The Little Girl, who turns nine this week (which is nuts), is down with the flu. She rarely needs ‘ole dad these days, so I am taking the opportunity to make myself useful to her, providing food and drink and tissues and medicines all the amenities of a five-star influenza joint.
“The whole industry knows they’ve been cheating their asses off for three or four years.” On how suspicions about the Astros filtered through all levels of their opponents — sometimes crippling staff. With @DaveSheinin https://t.co/A1GBdEwOTh
— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) February 11, 2020
RE last tweet: this is so ugly in retrospect. Beltran’s arrogance. The grinning PED champ asking the questions only adds to the levels. https://t.co/fuC2bFAlmT
— M@ (@MattSpiegel670) February 12, 2020
The full PECOTA NL East projections ✅ pic.twitter.com/wYtl4d9KSj
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) February 12, 2020
Cole Hamels irritated pitching shoulder doing weighted-ball exercises, #Braves’ Snitker said. Hamels is in Dallas, will be re-evaluated in 3 weeks. Hope is that it’s nothing serious and he’ll have time to get ready.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) February 12, 2020
2020 ZiPS Projections: Texas Rangers https://t.co/WEvclVMBy5
— FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) February 12, 2020
Outfielder Jarrod Dyson and the Pittsburgh Pirates are in agreement on a one-year major league deal, sources tell ESPN. Dyson will take a physical today, and if all goes as expected the deal will be official and they'll have their center fielder to replaced Starling Marte.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 12, 2020
Big Ten Network's @EliseMenaker joins Marquee Sports Network talent roster as a Field Reporter! pic.twitter.com/ID0byMzSQD
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) February 11, 2020