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• Padres Interested In JoJo Romero
The Cardinals’ bullpen should look quite a bit different in 36 hours than it does now. Closer Ryan Helsley is one of the most coveted available relievers and is very likely to move. Phil Maton and Steven Matz are impending free agents who should be traded as well. There hasn’t been as much public attention on southpaw JoJo…...2025
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• BCB After Dark: How do you spell relief?

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which reliever the Cubs should trade for. It’s Tuesday here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and stay with us. Misery loves company. There are still a few tables available. The hostess will seat you now. There’s a two-drin...2025
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• Blue Jays Remain In Bullpen Market
The Blue Jays landed Seranthony Domínguez in a trade with the Orioles on Tuesday afternoon. That could be one of multiple bullpen pickups for Toronto. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com suggested the Jays remain in the mix for Ryan Helsley. More generally, Mitch Bannon and Will Sammon of The Athletic report that Toronto would like to add another…...2025
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• Rangers, Yankees Among Teams Interested In Ryan Helsley
As the Cardinals head into the deadline as likely sellers, a handful of the club’s players are getting significant attention on the trade market. Of the team’s major pieces, no player is more likely to be moved than closer Ryan Helsley, a free agent after the 2025 season. The Dodgers and Mets have already been…...2025
• Cardinals’ Ryan Helsley ‘90 percent’ sure he will be traded before deadline

Ryan Helsley’s days in St. Louis are numbered. At least, according to him....2025
• Ryan Helsley Expects To Be Traded
Ryan Helsley has stood as a logical trade candidate for upwards of ten months now, dating back to the Cardinals’ declaration that they planned to reduce payroll heading into the 2025 season and focus on creating opportunities for young players. St. Louis surprisingly held onto Helsley all offseason and up into deadline season. After holding…...2025

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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers set for another division clash as they look to build lead on Cardinals The Milwaukee Brewers are set to wrap up their 10-game homestand this weekend, as they’ll welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to town for a four-game set. It’s a key matchup in the NL Central and NL Wild Card races, as the Brewers and Cardinals are separated by just a half game. The Brewers h...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Cardinals surge, but Cubs remain at top of the pack Welcome to the eighth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank some teams! 1. Chic...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers head to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals for first time this year The Milwaukee Brewers are set to head to St. Louis for the first time this year, as they’ll take on the struggling St. Louis Cardinals. The Brewers dropped three of four in San Francisco to the Giants in what was an unconventionally sloppy week for the Crew’s defense. On the other side, St. ...2025
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• Braves bullpen bends and breaks in loss to Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images This was another one of those games for the Braves where it was all good, right up until it wasn’t! Atlanta’s bullpen was called upon to get the Braves through this game after Spencer Strider suffered a hamstring injury in extremely unfortunate fashion. The bullpen bent all night but it eventually broke later on, as the Atlanta Braves ended up suffering a...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 4

Jovanny Hernandez / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Cubs continue to set the bar for the rest of the division, but the gap is closing Welcome to the fourth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 1...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 3

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images With another strong week, the Brewers now sit in a tie for first in the division Welcome to the third week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado...2025
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• Biggest needs heading into Christmas for each National League team

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Mets and Cubs have made big moves, but several other contenders still need to strike. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! December is a time full of giving and receiving gifts to celebrate the holidays. Now that the winter meetings have passed, only a few days remain before Christmas and turning the page to 2025. Each team has question marks wort...2024
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• 10 MLB stars who could be traded before 2025 Spring Training

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Which players could still be traded before Spring Training? It usually happens about a week before Christmas. The Black Friday rush has come and gone, Cyber Monday is no more, and after loading up their store shelves and supply rooms with merchandise at Thanksgiving, inventory begins to diminish. Suddenly, Amazon can’t get that trampoline to your house i...2024
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• Trip to Greece

My wife and I went to Greece last month. My original "live journaling" draft of this post was really just a bunch of complaining leading up to the trip-- hey, I'm a homebody who doesn't like to leave the house if I can help it-- but it turned out to be a very nice vacation so I'm going to delete the intro bitching and just share some pictures I took. A few incoming baseball cards are at the end, t...2023
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"Ryan Helsley has stood as a logical trade candidate for upwards of ten months now, dating back to the Cardinals’ declaration that they planned to reduce payroll heading into the 2025 season and focus on creating opportunities for young players."

