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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2024

L.G. Patterson/MLB Photos during the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Opening Day! Kansas City’s busy offseason set the tone for 2024, writes Anne Rogers: The small-market Royals were one of the busiest teams this winter in hopes of ...2024
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• Tampa Bay Rays acquire Niko Goodrum

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rays are adding a switch hitting versatile bench player on the eve of Opening Day The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring utility fielder Niko Goodrum from the Minnesota Twins per a report from Marc Topkin. Goodrum, 32, was a second round selection in the 2010 draft by the Minnesota Twins. A player that possessed solid tools but struggled to ma...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Montgomery is a Snake at last. Decisions are made concerning who makes the Opening Day rosters. Looking ahead to the 2024 season and other news from MLB. I’m not going to have any Shohei Ohtani links today. I think we’ve covered that story well enough in other pieces on this site. If you have read something that you really think th...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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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 When it comes to making predictions for the coming MLB season, I tend to prefer writing a (very rough) SWOT analysis that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This strikes me as a more nuanced (and slightly different) approach to the topic at hand. So here’s my best ...2024
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• Guessing what the Padres Home Opener roster will look like

Photo by Yuki Taguchi/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Seoul Series roster was not exactly what the Thursday roster will look like The San Diego Padres split their first two games of the season last week in the Seoul Series with a roster that was built to win those two games. Dylan Cease, for example, wasn’t needed so he was on the taxi squad for those games but will make this next roster. ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images It is baseball week. Anne Rogers previews the season and makes a bold prediction - that the Royals win the division. If the Royals manage a 20-win swing in 2024, they will still finish 10 games under .500. The Twins won 87 games last year. The AL Central is a weak division that has only gotten weaker with injuries and departures, but the Ro...2024
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• Dodgers will live up to the hype

Same region, new uniform: Shohei Ohtani brings his otherworldly talent from Anaheim to Los Angeles. | Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images One writer’s vision of how the 2024 season will play out We have made it to baseball season once again, which is good, but this year, it is not as exciting as usual. The White Sox are the worst team in MLB’s worst division, and their farm system is...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 23

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB History 1936 - Dizzy Dean ends his holdout and agrees to sign a one-year, $24,000 deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. 1941 - Joe DiMaggio plays in his first exhibition game of the spring after holding out. 1951 - The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, Florida for the use of their spring training facilities...2024
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• Could Austin Shenton make the Opening Day roster?

m’lady | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Injuries have opened the door for a surprising prospect The Tampa Bay Rays have been ravaged by injuries thus far in 2024 and their depth is starting to get tested. Entering camp, the team knew it would need to look for a backup infielder to play behind Jose Caballero with Taylor Walls undergoing hip surgery during the offseason. ...2024
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• Braves News: Charlie Morton tosses five frames, Chris Sale’s playoff history, and more

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves are less than a week away from the 2024 season opener in Philadelphia. With just five Spring Training games to go, several of the regulars are getting more playing time, including Charlie Morton, who threw five innings in the Braves’ 5-2 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ prospects drawing rave reviews from club brass this spring...

Notes and quotes on the Next-Wave-Nationals in Spring Training this year... NEW AGE RENDONS AND ZIMS: Davey Martinez said early this spring he wanted to see the Naionals’ top prospects go out and compete this spring and fight for a spot on the big league roster. “Right now there’s an opportunity for all these guys, and I want them to come to camp and try to compete and win the job,” the manager sa...2024
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• Former first-round pick Asa Lacy has UCL surgery, will not pitch in 2024

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images It has been a frustrating road for Asa Lacy. Asa Lacy, the fourth overall pick in the 2020 draft, announced on social media this week he had UCL surgery and will not pitch in the 2024 season. Lacy has struggled ever since signing with the Royals out of Texas A&M, despite being considered a safe pick that was ranked as the third-best player...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. 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 #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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• Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training games

Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues. Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff. Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has bee...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ if at first you don’t succeed, call Acme in the morning
His prospects are looking up. | Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Matt Mervis likes the Abreu news, I bet. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, and then cold-brewed o...2022
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"Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/MLB Photos via Getty Images They’ve added a solid righthander to the bullpen One of the Cubs’ biggest issues in 2023 was not having enough solid relief help."

