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
• Munetaka Murakami has been exactly what the White Sox hoped he’d be: a heavy hitter.
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.
