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• Freddy Peralta named as Milwaukee’s lone All-Star

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images This is the second career All-Star selection for the veteran right-hander RHP Freddy Peralta will be the lone player representing the Brewers at the 2025 All-Star Game. Peralta, who’s been with Milwaukee since 2018, currently sports a 2.91 ERA (138 ERA+) with 9.5 K/9. He’s been the most dependable member of a rotation plagued by injuries during the early pa...2025
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• MacKenzie Gore and James Wood represent the Washington Nationals in the All-Star Game

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images The Nationals star pitcher and hitter will both play in the midsummer classic for the first time in Atlanta The Washington Nationals are getting two All-Stars this year! James Wood and MacKenzie Gore are both headed to Atlanta as first time All-Stars. Wood was an obvious pick to make the team, but it is good to see Gore get the credit he deserves. ⭐ ALL-STAR...2025
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• Can the Braves clinch the Angels series with Elder on the mound?

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After the array of news that seemed to dog-pile on the team over the past few days, a clutch win to end game two in the series, and a three-game losing streak at home was a definite must. The bottom of the sixth is when yesterday’s game took a turn in the right direction for the Atlanta Braves after a seven-run inning. Now, the...2025
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• Misiorowski outduels Skenes in 4-2 Brewers victory

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee takes game, series from Pirates Box Score Jacob Misiorowski went five shutout innings as the Brewers earned a 4-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Misiorowski walked the first batter he faced, Adam Frazier, to start the game. Frazier stole second and made it to third on a Bryan Reynolds flyout. With one out and a runner on third, Miz was able to bea...2025
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• Game Thread #81: Milwaukee Brewers (44-36) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (32-49)

Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Paul Skenes and Jacob Misiorowski face off with the series on the line Happy Skenes vs. Misiorowski Day! Today’s rubber match against the Pirates features two of the most exciting young pitchers in baseball. Most of you know how good Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes has been since making his debut. The second-year flamethrower is one of the best pitchers in the game. He...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is the Orioles season dead in the water?

Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images The Rockies and White Sox get all the attention for tanking their seasons... Happy Wednesday, BCB readers! Lots of little goodies for you in today’s news. A three-time All-Star has announced his retirement, the O’s appear to have given up the ghost for the season, plenty of trade deadline chatter, and how Chris Sale’s latest injury might impact the Braves. Ple...2025
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• Gamethread: Diamondbacks at White Sox

Jordan Leasure is the opener for the White Sox on Tuesday and will be making his first career start. | Colton Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Leasure will make his first career start as the opener for the South Siders after a brutal loss Monday The White Sox (25-54) return to the South Side Tuesday in an attempt to redeem themselves after getting walloped in a 10-run shutout loss t...2025
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• Braves News: Didier Fuentes debuts, Jurickson Profar rehabbing, and more

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. On Friday night, the Atlanta Braves sent out the youngest pitcher in Major League Baseball for his big league debut. Didier Fuentes, 20, got the start against the Miami Marlins. Unfortunately, things did not go in his favor and Miami won the contest 6-2. Didier Fuentes, Nasty 80mph Curveball. 1st MLB K pic.twi...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Minor League Roundup: Week 12

Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images Marco Dinges continues to impress, Jacob Misiorowski makes major league debut Triple-A Nashville (40-27) The Sounds went 2-3 this week against the Norfolk Tides. Nashville is now 13 games above .500 and half a game up in the International League West. Pitching prospect Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers’ No. 4) threw five no-hit innings in his major league debut. Miz...2025
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• Keibert Ruiz is not the Washington Nationals catcher of the future

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Keibert Ruiz’s performances the last couple of years have shown that he is not the guy behind the plate for the Nationals The Washington Nationals have a major problem behind the plate. Despite signing an 8-year contract extension in 2023, Keibert Ruiz has become a liability on both sides of the ball. Ruiz has become a tough watch and it is clear that this team jus...2025
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• Cub Tracks has no need to fear

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs lost a close one as the Tigers hit the ball just a bit further than the Cubs did. A win today would assuage doubts? The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Weird to be the underdog, but there you go. The team with the second-best reco...2025
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• The Washington Nationals need to go big game hunting for a free agent starter

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images It is clear that the Washington Nationals need a top of the rotation arm to compliment MacKenzie Gore MacKenzie Gore has blossomed into the ace Nationals fans have always wanted him to be. He leads all of baseball in strikeouts and is learning to pitch through adversity. For more on Gore, MLB Network did a great breakdown on him after his start yesterday. However, ...2025
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• 2025 Brewers Minor League Roundup: Week 7

