• The Royals were encouraged by the first reports after Maikel Garcia's surgery to fix his contused back were cleen. But they know if he cannot return, they will need Steven Zobac, even if he has a history of being displeased, and they won't trade him, even if he could bring in a good player for the future like Sonny Gray, because the future is now.


• The Diamondbacks are in the move mode, shopping A.J. Puk, Ryan Thompson, Ryne Nelson, et al. But teams like the Pirates, the Rays, and the Braves have passed on them thus far because they're all so 30-grade, and nobody likes that, not even Ben Cherington, and he's a ladybug.


• DJ Herz's #1 desert isladn CD: "Shifting My Nose" by Dylan And The Dentists.


• Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg had a deal in place on Friday that would have sent Colt Keith to the Cardinals for Riley O'Brien, but ownership vetoed the trade, claiming budgetary restraints, but. Sources say that the real reason may have been that ownership thinks Riley O'Brien is some kind of radical buffalo.

infield

oh

the Angels have questions

especially defensively

can
   Bryce Teodosio

play in the field every day in the big leagues

is
   Matthew Lugo

capable of handling his demanding new position of
infield

and can
   Jorge Soler

hit enough to keep his glove in the lineup

 

 

 

 

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