CaliforniaRaisin

Just like last year, the three best teams in the NL come from the Central. And the Cardinals aren't one of them.

False. Partly because Sonny Gray will bump Lester to #3.

Hopefully Hendricks is on a short leash this far into the game.

I don't think there's much question that Candelario can handle third base in the big leagues. It's part of why I have him ranked so highly.

1. Willson Contreras 2. Gleyber Torres 3. Jeimer Candelario 4. Ian Happ 5. Albert Almora 6. Eloy Jimenez 7. Billy McKinney 8. Dylan Cease 9. Oscar de la Cruz 10. Duane Underwood Still unsure how to rank Eddy Julio Martinez but he probably belongs in the top ten.

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Rough game for Ian Happ. And 3 throwing/pickoff errors for Justin Steele!?

Box Scores: Iowa lost 9-3 Box Score LF J. Andeoli 2/4, R, CS (1) 2B A. Alcantara 1/3, R, 2B (1), BB, K 1B D. Vogelbach 1/4, RBI C W. Contreras 1/4, K CF A. Alcantara 1/3, BB SP E. Jokisch 4.1 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2 HR, 4-4 GO-FO, 90-53 pitches-strikes RP C. Edwards Jr 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee won 1-0 Box Score CF J. Hannemann 0/4 2B C. Young 2/3 3B J. Candelario 1/3, RBI, K C V. Caratini 0/3, K RF M. Zagunis 0/2 SP B. Markey 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 8-2 GO-FO, 77-49 pitches-strikes RP J. Paniagua 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 6-0 Box Score CF R. Crawford 0/0 - left game due to injury in top of the first inning CF C. Burks 0/4, 2 K SS G. Torres 1/4, 2 K DH I. Happ 2/2, 2B (1), BB, HBP, SB (1) RF Je. Baez 1/4, 3 K SP T. Clifton 3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 4-1 GO-FO, 74-42 pitches-strikes RP D. Berg 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO South Bend won 5-3 Box Score CF D. Dewees 2/4, R, 3B (1), RBI, K LF E. Jimenez 0/4, BB, 2 K 3B M. Rose 1/5 DH E. Martinez 2/5, 2 R 1B T. Alamo 1/5, R, RBI, 2 K SP R. Kellogg 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 7-3 GO-FO, 79-55 pitches-strikes

I guess I could live with a 151-11 record.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-3 Box Score 2B A. Alcantara 1/4, K 1B D. Vogelbach 1/4, R, 2B (1), 2 K DH W. Contreras 1/3, BB CF A. Almora 2/4, R, 2B (1) 3B L. Watkins 0/4, 2 K SP S. Fife 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 4-0 GO-FO, 82-53 pitches-strikes RP F. Pena 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Tennessee lost 2-1 Box Score CF J. Hannemann 0/4, K 2B C. Young 0/3, BB, CS (2) 3B J. Candelario 0/3, BB, K RF B. McKinnie 2/4, R, 2B (1) 1B V. Caratini 0/4, K LF B. Rademacher 1/3, 2B (1) SP P. Blackburn 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 11-2 GO-FO, 81-48 pitches-strikes RP C. Black 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO RP A. Acevedo 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 7-5 Box Score CF R. Crawford 2/4, BB, K, 2 CS (2) SS G. Torres 0/3, 2 BB, 2 K 2B I. Happ 0/4, R, BB, 4 K, 2 E (3, throw, fielding) RF Je. Baez 1/4, R LF C. Burks 3/4, R, 3B (1), HR (1), RBI, K, outfield assist at second base SP Z. Hedges 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7-1 GO-FO, 73-49 pitches-strikes RP D. Maples 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP RP R. McNeil 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO South Bend lost 6-3 Box Score CF D. Dewees 0/3, R, BB, K, SB (1) LF E. Jimenz 0/3, K 3B M. Rose 1/2, BB, K RF E. Martinez 0/3, R, K LHP J. Steele 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 5-3 GO-FO, 71-43 pitches-strikes, 3 E (throw, throw, pickoff) RP J. Norwood 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-1 GO-FO

I really liked the Schwarber pick and was pushing him a few weeks before the draft when he wasn't being mentioned yet and Conforto was all the rage. Rare good prediction by me (admittedly I was very intrigued by Jackson too).

