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Rodriguez has faced the minimum over the first two frames (1 K) with a 3-6-3 double play wiping out a leadoff HBP in the first inning. TRats have already plated five runs on a Eduardo Garcia single, Dinges walk, Areinamo RBI single, Burke two RBI double, Yhoswar RBI triple and Alastre RBI single sequence.

Nashville out to an early 3-1 lead top of five. Two out rally in the first got them two runs via Vaughn single, Dalbec walk, Seigler RBI single, and Dunn RBI single. Then picked up another in the fourth when Dunn got HBPed, went to second on a wild pitch, then scored on a Zamora RBI single. Henderson has given up 1 R | 1 H | 2 BB | 2 K thru four frames with 54 pitches (35 strikes).

Haase's last game in Nashville was June 23rd last year. Misio didn't make his Nashville debut until August 3rd.

Red Sox prospect list dropped at FanGraphs today and thought it was interesting that Eric had Holobetz (#26) higher in the ordinal rankings than Yophery (#31), though both ultimately have the same 40 FV grade. Holobetz... He’s built like a starter, moves like a starter, and commands the baseball, giving Holobetz a very high floor as a lock depth starter. Whether he roots himself in a big league rotation is going to depend on the growth of his secondary pitches. His low-80s slider lacks the raw power of a good modern slider, but Holobetz dots it. His changeup has long-term projection because of his fluidity and lovely arm stroke, but it isn’t a nasty pitch yet. His cutter probably needs more velo (it’s averaging about 85 mph right now) to be a real weapon. Holobetz is athletic and young, and was only recently drafted, so he has a ton of time to develop. He has a great pitchability foundation and looks like a low-variance backend starter. Yophery... He’s a tightly wound athlete with some effort to his swing, and it’s likely he’ll whiff underneath high fastballs as he faces better velocity. Against Low-A pitching he’s been able to cover most of the plate and spray low-lying contact from foul pole to foul pole. He can turn on pitches on the inner third but tends to be oppo-oriented throughout most of the zone...He isn’t overtly projectable and is definitely a “skills over tools” type whose offense is seasoned by his advanced feel for the strike zone. His feel does not extend to defense, where Rodriguez is fast, but also frustrating and unpolished. He may need to play a corner eventually, and the power to profile there likely won’t materialize. Improved defense is the biggest developmental key for Rodriguez and would allow him to play a sizable big league role as an oft-used fourth outfielder.

Couple potential spots depending which direction you’re coming from. Haven’t parked there in a bit, but used to street park on 51st, 52nd, 53rd between Wisconsin and Bluemound. From there it’s a pretty short walk through Mitchell Boulevard Park and then the parking lot west of the stadium. More recently I’ve been doing Roundhouse Road off Canal Street, easier if you’re coming from south or east of the stadium. There’s a No Parking 2 Hours Before / After Stadium Events sign when you first turn onto Roundhouse, then there is a long stretch of curb east of the Palermo’s driveway with no such signage where I normally park. Got my first ever ticket there the home opener this year ($40 currently on appeal) but have parked there a hundred plus times before without getting one and have parked there again this year since the home opener without getting another ticket.

Griffin Tobias with his best outing yet throwing 5.1 scoreless with 3 H | 5 K (& of course zero BB) for the ACL Crew.

Yeah, believe I saw the Jrue/Kristaps moves get them under the second tax apron and saves them something like $200M on their tax bill.

Going all the way back to 2022 there are 168 players with at least 400 PA as an outfielder. Of course Mitchell doesn't rank very high in plate appearances, his Milwaukee-centric 414 PA rank 165th. Even with such little playing time, his +5.1 BsR is 43rd and his +6.8 DEF is 30th among those 168 outfielders. (Sidenote: of the 23 outfielders between Blake Perkins (+13.4 DEF | 17th) and Jackson Chourio (+3.3 DEF | 39th), in the DEF column on the 2022 to present leaderboard there are nine Brewers or ex-Brewers - Perkins, Grisham, Taylor, JBJ, Sal, Wiemer, Mitchell, Dubon and Chourio - franchise sure loves them some outfield defenders.) Ok, back to Mitchell. Combine that positive base running and defense with his slightly above average hitting (career 102 wRC+) and you have a guy whose 2.8 WAR is 85th on that outfielders since 2022 leaderboard.

Thought I'd give this a bump since Coby Mayo recently took his 100th plate appearance as a Major Leaguer. Over 107 PAs he is now at 155/234/196 (27 wRC+) with a 35.5 K%. Tiny sample. but in only 87 innings at 3B he already has -4 DRS | -2 FRV.

Lefty on the mound too. On the one hand that's a bad thing, Brewers 91 wRC+ vs LHP is 17th in MLB so far this year. On the other hand that's a good thing, Brewers 14 W - 9 L record when facing a lefty starter is 3rd best in MLB so far this year.

DSL Gold holds on for an 11-5 win. Francis Sosa got in on the doubles action alluded to upthread while Eryks Rivero went deep for his first home run as a pro.

