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• The Michael Wacha deal might already look cheap

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images This free agency season is looking to be significantly more expensive than people were expecting. Michael Wacha signed up for a return to Kansas City quickly and at a cost that looked pretty much like what you would expect. His three years and $17 million in average annual value (AAV) was slightly under the crowdsourced median at Fangraphs at the same lengt...2024
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• 2024-25 MLB offseason hot stove open thread & transaction log

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With Winter Meetings set to begin on Sunday, the hot stove is about to heat up (or so we hope) With the MLB offseason well underway and the Winter Meetings set to begin on Sunday, Dec. 8, we’re leaving this open thread up for Brewers fans to discuss all the happenings around the league. We’ll also keep trac...2024
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• Diamondbacks’ Starters Drawing Trade Interest
As free agent starters begin to find new homes — Blake Snell, Yusei Kikuchi, Frankie Montas, Matthew Boyd and Kyle Hendricks have all signed in the past two weeks — interest in the Diamondbacks’ collection of rotation arms has “started to pick up,” general manager Mike Hazen tells Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. The…...2024
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays roster churn may continue as two core members of the team’s pitching staff, also two of the team’s highest paid players, are generating trade interest. The Rays are sure to be active on the trade market as they have several players that teams would love to add to their respective rosters. The MLB Winter Meetings take place next w...2024
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• Free Agent Faceoff: Luis Severino/Nick Pivetta
The market for starting pitching this winter has moved a bit more rapidly than the rest of free agency so far, with lefties Blake Snell and Yusei Kikuchi both having already found new homes with the Dodgers and Angels, respectively. This year’s pitching market is characterized by the depth of quality arms available, however, and…...2024
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• The Royals are becoming a perennial juggernaut

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate after their team defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game One of the Wild Card Series | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images It’s still early, but the Royals have already signaled an aggressive posture for their second consecutive offseason. Thanksgiving may be in the past, but I’m thankful the Royals didn’t wait for Bl...2024
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• The Royals are becoming a perennial juggernaut
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• BCB After Dark: Thankful for the Cubs

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which Cub were you most thankful for this year. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please have a pre-holiday drink with us. There’s no cover charge. It’s warm inside and cold out there. We still have a few tables available. Brin...2024
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• Braves News: Ray Kerr returns, Chadwick Tromp review, more

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Happy Thanksgiving everyone! From the entire Battery Power masthead, we hope you have a wonderful day celebrating however you choose and being thankful for whatever it is you feel thankful for, even if it is as simple as the beautifully profound gift of life itself. From a Braves’ perspective, there is a lot to...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs have made a better offer for Kikuchi?

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should have signed Yusei Kikuchi for what the Angels gave him. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you decided to stop in tonight. We hope you’re having a great week. Come on in out of the cold. There’...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs trade for a closer from the North?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should try to trade for Brewers closer Devin WIlliams. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s so good to see you. The cover charge has been waived tonight. We can check your coat if you want. We sti...2024
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• Ranking this off-season’s free agents

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will the Royals spend on any? The World Series begins tomorrow, and immediately after they crown a champion, eligible players become free agents. The Royals were one of the most active teams last off-season, and GM J.J. Picollo has said he expects the same kind of financial flexibility from ownership this season. Which free agents could th...2024
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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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• The state of the American League race

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who will battle for the pennant? With a little over two weeks left in the regular season, the Royals seem poised to make their first playoff appearance in nine seasons. They currently sit in the second Wild Card spot, with a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff spot, and a 92 percent chance of making the post-season, according to Fangraphs. For the post-...2024
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• Gamethread CXXXVII - Royals at Astros

Starting pitcher Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after walking in a run during the second inning against the Cleveland Guardians of game one of a doubleheader at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Royals can’t split if they don’t win tonight Thursday night, the Royals endured a brutal injury that put the first...2024
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• Six Pack of Stats: Blue Jays 8, White Sox 0
The White Sox never even had a chance. | FanGraphs It’s just pathetic at this point FanGraphs It’s just been an ugly, ugly season, and we’re only 25 games into it. The White Sox have not scored a run in 24 innings and its the worst 25-game start since 1986, the one and only year of Ken Harrelson’s GM tenure. At this point, I’m longing for the days of .500 baseball. At...2023
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"The Angels have been the most aggressive team in baseball during the first month of the offseason, and they continued that pattern this morning by reaching an agreement with free agent left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on a three-year deal worth $63MM, per a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post."

