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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.288 — William Contreras batting against Mitch Keller. 0.287 — Shohei Ohtani batting against MacKenzie Gore. 0.283 — Mookie Betts batting against MacKenzie Gore. 0.273 — Trea Turner batting against Nick Martinez. 0.272 — Juan Soto batting against Alex Wood. 0.271 — Freddie Freeman batting against MacKenzie Gore. […]...2024
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• Best Batter Today
Juan Soto of the Yankees remains atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings after he singled in four trips in a 4-3 win over the Athletics. His lead is down to six points as Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers homered and walked in a 4-1 win over the Nationals. His teammate, Mookie Betts, posted a one […]...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dodgers take series opener in D.C., 4-1; Nats’ bullpen; Keibert Ruiz at AA...

Notes and quotes from last night in Nationals Park... CORBIN NUMBERS MATCH EFFORT FOR ONCE: A frequent refrain from Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez following Patrick Corbin’s starts this season has been some variation on the idea that the numbers don’t tell the whole story as far as how the left-hander has fared. “Once again, the numbers show he didn’t pitch well,” Martinez said after the 34-yea...2024
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• Andrew Friedman Remains Confident in Bottom of Dodgers’ Lineup

As good as the top three hitters in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup have been, the bottom three have been just as bad. Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman have hit a combined .333 with 23 doubles, two triples, and 12 home runs in the first 24 games of the season. The bottom three …...2024
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.343 — Shohei Ohtani batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.335 — Mookie Betts batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.329 — Freddie Freeman batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.320 — Will Smith batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.303 — Teoscar Hernandez batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.295 — Luis Arraez batting against Max Fried. [R...2024
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• Best Batter Today
Juan Soto of the Yankees sees his lead in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings shrink to ten points after he posted an 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-0 Athletics win. The Dodgers did not play on Monday, so Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts remain second and third respectively. Josh Naylor and the […]...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Salvy is A-OK! Salvy will avoid the Injured List, writes Anne Rogers. Indeed, Perez’s MRI scan taken Monday in Chicago “was the best result we could have hoped for,” Quatraro said. Imaging showed a mild left groin strain that is not expected to require an injured list stint. Catcher Logan Porter traveled to Chicago on Monday to be a one-man taxi squad...2024
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• Braves begin Texas Week by heading down for three in Houston

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Braves will try to extend the Astros’ early-season misery in a 2021 World Series rematch After an improbable, thrilling win to cap off their series in Miami, the Braves will head to Houston to continue their road trip and begin an all-Texas week that will see them head home to host the Rangers over the weekend. This series will mark the first time th...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 13

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Too many walks allowed, too few hits doom Cubs in Seattle. Two weeks do not make a baseball season by any means. However, I chuckle every time I hear someone say that the Cubs didn’t really do anything in the offseason. Certainly, running it back with a team that didn’t reach the playoffs and hoping that internal growth seems like a silly plan. That said, ...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 1

Ronel Blanco completed the first no-hitter of the season! | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Diving into the best and worst performances of the first week of the season The first week of the MLB season was full of action, including a no-hitter, a walk-off grand slam and various hot and cold starts from a variety of teams. We’re here to give you the top performances and moments of the week, ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The Athletics announce they are moving to Sacramento, temporarily. Mookie Betts is tearing up the league. The Marlins are in trouble. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Athletics announced that the team will play from 2025 to (at least) 2027 in Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Sutter Health Park is the home of the Triple-A Sacra...2024
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• Could Dodgers’ Infield Defense Prompt Them to Sign Padres Star in Free Agency?

Just weeks before the Dodgers’ season kicked off in Korea, the team announced a major shift to its infield defense. Star Mookie Betts would be taking over at shortstop in light of Gavin Lux‘s shortcomings in the field. Lux, coming off a major knee injury, is now at second base. But the problems along the …...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
Snag, Lag, or Red Flag? A classic exercise (that was just made up) where we look at players in different ADP ranges of the draft and decide which of these three categories they fall into: Snag - Get the player. Don't hesitate to draft him in that range. Lag - Pump the breaks. See what else is available and if he falls, maybe. Red Flag - Forget about him. Early Rounds: Yordan Alvarez, OF/DH,...2024
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• Preseason Prep (and the Opener in Seoul) - March 21, 2024
Seoul Series Yu Darvish, SD Darvish lasted just 3.2 in his opening start against the Dodgers in Seoul, allowing 1 unearned run on 2 hits and 3 BB's, while recording 3 K's. While he was able to keep his ERA clean, it wasn't exactly a stellar performance as he threw only 42 of 72 pitches for strikes (58%) and only got 5 swinging strikes. At the same time, he was facing one of the best offenses in ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 19, 2024
Jarred Kelenic Kelenic was once a highly touted prospect thanks to early first round draft capital, premium athleticism, and strong minor league performances. He spent three full seasons with Seattle's big league club, but only slashed .204/.283/.373 across 252 games. Seattle shipped him to Atlanta this offseason, and many pegged Kelenic as a continued breakout candidate in a potent Atlanta lineup...2024
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• Outside the Confines: The Yankees hold their breath after a possible Cole disaster

