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• Looking back on Henderson’s controversial out call; Albernaz on Orioles’ All-Stars; O’s-Red Sox lineups

BOSTON—In the top of the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s game, Gunnar Henderson led off with a grounder to first baseman Willson Contreras, who tossed to pitcher Tyler Samaniego who raced o the bag. First base umpire Ryan Blakney called Henderson out, and Orioles manager Craig Albernaz challenged the call. After a lengthy replay review, […]...2026
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• AL East Notes: Contreras, Suarez, Barger, Rogers, Cole
X-rays were negative on Willson Contreras‘ right hand after the Red Sox first baseman was hit by a 94mph pitch from Nick Martinez. The bruised hand forced Contreras out of the game after the first inning, and Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters (including the Boston Globe’s Tim Healey) that it isn’t yet known […]...2026
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• Red Sox 1B Contreras HBP on hand, leaves game
Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras left Sunday's game against the Rays at the end of first inning with a bruised right hand after he was hit by a fastball....2026
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• Free MLB home run picks, odds for May 7: Expert likes Willson Contreras in HR player prop bets for Thursday

SportsLine MLB expert Adam Thompson has the best home run prop bets you can make for Thursday, May 7...2026
• Cardinals may be ones to watch at the trade deadline

2026 was expected to be a rebuilding year for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals had been sellers during the offseason, trading pitcher Sonny Gray, third baseman Nolan Arenado, infielder Brandon Donovan and first baseman Willson Contreras....2026
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• Who Owned Baseball (WOB) – Updated for April 12, 2026

Who Owned Baseball for April 12, 2026 Earning 1 WOB Willson Contreras collected 4 hits, including a homer, as the Red Sox topped St. Louis, 9-3. Ty France went 3 for 3 with a homer as the Padres won again over Colorado, 7-2. Chris Sale held Cleveland to 1 run over 6 innings as the […]...2026
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• Preseason Prep - March 17, 2026
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) should see plenty of playing time in 2025 and will likely continue to occupy the DH even when Sean Murphy starts behind the plate. Why? Because the lefty hitter actually did pretty well against LHP in 2026. In 95 PA against southpaws, Baldwin hit .299 with 4 HR, 17 RBI, and 13 R while drawing walks at a 7.5% clip and fanning just 16% of the time. For comparison, he batted .26...2026
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• Preseason Prep-March 1, 2026
Around the League Willson Contreras-Red Sox-1B Willson Contreras was traded to the Red Sox during the offseason. Contreras is expected to be the Red Sox's full-time first baseman after making the transition from catcher to first base last year. Part of Contreras' appeal last year was that he would have catcher eligibility but get full playing time at 1B. That is gone this year, so Contreras is...2026
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• Preseason Prep - February 24, 2026
Jordan Lawlar (SS/3B/OF - ARI) - Lawlar has been starting in CF for the D-Backs in the early going this spring, and with a pair of singles and his 2nd HR on Monday, he's off to a great start if he wants to open the season as the team's starting CF. Lawlar had a very forgettable debut with Arizona last season, hitting 182/257/288 in 74 PAs and playing some pretty awful defense everywhere in the inf...2026
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• The 10 best Cubs vs. White Sox games

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The teams have been playing regular-season games for 29 seasons. Interleague play has been with us for 28 years (29 seasons), since 1997. It’s not new, nor is it going away. The Cubs and White Sox have played at least one series against each other in all 29 of those seasons, now at 149 total games. The series has been competitive, no matter how good or ba...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 23

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday to Joe Mather, Swish Nicholson has a big power day, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images At last, the Cubs face their biggest rivals. The Cubs have played 77 games this year and the Cardinals 78. This is the first time the teams have met in 2025. Have I mentioned how much I detest the balanced schedule? The good news for this rivalry is that all 13 games between the two teams remain, including the final three games of the season at Wrigley Field. For m...2025
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• Royals lose Ragans, Lugo - a pair of Cy Young finalists - to the Injured List

Cole Ragans fails to tag Willson Contreras after a wild pitch. Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans have both been dealing with injuries, both are worse than initially thought. The Royals announced today that both Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans had been added to the 15-day Injured List. Lugo’s addition is retroactive to May 14th, the last day he pitched. Left-handed pitchers Noah Cameron and Evan Sisk wil...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 7

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Starlin Castro’s* debut and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of ...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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• Baseball history unpacked, April 4

Photo by Stephen Green /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tuffy Rhodes* goes deeper and deeper and deeper and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 15

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson Day and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a...2024
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• Why Stop at One: Cubs' Near-Future Window to World Series Riches Wide Open
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• Corey Kluber Leading Indians Arms in Crushing Cubs' World Series Dreams
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"With two runners on and no outs, Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras stepped to the plate against veteran starter Brandon Woodruff."

