#roster-strategy

#roster-strategy

The back-and-forth between Brewers and Cubs fans has quickly become tiresome - and it's even more prosaic when White Sox fans get involved - but it shouldn't absolve Jed Hoyer. Analytics and voodoo magic aside, Chicago's North Side Baseballers have finished behind Milwaukee in the NL Central in every season since the 2018 tiebreaker game. That has to change. Hoyer may have to re-blueprint his roster as well. The potential loss of Kyle Tucker means finding left-handed power to replace him,

Las Vegas Aces president Nikki Fargas poked a little fun at how challenging it is for WNBA franchises to prepare for the biggest free agency period in league history. "You're going to need to have Plan A, Plan B and Plan 9-1-1," Fargas said. "There is nothing normal about this offseason, so you can't look at it from a normal lens."

"Definitely looking at which direction it goes, preparing for either scenario, opponent, travel, stay here," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "I wouldn't say difficult. It's certainly nice to get a couple days to reset and prepare. "We're kind of doing our due diligence and having one-off team meetings until locking in after this game tonight."

The rotation was a natural point of focus, with Elias saying the club wants to add a starter to the front half of its rotation, which could be either a #1, a #2 or a #3. Such distinctions are fairly subjective but the point would be to have another guy capable of slotting in next to Kyle Bradish and Tyler Rogers somewhere in the front half of the rotation.

Tyler Herro is one of the most polarizing players in the NBA There's a huge difference between paying Herro $30-35 million per season and paying him $40-50 million per season. And depending on where his next contact falls, that's what will ultimately determine how he's looked across the league. Right now, the perception of Herro is somewhat distorted.