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Josiah Gray Impresses vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Washington Nationals’ 24-year-old starting pitcher Josiah Gray threw six scoreless innings, with five strikeouts and no walks surrendered, improving to a 0.73 ERA this Spring. The right-hander totaled 85 pitches, his highest pitch count in four games pitched. The Cardinals collected four hits off Gray, including one extra-base hit off the bat of third baseman […]

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The Braves Curious Shortstop Decision

Entering spring training, the Braves have exactly one position that wasn’t filled by an incumbent player… shortstop. After seven seasons in Atlanta, shortstop Dansby Swanson signed with the Chicago Cubs this offseason for a whopping seven years and $177 million. Although the Braves would have loved to keep Swanson, Swanson was never going to accept […]

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Should Andrew Painter Get Tommy John Surgery?

Coming into Spring Training, optimism was incredibly high in the Philadelphia Phillies camp in Clearwater, Florida. The team had just come off an unexpected trip to the World Series. They signed arguably the best shortstop in the game in Trea Turner over the winter and boasted the top pitching prospect in all of baseball. Andrew […]

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Dylan Dodd, from Unknown Prospect to Fifth Starter?

The battle to be a starter in the rotation is heightened once Spring Training begins. Pitchers from last season are put on the mound to be observed, and so are those who are considered eligible prospects. Ian Anderson has been a pitcher for the ATL Braves since 2020. And despite his overall success in the […]

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Who Will be the Opening Day Starter for the Nationals?

With Opening Day just ten days away, MLB managers now have the possible headache of choosing the team’s Opening Day Starter. Some teams have an easy choice, while others don’t. For the majority of the last decade, the Nationals had it easy. Stephen Strasburg won the battle in 2012, and he was the guy for […]

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Mets Claim 26-Year-Old RHP From Twins

On March 17, the Mets claimed right-handed reliever Dennis Santana from the Minnesota Twins. Santana, who turns 27 next month, has pitched in five MLB seasons, including a career-high 63 games in 2022 for the Rangers. His basic stats–a 5.22 ERA and 76 ERA+–don’t show a particularly strong pitcher, but the underlying statistics show something […]

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Phillies Opening Day 26-Man Roster Prediction

With the 2023 season fastly approaching, it’s about time for the Major League rosters to be announced. Spring Training has played a significant role in who will be making the Phillies’ 26-man on Opening Day, with players battling it out for some of the final roster spots. Keep in mind; these are not the official […]

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Cespedes, Harvey, & Tejada: 2015 Mets in the WBC

The World Baseball Classic puts the focus on many unknown players from around the world, but also many whose shine has faded in past years. Three of these players this year are heroes from the 2015 NL Champion Mets: Yoenis Cespedes, Matt Harvey, and Ruben Tejada. All three are out of the majors at this […]

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Can the USA Repeat as WBC Champions?

USA! USA! USA! Those are the words we would like to hear come March 21st at the end of the WBC. It will be tough for the stars and stripes to pull this off. Japan is good, the DR is good, and there will probably be an upset in there that could change the whole […]

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