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• The play that broke the Royals offense

Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who could’ve known the lasting impact of this play? The Royals were riding high last August. They just wrapped up a series win in Cleveland and were right in the thick of the division race, clawing back from being 10 games back at one point. They were off to Houston, a team they swept with ease way back in April. The offense w...2025
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• The Padres are playing with a 25-man roster

AJ Preller | Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports A.J. Preller has to make changes In their first game against the rival LA Dodgers, the Padres got great production from utility man, and current left fielder, Tyler Wade. He tripled in the bottom of the third against Dustin May and pushed the Padres into the lead, 6-5. In the bottom of the sixth, Brandon Lockridge pinch-hit for Wade when reliev...2025
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• Padres’ terrible, awful, no good, very bad week

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes from week #8 All numbers entering today (so before their win vs. Atlanta) The San Diego Padres were swept over two series versus the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. They scored three runs versus the Mariners and were shutout the first two games versus the Blue Jays. The last game of the Toronto series went into extra inning...2025
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• Padres release Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Will sign with Nippon Baseball The San Diego Padres have given outfielder Oscar Gonzalez his unconditional release to allow him to pursue a job in Japan with the Nippon Professional Baseball organization, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic. After trading Connor Joe last week, the Padres are parting with another left-field option. They placed Oscar ...2025
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps

Jake Cronenworth | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Notes from week #6 The San Diego Padres swept the Pittsburgh Pirates then lost two of three to the New York Yankees amidst bad weather in both locations and a bullpen meltdown, the first in the first month and a half of the season. They also had a major overhaul of the lineup, getting Brandon Lockridge and Jackson Merril...2025
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• Padres have an ‘invaluable’ 26th man

Tyler Wade | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Tyler Wade wins on the margins The San Diego Padres broke spring camp with Brandon Lockridge and Yuli Gurriel as their last roster picks. Both Eguy Rosario and Tyler Wade were out of options and had to be placed on waivers. Both cleared waivers and accepted minor league contracts, both being assigned to Triple-A El Paso. The Padres were surprised th...2025
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• Padres keep the boat afloat

Fernando Tatis Jr and Jose Iglesias | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Notes from week #5 The San Diego Padres finished their fifth week of the season with a two-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants after being swept in three games by the Tampa Bay Rays. Their lowest point of this young season was concluded when first baseman Luis Arraez and left fielder Jason Heyward both returned f...2025
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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways

Luis Arraez and Manny Machado hug it out | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Luis Arraez and Jason Heyward are back First baseman and occasional DH, Luis Arraez spent a week recovering from a significant concussion suffered in a collision at first base on April 20. For the first few days after the injury he had headaches and didn't want to see or talk to anyone. Quite the change for a p...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 30, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Welcome to The Show, Noah Cameron. Sam McDowell pleads for the Kansas City Royals to give Bobby Witt Jr. more help, and fast. [$] Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is hitting everything these days, and he redirected the pitch down the third-base line, a double Sunday extending his career-best hitting streak to 19 games. Witt has been on...2025
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• The San Diego Padres are down to their last man

Yuli Gurriel | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Luis Campusano is the last position player available Major league managers and players often say that it takes an entire 40-man roster to make it through a major league season. Little did manager Mike Shildt or any of the Padres leadership anticipate that would be true less than a month into the 2025 season. The rash of injuries to the po...2025
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• Padres are hunting, not fishing

Bogaerts and Tatis Jr | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week #3 All stats except their record are entering April 18 The San Diego Padres are 15-5, the best record in baseball. Top of the NL West and 0.5 games up on the Dodgers. They just lost their first home game after going 11 straight wins. There isn’t much to criticize, but the most impressive thing is how they keep do...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Padres display a sense of urgency Every year when spring training comes to a close the words you hear from virtually every team viewing themselves in contention for the playoffs is that it is important to get off to a fast start. Considering the way the Padres played in the spring—a 12-17 record and leaking runs all over the place—gettin...2025
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• 2025 Royals season preview: They didn’t come this far just to come this far

