Report: Diamondbacks Will Sign Elian De La Cruz
The best attribute that De La Cruz has is his power. The La Vega product has the ability to drive the ball with authority, but does need to work on his plate discipline. He has a solid bat speed that helps him tap into his raw power. The swing is easily reminiscent of Marcell Ozuna.
Potential D-backs Free Agency Target: Kyle Finnegan
Potential D-backs Free Agency Target: Carlos Estevez
What Should the Diamondbacks’ Rotation Look Like in 2025?
Who’s left on MLB free-agent pitching market? Roki Sasaki is biggest puzzle piece in arms picture.
Dodgers, Hyeseong Kim agree to 3-year deal with $12.5 million guaranteed
Orioles, veteran RHP Charlie Morton agree to one-year deal
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43275809/orioles-veteran-rhp-charlie-morton-agree-one-year-deal
Paul Goldschmidt, joining Yankees, says of his 2024 season with Cardinals: ‘I’m better than this’
“The feeling was just like, man, I’m better than this,” the former NL MVP said fter finalizing a one-year, $12.5 million contract with the New York Yankees. “But you got to go out and prove it. I mean, if you don’t perform, then you know you’re not going to be playing. And I think that’s just the truth in this game and in life.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/paul-goldschmidt-joining-yankees-says-165007367.html
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This day in history:
In 1531, Pope Clement VII forbids King Henry VIII from remarrying,
“Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded survived.”
Yankees purchased Babe Ruth in 1920, the Golden Gate Bridge began construction in 1933.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/january-5
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/January_5
Cows have “best friends” and will get stressed when separated.
If a cow is taken away from her “best friend,” her stress levels will decrease her milk yields. Surprisingly, cows are not the only species who form attachments to certain companions. The “best friend” preference is also observed in certain bats, elephants, chimps, and dolphins.
A 155-year-old mouse trap successfully caught a mouse in 2016.
In the mid-1800s, inventor Colin Pullinger revealed his “perpetual mousetrap,” claiming that it would last a lifetime. Over a century later, his claim was proven true. In 2016, the 155-year-old device was on display at England’s Museum of English Rural Life when it caught a mouse that snuck into it.
Burger King made a left handed burger.
In a 1998 full-page ad on USA Today, Burger King claimed it developed the “left-handed whopper.” AKA, a burger with the same fixings, but turned 180 degrees to not drip on left-handed customers. What a strange April Fools prank.
Edgar Allan Poe may have predicted the future.
The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838) was a novel about 4 shipwreck survivors who killed and ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. In 1884, a boat got stranded with only 4 survivors. 3 of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy, who was also named Richard Parker.
46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history. Nicknamed the year of confusion, this year had two extra leap months inserted by Julius Caesar. This was in order to make his newly-formed Julian Calendar match up with the seasonal year.
Only 6 people died in the Great Fire of London. The great fire of 1666 apparently traced its way to a baker’s oven and caused massive damage across the city of London. However, despite destroying over 13,500 houses and displacing 80,000 people, it only claimed the lives of 6 unlucky Londoners.
