Former Angel Hideki Matsui has been named the manager of the Yomiuri Giants.
“So we look forward to seeing if we can deploy a healthy version of him next year.” (It’s a look at the ongoing injury woes of Giancarlo Stanton sprinkled with a dash of “What if we need to use Aaron Judge or Ben Rice as our DH?”)
It’s all Ohtani’s fault the Dodgers got swept. Trade that lumbering loser.
Veteran rightys Connor Brogdon and Carlos Hernandez both elected free agency.
The Cardinals dumped their hitting coach Brant Brown while the Yankees will retain their pitching coach Matt Blake. The Astros hired Conner Watson as their director of hitting. I could direct hitting. I just say “Hit the ball for crying out loud. Stop striking out. Duh.” I guess there’s a little more that goes into that job, but still.
Rocco Baldelli says “fuggedibaldit.”
Former big leaguer Todd Benzinger passed away at the age of 63.
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