The headline (hopefully) says it all. Reyes’ footwork gets messed up, he slides way late, and ends up in extreme pain. No word yet on the extent of the injury, but I can’t imagine this turns out well for anyone.
Podcast Monday
Are you sitting at your desk thinking, “I wanna hear MORE of Paul’s voice, after all he only does a 2+ hour podcast each week!”?
You’re not alone and I have just the remedy for you.
- First off, here is the latest episode of the aforementioned podcast I co-host with Jason Collette.
- Here is my regular Monday morning spot with Ragz & The Bartender on 95.7 The Fan Michiana in Indiana.
- Next up, I was a guest cohost of the ESPN Fantasy Focus withĀ Matthew Berry.
- And then this evening I appeared on The Fantasy Insiders Show w/Joel Henard.
Listen to them all back-to-back-to-back-to-back for best results!!!!
They Could Also Trade Miguel Cabrera for Nick Punto…
A tidbit out this morning from MLB Trade Rumors talks about how the Tigers are now looking for a closer via the trade market because SURPRISE SURPRISE their entirely unproven rookie who spent 32 seconds at Triple-A and has all of his pitches guided by Apple Maps (I’ve used this joke ~718 times now) isn’t panning out. Who could’ve possibly guessed that this wouldn’t work?! I personally feel they haveĀ several worthy options in-house already includingĀ Octavio Dotel,Ā Joaquin Benoit, and the best of the bunch in my opinionĀ Al Alburquerque, but managerĀ Jim Leyland seems to favorĀ Phil CokeĀ over all of them and now going outside is an option. I’m not one of those guys who thinks I could be an elite GM off of the street tomorrow and I love Dave Dombrowski, but I don’t understand the thinking there. How was there no contingency forĀ Bruce Rondon and why are none of these hard-throwing studs the team already has an option? You were OK going with someone whose never been in the majors, but Al-Al can’t get a look? His stuff is straight up NSFW!
This part of the news item from MLBTR especially killed me:
Don’t you dare trade a high upside 24 year old potential stud for a freaking closer. Yeah I’m sure teams would line up around the corner to get Porcello for a closer. The Dodgers would also move Nick Punto forĀ Miguel Cabrera!Ā Andrew Bailey. GTFOHWTS.Ā To be fair, he didn’t say Bailey for Porcello, but just GTFOH with Bailey no matter what. He pitches 30 innings a year.
You better get a helluva lot more than that back if Porcello is the centerpiece of a trade. Honestly, this situation sets up perfectly to go by committee, but Leyland is a bit more old school about the closer’s role so he’d probably just want one guy. Coke could be nasty against teams like the Royals and Indians, both of whom have several lefties. Like I said, I trust DD to make the right move. I would definitely be interested in any of the Nationals guys or I guess I should either because they aren’t tradingĀ Rafael SorianoĀ five minutes after signing him. SoĀ Tyler Clippard orĀ Drew Storen would look great in the 9th inning for the Tigers, but if the price is too high just stay in-house. And for the love of beagles, do not sign Jose Valverde.
Podcast Appearance: Minor League Report
Last week I appeared on the Minor League Report with Jay Burnham, Eric Little, Sam Siegel, and Mike PassanisiĀ to talk some minor leaguers in fantasy baseball. Their crew is heavily involved in minor league baseballĀ so they know what they’re talking about and if you’re someone who cares about the minors, you should be listening to their show. Click the picture below to access the iTunes feed of The MLR.
I’ll have an update regarding the release date of the SP Guide very soon. I’ve been spending just aboutĀ every waking moment on the guide now for several weeks. We’re in the homestretch and it’s going to take some more sleepless nights if I’m going to hit the 3/1 target release date. By the way, the time spent on the guide these last couple of weeks is why content here has been scant, but once you see the guide I hope you understand why I had to make the tradeoff. And more importantly, I hope you end up thinking it was worth it.
Today Was a Good Day
Neck-deep in the SP Guide so no time to post much today, but I do have three things worth sharing.
First, if you follow me on Twitter, you know I loveĀ Jennifer Lawrence (who doesn’t?). So here’s essentially a primer on her awesomeness courtesy of Jezebel. She looked wonderful at the Oscars last night:
Edit to add this 26 Faces of Derp that my friend sent me shortly after I posted. This link crystallizes the point from the first link that she’s perfect because she’s not.
And then there was this:
That was his day today against the Astros. Wrench got his rake on.
And then finally:
Miguel CabreraĀ destroyingĀ Jonathan Papelbon‘s life. I’m justĀ not a Papelbon fan on any level whatsoever so to see my favorite team crush him today was great.Ā Jeff Sullivan over at FanGraphs broke it down.
Only Jennifer Lawrence can top Allen CraigĀ AND CabreraĀ at this site.
Spring Training GIFs!!
Bryce Harper starting off his Spring Training with some nice concentration.
AndĀ Prince FielderĀ wastes no time displaying his massive power with his first swing of the 2013 season.
MLB At Bat 13
I was going to do a post letting everyone know that At Bat’s 2013 iteration was available, but my BP colleagueĀ Maury Brown already did all the fantastic leg work so I’ll point you to his preview of the app instead:
Biz of Baseball Previews At Bat
Meanwhile, after a pair of fake fake games yesterday as the Red Sox split up to take on a pair of colleges, we get real fake games today with four Spring Training games on the docket. This is a beautiful site:
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Elsewhere on the net:
I wrote about five interesting pitchers to follow this Spring Training as they battle to be a part of the Opening Day 25.
I hadĀ Mike Gianella as a co-host, filling in forĀ Jason Collette, and Bret Sayre as a guest on this week’s Towers of Power podcast. Gianella and Sayre are both new additions to the BP fantasy team for 2013.
YouTube Thursday!
This probably won’t become a new thing, especially since I share YouTube videos on random days all the time. The only unifying links between these two videos I’m going to share is that they’re about baseball and they’re housed on YouTube, hence YouTube Thursday!
The first may require earplugs. The sound off of Jorge Soler’s bat when he treats this ball how Chris Brown might a woman was insane:
Update: Harry Pavlidis shared this Javier Baez video with my co-host Jason Collette while they were discussing Soler’s blast.
The next is a video-cast (a vodcast perhaps? I’m sure someone has called it that before) between two industry stalwarts,Ā Jeff EricksonĀ andĀ Chris Liss of Rotowire, discussing position scarcity.
I’m in the home stretch with the SP Guide which is why content here has been a bit light. It’ll pick back up once we release (target date remains: 2/28-3/1).