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• Looking at the Royals’ AL Central competition

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Four teams still ostensibly have a shot, but are all of them actually contenders? The White Sox are clearly not going to win much of anything this season, but there are reasons to believe that all four of the other teams have a shot at the division. I wanted to take a deeper look at each team and see who I believe will really be in the hunt and...2024
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• The Twins Are In Survival Mode
The Minnesota Twins lost 3-2 to the Chicago White Sox on October 3, 2022. Old friend Liam Hendriks picked up the win; Griffin Jax took the loss. Minnesota was coming off a series loss to the Detroit Tigers, where Ronny Henriquez took the loss in Game 2 and Simeon Woods Richardson picked up an L in Game 3....2024
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• Twins 6, White Sox 3: Losing ugly

Korey Lee has earned the full-time backstop spot | David Berding/Getty Images Eight straight losses at Target Field for Chicago; South Siders on pace for just 20 wins in 2024 Whew, friends. This season has been UGLY. Honestly, my brain is a bit overloaded with abysmal baseball, and I’m running out of different ways to say, “Man, this team stinks!” Yet, here we are again — another evening ...2024
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Twins

I make that face, too, Garrett, when watching White Sox baseball. | Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Can Garrett Crochet break Chicago’s five-game losing streak? Hey, White Sox fans! It’s Hump Day which brings with it another round of shoddy White Sox baseball. Tonight, the South Siders look to break their five-game losing streak, taking on their AL Central foes, the Minnesota Twins. Can the W...2024
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• How Much Has Injury Luck Factored Into Minnesota’s Slow Start?
The Minnesota Twins’ ownership group called 2016 a total system failure, which became an infamous phrase. While this season will end up better than that team’s franchise-record- 103-loss season eight years ago, it has been hard to find optimism with the 2024 Twins. After 21 games, they are in fourth place in the AL Central with an 8-13 record....2024
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins

Erick Fedde stuck out a career-high 11 and the White Sox offense delivered. Then, the ninth inning came. | Matt Krohn/Getty Images A record-breaking start can’t stop the losing. Plus, things that would get me to enjoy the worst White Sox team in history Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy birthday to hypothetical slugger Gavin Sheets. We’ve got a lot to unpack today, so I’ll open ...2024
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• Louie Varland Is Stealing From deGrom’s Arsenal. So Why Isn’t He Getting Outs?

The Minnesota Twins haven’t lived up to preseason expectations. There were some concerns entering the season, primarily injuries to Jhoan Duran and Anthony DeSclafani and ownership’s decision to replace Sonny Gray and Kenta Maeda internally. Still, ZIPS projected Minnesota to win the AL Central. The lineup has been something of a nightmare. The Twins have a league-worst 0....2024
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• Twins' Kepler off injured list after knee injury

The Minnesota Twins reinstated outfielder Max Kepler from the 10-day injured list Monday....2024
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• Visiting Dugout Podcast 44 — Minnesota Twins

Chrystal and Ben chat about the bottom-dwellers of the AL Central The delightful Ben Jones of our sister site Twinkie Town joins the show to discuss the Minnesota Twins. Sitting just above the White Sox, the Twins are also riddled with injury and only rearranged their roster, aside from parting ways with Sonny Gray and Jorge Polanco in the offseason. But with heartthrobs like Joe Ryan pitching and...2024
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• What they’re saying about Wells’ injury and Orioles’ 11-3 rout of Twins

BALTIMORE—What happened? Just before gametime, the Orioles placed right-hander Tyler Wells on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to April 13th, because of right elbow inflammation. Wells, who was scheduled to start Wednesday’s afternoon game against the Minnesota Twins, was 0-2 with a 5.87 earned-run average. The injury leaves the Orioles searching for another starter with […]...2024
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• What Do the Twins’ Minor League Injuries Mean For the Major League Club?
Many players are down and out with injuries on the Minnesota Twins’ 40-man roster. However, the injury issues aren’t much better at all minor league levels. Each affiliate has at least four players on the injured list, and the High-A Cedar Rapids Kernels have the fewest at four. Notable prospects are hurt at each affiliate, from Walker Jenkins in Ft....2024
• 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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• Braves News: Spencer Strider surgery, Yuli Gurriel added for depth and more