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals had a surprise run, but the taste of the post-season left them wanting more. A year ago, even the most optimistic Royals fans would have had a hard time envisioning the season playing out the way it did. The team was coming off its seventh consecutive losing season - three of which were 100-loss seasons, including a 2023 se...2025
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• It’s time for Bobby to play some ball

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The phenom has been given a large platform, but has failed to deliver thus far. What if they held a playoff series, and no stars showed up? The American League Division Series was hyped as a platform for two of the game’s best players - Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. Each of them also had a second banana in the lineup worthy of the spotlight as well - Juan Soto h...2024
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• Royals win ALDS game 2 with one big inning and excellent pitching

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning during game two of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images And a Salvador Perez home run! This series was supposed to be a quick and easy one for the New York Yankees. It has not been. New York barely managed to escape the fi...2024
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• Top First Basemen To Get Before ADP And FAAB
Welcome Back! You made it just in time before we embark on a long awaited journey it seems like right? I can't wait for all the starting pitchers on my team to make it 4 2/3 innings before they get pulled for their pitch count and I scream for Kolten Wong to stop fouling off balls off Kyle Hendricks so he can at least be in line for the win. I mean I probably only have 1 share of Hendricks but we ...2022
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"First baseman Yuli Gurriel (as per reporter Francys Romero), infielder Jose Iglesias (as per Jon Heyman of the New York Post) and catcher Martin Maldonado (as per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune) will officially have their minor…"

2024
"Yuli Gurriel led off the fifth inning with a single to center to snap a streak of 12 straight batters retired by Burnes."

2023
"Bellinger hit a comebacker, but Marlins first baseman Yuli Gurriel dropped the throw and Bellinger was safe at first."

2022
"The Astros removed Yuli Gurriel (knee injury) from the World Series roster ahead of Game 6, replacing him with catcher Korey Lee."

2021
"The Astros are set to exercise their $8MM club option to bring Yuli Gurriel back for 2022, the first baseman himself announced on Twitter."

2020
"Just hours before postseason play begins, the Astros announced that they’ve extended first baseman Yuli Gurriel on a one-year deal that includes a club option for the 2022 season."

2019
"Yuli Gurriel has been an invaluable piece."

2018
"Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel had surgery on a bone in his left hand Wednesday, and will miss the start of the regular season."

2017
"Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series."

2016
"HOUSTON -- Astros infielder Yuli Gurriel, a Cuban who was dealing with the sudden death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, hung an Astros jersey with Fernandez's name and Number 16 in the dugout during Monday's game against the Mariners to honor his fellow countryman."

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• Padres keep the boat afloat
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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 30, 2025
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• The San Diego Padres are down to their last man
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• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?

Yuli Gurriel | David Banks-Imagn Images Return of key players could, should mean end of the line for San Diego bench pieces The core of the San Diego Padres from a position player standpoint, is Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Jackson Merrill joined that group with his team-friendly contract extension earlier this year. First HR of the season for ...2025
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• Michael King dominates Guardians, Padres win

Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego improves to 6-0 San Diego Padres pitcher Michael King worked five scoreless innings and struck out 11 batters while leading the Padres to a 7-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Petco Park, Tuesday. King started the game with a walk to Cleveland leadoff hitter Steven Kwan, but settled in quickly. He retired a string of eig...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres squeak out a win at Wrigley

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 7, 2025. Articles to read Padres claw back against Cubs, get win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres fans may want Yuli Gurriel gone but it isn’t happening now (me) Padres have a Yuli Gurriel and Jason Heyward problem (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres rally to beat Cubs on wi...2025
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• Padres have a Yuli Gurriel and Jason Heyward problem

