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• Don’t expect Roki Sasaki to sign any time soon

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images We know the offseason can be slow but there are specific reasons why Sasaki’s free agency will also be slow We know one of the Padres needs is starting pitching so who’d be a better fit than Roki Sasaki—a talented 23-year-old who won’t cost $325 million? We can make this case all we want but it seems like we’re going to be waiting a little bit for his decisi...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The 2023 rotation star was one of the first big injury blows for the Braves in 2024. 2024 seemed poised to be a bit of a changing of the guard for the Atlanta Braves rotation —Spencer Strider earned the start on Opening Day, unseating Max Fried, who had held the title since 2021. With his 2023 campaign under his belt, the sky felt like th...2024
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• Cub Tracks is beautiful, and so are you

Javier Assad was part of the Torneo Apertura 2024 Liga MX at Caliente Stadium, November 1. | Photo by Francisco Vega/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Won’t you come out to play? WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle Hendricks waves to fans after being pulled from his last game at Wrigley Field | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The late night coffee shop wonders if Kyle Hendricks is a vestige of a bygone age of pitchers Welcome late night/early morning Cubs fans and friends to the indie coffee shop Josh lends us for the latter part of the week. There’s coffee and lattes if that’s your jam, ther...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ patient plan to get Tanner Rainey back close to his pre-TJS self... Davey Martinez talked early in Spring Training 2024 about reliever Tanner Rainey returning from Tommy John surgery to take hopefully take on a role in the back end of the Nationals’ bullpen, though he did acknowledge pretty quickly, once things started, Rainey’s stuff was not quite where they’d h...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Kyle Finnegan didn’t get dealt in the end…

Notes and quotes in the Nationals’ closer surviving the trade deadline… Considering the moves the Nationals did make at this year’s trade deadline, with a couple other short-term team control players like fellow reliever Hunter Harvey and right fielder Lane Thomas both dealt, you can understand Kyle Finnegan not taking it for granted nothing happened even after the 6:00 PM ET deadline passed this ...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• Cub Tracks is beautiful, and so are you
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals going into the 2024-25 offseason... Looking at the season as a whole in late August, GM and President of Baseball Operations in D.C., Mike Rizzo, told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies the continued development of the club’s pitchers was one of the biggest positives from the Washington Nationals’ 2024 campaign. “You’re seeing really the development of four major league...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Derek Law wants the ball

Notes and quotes on the reliever Davey Martinez kept on sending out there this season... Derek Law spent two weeks on the IL in late August/early September, dealing with an elbow issue, a flexor strain, but the right-handed reliever still managed to throw the second-most innings in the majors in 2024, finishing the year with 90 IP overall this season (behind only reliever Ryan Yarborough, who thre...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Yu Darvish

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Darvish had an unpredictable year that ended too soon 2024 Regular Season Statistics 1.1 fWAR, 16 G, 81.2 IP, 3.31 ERA, 1.065 WHIP, 78 K, 22 BB, 12 HR, 3 HBP Baseball Savant Positives From This Season When the Padres needed Yu Darvish to step up against the Dodgers in the NLDS, he did that. The veteran right-hander threw 7 innings, allowin...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Cade Cavalli in 2025

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ 2020 1st Round pick, who is once again rehabbing going into the offseason... Cade Cavalli missed time with the flu and also went through a “dead arm” period as he tried to rehab from last March’s Tommy John surgery, but in the end, the setbacks kept the righty from returning to the majors this season as the Nationals and the 2020 1st Round pick felt it was too la...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker wraps up 2024 campaign in Nats’ loss to the Royals...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Royals on Tuesday night in the nation’s capital... MITCHELL PARKER’S FIRST START: Mitchell Parker, a 2020 5th Round pick, made his MLB debut in Los Angeles back in mid-April in Dodger Stadium, where the soon-to-turn, 25-year-old southpaw went five strong innings on 81 pitches, striking out four without walking a batter while giving up t...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin impressive effort; but not enough in Nats’ 2-1 loss to Mets...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals and Mets’ series opener in Citi Field... IRVIN IN NY: Coming off a six-inning outing against Atlanta in which he held the Braves to a run on two hits, walking one and striking out five, Jake Irvin impressed again last night in Citi Field, in what ended up a 7 1⁄3 inning start. Irvin, 27, gave up four hits and one earned run this time, walking one again, with anot...2024
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• Cub Tracks kicks on 66

