Kyle Hart and Henry Baez have solid starts for the Chihuahuas and Missions; we have on-site coverage of the TinCap's tough loss on throwback night; the Storm lose in extra innings on the road, and we have action in the ACL—all this and more in today's Daily. madfriars.com/2025/05/23/p...

Is it only me who can’t reload X timeline now?

It’s good for baseball, huh?

When your favorite team just signed Tanner Scott

Sasaki “Can I meet the catcher who would be my battery-mate if I join the Padres?” Padres “By the way, are you interested to become a two-way player by pitching and catching?”

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

If you happened to watch the Bills-Rams game on Fox — a game that finished with 86 combined points — the last two minutes revealed something. It was Brady’s best broadcasting sequence of the season. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...

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This is the third Scott Boras pitcher who signed early, joining Snell and Kikuchi.

While I partially agree with his argument, the parity in MLB does not come with the competitive balance but the randomness in playoffs. The regular season results are strongly aligned with wealth. Meanwhile, MLB needs a rule to stop some owners being cheap.

The official NL Cy Young balloting

Now RoY needs to be less controversial than picking only one rookie from pitchers and batters as it rewards PPI pick and thus has a decent impact to a player recruitment. It is no longer just a prize for a young man.

Nothing against Skenes, but I need MLB to split the RoY award to two, one for a pitcher and the other for a batter. It’s a shame to see Jackson Merrill receiving no candy or PPI pick with a wonderful rookie season, in which he played for 156 games.

The Pirates have had 2 Rookie of the Year winners: 2024 Paul Skenes 2004 Jason Bay

Paul Skenes and Luis Gil are the first pair of starting pitchers to win Rookie of the Year in the same season since 1981 Dave Righetti and Fernando Valenzuela

Sources: Reds, Royals discussing trade of Jonathan India, Brady Singer. With C. Trent Rosecrans: www.nytimes.com/athletic/592...

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