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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images For these seven teams, the stakes are higher than high. Every team wants to win the World Series. Yes, even the bad teams, the ones that don’t appear to be trying, want to win it all. They’d love nothing more than to luck into a Cinderella season and host a parade, but for some teams, hoisting the World Series trophy is more than an idle desire. It’s an obs...2024
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• Top of the Mound
From time to time Baseball Musings look at pitchers who reached the top of the Bill James Baseball Rankings over a particular time period, usually ten seasons. Today the comparison runs from 2020 through 2024. Only four pitchers held the top spot in that time frame; Gerrit Cole, Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, and Zack Wheeler […]...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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• Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Choosing the best of several great contenders We have now completed the position player portion of our Brewers All-Time Team (links to all of which can be found here). As I explained in the Molitor essay, we chose not to go with a designated hitter, so that just leaves two spots left: a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher. We’re only going to choose one of each,...2024
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• How Juan Soto’s postseason on-base streak explains his value

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Juan Soto’s unbelievable playoff run tells you everything you need to know about his value. During the disastrous final game of the 2024 MLB season, after a year of miraculous feats, the great Yankees 26 year old right fielder Juan Soto was able to surprise with one more accomplishment. On his way to the plate for his first at bat, a chyron popped up unde...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield was a pleasant pickup for the Braves | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Whit Merrifield came through for the Braves during a rough stretch of injuries. It is safe to say that the Atlanta Braves had some terrible luck with injuries this past season. Ozzie Albies was one of the players that suffered, missing extensive time and finishing the season with just 99 appearances. Austin...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The 2023 rotation star was one of the first big injury blows for the Braves in 2024. 2024 seemed poised to be a bit of a changing of the guard for the Atlanta Braves rotation —Spencer Strider earned the start on Opening Day, unseating Max Fried, who had held the title since 2021. With his 2023 campaign under his belt, the sky felt like th...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals going into the 2024-25 offseason... Looking at the season as a whole in late August, GM and President of Baseball Operations in D.C., Mike Rizzo, told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies the continued development of the club’s pitchers was one of the biggest positives from the Washington Nationals’ 2024 campaign. “You’re seeing really the development of four major league...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview

Two sets of division rivals face off with a trip to the NLCS on the line. The Wild Card series has come and gone and as far as the National League goes, we’ve been left with a pair of spicy divisional matchups that are very likely to deliver when it comes to intensity and drama. The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers are getting quite used to seeing each other in the postseason, while th...2024
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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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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview

Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to the top seed in the NL. Is this the season where they break through and return to the World Series. It took a controversial decision by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and a devastating hurricane but finally, we have a set National League postseason field for the 2024 Playoffs. How about that doubleheader, huh? After 162 games, six teams are...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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• MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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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."

• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series
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• This Day in Braves History: Josh Donaldson wins N.L. comeback player of the year award
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher
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• How Juan Soto’s postseason on-base streak explains his value
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Whit Merrifield
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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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• BCB After Dark: Will Shōta Imanaga improve in his second year with the Cubs?

Shota Imanaga was an ace for the Cubs, what will his second act bring? | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Imanaga looked like an ace for most of 2024, but there are some red flags Whether you’re joining our little indie coffee shop late at night on Friday or in the wee hours of Saturday morning, welcome! Pull up a chair and grab a beverage. We’re a little under two weeks awa...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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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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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Whit Merrifield
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• Easy Cys
Chris Sale of the Braves and Tarik Skubal of the Tigers each easily won their league Cy Young Award for 2024. Sale took 26 of 30 first place votes to finish ahead of Zack Wheeler with 198 points to 130 for Wheeler. Paul Skenes appeared on 20 ballots, but collected 13 third place votes to […]...2024
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• Free Agent Faceoff: Max Scherzer/Walker Buehler
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• BCB After Dark: Will Shōta Imanaga improve in his second year with the Cubs?
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
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• Jose Siri snubbed by 2024 Gold Glove awards