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs could have scored even more runs but they didn’t. Interesting and fun baseball. The Cubs are even again at 66-66. AND the worst strike call, ever. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers a...2024
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• Cub Tracks is beautiful, and so are you
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"com/XUqufI3C8S— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 29, 2024 Strider allowed a one-out single to Bohm in the second, but added two more strikeouts to keep the game scoreless."

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"com/23NYPO02zc— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 18, 2023 However, after the second inning, Strider labored."

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"com/tp4okMYIqD— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 25, 2022 The Cubs tacked on two more in the eighth."

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• Don’t expect Roki Sasaki to sign any time soon
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• Cub Tracks is beautiful, and so are you
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Kyle Finnegan didn’t get dealt in the end…
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Trevor Williams’ sneaky-good 2024 campaign and future...

He missed a lot of time, but Trevor Williams was successful on the mound when he pitched this season... Trevor Williams’ extended IL stint for a right flexor muscle strain kept him off the mound in the majors from May 30th to September 20th this year, but after an impressive start to his second season in D.C. (5-0, 2.22 ERA, 2.81 FIP, .221/.272/.299 line against in 11 starts and 56 2⁄3 innings pit...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: DJ Herz learns a lot in first major league run

Notes and quotes on lefty DJ Herz’s surprisingly successful run in the Nationals’ rotation... In his next-to-last start of the season, DJ Herz struggled through 3 1⁄3 innings over which he gave up six hits, three walks, and seven earned runs. Herz, 23, got up to 83 pitches in the abbreviated turn in the rotation, with five of the hits, all of the runs, and two of the three free passes coming in t...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Yu Darvish
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Biggest development for the 2024 Nats? Pitching?

Davey Martinez had a lot to say about the current state of and the future of the Nationals’ organization... The roster he finished the season with was drastically different than the roster he started the season with, and manager Davey Martinez talked before the Nationals’ 2024 finale about what he thought were the biggest developments for the club from another (re)building year in Washington, D.C....2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin makes final start of six-year deal in D.C.

Notes and quotes on Patrick Corbin’s time in the nation’s capital... “We don’t win the World Series without him, honestly,” Davey Martinez told reporters when he was asked last month to assess Patrick Corbin’s performance over the course of his six-year/$140M deal with the Nationals (2019-2024). “He’s the reason why we’ve got that trophy in the Champion’s club.” - Davey Martinez on Patrick Corbin ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams optioned to Triple-A; MacKenzie Gore dominates in no-hit bid...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 5-1 win over the Cubs in Wrigley Field on Saturday... CJ ABRAMS OPTIONED TO TRIPLE-A: Before Saturday afternoon’s game, Washington’s Nationals optioned 23-year-old shortstop CJ Abrams to Triple-A Rochester, effectively ending his season. Davey Martinez assured reporters it was an internal issue, rather than performance-related when he spoke before the third ga...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker goes deep; Nats score early, dry up in 6-3 loss to Marlins...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ series opening loss to the Marlins, and Mitchell Parker’s solid start... Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez spoke with reporters at length earlier this week about managing pitcher workloads as the end of the season approaches, and how they plan to handle the starting rotation down the stretch to get everyone through the end of the schedule. Of course no...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin does it again against Braves; Nats win, 5-1...