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Gerrit Cole is getting more tests on his elbow. The Padres and Dodgers prepare to head to Korea. A look at the top players in the game and other news from around MLB. It’s a good thing that Yankees fans are generally a mellow sort who never overreact to anything. Yankees fans are so chill about everything. The reigning Cy Young Award winner, Yankees ri...2024
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"Nico Hoerner reached on a throwing error by Mookie Betts, and Tauchman doubled him in to make it 5-0 [VIDEO]."

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"Dodgers' Mookie Betts opts for Airbnb over Milwaukee's allegedly haunted Pfister Hotel during road trip"

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"The Dodgers traded Verdugo and others for Mookie Betts in Feb."

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"LOOK: Mookie Betts retrieves first home run ball for Cincinnati Reds rookie TJ Friedl"

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"The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a deal with the Boston Red Sox that would send star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN."

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"MLB rumors: Dodgers remain in touch about Mookie Betts; Angels, Cardinals among teams after Hyun-Jin Ryu"

2018
"Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts acknowledge tension in the Red Sox clubhouse last year."

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"After rallying from being down two in the ninth, the Red Sox needed 10 additional innings to walk off with a win, as Hanley Ramirez singled home Mookie Betts in the 19th inning to defeat the Blue Jays, 3-2, as Tuesday night became Wednesday morning."

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"A batting barrage led by the second three-homer game from Mookie Betts this season was quite a sendoff for the Red Sox as they wrapped up their homestand by dominating the D-backs, 16-2, on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park."

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"Mookie Betts lifted a sacrifice fly to center field in the 19th inning off Esmil Rogers, sending Xander Bogaerts home with the deciding run as the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 6-5, in the longest game played at the current Yankee Stadium."

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"Meanwhile, the team still has Rusney Castillo, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Allen Craig and Jackie Bradley Jr."

• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dodgers take series opener in D.C., 4-1; Nats’ bullpen; Keibert Ruiz at AA...
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A deeper look into the struggles of Nolan Jones

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 17, 2024 During spring training in 2023, the notable flaw in newly acquired Nolan Jones’s game was an overabundance of strikeouts. His inability to put the ball in play led the Colorado Rockies to option him to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the year where he worked extensively with hitting coach Jordan...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Mitchell Parker to make MLB debut + Riley Adams is always ready...

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ weekend in Oakland, CA. MITCHELL PARKER TO MAKE MLB DEBUT IN LA: When he spoke to reporters before the second of three with the A’s in Oakland on Saturday, Davey Martinez was not ready to announce who’d start for Washington in the series opener with the LA Dodgers tonight in Chavez Ravine. “No. I was talking to [GM Mike Rizzo] today about some other things,” M...2024
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• Braves begin Texas Week by heading down for three in Houston
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• Cub Tracks’ splitsville

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Jordan Wicks continues to impress, but the Cubs couldn’t score enough to make it count. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and ...2024
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• Cubs 9, Dodgers 7: What a ballgame!

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images This game had a little bit of everything, and the Cubs came out on top. Games like this are why I love baseball so much. There are so many things that can happen in a baseball game, and we got just about anything you could think of. Good pitching and bad pitching on both sides. Good defensive plays. A couple of home runs into the howling north wind at ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2024

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images 4/4/24 No game due to weather yesterday, so let’s round up the reactions to Tuesday’s landslide election defeat for the Royals: Sam McDowell at the Star ($): Less than week ago, even after agreeing to keep Oak Street open, Sherman acknowledged he didn’t know what that meant for a surrounding entertainment district that he said the team isn’t really calling ...2024
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• Dodgers Veteran Has Never Seen a Player More Dedicated Than Mookie Betts to Getting Better

Dodgers star Mookie Betts is a self-made outfielder. He was originally drafted as an infielder, but converted to a new position because the middle infield in Boston was occupied by Xander Bogaerts and Dustin Pedroia. Since his debut as a right fielder, Betts has won six Gold Gloves. Since March, he’s been dedicated to being …...2024
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• Good luck pitching to Bobby Witt Jr.