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• Tampa Bay Rays acquire Niko Goodrum
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!
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• What to know about 2024 Royals Opening Day
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• Guessing what the Padres Home Opener roster will look like
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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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• Gamethread: Mariners at White Sox

This new youngster on the White Sox, Robbie Grossman, has good experience at trophy-holding. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will it be the straw that broke the Camelback? Rebuilding teams naturally try to add youth to their rosters, and the White Sox are no exception, as they yesterday cut 35-year old Kevin Pillar — and signed 34-year old Robbie Grossman. Today, they’re sent ...2024
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• Could Austin Shenton make the Opening Day roster?
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ prospects drawing rave reviews from club brass this spring...
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• Morton, Lee, and other regulars get another tune-up in 5-2 win over Yankees

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Morton lasted five frames, Dylan Lee pitched a perfect frame, and the bats got some hacks in Another day, another late-March Spring Training game in the books. This time, the Braves hosted the Yankees in North Port and came away winners by a score of 5-2. Charlie Morton pitched five frames, Dylan Lee added a perfect inning, and a lineup ful...2024
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• Kyle Freeland named 2024 Opening Day starter

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Denver native makes his third Opening Day start with the Rockies In an announcement that shouldn’t come as a surprise, the Colorado Rockies announced Tuesday morning that left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland will be the starter on Opening Day. It will be the third Opening Day start of his career with the Rockies, tying him with his fellow ...2024
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• Four Braves prospect breakout candidates for the 2024 season

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here is a look at four prospects that you need to keep an eye on for the 2024 season. The Atlanta Braves farm system witnessed one of the biggest prospect breakouts in the game last season. The clubs 2021 7th round pick, AJ Smith-Shawver, closed the 2022 season as the organizations 17th biggest prospect on MLBPipeline. But a 2.76 ERA across...2024
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• White Sox 15, Brewers 4: Who are these guys?

Jordan Leasure is one of our spring surprises. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Bats are unleashed for a second straight game The red-hot White Sox bats from last night carried over to this afternoon, resulting in an offensive explosion that sure would have been great to witness or hear. But alas, I was stuck with Gameday, which crashed in the fifth inning and didn’t start up agai...2024
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• White Sox 15, Brewers 4

Jordan Leasure is one of the spring surprises | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Who are these guys? The red-hot Sox bats from last night carried over to this afternoon, resulting in an offensive explosion that sure would have been great to witness or hear. But alas, I was stuck with Gameday which crashed in the fifth inning and didn’t start up again until the game was already over....2024
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• Cub Tracks’ dogged pursuit of the truth

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. In which we bury the lede under a pile of Milk Bones. 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 #MLB baseball, over...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Detroit Tigers

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Tigers are hoping that they did enough this offseason to contend in the AL Central. The Detroit Tigers remain a team in transition. That may sound familiar, because they have been in transition for several seasons now. Detroit bottomed out in 2019 by losing 114 games. They finished last in the AL Central again in the shortened 2020 s...2024
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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis
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• Former first-round pick Asa Lacy has UCL surgery, will not pitch in 2024
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• Let’s get new White Sox nicknames!

Now, this is a real Pale Hose. | Grainger.com A picturesque, picture-filled plea Now is the time to put the Pale Hose to death! No, not the team — that would be a tad drastic — the nickname. It was apt in 1910 when it was created. It ain’t apt now. We’ll take a look at hose, pale and otherwise, through the years coming up, complete with pretty pictures. But first, we digress. A NEW AND A...2024
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• Four Braves prospect breakout candidates for the 2024 season
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• Top MLB prospects go to bat for women’s softball

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves prospect JR Ritchie is making a financial investment in Softball America. Women’s sports have been having a moment recently, and two top MLB prospects have taken notice. Atlanta Braves pitching prospect JR Ritchie and Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Roman Anthony have decided to make a financial investment in the revamped Softball ...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: March 4th

Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB History 1884 - National League owners agree to provide two separate team benches to minimize fraternizing among opposing players during games. 1886 - The National league adopts the stolen base and the four foot by seven foot pitcher’s box. The NL also retains seven balls for a walk and rejects a rule that would award a batter first bas...2024
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• Sean Murphy powers Atlanta to a 9-3 victory
Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves’ new catcher raked in big moments for the Braves. With Bryce Elder on the mound, the Braves looked to seize a series victory in game 2 against Kansas City. The Braves started off hot as their first four batters all hit a ball over 100 MPH, but it was a single from Austin Riley and a double from Sean Murphy that put the Braves on ...2023
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• Today in Cubs history: Kerry Wood strikes out 16 Reds

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images This great Wood K game has been nearly forgotten. Everyone remembers Kerry Wood’s 20-K game against the Astros May 6, 1998. I wrote it up on its 20th anniversary in 2018. It’s one of the most famous games in franchise history and arguably the most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball. Here’s one you might not remember. A...2023
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• Braves reinstate Ozzie Albies from Injured List, promote Darius Vines

