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The Rangers announced they’ve acquired Aroldis Chapman from the Royals. Left-hander Cole Ragans and outfield prospect Roni Cabrera are going back to Kansas City in return.

do i want a high or low rarity score?

lost 2 games but it cost us 3 pitchers; hope Coors can help wake up some more bats

Law has new mock out, still Skenes, Crews, Langford; but has Jenkins falling to 7.

Twins lost; now 40-42, but in 1st, just ahead of Cleve by % points; will any ALC team get 84 wins?

Fox mock: Langford and HS SS 37. Detroit Tigers — SS Walker Martin; Eaton (CO) Martin will be one of the more fascinating prep players to monitor on draft night. Having already turned 19 in February, he’s one of the oldest high-school players in the class which gives some teams pause. However, he also had one of the loudest springs of any prep hitter as he downright dominated all season to a ridiculous degree, albeit against middling competition in northern Colorado. He very well could go in the 10-20 range, but I have him sliding to the comp round in this scenario. Either way, it would make sense for Detroit to pair a likely college pick at No. 3 with a high-upside high schooler here at No. 37.

Tanner Kohlhepp finally threw one inning, 2 years after being drafted in the 5th round of the 2021 draft from ND.

gave up 1 run, then 4 runs, and I assume they brought him back out looking for a solid 3rd inning give him something to build off of, but then he got shelled for 6 more runs. yikes!

they revamped the training staff and injuries continue apace; do they have more injuries than average?

LSU clubs UF to win it; seen some negative tweets about Crews' swing, and some about Langford's D, but what monster seasons from both in the best conference; threw in Teel

agree. could be Crews is asking for $10M; Skenes at $9.5 would be "under" slot and more than he would get at #2. 1. Pirates: $9,721,000 2. Nationals: $8,998,500 3. Tigers: $8,341,700

every team that signs FAs gets bitten eventually nothing is surprising about Candelario's performance, he can put up anything from a 600 to a 800 OPS; moving on from him, even in his walk year when he is extra motivated, was reasonable; not replacing him was the mistake

Skenes threw 120 pitches Thursday; I assume he is pitching tonight

Langford (5/5, 2 2b, HR, BB) and UF rock LSU 24-4 to set up G3

Can’t do anything until Harris finishes assessing these horrible effing players

they don't

Reds have called up 3 all-star caliber bats - Tigers can shuffle deck chairs: Nevin again? Lipcius? Malloy is struggling. Meadows not ready. Sands/Paperski/Knapp? nothing would change

Marisnick has looked good defensively, but Myers would offer a lot more than Jake as a short side platoon hitter

HS pitchers are totally different than HS hitters, but Avila tried to outsmart everyone by picking Jobe over Mayer at 3, and if Harris & Company pick Clark over Langford at 3, I hope Clark is worth the extra risk of passing on a 2-time SEC star

reality TV pitch: Hunter and Trump share a cell at Club Fed - a really odd couple!

Division is winnable; but cannot see them being the winner; compiling a .550 winning percentage over next 91 games; that gets them to 81-81

a 40 grade prospect for nothing but cash seems like a smart move every time

Blair Calvo, SIRP Video Drafted: 23th Round, 2019 from Flagler College (COL) Age 27.0 Height 6′ 3″ Weight 195 Bat / Thr R / R FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Slider Command Sits/Tops 55/55 60/60 30/40 94-96 / 98 Calvo was a 23rd rounder out of Flagler College, a Division II school in St. Augustine, Florida. He took a circuitous route to get there, going from a Florida JUCO to rehabbing from TJ to transferring to Pitt and then to Flagler for his fifth season removed from high school. Calvo had a dominant foray into pro ball, striking out more than a batter per inning in a long relief role during his 2021 Low-A debut. As with Gavin Hollowell, the Rockies skipped Calvo over High-A and sent him to Hartford to start 2022, where he excelled in a single-inning role until the end of May. In his final May outing, Calvo’s heart began racing uncontrollably on the mound and he had to be taken to the hospital. He was dealing with a previously undiagnosed heart arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia. Shelved for two months while he and his doctors decided how Calvo could safely proceed with a life that included baseball, he was back in August and picked up Fall League innings before the Rockies added him to the 40-man roster in the offseason. Calvo sits 94-96 mph (and peaks above that) with a plus-plus flashing slider in the 83-86 mph range. His arm is very whippy and Calvo’s stride home opens up his hips in a way that’s atypical of most pitchers, possibly creating some deception. His command is comfortably below average, but typical of a single-inning reliever. It’s most detrimental when Calvo goes through stretches where his slider doesn’t finish and is left hanging in the zone, but mostly he looks like a standard fastball/slider middle reliever who has carved a remarkable path on his way there.

I am thinking Haase might get traded for another team's bum (a platoon LH infielder or a platoon RH outfielder). Not much drop off to Knapp or Papierski; either would give Hinch the L/R match up he likes to use.