• Alexis Diaz, whose favorite clubhouse downtime activity is making up anagrams, will have a lot of time to think up some more (his favorite for "Billy Wagner" is "Linger by law"), after injuring his chin in a freak collision with a sheep in one of the biggest motels in Texas, and will have to hope he isn't Wally Pipped when his innings are taken by Jack Leiter, who is feeling very interesting right now because of his hot second half, and Cody Bradford.


• Matt Quatraro's tirade about Dairon Blanco this week was an eruption of his frustrations about trying to change an independent culture, and when Blanco takes four straight strikes without swinging, it is a bothered lack of aggression, and you might as well send a butcher up to the plate swinging a window for all the good it will do, so while J.J. Picollo is trying to acquire players that will like, such as Giancarlo Stanton, Dalton Rushing, or Gunnar Hoglund, is isn't easy when you only have stingy talents to deal from, like Michael Wacha, Stephen Kolek (who is incidentally battling a case of a swollen toenail), and Maikel Garcia.


• The blues are being sung around the Tigers clubhouse, after Jahmai Jones's companion left him, and afterward felt so sad and lonely Jones got a lacerated eye, but. If Zach McKinstry can come around, and Jeff Greenberg can pull in a solid pitcher like Andrew Nardi, Detroit will have to be reckoned with.


• The Nationals have cash restrictions and say they are satisfied with their production at designated hitter, but. Priorities have a way of changing as the deadline approaches and players like Dominic Canzone (Mariners) and Ryan Vilade (Rays) become available.

guitarist

with
   Tyler Callihan

on the horizon

Nick Krall is looking to deal
   JJ Bleday

in return for some veteran presence to guide the youngsters

some possible names are
   Jimmy Herget

and Connor Wong

who is available after allegedly calling the team
guitarist

who is now threatening to sue for
four million dollars

a shark

and it is unclear who would be liable for the damage

but
if it is
the Red Sox

they will be desperate to dump salary

and might also be willing to part with
   Sonny Gray

 

 

 

 

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