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"Ryan Helsley, who the Cubs manhandled Thursday evening, entered for the save chance."

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"The Cardinals have won their arbitration hearing against right-hander Ryan Helsley, reports Katie Woo of The Athletic."

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"Wesneski’s gem is the sixth this year and the second in less than a week, as Ryan Helsley of the Cardinals did it against the Reds last Friday."

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"Louis placed right-hander Ryan Helsley on the 10-day injured list with a stress reaction in his right elbow, opening a spot on the active roster."

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"They also activated reliever Ryan Helsley from the injured list and optioned lefty Rob Kaminsky."

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"A trio of reinforcements is headed onto the MLB roster: infielder Yairo Munoz along with righties Ryan Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos."

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"Lefty Genesis Cabrera, right-hander Ryan Helsley, outfielder Lane Thomas and infielder Ramon Urias have all had their contracts selected and been added to the 40-man roster."

• Padres Interested In JoJo Romero
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• BCB After Dark: How do you spell relief?
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• Rangers, Yankees Among Teams Interested In Ryan Helsley
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• Cardinals’ Ryan Helsley ‘90 percent’ sure he will be traded before deadline
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• Insider Warns Mets To Expect Bidding War In Trade Deadline Chase For Cardinals Closer
The Mets are eyeing Ryan Helsley to boost their bullpen before the deadline, but landing him may take a premium offer in a crowded reliever market....2025
• Cardinals have tough decision to make with Ryan Helsley

The St. Louis Cardinals are in a difficult spot as the July 31 trade deadline approaches....2025
• MLB expert proposes trade package for Phillies to land Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley

It’s no secret the Philadelphia Phillies will be looking to add a high-leverage reliever — possibly two — before the July 31 trade deadline....2025
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• Looking to Rebound: New look Nationals Try to Reset Against Reeling Cardinals

Washington Nationals second baseman Luis Garcia Jr. (2) throws his bat after drawing a walk to score a run during the seventh inning at Nationals Park. | Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images Washington’s recent struggles set the stage for a bounce-back opportunity against a St. Louis team that’s also searching for answers. After getting swept disappointingly, the Washington Nationals are at a ...2025
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• Brewers can’t capitalize on comeback opportunities, fall 8-5

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Milwaukee falls behind early, can’t complete comeback Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind the St. Louis Cardinals early on Saturday afternoon, but found themselves unable to capitalize on the several opportunities they had to get all the way back into this game, which had some heightened tensions. The Cardinals put up seven runs on Brewers starter Jose Quint...2025
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 7: This space intentionally left blank

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images That was ugly, but a different kind of ugly from Monday’s ugly. The Cubs gave up eight runs to the Cardinals. Again. About that, from BCB’s JohnW53: This is the sixth straight game in which the Cubs have allowed at least seven runs, tying for their longest streak of the Modern Era. They set the record in their first six games of the era, in 1901. This is the fifth t...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8
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• Brewers walked off by Cardinals in 6-5 loss

Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins | Photo by Jeff Le/Getty Images Offense comes back late, Murphy gets heated, and Arenado walk-off secures the loss Box Score The Brewers took another brutal loss in Saturday’s matchup against the Cardinals. The Brewers’ fell into an early deficit but came back in the ninth inning on Chourio’s game-tying home run, only to take the loss when Nolan Arenado h...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 3
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• The 5 best Cubs games of 2024

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images These were all fun, well-played, or both. Now that you’ve read yesterday’s recap of the five worst Cubs games of 2024, here are five that should make you smile. Walk-offs, of course, always generate big cheers and excitement, no matter how they happen. I’ve got some of those here, but there are also other entertaining wins that deserve recogn...2024
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• MLB Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 1

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The fireworks came yesterday. What else is happening? Baseball’s winter meetings got underway on Sunday with the announcement of Baseball’s Classic Era Hall of Fame ballot, and then the party really got started last night when Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for a mind-boggling $765 million. Soto’s signing on the eve of the official start of the meetings f...2024
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• Previewing the relief pitcher market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images We’ve previewed the market for shortstop, starting pitchers, and outfielders – now let’s look at how the Braves might bolster their bullpen. The 2024 Atlanta Braves relied on an undeniably elite bullpen that ranked 3rd in fWAR, 3rd in ERA, and 2nd in FIP. Entering the offseason, they seemed poised to handle the potential loss of A.J. Minter to free a...2024
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• 2024 Heroes and Goats: Emmanuel Clase and the Guardians, part 1