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"Yusei Kikuchi had nine strikeouts over six strong innings to lead the Blue Jays to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto on Saturday."

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"The Blue Jays are signing left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network."

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"Mariners left-hander Yusei Kikuchi has told the team that he is declining his $13MM player option for the 2022 season, according to The Athletic’s Corey Brock (Twitter link)."

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"The documentary "Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams," premiering Monday on ESPN, chronicles the tournament that made stars out of Shohei Ohtani and Yusei Kikuchi."

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"Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi “has a deal with the Mariners," according to Fancred’s Jon Heyman."

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"It appears the next player to jump from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to the Major Leagues will be Seibu Lions left-hander Yusei Kikuchi."

• The Michael Wacha deal might already look cheap
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• 2024-25 MLB offseason hot stove open thread & transaction log
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• Diamondbacks’ Starters Drawing Trade Interest
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest
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• The Royals are becoming a perennial juggernaut
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• BCB After Dark: Thankful for the Cubs
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• Free Agent Prediction Contest Leaderboard Now Available
Our free agent prediction contest leaderboard is now available! Three of MLBTR’s top 50 free agents have signed: Nick Martinez, Yusei Kikuchi, and Blake Snell. Over 4,300 people entered the contest, and six have jumped out to an early lead by guessing all three pitchers’ destinations correctly. If you’re looking for the leaderboard later, it…...2024
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• Snell to the Dodgers
ESPN reports the Dodgers and free agent pitcher Blake Snell agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract, including a $52 million signing bonus. Snell should be worth about 14.7 WAR over the life of this contract, putting the dollars per WAR at about $12.3 million. Note that’s a higher $/WAR than Yusei Kikuchi received from […]...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Blake Snell is the first to go

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The hot stove means we know big changes are coming to some teams. Hot stove season means we know that a lot of changes will be coming to teams around baseball, either by offloading talent to save money and stock up the farm system, or attempting to bolster their rosters and make a run for the 2025 offseason. Blake Snell signed a deal late...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs have made a better offer for Kikuchi?
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 26, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images What’s next for the Royals? Ben Clemens at Fangraphs reviews the Jonathan India-Brady Singer trade. Kansas City’s side isn’t quite so clear, because India makes the team’s DH and second base rotations tricky, but I still think it was worth it for a club that has great pitching but struggles to score runs. Like Cincinnati, the Royals are always going to be de...2024
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• BCB After Dark: What about Yusei Kikuchi?

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you about free agent left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the autumn chill. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a few tables available. Let us know if we ca...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• The Facade Falls Off for Assad - Sept. 26, 2024
Javier Assad, SP, CHC Assad fell apart against the Phillies on Wednesday, allowing 8 ER's including 3 HR's in 4.1 IP, while striking out 3 and walking 3. Assad spent the first two years of his career far outpitching his peripherals, posting a 3.06 ERA in 2022-2023 despite a 4.49 xFIP. He continued the mirage at the start of this season recording a 1.49 ERA and 4.08 xFIP through his first 9 turns...2024
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• Previewing the Royals’ postseason roster

Tommy Pham #22 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after striking out in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Who makes the cut? What’s their role? Two weeks ago I wrote an article, “The Royals are definitely going to the playoffs.” Since that time the Royals have gone ...2024
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• The state of the American League race
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Ragans was amazing until he wasn’t. Here’s a rule change the Royals could get behind if it were applied to tonight: let the Royals choose one inning to eliminate from the final results. If you did th...2024
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• Stone Cold! - August 19, 2024
Gavin Stone Stone was absolutely electric for the Dodgers on Monday night, tossing 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K. He only allowed five hard hit balls and collected an incredible 37% CSW. Stone thrives on strike throwing, execution, and weak contact. His stuff is also respectable, which all combined makes for spark outings like this one every now and then. He isn't a strikeout guy all the time (18.7% ...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Thankful for the Cubs
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• Outside The Confines: Blake Snell is the first to go
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 26, 2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs trade for a closer from the North?
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• Houston Texans News: Texans RB Joe Mixon named team captain

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, October 8, 2024. Houston Texans News Sizing up the Detroit Lions | Daily Brew (HoustonTexans.com) Texans Not Adding Extra Pressure vs. Lions (Sports Illustrated) LOOK: Texans set to debut ‘Battle Red’ jerseys and chrome helmets vs. Lions on ‘Sunday Night Footb...2024
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• Caminero Returns To Give Some Brief Hope In Another Loss: Astros 3, Rays 2