1/15/23 - 12/15/23 (bonus pool: $5,284,000): Derniche Valdez, SS, Dominican Republic - $2.7 million bonus Ludwing Espinoza, SS, Venezuela - $1.5 million Angel Cepeda, SS, Dominican Republic - $1 million Juan Archibold, RHP, Colombia Emmanoel Madeira, RHP, Brazil Eduardo Castillo, RHP, Panama Santiago Payares, LHP, Colombia Brailin Pascual, SS, Dominican Republic Omar Ferrera, SS, Dominican Republic Jostin Florentino, RHP, Dominican Republic Albert Gutierrez, 3B, Dominican Republic Miguel Cruz, LHP, Dominican Republic Grenyerbert Velasquez, 3B, Venezuela Daniel Campos, C, Venezuela 1/15/22 - 12/15/22: Adán Sánchez, C/3B, Panama - $1.5 million bonus Alexis Hernández, SS, Dominican Republic - $1.3 million (Cristian’s younger brother) Jefferson Rojas, SS, Dominican Republic - $1 million Josefrailin Alcántara, OF, Dominican Republic Carlos Altuve, C, Venezuela - (Brayan Altuve’s younger brother) Freylin Silverio, RHP, Dominican Republic Eilzaul Chalas, SS, Dominican Republic Wilmer Mora, RHP, Dominican Republic Melvin Amador, LHP, Dominican Republic Daniel Benschop, OF, Aruba Elizaul Chalas, SS, Dominican Republic Moisés Febrillet, SS, Dominican Republic Albertina Belliard, OF, Dominican Republic Yidel Díaz, C, Dominican Republic Sandy Sánchez, SS, Dominican Republic Darlin de Leon, SS, Dominican Republic Yoanis Aleksandrov, C, Bulgaria - $85,000 Yoendris González, RHP, Cuba (age 19) - $64,000 Dilbert Gómez, C, Cuba (age 20) - $10,000 1/15/21 - 12/15/21: Cristian Hernández, SS, Dominican Republic - $3 million bonus Moises Ballesteros, C, Venezuela - approximately $1.2 million bonus Daniel Ferreira, OF, Dominican Republic Gabriel Agrazal, RHP, Panama Oferman Hernández, OF, Dominican Republic Pedro Ramírez, SS, Venezuela Raino Coran, OF, Curacao Kenneddy Delgado, RHP, Venezuela Carlos Ramos, C, Venezuela Joel Sierra, RHP, Dominican Republic Ronny Corniell, RHP, Dominican Republic Carlos García, LHP, Cuba Zhiorman Imbriano, LHP, Venezuela Jair Jiménez, RHP, Mexico Scarlyn Lebron, RHP, Dominican Republic Adrian Martínez, RHP, Dominican Republic David Olivo, RHP, Dominican Republic Eligio Paredes, RHP, Dominican Republic Starlyn Pichardo RHP, Dominican Republic Welington Quintero RHP, Dominican Republic Jensi Ramírez, RHP, Dominican Republic Luis Albert Reyes, RHP, Dominican Republic Luis Rafael Reyes, RHP, Dominican Republic Cristian Rojas, RHP, Dominican Republic Tomy Sánchez, RHP, Dominican Republic Runelvis Toribio, RHP, Dominican Republic Kevin Valdez, RHP, Dominican Republic Vaferlyn Vásquez, RHP, Dominican Republic Alfredo Zarraga, RHP, Venezuela Freddy Montenegro, C, Venezuela Geuri Lubo, SS, Dominican Republic Wilmer Bolivar, OF, Colombia Raul Guzman, OF, Dominican Republic Edward Vargas, OF, Dominican Republic 7/2/19 - 12/15/20: Cap of $5,398,300 + unannounced IFA $ acquired for Jimmy Herron, Cubs have spent $5,400,000 Ronnier Quintero, C, Dominican Republic - $2,900,000 Kevin Made, SS, Dominican Republic - $1,500,000 Brayan Altuve, C, Venezuela - $1,000,000 7/2/18 - 6/15/19: Cap of $6,033,500 ($400k from Serrano voiding, $750k from trade with Baltimore), Cubs have spent $5,000,000 José López, OF, Dominican Republic (age 16) - $1.5 million bonus (BA rank: 27, FG rank: 27, MLB.com rank: 17) Richard Gallardo, RHP, Venezuela (age 16) - $1 million (BA rank: 6, FG rank: 6, MLB.com rank: 5) Joel Machado, LHP, Venezuela (age 16) - $850,000 (BA rank: 46, FG rank: 35, MLB.com rank: 28) Rafael Morel, SS, Dominican Republic (age 16) - $850,000 (BA rank: 47) - Christopher Morel's brother Yohendrick Piñango, OF, Dominican Republic (age 16) - $400,000 Christian More, OF, Cuba - $400,000 IF Ronny Simon, 18, Dominican Republic RHP Gabriel Jaramillo, 19, Venezuela Yonder Montero, RHP, 18, Dominican Republic 7/2/17 - 6/15/18 (Cubs capped at $300,000 due to penalties for passing the signing cap in 2015-16): Florencio Serrano, RHP, Mexico (age 18) - $1.2 million bonus - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Luis Verdugo, SS, Mexico (age 17) - $1.2 million - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Reivaj García, SS, Mexico (age 16) - $500,000 - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Saul Vázquez, LHP, Mexico (age 17) - $450,000 - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Manuel Espinoza, RHP, Mexico (age 17) - $400,000 - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Fabian Pertuz, SS, Colombia (age 17) - $300,000 Alexander Ovalles, OF, Dominican Republic (age 17) - $300,000 Alexander Guerra, C, Cuba (age 21) - $300,000 Pedro Martínez, SS, Venezuela- $300,000 Brailin Peña, OF, Dominican Republic (age 16) - $225,000 Nestor Heredia, SS, Venezuela (age 17) - $200,000 Widimer Joaquin, 3B (age 17) - $200,000 Jorge Remon, RHP, Panama (age 17) - $180,000 Orlando Zapata, MIF/CF, Venezuela - $160,000 Misael García, LHP, Dominican Republic (age 16) - $150,000 Jonathan Rodriguez, OF, Dominican Republic (age 17) - $150,000 Willy Cabrera, RHP, Dominican Republic (age 17) - $125,000 Carlos Morfa, OF, Dominican Republic (age 17) - $125,000 7/2/16 - 6/15/17 (Cubs capped at $300,000 due to penalties for passing the signing cap in 2015-16): Manuel Rodríguez, RHP, Mexico, age 20 - $400,000 - only 25% of Mexican players' bonuses are subject to the cap Jonathan Bruzal, LHP, Venezuela, age 17 - $300,000 Ricardo Verenzuela, CF, Venezuela, age 17, $300,000 Danis Correa, RHP, Colombia, age 17 - $225,000 Josue Huma, SS, Dominican Republic, age 17 - $140,000 Jeinser Brete, IF, Dominican Republic, age 17 - $100,000 - Jeimer Candelario's cousin Carlos Paula, RHP, Dominican Republic, age 16 - $100,000 Carlos Pacheco, CF, Mexico, age 17 - $100,000 Francisco Garcia, RHP, Mexico - $100,000 Yovanny Cruz, RHP, Dominican Republic - $60,000 Didier Vargas, LHP, Panama - $60,000 Farrold Heredia, LHP, Mexico, age 17 - $50,000 Chi-Feng Lee, RHP, Taiwan - $30,000 Benjamin Rodríguez, RHP, Dominican Republic- $10,000 Mario Meza, RHP, Mexico, age 26 Albert Hinrio, OF, Dominican Republic Elias Herrera, RHP, Dominican Republic Carmelo Alfonzo, OF, Venezuela Kleiber Carreno, RHP, Venezuela Jose Gomez, RHP, Dominican Republic Vicente King, SS, Dominican Republic Oswaldo Pina, SS, Venezuela Denmy Sanchez, RHP, Dominican Republic 7/2/15 - 6/15/16: Eddy Julio Martinez, OF, Cuba - $3 million Jonathan Sierra, OF, Dominican Republic - $2.5 million bonus Aramis Ademan, SS, Dominican Republic - $2 million Jose Albertos, RHP, Mexico - $1.5 million (only $375,000 counts to the bonus pool since the Mexican League keeps 75% of Mexican amateurs' bonuses) Henderson Perez, C, Venezuela - $1.25 million Miguel Amaya, C, Panama - $1 million Yonathan Perlaza, SS, Venezuela - $1 million Kwang-Min Kwon, OF, South Korea - $1 million Christopher Morel, SS, Dominican Republic - $800,000 Isaac Paredes, SS, Mexico - $800,000 (only $200,000 counts to bonus pools) Yunior Perez, RHP, Dominican Republic - $600,000 Brailyn Marquez, LHP, Dominican Republic - $600,000 Jose Gutierrez, OF, Venezuela - $550,000 Luis Diaz, SS, Dominican Republic - $300,000 Herson Perez, C, Venezuela (age 19) - $250,000 (Henderson Perez' brother) Faustino Carrera, LHP, Mexico - $250,000 (only $62,500 counts to bonus pools) Javier Assad, RHP, Mexico - $150,000 (only $37,500 counts to bonus pools) Kevin Zamudio, C, Mexico - $150,000 (only $37,500 counts to bonus pools) Orian Nuñez, IF, Dominican Republic - $100,000 Abraham Rodriguez, OF/1B, Panama - $100,000 Fernando Kelli, OF, Dominican Republic - $60,000 7/2/14 - 6/15/15 (Cubs capped at $300,000 due to penalties for passing the signing cap in 2013-14): Wander Cabrera, LHP, Dominican Republic - $250,000 bonus Yeiler Peguero, SS, Dominican Republic - $250,000 Emilio Ferrebus, RHP, Venezuela - $250,000 Jose Jules, OF, Dominican Republic - $250,000 Samir Lara, OF, Dominican Republic - $250,000 Fidel Mejia, SS, Dominican Republic - $250,000 Rafael Mejia, 3B, Dominican Republic - $250,000 Riger Fernandez, LHP, Venezuela - $200,000 Francisco Garay, SS, Panama - $200,000 Yovanny Cuevas, OF, Dominican Republic - $200,000 Rafael