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Happy Wednesday, everyone! Just a light general news post for the day, where we look at Dillon Dingler’s incredible zone awareness, just how good Kevin McGonigle has been to start his rookie season, and in a more broad strokes look at baseball news we get a preview of the All-Star Week events, Craig Counsell calls Shohei Ohtani “bizarre” (well, not really), and we dabble into hot topics about pitching.
So let’s just jump right into it!
Detroit Tigers News
- That Dingler kid knows his strike zone.
- Guess the Tigers are feeling pretty good about this extension.
- Prospects on the move.
AL Central News
MLB News
- A Dodgers player, injured? Edwin Diaz is heading for surgery.
- Can the 2026 Mets still turn things around?
- Yordan Alvarez has been a real bright spot for the Astros this season.
- A first look at the MLB All-Star Week schedule.
- Is the NL Central the best division in baseball right now?
- Craig Counsell wasn’t shy about calling Shohei Ohtani’s roster flexibility “bizarre.”
- Where does Mason Miller’s scoreless streak rank among relievers?
- I’m sorry but this catch is absolutely insane.
- One Red Sox fan decided to bypass coffee for Monday’s early game and went right to drinking beer out of his shoe.
- What’s going wrong for the Phillies?
- What could the sale of the Padres mean for other small-market teams?
- Will Benson made a fun baseball oddity, scoring twice in one game without ever seeing a pitch.
- Is “lab-grown” pitching changing baseball? (Also a good reminder to read “Unhittable” in preparation for our May 1 book club!)
- Speaking of pitching, Jeff Passan looks at the rise of the 100mph fastball.
- The Blue Jays had to get between game cities by good old-fashioned bus recently after their plane was grounded.
- Jake Mangum, MVP
- A new Mets curse?
- I suppose those outfield lawns are good for something after all.
