• The season is the time for a team like the Twins to develop hitters like Alan Roden, Trevor Larnach, and Brooks Lee, and let Taylor Rogers eat innings to buy time behind Jeff Hoffman for Bailey Ober to mature.


• Understand, Jose Ramirez could be like Tyler Heineman in the Guardians lineup, to fit in with Brayan Rocchio, Steven Kwan, et al.


• Wiht the expected development of Tyler Rogers and Alejandro Kirk, the bionic eye of Matt Waldron, better health of Jose Soriano, and with Josh Smith protecting Jesus Sanchez in the lineup, the Blue Jays, under the closed leadership of John Schneider, should be better and deeper.


• Oh Great, and someone's surprised that Ivan Herrera came to camp looking like a lollipop, after spending the winter working in St. Cloud, MN as a shortstop after not being touched with the contract Mike Girsch offered? Inexcusable!

ballad of brad meador

Terry Francona's tirade about
   Dane Myers

this week was an eruption of his frustrations about trying to change a gruesome culture

and when
   Myers takes
five straight strikes without swinging

it is a proud lack of aggression

and you might as well send an user interface designer
up to the plate swinging a piano
for all the good it will do

so while
Brad Meador is trying to acquire players that
will like

such as
   Colton Cowser

Bryan Baker

or
   Luis Lara

is isn't easy
when you only have
heartless talents to deal from

like
   Zach McCambley

Ivan Johnson

(who is incidentally battling a case of wrenworms)

and JJ Bleday

 

 

 

 

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