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports There are almost no more holes in Bobby Witt Jr.’s swing If you follow baseball, you hear about pitchers exploiting holes in a player's swing quite often. Pitchers don’t have perfect command and cannot hit those spots every time, but you can see in how they attack a player where the holes (or perceived holes) are. Last season Bobby Witt Jr. seemed to struggle...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A deeper look into the struggles of Nolan Jones
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 13
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• Strong Start to April for O'Neill - April 8, 2024
Tyler O'Neill, BOS O'Neill went deep yet again against the Angels on Sunday, tying him with Mookie Betts for the MLB lead with 5 HR's. He has had a sensational start to the season, posting a .357 BA and 1.407 OPS through 9 games. Oddly enough, those 5 dingers are the only 5 RBI O'Neill has this season despite the fact that he's mostly hit in the middle of the Red Sox lineup. Sunday was the first...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Heading to Sacto
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Baseball Musings Pledge Drive continues. If you love Beat the Streak Picks, please consider a $5 or $10 donation to help defray the cost of the statistics used here. The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.290 — Freddie Freeman batting against Kyle Hendricks. 0.285 — Mookie Betts batting against Kyle Hendricks. 0.280 — […]...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 13
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• MLB Roundup: Week 1
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• Cub Tracks’ splitsville
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• The obsession begins

Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
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• Santa Rod pays a visit

If you visited my card room -- and I still plan to do some sort of blog tour of it someday -- you would note that one blogger has a notable physical presence in the room without actually being there.That's Rod of Padrographs. He has sent me so much quality stuff over the years. I don't just display anything in a spot where I see it every day but Rod manages to find things that I don't ...2024
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• Remembering the life of UL Washington

Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images The toothpick guy Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 410, sits in the southeast corner of the state. For a small village, it has produced some interesting people, most notably country music superstar Reba McEntire and lead singer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the rock band, Alice in Chains. Stringtown also produced one UL Washington. That’s UL with no perio...2024
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• Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Chicago White Sox 6

Yep, you know the drill. Shohei Ohtani took it deep. | Christian Petersen/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani cooks the South Siders for his Boys in Blue debut Happy Tuesday, White Sox fans, and happy Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger day! I hope you’ll join me every Tuesday for White Sox game coverage this season, and my promise to you will be the one that’s endured through all my seasons here: I won’t b...2024
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• A Royals geographical lesson

Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Who produces the best regional talent While snowed in recently, I got to thinking about states that seem to produce more professional athletes. Pennsylvania comes to mind immediately. Looking at the top football players who came out of Pennsylvania is like looking at a Hall of Fame roster. Same with baseball, as some of the biggest na...2024
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• Sources: Red Sox trading Betts, Price to Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a deal with the Boston Red Sox that would send star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. The deal is pending medical reviews....2020
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• Sources: Red Sox trading Betts, Price to Dodgers
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to trade star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan. Boston's return includes outfielder Alex Verdugo, sources said....2020
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• Extra effort: Red Sox outlast Yanks in 19 innings
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• Sox get even in 9th, out at plate in 11th, W in 19!
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• Hey 19! Red Sox prevail over Jays in marathon
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• Mookie's 6 RBIs power Sox's rout of A's
Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts led a batting barrage and Eduardo Rodriguez pitched his best game in weeks, leading the Red Sox to an 11-1 rout over the Athletics on Tuesday night at Fenway Park....2017
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• Mookie's six RBIs power rout of A's
Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts led a batting barrage and Eduardo Rodriguez pitched his best game in weeks, leading the Red Sox to an 11-1 rout over the Athletics on Tuesday night at Fenway Park....2017
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• Strong Start to April for O'Neill - April 8, 2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 22nd, 2024
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• Preseason Prep (and the Opener in Seoul) - March 21, 2024
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• Mookie Betts tops last mock before Opening Day
Check out the results of our final fantasy baseball head-to-head points mock draft of the season, featuring round-by-round picks and a snapshot of the rosters of all 10 teams....2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 11, 2024
Cal Raleigh (C-SEA) has enjoyed a strong start to spring training as he's batted .286 with 2 homers, 7 RBI, and 4 runs scored across 16 PA entering Sunday's action. Yes, it's a tiny sample size in somewhat-meaningful preseason action, but it's good to see Raleigh already displaying his trademark power. The 27 year-old is coming off his strongest MLB campaign yet, one in which he hit .232 with 30 d...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - March 2, 2024
Bryce Miller, SP, Mariners Bryce Miller showed off a new splitter in his recent spring training start. Already featuring a six-pitch mix, adding a splitter might not seem like a big deal. However, it may be exactly what he needs since his secondary offerings were underwhelming in 2023. He actually got the most whiffs on his fastball (27.1%), followed by his slider (24.4%), changeup (17.9%), and sw...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 27, 2024
Evan Phillips The Dodgers claimed Phillips from the Rays in the summer of 2021, and since then he has been a staple in their bullpen, appearing in 126 games in their last two seasons with great results. Phillips has that coveted ability to both get groundballs (44.1%) and punch guys out (28.2%). He utilizes an elite slider that gets premium results (.195 xwOBA, 42.1% Whiff), and overall has no pro...2024
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• Dodgers Place Max Betts
In the front row of Dodger Stadium, an empty seat adorned with only everything bagel seasoning and suspenders commemorating Larry King sat to the right of home plate. Still there in person, Mary Hart recounted how Larry used to say, "Something smells funny in my Duane Kuiper." A big game for the Dodgers, make no mistake. Almost as big as the game they lost the night before. This game they wouldn't...2021
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• Fantasy Baseball: Who's hot, who's not heading into Week 3
Another week of the 2018 regular season is in the books, which means another opportunity for players to heat up and cool off at the plate and on the mound for fantasy baseball purposes.Each week throughout the regular season, we’ll highlight 20 players (10 position players and 10 starting pitchers) who have either enjoyed the last seven days of play or are thankful that they’re over. To qualify fo...2018
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Dodgers take series opener in D.C., 4-1; Nats’ bullpen; Keibert Ruiz at AA...
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• Andrew Friedman Remains Confident in Bottom of Dodgers’ Lineup
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• Who should hit leadoff for the Royals?

