Edman85

Tomorrow is Rule 5 protection day. Here's a full list of who is Rule 5 Eligible. P Jose Alvarez Yeremi Bastardo Austin Bergner Michael Bienlien Jorge Boyer Jaison Brete Blair Calvo Jesus Cruz Daniele Di Monte Jose Diaz Wilmer Fenelon Wilmer Flores Dario Gardea Sean Guenther Layne Henderson Wilkel Hernandez Martin Herrera Zack Hess Jake Higginbotham Edgardo Ibarra Marco Jimenez Abraham Landaeta Andrew Magno Chris Mauloni Williander Moreno Tim Naughton Hendry Nunez Carlos Pena Eric Pinales Angel Reyes Jose Rivas Erick Rodriguez Jesus Rodriguez Bryan Sammons Yosber Sanchez Gabriel Sequeira Ted Stuka Bryce Tassin Matt Walker Adam Wolf Aneurys Zabala C Eliezer Alfonzo Daneurys De La Cruz Dillon Dingler Ricardo Hurtado Samuel Rojas Newremberg Rondon Sergio Tapia Eduardo Valencia IF Angel Cruz Geury Estevez Alvaro Gonzalez Jake Holton Corey Joyce Carlos Mendoza Andrew Navigato Quincy Nieporte Adinso Reyes Gage Workman OF Lazaro Benitez Danny Cabrera Roberto Campos Trei Cruz Raudy De Los Santos Iverson Leonardo Abelaldo Lopez Jesus Machado Jose Ochoa Jose Reina Manuel Sequera The only two I would keep are Dingler and Flores. One thing I hope the transaction logs cover is the minor league protection. You can protect up to 38 players from the Minor League phase, but you probably don't want to fill all those spots up, because you also need to make room for any players you outright between now and the Rule 5 draft, any minor league free agents signed between now and the Rule 5 draft, and any players you want to take in the minor league phase. A lot of players will be clearing waivers tomorrow. There's a decent chance the Tigers claim at least one. Tomorrow is the last day players added to the 40 man roster since August 15 can be outrighted until March. Same for injured players. Those players can still be non-tendered Friday. A player DFA'ed tomorrow can be non-tendered on Friday (which may be beneficial if you have a deal in place with them because it bypasses waivers).

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Free_agent_reentry_draft

Benetti is on Purdue/Xavier tomorrow night. I just found some old texts of mine cracking up over him dropping a Curb Your Enthusiasm reference in a basketball game, talking about accidental texts on purpose.

I don't believe that is true any more. https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/japanese-posting-system

Yeah, Mike Slive really did well to keep everything in house... The one thing I don't really see from the Big Ten's argument standpoint. If knowing plays is a credible safety concern, wouldn't cheating in talent procurement be that as well and require immediate action?

Good call here https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1723482658334765087?t=020TLoLAmknF-BzWTm-vCg&s=19

You didn't read the letter where the SEC was one of the entities that cooperated and ratted on them. Hell, I'd bet that's where the PI was originally hired.

https://mgoblue.com/staff-directory/warde-manuel/40

Here's the letter https://bigten.org/documents/2023/11/10//Correspondence_from_conference_to_institution_dated_Nov_10_2023.pdf?id=9450

I bet he is non-tendered next week by them. They have chronic roster crunch issues. A little week-long exclusive negotiating window for a minor league deal can't hurt.

Shep's got the Michigan game on BTN tonight.

The Rays popped Tyler Alexander on waivers. He was going to be a free agent if he cleared.

Gania is the fill in, per somebody who knows.

Nothing from Cmo on Twitter since August Just trying to read some breadcrumbs.

Purdue tried for him last year, and I remember there were reasons he wanted to stay where he was. Family medical reasons to stay in North Carolina... I could be misremembering.

Benetti worked 20 MLB games this past season for Fox. 18 on Saturdays, 2 on Thursdays. He also works CFB for Fox. So your Dickerson TV games will likely be Saturdays and then Thursday-Saturday once football starts up. (In 2021 while still with ESPN, he only worked six games for them.)

From one of the Peacock games that Benetti worked with Morris.

https://nolayingup.com/videos/strapped/strapped-spring-training/strapped-spring-training-part-3-the-boys-of-spring Benetti guests here, plays putt putt with some golfers.

Also, expect Greg Gania to backfill Dan on days he is doing TV.

FYI, he is on Washington/Utah this weekend.

I've got some inside info here. It will be full time.