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• Orioles thwarted by deGrom again in 10-2 loss to Rangers

What happened? Brandon Young allowed three runs on six hits in four innings as the Orioles lost to the Texas Rangers, 10-2, at Globe Life Field on Tuesday night. Young (0-2) was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to take the place of Zach Eflin on the active roster when Eflin went to the 15-day injured list […]...2025
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• The Cubs have inquired about Seth Lugo, per report

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Cubs have a loaded farm system that could help the Royals. The Royals have dropped 30 of their last 45 games, falling seven games below .500. As July begins, it’s increasingly likely Kansas City will pivot toward selling at the trade deadline. One of the most coveted players will likely be All-Star pitcher Seth Lugo, and according to Matthew Trueblo...2025
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• Orioles Place Zach Eflin On Injured List
Zach Eflin’s back soreness is sending him to the 15-day injured list. The Orioles announced the move, which is retroactive to June 29, while recalling rookie righty Brandon Young to take his spot on the active roster. Eflin only made it through one inning during his start on Saturday before he was forced out of…...2025
• Orioles place Eflin on IL due to back discomfort
The Orioles placed right-hander Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list on Monday with low back discomfort....2025
• Orioles place Eflin on injured list, recall Young

The Orioles placed right-hander Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list on Monday because of lower back discomfort. The move is retroactive to Sunday. Eflin left Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays after one inning. Eflin, who’s 6-5 with a 5.95 ERA in 12 starts, missed more than a month earlier this season when […]...2025
• Orioles’ Eflin probably headed to injured list; Rutschman not sure when he’ll return; Bowman’s contract purchased

BALTIMORE—Orioles starter Zach Eflin, who left after one inning on Saturday with lower back tightness, reported that his back was “stiff” on Sunday morning. “I did it in the pregame bullpen and felt it the whole time,” Eflin said. He said he’s had back issues in the past, but not this year. Interim manager Tony […]...2025
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• Eflin leaves after 1 with lower back injury in Orioles’ 11-3 loss to Rays
BALTIMORE–What happened? A day after the Orioles’ entertaining slugfest comeback, they suffered another potential injury to a key starting pitcher. They not only lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, but they also got only one inning out of the starter, Zach Eflin, who left because of lower back tightness. Eflin allowed four runs on five […]...2025
• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 28, 2025
In The Field C Mitch Garver left Thursday's game early with a jaw injury. 3B Jose Ramirez left Thursday's game early after getting hit by a pitch from Kevin Gausman. X-rays came back negative on his right forearm. He was back in the lineup on Saturday. In the same game, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also left the game early after a hit-by-pitch on his right forearm. X-rays were negative for Guerrero ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 8

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images T.J. Nichols had a stellar start and is getting national attention This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the eigth week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in the ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Game Thread

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals look for their first sweep of the season against the struggling O’s The Nationals have been unable to finish off many sweeps in the past few years, but they have an opportunity to finish one today against the O’s. After the seven game losing streak, the Nats need to make up for lost time. A sweep in this series would go a long way...2025
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals take on a struggling Orioles team

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images While the Nats have disappointed, no team has underachieved more than the Baltimore Orioles It’s rivalry week in Major League Baseball, which means it’s time for another round of the good ole “Battle of the Beltway” series. In April, the Nats took two out of three from Baltimore. That of course was in the friendly confines of Nationals park, now it will be on the ...2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images One of the Rays top pitching prospects has landed on the Injured List This week’s minor league roundup will only feature the numbers accumulated prior to the start of play on Monday. This was the seventh week of minor league play. According to FanGraphs (which factors in age and proximity to the big leagues), the overall top hitter in t...2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Jung Hoo Lee, Tyler Mahle highlight baseball’s biggest surprises. There’s nothing like the start of a new baseball season. The soothing, familiar sounds of the crack of the bat and a fastball burying itself in a catcher’s mitt. The contagious optimism found in all 30 clubhouses, from the defending champions to the last-place club ...2025
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• Rays series preview: Outdoor baseball in Tampa

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How will Steinbrenner Field play? The Royals have sought to emulate the Rays in many ways, poaching manager Matt Quatraro and bench coach Paul Hoover from the organization. Owner John Sherman has talked about having a more sustainable approach to competitiveness, like the Rays have done despite a shoestring budget. The team has won fewe...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview

Jacob Young reacts during the game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals (9-13) head home to Washington, D.C. to take on the Baltimore Orioles (9-12) in the Battle of the Beltway After disappointing series losses against the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Washington Nationals took care of business on the road against...2025
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"The Orioles have activated right-hander Zach Eflin from the injured list ahead of his start against the Angels this afternoon, per a team announcement."

