Mostly trying to get the workbooks ready for the full season, but now that every stadium is sharing the data why not take a look. It's crazy how boring MLB ST has been this year with the best players at WBC. Yet they still charge $30++ to go to the games. Nice racket.
Carlos LaFfectively Wild. Just goose that walk rate down a little further and it will be hard to deny him a chance.
Best and worst hitters and pitchers through 3/11
Best and worst team performance in Sping Training through 3/11
A axis chart with Pizza, Burger, and Taco.
explaining the WBC elimination scenarios to an American: imagine taco, pizza, and burger.
Early attention to SP has allowed me to take 7/8 bats during a part of the draft where it's hard to fit them all in. I was fortunate that all of my guys lasted. I love the flexibility they give me as everyday players. The skillsets are diverse with speed the only consistent weakness. Time for that.
Local pizza place gives a free medium cheese coupon for filling out a reading calendar. Our kids would read anyway, but several free pizzas a month is a money-saver.
A conservative estimate of my personal wealth in 2040 is $17B. Who wants to give me a no-interest loan?
I wonder how much fraud we'll hear about years from now for these import tariff refunds.
I thought somebody shot this guy, no?
Weekend picks included Iván Herrera, Willson Contreras, Addison Barger & Shane Baz to help increase the thump and add some more good innings. The sooner Herrera gains C eligibility the sooner by Util opens up and I gain some flexibility. I'm very high on Contreras's move to Fenway.
Damn it feels good to be a gangster
Nice snag, Trayce
Always plead the fifth, Danny boy. Never self-incriminate! Grandpa, I asked if you wanted chocolate or vanilla.
First 70-degree day in several months warrants a celebration
Ty Johnson stay filthy
Guy saw 119 pitches with the bases loaded in front of him last year. 6.3% of all pitches he saw were with sacks packed. What's the run expectancy difference between him and a guy like Raleigh at 13th highest?
At least he led the league in being at the plate with the bases loaded last year
In the 9th I was able to get one of my favorite targets this year in Jakob Marsee. I think projections are low on his average & he hit both hands well last year to go with great speed. At 10 I got Drew Rasmussen, another I'm trying to get everywhere. Great rates & I expect a modest bump in volume.
Ryan Mountcastle's epic tan
Mountcastle with one of the more epic face tanlines of all time
It's tough to take a catcher when there are good alternatives, but they say you need catchers sooo I'm taking an uncomfortable gamble that Salvy Perez can continue to defy Father Time. Nolan McLean was an easier choice as I think he's going to be a star & I want to continuously reinforce my starters
When, where and how were they going to hit us?
She gets to keep the plane, right?
Where do you turn once you fire the sin eater when there is still so much piled up left to go?
Probably just coincidence that in the same week that Paramount was contentiously approved to purchase Warner Brothers Discovery, a deal which is heavily funded by money from Saudi Arabia, Qatar & UAE, we see a massive bombing campaign upon innocents in a country that is nearby to all three.
It's tough to find a more loathsome creature, which is the point. The more ire that gets focused on one person the less there is to go around to the rest of the bad actors misusing their position for personal gain.
