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On Sunday, the Cleveland Guardians shut down 2020 Cy Young award winner, Shane Bieber for two weeks due to elbow inflammation. Fortunately, for the Guardians who currently sit 2.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central, Bieber will only be out for two weeks. Even better news, the injury will not require surgery, […]

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Oakland Athletics Swept by Twins

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The most anticipated second half of baseball for the Oakland Athletics (25–70) since the 2018 season started with being swept by the Minnesota Twins (48–46). Unlike the 2018 season, the excitement for the second half of baseball in 2023 doesn’t have to do with winning. Instead, it has to do with the emergence of three […]

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Rangers Sweep Guardians in Comeback Fashion

Rangers 6, Guardians 5 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Jul 16) — The Texas Rangers completed the sweep of the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon, as they won 6–5. A solo home run in the first by Marcus Semien was one of many bright spots for the Rangers in a game of rather inspired baseball. With this series […]

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Rangers Blank Guardians in Middle Game

Rangers 2, Guardians 0 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Jul 15) — The Texas Rangers won their second game in a row against the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday, 2–0. Fans that are partial to the long ball will have wait another day at least to see one from either of these clubs. All the scoring in Saturday’s contest […]

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Rangers Take Series Opener from Guardians

Rangers 12, Guardians 4 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Jul 14) — The Texas Rangers made a nice comeback in their series opener against the Cleveland Guardians, winning on Friday, 12–4. Home runs by Nathaniel Lowe and Corey Seager were just a couple of highlights in a very satisfying win for the Rangers. There were plenty of smiles […]

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Tyler Soderstrom and Zack Gelof Called Up by A’s

Oakland Athletics

After one of the worst first halves in the history of baseball, the Oakland Athletics , who are 25–67, are looking to an injection of youth for the rest of the 2023 season. The Athletics announced on Friday that they have selected the contracts of Tyler Soderstrom and Zack Gelof from Triple-A Las Vegas. Both […]

The ASB Individual Reliever Rankings for the All-Star Break / Week 15. The best relievers in each category are pictured. AL Middle Reliever - Brock Stewart, AL Setup Man - Jason Foley, AL Closer - Will Smith. NL Middle Reliever - Jesse Chavez, NL Setup Man - Joel Payamps, NL Closer - David Bednar.

Photo: Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images) Top center: DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 08: Jason Foley #68 of the Detroit Tigers throws a seventh inning pitch against the Toronto Blue Jaysat Comerica Park on July 08, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Top right: DETROIT, MICHIGAN - MAY 30: Will Smith #51 of the Texas Rangers delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Bottom left: PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 03: Jesse Chavez #60 of the Atlanta Braves delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 03, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) Bottom center: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 13: Joel Payamps #31 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates recording a strikeout against Joey Gallo #13 of the Minnesota Twins to end the eighth inning at Target Field on June 13, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Brewers 7-5. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) Bottom right: MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 23: David Bednar #51 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the ninth inning at loanDepot park on June 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Individual Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Individual Rankings After the All-Star Break ends, we will begin Week 15 of the season. We’ve been ranking each team’s relief unit since June 12. Now we’ll rank the top ten individual relievers in each league. But we will take it to a different level than the […]

Closer David Bednar, whose Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves near the top of the Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza All-Star Break/Week 15 team rankings.

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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza —All-Star Break Team Rankings, 1–30

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Team Rankings After the All-Star Break ends, we will begin Week 15 of the season. The top two teams in our bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings have remained the same, but there has been shuffling everywhere else. We have a new #30 for the first time since these rankings […]