Puig always struck me as a bit of a knucklehead; even when he was playing well, in the first few years of his career with the Dodgers, he was known for being hot-headed on the field, accused by his manager of faking injuries, and was arrested several times for reckless driving.
I find it interesting that, according to that ESPN article, part of Puig’s attorney’s defense of him was based on him having only a third-grade education, as well as mental issues.
6 player trade between Milwaukee and Boston.
The Red Sox acquired third baseman Caleb Durbin from Milwaukee in a six-player trade Monday that sent left-hander Kyle Harrison back to the Brewers, ending Boston’s winter-long search for a right-handed-hitting infielder on the eve of spring training opening.
Boston also acquired infielder Andrew Monasterio, utility man Anthony Seigler and a competitive balance round B draft pick (67th overall) while sending infielder David Hamilton and left-hander Shane Drohan to Milwaukee.
Caleb Durbin was third in the Rookie of the Year voting last season, and Isaac Collins placed fourth. Milwaukee wasn’t having any of that and traded away both players.
Full circle alert:
Detroit has signed Justin Verlander to a 1 year, $13 million deal. Verlander made his MLB debut with the Tigers in 2005.
Happy birthday there @Superdude !!
Thank you. I just turned Don Drysdale’s uniform number. 53.
That number’s retired. Maybe you can be too. One can hope!
They’re both good players, and as a Brewers fan, I’m sad to see them depart. OTOH, Durbin and Collins were rookies at age 25 and 27, respectively – meaning that not only did it take them a while to develop in the minors, but they (especially Collins) are a bit on the older side, as far as rookies go; both of them had good, but not amazing, 2025 seasons.
The fact that the Brewers’ farm system is loaded with top prospects who will likely be ready for prime time, this season or next (especially in the infield, where Durbin plays) made both players tradable, in order for the Brewers to fill other roster gaps.
I liked Durbin when he played for my local minor league team (high A). In addition to his age, though, this will be his fourth organization; not sure what that suggests. Still, he could certainly be a useful piece for Boston.
Not for my beloved Cubs.
3–0 ballgame with the Reds in front of the Royals as we go to the top half of the fifth inning, Castellanos to lead things off. Jim Day’s gonna be taking us the rest of the way through this game as Holland takes over on the mound. Um, I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can’t tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart, I’m so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith—as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run, and so that’ll make it a 4–0 ballgame. I don’t know if I’m gonna be putting on this headset again. And Nick Castellanos is being told to not report to Phillies camp.
After a big career drop off last season Nick Castellanos is going to be designated for assignment or traded for a bag of balls. He’s due $20 million this season for the last year of his contract.
There’s no warm cuddly way to be told “You’re fired.” But some are extra not-nice.
There was apparently a lot of tension between him and management after he was benched last season for making an “inappropriate comment.”
To be clear the inappropriate comment was made to the manager not in public.
Toronto announced Anthony Santander is out for the year in all likelihood.
Honestly, this isn’t a huge loss. He was terrible last year and hurt and even when he’s not hurt he hits home runs but does nothing else, really. I still don’t really know why they signed him.
He’s now been released.
Additional information on Castellanos:
He apparently brought beer into the dugout after being benched, though teammates took it away from him before he could drink any.
He posted a handwritten note on Instagram that said:
Castellanos then discussed the situation with manager Rob Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski.
Castellanos gets dinged so hard on WAR because of his defense, you would think he was a full-time DH his entire career. Apparently he wasn’t any better at third base as he was in the outfield. A player like that sporting a .294 OBP has no business complaining about being benched. It ain’t what you used to do, fella.
Neither does the fact you had people in the stadium audience have any relevance. Sounds like all this is somebody way too impressed with himself versus his reality versus his peers.
Dodgers re-sign Kike Hernandez and Max Muncy, which isn’t all that much of a surprise.