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Braves are going to have to find a way to overcome the loss of Spencer Strider. We knew that situation with Spencer Strider was going to be bad news, but that didn’t make it sting any less. The Atlanta Braves announced that Strider underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Friday and will miss the remainder of the ...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves began the road trip on a high note after defeating the Miami Marlins 8-1. Max Fried got the start and appeared to be in midseason form, as he tossed 6.1 frames. He gave up just one run on four hits, struck out four, and surrendered a base on balls. ▪️6.1 innings▪️1 run allowed▪️1 walk▪️4 strikeout...2024
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• What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball begins Thursday! Baseball season is back and Royals fans have reason to be hopeful for the first time in several years with a legit MVP candidate in Bobby Witt Jr., a Cy Young Award candidate in Cole Ragans, and one of the bigger spending sprees in free agency this off-season. The Royals will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, Mar...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 16

MLB History 1900 - Ban Johnson announces that an American League team will be placed in Chicago to ensure the stability of the league. In an agreement with National League officials, the AL club will be placed on the south side of the city and will be called the Chicago White Stockings. 1907 - The Detroit Tigers agree to trade Ty Cobb to the Cleveland Naps in a deal for Elmer Flick but Cleveland’...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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• Miguel Sano spotted with brace on foot, may wear it up to 10 days
Miguel Sano was spotted entering the Minnesota Twins’ clubhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., sporting a walking brace on his right foot, and the Star Tribune’s La Velle E. Neal reports it could be between seven and 10 days before the slugger is able to shed it. Sano suffered a laceration on his lower right leg while celebrating his hometown winter league team’s Dominican championship back on Jan. 23, and ...2019
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• Brand Name Ambition: Astros' Carlos Correa Focuses on Baseball and a Lot More
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Minnesota Twins' Hrbek's Pub Introduces Bloody Mary Topped with Pizza Slice
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"They are baseball's first 0-9 team since both the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins did it in 2016"

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"Star shortstop Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins are finalizing a six-year, $200 million contract, pending a physical, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Cavan Biggio hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and Whit Merrifield scored on an overturned call to lead the visiting Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins Sunday."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays acquired slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in a four-player trade."

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"Josh Donaldson, Minnesota Twins agree to four-year deal, report says"

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"The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed relievers Tyler Clippard and Sergio Romo, the team announced."

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"The Tampa Bay Rays have traded starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league infielder Jermaine Palacios."

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"The San Francisco Giants activated their dormant offense Sunday and scored four seventh-inning runs to surge past the Minnesota Twins, 13-8, avoiding a three-game series sweep."

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"The San Francisco Giants acquired infielder Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night in exchange for Minor League pitching prospect Adalberto Mejia."

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"Alex Rodriguez is on the verge of turning 40 years old, but that didn't stop the New York Yankees third baseman from turning back the clock in an 8-5 win Saturday night against the Minnesota Twins."

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"Torii Hunter, the 16-year veteran free-agent outfielder, is returning to his roots with the Minnesota Twins."

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• Remembering Dave McCarty

Dave McCarty wouldn’t give up on his big league dreams. David McCarty, who fashioned an 11-year major league career with seven teams, passed away on April 19. McCarty grew up in Houston and played collegiately at Stanford where he was named Baseball America College Player of the Year in 1991 after hitting .420 with 24 home runs. The Minnesota Twins took him with the third overall pick of the draft...2024
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• Should Jeffers and Vazquez Be Splitting Time Behind the Plate?
In 2023, the Minnesota Twins only used two catchers for the entire season for the first time since 1979. Christian Vázquez signed a three-year, $30 million contract in the previous offseason, indicating that he’d be Minnesota’s starting catcher. But he struggled offensively....2024
• Albert Suárez gets call to start for Orioles against Twins

BALTIMORE—The Orioles chose 34-year-old right-hander Albert Suárez to replace Tyler Wells for Wednesday afternoon’s start against the Minnesota Twins. They selected Suárez’s contract from Triple-A Norfolk. It will be Suárez’s first major league game since September 26th, 2017 for the San Francisco Giants, and his first start since September 23rd, 2016, also for San Francisco. […]...2024
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• Can Austin Martin Become the New Nick Gordon?
When the Minnesota Twins traded Austin Martin a few years ago, they believed he would be a star. The fifth overall pick in the 2020 draft, Martin was the centerpiece of the deal that sent José Berríos to the Toronto Blue Jays, but his career hasn’t gone as expected. Martin has cracked the big leagues just over two years since the trade....2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider surgery, Yuli Gurriel added for depth and more
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Ryan McMahon’s swing mechanics are yielding good omens

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Since being drafted in the second round out of high school by the Colorado Rockies in 2013, we’ve heard a lot about the potential of Ryan McMahon. While his glove has turned into one of the best in all of baseball at third base, the bat was always supposed to be his calling card. His power...2024
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López sharp in win over Mets, Allan Winans, and more

