It’s automatic, baby.
I have never had a musical note in my body, yet in my senior year of high school, a friend of mine convinced me to join the band. He was in the percussion section and said, “Just play the bass drum. All you need to do is keep the beat.” Obviously, he was wrong, but it did give me an introduction to the metronome. That little musical device that helps people keep the beat because it stays steady, keep the same beat until it breaks or you tell it to stop.
Zack Wheeler is a metronome. You know what he’s going to do each and every time. Maybe someone knocks it off beat once in a while, but you can more or less count on the fact that each start, it will be an excellent one. We need to cherish each one and not take them for granted.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- Bryce Harper was activated yesterday (yay!). His wrist might not heal fully until the offseason (not yay).
- Man, the offseason signings for Dave Dombrowski really have not panned out that well ($).
MLB news:
- First, it was the whispers of a lockdown. Now, it’s telling players they’ve lost $2 billion. You can see the owner’s playbook open for the next CBA negotiations ($).
- What if you could do a mock MLB draft, only with the fun of making trades? That’s what this mock draft does.
- In case you missed it, here are the full Futures Game rosters that will play in Atlanta in a few weeks.