It’s like poetry. It rhymes.
Much has been said about the Rob Thomson-Nick Castellanos defensive substitution controversy this week. We’re not going to go over it again in detail because you’ve heard about it by now. But baseball has a funny way of being so unpredictable it’s almost like it’s scripted ahead of time. One of those moments was when Castellanos, still in the game in the ninth inning last night, made a leaping grab at the wall to end the game and preserve the win.
Perfection.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- Matt Gelb of the Athletic did a Q&A piece that mostly centered on the trade deadline and dropped some interesting nuggets of information. ($)
- Everything is good between Nick Castellanos and Rob Thomson according to the manager himself. ($)
- Aidan Miller has resumed baseball activities, but is still considered day-to-day with a minor, non-baseball ailment.
MLB news:
- Luis Guevera, a 19-year-old infielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization, tragically died after a personal watercraft crash in Sarasota, Florida.
- The Tampa Bay Rays are in talks to sell the team to a Florida based ownership group.
- The Orioles Ryan O’Hearn could be an interesting name to watch as we approach the trade deadline.
- Speaking of the deadline, here’s a big board of the top 30 trade candidates. ($)
- Justin Verlander returned from the IL for the Giants last night.