Notes and quotes on a strong start by Jake Irvin, who’s pwned the Braves this season... Winless in his last four starts (8.14 ERA, a 5.99 FIP, .326/.396/.558 line against in 21 IP), Jake Irvin, 27, had struggled in the second half (a 6.12 ERA, a 5.56 FIP, and a .290/.340/.525 line against in 9 GS and 50 IP), to reproduce the results from his strong first half (3.49 ERA, a 3.87 FIP, and a .231/.283...2024
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• Taking a further look at That Catch from Michael Harris II

Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Money Mike outdid himself on Saturday night with the incredible catch that he made. Even though the Atlanta Braves lost last night, I feel like we need to talk about that catch that Michael Harris II made last night. It really needs to be discussed further because we could really spend hours talking about how insane that catch was. Eve...2024
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Ragans was amazing until he wasn’t. Here’s a rule change the Royals could get behind if it were applied to tonight: let the Royals choose one inning to eliminate from the final results. If you did th...2024
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• Edwin Uceta is an emerging relief ace

Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports He signed on to the Rays with a plan, and became a better version of himself. ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The Rays entered the second half of the season with plenty of unanswered questions, but bullpen depth was not one of them. Tampa Bay has consistently produced quality pitchers, and this year was no exception. They had signed Uceta to a minor league contract wi...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs ever have another Kyle Hendricks?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin helped the Nats win it all in 2019...

A look back at Patrick Corbin’s time in D.C., his final start, and the World Series run in 2019... As the final year of his 6-year/$140M deal in D.C. came to an end, manager Davey Martinez talked often about Patrick Corbin’s contributions to Washington’s World Series win in 2019, telling reporters he firmly believed the club wouldn’t have won it without the lefty. “He did everything for us,” Marti...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finished strong after struggles...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ left-handed starter finishing strong after a rough stretch... Going into MacKenzie Gore’s 32nd and final start of the 2024 campaign, Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez summed up all he’d seen from the 25-year-old lefty for the previous six months. “Honestly, he started out really well,” the manager told reporters, “… he had a little lull. “For me, I’m looking at how h...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore finishes season strong...

Notes and quotes on MacKenzie Gore’s final start of the 2024 campaign... In his final inning of work in 2024, MacKenzie Gore struck out the side. Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper went down swinging in a 19-pitch frame against the Phillies which left Gore at 91 pitches total total, with nine Ks from 21 batters faced in six scoreless at home in Nationals Park. “Striking out the side is ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin makes final start of six-year deal in D.C.
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: CJ Abrams optioned to Triple-A; MacKenzie Gore dominates in no-hit bid...
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• Spencer Schwellenbach solid, Marcell Ozuna tallies 100th RBI as Braves right ship against Reds, 7-1

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images The Braves finally flipped the RISP script in support of yet another solid Spencer Schwellenbach start in a Wednesday win. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Atlanta Braves, desperate for a win, made a rare appearance in their navy road uniforms on Wednesday, and it worked. Whatever the actual cause, the Atlanta offense finally broke its R...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: “I want the game falling on my shoulders”: Zach Agnos is stepping into the spotlight

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Last week, Mario Delgado Genzor wrote about Luis Peralta and some encouraging trends he’s noticed in the Colorado Rockies younger arms. Although he didn’t mention Zach Agnos (No. 35 PuRP), the Hartford Yard Goats closer certainly fits into the promise of the current Rocki...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: DJ Herz and Luis García, Jr. lead Nats to 4-1 win over Marlins...

Notes and quotes from last night’s win over the Marlins in Nationals Park... PLAY GARCIA VS LHPs: While Davey Martinez has given Luis García, Jr. days off against tough left-handers along the way this season, he talked late last month about giving the 24-year-old opportunities during games when lefties come in, even if he doesn’t always start the second baseman when they are facing southpaws. “Loo...2024
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• Braves fight back for 6-5 win over the Rangers
Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Braves claim series win over the Rangers with come from behind win In the rubber match of the series, and the final game of what has proven to be a difficult road trip, the Atlanta Braves sent their ace Spencer Strider to the bump. The Rangers also sent out their ace, in Nathan Eovaldi, who has stepped up in the absence of Jacob Degrom. In his last three s...2023
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• Braves bash Cubs in Max Fried’s return to the mound

