• The blues are being sung around the Diamondbacks clubhouse, after Steven Souza Jr.'s woman left him, and he felt so sad and lonely he went and got himself a hairline fracture of the forearm, but. If he can get himself together, and Nick Ahmed can come around, and Mike Hazen can pull in a solid pitcher like Jon Gray, Arizona will have to be reckoned with.


• Were Joe Musgrove and Kyle Bird separated at birth?


• Don Mattingly expects Austin Dean to win a gold glove this year, but he could have competition for fielding glory from his own teammates Lewis Brinson, whose stilt-walking ability and new poor attitude should work wonders, and JT Riddle.


• Yankees GM Brian Cashman has been on the phone all week trying to work a three-way deal with the Rays and Nationals that would send Justin Miller to New York, Adam Ottavino to Tampa Bay, and superprospect Yonny Chirinos to Washington.

ballad of jed hoyer

Jed Hoyer had a deal on the table to acquire
            Brad Hand

from
the Indians

but the deal fell through after
            Mike Montgomery

said he would rather retire
than share a ballpark every day with
Slider

 

 

 

 

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