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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 20, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Are the Royals gearing up for an active off-season? Anne Rogers confirms the Jonathan India-for-Brady Singer trade rumors and writes the Royals are active on the trade front. A source confirmed those talks with MLB.com, although they cautioned that the teams weren’t close to a deal and that discussions were happening with multiple te...2024
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• Rays select OF Jake Mangum, designate RHP Richard Lovelady

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images The Tampa Bay Rays have selected OF Jake Mangum to the 40-man roster. To make room on the 40-man roster, LHP Richard Lovelady has been designated for assignment. Mangum, 28, hit .317/.358/.442 (126-for-398) with 30 doubles, one triple, six home runs, 56 RBI and 20 steals in 104 games for Triple-A Durham last season. He became the first Bull to win the Internation...2024
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• Rays Designate Richard Lovelady For Assignment
The Rays announced Tuesday that they’ve designated left-hander Richard Lovelady for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to outfielder Jake Mangum, whose contract has been selected. Mangum’s selection to the roster protects him from next month’s Rule 5 Draft. Lovelady, 29, split the 2024 season between the Cubs and Rays, struggling with…...2024
• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Final results

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Shota Imanaga nabs the Rizzo Award for his rookie season. As the 2024 season is on a collision course with its conclusion, it is time to start looking back and closing the books on the season. Unfortunately, the Cubs season came to a close several weeks ago. The playoffs are the goal for every team, but certainly for a large market team with a rabid fan b...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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• Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Sunday 9/22, 1:20 CT

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Rain today. Here's the local radar to keep handy. Sunday notes... NOT A RELIEF: The game-changing home run off Keegan Thompson yesterday was the 16th this season surrendered by a Cubs reliever to the first batter he has faced — more than one quarter of all 60 homers served up by Cubs relievers. Thompson became the 10th ...2024
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• Rays: 5, Guardians: 2 - Bullpen helps seal first win of series

David Richard-Imagn Images Rays’ Dominant Bullpen 1-hits the Guardians following Pepiot’s early exit After a close loss in Philly, the Rays continue a tough road trip by taking on the AL Central (and best record in the AL) Cleveland Guardians for a four game series. Progressive Field pic.twitter.com/cFvnsTtzeC— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 12, 2024 Welcome home, @CleG...2024
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• Rays 4, Phillies 9: Tensions mounted as the Rays dropped their second game in the series

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Benches cleared, homers were reversed, and the Rays got the L. Happy Tuesday, friends, and welcome to a game that really could have gone either way tonight. Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Rays, up against Ranger Suarez for the Phillies, and while Suarez continued a trend of a flagging second half, the Phillies bats weren’t lacking any pop. Christopher Morel...2024
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• 2024 Cubs midseason grades

Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We’re at the All-Star break, so let’s look at how the Cubs are doing. The Cubs have had an up-and-down first “half” (really, 61 percent of the season has been completed at this point). They looked like world-beaters for a month, then awful for two months, and recently they’ve started to look pretty good again. Those break down to the...2024
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• AL Week 11 Strategy-June 1, 2024
In The Field 2B Brandon Drury (hamstring) told Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com that he expects to return from the IL on June 11. He has been out since May 9 with this injury but has been able to ramp up his activity level. Drury will need a rehab assignment prior to being activated so that will give a more concrete date for his return. The most likely scenario when he returns is that 3B Luis Guillorm...2024
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• Royals Go Fishing in Tampa Bay, come up with Crazy Eighth win, 7-4

Nelson Velázquez #17 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 25, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images We all expected Nelson Velázquez to be the hero of tonight’s game, right? Back in ancient history when cable television ruled the entertainment landscap...2024
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• Rays 0 Red Sox 5: This is what a .500 team looks like

Not a picture from tonight obviously but this best reflects how this game felt | Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images A match up of Tanner Houck, Boston’s impressive 27-year old righty, against Taj Bradley, the Rays 23-year old righty on the verge, we hope, of greatness, was likely to be a good (if low-scoring) game. And for three innings that pitchers duel delivered. Houck allowed just one ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Morel relativism