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Options are available for underperforming veterans Ten games into the 2025 MLB season is a very small sample size for any player. But a quick look at the early season stats show a glaring gap between Yuli Gurriel/Jason Heyward and the other eleven position players on the daily roster. Before the first game against the Atlanta Braves, the Padres optione...2025
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• Padres notch win with Manny Machado sidelined

Randy Vasquez | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Randy Vasquez deals six scoreless The San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves were scoreless in the bottom of the seventh inning when Yuli Gurriel pinch hit for Gavin Sheets. With runners at first and second, Gurriel delivered a ground ball to left field just past the diving shortstop. Jake Cronenworth scored from second base and the Pa...2025
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• Padres roster taking shape

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Gavin Sheets added to 40-man roster The San Diego Padres have until Wednesday of next week to finalize their 26-man roster for the beginning of the 2025 season. Outfielder/first baseman Gavin Sheets had an opt-out available to him with his minor league contract, and the spring production he has shown would absolutely guarantee he would be grab...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Infielders

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images A return to form by the team’s starting infield would go a long way toward lifting the Braves back to the playoffs in 2025. Coming into the 2024 season, the Atlanta Braves’ infield looked to be among the best in the National League. Matt Olson was coming off a 54-homer campaign with a 161 wRC+. Austin Riley had produced three consecutive 30+ home run cam...2025
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• Braves suffer another excruciating loss 1-0 in San Diego

David Frerker-Imagn Images Bad luck and bad offense sunk the Braves, who are still seeking their first win of the season. Still looking for their first win of the season in game 3, the Braves were hoping Spencer Schwellenbach could twirl a gem and the Braves’ offense could tee off against Randy Vasquez. Things got off to a good start, as Vasquez walked the first two Braves’ batters of th...2025
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• Top catching prospect Drake Baldwin knocking on the door in 2025

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Baldwin discussed his rise from third-round pick to becoming Atlanta’s top prospect. Despite no longer ranking among the top farm systems in the game, the Atlanta Braves continue to produce prospects with significant upside on a regular basis. Many of those players have become important cogs in the machine on a perennial postseason c...2025
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• Eguy Rosario’s versatility should put him ahead of other Padres in bench competition

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images There are a ton of options to fill out the rest of the bench. One stands out in early in spring Padres manager Mike Shildt loves how many options he has to fill out the roster. Before getting to those options, here are the 11/13 spots we know will be taken. Luis Arraez Jake Cronenworth Xander Bogaerts Manny Machado Tyler Wade Connor Joe Jason Heyward Jac...2025
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• What Royals payroll looks like for 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Will John Sherman continue spending? The Royals made waves last winter by being one of the biggest spenders of the winter, pushing their Opening Day payroll to $115 million, the highest it had been since 2018. While J.J. Picollo says the budget has not been set for next year, he expects owner John Sherman to offer the same kind of payroll flexibility the Ro...2024
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• Royals lose seesaw affair, 6-5

