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Maybe they'll keep that 128 win pace up, but they won 93 games last year. They were the fifth best team in baseball in the regular season, and they found a way to win the tournament at the end.

They have one of the oldest lineups in baseball with a lot of injury prone starting pitchers. It's not an unbeatable team.

We'll see.

They'll probably have to settle for 110, maybe 112.

Reds beat the Twins 7-4 yesterday in 10 innings. The game ended on a successful catcher challenge by the Reds catcher with the tying run at the plate.

The Reds catcher was PJ Higgins. Yeah, that guy…

What a shame for them they don't don't already have the top FA closer from the the 2025 FA class on their roster.

The one thing I've noticed is that "egregious" is gone.  Remember when the ball would be a foot outside and low and the umpire went into a dramatic strike three call and hitters and managers were tossed for arguing and JD would mutter "egregious"?

Those egregious strikes don't happen anymore.  Why?  Are umps being more careful?  Is that why reversals are usually within tenths of inches not multiple inches?  My fear is that some umpires were ego driven and had to make themselves part of the game.  They loved the drama.  With ABS, they are little more than robots themselves.  Gone are the days when they stared into the dugout because someone was chirping at them.  Within a couple years, we won't recognize the names of the umpires and it won't matter.  Just thinking outloud.

It’s only a benefit if the player is competent at both positions.  I see no problem with the Shohei rule. Counsell is a whiner.

Ohtani is allowed to bat in a game where he pitches even after being taken out?  And the Dodgers get to have an extra man on their active roster?  I don't see it as whining to question whether that is appropriate.