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/MLB Photos via Getty Images This is disrespect. The nominations for the 2024 Golden Glove awards dropped: AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER Griffin Canning, Angels Seth Lugo, Royals Cole Ragans, Royals CATCHER Freddy Fermin, Royals Cal Raleigh, Mariners Jake Rogers, Tigers FIRST BASE Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles Carlos Santana, Twins SECOND BASE An...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 23
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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series
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• How Juan Soto’s postseason on-base streak explains his value
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Whit Merrifield
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• BCB After Dark: Will Shōta Imanaga improve in his second year with the Cubs?
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats enter offseason thinking they are close...
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend
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• Brewers pick up series-opening victory against Phillies, 6-2, in vintage win

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang | Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Brewers look the part of a contender in series opener Box Score Milwaukee put together a vintage Brewers’ win in their 6-2 triumph over the Phillies. In this series opener, with both teams vying for a top seed in the National League, the Brewers excelled in all the areas that make them great. Some small ball, opposite-...2024
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• Max Fried must return to ace form if the Braves are going to beat the Phillies

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It's looking like another pitcher's duel is on tap for tonight. Hopefully Max Fried will look like his normal self tonight! Following a feel-good win to get this big series going on the right track, the Atlanta Braves are now looking to pick up the series victory in the middle game of this crucial three-game series with the Philadelph...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 86

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs drop the series opener to the Phillies, 6-4. While the Cubs and baseball have always been my first love, I’ve rotated through the Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks as each spent time as the best in its sports. Growing up in the Mike Ditka era, I join so many Chicago sports fans with an appreciation of “fire.” At times, a good temper tantrum get elev...2024
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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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• Assembling the Perfect Cubs-Mets Blockbuster Trade Package
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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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• Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross, Ian Kennedy Shake Up the MLB Trade Market
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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Starting Pitcher
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• No Brewers receive votes in 2024 NL Cy Young race

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Chris Sale runs away with the NL prize, while Tarik Skubal wins AL award The Milwaukee Brewers received zero votes in the 2024 NL Cy Young Award race as the Atlanta Braves Chris Sale ran away with the award, receiving 26 of 30 first-place votes. Phillies righty Zack Wheeler finished in second place, receiving the other four first-place votes and 25 second-place vote...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will Shōta Imanaga improve in his second year with the Cubs?
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
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• Chris Sale wins 2024 NL Gold Glove Award at Pitcher

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Matt Olson and Griffin Canning came up short in their bids This Awards season continues to be good to LHP Chris Sale, as the star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves continues to receive recognition for an incredible season on the field in 2024. This time, Sale has won his most prestigious award of the offseason yet, as he was named the NL’s Gold G...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: James Wood was ready for challenge in majors...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ rookie outfielder and his first run in the majors this season... From July 1st, when he made his MLB debut as a 21-year-old, through the end of the season, James Wood, the top prospect in the Washington Nationals’ organization at the start of the season, “ranked among Major League rookies in stolen bases (T1st, 14), walks (2nd, 39), hits (3rd, 78) and on-base per...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Spencer Strider
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• MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview
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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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• Reynaldo López returns to the mound as Braves face off with Phillies

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The big man is back and he couldn't have come back at a better time. Following what turned out to be a productive (if, once again, costly) road trip out West, the Atlanta Braves are now back home and will be put to the test as the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies are coming to town to start a three-game series. Obviously, the ba...2024
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• Three storylines to watch for the second half of MLB season

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The MLB All-Star break is over and now it's time for the contenders to start separating themselves from the pretenders. Now that we’ve gotten the American League’s annual paddling of the National League in the All-Star Game out of the way, it’s time to focus on the business end of the regular season. While we’re not quite in the money rounds of the seaso...2024
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• Braves to host MLB-best Phillies in weekend set

Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s a less climactic series than it could’ve been, but the Braves need to soldier on anyway Last year, as the Braves romped all over the NL East and the league at large, I remember thinking ahead of some of the scheduled Braves-Mets series that things had changed so drastically: what were supposed to have been hotly-contested games w...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders clash in big National League series In a major early-season test for the young Milwaukee Brewers, the National-League-Central-leading squad will take on the National-League-East-leading Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers come in hot: Milwaukee has won five straight and eight of their ...2024
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• Why has no MLB team signed Brandon Belt?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The two-time World Series champion was a dangerous hitter last year, but he is still unemployed over a month into the 2024 campaign. During the 2023 MLB season, 212 different position players came to the plate at least 400 times. From that group, 35 players became free agents at some point during the offseason. There were the big, splashy ...2024
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...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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