You can't ever have enough pitching.Originally Posted by Ron Madden
You can't ever have enough pitching.
Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.
-- Daniel H. Pink
BEETTLEBUG (02-13-2026),RedTeamGo! (02-12-2026)
Alex Wood 2.0?
In amazement as they pump high 90’s???
HokieRed (02-11-2026),Ron Madden (02-11-2026)
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.
Last edited by JCM11; 02-12-2026 at 12:56 PM.
mth123 (02-12-2026),Revering4Blue (02-12-2026),Ron Madden (02-12-2026)
I actually really like these hats. I want the A's hat.
What would you say.....ya do here?
White Sox GM Chris Getz breaks silence on Luisangel Acuna switch-hitter mistake
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.
Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.
-- Daniel H. Pink
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.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
The Reds' C somehow has two dropshadows now.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
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.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
BoxingRed (02-13-2026),GAC (02-12-2026),Kingspoint (02-12-2026),Revering4Blue (02-13-2026)
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.
Revering4Blue (02-13-2026)
Brought the question up because if it were to happen it likely would be for one their roster spots.
Whereever Castellanos ends up he needs to have the nickname "El Presidente" going forward.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/...stellanos.html
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.”
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
NebraskaRed (02-12-2026)
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