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"Things really came apart in the third inning, with a Masyn Winn single, a wild pitch, a Donovan walk, and a Willson Contreras double made it 3-2 Cardinals."

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"He walked Willson Contreras right after that, but then retired 12 straight Cardinals before running out of gas in the seventh, and was lifted to a warm ovation with two out and two on in the seventh and 99 pitches."

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"6 bWAR as a backup to Miguel Montero and Willson Contreras."

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"For the second consecutive season, Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was elected to the American League All-Star team as a pitcher and hitter, while brothers William Contreras and Willson Contreras will both start for the National League."

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"That move comes amid a series of transactions, as Chicago has also placed catcher Willson Contreras on the 10-day injured list with a sprained knee, reinstated catcher Austin Romine from the 60-day injured list, selected the contract of right-hander Ryan…"

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"With the Cubs fresh off a letdown of a season and perhaps seeking to shake up their core, catcher Willson Contreras was the subject of trade speculation at the beginning of the winter."

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"Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina appears to be taking exception to recent comments from Cubs catcher Willson Contreras about how he plans to be a better backstop than perennial All-Stars Molina and Buster Posey."

2017
"Willson Contreras drove in three runs and had an adventurous night, Javier Baez smacked a solo home run among four hits and Albert Almora Jr."

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"Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras each homered in the first inning, but it was Contreras' RBI single in the seventh that proved the difference in a 5-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park."

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"To say that Willson Contreras had a breakout season is an understatement."

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• Furious Willson Contreras offers warning to Brewers after getting hit again: ‘Take one of them out’

Contreras has had a history with the Brewers and getting hit by a pitch in Monday’s game marked the 24th time it had happened against Milwaukee, and the sixth time Woodruff had done so....2026
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• Poll: Do The Cardinals Have Another Trade In Them This Offseason?
The Cardinals have been one of the winter’s busiest teams. Sonny Gray, Willson Contreras, and Nolan Arenado were all shipped elsewhere to clear salary and add some young talent. The crown jewel on the team’s offseason was the three-team trade that sent Brendan Donovan to Seattle in exchange for two Competitive Balance draft picks and…...2026
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• Rockies 8, Cardinals 4: Riding the Crazy Train to victory

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Mickey Moniak and Brenton Doyle were the War Pigs that led the way for the Rox The runs came early and often for the Colorado Rockies, who held on to their early advantage for the entire game as they took home the win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. I Don’t Wanna Stop Mickey Moniak has been on the tear of his career lately. Since July 1st, he’s hi...2025
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• Cub Tracks takes the fifth

Jon Berti: Fireman of the Year? | Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The Cubs clubbed an octet of deep flies for the first time in team history and sent Miles Mikolas to the showers early in a lopsided contest. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Any MLB team c...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images What, YOU again? After not seeing the Cardinals for the first 77 games of 2025, now they’ll have seven games against them in a 13-game sequence. Thanks, schedule-makers. Hopefully this one works out better than the one last week. For more on the Cardinals, here’s Heather Simon, manager of our SB Nation Cardinals site Viva el Birdos, with a nod to the Fourth of July!...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs split their series against the Cardinals behind their second straight shutout. Last year’s Rizzo Award winner, Shōta Imanaga, returned and threw five scoreless innings. A Cubs bullpen coming off of one of their worst stretches of the year stopped the momentum on a dime and didn’t allow a run in this series. The bullpen came up huge in this series. They kep...2025
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• Cubs 3, Cardinals 0: Welcome back, Shōta Imanaga!

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs lefthander picked up where he left off in May. The Cubs completed the first half of the 2025 season with their 81st game Thursday, and ended that first half with a victory, 3-0 over the Cardinals, earning a series split. Five Cubs pitchers held the Cardinals to just three hits. Before I get to the recap of this game, I want to note that the Cubs finished sa...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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• White Sox drop their sixth straight game in 12-2 blowout loss to the Cardinals

Edgar Quero went 2-for-4 with an RBI and picked off a runner at first from behind the plate in Tuesday’s blowout loss to the Cardinals. | Zoe Davis/Getty Images Shane Smith got tagged for five runs in the second while most of the offense took a nap and the bullpen floundered It was a rough night for the White Sox (23-50) pitching staff, who got shelled for 13 hits and 12 runs in a 10-run l...2025
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• Cubs 5, Marlins 2: Home runs by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki are enough

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images And Colin Rea turned in yet another excellent start. In the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings Monday night at Wrigley Field, the Cubs had just five baserunners, only two getting past second base. Fortunately, a five-run fifth featuring two-run homers by Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki provided more than enough of...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 7
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81
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• White Sox drop their sixth straight game in 12-2 blowout loss to the Cardinals
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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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• Eli White hits clutch HR in Braves win

