After getting a taste of baseball with the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals teaser game, yesterday’s full slate gave us much more to observe.
On today’s agenda:
1. Alex Avila’s big day
2. Jered Weaver’s poor start
3. Quick thoughts on Nori Aoki
4. Streaming Pitcher Options
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It’s almost the weekend, which means it’s almost Opening Day! If you and your friends are anything like me, you have a draft tomorrow because scheduling is hard. Some slow drafts — including one of mine — figure to wrap up Sunday. I hope.
On today’s agenda:
1. Rusney Castillo to the minors
2. Coco Crisp to the disabled list
3. Thoughts on Nate Karns
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Rather than go with some April Fool’s type thing, lets us instead observe the television classic “So It’s Come to This: A Simpson’s Clip Show.” This is the episode where Bart shakes up a can of Homer’s beer, and it is a particularly outstanding episode. You’ll need an existing cable subscription to view it, however.
On today’s agenda:
1. More bad news for Anthony Rendon
2. Drew Hutchison gets the Opening Day nod
3. The San Francisco Giants turn to Tim Lincecum
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The official start of the 2015 major league season is fast upon us! But before that, the 15th anniversary of New Found Glory’s From the Screen to Your Stereo will happen tomorrow. The album — with all of its covers of 1980’s and 1990’s cinematic glory — can be found on YouTube.
On today’s agenda:
1. Yasmany Tomas to the minors?
2. Forearm tightness for David Robertson
3. San Diego’s fifth starter competition
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Slow drafts have been progressing and with the weekend fast approaching, there is no doubt more auction and snake drafts will be happening. Regardless of the format, here is the roto relevant news from yesterday:
On today’s agenda:
1. Lower your expectations in Atlanta
2. Jaime Garcia progresses
3. Quick thoughts on Matt Joyce
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With no shortage of upsets in March Madness, let’s hope you, dear reader, do not get upset at today’s Roto Riteup.
On today’s agenda:
1. Matt Cain’s minor league outing
2. Bad news for Mike Fiers?
3. Matt Wieters could miss Opening Day
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After getting our signals crossed on Monday (read: I dun goofed), today we have but one Roto Riteup for you folks.
On today’s agenda:
1. Spirits and velocity good for C.C. Sabathia
2. Dylan Bundy’s 100 innings limit
3. Quick thoughts on Craig Gentry
Welcome to the first of many Roto Riteups this season! Zach Sanders and I are still in spring training too, so until the season kicks off, the RR will be here thrice weekly.
On today’s agenda:
1. Adam Lind is looking good
2. Yasmany Tomas to the outfield today
3. Zack Wheeler’s elbow issues
4. A broken collar bone for Ramon Santiago
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Welcome to the final scheduled day of the regular season. Best of luck to all teams fighting for the division title or at least a wild card berth. It should be a grand day for baseball.
On today’s agenda:
1. Rusney Castillo is flashing his tools
2. Thoughts on Daniel Nava
3. The daily five
On September 30th, the film “Serenity” will celebrate its 9th anniversary. The continuation of the TV series “Firefly,” Serenity is another Joss Whedon creation and both are well worth watching.
On today’s agenda:
1. A big day from Yasmani Grandal
2. Jason Hammel’s solid start and season
3. The daily five