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Fried tossed six scoreless innings while Atlanta launched three more homers. Max Fried made a triumphant return to the mound to help the Atlanta Braves to a big 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs Friday at Wrigley Field. The Braves waited three months for the return of Max Fried and he got off to a good start with a perfect first inning. Fried’s first strike...2023
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• Spencer Strider deals as Braves beat Twins 4-1
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Strider tossed seven scoreless innings and Atlanta’s offense came alive late. Spencer Strider turned in a strong performance and Ronald Acuña Jr. hit his 17th home run of the season to help the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Strider pitched out of some immediate trouble in the first. He allowed a leadoff single to Edouard Julien ...2023
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• Shohei Ohtani is doing things baseball hasn’t seen in 130 years
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports It’s Shohei’s world, we’re just living in it I don’t know if you’ve heard, but that Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good at this baseball thing. The Los Angeles Angels all world pitcher/DH is one of, if not the best player in baseball, and he’s hit a completely different level this season. Through Friday, Ohtani is tied for the MLB lead in home runs, while also ...2023
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• Cole Ragans, Bobby Witt Jr. lift Royals to 4-0 shutout win over Athletics

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Ragans is throwing fire! Cole Ragans pitched perhaps his best MLB game, tossing six shutout innings while Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run as the Royals shut the Athletics out 4-0 to salvage the series in Oakland. The Royals got on the board in the third inning off A’s starter Adrian Martinez when Dairon Blanco hit a solo home run, the...2023
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• Pitchers duel quickly turns into a slugfest as Braves avoid the sweep
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Braves use late inning power to surge past D-Backs In a battle of aces, both Spencer Strider and Zac Gallen were at their best early. They were each doing what they do best, with Strider racking up countless swings and misses, while Gallen avoided the barrel as well as mixing in some whiffs of his own. Through five innings, both pitc...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• MLB Week 7 Roundup: You’ll never guess who the hottest team in baseball is!

Bryce Harper has been on a tear this year, helping keep the Phillies at the top of the National League. | Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports The Phillies and Yankees hold the top spots in their respective leagues, while the Rockies ride good vibes right into a winning streak It’s been a wild week around the league! While we still have our heavy-hitting teams that have been holding out on top...2024
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• I Knew Charlie Was Morton Just A Washed Up Ace
Chazz whiz, he looked good! Wait a second, did I just invent his new nickname? From Ground Chuck to Chazz Whiz: The Story of Charlie Morton as told to me by Statcast sliders. Yesterday, Charlie Morton went 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners (zero walks), 11 Ks, ERA at 4.84, and now we're talking II. Related to but not Travolta and Alley, and no relation to Michael Harris II. Morton did look legitimately be...2022
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• Hope You Didn’t Passover The Nestor Bunny
What transpired this preseason: Coolwhip reached out to me to see if I was going to write a Nestor Cortes sleeper, because he liked him and wanted to write one. I said, "Nah, I don't think I'm going to write one, but I like him too!" What Coolwhip didn't know, what no one could've known, I hadn't looked at Nestor Cortes at all. I said I liked him because Coolwhip said he liked him. Then I waited f...2022
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• Tanner Houck, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
I saw Tanner Houck had a slider that produced a .142 xBA and I gulped, then I went looking for some examples. Enjoy: Tanner Houck is a finalist for the PitchingNinja Filthiest Slider of the Year Award. ? pic.twitter.com/FlMOIsIVwI — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 16, 2021 When a hitter is swinging at a pitch that's either so far off the plate that the catcher can't get to it or if it hit...2022
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• Sean Manaea, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Let's start here: Sean Manaea's 9Ks. ? pic.twitter.com/nQCTtvidNx — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 9, 2021 Not sure why it's so visually pleasing to watch a pitcher strikeout guys, but, mah gawd, I could watch that all day and twice on Muesday, the magical day that Narnia's itself between Monday and Tuesday. So, Sean Manaea, the real-life Girl Scout cookie--*intern whispers in ear*...n...2022
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• Hunter Greene, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
Unlike Riley Greene, Hunter Greene is an actual color. That color is not green, it's red. Not just red for the Reds, which is the team he will eventually play for in the majors, but the red is also for fire, which is what he brings with his speed ball that can touch 103 MPH. Okay, before we do anything else, we need to see that: Hunter Greene, Back-to-Back 103mph Fastballs. ?? pic.twitter.com/m9q...2021
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• Don’t expect Roki Sasaki to sign any time soon
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• Cub Tracks is beautiful, and so are you
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: The Tanner Rainey Project
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Biggest development for the 2024 Nats? Pitching?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin in 2nd half & 2025…

