Today is the 29th anniversary of “The Goonies” being released. Here is a clip of Chunk’s confession because I can’t help but laugh every time.

On today’s agenda:
1. Solid outing for Drew Smyly
2. Jedd Gyorko to the disabled list
3. Thoughts on Asdrubal Cabrera
4. Marcus Stroman’s strong start
5. The daily five

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Today’s Roto Riteup was written while I watch “Star Trek Into Darkness” on Netflix. I never watched any of the older films or the TV shows, but the reboot that came out in 2009 was something I enjoyed.

On today’s agenda:
1. Thoughts on Kendrys Morales
2. Another three-hit game for Chris Owings
3. Andrew Cashner to start tomorrow
4. Welcome to the big leagues, Eddie Butler
5. The daily five

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Rather than get dragged into a pizza-themed battle again, this month’s tiered rankings will be named after my favorite “Futurama” background characters. In order to qualify as a background character, they must appear in at least three episodes and cannot be a main character like Fry, Leela, etc.

Zapp Brannigan

Mike Trout

Still in a tier by himself — despite the recent back pain — even if he does end up on the disabled list. Rather than being his usual incredible self, this year Trout has merely been really, really good. Hopefully his back issues can be resolved without a trip to the DL.
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To clarify the second sentence of yesterday’s Roto Riteup intro…it is is 100% accurate.

On today’s agenda:
1. Wil Myers out for eight weeks
2. Thoughts on Denard Span
3. A pair of disabled list activations
4. Quick hit on Dylan Bundy
5. The daily five

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We are more or less one third of the way through the baseball season. Like real life baseball, now is the time to review your rosters and to start looking at trade options to either make a run this year or build for future seasons.

On today’s agenda:
1. Lonnie Chisenhall is on fire
2. A setback for Michael Pineda
3. A pair of Matt’s to the disabled list
4. Thoughts on Jacob deGrom
5. The Daily Five

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Before you get down to watching some baseball today, how about doing some spring cleaning? To help aid the process, here is a lovely spring cleaning themed song from “Rocko’s Modern Life.”

On today’s agenda:
1. Welcome to the big leagues, Oscar Taveras
2. Good news for Andrew Cashner
3. A.J. Pollock continues to rake
4. Josh Willingham hits another dinger
4. The Daily Five

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Happy Friday, everyone! We’re another week closer to summer officially beginning, though I’ve already ran my air conditioning several times.

On today’s agenda:
1. Zack Wheeler’s strong start
2. Jaime Garcia is looking good
3. Josh Collmenter cruises
4. More homers for George Springer and Edwin Encarnacion
5. The Daily Five

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I hope everyone who got a three day weekend enjoyed it. Maybe you did some grilling, played some golf or just sat on the deck and watched baseball (which is what I did). Regardless, back to work and back to the Roto Riteup.

On today’s agenda:
1. Tommy Milone gets his third win
2. I’m buying Carl Crawford
3. Thoughts on Brandon McCarthy
4. The Daily Five

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Today’s date marks the 37 year anniversary of the film “Star Wars” being released and 31 years since “Return of the Jedi” first opened. Rather than link to “Star Wars” itself, here is a great take on the ending of “The Empire Strikes Back” and RotJ, courtesy of Kevin Smith and “Clerks.”

On today’s agenda:
1. The Odor in Texas is growing
2. A big day from George Springer
3. Welcome back, Adam LaRoche
4.The Daily Five

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Twenty-five years ago today “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” was released in theaters. It is by a significant margin my favorite Indiana Jones film. The trailer alone makes me want to re-watch it.

On today’s agenda:
1. Appreciation of Adam Eaton
2. A home run display in Miami
3. Stephen Drew in Single-A
4. The Daily Five

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