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Christopher Morel provided the Cubs with a real victory Saturday afternoon at the Friendly Confines after Shota Imanaga’s fine pitching paved the way and Cody Bellinger doubled himself into scoring position. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collec...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 15, 2024

Nelson Velázquez hit his first home run since April 4 last night, which was a stretch of 109 PAs without visiting scenic dongtown. Old friend mentions: the Rays signed reliever Tyler Zuber and he’ll report to Triple-A Durham. The Cubs designated Richard Lovelady for assignment. The White Sox are moving Brad Keller from the bullpen into the rotation. Jorge Soler was trying to return to batting prac...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs escape from Pittsburgh with a series win. Who doesn’t love a little travel escapade? After seeing my youngest graduate from Bradley University on Saturday, my Mother’s Day experience started in Illinois, spent a not insignificant time in Charlotte and found it’s way home to bed here in Tampa around 3 a.m. Love it. I was able to get our flight shi...2024
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"Edwin Escobar, Sam McWilliams and Richard Lovelady let the Rangers back in the game, allowing a total of five runs, including two homers, in two innings."

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"Kaprielian was then replaced by former Braves reliever Richard Lovelady, who got Travis d’Arnaud to pop out to end the inning."

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"They also selected southpaw Richard Lovelady and infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor to the 40-man roster."

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"Royals left-hander Richard Lovelady announced late last night on Instagram that he underwent Tommy John surgery this week."

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"Left-hander Richard Lovelady was optioned to the team’s alternate training site to make room on the 30-man roster."

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"The Royals have selected the contract of lefty Richard Lovelady, as Craig Mish of MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM first reported (Twitter link)."

• Royals Rumblings - News for November 20, 2024
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• Rays select OF Jake Mangum, designate RHP Richard Lovelady
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• Rays Designate Richard Lovelady For Assignment
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• Rays: 5, Red Sox: 8 - Another Day, Another Blown Lead

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Rays fall under .500 (again) Lets try to avoid a sweep by the Red Sox, yes? Lining 'em up one more time for this series vs the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/hmuSU4qJGs— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 22, 2024 UPDATED:5/22 at TB:Duran LFAbreu RFWong CDevers 3BRefsnyder DHSmith 1BHamilton SSGrissom 2BRafaela CFBello P— Red Sox (@RedSox) May 2...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 20, 2024

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Vinnie buttons up. Seth Lugo kept the strikeouts coming in a win on Saturday, writes Jaylon Thompson. He got early strikes with his slurve, sweeper and slider. The pitches kept the Athletics off balance. The slurve garnered 11 swings, per Baseball Savant. “I feel like I made a lot of good pitches, you know, and made a few mistakes,” Lugo said. “I was a lit...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Morel relativism
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 140

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It doesn’t get much better than this. The Cubs win 12-0 and no-hit the Pirates. Historically, this would be a morning where I tell you that I was watching an entertaining Rays game while you guys were watching what the Cubs passed off for a baseball game. I get to point and laugh a little. Historically. I will say this, if you have a few spare minutes, so...2024
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• Rays 1 Dodgers 3: I thought it would be worse

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Dodgers have the best record in baseball. The Rays are treading water and, for good measure, had a last minute scratch of their starter today. So I thought the Rays would be uncompetitive in this series and this game. But they weren’t! With Shane Baz suffering from the flu, the Rays called up Jacob Lopez to make a spot start against the Dodgers today....2024
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• Rays: 5, Marlins: 3 - Zach and Bullpen Complete Sweep

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Randy and BLowe are back, baby! After a comeback win yesterday against the Miami Marlins, Rays look to complete a quick 2 game sweep with newly activated Zach Eflin on the mound. Winding up with game 2 on the line pic.twitter.com/DMQVie9S3M— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 5, 2024 Game 2 vs Rays : @PNCBank : @BallySportsFL, @BallyMarlins ...2024
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• Rays 0 Red Sox 5: This is what a .500 team looks like
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs were shut out by their former prospect, 3-0. I had to check if my memory was correct. Yes, that is Adbert Alzolay on the cover photo for the first time this year. Once or twice per year, I point out that the cover photo is a living, breathing spoiler alert for the WPA Play of the Game. In a game where there wasn’t a lot of good, hat tip to Adb...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 36

