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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The Brewers welcome the AL East-leading Yankees to Milwaukee In Milwaukee this weekend, two division leaders will face off in one of the premier matchups of the weekend. The Brewers welcome the Yankees to American Family Field this weekend in what will be an exciting series. When these two teams met last year, the Brewers took the series 2-1 in New York. H...2024
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• Gary Sanchez’s eighth-inning home run pushes Brewers over Pirates 7-5

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Both catchers hit a home run in the win. Box Score In a back-and-forth game on Thursday afternoon, it was the Brewers who struck the decisive blow. A pinch-hit home run by Gary Sanchez put the Brewers ahead in the eighth inning, and from there they hung on to win 7-5. It didn’t take long for the Brewers to get on the board on Thursday. The second batter of...2024
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• The AL East and NL Central Are off to Historically Hot Starts

Yes, you read that right. These two divisions have dominated the other four so far this season....2024
• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Starter Alec Marsh left the game early, but the bullpen had his back. I had a good feeling when Wednesday’s game started off with a 1-2-3 inning from Alec Marsh. Then Salvador Perez started the scoring, and I had a great feeling. The Kansas City Royals held the Toronto Blue Jays in check, thanks to another scoreless Marsh start and so...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 3

The Guardians keep on winning. | Ron Schwane/Getty Images A quick look around baseball to see who’s hot, and who’s not! The Major League baseball season is a six-month grind. Hot starts fade, teams stumble and rebound, and trend lines shift as sample sizes grow and regress to the mean. Yesterday’s big win is followed by a clunker best forgotten. It’s the beauty of everyday baseball. Team...2024
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• Comparing 2023 to 2024 after 24 games played

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Things have definitely been... different The Rays are matching up against the Tigers in the trop for the first time since the opening series of 2023, and while things haven’t started great for Tampa Bay with them already facing an embarrassing 7-1 loss in game one, it may be fun to compare these two seasons up to this point since they’ve been very diffe...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees
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• Brewers Week in Review: Week 4

Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports Brewers extend NL Central lead Last Week’s Results Monday: Padres 7, Brewers 3 Tuesday: Padres 6, Brewers 3 Wednesday: Brewers 1, Padres 0 Friday: Brewers 2, Cardinals 1 (10 innings) Saturday: Brewers 12, Cardinals 5 Sunday: Brewers 2, Cardinals 0 Division Standings Brewers: 14-6 Cubs: 13-9 (2 GB) Reds: 12-9 (2.5 GB) Pirates: 11-11 (4 GB) Cardinals: 9-13 (6 G...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2

Kansas City’s hot start has it at holding the top run differential in the league and just barely behind the Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central lead. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Strikeouts for days, Yankees continue their reign, and the AL Central has two teams in the top five — just like we expected It’s just the second week of the season, but teams are already battling hard for divisi...2024
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• AL East Notes: Red Sox, Paxton, LeMahieu, Blue Jays
The Red Sox largely failed in their pursuit of starting pitching this winter, swapping lefty Chris Sale out for Lucas Giolito only for the latter to miss the entire 2024 season due to a UCL injury, making right-handed depth options Chase Anderson and Cooper Criswell the club’s only starters added this winter with a chance…...2024
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• Rays Madness: championship matchup

USA TODAY Sports Final part! 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 ...2024
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• Dodgers will live up to the hype

Same region, new uniform: Shohei Ohtani brings his otherworldly talent from Anaheim to Los Angeles. | Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images One writer’s vision of how the 2024 season will play out We have made it to baseball season once again, which is good, but this year, it is not as exciting as usual. The White Sox are the worst team in MLB’s worst division, and their farm system is...2024
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• Blue Jays walking fine line with bullpen injuries

The Toronto Blue Jays were already facing an uphill battle in the AL East, and the climb just got steeper....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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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles

PhotoPhoto by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Orioles are stocked with young players and made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason by acquiring Corbin Burnes. Fans of the Baltimore Orioles endured have endured plenty of losing in recent seasons as the club worked its way through a rebuild that, at times, was painful. The Orioles’ Front Office preached patience and...2024
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• Weird but true: Remembering when two Devil Rays pitchers were shot in 2002

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images A look back at two tragic events from 2002. During the early morning hours of a Summer day in Charleston, South Carolina, police were called after a shooting where a 24 year old man had been shot twice in what was later deemed as a random act of violence. A few months later, also in the early morning hours, police responded to a shooting in Raleigh, North C...2024
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• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Jays, Royals, Mets Full Steam Ahead After Deadline
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• What Do MLB Players Really Do During the Long Offseason Months?
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"Verdict: No AL East Baltimore Orioles: Estimated payroll $92 million."

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"com/i1dG1JQfaH— Andy Kostka (@afkostka) June 11, 2023 With the victory, the Orioles improved to 41-24 on the season, good for second place in the AL East."