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta gets a big part of their lineup The Atlanta Braves are getting a key piece of their lineup back for Monday’s series opener against the Colorado Rockies, and also giving a different member of their 40-man roster a taste of big league life.. The Braves reinstated Ozzie Albies from the 10-day Injured List Monday and optioned Vaughn G...2023
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• Salvador Perez named to eighth All-Star Game
Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvy will be the lone Royals representative in Seattle. Selections for the 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle were announced on Sunday, with Royals catcher Salvador Perez earning his eighth selection to the Midsummer Classic. Salvy is hitting .253/.288/.454 and leads all MLB catchers with 15 home runs. The only player in Royals history with mor...2023
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• Jesse Chavez to begin rehab assignment with Gwinnett Tuesday

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Another Braves reliever moves a step closer to returning. The wait is finally over for Jesse Chavez, who is slated to begin a rehab assignment with the Gwinnett Stripers on Tuesday. Chavez last appeared in a game on June 14 in Detroit where he was struck in the leg by a line drive off the bat of Miguel Cabrera. RHP Jesse Chavez tonight...2023
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• Eddie Rosario delivers late as Braves beat Phillies 7-6 in 10 innings

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta moves one step closer to clinching a sixth-straight division title. The Atlanta Braves watched a 6-1 lead slip away, but Eddie Rosario delivered in the 10th for a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves were unable to score over the first two innings, but they made Zack Wheeler work. Wheeler walked Austin Riley with ...2023
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• Ronald Acuña, Jr. wins 2023 National League Hank Aaron Award

Ronald Acuña, Jr.’s historic 2023 season landed him an award named after Braves icon Hank Aaron. | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 2023 unanimous National League MVP picks up the award for the best offensive player in the National League this season. In an awards ceremony held tonight in Las Vegas, Atlanta Braves All-Star and unanimous 2023 National League Most Valua...2023
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• Braves select Charlie Culberson’s contract, move Ehire Adrianza to 60-day IL
Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Dansby Swanson is gone, but he’s also back. Sort of. In a move no one saw coming, it’s Charlie Culberson time in Atlanta again: The #Braves today selected the contract of INF Charlie Culberson to Atlanta, returned INF Ehire Adrianza from his rehabilitation assignment and transferred him to the 60-day injured list with a left shoulder strai...2023
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• Marlins Revert to Strange Ways with Abrupt Dismissal of Manager Mike Redmond
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• You are Commish for a day - what do you change?

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Fix the game for us. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced recently that he is stepping down...when his term expires in 2029. There is speculation on who might replace him, with former Red Sox and Cubs executive Theo Epstein a popular choice, but the most likely selection is some executive - probably a lawyer - already in the MLB office wh...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Spring Training updates; Injury news; CF in D.C. in 2024...

Notes and quotes from the first two days of Spring Training 2024... GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOU AND YOU: Davey Martinez talked on Day 1 of Spring Training 2024 about watching all of the players the club assembled this year as they are reuniting, getting comfortable, or getting to know one another in West Palm Beach, FL. Returning players from 2023’s roster, those who signed on this winter, and the...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 15, 2024

Photo by LG Patterson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you go to the parade yesterday? Craig Brown at Into the Fountains recaps the stadium site announcement: There are several buzzy words in just that portion of his statement that I want to point out. “A neighborhood ballpark” is one of them. Small business owners currently located on the site may disagree, but the Crossroads is doing jus...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospect countdown: 6 to 10

James Triantos | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images There are some high ceilings on the players in the bottom half of the top 10. Now we are getting into the really special prospects today. All five of these prospects would be in the Cubs’ top five in other years. I really went back and forth on whether to rank Owen Caissie or Kevin Alcántara higher. Honestly, I am still n...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Victor Robles and CF in D.C. in 2024

Checking in on the Nationals’ 26-year-old outfielder again... Victor Robles and Washington’s Nationals avoided arbitration last winter, agreeing on a 1-year/$2.325M contract for the 2023 season, and there was a club option included in the deal for 2024, at $3.3M, but the club declined the option in November, as they announced on X/Twitter, noting, however, “... Robles [remained] under team control...2024
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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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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 64
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Class dismissed! Kyle is vintage Professor in a 4-0 win Some of you might not remember, but when your team wins back-to-back games, that’s called a winning streak. Yeah, it’s not really that long. Somehow, they won two straight against the Rays. I mean, not really just “somehow.” This team basically has one way it wins games: A domina...2023
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