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Alex Bregman’s homer and Josh Hader’s save secured Houston’s 3-2 win over the Rays. Tonight was supposed to be about the return of the No. 2 prospect in baseball, Junior Caminero, to the Tampa Bay Rays from Triple-A Durham. Instead, Houston Astros’ Yordan Alvarez broke the scoreboard in Tropicana Field during batting practice before a game with little of...2024
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• Cub Tracks takes two

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Motorola Cubs take the second game of the series and their third in a row. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steep...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline 2024: Grading all 30 teams’ moves

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The dust has settled after a frenzied final few hours of trade activity. How did your team fare? The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. There will be waiver claims, minor signings, injury returns, and other internal promotions from this point onward, but in general, each team’s roster now features the primary players who wi...2024
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• Kikuchi strikes out 9 as Blue Jays top MLB-best Rays for 2nd straight game
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• Blue Jays To Sign Yusei Kikuchi
The Blue Jays are signing left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network. It’s a three-year, $36MM contract. (Twitter links) More to come....2022
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• Victorious Blue Jays swat 3 home runs against Pirates in pre-season opener
Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi threw two scoreless innings as Toronto opened its Grapefruit League schedule with a 9-7 win over the hometown Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon in Bradenton, Fla....2023
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• Inside the regimented, raucous culture of Japanese baseball
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• Yusei Kikuchi To Decline Player Option, Test Free Agency
Mariners left-hander Yusei Kikuchi has told the team that he is declining his $13MM player option for the 2022 season, according to The Athletic’s Corey Brock (Twitter link). The southpaw will now enter the free agent market after three seasons in Seattle. As per the unusual structure of Kikuchi’s contract, the Mariners had until Friday…...2021
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• Angels To Sign Yusei Kikuchi
The Angels have been the most aggressive team in baseball during the first month of the offseason, and they continued that pattern this morning by reaching an agreement with free agent left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on a three-year deal worth $63MM, per a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Kikuchi, 33, spent nine…...2024
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• Toronto Blue Jays series preview: Whit returns to the K
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images How will Royals fans respond? The Blue Jays have amassed a nice collection of young hitters, and have surrounded young ace Alek Manoah with a veteran rotation, helping them win 90+ games the last two seasons. They’ll have higher expectations this season, hoping to win their first post-season game since 2016. It will be their first full season under skipper...2023
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Blue Jays series preview

