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• Rhett Lowder Suffers Oblique Strain
The Reds received some difficult news on the pitching front this week. Rookie right-hander Rhett Lowder, who has been out all season with a forearm strain, suffered a new injury during a rehab start at Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Manager Terry Francona told reporters (including Mark Sheldon of MLB.com) that Lowder sustained a “fairly significant” strain…...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images At least you’re not a Cubs fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t...2025
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• Bryse Wilson shellacked, bats hijacked, White Sox fall to Reds, 7-1

This great Luis Robert Jr. catch was one of the only bright moments this afternoon. | Dylan Buell/Getty Images But they did manage a hit by the fifth inning It looked for just a second, perhaps two seconds, as if the White Sox were going to have enough good fortune to have a crack at sweeping the Reds. Miguel Vargas led off with a dribbler to third off of Nick Martinez and was initially ca...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #1: Cincinnati Reds

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images At least you’re not a Reds fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t condon...2025
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• How much do you miss manager-umpire arguments?

Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images I mean the knock-down-drag-out variety Don Kelly of the Pirates was ejected yesterday. I'm not sure if it was purely to inspire his team or not. Kelly was a little heated, and to be honest Clint Vondrak is a pill, so Don probably had a point. Terry Francona and Alex MacKay were ejected on Thursday night. The Reds were pretty subdued while getting run th...2025
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• Reds To Place Hunter Greene On IL With Groin Strain
Right right-hander Hunter Greene has a grade 1 right groin strain, per Mark Sheldon of MLB.com. He has not yet been placed on the 15-day injured list but manager Terry Francona says that will happen before Greene’s turn in the rotation comes up again. There’s no strict rush to make the move, as IL stints…...2025
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• Rhett Lowder Suffers Oblique Strain
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• ‘It’s Actually Incredible’ – Terry Francona Sighs in Relief Over Latest Update on Tyler Callihan’s Gruesome Injury
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona talked about the unfortunate injury Tyler Callihan suffered against the Atlanta Braves....2025
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It wasn’t the prettiest pitching line, but Smith-Shawver rolled through eight innings. AJ Smith-Shawver threw eight one-hit innings, no-hitting the Reds through seven, as the Braves used a single scoring inning to topple Brady Singer and the Reds on Monday night. While Smith-Shawver mostly let the defense behind him do the work and wa...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The city of Sacramento is torn over the Athletics. The Braves have a controversy as the team struggles. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Dan Moore has a wonderful essay on the city of Sacramento, the Athletics and the “Faustian” bargain that brought them together. Sacramento is hungry for an MLB team of its own, but the Athletics s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025

It was a good start | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Let’s be honest. You’re not here to read what I wrote today. You’re here to talk about the game yesterday. I’m not going to link to a bunch of different recaps posts. Matthew has got you covered with the RR recap. I won’t post too much more about that TOOTBLAN in the 8th (Pete Grathoff has me ...2025
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• 2025 Milwaukee Brewers primer for Opening Day

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The offseason is just about over as the Brewers are back in action on Thursday in New York The long offseason is officially over, as regular season baseball begins later today when the Brewers battle the Yankees in New York. After three games in The Big Apple, the Brewers will head to Milwaukee for their home opener on Monday as baseball returns to American Fam...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Multiple projections have the NL Central as the tightest division race, with all five teams expected to compete Coming off another NL Central crown, the Brewers are once again among the most-doubted teams, as many pundits have picked the Cubs or even the Pirates or Reds to leapfrog the Crew. For the second ...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do the Royals need more pitching? David Lesky looks at how the Royals might decide roster spots this spring. They don’t have a ton of competitions really. I think you can look at the roster and know that probably 20 of the 26 roster spots are decided. A few of those that aren’t are relievers, which matter but are a little different be...2025
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• 'I texted him right away and said, "Are you crazy?"': Why Terry Francona and Bruce Bochy ditched retirement to manage again
Rounds of golf and relaxing vacations weren't enough to keep two skippers in their 60s away from the game for long....2025
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• COVID Notes: 3/7/21
The latest on coronavirus-related situations around baseball… Jose Ramirez and Franmil Reyes are both being held out of Indians training camp for breaking health and safety protocols, manager Terry Francona told reporters (including MLB.com’s Mandy Bell and the Akron Beacon Journal’s Ryan Lewis). The players self-reported their violations, which included dining together at a res...2021
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Inside the Chicago Cubs' Hiring of Joe Maddon, One of MLB's Best Managers
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"Using a torpedo bat, Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs with seven RBIs, as the Cincinnati Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14-3 on Monday night, and after the win, manager Terry Francona said "I think it's more the player than the bat."