Kansas City Royals pitcher John Schreiber (46) reacts during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Neither team’s best MVP candidate could come up with a hit in this one From the first inning it was obvious that neither team was going to be content to have one of the low-scoring affa...2024
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended for five games during the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Yuli Gurriel won't miss any World Series games
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• Astros’ Yuli Gurriel Apologizes After a Racist Gesture Aimed at Yu Darvish
Gurriel made the gesture after hitting a home run off Darvish in Game 3 of the World Series. He is facing possible discipline from Major League Baseball....2017
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• Yuli Gurriel suspended five regular-season games for racist gesture in Game 3
Gurriel admitted he knew his actions in Game 3 were offensive to Asians...2017
• Astros come from behind to stun Yankees
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel knocked a two-run double in the eighth inning, completing Houston's four-run comeback and stealing the second game of the series, 7-6, from New York at Minute Maid Park, spoiling some Yankees' firsts after Didi Gregorius hit his first career grand slam and Clint Frazier homered in his first MLB game....2017
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• Didi's slam, Frazier's big debut go for naught
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel knocked a two-run double in the eighth inning, completing Houston's four-run comeback and stealing the second game of the series, 7-6, from New York at Minute Maid Park, spoiling some Yankees' firsts after Didi Gregorius hit his first career grand slam and Clint Frazier homered in his first MLB game....2017
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• Houston Knocks Down Nathan’s Offerings Like It’s A July 4th Contest
Kyle Tucker (2-for-5, 6 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer) has three asses, because he's -- count them with me now -- an unassuming assassin. Kyle Tucker, who looks like he just walked in from the library and wants to watch TV but his roommate is having people over, homered again. pic.twitter.com/JTg5reVE4K — Razzball (@Razzball) May 18, 2022 That photo of him brings me so much joy. He's like, "I'...2022
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• Top 25 First Basemen for 2022 Fantasy Baseball
Closer and Closer we can see the light beaming ever so strongly as we make our way to the start of our baseball journey. April Day baseball will be upon us soon, DFS lineups to pour over, lineup decisions hmmm do I start Jace Peterson or Josh Harrison this week can't wait right? Man I've never been so interested in the Chicago weather when I wake up than I do from April-Sept. Well we all ...2022
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• Padres 6, Rockies 0: My kingdom for an offense

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Rockies held scoreless for the first time in a three-game series The Colorado Rockies couldn’t be getting out of San Diego soon enough. A difficult first two games left the team with some determination to muster any sort of offense after going scoreless through 18 innings. Unfortunately, all they could muster was two hits as they were shut out for ...2025
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• Michael King dominates Guardians, Padres win
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• Top catching prospect Drake Baldwin knocking on the door in 2025
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• Examining the Padres 2025 payroll

AJ Preller | Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Not as bleak as we thought As spring training got started last week, Padres general manager AJ Preller had his first media availability for the new season. Within a few days the Padres had signed outfielder Jason Heyward, outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, RHP Nick Pivetta and LHP Kyle Hart. There were also some minor league signings that don...2025
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• MLB rumors: Marlins closing in on Yuli Gurriel; Trevor Story hopeful he can be back in 2023

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• The Pieces Around Them Change, but Houston’s Core Sets the Tone

Jose Altuve, Yuli Gurriel and Alex Bregman have reached the A.L.C.S. in six straight seasons. Through triumph and scandal, they have taught a rotating cast of teammates how to win....2022
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• Six Pack of Stats: Astros 3, White Sox 2
FanGraphs Valdez rolls for 20th consecutive game; Houston prevents Chicago offense from taking off Ah, well, five’s a good number, right? The White Sox winning streak came to an end tonight, finally falling to an Astros team that probably wasn’t going to get mopped for four games under any circumstance. At the very least, they almost certainly weren’t going to lose three consecutive games ...2022
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• The terrible agony of hope
Dylan didn’t have his best, but the White Sox won. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Liveblogging how much every moment contains the universe As I start this article, on Tuesday, shortly before the (presumed) pitching match of the year and the latest in the Most Important Game of the Year for the White Sox, my dog scrabbling at the floor, desperately trying to retrieve a ratty tennis ball th...2022
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• Yu Darvish delivers savage response to Astros fan on Twitter
Yu Darvish has a lot of questions about the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, but he’s managed to take it in stride despite being one of its biggest victims. That continued Sunday. Darvish voiced his opinion that the Astros should be stripped of their World Series title in light of the cheating they engaged in. Naturally, some Astros fans on Twitter who were happy to blindly defend their organizat...2020
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• The Astros' apologies did little to repair their image
Shortly after Astros owner Jim Crane, new manager Dusty Baker and players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve addressed the media in a press conference regarding their sign-stealing scandal on Thursday, the clubhouse was opened up for the entire roster to offer comments on the ordeal. Their comments created quite the contrast with those still emerging from others around the league. George Springer, Josh ...2020
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