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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL West
Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs haven’t played these teams in four years. Much has changed. The last time the Cubs played AL West teams was 2019, before COVID and the lockout upended the sport. The Cubs went 10-6 against the five AL West teams that year, but that’s long before a lot of things have changed in that division. The Mariners have improved. The Ran...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Cubs played these teams last year, so there’s at least some familiarity. Over the last three days we’ve taken a look at the Cubs’ National League competitors, all of whom they’ll play in at least one home-and-home series in 2023. Now we turn our attention to American League squads. The Cubs will face all these teams in one three-game series this year, either ...2023
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• Rays Continuing To Explore Market For Offensive Help
Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander told reporters during his season-closing press conference back in October that the club wanted to add a big bat this winter — particularly of the left-handed-hitting variety — after Tampa Bay’s offense managed to score only one run over 24 innings in that marathon two-game Wild Card Series…...2023
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• Looking Through The Guardians’ Outfield Possibilities
The Guardians surprised most onlookers by sprinting to an AL Central title last season, pulling away from the Twins and White Sox with an excellent September. Cleveland quickly dispatched the Rays in the Wild Card series before losing a closely contested Division Series against the Yankees. There were myriad reasons for the Guardians’ success. Recurring…...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Cubs played these teams last year, so there’s at least some familiarity. Over the last three days we’ve taken a look at the Cubs’ National League competitors, all of whom they’ll play in at least one home-and-home series in 2023. Now we turn our attention to American League squads. The Cubs will face all these teams in one three-game series this year, either ...2023
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• The 5 best Cubs games of 2022
Al Yellon The team did well in the second half, so these will be heavily weighted toward later in the year. It’s always fun to look back at good games the Chicago Cubs have played, even in a year that wound up with a losing record. The Cubs were 39-31 after the All-Star break, among the better records in the National League — and, in fact, one game better than the pennant-winning Phillies ...2022
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• Grading the White Sox: Rick Hahn
F. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images There’s no aspect of the job that was done well in 2022 At midseason, the SSS staff graded the 46-46 White Sox, from the head of the class Dylan Cease down to Dallas Keuchel. We invented a WARsss metric that could very well be just a cute way to trot out our special site grades — but really for all you know could be the product of years of research in a st...2022
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber will both be in the NLCS | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images I’m not sure I can choose who I want to win this series In the Division Series version of this guide I highlighted that the postseason had a real David vs. Goliath vibe to it with the super teams and their 100+ win seasons entering the playoff picture to face off against a slew of Wild Card t...2022
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• Outside the Confines: Off to a good start
Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The first day of the Division Series provided some real drama. And other news from around baseball. There was a whole lotta baseball yesterday. By far the best game, from a neutral standpoint, was the Astros 8-7 win over Seattle on a three-run, walk-off home run by Yordan Alvarez. Ben Clemens has a wrap-up of that instant classic. Mike Petriello notes th...2022
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• Mets remove reliever Joely Rodríguez from Wild Card Series roster due to shoulder injury

Starter Taijuan Walker took his place for the best-of-three series vs. the Padres...2022
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• Starling Marte makes Mets' Wild Card Series roster after finger injury

Marte has not played since Sept. 6...2022
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• White Sox lose Garrett Crochet, Eloy Jimenez to injuries in Wild Card Series Game 3 vs. Athletics
Crochet had diminished velocity and was removed after just two hitters; Jimenez ran too hard on a double...2020
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• Padres' Mike Clevinger unlikely to pitch in Wild Card Series, could miss entire playoffs, per report
The ace for the Padres, who was acquired over the trade deadline, is dealing with elbow pain...2020
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• Mike Clevinger, Dinelson Lamet Not On Padres’ Wild Card Roster
The Padres have formally announced their Wild Card Series roster, and neither Mike Clevinger nor Dinelson Lamet is included. Both right-handers recently incurred arm injuries, with Clevinger suffering an elbow strain and Lamet experiencing biceps discomfort. There’s still no formal update on their status, but neither has been ruled out from future rounds. For this…...2020
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2023
"Looking Through The Guardians’ Outfield Possibilities"

2022
"We will have game threads through October and early November for every postseason game, beginning with the Wild Card Series Friday."

