Stick to baseball, 6/16/18.

My one piece for Insiders this week looked at which teams just drafted their new #1 prospects, along with two teams that probably just drafted their new #2 prospects (although it’s debatable in both cases). I also held a Klawchat on Thursday, which will be the last until July because I’m going on vacation.

I spoke to John Conniff at MadFriars about the Padres’ draft and the state of their rebuild.

I’ll be at Politics & Prose in Washington DC on July 14th, with my friend Jay Jaffe, to discuss our respective books (Smart Baseball and The Cooperstown Casebook) and all things baseball. I also have a tentative signing set up at Silver Unicorn Books in Acton, Massachusetts, for July 28th, so stand by for more details.

And now, the links…

Comments

  1. Corey Stewart is running for Senate in Virginia, not Congress. Which is why most people assume he has little chance.

    • Yeah. I think there’s a comcern that his presence on the ticket could depress turnout for the downballot races, but he himself is not running for any of those seats.

  2. Gulp.

    Ryan Freel’s dad is asking for as many cards of Ryan to give to Ryan’s daughters so they can remember him. There is a link in this article to a Facebook page if you have cards you want to donate.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/one-former-mlb-players-dad-looking-sons-baseball-cards-164017852.html

  3. As much as you might loathe him and whatever his motivations might be, you have to hand it to WEEI and Kirk Minihane for doing the journalist work in the Cullen suspension. He, essentially, brought the guy down.