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Maikel Garcia has been in a sluuuuuuump. The Royals offense has looked pretty good thus far. Through Wednesday games, they were averaging 4.84 runs-per-game, good for 11th-best in all of baseball. What is remarkable is that they’ve done this without a tablesetter. Leadoff hitters for the Royals are hitting just .165/.209/.329, the third-worst OPS any team h...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A deeper look into the struggles of Nolan Jones
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop 2nd of 3 in LA, 6-2 Dodgers; Mitchell Parker revisited+ more...

Notes and quotes from the 2nd of 3 with the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine... QUICK “IF YOU DIDN’T STAY UP” RECAP: Patrick Corbin gave up three runs over the first two innings last night on the road in Dodger Stadium, but Jesse Winker hit a full-count curve from Dodgers’ lefty Ryan Yarbrough 429 ft. to right-center in the top of the third to get the visiting Nationals within one run, 3-2 LA. It was home...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats 6-4 over Dodgers; Mitchell Parker earns W in MLB debut...

Notes and quotes from the series opener in Los Angeles... NO PRESSURE, MITCHELL!: As the Nationals’ Communications Department noted before last night’s game, 24-year-old, 2020 5th Round pick Mitchell Parker, who made his MLB debut in the series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dodger Stadium, became just the second pitcher in MLB history to, “... face three former MVPs as the first three ...2024
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• Braves begin Texas Week by heading down for three in Houston
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 2

Two things I've noticed since posting the first half of my hobby box of 2024 Heritage the other day.The first is that out of all the regular player and manager cards I've pulled so far, not one features a posed shot. Those were staple shots for Heritage all the way through last year. Just about all of the base Dodgers cards from last year's Heritage are posed shots.To go from that to absolut...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats 6-4 over Dodgers; Mitchell Parker earns W in MLB debut...
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• MLB Roundup: Week 1
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• Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts have the most unfortunate jersey mashup

OHTANI BETTS While the Dodgers are in the grips of the bizarre Shohei Ohtani betting scandal their jerseys aren’t doing much to defend their star player. Here is all the proof you need ‘Ohtani Betts’ pic.twitter.com/BEOddd5zpX— ProphetZero (@ProphetxZero) March 25, 2024 In what might be the most unfortunate mashup of all time, it really doesn’t help the argument that Ohtani isn’t betting wh...2024
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball players won Oscars last night

Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images But it was still a fun show. While most of the buzz this weekend was over the Oscars, that doesn’t mean there was no baseball news to delve into. The Reds have a suspension scandal to deal with. Former Reds player Joey Votto is heading to his Canadian homeland on a minor league deal. The Twins are getting their sleep, Willy Adames is looking ...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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• Home Run Derby Thread: Luis Robert Jr. tries to club his way to a title
Luis Robert Jr. got a nice draw in the Home Run Derby, taking place on Monday night starting at 7 p.m. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images La Pantera has a good bracket to sprint through to the title On the strength of his MLB third-best 26 home runs, our Luis Robert Jr. enters tonight’s Home Run Derby as a No. 1 seed. And based on the makeup of the grid, he caught a huge break by ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s talk about Aaron Judge for the rest of the winter
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Are there other free agents? With the major awards of the season all given out, it’s now time for us to look ahead to the 2023 season. There will be plenty of speculation ahead about where free agents will sign and which teams will make major trades. Who is poised to make a push for winning next season and who is going to sink into the depths of rebuilds ...2022
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