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  • Here are all the remaining MLB free agents
    • Here are all the remaining MLB free agents
    Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Could any of them interest the Cubs? Opening Day of the 2024 MLB season is two weeks from this Thursday. Most teams have the players they want on their Opening Day rosters already in camp. But injuries happen — as appears to be the case with Cubs righthander Jameson Taillon — and perhaps teams are still looking for backup plans. Also, there are still the Boras Th...2024
  • 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
    • 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
    Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images One team in this division did quite a bit this offseason The Dodgers have won 100 or more games in each of the last four full seasons (and probably would have in 2020 if there had been a full season then). They went out and signed two of the top free agents this offseason. So how much will they win this division by? The answer: “Who knows?” That’s why they...2024
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  • Spring Training has started and you can still make a credible free-agent team
    • Spring Training has started and you can still make a credible free-agent team
    Matt Chapman #26 of the Toronto Blue Jays prepares to field during Game 2 of the Wild Card Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images More than half of the league seems disinterested in improving their roster through free agency Spring Training has...2024
  • The Padres have spent $0 in free agency and that’s okay
    • The Padres have spent $0 in free agency and that’s okay
    Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Spring Training is still a couple months away and there are plenty of players looking for jobs Jeff Passan put out this tweet over the weekend to show how many teams haven’t spent much—or any—money this offseason. Yes, you’re reading that right. The Padres have spent the same amount as the Rockies: $0.00 in free agency. Free agent spendi...2023
  • Diamondbacks decline mutual option on four-time All-Star reliever
    • Diamondbacks decline mutual option on four-time All-Star reliever
    The Diamondbacks have declined their side of a mutual option with veteran right-hander Mark Melancon....2023
  • • Diamondbacks Decline Mutual Option On Mark Melancon
    The Diamondbacks have declined their side of a mutual option with veteran right-hander Mark Melancon, per a report from Steve Gilbert of MLB.com this morning. The option was valued at $5MM, but the Diamondbacks will instead opt to pay Melancon a $2MM buyout on the option. The decision hardly comes as a surprise, both because…...2023
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Mark Melancon injury and suspension

  • • Here are all the remaining MLB free agents
    2024
  • • 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
    2024
  • • The Cubs have two All-Star pitchers. That’s a fairly rare event.
    Getty Images: Quinn Harris (Justin Steele), Jamie Sabau (Marcus Stroman) And in the last year it happened before now, the Cubs won the World Series. Cubs starters Marcus Stroman and Justin Steele have been among the top starters in all of baseball in 2023, and they have both been named to the National League All-Star team. Congratulations to both pitchers — even if they don’t wind up pitch...2023
  • • 2018 Atlanta Braves Draft review
    This Draft class was a disaster from the start. The Atlanta Braves selected Carter Stewart, who didn’t receive a clean bill of health leading to a low-ball offer from the club. The team's draft class in 2017 saw only 2 players play for the big-league team. The 2018 draftees one upped the previous year's draft with just one player appearing in an MLB game for Braves. Down below we are going to brea...2023
  • • The Kids Are Alright- Preseason Prep- March 18, 2023
    One of the fun parts of Spring Training is to watch some young players perform really well. It can help solidify the prospect status of some, bring some on the radar, and even force a player onto a major league roster. There are several young players having solid performances and some of them have been noted among the players commented on below. In a lot of cases they don't end up heading north wi...2023
  • • Braves News: World Baseball Classic update, Collin McHugh makes spring debut, more
    Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images Your daily roundup of news and notes from Thursday The World Baseball Classic is drawing to a close as the March 21 championship game quickly approaches. Cuba and Japan have each secured their spots in the semifinals. Puerto Rico and Mexico will battle it out tonight at 7 ET to determine who will advance to play Japan. On the other side of the bracket, ...2023
  • • Mark Melancon Expected To Miss Multiple Months With Shoulder Strain
    The D-Backs announced on Wednesday that veteran reliever Mark Melancon would miss the start of the season after experiencing shoulder discomfort. Manager Torey Lovullo provided a disheartening update on Thursday afternoon. The four-time All-Star will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection to address a subscapularis strain, an injury the skipper said will be measured in “months, not…...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for March 16, 2023
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Get to know Q. The Star publishes a series from Lynn Worthy on Matt Quatraro, talking to his former boss, Cam Bonifay. The characteristics Bonifay recognized — the inquisitive nature, ability to communicate and being a good teammate — made him a strong candidate to join the player development department. “With his background, his abilit...2023
  • • Preseason Prep - March 16th, 2023
    Freddie Freeman (1B-LAD) gave an encouraging update on Wednesday regarding his hamstring injury, saying that his status for Opening Day is not in doubt. Freeman exited Canada's World Baseball Classic game against Columbia on Tuesday with a hamstring injury, which prevented him from playing in the team's game against Mexico on Wednesday as well. Fortunately, the injury does not appear too serious a...2023
  • Mark Melancon likely to miss start of season due to shoulder injury
    • Mark Melancon likely to miss start of season due to shoulder injury
    A shoulder injury is expected to delay the start of Mark Melancon's season....2023