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"Reds to hire Terry Francona as manager (source)"

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"When Terry Francona retires, his legacy will be less about his almost 2,000 wins and more about his ability to connect."

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"Terry Francona will return to manage Cleveland Guardians in 2023"

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"Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is stepping down for the remainder of this season to address some lingering health issues."

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"Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss his team's three-game series with the Pirates to undergo a "scheduled procedure" to address a gastrointestinal issue."

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"Two World Series rings belonging to Terry Francona have been recovered after they were stolen from the former Boston Red Sox manager last month, according to the Pima County (Ariz."

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"John Patsy "Tito" Francona, the father of Indians manager Terry Francona and a veteran of 15 Major League seasons, died Tuesday night at his home in New Brighton, Pa."

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"That is how Indians manager Terry Francona described the situation on Friday, when asked if the left fielder would be on the team's Opening Day roster."

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"Terry Francona, Red Sox manager, 2004-11: I remember talking to him."

2015
""We're trying to be pretty respectful to Mike and his family stuff," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said."

2014
"Terry Francona got the job."

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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0
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• The Braves hope to rebound against the Reds - and here’s how you can watch

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Atlanta and Cincinnati renew their old NL West rivalry. The Atlanta Braves wrap-up their home stand this week with a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. After a disappointing series loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta will try their luck against another former NL West foe. The Reds have been an early-season surprise in the NL Central...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, there was also a lot of ...2025
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• 2025 Milwaukee Brewers primer for Opening Day
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: How does the NL Central shake out?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. With spring training in the...2025
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0
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• Elly De La Cruz used the torpedo bat and had a MONSTER night

The torpedo is taking over. This is the torpedo bat’s world, and we’re just living in it. The innovative new bat design made waves over the weekend when the New York Yankees smashed nine home runs in a game against the Brewers, leading to players all over baseball making calls and trying to land a torpedo of their own. On Monday night Reds’ star Elly De La Cruz used the torpedo for the first time...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Can Brewers three-peat in the NL Central?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. In this week’s Reacts surve...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions
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• Spencer Steer To Begin Season On Reds’ Injured List
Spencer Steer hit during a minor league Spring Training game on Thursday, marking his first game action of any type since February 27. Despite this step forward, the bothersome right shoulder that has sidelined Steer for much of camp will result in a season-opening placement on the injured list, Reds manager Terry Francona told MLB.com’s…...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 19, 2025

Photo by Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB.com examines one player in each camp that is making the biggest impression, with pitcher Daniel Lynch IV representing the Kansas City Royals. There aren’t too many roster battles for the Royals this camp, but Lynch has made the biggest one — the fifth starter battle — at least an interesting conversation. His spring ERA jumped to 3.21 ...2025
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• Bryse Wilson shellacked, bats hijacked, White Sox fall to Reds, 7-1
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025
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• What the *$&#@*, White Sox, Clevinger again? Really?

