You can't ever have enough pitching.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Madden
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You can't ever have enough pitching.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Madden
Alex Wood 2.0?
In amazement as they pump high 90’s???Quote:
Originally Posted by Redsfan6272
The Good, The Bad And The (Very) Ugly From This Year's Spring Training Hats
Here are all of the Grapefruit League hats for Spring Training
https://x.com/MLB/status/20216079946...-training-hats
Chris Bassitt signs with the Orioles for 1/18. He's basically a 37 year old version of Brady Singer(170 IP 3.96 ERA, 4.01 FIP last year for Bassitt). I think if Singer were on the open market this year his floor would be 3/45, and he'd likely get 60+ million guaranteed.
I actually really like these hats. I want the A's hat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Madden
White Sox GM Chris Getz breaks silence on Luisangel Acuna switch-hitter mistake
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The Chicago White Sox traded away Luis Robert Jr. after plenty of trade rumors over the last year or so. It was a trade with the New York Mets, and it brought two players to the White Sox organization.
Truman Pauley was one pickup, but the headliner was Luisangel Acuna. But not long after he was acquired, Chris Getz, the White Sox general manager who just traded for him, made an embarrassing mistake calling him a switch-hitter when Acuna is a righty only.
After a video went viral depicting the many instances in which Getz got Acuna's handedness at the plate wrong, Getz released a statement. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic shared Getz's statement, which took on a joking tone.
Phillies are cutting Castellanos, according to their beat writer from The Athletic.
An underappreciated positive from the Suarez signing is that I could have seen the Reds paying the prorated minimum to "bring him home" and call that their big offensive move.
The Reds' C somehow has two dropshadows now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Madden
Phillies Release Nick Castellanos
February 12th, 2026 at 1:23pm CST • By Steve Adams
The Phillies have released outfielder Nick Castellanos, per a club announcement. He’s now a free agent who can sign with any club for the league minimum
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/...stellanos.html
So would anyone rather have Cast on the bench rather than one of Bleday or Benson?
No. The Reds need an upgrade. Castellanos isn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old school 1983
Cast bats right handed and Bleday/Benson are lefties so it makes for an awkward comparison. The projection systems like Bleday/Benson better as hitters (to say nothing of defense) so I don't see the angle for Castellanos.
Brought the question up because if it were to happen it likely would be for one their roster spots.Quote:
Originally Posted by *BaseClogger*
Whereever Castellanos ends up he needs to have the nickname "El Presidente" going forward.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/...stellanos.html
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Castellanos himself addressed the “Miami incident,” as he termed it, in a post on Instagram today. He made no mention of the comment that apparently rankled so many of his teammates but admitted to bringing a beer into the dugout out of frustration after being lifted from the game by Thomson.
“After being taken out of a close ball game in front of my friends and family, I brought a Presidente into the dugout,” the Miami-area native wrote. “I then sat right next to Rob and let him know that too much slack in some areas and too tight of restrictions in others was not conducive to us winning.”