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• Nationals News: Mackenzie Gore named as Opening Day starter

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images As expected, Mackenzie Gore will take the ball on opening day against the Phillies Ask and you shall receive. Just a few days after I asked for the Nats to name Mackenzie Gore the Opening Day starter, Davey Martinez did just that. Davey believes now is the time for Gore to lead the rotation. Despite an inconsistent season, Gore was the Nats best starter in 2024. He...2025
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• My prediction for the Washington Nationals Opening Day Lineup

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images With Opening Day just a couple weeks away, I took a stab at predicting the lineup The Washington Nationals Opening Day matchup against the Phillies is just two weeks away! With that in mind, I thought it was time to make my prediction for the Opening Day lineup. One important thing to keep in mind is that the Phillies Opening Day starter, Zack Wheeler is right hand...2025
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• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
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• 2025 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal, Zack Wheeler, more get Game 1 honors

The regular season is almost upon us and managers are getting their ducks (and rotations) in a row...2025
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• 30 teams, 2025 edition

For the first time since debuting this series here 17 years ago, I considered not running it this year. Ranking MLB's teams in order of how I like them seems like something who's time has past. There are people on social media -- baseball fans -- who don't root for any team (and I assume that means they don't root against any team). They just root for good games. That's a pretty foreig...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL East

New Met Juan Soto | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Some of these teams are really, really good. The Cubs did reasonably well against NL East teams in 2023, going 17-16 against those five clubs. On the other hand, much of that was the 6-1 record they posted against the Nationals; they were only 11-15 against the other four NL East teams and had a winning record against only one other (Ma...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 24th, 2025
Sandy Alcantara (SP - MIA) - Alcantara returned to the mound for the first time since 9/23 on Sunday, touching 99 mph repeatedly during his 1 scoreless inning against the Mets. By all accounts, the Marlins ace looked like his typical self during the outing, and if that's the case, his current ADP of SP #50 in round 14 seems drastically lower than I would value him. I'd be happy with Alcantara as m...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images A local baseball hobbyist’s hunch on various Braves-related projections I’m no data scientist. I don’t know how to code. There are brilliant, world-class mathematicians who have spent decades developing and honing projection systems, and those systems are well-respected by many of baseball’s brightest minds. These systems are accounting fo...2025
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• A view from the basement of the NL East

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Sizing up the top three teams in the NL East as the Nationals look to make up ground on the divisions elite For the Nationals to get back into contention, they are going to overtake some of the titans of the National League in their own division. The NL East is an unforgiving landscape, where teams like the Mets, Phillies and Braves come into most seasons with cham...2025
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend

Kyle Schwarber should lead off for the Phillies for their third straight postseason | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images There’s a lot of David and Goliath in these matchups They don’t call it the Wild Card for nothing, folks. It’s’ already been a few ridiculous days of baseball. It started with the Mets bonkers comeback against Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader to make the post...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Sunday 9/29, 2:20 CT

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs look to finish 2024 with a series sweep. If the Cubs win today, they will finish in second place in the NL Central no matter what the Cardinals do. Not much, of course, but at least something. Sunday notes... WRAPPING THINGS UP: A win today will make the Cubs 45-30, a .600 winning percentage, in their final 75 games, starting July 4. They have ...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 23

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Brewers finally woke up and did the Braves (and everybody else in this race) a solid against the Diamondbacks. This was another day where the Atlanta Braves were able to pick up a win but they weren’t able to gain any serious ground or give their own Playoff Odds a serious boost. Indeed, we only got a tiny bit of good news on Sunday (outside of Atlant...2024
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• How should the Royals set their postseason rotation?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matt Quatraro has some strong options. On Sunday afternoon, Michael Wacha took the mound in Kansas City with a chance at a sweep over the Minnesota Twins. Pitching to a tight strike zone from home plate umpire Shane Livensparger, Wacha threw a gem, punching out seven Twins batters across seven scoreless innings. The Royals completed...2024
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• Great pitching continues to keep Braves alive in 3-1 win over Phillies

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Reynaldo López, Grant Holmes, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias all deserve a big, juicy steak dinner tonight. Reynaldo López's return to the mound was a successful one, as he pitched five innings while striking out ten batters and only giving up one run. Between his efforts and the bullpen putting up yet another great performance, the Atlanta Braves were a...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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"2025 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: Shota Imanaga, Zack Wheeler, Shane McClanahan, more get Game 1 honors"

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"singled on the first pitch of the game from Zack Wheeler."