New White Sox logo? | GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images Yet another Jerry Reinsdorf middle finger to the fans For this, the third time is definitely not the charm. It is just a pile of &$%# that the White Sox are shoving down the throats of their fans, one more chance for Jerry Reinsdorf to show how much he hates Sox fans for not adoring him sufficiently. Presumably, the choice to offer M...2025
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins

Jace LaViolette | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The college baseball season started this weekend. Storylines from Spring Training. Who might yet be traded? Plus other baseball news. Good morning. We had real baseball over the weekend, albeit the kind with aluminum bats. Jacob Rudner has 12 takeaways from NCAA baseball’s opening weekend. Rudner also has 18 college pitchers who stood out this...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Alex Bregman sweepstakes are over

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images And the Red Sox are the winners. The biggest lingering question of the offseason free agent market has finally been answered, and that’s: Who will sign Alex Bregman? The three biggest contenders were our own Cubs, the Detroit Tigers, and the Boston Red Sox. Despite a reportedly large offer from the Tigers, it was the Red Sox who won out and signed the forme...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 13

About 16 months after throwing out the first pitch at ALDS Game 1 in 2016, longtime veteran Tito Francona passed away. | Jason Miller/Getty Images Farewell, Tito 1968 The White Sox traded shortstop Ron Hansen and pitchers Dennis Higgins and Steve Jones to Washington for infielder Tim Cullen and pitchers Bob Priddy and Buster Narum. (On August 2, the Senators would flip Hansen back to the W...2025
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees

The Yankees’ championship drought is a feast compared to the Guardians’. Who will get a chance to snap it? The Championship Series is upon us and only four teams remain from the 30 who began the MLB season back in March. October winnowed the field to 12 playoff teams, the Wild Card round cut out four more, and now, the New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers a...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 11, 2024 According to the Cambridge Dictionary, one of the definitions for the word competitive is “eager to do better than others in an activity, esp. trying to win in a sports activity.” It’s not a word that usually needs defining, especially in the sports world. But it seems like the Rockies might nee...2024
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• Indians Won't Trade Mike Aviles out of Respect for Daughter, Who Has Leukemia
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• Terry Francona Says He Once Ate 17 Popsicles, Nearly Barfed All over His House
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• Reds to hire Terry Francona as manager (source)
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• Brantley likely to play Opening Day for Tribe
The paperwork is not done, but the work has been completed by Michael Brantley. That is how Indians manager Terry Francona described the situation on Friday, when asked if the left fielder would be on the team's Opening Day roster....2017
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Inside the Chicago Cubs' Hiring of Joe Maddon, One of MLB's Best Managers
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• Activation looming, Brantley set to join Indians
Left fielder Michael Brantley will join the Indians on Monday in Minnesota. That was all that manager Terry Francona was willing to reveal on Sunday morning while discussing Brantley's pending activation from the disabled list....2016
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• Theo Epstein Erases Losing Traditions as Baseball's Miracle Worker
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• 1st-Place Indians Make AL Central Statement with Sweep of Defending Champ Royals
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Yankees Try Building Without Opening Their Checkbook
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• Corey Kluber Gets Back on Track with an 18-K Start for the Ages
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• Indians' Carlos Carrasco Shows Why He Is Primed to Be Sleeper AL Cy Young Pick
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• The Braves hope to rebound against the Reds - and here’s how you can watch
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions
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• This day in Braves History: Braves coach Don Baylor gets hired as Cubs manager

Baylor spent one year on Atlanta’s coaching staff before joining the Cubs as the skipper. Braves Franchise History 1979: In separate deals, the New York Yankees acquire OF Ruppert Jones from the Seattle Mariners and C Rick Cerone and P Tom Underwood from the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up seven players, including popular 1B Chris Chambliss, SS Damaso Garcia, OF Juan Beniquez, and Ps Jim Beattie and...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Analyst has shocking update on former three-time MLB Manager of the Year

Longtime ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian supplied a significant on Thursday morning regarding the future of former manager Terry Francona....2024
• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Royals looking for a new throne

Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images Will KC be the next team hunting for new digs? Also, big news from the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Royals unveiled their plans for their future stadium, and the future of Royals baseball in Kansas City. We’re excited to share the future vision of Royals baseball. For more images and to learn about the economic impact of a bal...2023
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