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It's time for breakfast baseball, which is super exciting.And it's time for the San Francisco Giants to try and win their fourth straight game, which is super exciting.And it's time for them to try and sweep the St. Louis Cardinals, giving them their second consecutive road sweep, which is exciting.

With one-third of the regular season now complete, teams are starting to have a better idea on whether they will be buyers or sellers at the Aug. 1 MLB trade deadline.The Los Angeles Dodgers are in first place of the National League West but almost certainly will be looking to improve their roster in the weeks ahead.

When we learned over the weekend that Frankie Montas is due to miss the first of the season with shoulder inflammation, it didn't create anywhere near the panic that a related announcement might have caused even one year ago.With Gerrit Cole at the top of the rotation, Carlos Rodón's addition to the staff, Nestor Cortes' two-year breakout, and Luis Severino's return to fitness and form, the Yankees rotation projects as one of the best in baseball regardless of who the final starter is.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had one of the weirder Aprils in recent memory.From the injuries to the paternity leaves to the random additions, the April Dodgers looked very different from the team we all expected when the season began.Did anyone expect Austin Wynns to play five games for the Dodgers in April of 2023?

The St. Louis Cardinals have tormented Clayton Kershaw during his postseason career, but Saturday was no October night, as the left-hander turned in a dominant performance to help the Los Angeles Dodgers secure a series win behind a 1-0 victory.Kershaw was efficient early and retired the first 13 batters faced, reaching that point without a hard-hit ball allowed.

The Dodgers have got their homestand off to an ideal start, taking back-to-back games from the Cardinals to start the series after a 1-0 win that seemed more like a game the Dodgers would've played a decade ago.Luckily, that included Clayton Kershaw turning back the clock as well.======
Vintage Clayton Kershaw is becoming a surprisingly common occurrence in the Hall Of Famer's 16th season, and tonight may have been his best.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country.Sign up here to join Reacts.Today is the day!The first spring training contest is here, kickstarting the 2023 season and the Yankees' chase for a 28th World Series championship.

Starting pitching was among the greatest and most consistent strengths for the 2022 Yankees.Particularly when the team was firing on all cylinders in the middle of the season, it felt like the team's five starters at the time could do no wrong.This was a surprise to some, as starting pitching was a bit of a question mark headed into the year.

If the Red Sox want to bolster their starting pitching this offseason, their avenues for improvement aren't limited to Major League Baseball free agency.Boston also could pursue a trade for a starter if it felt so inclined.It wouldn't be an uncommon practice for the Red Sox, who acquired Chris Sale in a blockbuster deal months before the start of the 2017 season.

The first domino of the Yankees' offseason has fallen, with first baseman Anthony Rizzo returning on a two-year, $34-million deal that includes a club option for a third season at the same AAV.After being publicly touted as the Houston Astros ' biggest priority this offseason, the Yankees gave Rizzo a one million dollar bump in annual salary and keep the 32-year-old in pinstripes for two more years.

The 2022 season will stick in the memories of Yankees fans for years to come.Yesterday, we recapped the five highlights of the year.Today being Halloween, it felt appropriate to take a walk down the dark and shrouded paths in our minds and remember the five moments that will haunt our memories all winter.