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A look at Heroes and Goats for the first half of the season. Emmanuel Clase was awarded the AL Reliever of the Year for 2024 after helping the Guardians reach the playoffs. Clase pitched in 74 games and allowed only 10 runs, five earned, in 74⅓ innings. This was a particularly and uniquely impressive season. He matched those 10 runs allowe...2024
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images A stirring comeback went for naught when the Cubs bullpen blew up in the eighth. The Cubs bullpen has been so good this year that having an inning like the one Brad Keller had in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 8-6 loss to the Cardinals is, frankly, shocking. It turned on one play in that inning, and I’ll get to that, but first things first. The Drew Pom...2025
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• Brewers can’t capitalize on comeback opportunities, fall 8-5
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• Braves News: Roster predictions, Braves add a catcher, more

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well the offseason continues to crawl onward, with the pace of transactions of note slowing down dramatically league-wide of late, setting international free agency aside. There are still a good number of options available both on the free agent and trade markets. Perhaps with less market momentum, the values will be...2025
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• The 5 best Cubs games of 2024
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• Bullpen shines, offense sputters in second straight extra-innings loss

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images A dramatic late comeback was undone by a failure to score in extra innings Box Score Having split their games on Monday and Tuesday, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals needed to decide a series winner tonight at American Family Field. After Brewers starter Colin Rea got off to a shaky start, it looked like it might be a high-scoring affair, but after th...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 121

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A most improbable come from behind victory; the Cubs win 5-4. One of the best times to be a sports blogger is when you have to proverbially tear up the story you had mentally written. That is, when it is in this direction. All too many times this year, I’ve had a triumphant story prepared and had to throw it away and write about a frustrating loss. Ther...2024
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• Cubs 5, Cardinals 4: Mike Tauchman walks it off

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images That was... unexpected. And fun! Just when you were sitting with your head down, thinking sad thoughts about the Cubs, they pulled off a stunning 5-4 walkoff win over the Cardinals, a great way to start the homestand. Usually I go in chronological order in these recaps, but I think I’ll start with Mike Tauchman’s walkoff double [VIDEO]. That was...2024
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• Cardinals Win Arbitration Hearing Against Ryan Helsley
The Cardinals have won their arbitration hearing against right-hander Ryan Helsley, reports Katie Woo of The Athletic. He’ll earn the $2.15MM salary submitted by the team instead of the $3MM figure he and his camp filed. Helsley, 28, has been inconsistent in the big leagues thus far but is coming off the best showing of…...2023
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Hayden Wesneski is immaculate
Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs rookie posted the first immaculate inning for the team in 18 years. The “immaculate inning” — where a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces on nine pitches — has become more common in recent years as strikeouts in general have increased. They’re still fairly rare, and until Thursday night, no Cubs pitcher had thrown one in 18 years, s...2022
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• Cardinals Notes: Hicks, Reyes, Designated Hitter, Shortstop, DeJong,
The Cardinals have made one relatively minor move since the lockout was lifted, signing reliever Drew VerHagen to a two-year deal. He steps into a bullpen that also features Giovanny Gallegos, Ryan Helsley and T.J. McFarland and seems as if it’ll include flamethrowing righties Alex Reyes and Jordan Hicks. St. Louis brass has floated the idea of each of Reyes and Hicks lengthening…...2022
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• Cardinals Activate Miles Mikolas
The Cardinals announced Friday that right-hander Miles Mikolas has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list and will start tonight’s game. St. Louis placed right-hander Ryan Helsley on the 10-day injured list with a stress reaction in his right elbow, opening a spot on the active roster. Meanwhile, lefty Brandon Waddell has been placed on…...2021
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• Cardinals 5, Cubs 4: The complaint department is OPEN

