2025 fantasy baseball Tuffy Awards: An ode to MLB's first-week flukes

Baseball's list of unlikely opening day heroes is a long and mostly undistinguished one.
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Every MLB team's biggest surprise in 2025: Trevor Story looks like superstar for Red Sox
Nearly a full month into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the sample sizes are still small in the context of a 162-game season.
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Tue, Apr 22
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Athletics to call up top prospect Nick Kurtz, just nine months after MLB draft
Athletics prospect Nick Kurtz is being promoted to the majors nine months after being drafted.
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Reds ace Hunter Greene embraces 'beauty' of his long road to MLB dominance
Drafted No. 2 overall in 2017, Hunter Greene was an All-Star for the first time last season.
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Mon, Apr 21
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MLB power rankings: Red-hot Mets atop NL East, waiting on Juan Soto to do his thing
Mets host Phillies for big April series after winning 15 of their first 22 games.
Sun, Apr 20
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Luis Arraez injury update: Padres DH hospitalized after first base collision vs. Astros
San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez was injured in collision at first base vs. the Astros and was taken to a hospital in Houston.
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Ex-Mets GM Jared Porter, fired for lewd texts, explains scandal and mental health fallout
Jared Porter was fired a month after becoming Mets GM following revelations the he had harassed a female reporter.
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Sat, Apr 19
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Shohei Ohtani, wife announce birth of daughter with adorable post
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, announced the birth of their daughter on Saturday.
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Wed, Apr 16
- MLB
Braves' Spencer Strider makes MLB strikeout history in long-awaited return
In his first start in more than a year, Strider became the quickest starter to 500 career strikeouts.