Narea, SS, Venezuela - $100,000 Tony Rijo, 3B, Dominican Republic - $100,000 7/2/13 - 6/15/14: OF Eloy Jimenez, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $2.8 million bonus + $250,000 for college SS Gleyber Torres, Venezuela - age 16 - $1.7 million RHP Jen-Ho Tseng, Taiwan - age 18 - $1.625 million RHP Jefferson Mejia, Dominican Republic - age 18 - $850,000 RHP Erling Moreno, Colombia - age 16 - $650,000 C Johan Matos, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $270,000 3B Wladimir Galindo, Venezuela - age 16 - $50,000 RHP Armando Rivero, Cuba, age 25 - $3.1 million - exempt from international pool 7/2/12 - 6/15/13: International Pool for signings - $2.9 million spent out of $2.9 million available (no penalty besides tax if they spend $3.2 million) Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP, Dominican Republic - age 22 - $1.5 million bonus Frandy De La Rosa, SS, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $700,000 Danny Gutierrez, SS, Venezuela - age 17 - $185,000 Ramon Valera, RHP, Venezeula - age 18 - $170,000 Wagner Disla, RHP, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $100,000 Oscar de la Cruz, RHP, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $85,000 Luis Hernandez, RHP, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $80,000 Jose Morel, LHP, Dominican Republic - age 18 - $80,000 Adbert Alzolay, RHP, Venezuela - age 18 - $10,000 2012 (pre-July 2nd): Gerardo Concepcion, LHP, Cuba - age 20 - 5 years/$6 million ($3 million signing bonus) - pre July 2nd Jorge Soler, OF, Cuba - age 20 - 9 years/$30 million - pre July 2nd 2011: Mark Malave, C, Venezuela - age 16 - $1.6 million bonus Luis Enrique Acosta, SS, Dominican Republic - $1.1 million Frank Del Valle, LHP, Cuba - age 21 - $800,000 Ricardo Marcano, 3B, Venezuela, age 16 - $400,000 Yasiel Balaguert, OF, Cuba - age 19 - $400,000 Christian Pieters, LHP, Curacao - age 16 - $350,000 Carlos Martinez, RHP, Cuba - age 20 - $250,000 Jose Paulino, LHP, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $140,000 Carlos Rodriguez, LHP, Venezuela - age 16 - $120,000 Pedro Araujo, RHP, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $100,000 2010: Rubi Silva, OF, Cuba - $1 million bonus Jin-Yeong Kim, RHP, South Korea - $850,000 Carlos Penalver, SS, Venezuela - $550,00 Yaniel Cabeza, C, Cuba - $500,000 Jeimer Candelario, 3B, Dominican Republic - $500,000 Jeffrey Baez, OF, Venezuela - $350,000 Francisco (Daniel) Sanchez, SS, Dominican Republic - $350,000 Juan Yasser Serrano, RHP, Cuba - $250,000 Alberto Mineo, C, Italy - $225,000 Angel Mejias, LHP, Venezuela - low 6-figure bonus Alexander Santana, RHP, Dominican Republic - low 6-figure bonus Antonio Gonzalez, SS, Dominican Republic - low 6-figure bonus Gilberto Abreu, RHP, Dominican Republic - low 6-figure bonus Daury Torrez, RHP, Dominican Republic - $25,000 2009: Kyung-Min Na, OF, South Korea - $725,000 Dong-Yub Kim, OF, South Korea - $550,000 Tzu-An Wang, RHP, Taiwan - $300,000 Pin-Chieh Chen, IF, Taiwan - $300,000 Yao-Lin Wang, RHP, Taiwan - $300,000 Willson Contreras, C, Venezuela - initial contract with $850,000 bonus was voided 2008: SS Hak-Ju Lee, South Korea - $725,000 bonus RHP Su-Min Jung, South Korea - $510,000 C/OF Jae-Hoon Ha, South Korea - $225,000 LHP Cody Hams, Australia - $150,000 OF Sean Williams, Australia - $150,000 3B Joel Altagracia, Dominican Republic - $140,000 RHP Adam Spencer, Australia - $130,000 SS Carlos Henry, Dominican Republic - $110,000 2007: Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP, South Korea - $525,000 bonus Hung-Wen Chen, RHP, Taiwan - $200,000 Esmailin Caridad, RHP, Dominican Republic via Japan - $175,000 Junior Lake, SS, Dominican Republic - $110,000 Yohan Gonzalez, RHP, Dominican Republic - 1 of the top 2 Latin American bonuses given by the Cubs in 2007 Ryan Searle, RHP, Australia - rumored bonus of $100,000 Jose Tineo, RHP, Dominican Republic - 5-figure bonus 2006: Larry Suarez, RHP, Venezuela - $850,000 bonus Starlin Castro, SS, Dominican Republic - $45,000

