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Apr 16, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Brett Taylor |Michael Cerami |Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
Although you'd always love to see more offense throughout a game, it's hard to argue with a thrilling, come-from-behind, late-innings, then-extra-innings win. That's what the Chicago Cubs pulled off last night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, with a great performance from...
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Michael Cerami |Brett Taylor |Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
Jesse Rogers jumped on ESPN1000 this morning to share a pretty big, pretty surprising, but hopefully not-as-concerning-as-it-sounds news: The Chicago Cubs are calling up outfielder Alexander Canario. Unfortunately, Rogers didn’t have the other half of the coming roster move, so we don’t yet know if someone is hurt.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Brett Taylor |Michael Cerami |Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
I can’t tell you how many times I said it last year, offered an excuse, but one that had some teeth: “don’t worry about Kevin Alcántara’s slow start, as this is his first month in a cold-weather assignment, he’ll be fine.” Sure enough, Alcántara turned it on after April, and raked his way to Double-A by the end of the year.
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Apr 13, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Brett Taylor |Michael Cerami |Patrick Flowers |Dan Smullen
It felt like this is where the ominous news was trending, and now it has indeed happened: Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider had to have what amounts to Tommy John surgery. The team made the announcement this morning:RHP Spencer Strider yesterday underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow with internal brace, performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, TX.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Tab Bamford |Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen |Austin Harper
On Wednesday night, the Blackhawks put together one of their worst periods of the entire season in St. Louis to bury themselves in a four-goal deficit. However, late in the game Landon Slaggert was able to score his first career goal. So there was one real highlights for the night! Slaggert became the third Blackhawks’ rookie to score his first career NHL goal this season, joining Connor Bedard and Kevin Korchinski.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
The Kansas City Royals (8-4) seek to complete a series sweep as they take a 2-0 lead into the finale versus the Houston Astros (4-9) at 2:10 PM ET on Thursday from Kauffman Stadium. The Astros are favored (-133) by bookmakers to prevent the sweep and pick up their first win of the series. Hunter Brown will get the ball for Houston while Kansas City will counter with Brady Singer. Astros vs. Royals OddsAstros odds to win: -133Royals odds to win: +112Spread: Astros -1.5Total: 9 runsAstros vs.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen |Brian Twining |Brett Taylor
The first season with Jordan Love under center had its speedbumps early. But the Green Bay Packers and their young roster proved to be a team on the rise to close out the 2023 season. Now they turn their attention... Per multiple reports, federal authorities today announced that Ippei Mizuhara, formerly the translator for Shohei Ohtani, is facing formal charges related to the scandal that rocked baseball's opening week.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen |Ryan Noonan |Brett Taylor
The Washington Nationals (5-6) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants (4-8) when the teams meet at 3:45 PM ET on Wednesday. The Giants are -196 favorites to prevent the Nationals from completing the sweep. San Francisco’s Jordan Hicks and Washington’s Patrick Corbin have been named the starters for this contest. Giants vs. Nationals OddsGiants odds to win: -196Nationals odds to win: +164Spread: Giants -1.5Total: 8.5 runsGiants vs.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Brett Taylor |Michael Cerami |Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
How do you bounce back from a miserable, awful, terrible loss? By netting a relatively chill, low-stress win, of course. Ben Brown was VERY GOOD in his first big league start, holding the Padres scoreless over 4.2 innings, allowing just three hits and one walk, and striking out five. He had some great defensive help behind him, too.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
bleachernation.com | Matt Rooney |Dan Smullen
Mike Trout leads the Los Angeles Angels (6-5) into Wednesday’s matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (6-6) on a three-game homer streak. His Angels are underdogs for the contest, however, with bookmakers naming the Rays as -134 moneyline favorites. The game starts at 4:07 PM ET from Angel Stadium of Anaheim, live on BSW. Zack Littell will get the ball for Tampa Bay while Los Angeles will counter with Jose Soriano. Rays vs.