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves were able to hang on in a wild one and defeat the New York Mets 6-5 on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Reynaldo López earned the start, making his home debut. López tossed six innings of scoreless baseball. He surrendered three hits, walked three, and fanned six. Solid home debut...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Seattle Mariners

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Brewers look to get Seattle out of town before their bats wake up The Milwaukee Brewers will welcome the Seattle Mariners to American Family Field this weekend for a three-game set, their only meeting with Seattle this regular season. After a fairly spread out first week, Friday begins a run of 13 straight game days for the Brewers, all against teams with l...2024
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Bird App Recap: Goose Eggs

Your 2024 Chicago White Sox, making baseball history with every shutout ... Hello friends, and welcome to another Bird App Recap! The last time I tweet-capped Pale Hose happenings on a baseball diamond, the plucky South Siders bravely faced major league competition for the very first time in the young 2024 season. Too bad the White Sox failed to field a major league-quality squad on Day one, and ...2024
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Ryan McMahon’s swing mechanics are yielding good omens
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• Game thread II: Twins at Royals

Seth Lugo #67 of the Kansas City Royals delivers a pitch against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at Surprise Stadium on February 26, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images So begins the Seth Lugo era of the Kansas City Royals Good afternoon and welcome back to your regularly scheduled baseball. The Royals got off to a bit of a rough start Thursday, drop...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 29, 2024

Good news! There’s more Royals baseball tomorrow! | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Ed note: I mentioned this in the comments yesterday - I could probably just write “Hey, yesterday was Opening Day - What do you think?” and we’d get 200 comments here today. I’d like to think I do a marginally better job than that, so you get 2000 characters instea...2024
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• Opening Day: Royals v. Twins

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Cole Ragans gets his first Opening Day start 2023 was miserable for Royals fans. Sandwiched between back-to-back championships across the parking lot, the other tenant of Truman Sports Complex lost 106 games, tying a franchise record. It was the third 100-loss season in five seasons, not including 2020. General Manager J.J. Picollo responded by being as acti...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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• Twins 6, White Sox 3: Losing ugly
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Remembering Dave McCarty
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• How Can the Twins Rediscover Their Positive Vibes From Last Year?
The vibes were immaculate at Target Field last fall. The Minnesota Twins had won a playoff game and a playoff series and had taken the Houston Astros to four games in the ALDS. They created a new wave of fans, and the team took momentum into the offseason. It seemed like it would take a lot to kill the good feelings from Minnesota’s most successful season in over 20 years....2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2
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• Braves News: Max Fried solid in series opener, Darius Vines recalled, and more
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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends ...

Instead of watching Jake Burger launch bombs for the White Sox, we are forced to view from afar. Thanks, Kenny! | Brennan Asplen/Getty Images Because it’s certainly more fun than what we’re watching now Hey there, fellow White Sox fans! I’m excited to introduce a new feature this season where I’ll update you on how one of our favorite former players is faring with his new team. Not just ...2024
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud discusses walk-off win, Spencer Strider set for MRI, and more

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves had a back-and-forth affair with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Friday’s home opener. The Braves did, however, come out on top, courtesy of Travis d’Arnaud’s 10th inning single. d’Arnaud’s hit gave the Braves the 6-5 edge over the Dbacks. TRAVIS D'ARNAUD WALKS IT OFF ️BRAVES WIN‼️ pic.twitter.com/uiC...2024
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• Brewers keep the momentum rolling with 3-2 win in home opener

Brewers Jackson Chourio | Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Brewers all-around performance lifts team to 4-0 record Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers gave the home crowd something to root for in their 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. It didn’t take long for the Brew Crew to send a roar through the crowd. As Jakob Junis worked his first start of t...2024
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• OF Hunter returning to Twins on 1-year deal
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits 3 Home Runs vs. Twins: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Torii Hunter Retires: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits Grand Slam vs. Twins, Record 25th All-Time
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• Twins' Eddie Rosario Homers on 1st Pitch in 1st Career At-Bat, Family Goes Wild
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• Giants land All-Star Nunez in deal with Twins
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• David Ortiz Records 500th Home Run: Highlights and Reaction
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• Mike Trout Launches Grand Slam Deep to CF Against Minnesota Twins
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Jose Miranda, 2022 Fantasy Outlook
So, I gave you a Jose Miranda 2022 fantasy post kinda already, when I told you how much I liked him towards the tail-end of last year, while thinking he was about to be promoted. Ended up I got goosed, and Miranda got service time jag-offed and wasn't brought up. I didn't tell you everything, so we're back. What I did say, "Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: ...2021
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• Miranda Has The Right To Remain Buylent
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH OR $13/MONTH WITH AN EXTRA WEEKLY PODCAST.) Jose Miranda as played by Cynthia Nixon in her most challenging role yet: Minnesota Twins prospect. The sun sets through the West Village window, as clickety-clack from Carrie's word processor is heard. She reads the words out loud as they make their way onto her 64-bit screen,...2021
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• Cody Bellinger's fantasy baseball stock just keeps on rising
Cody Bellinger is living the life right about now. Not only are the Los Angeles Dodgers sporting an 8-3 record with baseball’s second-best run differential (+35) heading into Tuesday night, but there are also only three hitters with a better wRC+ than Bellinger’s 266 mark (Mike Trout, Tim Anderson and Tim Beckham). As if that wasn’t enough, the reigning National League Player of the Week is tied f...2019
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• Jose Altuve's Career Year Makes 2016 AL MVP Award His to Lose
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• What Is James Shields Truly Worth in Today's MLB Pitching Market?
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• Looking at the Royals’ AL Central competition
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• Erick Fedde deserved better, but White Sox still get embarrassed by the Twins
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Twins

