Levi Weaver

I honestly do not know if I’ll post here beyond the windup links. No secret where I’m at — same place everyone else is defecting to. It’s been a mirror of this feed for a while now anyway. ✌️

@Landon_Leusch I got my pal’s back even if it means holding my nose and hitting send on the Elon wasteland

@ThreeTwoEephus Levi returns to the X website solely to complain about the mile high rangers press box and frankly, I respect it

What people don’t know is that Rangers ownership decided the people who report on the team should sit higher up than all but (literally) 12 rows of seats. Give Kennedi some slack, she’s reporting from the freakin space station.

At least Jeff got the quasi-polite first paragraph. Here’s the reply I got, also attributed to Ullyot.

(If you wanna skip the writing, here is the link directly to the fundraiser) subsplash.com/u/gracepasaden…

In 2018, I shared a letter I had written a few years prior, trying to convince my friend's son to choose a better favorite baseball team than his dad They live near Altadena, CA. My friends are OK, but their community has been devastated by the fires. leviweaver.medium.com/day-17-helping…

We are heartbroken to announce that Brewers icon & Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Uecker passed away today at the age of 90

WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS! Today, workers from @TheAthletic sent a letter to Times management calling on them to recognize Athletic editorial workers as members of the Times Guild. We are thrilled to have them in our union.

In today’s Windup: - An ode to Rickey Henderson - about a million signings and trades from the last week - also Joc Pederson (Rangers) and Walker Buehler (Red Sox) signed after this was written, so they’re not in this one nytimes.com/athletic/60156…

Whoa

Rubén Sierra

From Garrett Crochet to Max Fried to Kyle Tucker to Andres Giménez to Nathan Eovaldi (etc etc etc), it was a pretty packed Windup today as the Winter Meetings come to a close. nytimes.com/athletic/59898…

The Rangers are acquiring 1B/3B Jake Burger from the Marlins, sources tells @TheAthletic. Return not yet known.

Source confirms: Rangers in agreement with free-agent RHP Nathan Eovaldi, pending physical. First: @ByRobertMurray

Source confirms: Max Fried to Yankees, eight years, $218M, pending physical. Biggest deal for a left-hander and fourth largest pitching contract in game’s history. First: @JeffPassan

.@jcmccaffrey wrote on Joel Wolfe discussing the posting process for Roki Sasaki, which is officially underway: nytimes.com/athletic/59846…

The A’s didn’t give pitcher Luis Severino a club record contract solely to impress fans in Sacramento. The A’s need to add payroll — perhaps another $25 million or more — or they risk a grievance from the MLBPA. With ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦@Ken_Rosenthal⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/59824…

In today’s Windup — everything you need to know about the Juan Soto deal, plus: - Dick Allen & Dave Parker are HOF’ers - More names come off our Top 40 Big Board - Rays stadium update nytimes.com/athletic/59814…

Source: Mets can void Soto’s opt-out after five years by by escalating his average annual average value from $51M to $55M over the last 10 years. On it: @jorgecastillo.

Dave Parker and Dick Allen are the newest Hall of Famers!

Tickets just $20 at ferriswheelerslive.com for BBQ, Baseball and Blues , Tuesday night.