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"Orioles To Recall Coby Mayo, Activate Zach Eflin"

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"The Braves answered back in the second against Rays starter Zach Eflin."

2022
"6:02pm: The Rays are in agreement with righty Zach Eflin on a three-year contract, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link)."

2021
"Starting pitcher Zach Eflin has been activated from the 10-day injured list to start this evening’s game against the Diamondbacks."

2019
"With the pain-free outlook for 2019, the 28-year-old Eickhoff figures to be in the mix at the back end of a Philly rotation that currently includes Nick Pivetta, Vince Velasquez and Zach Eflin."

2018
"Held without a baserunner through five innings by Phillies right-hander Zach Eflin, the Marlins got back into the game on Tuesday night on one swing."

2017
"The Giants wasted no time in becoming the latest National League West team to see Phillies starter Zach Eflin well, notching three runs in the first and adding three more over the second and third innings in San Francisco's 10-2 win over Philadelphia on Friday."

2016
"Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam and Ezequiel Carrera and Edwin Encarnacion added a pair of two-run shots as the Blue Jays scored early and often against rookie Zach Eflin in an 11-3 victory over the Phillies on Tuesday afternoon at Rogers Centre."

2015
"While Amaro did manage to bring in some prospects, like Tom Windle, Zach Eflin and Ben Lively, by swapping longtime shortstop Jimmy Rollins and in-his-final-act outfielder Marlon Byrd, Hamels remains the lone piece that could net a return of real, franchise-altering value."

2014
"San Diego also receives catcher Tim Federowicz in exchange for catcher Yasmani Grandal, pitcher Joe Wieland and a Minor League pitcher, believed to be Zach Eflin, a source told MLB."

• The Cubs have inquired about Seth Lugo, per report
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• Orioles’ Eflin probably headed to injured list; Rutschman not sure when he’ll return; Bowman’s contract purchased
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• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 28, 2025
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• Should Orioles’ extend upcoming free agents? | MAILBAG

Question: Has anyone considered the Orioles paying to keep the soon-to-be-free-agents Zach Eflin, Cedric Mullins, Tomoyuki Sugano and Ryan O’Hearn, because it’s not likely that the Birds can possibly replace them by clever trades? From: John Comayle Answer: John, I would be surprised if the Orioles attempted to extend any of those players before the […]...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Orioles

Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images Seventy-one games down, ninety-one to go. The Tampa Bay Rays went from hitting a brick wall in Boston to obliterating the New York Mets. Entering the series as the best team in baseball, the Mets were swept away by the Rays over the three game series. Now the Rays are 39-32 with the top wild card spot; the Rays are now just 3.5 games back of the Yankees for th...2025
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• MLB insider reveals odds of Baltimore Orioles trading coveted deadline target

Baltimore Orioles rumors: Jon Heyman of the New York post reveals the odds of the Baltimore Orioles trading Zach Eflin....2025
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 8
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it

Gunnar Henderson #2 of the Baltimore Orioles reacts after striking out in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 16, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images So many similarities Ryan O’Hearn went to Baltimore and, like a werewolf in the full moonlight, turned into a monster. The onetime Royals first baseman had a fant...2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 28, 2025
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• Sean Burke pitches well, but White Sox offense is for the birds as they fall to Orioles, 2-1

Lenyn Sosa’s two hits were a third of the team’s total. And, again, didn’t offset his defensive play. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images No, the South Siders couldn’t figure out ... Zach Eflin With the two worst teams in the American League facing off, it’s no surprise it was close, or that the edge went to Birds who sit on wires and not Sox who get flung over them. Neither team got two runners o...2025
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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• Rays Minor League Roundup: Week 7
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Series Preview
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• AL Week 4 Strategy-April 19, 2025
In The Field OF Willi Castro (oblique) was out of the lineup on Friday. This comes on the heels of him leaving Wednesday's game early due to tightness in his right oblique. He is considered day-to-day. 3B D.J. LeMahieu (calf) is expected to start a rehab assignment on Tuesday. He has not had a spring, so he will need a length rehab assignment prior to making his season debut. OF Josh Lowe (obliq...2025
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• 2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List