Mark Melancon lifestyle

  • • Potential MLB Trade Market Impact Has Caught Up to Free-Agent Class
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Arizona Diamondbacks Key departures: Evan Longoria, Tommy Pham, Mark Melancon, Seby Zavala Key additions: Eugenio Suarez, Joc Pederson, Brandon Hughes The D-backs were four games better than they should have been in 2023, per their Pythagorean W/L projection, and made the postseason by one game."

  • 2023
    "The Braves would come back and take the lead, watch Mark Melancon blow the save in the ninth and then win it with a walk-off 6-5."

  • 2022
    "Since Beck’s 51-save season in 1998, just 12 pitchers have turned in a 50-save season, and several of them were one-off guys who you’d never think of as being a great closer: Jeurys Familia (Mets, 2016), Mark Melancon (Pirates, 2015) and Jim Johnson (Orioles, twice, 2012 and 2013)."

  • 2021
    "The Padres' big offseason continues in the bullpen, with Mark Melancon and Keone Kela joining an already deep crew."

  • 2020
    "Much of the focus on the trade that sent right-hander Mark Melancon from the Giants to the Braves last July has centered on the surprising fact that the Braves were willing to take on all of the $14MM owed to Melancon in 2020."

  • 2019
    "Winkler, 30 in February, was one of the players sent from Atlanta to San Francisco in the Mark Melancon salary dump."

  • 2018
    "Reliever Mark Melancon was also activated from the 60-day disabled list after missing the first two months of the season."

  • 2017
    "The Brewers scored twice off Giants closer Mark Melancon in the ninth inning Thursday but stranded the winning run at third base before the Giants struck for four runs in the 10th, sending San Francisco to a wild 9-5 victory at Miller Park."

  • 2016
    "David Freese and Gregory Polanco knocked in runs in the 10th inning and closer Mark Melancon closed out the A's in the bottom of the inning as the Pirates topped Oakland."

  • 2015
    "The Twins second baseman entered Tuesday night's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and promptly clubbed a home run to center field off Pirates closer Mark Melancon in the American League's 6-3 victory over the National League."

  • 2014
    "OK, yep, totally that: Probably not the best champagne spray in history, Mark Melancon: Melancon will be taking all lessons from McCutchen going forward, who has his goggles game on point like a seasoned playoff vet (those pants probably need dry-cleaning, though): The Steelers, who now own the longest playoff drought among Pittsburgh professional sports teams, played the good sport and congratulated the Pirates: Speaking of congratulations, let's give kudos to Tony Sanchez on his A-plus Stone Cold Steve Austin impersonation: We kind of hope he was mid-Shmoney Dance here: Agreed: First, "life's a trip" needs to be made into a Pirates T-shirt immediately."

