man Up: Meet Nationals Nasim Nunez

Nasim Nunez poses for a photo during picture day at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Injuries to All-Star shortstop C.J. Abrams and newly acquired Paul DeJong have opened an opportunity for Nasim Nunez. Injuries to All-Star shortstop C.J. Abrams and newly acquired Paul DeJong have opened an opportunity for shortstop Nasim Nunez. So far, he has made the most of h...2025
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• Player of the Series: Shane Baz

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Baz has been among the best starting pitchers in baseball early on Shane Baz only has three starts this year but he emerged as an early season candidate for the American League Cy Young award. The 25-year old former top prospect has been fantastic for the Rays this season and was no exception on Monday as he dominated the Boston Red Sox during the series...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• Braves News: Bats cold in Toronto, Ronald Acuña Jr., and more

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. No matter what side of the ball they were on, there was essentially nothing going for the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night, who dropped a contest to the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3. Spencer Schwellenbach got the start, and to say it was an uncharacteristic performance would be an understatement. He lasted just 4.2 innings ...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 3

Allan Henry-Imagn Images Brewers go 3-3 on West Coast with disappointing weekend in Arizona Last Week’s Results Tuesday: Brewers 7, Rockies 1 Wednesday: Brewers 17, Rockies 2 Thursday: Rockies 7, Brewers 2 Friday: Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 0 Saturday: Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 4 Sunday: Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 2 Division Standings Chicago Cubs: 11-7 Milwaukee Brewers: 8-8 (2 GB) C...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 12 thread: Quinn Priester vs. Ryan Feltner

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rockies try to close the homestand on a strong note Wednesday’s 17-2 loss was undoubtedly one of the games in Colorado Rockies history. The Rockies (2-9) close out their homestand today with a finale against the Milwaukee Brewers (7-5) before heading off to California for stints against the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. ...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 6
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. scores on a wild pitch to give Padres 2-1 win Fernando Tatis Jr. stepped to the plate to lead off the top of the ninth inning with the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied, 1-1. Tatis Jr. lined a ball into left field and slid into second base, placing himself in scoring position with no outs. Luis Arr...2025
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Pirates 4, Cubs 3: A night when the result on the field was secondary

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images A fan fell out of the stands at PNC Park during the game. The Cubs lost to the Pirates 4-3 Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh. I’ll get to the details of the game in a bit. Unfortunately, the lead story from Wednesday evening at PNC Park was the fall of a fan from the stands onto the warning track during the seventh inning. Here’s what happened (Bluesky link): ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Wednesday 4/30, 5:40 CT

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. Today’s roster move: Here Wednesday notes... BLANKING THEM: Four of the Cubs’ 18 wins have been shutouts — 22.2 percent. They have not had a percentage that high at the end of a season since 2020, when it was 23.5 percent: eight of 34 wins. But that season was limited to 60 games. Their last full season with a higher percentag...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images It’s the first 2025 series for the Cubs against a team from the NL Central. The Cubs have played 29 games, 18 percent of the 2025 season, without facing a team from its own division, the NL Central. They’ll begin that round through the division by facing the Pirates, who they beat seven of 13 times last year. For more on the Pirates, here’s Austin Bechtol...2025
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• The Cubs had an unusual starting time last week. So did the Angels — and their players were angry

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images There’s an explanation, and it’s part of the CBA. You might have noticed that the scheduled 6 p.m. CT starting time for last Wednesday’s Cubs/Dodgers game at Wrigley Field didn’t match any usual night-game time for a game during the week. Those are usually 6:40 p.m. CT in April, May and September, and 7:05 p.m. CT the rest of the year. (Hint, Cubs: Many...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview

Jacob Young reacts during the game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (9-13) head home to Washington, D.C. to take on the Baltimore Orioles (9-12) in the Battle of the Beltway After disappointing series losses against the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Washington Nationals took care of business on the road against...2025
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• Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates (12-23) at St. Louis Cardinals (16-19)
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• Kiké Hernández Creates Lifelong Memory for 7-Year-Old Dodgers Fan With Latest Home Run

Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández received a special gift from a fan ahead of Saturday’s 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fans lined up on Atlantic Boulevard in Monterey Park for a sold out meet-and-greet with Hernández on Thursday, including seven-year-old Alana Ocampo and her parents. Inside the ONEWAY77 JC sports memorabilia store, …...2025
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Livvy Dunne Hilariously Trolls Paul Skenes’ After In-Game Fall