Eli White was the hero in the series finale. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Elder had his best game of the season, and Eli White hit his first HR of the season in a clutch spot to help the Braves win their second straight series. The Atlanta Braves took on the Cardinals in the series finale at home in a game that looked like it may be a high scoring affair due to both starting pitchers having...2025
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• Braves storm back late, then weather Cardinals’ outburst in 7-6 win

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves outlasted Erick Fedde, hung some runs on Phil Maton, and then survived a poor showing from Raisel Iglesias Sometimes, a sequential recounting of events makes sense for a recap. This is one of those times. Spencer Schwellenbach took the hill on Monday night in the series opener against the Cardinals looking to bounce back from one of the worst s...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The Yankees new bat is causing a stir. There are two new stadiums this year. Willson Contreras eats tape. We remember whom we’ve lost and other news from baseball. I don’t know whether I’m paying tribute to David Farragut or Tom Petty. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Brewers on Saturday and many were quick to credit/blame New York’s new “torpedo...2025
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• 2025 Heroes and Goats: Offseason attention

Getty Images Odds and ends from Hot Stove season Hello, Cubs fans. I hope you are all staying warm and enjoying the downtime as best you can between Cubs seasons. It’s been a wacky enough this winter that even down here in the Tampa we’ve had what we would call cold. If I followed things correctly, I think almost all of you would have been happy to come down here and deal with “cold” weath...2025
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• Cubs overwhelm Mets, maintain Central lead
Willson Contreras drove in three runs and had an adventurous night, Javier Baez smacked a solo home run among four hits and Albert Almora Jr. -- who entered the game in the seventh -- drove in a career-high six runs to back Jon Lester and spark the Cubs to a 17-5 victory Wednesday over the Mets at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Mets can't stop Cubs after Reyes' leadoff HR
Willson Contreras drove in three runs and had an adventurous night, Javier Baez smacked a solo home run among four hits and Albert Almora Jr. -- who entered the game in the seventh -- drove in a career-high six runs to back Jon Lester and spark the Cubs to a 17-5 victory Wednesday over the Mets at Wrigley Field....2017
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• C-Mart runs into trouble as Cards drop opener
The Cardinals-Cubs rivalry has historically been intense enough on its own, but it's overamped this weekend because of the close National League Central race. On Friday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs showed they're going to fight for the chance to repeat. Despite losing both starting pitcher John Lackey and catcher Willson Contreras to ejections, the Cubs rallied for an 8-2 victory....2017
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• Cubs ride 7-run 6th to eventful win over Cards
The Cardinals-Cubs rivalry has historically been intense enough on its own, but it's overamped this weekend because of the close National League Central race. On Friday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs showed they're going to fight for the chance to repeat. Despite losing both starting pitcher John Lackey and catcher Willson Contreras to ejections, the Cubs rallied for an 8-2 victory....2017
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• Cubs ride 7-run 6th to eventful win over Cards
The Cardinals-Cubs rivalry has historically been intense enough on its own, but it's overamped this weekend because of the close National League Central race. On Friday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs showed they're going to fight for the chance to repeat. Despite losing both starting pitcher John Lackey and catcher Willson Contreras to ejections, the Cubs rallied for an 8-2 victory....2017
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• Contreras, Bryant halt Cubs' 4-game skid
The Cubs came out swinging, and scoring, quickly on Friday night. Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras each homered in the first inning, but it was Contreras' RBI single in the seventh that proved the difference in a 5-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park....2016
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• Backyard BBQ: Host Cubs rout Reds on 4th
After being swept by the Mets in New York, all the Cubs needed to snap a four-game losing streak was a little home cooking and a game against the Reds. Kris Bryant belted his National League-leading 24th home run, Addison Russell drove in three runs, including a pair on his ninth homer, and rookie Willson Contreras added a solo shot to power the Cubs to a 10-4 victory on Monday over the Reds at Wr...2016
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• Lackey, Contreras ejected after disputed call
As if the Cardinals-Cubs series needed any more tension, Cubs pitcher John Lackey and catcher Willson Contreras were both ejected after arguing with home-plate umpire Jordan Baker in Friday's opener at Wrigley Field....2017
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• White Sox drop their sixth straight game in 12-2 blowout loss to the Cardinals
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• St. Louis baseball media had some unique takes on Miles Mikolas’ ejection last night
Mikolas tries to explain baseball to umpires | Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Mikolas was ejected for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ. The Cubs and Cardinals have one of the best rivalries in sports and that means every time these two teams come together there is the potential for some seriously entertaining baseball. There is also always the potential for drama. After all, playi...2023
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• I’ll Buy Your Mirror, Nico
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Little Nico Hoerner said he could play middle or corner or any of the field's orifices, After a meeting in David Ross's office. He stuck out his thumb, Indicating hitchhiking or he could play with aplomb, And said, "Eric Sogard sucks, so here I am.'" Not sure that's how the poem...2021
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• Rolling In The Deep: A Look At Cheap Catchers
It’s mid-March, and we here at the Razzball Deep League Department have taken a look at late-round outfielders and each of the infield positions, which can only mean one thing… it’s time to move on to catchers. I know, I'm already bored too, but think of how good it'll feel getting it checked off our list. There were some epic catcher disappointments last year (don’t get me started on the team w...2021
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• Looking back on Henderson’s controversial out call; Albernaz on Orioles’ All-Stars; O’s-Red Sox lineups
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• Free MLB home run picks, odds for May 7: Expert likes Willson Contreras in HR player prop bets for Thursday
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• Changes, Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox added the following players to their 2026 MLB roster: Willson Contreras, 1B Caleb Durbin, 2B Isiah Kiner-Falefa, INF Ranger Suarez, SP Sonny Gray, SP Johan Oviedo, SP Kyle Keller, RP Ryan Watson, RP The Red Sox revamped their starting rotation, the most notable change to the team. Rangers Suarez and Sonny […]...2026
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees preview, Friday 7/11, 6:05 CT

