DID YOU SEE THAT PLAY LAST NIGHT FROM BOBBY
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE
*Heavy breathing intensifies*
That’s my shortstop.
Jaylon Thompson also wrote about the same plays.
How about some more coverage of those two plays from MLB dot com?
Royals.tv will allow viewers to watch Thursday and Friday’s games for free.
Games will air on Royals.TV this season, which will be available on most linear platforms, such as cable.
The Royals have not announced how fans will be able to access those games. However, fans can sign up to stream Royals.TV via the MLB app or MLB.com. There will be a free trial of sorts this week, as a pair of Royals spring games will available to stream at no cost. They will be on Thursday and Friday.
Anne Rogers writes about Lucas Erceg’s search for more strikeouts.
Digging deeper reveals a different, and perhaps more unsustainable, picture. Erceg’s underlying metrics all took a step back from ‘24, including a big drop in his strikeout rate from 28.5% in 2024 to 19.3% last year. His 6.3% walk rate from two seasons ago went up to 7.2% last year. Opposing batters hit the ball harder (85.9 mph average exit velocity to 89.1 mph) and whiffed less (31% to 24.7%).
What this tells him is that he was still good at preventing runs and getting outs — that’s what his job is anyway, no matter what — but there was plenty to clean up.
“All the other numbers were kind of meh,” Erceg said. “The two didn’t really correlate. So that was the biggest shift this offseason, try to figure out how to mesh the two. Have a good ERA and face-value numbers, and then have good underlying numbers.”
Caleb Moody at Kings of Kauffman writes about Carson Roccaforte’s chances of seeing a call-up this season.
The Phillies signed Jesus Luzardo to a 5/$135M extension.
Tarik Skubal will not pitch again in the WBC.
A succinct ranking of how old each MLB stadium is.
The legal tampering period for NFL free agency opened today. The Chiefs made a couple moves.
First, they signed Super Bowl MVP RB Kenneth Walker III.
Next, they signed big man DL Khyiris Tonga from the Patriots.
Last, they locked up future Hall of Famer and Taylor’s Fiancé Travis Kelce for another year.
Here is a quick roundup of the flurry of yesterday’s activity.
UConn women’s basketball steamrolled the season again.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a late three to seal a win and tie an obscure Wilt Chamberlain record.
The 2026 World Cup is too big to cancel amid…“global turmoil”.
Adrien Brody and John Lithgow are doing Broadway stuff this spring.
Off Topic – I took a soccer coaching course from US Youth Soccer for US Grassroots certification. It was really good. US Soccer is changing how they teach kids, which means they’re changing how they train coaches. I’m pretty new to the space…I’m doing this mainly just because my kid wants me to coach him, but he’s pretty good and is going past rec soccer in KC. Club is the next level.
The class was 11v11 (13/14 year olds) and focused a lot on just what that age group is experiencing developmentally. The idea is to help coaches learn how to best engage the kids, not just teach soccer skills/tactics. Of course it focused on soccer stuff too, but it’s looking at the whole kid, not just soccer. I think that’s really good. They’re focusing more on elevating the fun/passion for the game too. I think this will pay dividends in like…20 years haha.
Your Song of the Day is Solarstone with over the mountains.
