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https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/curtis-mead-had-breakthrough-first-191500130.html References the work he has done with Nationals' hitting lab. Very thorough look at him this year. Notes former Rays' connections to Butera/Johns and new GM. Playing in the WBC with Bazzana's constant energy around him also seemed to help.

Mead's 5 4 4 3 box score line with three doubles definitely boosted some fantasy teams... Has his BA almost up to .260 too. Now have to retract that nickname.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-could-offer-tigers-potential-103922105.html https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/rays-dodgers-now-predicted-battle-163831353.html The Rays, Dodgers, Braves, and even the Phillies could be in the mix," Caleb Kerney wrote. Braves' possible pieces for Skubal "If the Braves can keep Spencer Schwellenbach, Owen Murphy and J.R. Ritchie to take up the mantle in Skubal's eventual absence, it becomes easy to stomach the loss of Caminiti, Waldrep and Fuentes."

Pereira has to be on active roster or exposed to waivers? They will give him a LONG rehab assignment in AAA first.

White Sox are the best story in baseball só far this season. Rays and Brewers, you have to expect it. Maybe the Phils’ comeback to relevance is #2.

Pereira nowhere close. Same with Hays.

The recent golf series with Owen Wilson was actually fairly decent...Judy Greer and his podcasting co-star helped it along.

Probably somewhere in between for SEC/ACC. For Big Ten, much closer to Low A, though.

Organizational ranking overall out of 30? Between 6 and 8?

Volchko and Cam Johnson are definitely going to be overslot. Segura maybe a bit...?

You're also talking about a player whose father was a legendary beisbol hero/Olympic champion in Cuba...survived the trying defection process, was a #36 prospect in the entire game with nearly a 900 milb ops coming up in one of the best if not the best organization...his faith and belief in his eventual success is going to be a lot higher than someone like Jared Kelenic or Nick Madrigal. And it's not like they have a miracle fix for everyone...or they would now have Curtis Mead now at DH instead of Benintendi, at least if they were a typical large market team stuck with a sunk cost contract like that. And some players just need a fresh start with a new organization, like Andrew Vaughn last season.

2019

In 2020, there were only five rounds. How Cade Smith ended up going as an udfa to the Guardians. Somehow the players that belong in the big leagues always find a way.

Detmers… Stink of Anaheim irrelevance/non-competitiveness, minus Trout and previously Ohtani?

Só where are you projecting him to finish the season? Taking more and more time from Antonacci against LHP or perhaps Meidroth? Then Vargas/Mune takes Benintendi DH at bats away, right, with Colson at 3B? Or CF at bats from Peters? What about Grichuk?

Still, -0.3 fWAR isn’t exactly easy to accomplish for any middle of the field player.

Shockingly, new Will Ferrell series “The Hawk” getting absolutely savaged by critics.

“July 17 - Fox Sports continued a record-breaking week in TV soccer viewership when Argentina's narrow victory over England on Wednesday was the most-watched World Cup semifinal in English-language history, Variety ‌reported. Argentina's 2-1 win averaged 15.063 million viewers on Fox, crushing the mark set just one day earlier when Spain shut out France 2-0 in Tuesday's semifinal and averaged 11.462 million viewers. Argentina and superstar Lionel Messi, facing off in Atlanta ⁠against England and its star striker Harry Kane, peaked with 22.177 million viewers from 4:45-5 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Fox averaged 6.531 million viewers for the 2022 World Cup semifinals. The France-Morocco semifinal in December 2022 in Qatar drew 6.595 million viewers on Fox, the record for English-language broadcasts of World Cup semifinals until this week. Radio Times reported that England's match Wednesday was the most-watched live ‌TV ⁠broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2026. The broadcast peaked at 24 million viewers -- 85% of all TV viewing at the time -- and averaged 22.1 million on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.” https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/argentina-england-world-cup-ratings-15-million-fox-1236813261/

“But baseball? Too many regular-season broadcasts feel like they are fulfilling a contractual obligation. Game 94 isn’t Game 7. But television doesn’t have to treat it like Game 94, either. Everything doesn’t need to be louder or faster. Everything certainly does not need another graphic flying across the screen. There were things the World Cup didn’t do perfectly. Afternoon kickoff times weren’t ideal for North American viewers. FIFA’s expanded tournament occasionally felt like someone looked at a successful idea and said, “You know what this needs? Thirty-two more games.” Sports commissioners are remarkably consistent that way. But the television product? American broadcast executives should have been taking notes. Not because soccer is somehow superior. Because great television is great television. The World Cup reminded us that the biggest moments do not need to be manufactured. They need to be recognized. That’s a lesson every producer, director, and announcer should remember before the NFL season begins. Sometimes the best television isn’t created in the production truck. It’s already happening on the field. The smartest thing everyone can do is trust it.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/fifa-world-cup-experience-teaches-040200322.html

No idea why formatting is so hard with an iPad, can no longer use mobile for some reason… 135. Weingartner, 198. Eric Segura, 213. Casteel, 214. Scolari, 242. Cam Johnson Fennell Burdette Xavier

Battery Power2026 MLB Draft: Final Top 500 Consensus RankingsThe consensus Top 500 players in tomorrow’s 2026 MLB Draft from six different sources.This list averaged the six most reputable Top 500 lists out there together 9 out of the Top 250, including 4 out of top 60 Prosek Thome Volchko Contreras Schaffner UNC Gasparino C.Beck Indiana State Roberts, Jr. Santarelli Slightom C.Wiggins Weingartner Segura Casteel Scolari 242.CJohns

Braves did all that maneuvering with #1/2 and 8-10 ($1500) picks to go way over on slots 3/6/11 But many had slotted AJ Gracia is the 20s.

Atlanta Braves On SIBraves Set Record When Signing 2026 Draft ClassThe Atlanta Braves did what they had to do in order to put pen to paper on who they feel is a prime draft pick