The righty's girlfriend, LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne, trolled Skenes after he fell trying to make a play in a Pittsburgh Pirates game last week....2025
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• Elly-mania: Reds star hits a grand slam on his bobblehead night
On a night when fans lined up for hours to snag an Elly De La Cruz bobblehead, the real Elly delivered the ultimate collectible moment—a thunderous grand slam that powered the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 31,188 at Great American Ball Park. The post Elly-mania: Reds star hits a grand slam on his bobblehead night appeared first on Redleg Nation....2025
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• Elly-mania in full swing: Bobblehead night turns slam-tastic
On a night when fans lined up for hours to snag an Elly De La Cruz bobblehead, the real Elly delivered the ultimate collectible moment—a thunderous grand slam that powered the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 31,188 at Great American Ball Park. The post Elly-mania in full swing: Bobblehead night turns slam-tastic appeared first on Redleg Nation....2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins

Brad Mills-Imagn Images A National League East showdown between the red-hot Washington Nationals (5-7) and the Miami Marlins (6-6). The past week of Washington Nationals baseball has been a treat for fans in the nation’s capital. After series wins against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the almighty Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington is putting together encouraging wins and will try to build on ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 9

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to David Robertson and others, plus sad passings and more stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lo...2025
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• Pirates Break Silence After Removal of Roberto Clemente’s Sign Causes Huge Fan Uproar
The Pittsburgh Pirates reverse their decision to remove Roberto Clemente’s sign after a strong reaction from both fans and Clemente’s family....2025
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• Pirates Fan Saves Kid in the Stands from Getting Hit in the Face with Bat
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• Why the New York Mets Will Be Unstoppable in the Postseason
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• Here's Jake Arrieta's Son Pouring Champagne Down His Dad's Throat
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• Madison Bumgarner, Giants Flashing October Form Right Now
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• Reports: Pirates trade McCutchen to Giants
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• Jake Arrieta Breaks Record for Lowest ERA in 2nd Half of Season in MLB History
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• Benches Clear in Pirates-Reds Game After Tempers Flare in Beanball War
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• Legendary WWE Broadcaster Jim Ross Says He Wants to Call Games for the Pirates
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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• BTB Friday Open Thread: Do all sports going on right now help with football not being here?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images This is our open thread for Friday discussion. Welcome to our Friday open thread! Over the last few weeks we have been launching daily discussion prompts here on the blog and the purposes is obviously for the greatest community of Dallas Cowboys fans that there is to talk about matters relevant to the team. For the most part our prompts are related to the c...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• It’s time to believe in Chandler Simpson

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Could he be the center fielder of the future? When Hollywood adapts baseball to the big screen, some screenwriters tried to make the game as realistic as possible while others will present the game with supernatural elements to showcase just how otherworldly their participants actually are. In Twilight, as regularly re-emerges on social media, the vampires ...2025
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• 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates Top Fantasy Baseball Prospects
A closer look at the Pirates' top fantasy baseball prospects. The post 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates Top Fantasy Baseball Prospects appeared first on Pitcher List....2025
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• Oneil Cruz, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Love that Oneil Cruz ended the year with the Pirates. Maybe this is a banana in the ol' tailpipe. Or rather a banana in the booty hole. Booty as in treasure stolen by Pirates and put in a "hole" in a lower deck--Ya know what? No need to explain, everyone says booty hole with only one thing in mind. A pirate ship's lower deck for treasure, where the peg boys hang out. So, maybe this banana in the b...2021
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• Fantasy Insights: Will Kevin Newman outperform Josh Bell for Pirates?
Eric Karabell's thoughts on the Pittsburgh Pirates' fantasy outlook for 2020: players he likes and doesn't, and storylines that could impact playing time and performances....2020
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• Getaway day: Are they for real? (Small sample size theater)
Three weeks into the Major League Baseball season and we’ve seen a little bit of everything. Bat flips, anger at said bat flips, position players pitching and Puig continuing to be our friend. Some players have gotten off to hot starts and some have uncharacteristically appeared lost. But baseball is a long, long (LONG, LONG) season and the first few weeks aren’t indicative of the future. And yet,...2019
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• Cody Bellinger's fantasy baseball stock just keeps on rising
Cody Bellinger is living the life right about now. Not only are the Los Angeles Dodgers sporting an 8-3 record with baseball’s second-best run differential (+35) heading into Tuesday night, but there are also only three hitters with a better wRC+ than Bellinger’s 266 mark (Mike Trout, Tim Anderson and Tim Beckham). As if that wasn’t enough, the reigning National League Player of the Week is tied f...2019
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• Garth Brooks: Taking part in spring training with Pirates 'heaven for me'
Garth Brooks has spent two weeks in Bradenton, Fla., with the Pittsburgh Pirates, taking part in workouts and spring training, but Friday marks the country music icon’s final day living out his baseball dreams. Brooks, 57, enjoyed the camaraderie with current players, but a real thrill for him was spending time with Pirates’ World Series legends Manny Sanguillen and Steve Blass. “These are the guy...2019
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• 2025 Brewers Week in Review: Week 6
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 6

