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They look to be keeping Strider in his regular rotation slot even though he was scratched Saturday. Not that it makes much of a difference at this point.

There was a blurb on the sports news last night that Buxton--who has a no-trade clause until after the 2026 season--would have vetoed any trade. There was no comment beyond that as to whether the Twins actually tried to move him. They moved almost everyone else, so I wouldn't be surprised if...

Next to VirginiaBrave I'm probably the biggest Freeman bobo on the board, but I saw the logic in letting him walk given his age and contract demands. Olson is a very good 1B. Whether he's the best 1B in baseball like some here think is up for debate, but he can go a long way in carrying a team...

So you are telling me you're Lamont. I was hoping for Rollo.

DSL Braves really wasted a couple of solid pitching performances today from RHPs Raudy Reyes and Marcos Pol. Reyes went 4, giving up one hit, walking two and striking out 6. Pol followed up by giving up 1 hit and 1 walk (along with one hit-batsman) and 5 strikeouts in 3 IP. Braves blew...

One stat I look for after a pitching performance is the S/B ratio and he still has a ways to go there. 75 pitches with 45S/30B is still iffy to me at 3/2. It would be great if he could get closer to 2/1 but that might take some time. But I'm not going to dis his performance yesterday.

Nice game for Waldrep. He should get several more starts. I was against his aggressive promotion last year and his work in AAA has been a bit uneven, but he's on the 40-man now and it's important to get a read on him.

There's a surplus there and you're right that it's a good thing. I halfway expect both Burkhalter and Harris to see some time with the big club this year. Both have to go on the 40-man roster this off-season to avoid being exposed in the Rule 5. Harris was a UDFA in 2022, but he's gotten guys...

Plus, Anthopoulos drafted him when he was with Toronto and if he can give Joey Bautista another shot, I don't see how he can pass up Stroman.

Easier to set your beer on your head.

I appreciate that. I am a septuagenarian and I've been a few places. And I have some stories from some of those places that I will take to my grave.

The ghost of Don Shula disagrees. If nothing else, I have lived an interesting life and have some good stories. I knew a guy who played in the NFL for over a decade and his last stop was with the Dolphins. During Dolphins' training camp, Shula was a fitness nut and would force the team to run...

There are a few of us--like Henry the Fifth's Band of Brothers--who have been more balanced than some of the over-the-top Anthopoulos defenders who seem to blame everyone above him and below him for when things come up short. Add to that, I think there was more than one of the group (and I was...

He was part of the 2024 international class but older at 19 than other members of the class (maybe he was just being honest about his age). Just looking at the two-dimensionals his K numbers aren't eye-popping, but I will leave it to Deester (that should be a new baseball scouting show for...

That behavior is within the circle of old school baseball philosophy and I saw a ton of it up here in Minnesota when Andy McPhail and Terry Ryan were GMs and Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire, and Paul Molitor managed. They just felt it was unfair to the fans and the remaining team to not put a...

It's safe to say that they will be wearing name tags in the Padres' locker room tomorrow.

Is that the track workout where you funnell up and down the distances as in do a 100 yard, followed by a 220, followed by a 440, followed by an 880, followed by a 440, followed by a 220, followed by a 100? I was a quarter-miler (also ran the half a few times) and our track coach made us do that...

The drunk said "My head is spinning" and Anthopoulos asked "Is it at least 2500 rpm?"

Cease is an expiring contact, so it's plausible we could have him for two months to play out this year.

It depend on if Preller wants any value coming back. He could just send some salaries to us for negligible return.