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With all their storied lineups throughout the Yankees’ existence, it’s surprising to learn that Soto, Judge, and Stanton are the only three players to each have 15 HRs in the first 62 games of a season.

My favorite update of the day. One of Coleman’s traits that impresses me the most when watching his video is his insistence on never taking a play off no matter how far away from the play his assignment takes him. He was blocking DBs 30 yards away from the play and kept on blocking them until the whistle blew and frustrating the hell out of them in the process. Sounds like he intends to keep doing that at the next level as well. Sauce Gardner better keep that chin strap on tight.

One of the best ever. And he owns perhaps the best sheer hustle play I’ve seen by any player, let alone a player of that size.

I’ll be shocked if he survives the first two weeks of camp, assuming he’s not released after OTAs and even makes it that far.

No. But it’s devolved into madcap hijinks and buffoonery.

Can’t mention Curt Gowdy calling those games without also mentioning Al DeRogatis as his color man.

Their stadium renovation deal may preclude any move, to some degree at least.

Same thing for the Cardinals in Arizona. I believe they were the first to use a retractable natural grass field.

I read that they’ll play in either Orlando or Gainesville for the 2027 season.

Still a helluva lot cheaper than building a similar new stadium from scratch. Then again, the costs of “renovations” for old stadiums has escalated so much over the years. By the time they’re finished with their latest renovation of Arrowhead, the Chiefs and taxpayers will have spent nearly $1.2b in renovations since 2007. It’s crazy.

Would a renovation for $1.4b be anything less?

I believe it’s a renovation of their existing stadium and it will be a canopy instead of a dome. Much like Sofi Stadium in LA.

It’s the fanbase that stuffs their pockets in the first place.

His get off is very reminiscent of KW.

I believe the phrase “Dareus Work Ethic” is an oxy-moron.

It’s called sarcasm.

The separation on that route was elite.

Elam had already switched to #5.

I’m going with Elvis Dumerville.

When it comes to any type of performance based bonus clauses, the teams may want to see them reached even more than the players because it serves to validate the signing among other things. And you’re right, teams would be setting a terrible precedent by purposely not allowing players to meet them.

What made Beane’s declaration of having less than 28 first round grades interesting to me was Schoen’s later declaration that he only had 11 first round grades on players in this draft. After the draft, both a GM and personnel director in the league told me that they had 18 and 15 first round grades, respectively. Knowing that now, there was no way Beane was gonna trade up or remain in the first round. For him, it was all about sticking to his board (and the thousands of man hours dedicated to constructing it) and maximizing value in this draft. Regardless, we won’t know, definitively, how good this draft was for a couple years. Just like it’s always been.

Perhaps we should never sign free agents so that we can avoid giving them too much playing time and jeopardizing that all important compensatory draft pick.

He may not survive OTAs. He’s getting an opportunity, nothing more.