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"Step 1, complete: Yankees clinch AL East title"

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"Aaron Boone, whose job security came into question after the Yankees finished third in the AL East and then lost to the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Game, will return with a new three-year deal, plus an option, sources confirmed to ESPN."

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"MLB shuts down Marlins and Phillies, revises schedule for NL East, AL East teams amid COVID-19 outbreak"

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"AL East Notes: Yankees, Gardner, Red Sox, Luxury Tax, Rays, Relocation"

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"AL East Notes: Brach, Orioles, Ellsbury, Yankees, JDM"

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"Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead"

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"O's cool Blue Jays, stay alone atop AL East"

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"Brian McCann's home run in the sixth inning helped push the Yankees into sole possession of first place in the AL East on Monday night with a 4-1 win over the Rays, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped."

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"The Red Sox have finalized their contract with Pablo Sandoval, the first of two big signings aimed at boosting Boston's offense after a last-place finish in the AL East."

• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Los Angeles Angels games 17-20

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Rays advance to 11-9 after four game series in Tropicana Field “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering t...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

What do you all think will happen during the 2024 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the first time, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 28 responses, and here’s what you all think will happen this year: Let’s start with a win total The community is more optimistic, overall, than...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports How many games will the Rockies win in 2024? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Phoenix, AZ as they take on the reigning-NL Champion Arizona Diamondbacks to kick things off. They then head to Chicago for a three-game set against ...2024
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• Rays Madness: championship matchup
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• AL East Notes: Holliday, Gil, Red Sox
The Orioles shocked the baseball world yesterday by reassigning top prospect Jackson Holliday to minor league camp, effectively ending his bid to make the Opening Day roster. The consensus #1 prospect in the entire sport, Holliday has taken the minors by storm since being selected first overall in the 2022 draft. After hitting .297/.489/.422 in…...2024
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• 2024 AL East preview: High-flying young Orioles seek to repeat
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Tampa Bay Rays

Heading into his 10th season as manager of the Rays, Kevin Cash try to lead Tampa Bay to their sixth straight post-season appearance. | Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Coming off of a 99-win season, Tampa Bay will again try to try to make the playoffs despite playing in the ultra-competitive American League East. Heading into the franchise’s 27th season — and the 10th under the l...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees
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• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game
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• Comparing 2023 to 2024 after 24 games played
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Brewers are heading to St. Louis for their first series against the Cardinals this season. Through the first three weeks of the season, all of the teams in the NL Central have been competitive. There’s only a three-game gap between first and fifth place, which is tied for the smallest gap in the majors (the AL East also has a three-game gap). The firs...2024
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• Angels 6 Rays 7: LATE NIGHT MAGIC

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Santa Maria! The Rays defeated the Angels Tuesday night 7-6 in Tropicana Field to advance to 10-8 on the season. The thrilling contest went 13 innings, with an infield single from Amed Rosario walking it off and sealing the victory for Tampa Bay. Aaron Civale was the starter for the Rays in this game, going up against Angels starter Jose Soriano. The...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: San Francisco Giants games 14-16

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Rays advance to 9-7 after three game series in Tropicana Field Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the fift...2024
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• Rays React: Doom and gloom?

Civale | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Our latest Rays Reacts asked if you thought the Rays would win the AL East, and if they would make the playoffs. Despite the Rays offense (107 wRC+) being on pace with the AL East leading Yankees (108 wRC+) thus far. That might have something to do with the team’s 4.86 ERA? Nevertheless, it’s a bit early to know if winning the AL East is a tall...2024
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• Rays Madness: championship matchup
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• The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/Getty Images You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wi...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: New York Yankees games 21-23

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Rays fall to 12-11 after three game series in Yankee Stadium “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the seventh...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Los Angeles Angels games 17-20
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Colorado Rockies games 8-10

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Rays advance to 5-5 with series win in Denver “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the third series of the s...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 9 thread: Tyler Alexander vs. Ryan Feltner

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Rockies will try to capitalize on yesterday’s walk-off Yesterday’s Home Opener was a rollercoaster, but the Colorado Rockies had the last laugh against the Tampa Bay Rays as they won on a walk-off grand slam by Ryan McMahon after surrendering five runs in the top of the ninth to tie it 7-7. With the win, the Rox improved to 18-14 all-time in Home Openers...2024
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Toronto Blue Jays games 1-4

Baseball is Back! And we are introducing a series recap handing out Sunburst Awards. “Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This pilot edition will be covering the opening series of ...2024
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• Rays Madness: championship matchup
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• Dodgers will live up to the hype
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• Rays Madness: elite eight matchups

Part 2! 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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• Rays Madness: Using simulators to find the best team in franchise history

