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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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• 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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• Shane Smith takes a no-hitter through 5 2⁄3, White Sox blow it in the ninth

Shane Smith took a no-hitter through 5 2⁄3 innings before it was broken up by a weak infield single from José Ramírez. | Jason Miller/Getty Images Run support was nowhere to be found and the South Siders fall to the Guardians 1-0 on a walk-off walk It was a bitter cold day in Ohio for their home opener, though Cleveland Guardians fans would be treated to the Chicago White Sox blowing yet a...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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• 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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• Royals dominate on all fronts in 11-1 win on Brewers’ home opener

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kris Bubic (50) pitches in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Great team victory! Kansas City Royals fans were due a nice, easy breezy win after a tough opening series. Today, the Royals provided such a game, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 11-1 in a blowout contest where we saw it all. Domi...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Will we see an electronic strike zone this regular season? As we continue to see the ABS system get tested in Spring Training, and with it we have seen some pitchers share how unimpressed they are, while some batters have felt vindicated, and as a surprising side reveal, we’ve learned that a lot of players have been lying about their height. But one thi...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 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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• 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’ Miami nice

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. PCA dashes, Miguel Amaya dots the landscape, and the Cubs win the first of three in Miami. 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, s...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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• A Cubsmas Advent Calendar: Adbert Alzolay is a closer

Adbert Alzolay celebrates a save against the Brewers in late August | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images How will the Cubs approach the back of the bullpen this offseason? This is Day Ten of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here. The Cubs basically played three different seasons in 2023, and you can mark them by the presence and productivi...2023
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"com/YZiUIv0dnb— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 25, 2025 After that point, the game was populated by a lot of minor leaguers."

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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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• Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, puts Padres over Athletics
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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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• Padres get second sweep of season, stay unbeaten

Dylan Cease | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Jackson Merrill homers after signing contract extension Before the ink was dry on his newly signed contract, Jackson Merrill was rewarding the San Diego Padres with a two-run home run to right-center field to give his team a 4-0 lead over the Cleveland Guardians. Jackson Merrill extended this ball out of the park pic.twitter.com/S4qdq...2025
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• Jeremiah Estrada continues to dominate for Padres

Jeremiah Estrada | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Closer role appears to be in good hands if Robert Suarez is moved San Diego Padres pitcher Jeremiah Estrada only needed six pitches to complete his one inning of work in his last outing against the Texas Rangers in Cactus League play. The right-hander has shown an ability to perform effectively and efficiently out of the...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
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• Nick Pivetta deals in debut for San Diego

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Padres and Giants finish in a tie San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta was dealing in his first Cactus League start. Pivetta completed his spring debut against the San Francisco Giants after recording two outs in the third inning, the last of which was a strikeout. Nick Pivetta discusses his performance against the Giant...2025
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• Yuki Matsui proving to be a dependable bullpen piece

Yuki Matsui | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Lefty enters year two with San Diego Yuki Matsui signed with the Padres in 2024 and proved to be an effective and dependable arm out of the bullpen in his first season. He appeared in 64 games and finished with a 3.73 ERA. This was not a surprise to the leadership in San Diego because Matsui had just completed his 10th season in the Ni...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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• Padres land Pivetta

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images After long, quiet offseason San Diego strikes deal with starter The San Diego Padres and free agent pitcher Nick Pivetta agreed to a four-year $55 million deal Wednesday. The deal has not been confirmed by the team. The best remaining starter on the free agent market heads to San Diego pic.twitter.com/LCzgfXOugL— Talkin’ Ba...2025
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• 2024 Season in Review: Michael Wacha and his career renaissance

Michael Wacha duels for the Kansas City Royals. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images That ever since we met you’ve had a hold on me. It happens to be true—I only want to be with you. Raise your hand if you thought when the Royals signed Michael Wacha last season that he would have the best season of his career in 2024. Okay, now put down your hand, you liar. Wacha’s always been a solid starting ...2024
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• White Sox 11, Red Sox 1: Chase Meidroth vs The World
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• San Diego suffers first loss of season
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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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• Nick Pivetta deals in debut for San Diego
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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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• 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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• Bird App Recap: Goose Eggs

Your 2024 Chicago White Sox, making baseball history with every shutout ... Hello friends, and welcome to another Bird App Recap! The last time I tweet-capped Pale Hose happenings on a baseball diamond, the plucky South Siders bravely faced major league competition for the very first time in the young 2024 season. Too bad the White Sox failed to field a major league-quality squad on Day one, and ...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker does it again; 7.0 scoreless vs Astros in 6-0 win...

