Hello everyone! We’ve got a good batch of links for you today. Let’s get to it.
- The M’s have successfully made the climb.
- You may know by now that Yusei Kikuchi is (sorta) naming his son after Daniel Vogelbach. Corey Brock at The Athletic went behind-the-scenes to uncover the origins of their friendship. ($)
Around the league...
- This is...pretty bad.
“[Jayson] Stark talks with a baseball executive who tells him that, from a development perspective, the PCL has now become essentially useless, and they are sending prospects to Double-A instead because the juiced ball is preventing clubs from accurately assessing players.