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This space intentionally left blank because otherwise it might have bad words in it. As most of you know, I have been watching Cubs baseball for more than 60 years. In that time I’ve seen a lot of bad baseball and a lot of losing. Most of the time, I can slough off the losses, been there, done that, seen it before. This one pissed me off. The Cubs should ...2024
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• NL Central Notes: Helsley, Reds, Stephenson
Ahead of their victory over Ryan Helsley in an arbitration hearing, the Cardinals reportedly discussed a multi-year deal with the right-hander, according to The Athletic’s Katie Woo. Woo notes that the sides were far apart, with the biggest issue being Helsley’s durability. As Woo notes, the Cardinals were concerned with Helsley’s rarely pitching on back-to-back…...2023
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• Braves unable to dig out of deep hole in 10-6 loss to Cardinals

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The bats were lively tonight for the Braves but it wasn't enough to keep up with the onslaught that the Cardinals unleashed upon Atlanta's pitching staff tonight. In the preview for tonight's game, I suggested that it wouldn't be a good idea to bet against the Atlanta Braves when it came to winning a slugfest. This might've been the ...2023
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• Chris Sale wins Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Photo by Kevin D. Liles./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chris Sale and Raisel Iglesias were also named as pitchers for The Sporting News NL All-Star Team, as well! Despite the fact that the World Series hasn’t even started yet, that hasn’t stopped award season from kicking off and the first organization to announce their winners is the Sporting News. They’ve also announced their All-Star team...2024
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• Gray Leads Cardinals' Dominant Day On The Mound - May 4, 2024
Sonny Gray Gray was dominant on Friday, tossing seven shutout innings while allowing only three hits, one walk, and punching out six. He's been one of the best pitchers in baseball thus far. In five starts, he's gone at least five innings while allowing two earned or less. While five starts is his small sample size, right now he is posting his career best marks in K%, BB%, and HR%. If there is a c...2024
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• Preseason Prep - February 29, 2024
Jhoan Duran, RP (MIN) Duran was knocked around in his Grapefruit League debut, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. The fireballer topped out at 100.5 mph, which is about a mile per hour less than his average from 2023. These details should be ignored at this point in the preseason as he will likely work his arm into increased velocity. Duran is entering his firs...2024
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 15

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Cubs step back into top spot but rest of NL Central is still on their tail Welcome to the 15th week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s ra...2025
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• Brewers can’t capitalize on comeback opportunities, fall 8-5
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 8
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• Cardinals series preview: I-70 Series redux

SetNumber: X32249 TK6 F8 The past is fun, but the future might be exciting for both teams. This marks the 40th anniversary of the Royals defeating the cross-state rivals, the Cardinals, in the 1985 World Series. Many members of that club are in town to be honored, as well as members of the 2015 team celebrating their 10th anniversary. For most of the 40 years since the Show-Me Showdown, th...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 6

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers fall behind Reds in our edition of the power rankings as true competition in NL Central becomes clearer Welcome to the sixth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% ac...2025
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• Brewers walked off by Cardinals in 6-5 loss
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 6: Well, that was ugly, despite another great game from Michael Busch
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 23, 2024

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. was one of the signature players in baseball. MLB.com lists every team’s best single-game performance Royals: One of many games in which Witt flashes all the tools, April 11 Bobby Witt Jr. had a long list of standout games in 2024, but perhaps his best was all the way back in April against the Astros. On April 11 at Kauffman Stadium, Witt...2024
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• St. Louis Cardinals shockingly seem unwilling to part with All-Star who could bring back massive trade haul

The player the Cardinals could get the highest return on is All-Star closer Ryan Helsley, but St. Louis might be more inclined to keep him....2024
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• Milwaukee bullpen can’t hold lead as Cardinals win in extras

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Arenado’s walk-off grand slam puts exclamation point on back-and-forth game Box Score In a lengthy, back-and-forth game, the St. Louis Cardinals ultimately pulled out a come-from-behind victory in extra innings tonight over a Milwaukee Brewers team that ran out of gas at the back end of their bullpen. All three of the big stars of that bullpen—Bryan Hudson, Devi...2024
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• Spencer Schwellenbach and the Braves kick off the second half against Cardinals

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The second half is here and now it’s time for the Braves to hopefully get things going in the right direction. The All-Star break is over and done with and now it’s time to get into the business-end of the season as the Atlanta Braves will start off the second half by hosting the St. Louis Cardinals. Let’s start off with some good news/bad news. The goo...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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