Burns/Greene/Elly/Sal, call up Hector, play Arroyo and even Marte every day. Dump most everything else. Let this be the start of the reset.
(and fire Krall)
Hey, some good news!
A lot of reason for the Reds to be careful with him this year.
Getting a couple of FA years for likely under $25M per in the 2030's is incredible.
Now sign Sal.
Hector Rodriguez needs to be recalled and stuck into the everyday lineup starting tomorrow.
Sitting at .284/.364/.546 across 396 AAA PA. 131 wRC+. 10.4 BB%.
23 HR - 10.3 Barrel% - 43.2 HH% - 113.7 MaxEV
He’s an aggressive swinger, so there will be growing pains, but I’d rather figure out who he is going into next season than continuing to kill AAA arms.
#Reds
In 2006, Tyson gutted their Norfolk plant so no competitor could buy it. It's sat empty ever since.
Now they've closed Lexington instead of selling it, killing competition and manipulating cattle prices. That breaks the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Tyson isn't above the law.
I wanna go on record to say that the timer SUCKED and was unwatchable.
Actually waiting for the result of the ball being hit was way better. It does not have to go super fast. Let the anticipation build.
I think this is just a very bad take.
I give ESPN a lot of shit. It’s deserved. They don’t do anything for the game of baseball.
But shoutout to Pat McAfee + the PMS for embracing baseball. Showing out for All-Star Game Week + went out to Omaha and put College Baseball on National display.
UK MLB draft recap:
- Tyler Bell becomes second highest draft pick in program history.
- Jaxon Jelkin lands in the 4th round with the Phillies.
- RHPs Connor Mattison, Nile Adcock go late.
- 2026 commits Jimmy Anderson, Robert Omidi go in top 10 rounds and are expected to sign.
- LHP transfer Cooper Corkrean goes to the Royals in the 18th round. Could be a late tough blow.
- Matt Ponatoski goes to the Reds in the 18th, but would be surprising if he signs.
All in all, I think it’s a big day for Kentucky. More thoughts in the a.m. at Bat Cats Central.
Big UK baseball news: center fielder Jayce Tharnish is returning for his final season. Tharnish led Kentucky in average and hits in his first season with the program. https://t.co/zsXQfWa37H
Listen, Brandon is joking (and it’s a funny joke).
But unironically, Lebron’s profile makes a whole lot more sense to me if the Reds actually do plan to make him a CF from the jump.
30 Hit, 60+ Power/Speed can play out there if the glove comes around. It’s a profile that works.
There are 2.4 million acres in central Idaho with no roads in or out.
The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness is the largest contiguous wilderness in the Lower 48. It's bigger than Yellowstone and Grand Teton combined.
The only way in is on foot, horseback, boat, or small plane.
In the middle of it is the Salmon River, which carves a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon. The name comes from early boatmen who could ride the current down, but couldn't fight it back upstream.
The Middle Fork has around 100 rapids in 100 miles. Natural hot springs sit along the riverbanks. Native cutthroat trout still swim in it, and they’re healthy enough that anglers travel from around the world to fish them.
More than 2,500 miles of trails run through the wilderness. Elk, wolverines, black bears, mountain lions, and wolves all still move through the land the way they always have.
In 1995, it became one of the first places in the country where wolves were reintroduced.
Most Americans will never set foot here.
Many don’t even know it exists. That doesn't make it any less worth keeping wild.