Myrtle Beach played an exhibition game against Charleston (one level lower than MB) on Wednesday: Box Score CF R. Crawford 0/4 SS G. Torres 0/4, K 2B I. Happ 0/4 RF J. Baez 2/4, RBI SP J. Stinnett 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 5-1 GO-FO RP T. Thorpe 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 3-1 GO-FO

Box Scores: Iowa lost 7-3 Box Score 2B A. Alcantara 0/5, K 1B D. Vogelbach 2/3, RBI, BB, K C W. Contreras 2/4 CF A. Almora 0/2, R, RBI, BB, E (1, fielding) SS M. Kawasaki 0/3 SP R. Williams 3 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 5-1 GO-FO, 65-40 pitches-strikes RP C. Edwards Jr 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP S. Patton 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 7-3 Box Score CF J. Hannemann 2/4, 2 SB (2) 2B C. Young 2/2, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, 2 BB, SB (1) 3B J. Candelario 1/3, 2 R, BB, K, E (1, throw) RF B. McKinnie 0/3, R, BB, 2 K C V. Caratini 1/4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, 2 K LF M. Zagunis 1/3, 2B (1), 2 RBI, BB, K RP R. Zastryzny 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 B,B, 5 K, WP, 5-4 GO-FO, 73-50 pitches-strikes RP D. Garner 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 5-2 Box Score CF R. Crawford 1/4, R, 2 K SS G. Torres 1/4, 2 R, 2B (1), RBI, K, E (1, throw) 2B I. Happ 0/4, E (1, throw) RF Je. Baez 1/3, R, 2B (1) SP J. Martinez 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, WP, 4-7 GO-FO, 79-53 pitches-strikes RP D. Torrez 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP D. Berg 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 9-4 Box Score CF D. Dewees 2/5 2B C. Sepulveda 0/4, R, BB, K LF E. Jimenez 2/4, R, 3B (1), RBI 3B M. Rose 0/4, E (1, throw) RF E. Martinez 2/4, R, RBI, K - US pro debut SP P. Morrison 4 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 7-1 GO-FO, 66-45 pitches-strikes RP K. Twomey 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, HBP, 2 WP, 1-4 GO-FO, 72-48 pitches-strikes