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers fall behind Reds in our edition of the power rankings as true competition in NL Central becomes clearer Welcome to the sixth 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% ac...2025
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 2
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/1, 11:35 a.m. CT

Photo by Rayni Shiring/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs again go for the series win. But it will not be easy. Thursday notes... IT’S A NEW MONTH TODAY: The Cubs completed their challenging March-April schedule with a record of 18-13, for a winning percentage of .581. The seven teams they played — the Athletics, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres, Phillies, Padres and Rangers — are a combi...2025
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• Cubs vs. Pirates odds, line, prediction, start time: 2025 MLB picks, May 1 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model simulated Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Thursday's matchup...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Wednesday 4/30, 5:40 CT
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Tuesday 4/29, 5:40 CT

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs play a series in Eastern time for the first time this year. It just wouldn’t be a series at PNC Park without a chance of rain, as this forecast notes. So, here’s the Pittsburgh-area radar to keep handy. Tuesday notes... ABOUT WINNING: The Cubs have not lost three consecutive games since Sept. 11-14 of last season, when they were outslugged,...2025
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• It’s a shanda
(Yiddish for “a shame.”) I try to keep politics out of the Bookshelf (I have another blog for that: The Worried Journalist), but with all this anti-DEI BS impacting baseball, I think it’s appropriate to address the situation. The Pittsburgh Pirates recently removed a marker honoring Robert Clemente and replaced it with an advertisement. Now […]...2025
• 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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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images The Georgia native agrees to stay in Braves Country for the long haul. Braves Franchise History 2000: Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005: The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. Photo b...2025
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• Braves News: José Quintana rumors, AJ Smith-Shawver, and more

Photo by Drew Hallowell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. We’re another day closer to the first spring game for the Atlanta Braves, and rumors are continuing to buzz. A recent report from MLB insider Héctor Gómez revealed that the Braves are among teams interested in starting pitcher José Quintana. 36-year-old Quintana is also drawing int...2025
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• Pirates' underwhelming offseason somehow gets even worse

The Pittsburgh Pirates had an outrageously underwhelming offseason, even by their usual low standards. It somehow got even worse on Tuesday night, just before pitchers and catchers start preparing for spring training....2025
• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 25-30

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images 2025 will be a “prove it” season for many of the player on the opening installment of a fresh top 30 It’s finally February, and we are merely days away from pitchers and catchers reporting. The buzz for the future is growing louder, and what represents the future more than a top 30 propsects list. Once again we are happy to present you, the Ba...2025
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• This day in Braves History: MLB suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year

Yes, this was during the ‘70s. It was a different time. Braves Franchise History 1977: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner for one year as a result of tampering charges in the Gary Matthews free agent signing. The Braves are permitted to keep the outfielder, however. MLB History 1888: Fred Dunlap finally signs with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys following the...2025
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images A spot in Cooperstown may be unlikely, but Andrew McCutchen deserves praise for an outstanding run. If I had to pick my favorite cliche statement in sports media, it’d be that father time is undefeated. Time and time again we see the decline of a once seemingly unstoppable athlete, as the miles start to pile on and they are simply not the same as they once ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs

Our only alumni The Royals have made some significant moves this spring, inducting Bo Jackson, John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis into the team’s Hall of Fame. Now that Tallis has been inducted, I’ll need to find a new windmill to tilt at. Bringing attention to the Tallis oversight has been one of my main passions the last five years and I’m very happy for the Tallis family to see this long-overdu...2024
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