Anne Rogers writes about how Michael Massey turned to physics to analyze his swing as he fights for a role in 2026.
At its core, Massey’s focus was on the forces applied in a swing, both with his body and his bat, and how his bat needs to move to contact the ball consistently. In conversations with the pilot, Massey related the physics of flying a plane in a crosswind to swinging a bat through the zone. Massey first wanted the science behind all of it, and then he leaned on his own experience to apply
it to his swing and in the cage.
“As nerdy as it sounds, physics is part of it,” Massey said. “That’s really all I tried to get into. It’s why I got out of the baseball world. I don’t want feels. I want what’s real, and I’ll find the feel based on my experience.”
Jaylon Thompson covers if Nick Loftin’s jack-of-all-trades skillset will be enough to make the roster.
There isn’t a question of Loftin’s role, but there needs to be offensive production associated with it. That’s why Loftin is motivated to get off to a strong start this spring. “Just continue to be as simple as possible and also be able to play everywhere on the field,” Loftin said. “It’s been the biggest thing and got me where I am today. Just continue to hone in on that and get better every year.”
Buster Olney at ESPN ranked the top 10 third basemen going in 2026.
5. Maikel Garcia, Kansas City Royals
Last year was a breakout season for the Kansas City infielder, who had 60 extra-base hits among 170 for the season, with an OPS+ of 123. Ke’Bryan Hayes is generally considered to be the best defender at this position, but Garcia led AL third basemen in defensive runs saved with 13 and in outs above average at 18, winning the AL Gold Glove Award.
Kevin O’Brien at Royals Keep writes if Dairon Blanco can make an impact in 2026.
Jacob Milham at Kings of Kauffman writes about Stephen Kolek’s revamped arsenal.
Michael Conforto agreed to a minor league deal with the Cubs.
The Chiefs cut DE Mike Danna to save salary cap money.
The media hype machine to get Tyreek Hill back to the Chiefs is in full swing.
The NFL is considering whether to allow replay officials to throw flags. I hope they get tossed from the press box.
Rodger Sherman wraps up the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn’s multiple surgeries after her Olympics crash apparently prevented amputation.
The US Men’s Hockey golden goal scorer, Jack Hughes, lost some teeth prior to scoring that goal.
49-year-old Floyd Mayweather and 47-year-old Manny Pacquiao are un-retiring so they can bash each other in the face in the Sphere thing in Las Vegas. Why though? Money, I guess. Maybe a recession is coming.
Scrubs is back this week with new episodes.
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is starring as Juliet in the West End revival production of Romeo & Juliet.
Your song of the day is Lawrence with Hip Replacement.