Good timing. Was just looking at the DSL leaderboards and noticed that Joan is 9th out of 197 pitchers (min. 10 IP) with a 2.26 FIP so far in his young career.

DSL Gold has resumed play and is back to business top of six with a single, three walks, and two wild pitches plating a pair of runs to make it a 7-1 ballgame (there goes that mirror stuff again) through six. Carlos Canales has covered the last three frames with 1 R | 3 H | 0 BB | 2 K.

DSL Blue has gone final with a 7-1 loss. Picked up a hitless run in the fifth when Frandy LaFond walked, stole second, went to third on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch. Jhosep Ospino pitched a 1-2-3 inning (1 K) amidst the carnage to run his season total to 7.2 IP without being credited with an earned run.

Almost a perfect mirror for the early DSL results... DSL Gold 5 R | 8 H | 0 E DSL Tampa 0 R | 1 H | 3 E DSL Red Sox 5 R | 8 H | 0 E DSL Blue 0 R | 1 H | 2 E Gold are delayed bottom four, Blue are still going bottom five. Gustavo Garcia (3 IP | 1 H | 0 BB | 3 K) delivered the strong mound work for Gold before the delay while a trio of Gold batters (Juan Martinez, Matthew Moses, and Pedro Tovar) doubled. Cristian Montilla also knocked a two RBI single. On the Blue side Jefer Lista has singled, Carlos Done walked and stole a bag.

I'd guess Patrick down for Woodruff, and one of Anderson or Hall down for Cortes.

Three more in the third extends it to a 10-2 lead for the ACL Brew Crew. Handelfry & Perkins singled before an RBI ground rule double from Quintana. A Frederi sac fly and Fielder single scored the other two.

Joshua Quezada recorded three strikeouts in the first inning for the Zona Crew, but a wild pitch and a couple singles ended up with a run crossing the plate. No worries, Brewers bats have answered back with seven runs in the bottom half. Perkins single (steal), Quintana HBP, Frederi walk, Corobo two RBI single, Fielder RBI single (steal), Flores HBP, Nadal RBI single. Ereu sac fly, errant pickoff, Handelfry RBI single.

Not just solved....WHOA SOLVDD

Reds gave Jeimer Candelario $45M for three years of baseball before 2024. Out of 236 players with 500 PA since then Jeimer has a 74 wRC+ (224th) and -1.0 WAR (233rd). Reds DFA Jeimer Candelario.

There are only 15 All NBA spots every year. NBA All Star spots would be the appropriate comparison for MLB All Star spots. Giannis is pretty much a consensus Top Four guy in the sport based on his selections to 1st Team seven years in a row and finishing no lower then 4th in MVP voting during that time. Durant is more like a Top Twenty or so guy at this point, he only impacts one end of the floor and on a limited basis due to his health/age. Desmond Bane got Memphis a better trade return (KCP, Cole Anthony, four unprotected FRPs, and a swap) a week ago than Durant just got the Suns.

DSL Gold also picked up a 3-1 win in early island action. Gabriel Colmenarez opened with 5 IP | 1 UER | 1 BB | 3 K before giving way to two scoreless frames from each of Saul Sanchez (2 H | 3 K) and Ruben Saldana (2 H | 2 BB | 2 K). Eleven strikeouts for the Gold batters, but Kenny Fenelon came through clutch with a pair of sac flies (in true On The Island fashion he also had a caught stealing and an error) while Isais Chavez singled twice and Nicolas Barrios doubled.

Yeah, some impressive outings from DSL Blue today in a 6-0 two hitter win over Dodgers Bautista. Johandry Ramirez started it off with two perfect frames (1 K). Lonell Downs did the heavy lifting with 5 IP of 1 H | 1 BB | 3 K work to earn the win before Johan Zapata picked up the save putting up four ones with 1 H | 1 BB | 1 HBP | 1 K over the final two innings. Offensive standouts included Yoneiker Lugo (two singles, RBI), Jefer Lista (two singles, two RBI), Moises Polanco (single, two stolen bases), Jhoanjel Saez (two walks, stolen base), Angel Gonzalez (single, two walks, two stolen bases), and Kegnnalex Seijas (double, walk, two RBI).

Durant is going into his age 37 season an an expiring contract. Rockets will probably need to extend him around $60M AAV through age 40. In the five years since his Achilles he has made All NBA 2nd team twice with high finishes of 9th and 10th in MVP voting those seasons. Giannis is going into his age 31 season with two guaranteed years on his deal. He wouldn’t be the age Durant is now until the end of the extension he would sign with a theoretical acquiring team. He’s been All NBA 1st team the last seven years (six unanimous selections) and hasn’t finished lower than 4th in MVP voting any of those seasons. The difference in value between Giannis and Durant is considerably larger than maybe one more first round pick.

Lillard and Haliburton both probably came back from injury too soon, especially considering the increased intensity of the playoffs. Tatum had more or less been the healthiest All NBA calibre player for his eight years in the league and had six deep playoff runs in there too, he was probably just due for something big. 12th among active players in postseason minutes, the 11 guys ahead of him have a combined 178 seasons in the league for an average of 16 seasons each.