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images One bad inning spoils the whole darn bunch in a 6-3 Cubs loss. I’m pleased to add this fellow Steele to my spreadsheet. He had been one of the few Cubs to appear in a game but not yet on my spreadsheet. It was easy to imagine that he’d return, there would be a little bit of rust, and the scoreless streak of Cubs starters would come to an end. Only that’s...2024
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• Jonny Rockets Rays To Victory: Rays 2, Orioles 0

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images DeLuca’s sixth-inning home run ends the Rays’ five-series winless streak The Tampa Bay Rays came into Sunday on a five-series winless streak and a six-series losing streak at Camden Yards against the Baltimore Orioles. They left those streaks behind in Baltimore after winning 2-0. The game began with a quiet first inning for both teams. Christopher Morel’s leado...2024
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• Rays 1, Royals 8: Rays fail to score after first inning

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports And fail to win after the ninth. Happy Friday, friends! It was time for a nacho party in Randyland as Seth Lugo and Shawn Armstrong squared off (with Armstrong only out for two innings), so let’s see how things went down at the Trop tonight. The Royals went 1-2-3 in the top of the first. In the bottom half Brandon Lowe got a one-out single, then Jonny ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Brewers run wild on Cubs in the eighth and take the opener. That eighth inning yesterday has been one of the more frustrating innings for me of this Cubs season. I mean, there was the inning that just wouldn’t end in Boston last weekend, but that game was already out of reach. There were the four blown ninth-inning leads, but those had some suddenn...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 29, 2024

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images Welcome to the big leagues, Jonathan Bowlan! Chris Stratton explains his struggles on Saturday. “I just left pitches over the middle of the plate,” Stratton said. “Those are big-league hitters, and they did exactly what they were supposed to do. I came in and just didn’t execute. And they made me pay for it.” Jonathan Bowlan will be called...2024
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• Dodgers 8, Cubs 5: Shōta’s debut

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs’ new Japanese lefty looked good. The rest of the team... not so much. Shōta Imanaga made his Cubs debut Saturday and pitched as advertised. Despite allowing a three-run homer to Dodgers prospect Andy Pages, Imanage had command of all his pitches and struck out five. The Cubs, however, dropped the game to the Dodgers 6-5. The Cubs opened the scoring...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 9, 2023

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Who wants to pay for a stadium? Mike Hendricks at the Star writes about the perils of relying on sales taxes to pay for a new stadium. Three out of the 32 NFL stadiums have a ticket tax. Others depend upon a combination of those and other financial approaches that put the tax burden more on sports fans than folks who might never attend a game due to lack o...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
Randy Bass of the Denver Bears scores against the Omaha Royals in 1980 - I promise this is relevant | Denver Post via Getty Images How did you spend your first non-day-after-Opening-Day off day? Fridays during the season can be a mixed bag for Rumblings. Thursday’s a fairly common off day so that can often be helpful. Writers for major outlets like The Star will drop that feature story t...2023
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• Cubs 8, Rangers 6: The power barrage continues

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs sent more baseballs out of the yard Sunday at Sloan Park. MESA, Arizona — The Cubs hosted many of the regulars from the defending World Series champion Rangers and put the hurt on them, hitting two home runs and smashing several other extra-base hits in an 8-6 victory. Since March 9, including split-squad games, the Cubs are 8-1. (Not that spring wins...2024
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• Braves avoid sweep with 4-2 win in Oakland
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Ozzie Albies homered and the bullpen did its job. Ozzie Albies homered, while Jared Shuster turned in a good performance to help the Atlanta Braves to a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Jared Shuster found himself in trouble early as Esteury Ruiz reached on an error by Orlando Arcia. Ruiz then stole second before Brent Rooker popped out. Shuster...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Kyle Wright makes rehab start
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Wright will be eligible to return from the injured list on Tuesday The big news of the day on the minor league side was Kyle Wright making his first, and perhaps last, rehab start for Gwinnett. Despite this the Stripers took a loss to Norfolk on the final day that they will have all of the attention this spring. The minor league schedule fully opens up tonight ...2023
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• David Bote is among five Cubs roster cuts

