Dylan Cumming

Absolutely FABULOUS outing today for my guy, Dylan Cumming, in his second appearance with the Birmingham Barons! Way to go, DC!

"Sworded him." 🗡️⁠ ⁠ @dylancumming12 spun a gem in his final Live AB before heading to Spring Training with the @WhiteSox 🧦⁠ ⁠ The low-slot righty covered every quadrant with his 5-pitch mix in this Live. 🤯

SAM ANTONACCI BOMB WITH A BAT FLIP OH MY GOD

What are the best bang-for-your-buck weight gain foods for pitchers? Here are some options with great calorie-per-dollar rankings. Practicality is also important, especially if you're a busy student shooting for 4,000-5,000+ calories per day. My top budget-friendly choices: Breakfast: peanut butter bagels & whole milk Lunch/dinner: pasta & meat sauce (fattier beef) Snacks: trail mix, PB sandwich/tortillas Each of these can easily be pushed to 1,250-1,500 calories per meal for <$5. With some planning, you can hit 5,000 calories for <$20/day. Notes ✅Adding small servings of fruits/veggies is a wise addition (i.e. a handful of berries w/ breakfast, a cup of frozen veggies with lunch/dinner), but this forms a great high-calorie baseline. Eating excess veggies or less calorie-dense foods will take up valuable real estate in your stomach, making it harder to hit the highest caloric intakes. ✅Actual caloric goals will vary based on your needs, and eating like this isn't forever. After hitting your weight gain targets, it becomes much easier to settle into maintenance calories and focus on food quality & micronutrients (more traditional dietary advice). ✅While I needed 4,500+ to get to my target weight in HS/college (from 6'3" 155 to 215 lbs), I easily maintained after that at ~3,500, rendering most of these tips unnecessary. Case in point: the bulking days will be over within 1-2 years if you stick to the right plan. There's light at the end of the tunnel.

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Mason Fluharty gets Shohei Ohtani for his first K coming out of the bullpen #WANTITALL

#Orioles RHP Carson Ragsdale goes up and in with a 94.6 mph fastball to punch out the Blue Jays' Addison Barger for his 1st MLB strikeout:

The Chicago White Sox have signed Dylan Cumming to a minor league contract, per @_chaseford. The pitcher has a 3.63 ERA along with 247 strikeouts throughout his minor league career.

Congrats to @DylanCumming12 on signing with the Chicago White Sox organization!

Darth Whiffman

One hundred career Ks for Hayden 💯

We absolutely need to talk about these two 5-6-3 putouts in the @PortlandSeaDogs + @GoYardGoats game last night. 😧 SAME INNING. SAME COUNT. SAME NUMBER OF OUTS. SAME PITCH SPEED (!!!). SAME EXACT DEFLECTION AND EVERYTHING. This is putting my brain in a PRETZEL.

NO WAY VIC!!! All. Three. Outs.

An unforgettable moment for one of our athletes! @dylancumming12 made the ultimate trade — an autographed baseball in exchange for his own trading card! Full circle and all heart.

It's all Cumming back to The Diamond in just 56 days 🔜

Harsh reality: the game is getting far more competitive at every level. We have had 20+ free agents signed since Jan 10th. However, there are dozens more who would have easily been signed by now 5 years ago. What are you doing to keep up?

The wait is over … Billy Wagner has been elected to the Hall of Fame!

For pitchers struggling with weight gain, it's not enough to "eat a lot." One of our pros has bulked to 6'4" 181 lbs this fall (from low 170's) and recently hit a wall: "I'm eating 4500-5000 calories a day." My response: "Which is it?" He admitted it was often closer to 4500, only hitting 5000 on a good day. 4500 is a lot, but in his case, it's close to his maintenance intake. When it comes to weight gain, you don't get points for eating a lot. My advice to him: find a way to get in 500-750 calories more than his maintenance. This could include: -Making existing foods extra tasty (like adding honey/Nutella to peanut butter sandwiches) -Added ultra-dense quick calories (trail mix, light olive/avocado oil in smoothies, etc.) -Eat minimally processed foods for the first ~3-4,000 calories, but allow himself "cheat" foods to fill the last 1-2,000. Anyone who has tried to eat 5,000 calories consistently knows that this is a serious ask, but he has the makings of a big leaguer if he can add a couple more ticks across his arsenal. Sometimes the suck is worth it.

"It’s a great story of perseverance and also talent." #SFGiants right-handed prospect Carson Ragsdale's journey to a 40-man spot: atmlb.com/3AVIMPM