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"Zack Wheeler and Corbin Burnes are tied for third with 18."

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"Stroman and his opponent, Zack Wheeler, matched zeroes through the top of the third."

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"The Phillies are hoping the 31-year-old lefty will fortify the rotation behind Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola"

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"Phillies' Zack Wheeler injured his finger while putting on his pants and will miss his next start"

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"Phillies To Sign Zack Wheeler"

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"Right-hander Zack Wheeler beat the Mets in salary arbitration and will get a raise from $800,000 to $1."

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"Zack Wheeler allowed the Murphy slam, then closed his start with six scoreless innings."

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"More than 17 months after last throwing a competitive pitch, Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler returned to the mound Saturday for an inning at Class A Advanced St."

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"The reported trade would have sent Milwaukee center fielder Carlos Gomez to the Mets for potential front-end right-hander Zack Wheeler and developing infielder Wilmer Flores, according to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News."

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"If deGrom can build off his impressive debut season, Zack Wheeler continues to develop and Matt Harvey doesn't have any setbacks in his Tommy John rehab, they should dominate in a division without much depth behind Washington."

• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Grant Holmes

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves weren’t flush with good stories in 2024, but one of them was Grant Holmes’ surprising success as a 28-year-old rookie pitcher. One of the best stories of the 2024 Atlanta Braves season was that of 28-year-old rookie pitcher Grant Holmes, who made his big league debut and ended up being a valuable swing man for the Atlant...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Josh Donaldson wins N.L. comeback player of the year award

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1968 - The Braves acquire infielderBob Aspromonte from the Astros in exchange for infielder Marty Martinez. Aspromonte was the last original Colt .45 on Houston’s roster. 1975 - Ted Turner enters into a tentative agreement to buy the Atlanta Braves. 2008 - The Braves acquire pitcher Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan from the White...2024
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• Free Agent Faceoff: Max Scherzer/Walker Buehler
Three years ago today, the results of voting for 2021’s NL Cy Young award were announced. The top of the ballot featured a somewhat controversial battle between the elite rate production of then-Brewers ace Corbin Burnes and the volume offered by Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, with Burnes ultimately taking home the trophy. Finish just below…...2024
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Skenes came in with big expectations and surpassed all of them. It’s hard to put into words how much one player could mean to a sports franchise. Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs, Steph Curry to the Golden State Warriors, Sidney Crosby to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the same city as Crosby as past greats like Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Joe...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One
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• A view from the basement of the NL East
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Grant Holmes
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• Free Agent Faceoff: Max Scherzer/Walker Buehler
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 23
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• How should the Royals set their postseason rotation?
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• Phillies phight back, Royals lose 11-2

Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates a double in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on August 24, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images You can’t win them all and the Phillies are good, don’t let it get to you too much. We’re not going to get too deep into the details of this one. No one needs to dwell too har...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The 90-win East Division foes are largely intact from last year and look to make another postseason run The Philadelphia Phillies finished 14 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East standings, but came away victorious in the Division Series over the NL East champs for the second straight season. Philadelphia spent most of the offseason doubling down ...2024
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• Sizing up the NL East heading into 2024

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves have won six straight NL East titles and still look like the cream of the division’s crop The Atlanta Braves have done most of their heavy lifting this offseason, but there are still some key players available and moves left to be made around Major League Baseball as the calendar plunges into January. The Braves themselves have...2024
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• 2023 Braves Season In Review: Travis d’Arnaud