Carson Williams #65 and Brayden Taylor #93 of the Tampa Bay Rays run off the field during the first ever spring training Spring Breakout game | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Eleven new players enter the annual top prospect list. Welcome back to the annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List, a treasured tradition at the site where our community diligently votes ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 10, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Being shut out is no fun. Sam McDowell at the Star has five takeaways from the first two weeks of the season: Those three hitters in the middle of the order combined for a 1.025 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) with runners in scoring position in 2024. Witt was second in baseball at 1.183, Pasquantino 14th and Perez 15th. A year later, that trio has combi...2025
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• Should Orioles try a 6-man rotation? | MAILBAG

Question: What do you think of the 5-man rotation of Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer, Charlie Morton, Trevor Rogers and Tomoyuki Sugano? And what about a 6-man rotation with Cade Povich added? From: Bob Stier Answer: Bob, many fans were excited when they saw Rogers’ excellent start in Boston last month, but for the moment, I […]...2025
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• CJ Abrams stars in Washington Nationals first sweep of the season

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Nationals took care of business early in Baltimore, blasting their way to a sweep The Washington Nationals got their first sweep of the season and their first in Camden Yards since 2018. They won in style, with a 10-4 win over an Orioles team in crisis. It was a similar game to the one they played last night. The Orioles pitching staff did not give them a ch...2025
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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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• 2024 AL East preview: High-flying young Orioles seek to repeat

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Baby Birds zoomed up to 101 wins and the division crown in 2023, and their nest of prospects only continues to grow. For almost a decade, the daunting AL East was dominated by the high-profile New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, as well as the perennially savvy Tampa Bay Rays. In 2023, however, the division champion was none of those three teams; inst...2024
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• Rays sign RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa

Tampa Bay secures their much needed sixth starter, convincing NPB strong performer Uwasawa to join on a minor league deal. The Tampa Bay Rays have signed international free agent RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa to a minor league contract with an invite to Major League camp. Welcome to the Rays family, @naoyukiuwasawa The Tampa Bay Rays have signed RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa to a minor league contract with an invi...2024
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• 12 MLB playoff teams, ranked by their World Series chances

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Ranking the 12 playoff teams in Major League Baseball by their World Series chances The MLB playoffs get underway today, as 12 teams still have their hopes for a World Series title alive. But what team has the best shot at seeing those dreams realized? There is certainly a case to be made for both the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers, as well as the B...2023
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• St. Petersburg baseball forever

Sharing our thoughts on the stadium that will be For many of us, the Stadium Saga has, like a baseball season, seemed to go on forever with some wonderful highs and some disappointing lows. The high points included the so-called “sail stadium,” and while we still wonder how that would have felt on an August afternoon there is no doubt the design was intriguing, and the location was breathtaking. T...2023
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• Rays 5, Yankees 2: Brilliant Eflin Performance
Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Zach Eflin’s stellar performance on the mound shut down the Yankees, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory New month, who dis? After a completely disappointing July going 8-16, the Tampa Bay Rays look to be back to their dominant ways with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees. The win gives the Rays a three-game winning streak and back-to-back series...2023
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• Outside The Confines: This article is going to Cooperstown
Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Cooperstown welcomes two more immortals into their ranks. The trade deadline approaches and what will the Angels do with Shohei Ohtani? This will probably be the final quiet weekend in MLB for a while. The Trade Deadline is Tuesday and after that, we’ll have the meat of the playoff races. Consider yourself to all be on “Hug-watch” until next Tuesday. I do be...2023
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• Slam from Donaldson highlights rout of Phils
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• Giants romp early, cruise behind Moore
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• Giants romp early, cruise behind Moore
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• Rays, Zach Eflin Agree To Three-Year Deal
6:03pm: It’s a $40MM guarantee, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (on Twitter). 6:02pm: The Rays are in agreement with righty Zach Eflin on a three-year contract, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal is pending a physical. More to come....2022
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• Source: Padres land Kemp from Dodgers
The Padres have acquired outfielder Matt Kemp from the Dodgers as part of a five-player swap. San Diego also receives catcher Tim Federowicz in exchange for catcher Yasmani Grandal, pitcher Joe Wieland and a Minor League pitcher, believed to be Zach Eflin, a source told MLB.com. Neither team has confirmed the trade....2014
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Phillies Decline Option On Jean Segura
As expected, the Phillies have declined their $17MM option on second baseman Jean Segura in favor of a $1MM buyout. Philadelphia also confirmed previous reports they’ve exercised their $16MM option on Aaron Nola and that Zach Eflin has declined his end of a $15MM mutual option. The move could bring to an end Segura’s four-year tenure in Philadelphia. First…...2022
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• Zach Eflin signs three-year, $40 million contract with Rays, per report