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Cubs visit Yankee Stadium for a weekend series. Friday notes... DON’T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK: The Cubs are 7-18 against the Yankees in interleague play. Their .280 winning percentage is the worst vs. the Yankees among current National League teams. The Astros were .111 (1-8) before switching to the American League after 2012. T...2025
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• Cubs 11, Cardinals 0: After actual rain, the Cubs rained down hits and runs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs waited out a rain delay and then unleashed a storm of runs. Matthew Boyd was named a 2025 All-Star and went out Sunday evening and showed why, shutting down the Cardinals for five innings. Meanwhile, his teammates put together a 13-hit attack, including a home run from All-Star snub (at least for now) Seiya Suzuki, and shut out the rival Cardinals 11-0, ta...2025
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals

The Cubs celebrate a walkoff and a series win against the Pirates | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs are in the middle of a seven-game stretch against division rivals. The Cubs maintained a 5½ game lead in the division over the weekend taking three of four from the Pirates, but now the real fun starts. The second place Brewers are heading to Wrigley Field for a three-game set, there...2025
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons

David Banks-Imagn Images There’s something else that this signing would do for the Cubs. With Kyle Tucker off to a great start with the Cubs, the chorus of voices urging Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to open up the team wallet and sign Tucker to an extension before he hits free agency has gotten louder. While there’s no question about Tucker’s abilities on the field — he’s hitting the way he ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto tops the free agent market

Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images But what will it take to sign him? There are plenty of big names out there who have now hit the free agent market, but likely none is bigger than Yankees’ slugger Juan Soto. Soto, agented by Scott Boras, is sure to fetch a tidy sum, and plenty of teams are already making overtures to try and get him on their roster. Al will have m...2024
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• Cubs Aren’t Trading Willson Contreras, Ian Happ
After months of speculation, the Cubs will pass the trade deadline without moving two of their biggest trade chips. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that both catcher Willson Contreras and outfielder Ian Happ will both be staying put in Wrigleyville. It hasn’t exactly been a quiet deadline for the Cubs, as Mychal Givens, David Robertson,…...2022
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• Cubs’ Ian Happ Drawing Significant Trade Interest
Willson Contreras generates the most public speculation with the trade deadline a week away, but teammate outfielder Ian Happ has emerged as one of the more in-demand names on the trade market, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports. That’s particularly notable when paired with Happ’s recent acknowledgment that the team has not approached him about a contract…...2022
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• NL Central Notes: Contreras, Mikolas, Brewers
Willson Contreras “wasn’t bothered at all” by trade speculation during the offseason, and if anything, the catcher was flattered by other teams’ interest. “The rumors didn’t bother me,” Contreras told The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney and other reporters. “It’s the other way — those rumors make me proud because of where I come from, everything that…...2021
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• MLB rumors: Angels targeting Cubs' Willson Contreras in trade; Red Sox eyeing Jake Odorizzi
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• Willson Contreras Discusses Trade Rumors, Future
With the Cubs fresh off a letdown of a season and perhaps seeking to shake up their core, catcher Willson Contreras was the subject of trade speculation at the beginning of the winter. Contreras hasn’t gone anywhere, though, and now looks likely to begin the 2020 campaign as a member of the Cubs – the…...2020