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[James Anderson @RealJRAnderson]

🚨The MASSIVE update to the @RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings is live!🚨

There were over 100 additions and dozens of high-profile graduations!

Reply with any questions for next week's mailbag

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[Dan Zangrilli @DanZangrilli]

What a brilliant illustration to bring to life the competitive imbalance that exists in MLB by @_SportsBall_

[John Pagnotta @johnpagnotta514]

A.J. Ewing in his MLB debut:

7 pitch walk
102 MPH flyout
6 pitch walk
104 MPH RBI triple
6 pitch RBI walk
Stolen base
2 runs scored

#Mets

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

When Joey Votto refused to step out of the batter’s box against Derek Lowe. Human pitch clock years before it became a thing

[Closer Monkey @CloserMonkey]

Thinking Daniel Palencia #Cubs is not looking for an extended rehab stint with Iowa. He allowed a hit and recorded a strikeout tonight, throwing 19 pitches (73.7 Strike%) with one whiff, but note the velocity.

[Six Point Sports @SixPointSports]

Cubs closer Daniel Palencia faced three batters with AAA-Iowa tonight 🔥

➡️ 19 pitches (9 pitches over 100mph)
➡️ Hit as high as 102mph
➡️ 1 hit allowed + 1 strikeout

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Chase Dollander vs. Jacob deGrom, Mechanics (both 100mph Fastballs).

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

We were told pitch framing wouldn't matter in the ABS Challenge world but Patrick Bailey has already caught 40 out-of-zone pitches this season that were called strikes and unchallenged.

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

Sal Stewart is one of three hitters in MLB in the 85th percentile or better in K%, BB% and Barrel %. The other two? Yordan Alvarez and Vladdy 🤯

@mikelowell25 highlights the @Reds rookie's swing approach fueling a hot start at the plate.

[Frank Stampfl @Roto_Frank]

Who are some players you want to hear about on the Worry-O-Meter tonight?

[620 WTMJ @620wtmj]

Christian Yelich will be hitting the IL

Brewers Manager Pat Murphy provides an update to his injury:

[Sean Wright @SeanWrightNBA]

BREAKING: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich’s hamstring injury is expected to sideline the star for a month. Yelich exited yesterday’s contest and was replaced by Gary Sanchez.

[Frank Stampfl @Roto_Frank]

It might be happening

[Chatterbox Sports @CBoxSports]

An awesome Eugenio Suarez story about when he got traded last season.

What a legend!

[SleeperMLB @SleeperMLB]

Among qualified hitters - Sal Stewart ranks:

1st in OPS
1st in OBP
1st in Batting Average
1st in Doubles
2nd in Hits
2nd in SLG

22 years old and DOMINATING.

[AJ @uconnfan2021]

UConn vs Duke- Sopranos cut

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Sal Stewart is 22 years and 112 days old

He’s reached base 10 times in the Reds’ first 3 games

Only MLB players since 1900 to reach safely 10 times in first 3 team games at a younger age:

1964 Jim Fregosi
1939 Barney McCosky

He’s first CIN player to do this since 2001 Barry Larkin (any age)

[Shelfy @RealShelfy]

Absolutely electric lmao CB Buckner noticeably annoyed when he tapped the 2nd time only to be wrong again and listen to 40,000 people cheer for his incompetence 😂

[Fantasy Baseball Zen @fantasybbzen]

Hey fantasy podcasters - your annual reminder to stop using the pronoun he. SAY THE NAME. We get distracted as busy people who listen - we can't hang on every word.

Also, until there are women playing MLB, saying "he's a guy who" is a in inefficient waste of words . . .

[Steve Gardner @SteveAGardner]

2026 #LABR schedule:
Mon. 2/23: Mixed LABR draft
Sat. 2/28: AL LABR auction
Sun. 3/1: NL LABR auction
Sat. 3/7: Mixed LABR auction

More details to come ...