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Cubs head to Canada for the second straight year. On a personal note: These will be the first games the Cubs play in Toronto that I will not attend in person. I went there for series in 2003, 2008, 2014 and 2022, but it was a bit much to go there two years in a row, especially after the trip to London. Perhaps again in 2025. For more on the Jays, h...2023
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• The Facade Falls Off for Assad - Sept. 26, 2024
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• Stone Cold! - August 19, 2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 1, 2024
SP Notes Corbin Burnes, BAL The Orioles will be counting on the newly-acquired Burnes to be the ace of their rotation this season, especially with Kyle Bradish set to open the season on the IL. Burnes was among the elite pitchers in baseball from 2020-2022, posting a 2.62 ERA, 2.66 xFIP, 11.86 K/9, and 2.29 BB/9 across those three seasons. He took a step back last season, recording a still solid...2024
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• Is Zac Gallen the best pitcher in baseball right now? - April 27, 2023
Zac Gallen (SP-ARI) continued his lights-out start to the season with another dominant outing on Wednesday, twirling 6 1/3 scoreless frames and racking up 12 strikeouts against the Royals. The 12 punchouts were a season-high for Gallen, who scattered four hits and didn't walk anybody en route to his fourth straight win. After a rocky start to the year in his first two outings, the former Cy Young ...2023
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• Is Hunter Brown becoming a fantasy ace? - April 16, 2023
Domingo German (SP-NYY) dominated the Twins on Saturday for his first win of the season, racking up 11 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. German was incredibly sharp in one of the best outings of his career so far, yielding just three hits and no walks while throwing 58 of his 78 pitches for strikes. It was a strong rebound effort for the 30-year-old righty, who bounced back from a pai...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 24, 2023
Raisel Iglesias, RP, ATL Iglesias is dealing with inflammation in his shoulder and will open the season on the IL. He had been set to serve as the team's closer, a role which he has operated in for most of his career. He has been excellent throughout, finishing 6 of the last 7 seasons with an ERA under 3.00. The past 3 seasons have been even better, as his BB% has improved, pushing his WHIP bel...2023
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• Hope Rain Doesn’t Make Teoscar Grouchy
La La Land! Wait, that's wrong. Damn it, Faye Dunaway, give me that envelope! ...and the Teoscar Hernandez goes to Seattle for Erik Swanson and minor-league LHP Adam Macko! That's worse than La La Land. Macko better grow ten inches and become the next Randy Johnson for this trade to make sense. Okay, first my thoughts on middle relievers, such as Erik Swanson, then back to the trade. They are fail...2022
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• RetrO’s Relive Home Dinger Barrage At Kikuchiden Yards
A young boy pulls on his grandfather's sleeve. "Will you please read me a bedtime story, Paw-Paw?" "Sure, Timmy, I'd be happy to. From the same book as always?" Off the child's nod, the old man picks up the storybook, and reads the title, "The Dismantling of a Dream by Peter Angelos." The old man opens the storybook, and begins to read, "In the summer of 2022, millions of people clamored for my Or...2022
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• Yusei SEA You Later
Yusei... I only hear what I want to. *sob-snorting* I thought what I felt was simple! *mumbling words I don't know* Turn the MLB dot com on! Yusei is on. *mumbling more words I don't know* I think that Yusei's throwing, but I'm thrown. Is Yusei...oh...kay? *mumbling more words I don't know* You try to give away a keeper, or keep me cause you know you're just so scared to lose, and Yusei...Stay....2022
• Yusei Kikuchi — Deal or No Deal?
Monday comes around, and what do you want to read about on your favorite fantasy sports blog? Of course! It's a pitcher who finished in the 140s on the Razzball Player Rater last year. This player won a solid 2 games in 9 starts while sporting a 5.17 ERA and is projected for a 2021 season FIP around 4.30 by every major system. Whew! Is it just me that's getting sweaty in here, or is it the side-ef...2021
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• Rays Rumors: Pete Fairbanks, Jeffrey Springs generating trade interest
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• Free Agent Faceoff: Luis Severino/Nick Pivetta
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 26, 2024
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• Lugo, Ragans finish top four in Cy Young voting

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Detroit’s Tarik Skubal wins unanimously. The Royals had some of the best starting pitching in baseball in 2024, and Cy Young Award voting reflected that. Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans each finished in the top four ,the first time two Royals pitchers have finished in the top four in voting since 1985 when Bret Saberhagen won and Dan Quisenberry tied for third (Ch...2024
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• Dodgers Linked to All-Star Astros Pitcher in Potential Blockbuster Move

The market is now open for MLB free agents. The Dodgers are among multiple teams connected to Houston Astros southpaw starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. In addition to the Dodgers, Passan linked the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Baltimore Orioles, and Toronto Blue Jays. However, the Astros have also expressed …...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs trade for a closer from the North?
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Astros are still very good - but for how much longer? The Astros have had a mini-dynasty lately. They have reached the American League Championship Series in each of the last seven years, winning four pennants and two championships. Notwithstanding their sign-stealing scandal, they have been a franchise to emulate with a record of success any other organiz...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 10, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s Bobby’s world, we’re just living in it. Sam McDowell writes that the clubhouse was abuzz after Bobby Witt’s game-tying triple on Friday. For the record, manager Matt Quatraro knew far earlier. “As soon as the ball left the bat,” he said, “I’m like, that’s a triple. There’s no way he’s gonna stop.” It took about 4.2 seconds to touch first. Then 3.2 mor...2024
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• The All-Star Game is coming Part 2: Votepocalypse

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 26, 2024 in St Petersburg, Florida. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images This democracy can be dominated by royalty Last week we talked about what would have to happen to get a Royals catcher or baseman into the Al...2024
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• Astros Notes: Kikuchi, Abreu, Goldschmidt
Here’s the latest from Houston… It doesn’t appear as if the Astros will make a push for Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, The Athletic’s Jake Kaplan reports (subscription required). Such teams as the Phillies, Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, Rangers, Mariners, and Padres have been linked to Kikuchi’s services, though there has been speculation that the teams on…...2018
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• New Giants exec jokes about accuracy of Madison Bumgarner trade rumors
Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi dropped some thoughts on a pair of left-handed pitchers in an interview today on KNBR. MLB.com’s Jon Morosi recently kicked off a round of speculation on MadBum with a report suggesting the Giants were open to discussing him and had held talks with the Brewers and Phillies. Zaidi cast quite some doubt on that characterization, as Alex Pavlovic o...2018
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