Notes and quotes on Jake Irvin before and after the All-Star break… In 20 starts prior to the All-Star break this season, Jake Irvin posted a (7-8) record, a 3.49 ERA, a 3.86 FIP, 29 walks (2.25 BB/9), 99 Ks (7.68 K/9), and a .231/.283/.395 line against in 116 innings pitched. In the so-called “second-half” of 2024, Irvin, 27, went (3-6) in 13 outings with a 5.90 ERA, a 5.30 FIP, 23 walks (2.89 BB...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Cade Cavalli in 2025
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• Cub Tracks’ going in style

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Hendricks Experience, one more time. A fitting farewell, if farewell it was. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steep...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin makes final start of six-year deal in D.C.
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin helped the Nats win it all in 2019...
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• Cub Tracks’ going in style
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore with one to build on; Kyle Finnegan stays + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ lefty and the club’s closer... A START TO BUILD ON: MacKenzie Gore did give up a total of eight hits and three runs (all of them earned) in 5 1⁄3 innings on the mound Wednesday afternoon in Arizona, and he didn’t get a lot of swings and misses (7), or Ks (1), but he walked just one batter during his 98-pitch appearance, which, all together, was an improvement ove...2024
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• Rockies-Red Sox brawl over ‘car jacking’ joke at Reese McGuire

Cal Quantrill was sure jacked up after getting Reese McGuire out The Colorado Rockies’ bats got hot in a record-setting offensive performance against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. The tempers on the field got even hotter during a benches-clearing brawl with some creative language that happened during the fourth inning. The Rockies beat Boston, 20-6, as Colorado tied a franchise-record for runs ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ ledger domain

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Was it magic? Has the season turned around, just like that? Inquiring minds want to know! WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheat...2024
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• Better know a draft prospect: Chase Burns

Scott Kinser-USA TODAY Sports Burns is a fiery competitor with a devastating slider. With the MLB draft just a month away, let’s continue evaluating some prospects that the Royals may consider drafting with the sixth overall pick. Following the write up of JJ Wetherholt, there are just two of the top college prospects that we have yet to evaluate here. Today, we will cover perhaps the top ...2024
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• Paul Skenes is living up to the hype as MLB’s scariest new pitcher

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes was dominant again against the St. Louis Cardinals, and the opposing fans showed him some love On Tuesday night Paul Skenes took the bump for a start on the road against the St. Louis Cardinals, amidst your standard pre-game buzz. When he left in the bottom of the seventh inning in a scoreless tie, he did so to a s...2024
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• Bird App Recap: Crosstown Crapfest

Bad teams always find a way ... Hello White Sox faithful! Welcome to a special Crosstown edition of the Bird App Recap, featuring the best and brightest reaction tweets on the night. And by best and brightest, I do mean the absolute worst! ... Kidding! Maybe. It is that time of year again, when the South Siders trek eight miles north up the Red Line to pay their yearly visit to the ivy-covered pi...2024
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• The Athletics’ Mason Miller has taken the baseball world by storm

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Oakland’s star closer and the rest of the A’s bullpen are helping to keep the team somewhat interesting so far. When it comes to the standings in the early portion of the season, my personal advice is not to really take anything too seriously until Memorial Day at the earliest. That way, it gives baseball an ample amount of time to actually start to get the t...2024
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