Jordaan Westburg is related to a partially torn UCL. “Don’t worry,” a fantasy baseball player once said, “There are some mid-level second basemen and third basemen that need to be drafted.” Another fantasy baseball pert said, “There is no worrying, but worrying about oneself,” he said, misquoting FDR as if he were a 1950s Southern […]
In Episode 522, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig talk Iron Chef, the matcha adaptation, and narrative video games, then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Clark, Excluded: A shake-up at the MLBPA, although perhaps not for the reason you might think2. It’s not so sunny in Philadelphia: Nick Castellanos is finally cut, while Bryce Harper is […]
Nick Castellanos has no hard feelings toward the Phillies for the way his time in the City of Brotherly Love ended, but he acknowledged there are lessons to be learned from the experience. The biggest learning lesson for Castellanos comes from an incident in June, reported by The Athletic, in which he brought a beer […]
Nick Castellanos already has a new house. Castellanos agreed to a deal with the Padres for the veteran minimum, pending a physical, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed this Saturday morning. The Phillies, his home for four seasons, released Castellanos on Thursday with one year and $20 million remaining on his contract, which initially had a […]
The Phillies formally announced their new catcher signing JT Realmuto this morning. Realmuto, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and manager Rob Thomson were all on hand for a media session held via Zoom shortly afterward. Dombrowski, answering questions about the reported pursuit of Bo Bichette and the late return to Realmuto, candidly acknowledged that […]