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Mark Melancon trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

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    2024
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  • • 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
    2024
  • • Spring Training has started and you can still make a credible free-agent team
    2024
  • • The Padres have spent $0 in free agency and that’s okay
    2023
  • Jared Shuster, Braves look to complete sweep in San Francisco
    • Jared Shuster, Braves look to complete sweep in San Francisco
    Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Jared Shuster will make his first appearance since late June. The Atlanta Braves will look to complete a three-game sweep over the San Francisco Giants in a prime-time Sunday night Baseball showdown. Atlanta is coming off a 7-3 victory over the Giants in Saturday’s game behind six solid inning from Max Fried. The Braves will turn to Jared Shuster Sunday whi...2023
  • • Padres Fan Survey Results: Should Padres give Josh Hader $100+ million?
    Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images The fan base aren’t huge fans of giving their closer a huge contract Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Diego Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week Padres fans were given the chance to v...2023
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  • • 2018 Atlanta Braves Draft review
    2023
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  • • The Kids Are Alright- Preseason Prep- March 18, 2023
    2023
  • • Braves News: World Baseball Classic update, Collin McHugh makes spring debut, more
    2023
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Mark Melancon stats and results

  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta takes a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers in the NLCS
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta takes a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers in the NLCS
    Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves complete a remarkable sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first in World Series history. Dick Rudolph pitches a complete game, 3-1 victory for the Braves, who were 15 games out of first place in early July. 1959 - The Milwaukee Braves release long-time veterans Enos Slaughter and Mickey Vernon, ending...2023
  • This Day in Braves History: October 4
    • This Day in Braves History: October 4
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1969 - Major League Baseball holds its first league championship games with the Mets beating the Braves 9-5 and the Orioles knocking off the Twins 4-3. 1995 - In the NLDS, the Braves defeat the Rockies 7-4 for the second straight game. Marquis Grissom homered for Atlanta while Larry Walker went deep for Colorado. 2019 - Mike Fo...2023
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  • • Padres Fan Survey Results: Should Padres give Josh Hader $100+ million?
    2023
  • • 2018 Atlanta Braves Draft review
    2023
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  • • A's closer Blake Treinen experiencing improved results
    Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle examines Athletics closer Blake Treinen’s improved results since coming to Oakland last summer. The big righty has always shown phenomenal pure stuff in the majors, but had not quite figured out how to maximize. While he’s handing out less walks than before, he’s also working in the zone less than in prior years. And he has generated less grounders (a s...2018
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  • • NL East Notes: Nationals, Rosario, Cespedes, Straily
    WasWhile the Nationals still hold the best record in the National League, the team’s bullpen struggles remain a real concern, as Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post writes. Boswell acknowledges the benefit of hindsight but points out that the very trade that brought the Nats a closer last summer (Mark Melancon) cost them a much-needed future piece,…...2017
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  • • Santiago Casilla to A's: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
    2017
  • • Making the Case for a Brett Gardner Trade Between Yankees, SF Giants
    2016

Mark Melancon parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Preseason Prep - March 16th, 2023
    2023
  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
    Photo by Kayla Wolf/Getty Images There’s real hope growing in the desert. If you squint hard enough, you can start to make out the light at the end of the tunnel of what has been a dark time for the Arizona Diamondbacks. After a mediocre 25-35 season in 2020, the Diamondbacks bottomed out in 2021, finishing the year 52-110, and very little hope to go along with it. In 2022, Arizona saw, ir...2023
  • • Giants Place Mark Melancon On 10-Day DL
    The Giants have placed closer Mark Melancon on the 10-day DL, Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News reports on Twitter. The team is calling his injury a “mild right pronator strain.” At the moment, it’s not clear how long Melancon is expected to miss. It’s promising, at least, that the team has specified the strain…...2017
  • • Enthusiastic crowd greets Giants at FanFest
    During Saturday's Giants FanFest at AT&T Park, the team's new closer, Mark Melancon, pondered for only a second or two when asked to cite his favorite baseball moment....2017
  • • Enthusiastic crowd greets Giants at FanFest
    During Saturday's Giants FanFest at AT&T Park, the team's new closer, Mark Melancon, pondered for only a second or two when asked to cite his favorite baseball moment....2017
  • • Dodgers Remain Among NL Elite by Re-Signing Kenley Jansen, Justin Turner
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Rangers, Indians, Cubs Race Toward History
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: There's a Closers Sale Going on at MLB's GM Meetings
    2015
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  • • Cubs vs. Pirates: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 NL Wild Card Game
    2015
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  • • MLB All-Star Game 2015 Results: Score, Twitter Reaction from AL vs. NL
    2015
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Top Mark Melancon news

