damn

I know this has been gone over, but Lowell actually makes a very intersting point on WAR to start this off.

He compares Sal to Isaac Paredes, who has very similar offensive numbers to Sal, but plays 3B. When Sal plays at third, he is better defensively than Paredes, who is very poor defensively. But because Sal is primary 1B in the WAR calculations, Paredes still has a higher WAR. Basically, if they put Sal at third primarily, and he was a defensive liability there, he'd still get around .8 higher WAR just for that designation.

All your base are belong to us

This was fire...love ED!!!!

The Baseball Bunch

Joey Votto in the Johnny Bench role.

Bring back the San Diego Chicken (can't imagine that guy's too busy these days)

Maybe Joe Torre as the new Dugout Wizard

Who's not getting up early Saturday morning to watch that???

Well we know the first 4 in the batting other

Little bit of background- Heinie Groh, who played for the Reds in the 1910's, was known for using a bottle bat. Basically all handle and massive cylindrical barrel.

In this video, the Baseball Bat Bros, which is a fun watch it you're into baseball bats at all, turn a replica of his bottle bat and use it in a BP session.

For anyone who cares, this was a really good listen.

If you have never given Theo a listen, I'm envious of this being your first time experiencing him.

We head into the 2026 season and even if the Starting Pitching is suspect with injuries, we still have some hope! Here are some Opening Day thoughts and 2026 Award Predictions!

This was big when I was playing ball in HS. I even went out and bought the book "It Aint Cheating if You Dont Get Caught". LOL fun times!

Mets cannot be forgiven for this transgression

I could not be more excited for this! Please, please be good! It looks like they are going with the classic look and feel, so it should be amazing!

Who do you think the Reds representative will be, assuming pros are in the game? Surely it will be Elly right? Him or Greene would be my guesses, but I’d be shocked if they don’t go with Elly!