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Though his offensive outputs were underwhelming, d’Arnaud still played a key role for the Braves in 2023 Ostensibly a leader in the clubhouse, Travis d’Arnaud has been a key part of the organization since he came on board in 2020. Though his offensive outputs fell apart amid injuries, he continued to play a key role for the club. Though the Sean Murphy trade an...2023
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• Soxivus Week 2 companion: The Airing of Grievances

Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Tommy Barbee, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini get out the pitchforks and stick it to the White Sox Welcome to Soxivus 2023! For those of you actively following the White Sox, it may feel like you’ve never left. Between exiling players and announcers, canceling the lone semblance of fan interaction, and the steaming p...2023
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• Baseball’s final 4, ranked by their World Series chances

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images What team has the best shot at winning the World Series? Let’s try this again, shall we? Our rankings ahead of the baseball postseason went as well as things did for the three teams that won 100 games or more during the regular season. As the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Baltimore Orioles crashed out of the playoffs, so did our previous versi...2023
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• A lack of urgency proves costly for Braves in Game 3 loss

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves were slow to react in the third inning of their Game 3 loss and now their backs are against the wall. After a blowout loss in Game 3, the Atlanta Braves have their backs against the wall against the Philadelphia Phillies in the Division Series. The game started well enough for the Braves who made the late decision to go with Bryc...2023
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• Unbelievable play caps off wild comeback win for Braves

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves appeared to be dead in the water, but once again showed resiliency to pull themselves back up off the deck. ATLANTA — For five and a half innings, the Atlanta Braves appeared to be dead in the water. Zack Wheeler was spinning a no-hitter and the Braves’ hitters were doing well just to get a fly ball out of the infield. Baseball can be cruel so...2023
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• Beat the Mets: Nats make it seven in a row
The Nationals won their seventh-consecutive game as Daniel Murphy hit a first inning grand slam and Ryan Zimmerman added a two-run shot as the Nationals topped the Mets. New York got home runs from Michael Conforto and Neil Walker. Zack Wheeler allowed the Murphy slam, then closed his start with six scoreless innings. Max Scherzer got the win, working eight innings....2017
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• Walker, Conforto homers not enough vs. Nats
The Nationals won their seventh-consecutive game as Daniel Murphy hit a first inning grand slam and Ryan Zimmerman added a two-run shot as the Nationals topped the Mets. New York got home runs from Michael Conforto and Neil Walker. Zack Wheeler allowed the Murphy slam, then closed his start with six scoreless innings. Max Scherzer got the win, working eight innings....2017
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• Phillies To Sign Zack Wheeler
2:00pm: Geography played a pivotal role in Wheeler’s decision, it seems. Carig noted in his original report that Wheeler’s wife is from nearby New Jersey, and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic tweets that the White Sox’ bid on Wheeler was actually higher than that of the Phillies. Meanwhile, Darren Wolfson of 1500 SKOR North in Minneapolis…...2019
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• Four-run first inning plenty for Wheeler, Mets
The Mets shot out to an early lead Tuesday at Citi Field and never looked back in a 6-1 win over the Giants. Zack Wheeler pitched six effective innings against his old organization, Neil Walker hit a two-run triple and Michael Conforto homered, allowing the Mets to breeze to their eighth victory in 11 games....2017
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• Four-run first inning sinks Samardzija, Giants
The Mets shot out to an early lead Tuesday at Citi Field and never looked back in a 6-1 win over the Giants. Zack Wheeler pitched six effective innings against his old organization, Neil Walker hit a two-run triple and Michael Conforto homered, allowing the Mets to breeze to their eighth victory in 11 games....2017
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• Four-run first inning plenty for Wheeler, Mets
The Mets shot out to an early lead Tuesday at Citi Field and never looked back in a 6-1 win over the Giants. Zack Wheeler pitched six effective innings against his old organization, Neil Walker hit a two-run triple and Michael Conforto homered, allowing the Mets to breeze to their eighth victory in 11 games....2017
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• Botched Carlos Gomez Deal, Wilmer Flores' Tears Send Mets to Bizarre New Low
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• Bartolo Colon Re-Signs with Mets: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Wain You’re Wright, You’re Right
"When you come through Ellis Island with a whole boatload of Nootbaars, do you go to immigration or declare them with VAT?" That's me talking to myself while watching Lars Nootbaar with a game-saving catch for Alex Reyes and the Cards, and securing the win for Adam Wainwright (8 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.10). Adam Wainwright has a 3.10-ish ERA across the past two seasons. Sudden...2021
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• Buying Rosario Doesn’t Take Amed Degree
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) I keep saying it, but what's saying it one more time! It's so unlikely that Amed Rosario would come out of the Francisco Lindor trade with Andres Gimenez and Amed be the one with the most value this year. Like 100 to 1 odds? Maybe, but maybe what we're not remembering is someth...2021
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• Phillies Retire Roy’s Number While Zack Retires Mets’ Lumber
On the day the Phils retired Roy Halladay's uniform number, Zack Wheeler was the first Phillies pitcher to retire 22 consecutive batters in a start since May 29, 2010 -- Roy Halladay's perfect game. How does baseball baseball so entirely? Of course, Roy Halladay Day was going to feature a complete game shutout vs. the Mets. It's baseball baseballing. Anything else would've been shocking. Can you j...2021
• Zack Trucks The Braves With His 12(K)-Wheeler
This is an excerpt of a phone call Razzball intercepted during Thursday’s afternoon games. Since both states involved are two-party consent, we cannot reveal who recorded the call, but it rhymes with Fray Mallbright. Here, let’s listen in: “Hello, this is the CEO of Spider Tack, the world’s stickiest, gummiest, craziest, shouldn’t-be-used-on-a-baseballiest stuff. Who's calling?” Our Commissioner ...2021
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• Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers to Astros: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Mets Should Consider Trading ROY Jacob deGrom in Winter Blockbuster
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• Plugging Each NL East Team's Biggest Hole This Offseason
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• Nationals News: Mackenzie Gore named as Opening Day starter
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Grant Holmes
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• The next four games could sway the direction of the NL East

