Jake

This is weird: Baseball Reference lists him at 5'7": https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cesped001yoe This article in the NY Post calls him 6'1": https://nypost.com/2017/01/30/yoenis-cespedes-brother-is-an-intriguing-mystery-about-to-be-revealed/ This article in the NY Times calls him a "little shorter" than his brother, who they say is 5'10": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/sports/baseball/yoelkis-cespedes-cuba-world-baseball-classic.html The Cuban sites I've looked at don't list height and weight. At any rate, the statistics sure don't make you feel great about his power although he's Babe Ruth compared to Yolbert Sanchez

This would make Sanchez close to the highest paid player in the class, I would think. I just don't see it...where's the upside? Does it not mean anything that he played terribly in the Cuban league?

Not often discussed, but if you buy into Statcast's xwOBA, Tatis Jr. has been ludicrously lucky so far this year.

5'7"

It's the yips

Usually you don't manage to give up that many hits when you have the yips

Boylen had the guys playing at a fast pace in that nice stretch of time that everyone was healthy. Boylen and Paxson have been saying all offseason they want a fast-paced offense focused on outside shooting.

Maybe I'm way off, but I wouldn't be surprised if the cost difference between Beverley and Brogdon is not all that large, at least per year.

Also from The Ringer:

Gafford was 86/91 on dunks, 182/224 (81%, 64% assisted) at the rim, 31/99 elsewhere inside the arc, and no three point attempts.

Gafford probably more like Tyson Chandler 2.0 than Portis 2.0

Woj says Minnesota is "focused" on Culver!

Why is Ervin Santana Ja Morant's dad

Woj says Minnesota may be working on a trade of the #6

If Culver's there, wouldn't be a shock if someone would want to trade up to get him.

Woj just said on TV that Minnesota traded to 6 to get a PG

ESPN's mock has Minnesota taking Coby White at 6.

I'd be happy!

ESPN's mock has Culver-Garland-White going in front of the Bulls, which to me is the worst case scenario and leaves them with DeAndre Hunter at 7, which to me is the least exciting possibility but probably the right pick under those circumstances. I wouldn't trade up unless the price is trivial.

Other than HBP, I was prepared to say "first of many" about whatever he did