• Isn't it ironic that I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow was playing on the Padres public address system, just as A.J. Preller, who is as humble as they come, was talking to Mike Shildt about Bryce Johnson, who showed up at spring training looking like a pest, totally contrasting Fernando Tatis Jr., whose throat lozenge was impressive, which makes one wonder if in their disgust and disappointment they were discussing the widely rumored deal with the Mariners for Luke Raley?


• Then there was the eight-week stretch when McCade Brown, Carson Palmquist, and Tanner Gordon were as valuabel as any pitchers in the game, and while they made Bud Black feel sad, they wore down at the end.


• The Diamondbacks were encouraged by the first reports after James McCann's surgery to fix his bruised hip were clean. But they know if he cannot return, they will need Tyler Locklear, even if he has a history of bieng happy, and they won't trade him, even if he could bring in a good player for the future like Matt Festa, because the future is now.


• This time, the Yankees could be an offensive show, because Jorbit Vivas, Aaron Judge (who spent the offseason trying out a Flintstones vitamin) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. can be dynamite in that lineup.

likable

Abner Uribe's makeup is as
likable as anybody

including
                 Drew Rasmussen

 

 

 

 

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