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images The Braves appear to be peaking at the right time and the Phillies recovered from their stumble in Atlanta last week. We could be in for a very exciting series in Philadelphia this weekend. I probably sound like a broken record at this point but yeah, this is a crucial series coming up between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation strength, what to expect from Ian Anderson and more

Photo by Bryan Cereijo/Getty Images Part 1 of our mailbag focuses on the Braves rotation. Is it really a strength and will Ian Anderson be a factor in 2024? Thanks again to everyone who took the time to send in questions this week. We got so many good ones that I am going to split this into two parts, the second of which will run Saturday. Let’s get to it! The Braves rotation for 2024 has ...2024
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• NLDS Game 2s: Phillies at Braves/D-backs at Dodgers

Bryce Harper looks to continue his dominance against the Atlanta Braves in the second game of this series. | Elsa/Getty Images The road teams look to head home with two wins under their belts These two series have already been shocking in many different ways, but after the off-day yesterday these four NL teams are back and ready for their Game 2s. The Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Bra...2023
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• MLB Wild Card Day 1 Recap

Corbin Carroll sent one deep during his stellar playoff debut for Arizona. | John Fisher/Getty Images Two underdogs, Texas and Arizona, prevailed through a busy first day of postseason baseball It was an exciting first day of postseason baseball, with four tight games and a couple of “upsets” from visiting teams. Who, if anyone, will wrap things up tomorrow and end their Wild Card Series?...2023
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• Braves host the Phillies in a pivotal divisional matchup
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Braves look to get back on track against an underperforming Phillies team After a tough stretch against the top of the American League and a dropped series against the Dodgers, the Braves look to bounce back against a divisional foe in the Phillies, whom they will host for four games. After a dominant 17-9 April, the Braves have fallen back down to earth...2023
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• Outside The Confines: We’re all even up
Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The World Series is tied at one game each. Everything you need to know about tonight’s Game 3 and more news from around the league. I know that no one ever believes anyone who says “I don’t care who wins the World Series,” but I truly don’t. I just want it to go as many games as possible. My great fear was that the Astros would blow out the Phillies in four ga...2022
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