  • • Dozier goes deep in first All-Star at-bat
    Brian Dozier made his first All-Star experience a memorable one. The Twins second baseman entered Tuesday night's All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and promptly clubbed a home run to center field off Pirates closer Mark Melancon in the American League's 6-3 victory over the National League....2015
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  • • Benches Clear in Pirates-Reds Game After Tempers Flare in Beanball War
    2015
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  • • Dodgers come out swinging, can't finish rally
    Backed by a pair of homers, including an unlikely three-run shot from starter Francisco Liriano, the Pirates' bullpen fired five straight scoreless innings and Mark Melancon held on for his 35th save as the Bucs beat the Dodgers, 6-5, on Saturday at PNC Park....2015
  • • Bucs 'pen takes over early, shuts down Dodgers
    Backed by a pair of homers, including an unlikely three-run shot from starter Francisco Liriano, the Pirates' bullpen fired five straight scoreless innings and Mark Melancon held on for his 35th save as the Bucs beat the Dodgers, 6-5, on Saturday at PNC Park....2015
  • • Cole wins 11th, carries Bucs' streak to 8
    Gerrit Cole picked up his Major League-best 11th victory, Mark Melancon picked up his 21st save in a row and the Pirates won for the eighth straight time with a 3-2 victory over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field Thursday night. The White Sox lost their season-worst seventh straight and suffered their third straight series sweep....2015
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  • • Cubs vs. Pirates: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 NL Wild Card Game
    2015
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  • • Giants score 4 in 10th to cap the Brewers
    2017
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  • • Giants score 4 in 10th to cap the Brewers
    2017
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Mark Melancon fantasy rankings and news

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  • • Joakim Soria to Pirates: Latest Trade Details, Comments, Reaction
    2015
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  • • Player Profile #84: Mark Melancon | RP | PIT
    Mark Melancon is finally getting his due as a top fantasy closer, this is despite three very solid seasons out of his last four. Bouncing around from team to team, three over his last four years to be exact, hasn’t been his faul. Neither is still playing out his rookie contract; each team that’s controlled him as traded him. Except for the Pirates, that is, who just agreed to arbitration terms wit...2015
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Mark Melancon schedule, game

  • • 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West
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    2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta takes a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers in the NLCS
    2023
  • • Jared Shuster, Braves look to complete sweep in San Francisco
    2023
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  • Strider, Braves spin another shutout in 4-0 win over Giants
    • Strider, Braves spin another shutout in 4-0 win over Giants
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Michael Harris II had four hits and finished a homer shy of the cycle. Remember back a few games ago, when there was a cavalcade of laments about the state of the team's starting pitching, driven largely by some shoddy defensive play almost nightly? Well, the Braves have now thrown three straight shutouts, and it feels like even those complaints happened ...2023
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  • • The Cubs have two All-Star pitchers. That’s a fairly rare event.
    2023
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  • • Sizing up the longest home runs in Truist Park history
    Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a 470 foot homer last week. Where does it rank on the list of the longest home runs in Truist Park history? Since Ronald Acuña Jr. made his debut in 2018, there has been no shortage of tape measure home runs for the Atlanta Braves. Acuña launched another majestic shot during the last homestand against the Red Sox. That ...2023
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  • • 2018 Atlanta Braves Draft review
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Mark Melancon rumors, scandals

  • • Making the Case for a Brett Gardner Trade Between Yankees, SF Giants
    2016
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    2016
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