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• AL Week 14 Strategy-June 28, 2025
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• AL Week 4 Strategy-April 19, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 15, 2025
Keibert Ruiz (C-WSH) has enjoyed a productive spring in which he's hit .269 with 3 homers and 8 RBI across 29 PA. He underwhelmed in 2024 on the heels of a 2023 in which he seemed to turn a corner with a .260 average, 18 homers, 67 RBI, and 55 run scored across 562 PA. As a 25 year-old in 2024, Ruiz batted just .229 with 13 dingers, 57 RBI, and 46 runs scored, with his wRC+ dipping to just 71 afte...2025
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• Cliff Lee Surgery Would Add Pressure on Phillies to Get Cole Hamels Deal Right
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• The Cubs have inquired about Seth Lugo, per report
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• Eflin leaves after 1 with lower back injury in Orioles’ 11-3 loss to Rays
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• Orioles starter Eflin exits with back tightness
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Zach Eflin was removed after one inning of work vs. the Tampa Bay Rays due to lower back tightness....2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Orioles

Photo by PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty Images eighty-one games down, eighty-one to go. We are officially half way through the 2025 regular season and the Tampa Bay Rays are currently in possesion of a playoff spot. Fresh off a sweep of the Kansas City Royals, the Rays are now 46-35 on the season, and sit a half game back of the New York Yankees for the division lead; the Rays hold a 4.5 game l...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages versus starting pitchers: 0.332, 0.756 — Jacob Wilson batting vs. Logan Allen. 0.331, 0.734 — Aaron Judge batting vs. Zach Eflin. 0.295, 0.688 — Isiah Kiner-Falefa batting vs. Kumar Rocker. 0.294, 0.682 — Paul Goldschmidt batting vs. Zach Eflin. 0.291, 0.694 — Nico Hoerner batting vs. […]...2025
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• MLB insider reveals odds of Baltimore Orioles trading coveted deadline target
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• Sean Burke pitches well, but White Sox offense is for the birds as they fall to Orioles, 2-1
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• The Orioles are combusting, and the Royals can learn from it
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• Series Preview: Washington Nationals take on a struggling Orioles team
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• ‘Excellent’ Sugano extends scoreless streak, offense clicks in 10-0 Orioles’ win over Twins

SARASOTA-What’s happening? Zach Eflin was named the Orioles’ Opening Day starter when they play the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on March 27th. “It’s just a special day,” Elfin said. “There just a buzz around the stadium that day. There’s a buzz in spring training leading up to Opening Day. To be able to […]...2025
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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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• What to watch for at the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images We’ve already seen a bunch of familiar faces in new (and old) places and it’s likely that the wheeling and dealing will continue right up to the 6 P.M. E.T. deadline. Later today at 6 P.M. E.T., MLB’s Trade Deadline will come and go and while today might be the deadline, we’ve already seen plenty of fireworks. Entering Tuesday, 28 of the 30 teams in MLB ...2024
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• Rays Madness: final four matchups

Part 3! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs win their second straight over the Rays It certainly isn’t a new phenomenon that good pitching is contagious. This has been observed as long as I’ve watched baseball. In reality, there are surely some good explanations that go with it. Some really good scouting/game planning against a particular team, catching a team at just the right time, or just bei...2023
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• Dodgers' Dramatic Late Show Now Headlined by Matt Kemp Blockbuster
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