After Meadows and Lowe, that's a pretty bad lineup, but then again, the Rays usually don't need to score many to win. I guess Pham and Garcia going down was the booby prize for getting blown out Thursday. Don't nibble, Kyle. Your stuff will play!!
The last couple years, the Twins have saved money in the first round to pay above slot in the later rounds for high schoolers. I wonder if they would consider the opposite this year if Allan is sitting there at 13. Pay above slot early and then draft cheaper prospects later.
I enjoy hearing the stories as long as it doesn't take away from viewing the game. Devin Smeltzer likely wants to be a major league baseball player that happened to beat cancer when he was 9. He likely doesn't want to be the cancer kid who plays baseball. It seemed a bit awkward for Devin's dad to cheer for his son making a nice play on a weak groundball with Marni and a mic in his face. Again, it's a great story. It's obvious that what didn't kill him made him stronger and all that good stuff, but I think people like Morris take it too far. He just keeps adding to his resume of being the worst option as a color analyst.
I only voted for Twins in the AL, except for 3B, just because I like Chapman. Will be stuffing every day .... Not that it matters, since way more Yankees and Red Sox fans will do the same.
Looking through the plays of the FTM game, I see that Enlow induced a bunch of grounders to go with his Ks. It must be nice having a better defense behind you. I won't be surprised if Enlow launches now. He certainly has the stuff.
Baldelli stated during his interview that the current plan was for Smeltzer staying with the team and getting another start. I suppose it will be at Cleveland. I suppose the plans could change too.
Detroit tried that and then Perez adjusted and started mixing in more change-ups. As much as the cutter has been lauded, he actually has a couple more developments that have led to his success this season. Fastball velo is up as well.