Mitchell Parker is 2 for 2 with solid starts early in his career. Notes and quotes on the Nats’ starter’s second outing... Talking about Mitchell Parker’s MLB debut on the road in Dodger Stadium last week, which came four years after the Nationals selected the southpaw in the 5th Round of the 2020’s truncated COVID Draft, GM and President of Baseball ops Mike Rizzo described the lefty’s rise throu...2024
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• In Appreciation of the Littell Guy

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images My confession: I love watching a strike throwing contact generating pitcher old school style pitcher work We here at DRaysBay love a good analytical breakdown. We can’t get enough of comparing expected stats to actual results, for instance. And a seam shifted wake discussion? Oh boy, get the fainting couch because I’m getting the vapors. However, this ...2024
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• THE WHITE SOX HAVE WON A GAME

A White Sox winner?! | @CheesySox A 3-2 squeaker puts me officially at the top of the coverage standings for South Side Sox Friends, are you sitting down? You are? OK — good. The White Sox have won a game! Against a very talented Braves team. In April! Garrett Crochet was tough as nails throughout the game, and if you don’t believe me, just peek at the Pitching Ninja account. The fir...2024
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies
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• White Sox 11, Red Sox 1: Chase Meidroth vs The World
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• Robert Suarez struggling in spring
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• Cubs 12, Dodgers 4: Welcome to our robo-ump overlords
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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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• Lugo shines in 5-0 win over Yankees

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Can’t look much better than that! Behind a dazzling start from Seth Lugo, the Royals evened up the series with a 5-0 shutout over the Yankees. It’s Kansas City’s third shutout in the last week. Even though Lugo didn’t need much run support on Tuesday, the Royals made sure Yankees starter Marcus Stroman was dealing with a lot of base runners. After failing t...2024
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• Cub Tracks lets off steam

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs swept their Southside rivals for the third time and retain bragging rights for a year. 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, ...2024
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• Detroit repays bullpen shellacking, win 6-5 in 11 innings

Kansas City Royals outfielder MJ Melendez (1) is tagged out by Detroit Tigers third baseman Matt Vierling (8) as he tries to stretch a single in the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski | Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Royals bullpen blew three saves in one night. This was planned as a celebratory post-game recap. The Royals used...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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• Rays 0, Red Sox 1: Bright Lights, Dim Bats
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, puts Padres over Athletics
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• Shane Smith shines in MLB debut despite White Sox 8-3 loss to the Twins

Shane Smith made an impressive MLB debut, going 5 1⁄3 with just two earned runs. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Although the scoreless streak ends at 28 2⁄3 innings, Smith powered through 5 2⁄3 in his first career start The White Sox started the game out strong, going up on an early 3-0 lead, but the bullpen couldn't hold things together, and the Twins battled back, defeating the Good Guys ...2025
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• Royals dominate on all fronts in 11-1 win on Brewers’ home opener
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• Breaking down MacKenzie Gore’s magical start against the Phillies

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images MacKenzie Gore looked like an ace on Opening Day, here is how he did it When you do something that hasn’t been accomplished since Bob Gibson, you know you are doing something right. That is exactly what MacKenzie Gore did yesterday when he went six scoreless innings striking out 13 and walking nobody. Gore looked absolutely dominant, and showed some new tricks t...2025
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• Royals finish exhibition schedule with 3-1 win over Rangers

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Kris Bubic looks sharp in his final tune up. Kris Bubic was sharp over five innings in his final start before the regular season as the Royals defeated the Rangers 3-1 to conclude their spring training schedule. The Royals jumped on Rangers starter Jacob deGrom in the first with at two-out rally. Michael Massey doubled and came home on a Salvador Perez s...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is the ABS sticking around?
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• Nick Pivetta deals in debut for San Diego
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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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
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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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• Cub Tracks ‘ how tweet it is

Shota Imanaga — lots to like so far. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus scientific food for thought. The Cubs’ new pitcher is already popular. The Cubs Convention is ON. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, groun...2024
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• The Drew Smyly signing by the numbers
Drew Smyly pitches against the Giants at Wrigley Field in September | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smyly will return to the Cubs It’s hard to avoid a sense of déjà vu writing this piece because I’ve written it before — I also did this five years ago, the first time the Cubs signed Drew Smyly to a two-year deal when he was recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Cubs took a second f...2023
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