Ken Balderston

Happy international signing period day! My #fypd ranks have been updated to include todays expected signings & Senga + Yoshida

The best team in baseball signed a guy Toronto wanted nothing to do with. Gurriel has been good too... #FireAtkins

@drewisokay @RosenJordanBlum Apparently Alex has never given a no trade clause in Atlanta. That seems like something Jordan would also insist on!

Serious offseason content time: Which MLB GM is @RosenJordanBlum more like? 🤯

Mmmmmmm....

LOLOLOL - It's funny because it's true... :) facebook.com/share/r/mYYRRg…

Before you say you gave EVERYTHING you had to something, think of Rick Flair's career as the measuring stick. 99 times out of 100, you're exaggeraging. This is a miniscule glimpse of giving everything he had.

I was there - there is nothing exaggerated about the crowd that night. It was as intense and dynamic as portrayed in the highlights. This match fully deflated the main event despite Jericho being Canadian.

@AskWWENetwork I am in Canada and have been accessing WWE content/network via Sportsnet+. I've been told they can no longer offer access to past PLEs and will no longer offer WWE content as of Jan 1. How can I access your content from Canada without a cable connection?

@JoseCanseco @JeffPassan One of the highlights of my youth was watching the A's and Jays rivalry. Won some lose some, but always a great series. Hope you're doing well Jose!

@JeffPassan *Jose Canseco has entered the chat*

The Oakland A’s were killed by greed. Do not allow the people responsible for this to spin it any other way. John Fisher did not have to move this team. Major League Baseball and its owners did not need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.

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@LIV4MEL I like this twist, but I think it has to happen sooner rather than later, maybe at Summer Slam. I don't see how Raw can have both Judgement Day and Wyatt Sicks on the same show once both factions are active in ring.

4. finn and jd finally turn on damian and reveal they have been working with liv, if we’ve seen before, finn & liv have been wanting to break up the judgement day for years, they have been caught multiple times together probably planning all this along.

how i think this whole liv morgan, dominik mysterio, rhea ripley, the judgement day is going to play out — a thread

Who would have thought 4 weeks ago, Chad Gable would be more diabolical than Karion Kross! #wwe #clashatthecase #helluvakick

@reallygoodmvs Good list - I'd add the scene in Training Day when Ethan Hawk realizes he was left in the getto and it wasn't by accident.

10 of the most INTENSE movie scenes ever: 🧵 1. No country for old men - Coin Toss

Mike Trout has 5 HR and 6 RBI... how telling is that

@AlexFast8 Do you think 5 starts is based on a sample of the SP, or the opposition?

While CSW can often be indicative of better performance to come, it takes around 5 starts to become trustworthy.

Opening Day's CSW Leaders* (SP, min 50) 1. Burnes: 39% 2. Bieber: 37.3 3. López: 36.9 4. Cortes: 36.8 5. Gray: 36.3 6. Skubal: 36.1 7. Luzardo: 35.3 8. Ragans: 35.1 9. Crochet: 32.2 10. Valdez: 30.2 League average in 2023 was ~28%

@StraightTalkSp1 @rossjensen I'm not a betting man, but if I were I'd put $10 on Jared Jones winning ROY.

@rossjensen 2024 MLB Award Predictions 🔮 AL MVP: Julio Rodriguez AL CY: Corbin Burnes AL ROY: Evan Carter NL MVP: Ronald Acuna Jr NL CY: Spencer Strider NL ROY: Jared Jones

Let's do this!!! 2024 MLB Award Predictions 🔮 AL MVP: Juan Soto AL CY: Kevin Gausman AL ROY: Evan Carter NL MVP: Corbin Carroll NL CY: Spencer Strider NL ROY: Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Cool! Fans are important too! espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Being a fly-ball pitcher might reduce the upside here, but there's also a chance he stops nibbling if he's less afraid of contact. He's good at preventing home runs, so there's room to improve his K-BB ratio by attacking hitters more, even if there is a regression to HR/FB%

In his last 2 seasons in AAA, ~150 ip, Gasser has seen BABIPs of .357 and .318, & LOB% of 72.4% and 69.7% despite HR/9 of 0.80 and 0.34 The Brewers are generally considered to be one of the best defensive teams in baseball, suggesting BABIP & LOB could improve substantially

@DocHollidayDyna @ppenayr @MrsDSalinger Looking forward to the Dastardly Musings! (80 grade title!)

I'll be making a follow-up post later on revealing my dastardly musings. Have had a bunch of very different guesses so far! I do put a lot of stock into what someone has already done for sure, because it means they *could* do it again. Juiced balls/injury/age/worse surrounding talent would lead me to predict a decline, while physical development/youth/technical tinkering/better surrounding talent would lead me to believe in growth. Nothing revolutionary, I don't think.

Let's do another morning poll. Where would you say this stat line deserves to be selected in redraft leagues? 90 runs/25 HR/90 RBI/15 SB, .270 AVG/.350 OBP

@DocHollidayDyna @ppenayr @MrsDSalinger I think I see where you're going with this, and I love it! When entering a draft, how much weight do you give to what a player did LAST year, vs what you think he'll do THIS year?

@ppenayr @MrsDSalinger