2020
"MLB expands playoffs to 16 teams for shortened 2020 season, adds best-of-three Wild Card Series"

2018
"Poll: Fans want multi-game wild-card series"

2017
"Orioles host Angels in key AL wild-card series (Aug 18, 2017)"

2016
"Waino faces Pirates in opener of key Wild Card series"

2015
"Pirates Might Be Victim of 2nd Wild Card Format, but It Is Still a Success"

• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL West
Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs haven’t played these teams in four years. Much has changed. The last time the Cubs played AL West teams was 2019, before COVID and the lockout upended the sport. The Cubs went 10-6 against the five AL West teams that year, but that’s long before a lot of things have changed in that division. The Mariners have improved. The Ran...2023
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Cubs played these teams last year, so there’s at least some familiarity. Over the last three days we’ve taken a look at the Cubs’ National League competitors, all of whom they’ll play in at least one home-and-home series in 2023. Now we turn our attention to American League squads. The Cubs will face all these teams in one three-game series this year, either ...2023
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos celebrate their NLCS victory over the Padres | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports All in for Red October I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this piece since MLB’s postseason schedule and the quick victories by the Phillies and Astros in their respective Championship Series has given all of us four long days without baseball in October. We’ll dive into ...2022
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• Grading the White Sox: Rick Hahn
F. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images There’s no aspect of the job that was done well in 2022 At midseason, the SSS staff graded the 46-46 White Sox, from the head of the class Dylan Cease down to Dallas Keuchel. We invented a WARsss metric that could very well be just a cute way to trot out our special site grades — but really for all you know could be the product of years of research in a st...2022
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• Latest report shows Yankees fans need to get over Luis Castillo trade miss
Many New York Yankees fans have had ample time to watch other games this postseason because the Bombers were off for the Wild Card series and had two days in between ALDS Games 1 and 2. That allowed them to get prime viewing of Seattle Mariners ace Luis Castillo, one of their top trade deadline […] Latest report shows Yankees fans need to get over Luis Castillo trade miss - Yanks Go Yard - Y...2022
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber will both be in the NLCS | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images I’m not sure I can choose who I want to win this series In the Division Series version of this guide I highlighted that the postseason had a real David vs. Goliath vibe to it with the super teams and their 100+ win seasons entering the playoff picture to face off against a slew of Wild Card t...2022
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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
Marquee Sports Network The channel’s live game presentation still leaves much to be desired. Back in June, I wrote this article with some thoughts I had about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts. It wasn’t pretty. I had hoped things might change, but little did. The game broadcasts are still borderline unwatchable. Before I continue, I want to tell you that in the 17 years Bleed ...2022
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• 2022 season wrap: Former Cubs Javier Báez, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber
Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Let’s have a look at how these ex-Cub favorites did over the season’s final week, and overall. The 2022 regular season is over, so let’s look at these former Cubs and what they did since the most recent update in this series. Two of these players, of course, are in the postseason. Javier Báez Javy went just 5-for-24 (.208) over the season’s final week, bu...2022
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• White Sox: 3 New York Mets free agents to consider this offseason
The Chicago White Sox are not in the postseason because of the fact that they wildly underperformed in 2022. However, that doesn’t mean that everyone should just avoid watching the Wild Card Series games. It was a weekend loaded with amazing moments but no series went the distance beside the New York Mets vs San […] White Sox: 3 New York Mets free agents to consider this offseason - So...2022
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• MLB.TV takes promised postseason games away from fans in the UK and other countries
Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports This is not a good look for you, Rob Manfred, but it’s also not surprising. Major League Baseball says it wants to promote the game internationally. To do so, it’s going to hold several games in Europe — the UK and France — over the next few years, including the London Series in 2023 involving the Cubs and Cardinals next June. This is a good thing. Promoti...2022
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos celebrate their NLCS victory over the Padres | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports All in for Red October I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this piece since MLB’s postseason schedule and the quick victories by the Phillies and Astros in their respective Championship Series has given all of us four long days without baseball in October. We’ll dive into ...2022
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• Grading the White Sox: Rick Hahn
F. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images There’s no aspect of the job that was done well in 2022 At midseason, the SSS staff graded the 46-46 White Sox, from the head of the class Dylan Cease down to Dallas Keuchel. We invented a WARsss metric that could very well be just a cute way to trot out our special site grades — but really for all you know could be the product of years of research in a st...2022
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• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule as Phillies advance to NLDS, Mets stay alive vs. Padres

The 2022 MLB postseason is underway with the Wild Card Series...2022
• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule as Mets face Padres with trip to NLDS up for grabs

The 2022 MLB postseason is underway with the Wild Card Series...2022
• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule as Guardians advance to face Yankees in ALDS

The 2022 MLB postseason is underway with the Wild Card Series...2022
• Guardians vs. Rays: Four crazy stats from Cleveland's marathon victory in Wild Card Series

The Guardians and Rays played 14 1/2 scoreless innings before Oscar Gonzalez broke a 0-0 tie...2022
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• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule with Wild Card Series Game 2s on Saturday