Dave Kallmann / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Another strong week for the Brewers’ affiliates As a reminder, every Monday morning I’ll be bringing you a quick recap of the previous week’s minor league activity — including highlights, roster updates, standout performances, and more. Without further ado, here’s this week’s edition: Triple-A Nashville (23-16) The Sounds went 4-2 this wee...2025
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• Peralta shines, offense does just enough in Brewers’ 4-0 victory over Cubs

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Big hits from unlikely sources get Brewers over the line Box Score After two ugly losses to their biggest rival, the Brewers turned to their ace, Freddy Peralta, to stop their three-game skid. Peralta responded with six fabulous innings, followed by three more good ones from the bullpen, and Milwaukee’s struggling offense did just enough — and capitalized on Ch...2025
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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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"com/BgWIVN8vOA— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) January 14, 2025 Here we have two instances of revenge in baseball, one supposedly involving a player waiting at least ten years to extract it, and one involving a player waiting precious little time to take it, even at his own expense."

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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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• Keibert Ruiz is not the Washington Nationals catcher of the future
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• Michael Soroka has the second highest ceiling in the Washington Nationals rotation

Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images Last night, Michael Soroka showed how dominant he can be. Besides MacKenzie Gore, he has the best stuff in the Nationals rotation On a few occasions, Michael Soroka has been so close to completing a wonderful start. However, each time he stumbled in the sixth inning, hurting his final line. Last night against the Texas Rangers was different though. Soroka found a...2025
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• The Seth Lugo conundrum

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images In which the pesky player option rears its fickle head. Seth Lugo dominated Friday night. Facing the Houston Astros in his sixth start of the season, Lugo threw a gem, having by far his best outing of the season as the Royals prevailed 2-0. During his previous starts, Lugo had tossed no more than 6.2 innings, but this time he went a full eight while completely s...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, puts Padres over Athletics

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Michael King settles San Diego pitching with solid outing Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a slider 406 feet to left field in the top of the seventh inning off Luis Severino to put the San Diego Padres ahead of the Athletics in Sacramento by a score of 5-3 en route to a win, Monday night. Tatis pic.twitter.com/41D5CpQftJ— MLB (@MLB) April 8, 2025 ...2025
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• San Diego suffers first loss of season

Randy Vasquez | Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images Padres struggle to find answers against Cubs starter The San Diego Padres took their unblemished record on the road for the first time in 2025. Unfortunately for the team and it’s fans, the Chicago Cubs ended the day with a 3-1 win at Wrigley Field, Friday. Padres starter Randy Vasquez struggled with command in two innings ...2025
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• Excellence is becoming the norm for Nationals ace MacKenzie Gore

Brad Penner-Imagn Images When MacKenzie Gore takes the ball these days, the Washington Nationals faithful expects good things to happen Despite the frustrating loss, MacKenzie Gore delivered yet another quality start where he showed off his dominant stuff. We have come to expect Gore to have lines like he did tonight, 6 innings, 2 runs, no walks and 6 strikeouts. This has become close to a...2025
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• Keibert Ruiz is not the Washington Nationals catcher of the future
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• Michael Soroka has the second highest ceiling in the Washington Nationals rotation
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• Paul Skenes is the new Tungsten Arm O’Doyle

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Paul Skenes can’t get run support, and it’s sinking a historic season Someone needs to go get Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes some help. Or maybe a hug, at least. Skenes can make an argument for being the best pitcher in the game, in just his second season. He’s eighth among pitchers in strikeouts, his 2.05 ERA is second in the NL and he’s one o...2025
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• One Pitch, Three Runs, No Reward: Rays 1, Blue Jays 3

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images One swing erased five innings of brilliance from Pepiot in a painful loss. One strike away. That’s how close Ryan Pepiot was, not once but twice, to escaping the sixth inning unscathed on Wednesday night in Toronto. Instead, one 0-2 pitch turned a night of promise into another gut-punch loss for the Tampa Bay Rays. Alejandro Kirk, down to his final strike...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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• Game Thread #81: Milwaukee Brewers (44-36) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (32-49)
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• Retribution for India may still be in the Cards