I don't know if they'll worry about the Super Two with Glasnow but he could be up as early as May or June. Taillon hasn't pitched many innings the past two years due to TJS so he's probably on a much more limited track this season - I guess it depends on how good he looks to start off and how creative the Pirates are with his innings so he can help the big league team.

More from Phil:

To be unnecessarily fair to Jackson, it was probably more between Schawrber and Conforto than Jackson. Schwarber had more power with 40 HRs in college to Conforto's 31, including only 7 as a junior. Fair. Alex Jackson was in the mix with about two weeks to go. Then Conforto seemed to be the leader before Schwarber came on strong in the days right before the draft. I never got the Conforto infatuation - same defensive questions in the OF without even the potential at C AND less power than Schwarber.

Alex Jackson is starting his second full pro season in extended spring training. Kyle Schwarber hit a home run into a river during a playoff game in his first full pro season. Thank you, Brain Trust.

http://mbpelicans.mlblogs.com/2016/04/05/2016-pelican-roster-breakdown/ Myrtle Beach's rotation: Daury Torrez (surprised since he wasn't stretched out in Arizona), Jonathan Martinez, Jake Stinnett, Trevor Clifton, Erick Leal and Zach Hedges. Kind of disappointed David Berg didn't end up at Tennessee. Based on Arizona Phil's blog posts, it sounds like Berg was one of the last guys demoted from Tennessee to MB.

They go the first month or two with 6-man rotations and then kind of end up with a 5-man after that due to injuries, promotions, etc.

May have been the phone camera pointing at him, but I'd prefer to think that he was staring at you like that for 10 minutes straight until you took a photo. There was a line of fans to take pictures with him and shake his hand, as though he was some sort of celebrity.

Ricketts staring at me, for some reason.

That was tons of fun. Only complaint is that with this lineup and Arrieta, you have no time to get beer.

He'll probably start late to limit his innings. Yep. No De La Cruz, guess Arizona Phil is right that he's injured. Pretty happy to see EJM make South Bend.

Sounds like this game might not be sold out because I got a Groupon email this morning for tickets. Yikes, Anaheim.