The 2022 MLB postseason is underway with the Wild Card Series...2022
• MLB playoff picture: Bracket, standings, new format explained with 12-team postseason field set

The 2022 MLB playoffs kick off Friday with the Wild Card Series...2022
• MLB's playoff proposal is a mess. Here are fixes for the sport's real problems.
A simple question for Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred: What are you thinking? When news broke that MLB was considering radical changes to its postseason format, potentially starting with the 2022 playoffs, I assumed a Twitter hoax was afoot, or that someone was tweeting a link to something in The Onion. But no, baseball’s proposal isn’t satire, it just reads like it. Here are the ma...2020
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• Pirates Might Be Victim of 2nd Wild Card Format, but It Is Still a Success
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
2022

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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
2022

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• Outside the Confines: Off to a good start
2022

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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
2022

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• White Sox: 3 New York Mets free agents to consider this offseason
2022

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• MLB playoffs: What we learned from baseball's unprecedented Wild Card Series
What were the best moments from the first round? Let's take a look ... and say goodbye to eight teams...2020
• Shane Bieber crushed by Yankees as Cleveland ace turns in worst start of 2020 in biggest moment
The Cleveland ace did not have it in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series...2020
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• Pirates Might Be Victim of 2nd Wild Card Format, but It Is Still a Success
2015

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• Cubs 15, Reds 2: Zach McKinstry, David Bote and Franmil Reyes go deep in this laugher to end the year
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs had some fun and breezed to win No. 74. It seems like a very long time ago when the Cubs defeated the Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in the 2022 season opener, but in reality, that was just short of six months ago, the length of a normal baseball season. Wednesday, on a lovely October afternoon that spilled into early evening in Cincinnati, the Cubs booke...2022
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• 2022 season wrap: Former Cubs Javier Báez, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber
2022

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• Padres-Mets: Explaining Joe Musgrove's bizarre ear check during postseason elimination game

It was an ear-y October scene at Citi Field on Sunday night in Wild Card Series Game 3...2022
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• The 5 best Cubs games of 2022
2022

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• 5 things to watch as Blue Jays' focus abruptly shifts to next season
A wild-card series exit has forced Toronto's team brass to shift focus to the off-season and 2023 campaign. Here's a look at five things to watch as the Blue Jays aim to make improvements for next year....2022
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• Espinal, Moreno, Kikuchi on Jays' wild-card roster; Zimmer, Gurriel Jr., are not
2022

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• Dipoto: Mariners to Pursue Shortstops Willing to Play Second Base
There is plenty of cause for optimism in Seattle. The Mariners finished with a 90-72 record, their best since 2003. They delivered one of the best comeback wins in postseason history on their way to knocking off the Blue Jays in the wild card series. Down the stretch, the club locked up budding presumptive AL…...2022
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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
2022

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• Blue Jays shut out by Mariners 4-0 in Game 1 of wild-card series
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• Aaron Judge has perfect response to Yankees clinching playoff berth vs Red Sox
The New York Yankees officially hurled the first of many monkeys off their back on Thursday night, nabbing a playoff berth with a victory over the Boston Red Sox. Entering the opener, either a win or an Orioles loss would have secured the Yankees at least a best-of-three Wild Card series, and the Bombers controlled their own […] Aaron Judge has perfect response to Yankees clinching...2022
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• DeGrom 'excited' to start G2 with season on line

The Mets will rest their hopes in Jacob deGrom, who said it's "a huge goal of mine to keep this going" as he takes the mound in Game 2 of the NL wild-card series against the Padres....2022
• Picking an MVP from each wild-card series

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• Offseason Outlook: Cleveland Guardians
Baseball’s youngest team won the AL Central, defeated the Rays in the Wild Card Series, and came within a game of advancing to the ALCS. The future is now for the Guardians, as their new young core has already matured into a contending roster. Guaranteed Contracts Jose Ramirez, 3B: $119MM through 2028 Myles Straw, OF:…...2022
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• Guardians vs. Rays: Four crazy stats from Cleveland's marathon victory in Wild Card Series
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL West
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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the World Series
2022

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• The 5 best Cubs games of 2022
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• Grading the White Sox: Rick Hahn
2022

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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
2022

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• Outside the Confines: Off to a good start
2022

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• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule as Phillies advance to NLDS, Mets stay alive vs. Padres
2022
• 2022 MLB playoffs: Bracket, scores, matchups, schedule as Mets face Padres with trip to NLDS up for grabs
2022
• MLB.TV takes promised postseason games away from fans in the UK and other countries
2022

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• 2023 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL West
2023

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• MLB's playoff proposal is a mess. Here are fixes for the sport's real problems.
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