Erick Fedde takes the mound against Pablo López | Quinn Harris/Getty Images More like Gamedread, am I right? Happy Tuesday, White Sox friends, and happy birthday to our third-highest batter by average, Gavin Sheets, who’s coasting just above that dreaded Mendoza line. The possibility that the Minnesota Twins will continue to struggle is keeping us afloat. However, even if Erick Fedde (1-0...2024
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• Louie Varland Is Stealing From deGrom’s Arsenal. So Why Isn’t He Getting Outs?
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Twins

Round No. 2: After a strong MLB debut on Wednesday, Jonathan Cannon looks to shut down the Twins. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Jonathan Cannon and the South Siders look to take the series opener in Minnesota The White Sox (3-18) are in Minnesota to face the Twins (7-13), and this will be the opener of a four-game series. Jonathan Cannon, 23, will start on the mound for the South Siders. Ca...2024
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• It’s Now Or Never For the Twins
The start of the 2024 season for the Minnesota Twins has gone poorly, to say the least. Their lineup is among the bottom three in baseball in OPS (.610), batting average (.195), slugging percentage (.329), and runs batted in (61). Only four hitters on the active roster have managed to maintain their OPSes over the league average mark of .698....2024
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• Austin Martin Is Starting To Look Like Minnesota’s Chris Taylor
It’s early, but Austin Martin is starting to show up for the Minnesota Twins, even as the rest of the lineup struggles. Maybe he hasn’t reached the ceiling that that team had in mind when they acquired him from the Toronto Blue Jays along with Simeon Woods Richardson in exchange for José Berríos, but he’s one of the only positives in the current Twins lineup....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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• SB Nation Reacts: Surprising MLB starts this year, both good and bad

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Which teams are off to starts that you did not expect? The latest SB Nation Reacts national survey posed two questions: Which MLB team that has gotten off to a good start surprised you the most, and similarly, which team that has not started the 2024 season well has surprised you the most? First, the good starts: The survey, of course, w...2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope
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• There is no such thing as a good owner

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman prior to a game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Last June, the Oakland Athletics were in the midst of yet another terrible season. With an Opening Day payroll of under $57 million, they were dead last in spending—the third time in the past six years that they were last or second to last in total pay...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 22, 2024

Sure, it’s not the KBO, but it’s in Korea | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images I tried to write as much as I could of this ahead of time, but if it descends into madness by the end, I blame basketball Max and Jeremy already covered the big stories yesterday. I guess I’ll just link to other stories below that cover the same ground. First, Max: Alec Marsh makes the rotation, Jordan Lyles to th...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 15 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The countdown continues. Another day has gone by without Cody Bellinger signing a contract. Further, the so-called “Boras Four” — Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery — are all still unsigned. We have discussed Boras and his modus operandi here many, many times. Here is a different take on that — and let me be cle...2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon’s 21-year career saw him play for 11 different teams including the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Patrick Duffy/Beam Imagination/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He won more games than any Latin American pitcher in MLB history and won an American League Cy Young Award. Should that be enough for “Big Sexy” to gain entrance into Cooperstown? When you say the nickname “Big Sexy” ...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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• The Braves paved a path of dominance towards their sixth-straight NL East title

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Braves didn't literally go wire-to-wire but other than that, their march to the 2023 NL East title was one of pure excellence On September 9, 2022, the Atlanta Braves beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4 to open up that series in Seattle and — most importantly — take sole control of first place in the NL East for the first time in the entire 2022 season. At...2023
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