Yankees Select Cade Winquest in Rule 5
The Yankees didn’t lose a prospect in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 draft. This is the second consecutive year that they have not lost anyone. You can all stop screaming from the rooftops over how stupid it is to leave Low-A pitchers exposed. They did make a rare choice, their first one […]
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Other off-season pieces: 12/5/25 12/2/25 11/28/25 11/25/25 11/18/25 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. Don Mattingly falls short of the Hall of Fame My opinion remains unchanged: He is my favorite player. I don’t think he quite reaches the level of a Hall of Famer. Jeff Kent was elected and will be […]
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For more on the week in College Basketball, here’s my Winners & Losers post for this week. FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Eight teams remain unbeaten. Among mid-majors, only Miami (OH) owns that distinction (8-0). As you might suspect, their non-conference schedule is the worst […]
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This week’s Top 25. Winners: Duke The Blue Devils won their third straight over a ranked opponent on Saturday. This was their most impressive, as they defeated previously unbeaten Michigan State on the road. Duke’s is ranked 90th in SOS (93rd in non-conference), which may surprise you. That’s because they have played games against Western Carolina, Army, […]
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1. Cam Schlittler is working on an off-speed pitch Pitchers always need to evolve. 82.7% of Schlittler’s 2025 pitches were a type of fastball (4-seamer, cutter, sinker), and the Pitch Value metric on Fangraphs graded his slider and curve as negative pitches. Can you get away with a fastball-heavy arsenal? Certainly. Bryan Woo, for example, used […]
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Other off-season pieces: 11/28/25 11/25/25 11/18/25 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. Devin Williams to the Mets (3 years/$50M) Hours after securing a casino deal, Steve Cohen placed his first big bet by throwing a ton of money at a reliever coming off an uneven season. I have written many times, […]
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For more on the week in College Basketball, here’s my Winners & Losers post for this week. FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Michigan (7-0) (11) – Never overreact to one week’s worth of basketball, but this is impossible to ignore. The Wolverines romped […]
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This week’s Top 25. A look at the Winners and Losers during “Feast Week.” In this edition, I’ll be focusing on conferences rather than individual teams or players. Which conferences showed up? Which came up short? Winners: The Big Ten It didn’t turn out to be a slam dunk for the Big Ten, but it’s […]
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Other off-season pieces: 11/25/25 11/18/25 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. Yankees re-sign Michael Arias You know things are a little slow when this is my opening note. The Yankees didn’t tender Arias a contract last Friday, but decided to bring him back on a minor league deal. This isn’t uncommon. […]
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1. Michael Kay brings up Fernando Tatis Jr. Suspended in 2021 due to PED usage, Tatis hasn’t been the same offensively since. During that 2021 campaign, he hit .282/.364/.611 (158 wRC+) with 42 home runs and 25 stolen bases. At 22 years old, he already had two Silver Sluggers, two top-five MVP finishes, and an […]
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