Before the contact. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Sangre por sangre. Literature and cinema are full of great tales of revenge. It’s one of the tentpoles of storytelling, one that meets the primal bases of most everyone alive, something to which each person can relate, regardless of whether they admit. Great revenge movies include Unforgiven, the John Wick franchise, Gone Girl, Cape Fear, ...2025
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• One Pitch, Three Runs, No Reward: Rays 1, Blue Jays 3
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• Peralta shines, offense does just enough in Brewers’ 4-0 victory over Cubs
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. homers in return to lineup The San Diego Padres came to life at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies. The Padres batted around in the six-run inning that knocked Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez out of the game. San Diego rode the momentum of the big inning to an 8-0 win at Pe...2025
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• White Sox 11, Red Sox 1: Chase Meidroth vs The World

We have entered the Chase Meidroth Era. All hail our new overlord! | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Boston’s comedy of errors opens the door for a big Pale Hose win Happy Friday, friends! And welcome to the Chase Meidroth Era, White Sox fans! If you tuned into this battle of Sox, you were treated to a rare, fun baseball game for the South Siders. And let’s face it, fun games are will be a rarit...2025
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• Robert Suarez struggling in spring

Manager Mike Shildt takes the ball from Robert Suarez. | Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Padres closer has been roughed up in recent outings Results in Spring Training do not often hold up once the regular season begins. Hot hitters go cold. Dominant pitchers become pedestrian and players struggling seem to find success. Spring Training is all about players getting their work in and buil...2025
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• Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords

Major League Baseball MLB’s ABS challenge system test was used for the first time. The Cubs — or, more accurately, a bunch of miscellaneous guys wearing Cubs uniforms — defeated the Dodgers in the 2025 Spring Training opener 12-4 Thursday afternoon in Glendale, Arizona. That wasn’t the most important story of the game, as you surely know that Spring Training wins and losses are pretty well...2025
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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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• 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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• 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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• Misiorowski outduels Skenes in 4-2 Brewers victory
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• Winning on the road shouldn’t be this casual: Rays 5, Royals 1

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images After a heavy dose of home games through the first three months of the season, the Rays will be on the road for large stretches of the summer months, and that first trip got started on Tuesday in Kansas City. Road Rays pic.twitter.com/Jbdsjbacsy— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 24, 2025 Chandler Simpson was recalled after a short stint back in AAA, and g...2025
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• Gamethread: Diamondbacks at White Sox
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• Too little too late: The Washington Nationals rally comes up short against the Mets

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Nationals offense woke up from their slumber, but it was not enough to overcome Mets The Nationals have now lost five straight games as their ninth inning rally came up short. For 8 innings, it was more of the same from the offense. They did absolutely nothing and looked totally lost at the plate. The boys at the top of the lineup came to life in the 9th, but ...2025
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• Keibert Ruiz is not the Washington Nationals catcher of the future
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• Rays 0, Red Sox 1: Bright Lights, Dim Bats

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A sharp outing from Littell was wasted as the Rays' offense could not get it going against the Red Sox. Jake Mangum may have been mic’d up for the television broadcast, but the Tampa Bay Rays’ offense was muted. After scoring at least four runs in each of their last five games, they could only manage five hits in a 1-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The los...2025
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• Four-fifths of the word “booth” is “boot”

Solution to a certain announcer’s work. | pinterest.com But there’s no way the White Sox will boot the boob out of their booth For a while there, thanks to an easy opening homestand, the White Sox were in a tie for first in the AL Central (also tie for last, but we won’t mention that) because of some very good pitching, occasional long balls, and the division reverting to its historically ...2025
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• Pitching rotation candidates for Padres

Matt Waldron | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images A look at five players who could win a job The current pitching rotation for San Diego consists of Yu Darvish, Dylan Cease and Michael King. The fourth and fifth spots in the rotation are vacant and need to be filled prior to Opening Day. The Padres have several options on their 40-man roster and each has potential to make an impact as a sta...2025
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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’ 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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• MLB Roundup: Week 1

Ronel Blanco completed the first no-hitter of the season! | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Diving into the best and worst performances of the first week of the season The first week of the MLB season was full of action, including a no-hitter, a walk-off grand slam and various hot and cold starts from a variety of teams. We’re here to give you the top performances and moments of the week, ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Shōta time

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The Cubs are .500 after a fine pitching performance and a few unfortunate bounces. The bullpen was spotless. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...2024
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• The Braves are still very good and it's totally fine to get excited about it

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Do I remember how the past two seasons ended? Yep! Is that stopping me from getting hyped? Nope! Folks, we’re here once again. It’s Opening Day (for real, this time) and I’m glad to report that on a personal level, both time and wisdom have yet to jade me when it comes to the optimism of baseball season getting underway. I felt the sa...2024
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