I was one of the most vociferous people on this blog arguing against trading William Contreras for Sean Murphy. Well, we did it anyway, and we’re projected to have the fourth-best catching in baseball, way ahead of William...
Read MoreDylan Lee is a good middle reliever, and a great baseball story. He was “the first pitcher in history to make his first big league start in a World Series game,” though that’s not really fair, and it’s...
Read MoreA family thing Despite the fact that he and his kid brother are the most illustrious catching family since the Molinas, big sib Willson Contreras didn’t start out behind the dish. The Cubs started him out in the infield,...
Read MoreHe was drafted out of high school in 2019, a few years after he started training with Marquis Grissom in high school. Grissom brought him and Lou Collier’s son Cam into a bootcamp-style training program during the pandemic...
Read MoreWhat, me worry? Dansby Swanson wound up with one of the better who-saw-that-coming platform years this side of Aaron Judge. Just how much he may have helped his own case was suggested by Keith Law, who called him the #3 free...
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