To get in touch with the Real America, I'm here at a diner in rural Ohio on journalistic assignment with The New Yorker. Next to me is an alienated, hard-working woman on assignment from the Atlantic and a crusty father of 4 on assignment from Harper's.
Woman I have been flirting with at the bar all night: So what do you want to do when we get back to my place? 😏
Me: *Remembering my media training* Every time I perform I just try to execute at a high level
people in Portland be like "sorry I can't come out tonight, I gotta go see my eleven year old son's slowcore band play." I mean I imagine that's what they say. I don't know I don't really travel
Nolan McLean was one of four starting pitchers in 2025 to throw six pitches with a 100 Stuff+ or better. The other three were:
Tarik Skubal
Shohei Ohtani
Max Fried
@DPG3134@DannyAbriano you could be right. i think it will depend on who looks better there between him and vientos at this point. safe to say he will see time at both.
@DPG3134@DannyAbriano maybe polanco is bad at first, and if that's the case i'm sure he will dh more. however, i think it's safe to trust the reporting here. i don't think the mets would sign polanco to this deal if they didn't have confidence he can play the field.
@DPG3134@DannyAbriano i also don't think it's delusional to assume that a guy moving down the defensive spectrum can play a passable 1b. obviously polanco is not good at 2b, but imagine if pete alonso tried to play there. i promise he'd be worse than whatever polanco would put up in a full season.