These Nine Trades Won World Series Last Decade

These are trades every general manager would love to make -- at least, in terms of the bottom line. That is, trades that do more than simply give a team a push. These trades won the World Series, or at least made winning it possible.

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A Binge-Watching Option From Every MLB Team

With some unexpected free time on their hands, players, coaches and broadcasters across Major League Baseball are passing the time the same way as many of us -- by binge-watching their favorite shows.

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Matt Carpenter Makes Fielding Drills A Family Affair

Baseball players all over are recruiting their family to help them stay in shape while there's no baseball, from Nationals left-hander Sean Doolittle's dogs to Rangers utilityman Nick Solak and his fiancée building a mini-ballpark in their backyard.

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Carlos Martinez Looks Every Bit The Top-Of-Rotation Starter He Used To Be; Tommy Edman Good On Both Ends; Kwang-Hyun Kim Bounces Back; Fourth-Inning Explosion; Mets Sock Adam Wainwright; Mike Shildt Is Light-Hearted

On a day when the Cardinals slugged six homers — three each in Jupiter and three more here Thursday as they scored 18 runs for the day — the biggest news was on the mound.

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Healthy Sean Doolittle Feels He's 'Turned A Corner'

After a strong showing in his Grapefruit League debut on Sunday afternoon, Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle joked about setting the bar too high for himself.

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Let's Talk About Kodi Whitley

Earlier this week, Aaron wrote about the team’s startlingly deep relief corps (https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2019/11/20/20973930/the-2020-bullpen-depth-chart). I must confess, I was a little frustrated: I’d tabbed that as my own topic for this week, and he did it better than I would have. Instead, though, I’d like to take a short, deep-ish dive into one of those relief prospects today.

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The 2019 World Series: Can Max Scherzer & The Nationals Upset The Astros?

According to most sportsbooks in Las Vegas, The Washington Nationals are the biggest World Series underdog since 2007, when the bigfoot-favorite Boston Red Sox swept the hopeless Colorado Rockies in four straight.

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Performance Of Veteran Cardinals Encourages Uncertainty About 2020

Cardinals fans could not be expected to notice, considering they probably had their heads in their hands for most of the Nationals’ dugout celebrations during the National League Championship Series.

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Getting Schooled: Cardinals Bet NLCS Woes Will Drive 'Young Fellas' In Future Playoff Runs

The compliment came near first base, a few weeks before the Cardinals overturned their coaching staff and months before Paul Goldschmidt thought he’d ever wear a jersey other than Arizona’s snakeskin.

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Watch The Cardinals Capitalize On Juan Soto's Stumble

Every time Juan Soto takes a pitch, he lunges forward in the batter’s box to psych out the opposing pitcher -- a routine the Nationals have dubbed the “Soto Shuffle.” On Monday night, Washington's star left fielder unintentionally introduced the Soto Stumble.

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Derek Lilliquist Can Feel Strongly Both Ways

Former major-league pitching coach Derek Lilliquist has an unusual perspective in the Washington-Cardinals National League Championship Series. He has been the pitching coach for both teams in the past three seasons.

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Mike Shildt Prefers To Wait Until Tomorrow To Discuss Cardinals' Lineup But He Stresses Loyalty; Derek Lilliquist Has Rooting Interest

No Cardinals’ lineup changes. Yet.

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Despite Coal On 'Christmas,' Adam Wainwright's Starts Have Been A Gift; Reduced Flight; Extra Bases

When last they faced each other, a few weeks ago before the pressure of the games like the leaves of October turned, Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright found a way to contact one of the best pitchers of his peer group, Max Scherzer, and tell him what it was like to pitch opposite him.

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Handling Of Max Scherzer & Adam Wainwright Highlights Difference Between Cardinals & Nationals

When another epic clash between starters in some postseason game years from now stirs memories of Adam Wainwright and Max Scherzer hanging zeroes on the Busch Stadium scoreboard in Game 2 of this National League Championship Series, don’t forget the two decisions that loomed large in what showed on that scoreboard in the end.

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Cardinals Find Themselves In A Hole Before Nationals Field Their Best Team

As Paul Goldschmidt retraced his steps toward the Cardinals’ dugout for the third time in Friday night’s 2-0 loss to the Nationals in Game 1 of the National League Championship series, he slowed for one second in front of first base and used his toe to tuck a divot of dirt back into place.

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Nationals' Big Three Pitchers Star As Starters & In Relief

With their time-tested trio of twirlers, the Washington Nationals have what is considered the top starting pitching threesome in the National League.

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Shutting Down Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto Key For Cardinals

After their runaway National League Division Series Game 5 victory on Wednesday in Atlanta, the Cardinals sit four wins from their 20th NL pennant.

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Max Scherzer Officially Nationals' Pick For NL WC Game

Max Scherzer will start the National League Wild Card game on Tuesday night. After hinting at it for days, manager Dave Martinez finally made the announcement before the start of the final regular-season series, against the Indians. Both Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin will be available to pitch out of the bullpen with the season on the line.

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Giovanny Gallegos Is Tied With Josh Hader For MLB-Best WHIP. But Is He Slipping?

Is this a blip or a slip? The optimist here at the keyboard wants to think it's just a blip, and that the recent time off will help Giovanny Gallegos, heading into this series at Colorado. After all, his body of work this year has embodied the Cardinals' bullpen. But the righty's recent outings have been … unusual.

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Nationals Activated Sean Doolittle From The Injured List

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