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The team reduced the spring roster to 37 Thursday. There has been much discussion here about whether David Bote would make the Opening Day roster. After a strong start to Spring Training his numbers declined a bit, and now stand at .222/.271/.578 (10-for-45), but with five home runs. Thursday, the Cubs sent Bote back to the minor-league camp. Three other ...2024
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• Royals Trade Richard Lovelady To Braves
The Royals have traded left-hander Richard Lovelady to the Braves in exchange for cash, per announcements from both teams. Lovelady, who is on the 40-man roster, has been optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. Lovelady, 27, hasn’t pitched in the Majors since 2021 due to Tommy John surgery. He made it back to the mound for four…...2023
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• White Sox 8, Athletics 7: South Siders salvage a win
Jake Burger celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of today’s game and presumably putting the game out of reach. | Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports And to make it even better, Luis Robert Jr. is an All-Star! The Chicago White Sox grabbed a much-needed win against the Oakland Athletics to avoid a sweep at the hands of the worst team in baseball, 8-7. The game got a littl...2023
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• Braves Claim Nick Solak From White Sox
The Braves announced that they have claimed infielder/outfielder Nick Solak off waivers from the White Sox and optioned him to Triple-A. The latter club had designated him for assignment on the weekend. Atlanta had an open roster spot due to losing left-hander Richard Lovelady off waivers to the Athletics last week. More to come....2023
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• Dodgers 8, Cubs 5: Shōta’s debut
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• Rays 0, Guardians 2: Offense flounders again in series finale

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Heading back to the Trop with a series split. The Rays entered Sunday looking for a series win against the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians. Taj Bradley took the mound and went up against Ben Lively. Jonathan Aranda moved into the cleanup spot and was back at first base after a day off against a left-handed pitcher on Saturday. Last from The Land pic.twi...2024
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• Jonny Rockets Rays To Victory: Rays 2, Orioles 0
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• Counting down the days: Astros 6, Rays 1

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Two starters that have experienced some dominant summers took the hill in the opener between the Astros and Rays. One looked much sharper than the others. Valdez was coming off a near no-hitter against the Rangers. Despite a slow start to the season, he has once again proven to be one of the most productive pitchers in the league. Bradley had a forgetta...2024
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• Rays 3 Orioles 6: Hard to win when the other guys hit three dingers

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Randy Arozarena continued his march out of a season-long batting slump, Johnny De Luca broke an 0-27, and Taylor Walls made an impressive return to the lineup. But all that still was not enough to beat Baltimore, as the Rays played unsuccessful catch-up all night. The first inning was quiet, but the second inning got interesting. Aaron Civale, who...2024
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• Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Monday 2/26, 2:05 CT

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Another away game for the boys in blue. There have been a few questions raised about when Cody Bellinger might play in a spring game. First, we only know about the signing through Jeff Passan and some Cubs reporters who confirmed it via a source. The team has not officially announced the signing, though it was reported that Bellinger was in Cubs camp Sunday tak...2024
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• Ten Royals minor leaguers become eligible for free agency

Jorge Bonifacio is raking, with four multi-hit games this week. | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Juan Carlos Negret and Jorge Bonifacio are among the minor league free agnets Ten Royals became minor league free agents this week, including former Royals outfielder Jorge Bonifacio. Minor leaguers can become eligible for free agency if they are not added to a 40-man roster after six full minor league se...2023
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• Overreacting to Opening Day 2023
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images That didn’t go great Baseball is back! And now that we are through the euphoria of the first meaningful baseball games of 2023 it’s time to react completely rationally and reasonably to the results thereof. Since many of you think I’m a robot, who is better positioned to do this? The pitch clock is amazing In our first regular season game ...2023
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