Ryan Ward has been a very productive hitter over the past few years in Triple A and he's now the all-time home run leader for Oklahoma City. Ward led the minor leagues with 36 home runs last year and was a deserved addition to the team's 40 man roster this offseason. He should be a fixture in the middle of the Comets' order in 2026 and will hopefully make his long-awaited major league debut.
I don't want to. You can't end it better than I did last year. I had a great time last year. It was an absolute blast and honor to be on that team. I think that was the perfect way to end it. Honestly, I don't know if I would have enough in the tank to pitch for a full season again. I'm really at peace with that decision.
I just felt that, for all the storybook narratives, all that stuff - we're trying to win the World Series, and I'm going to go with people that I feel can handle the moment. And part of the moment is potentially failing. And I understand what it would have looked like for me to make that decision for Clayton, this being his last year, all that stuff. But it's like, I'm still not going to run from potential failure.
Dave Roberts said Blake Snell has been making progress in his throwing progression (which, for now, has still been limited to flat-ground sessions) But he acknowledged that, given the calendar, it's gonna be "hard" for him to be ready for opening day
In 1966, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale were set to pitch for the defending World Series champion Dodgers. The only issue for the future Hall of Famers, though, was their compensation. The players were offered slight raises coming into 1966: From $85,000 to $100,000 for Koufax, and from $80,000 to $85,000 for Drysdale. Despite that, the pair of pitchers were determined to not let the team play them against each other in contract negotiations.
My biggest goal is to just stay healthy, log innings and not be put on the IL for an extended amount of time. I don't think [spring training] feels any different, just trying to solid everything mechanically and recovery-wise and just trying to stay healthy and log a lot of innings.
Just fastballs only. I think his next pen, he's going to introduce some breaking balls, but it was really good. Arm speed and hand speed were really good, better than I thought. So came in the following day, which was yesterday, and felt good. No residual soreness.
Tyler Glasnow made his first start of spring training, and struck out four batters while recording six straight outs. He came out for the first batter of the third inning and allowed a hit, which turned into an earned run after the runner scored following his exit from the contest.
I've already seen the confidence in Will versus last year when we traded for him and he was unsure of himself. Where now, I think that he has the respect of his teammates and and he's also done it in the highest of leverage.