Part 1! In the spirit of march madness, a 16 team bracket has been created with different Rays teams of the past, with a baseball simulator being used to create a single elimination game deciding the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays teams winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning percentage. Each game is simu...2024
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• McCann's blast sparks Yankees past Rays
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Yanks half-game back in AL East after win
It seemed as if Michael Pineda and the Yankees were in for a long day on Monday after Pineda allowed four runs to the Orioles in the second inning of the series opener. But the Yanks' offense chipped away to rally behind Pineda and New York ultimately pulled out an 8-6 win. Greg Bird's three-run shot in the seventh broke open a tie and ended up being the difference-maker for the Yanks, who pulled ...2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Severino helps Yanks keep pace in AL East
Luis Severino bounced back from a rough outing to pitch into the sixth inning and Greg Bird launched a towering home run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 3-1, on Wednesday at Tropicana Field....2015
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• Sox storm back vs. Reds, pad AL East lead
The Red Sox endured the early body blow of a grand slam by Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett and then stormed back with big hits and clutch relief to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Reds on Friday night that reduced their magic number for clinching the American League East to six games....2017
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• Sox win set with Jays, increase AL East lead
Fresh off a 19-inning comeback win on Tuesday, the Red Sox were right back at it on Wednesday night, riding another stellar outing from Doug Fister and a balanced offensive attack to a 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays in the rubber game at Fenway Park....2017
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• Gardner's 2 HRs, Judge's 10th blast lead NY
Brett Gardner homered twice and drove in four runs, Austin Romine collected a career-high five RBIs and Aaron Judge hit his American League-leading 10th homer as the Yankees claimed sole possession of first place in the AL East with a 12-4 victory over the Orioles on Saturday at Yankee Stadium....2017
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• Preseason Prep - March 6, 2024
Edwin Diaz, RP (NYM) Diaz is right on track towards a successful return from the torn patellar tendon in his knee that forced him to miss the entire 2023 season. The electric closer was hitting the mid-to-high 90's with his fastball in a minor-league intrasquad scrimmage on Tuesday. The expectation is Diaz will appear in his first Grapefruit League game of the season next week. All signs point to ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 5, 2024
Yandy Diaz If you want a player with a sea of red for a stats page, Diaz is your guy. He led all qualified 1B in wRC+ (164) and was 4th in xwOBA (.381). He slashed a strong .330/.410/.522, and while some may argue for regression, Diaz's xBA of .305 ranks 6th amongst all hitters. He also is plus at controlling the zone (19.7 Chase%, 18.3 Whiff%, both 83rd Percentile), which allow him to maintain hi...2024
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• David Price Right at Home with Boston Red Sox Thanks in Large Part to Big Papi
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• Are the Yankees Headed for a Third Straight Year Without a Playoff Appearance?
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• Blockbuster Josh Donaldson Trade Shows Jays All-in for 2015, A's Retooling Again
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees
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• Royals stymie Blue Jays bats, win yet another 3-2 game
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• MLB Roundup: Week 3
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• Brewers Week in Review: Week 4
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: New York Yankees games 21-23
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• 2024 Sunburst Awards: Los Angeles Angels games 17-20
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2
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• AL East Notes: Red Sox, Paxton, LeMahieu, Blue Jays
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• Rays React: Doom and gloom?
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• AL East Notes: Benintendi, Kluber, Rays
Despite all of the trade speculation swirling around Andrew Benintendi, the Red Sox haven’t “reached a point of no return in trade talks,” The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier writes, and “there’s a solid chance, though not a guarantee” that Benintendi won’t be moved. One of the obstacles preventing a deal is the number of quality…...2021
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• AL East Notes: Morton, Betts, Margot, Blue Jays, Wood, Sanchez
Former Astros righty Charlie Morton became the latest player to address Houston’s electronic sign-stealing scandal, telling MLB.com’s Juan Toribio and other reporters that “personally, I regret not doing more to stop it” during his time with the club in 2017, while also admitting that he wasn’t certain what steps he could have taken to directly…...2020
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• For Rays in deep AL East, pitching remains a major concern
Matt Duffy is slated to be the Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman, with newcomer Yandy Diaz also seeing time at the hot corner. Diaz figures to split his time between third, first and “eventually” the outfield, according to manager Kevin Cash. In terms of further offseason additions, pitching remains an area of concern, though Cash is confident with the group he has now, per Marc Topkin of the...2019
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers a Year Too Late to Make Moves They Need Now
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• How Much Could Yankees Actually Sell on Summer Trade Market?
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• Blue Jays-Rangers' All-out Brawl Escalates Bad Blood Rivalry to New Level
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Early Miseries Indicate Yankees Are in Trouble
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• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Last-Minute Bargains as Spring Training Beckons
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: PED Era Makes for Clear Choices in Hall of Fame Vote
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