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3 hits for Drury today...Rikuu Nishida PR. Julks and Amaya need to go. More k's.

1-2-3 inning for Iriarte. 4-3 Sox still.

Braden Montgomery late break circus catch in RF.

Iriarte back. 92 mph.

FB 95. 8.87 era at Wake...drafted solely on potential to gain control. Out at second 4-3 now. No dp.

Eric Adler in. Featured at Future Sox report today. Former teammate of Kurtz.

Another K on an off speed pitch. Hit better. Bases loaded. Lack of command is total. Bases loaded one out reliever in.

More walks. Sigh. Kurtz a strong eye.

.462 this spring. Thaiss cut down on base paths. two outs bases empty...looks like Meidroth trying to get hit by that one harmless ground out not impacting the ball yet

Gallo 1/12 probably hasn't hit 9th very often in his career. K again.

Thaiss doubled new RF shaken up. Butler probably would have had it.

Gallo Meidroth not exactly lighting it up yet. Thaiss late to the plate and loses a strike.

Iriarte mostly around 93-94. k on a change up to escape inning and strand runners on the corners.

Except billions richer and didn't escape from Cuba on a boat on the high seas with buscones in tow.

Martin or Cannon…

Only for publicly traded companies when someone owns at least let’s say 5% of the company…you can see which mutual funds, retirement/pension funds own pretty much exactly how many shares and when they were purchased or sold and at what price.

https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/69808-what-have-i-twins-done-to-deserve-this/ 3 of the top 10 #MNTwins projects are injured - Emma, Raya, and Jenkins. This song by the Pet Shop Boys is running through my head. I want to serenade the baseball gods imploring them - What have I done to deserve this? Or West End Girls, lol...

Eduarniel Nunez, 25, San Diego Padres This is an elite arm. Think Jason Adam. Nunez posted eye-popping fastball metrics in his appearance against the Mariners: 96.8 mph with a spin rate of 2,661 rpm. Only six pitchers threw four-seamers in an MLB game last year with that kind of velocity and spin (minimum of four fastballs): Padres' Jason Adam, Michael Kopech, Jeff Hoffman, Ryan Helsley, SFGs' Randy Rodriguez and Twins' Brock Stewart. Not bad for a non-roster invitee whom the Padres quickly snapped up as a minor league free agent after Nunez spent eight seasons in the Cubs’ system. His slider spin rate (2,911) and curveball spin rate (2,931) are also elite. Yikes. Of course, there are reasons why the Cubs did not give him a 40-man roster spot: poor mechanics and poor control. Nunez still cannot consistently throw his fastball for a strike when he needs it. He has walked 6.1 batters per nine innings in 190 minor league games, including 26 in 23 2/3 innings last year in his first look at Triple-A. Minor league free agent, spent 8 years in the Cubs' system...could be the next Estrada (also from Cubs)/Suarez bullpen find Ethan Routzahn, 26, San Diego Padres This is another success story when it comes to hard work, technology and instruction. Undrafted after playing for three colleges (Dallas Baptist, Northwest Florida State College and St. John’s), Routzahn signed with San Diego after pitching for Trenton in MLB’s Draft League. At age 26 in High A with an 88.4 mph sinker, Routzahn did not appear to be on a track to the big leagues. Always a hard worker, he decided to check in with Driveline to work smarter. ... On Saturday, Routzahn threw his sinker on 13 of 17 pitches. It’s a low-spin sinker with crazy movement down and to the arm side. He could be a workhorse, groundball reliever with deception, in the manner of Ryan Thompson and John Schreiber or a righthanded version of Hoby Milner. https://www.si.com/mlb/eight-pitchers-spring-training-better-stuff

https://www.si.com/mlb/walker-buehler-looks-dominant-in-first-start-with-red-sox

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/chicago-white-sox-jerry-reinsdorf-justin-ishbia-ownership/ No idea if this says anything new or noteworthy...can't read Trib articles.

We basically are going to be perceived as a "good place to get your career back on track," which isn't an altogether bad thing if Katz/Bannister keep seeing their reputations across the industry increase. Paying him $9 million or putting him into the starting rotation never made a whole lotta sense for the White Sox, but it was definitely an interesting/eye-raising contract proffered by the Nationals.

Yes, essentially the Flexen role last year. Shuster didn't really do anything to "lose" his job after being rostered all last season...so they must like something about him. The last vestiges of the biggest trade in Getz's career before Garrett Crochet, lol. Along with Gowens. Seems fairly likely that Steven Wilson is on course (at least so far) to make it back to the majors this spring.

Ohtani punked by Dave Roberts..."ball pit balls" trick in his car Dave Roberts's Hilarious Prank on Shohei Ohtani Gained ... Sports Illustrated https://www.si.com › MLB 1 day ago — After Ohtani pranked Roberts by gifting him a toy Porsche in '24, Roberts got his revenge Friday by filling his car with plastic balls. Ohtani ... Missing: punked ‎| Show results with: punked

White Sox: RHP Grant Taylor The White Sox are heavier in the pitching prospects, so the natural choices would be Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith, the top two left-handed pitching prospects in the game, per MLB Pipeline, who threw back-to-back scoreless innings on Feb. 26 at Camelback Ranch. But instead this nod goes to Taylor, who topped out at 101.2 mph during his first appearance in Surprise on Feb. 23. The right-hander is a starter to watch, after being drafted while he was recovering from Tommy John and dealing with a lat issue in ‘24. He has the stuff to be a high-end member of the rotation. -- Scott Merkin mlb.com

Let's assume Reinsdorf and Sons are at 20%. Hobson, just for argument's sake, 30%. 50% unaccounted, for other than the 5-10% Ishbia was reported to have purchased as early as 2021. That means Ishbia wouldn't even be at 50%, unless Mellody/Lucas sold their shares to him at the $1.8 valuation. In theory, they could have tried to also buy a controlling interest, or could JR lock them out/block them for the Ishbia's bid/offer???