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Sox 30th in most recent power rankings https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39915074/mlb-2024-power-rankings-week-2-dodgers-yankees-red-sox-cubs

Smash Burgers may become a favorite food for Miami Marlins fans, a meal popularized by an emerging star whose parents talked him out of quitting baseball five years ago. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer on his 28th birthday, propelling the Marlins over the New York Yankees 5-2 for just their second win this season. He leads Miami with three homers and 15 RBIs, reviving a career that was interrupted for nearly four years because of a foot injury and the coronavirus pandemic. http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=smash+burgers+jake+marlins&sca_esv=d422ceb1a630167d&sca_upv=1&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW4JLgv7mFAxVKE1kFHSNkDsMQ_AUIBygC&biw=363&bih=653#imgrc=9cdEaN-eMEFfcM Burger said a turning point was a 2019 conversation with his mom, Shannon, at a Which Wich in St. Louis followed by a heart-to-heart at home in suburban Chesterfield, Missouri, with his dad, Mike. “Fortunately, my parents had a more level head than I did and ended up talking me out of it, saying, `Don’t regret anything in life and if you quit, you’re going to regret it,'" Burger said. "And so I’m thankful for them. They’re a major part of the story and major part of me being where I’m at today.” Obtained from the Chicago White Sox last summer, Burger is among the few bright spots on a team that is a major league-worst 2-11. Burger already had a memorable game this year. He homered twice off Lance Lynn last Thursday during his first big league appearance in his hometown of St. Louis, where growing up he went to about 20 games annually dating to old Busch Stadium. He sat below the new ballpark's Big Mac Land in left field with Little League buddy Kyle Kinner and watched the Cardinals rally in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings to beat Texas in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series en route to the title. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/smash-burger-5-years-nearly-040903989.html

Toronto supposedly wanted to hire KW, but that was blocked at the time by JR.

Looks like Jesse Chavez has a 1.42 ERA for the Braves this year...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-basketball/article-13286115/Caitlin-Clark-presumed-WNBA-debut-Indiana-Fever-Connecticut-Sun.html Tickets for Caitlin Clark's presumed WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever against Connecticut Sun are already going for over $900 - with one being resold for as much as $9,418! https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/39922948/caitlin-clark-drives-spike-fever-wnba-ticket-interest

Dylan Cease 2.16 ERA right now...

Josiah Gray of the Nats on the shelf...likely another TJ case.

JR won't consider eating that contract until 2027.

There will be many more "lose from ahead" losses over the course of the season like this one. Can't give the Guardians so many chances when you should have put them away earlier.

Blame JR and Getz and Hahn..not Shaw.

Those two runs not scored from third base killed them...and of course the lack of high quality bullpen depth. Grifol should have had the sense to pull Fedde earlier but got away with it.

Minor miracle. But still have to cover three more innings somehow.

Hard to blame Shewmake completely unless he's had a lot of time at second base...haven't checked minor league numbers.

Grifol just has no game management instincts.

Odds of winning this one down to 25-30%. Running out of gas.

Any player will struggle mightily after one full year off...but he had a pretty good reputation, generally.

Can save some more non tendering Vaughn. Just awful. Needed to get back at least one run there.

Also used Wilson...who would arguably be the second best closing option. Leone and Garcia the only rested pitchers.

Looks like they might have been able to use Burger after all...

Now a novel problem...potentially closing a game without Kopech.

https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-rodon-earns-first-win-of-2024-for-yankees

Doesn't Pedro want the team to emulate him?

Getz at the very least needs to see Montgomery excel for 3-4 months at the AAA level. That means a 900ish OPS, not in the 700's. Also, if he's going to stick at SS. It wouldn't be fair to move him off SS to 3B or have him take the place of Moncada on such short notice...without an adjustment period. The ONLY way they should consider it is if they 100% believe he can't stick at SS at the major league level and he's going to have to move over to third eventually (as early as next year, replacing Moncada)...which would then push Ramos perhaps to 2B, or 1B/DH (that's not ideal, based on his offensive profile). And service time clock really is going to matter for him, the 7 vs. 6 years of control. Wouldn't be shocked to see Ramos up before Montgomery, simply due to the fact that his prospect status isn't nearly at the same "future star" level as what is currently being projected for Colson. He's more around where Colas was a year ago, although he hasn't been included on most Top 100 prospects lists in the 80's or 90's compared to Oscar.

https://www.mlb.com/player/cj-abrams-682928 Well, it looks like he is finally becoming a superstar. And James Wood is expected to be even better. Plus you add in Mackenzie Gore, that Juan Soto trade basically doomed the franchise. The funny thing to me is that CJ Abrams, Tatis, Machado, Kim, Jackson Merrill, Cronenworth (originally, with TB) and Bogaerts are/were all SS's coming up. Heck, you can even count Profar, who came up with Rangers at SS before all the injuries forced him off that spot. Says a lot about the value of developing stars at SS and then eventually moving them around the diamond.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/?page=8 Jose Abreu statistically the worst position player...