Baseball Chatter 05/31

Last week Pete Mackanin benched Maikel Franco for two games, but instead of talking to him, he waited for Franco to approach him. Last year he did the same thing to Odubel, who never showed up to talk about it because he thought he was getting rest. WTF kind of communication is this?

Baseball Chatter 03/15

One reason we aren’t seeing Devon Travis play any games this spring might be because if a trip to the DL turns out to be necessary, Gibbons can back-date his stint as long as he doesn’t appear in a major league game. (Same goes for Josh Donaldson) Travis is working his booty off to get back to business, taking batting practice and running around the outfield. Kendrys Morales is crushing it by the way