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Let’s just call it a technical knockout: The White Sox have reasserted their dominance over the rival Cubs.
Friday’s win, their third straight this spring over the ivy bumblers and first at Camelback Ranch, was the most pedestrian of the bunch; in other words, the White Sox clobbered only two homers in this one vs. the four homers in a 5-1 win on March 1 and the eight runs scored in the Cactus League opener on February 20.
Good progress, lil’ Cubbies, you’ll get there one day.
Friday’s win was marked by just enough hitting in support of some outstanding pitching. Davis Martin started and bested his surname counterpart in the other dugout with four scoreless innings of one-hit, four-K ball. After an intermission inning from Jordan Hicks (a hit and K in a 10-pitch, scoreless frame), Sean Newcomb came on for three strong innings (two unearned runs, three hits, walk, six Ks). Jordan Leasure wound things up with a scoreless, tw0-K frame to earn the save.
The White Sox offense spread four single runs over the first five innings, including a bomb from the suddenly-essential Korey Lee:
Lee, 2-for-2 on the day, had also tapped home the first White Sox run of the game back in the second inning. He’s 10-for 26 this spring with a .529 on-base percentage.
The White Sox did allow their baby brothers from the north catch up to 3-2 in the sixth, with two gift runs from center fielder Jarred Kelenic:
Gotta say, for a fierce battle among several fringe roster players, several of whom have no options left and will be waived upon not making the team, Kelenic has been the one to consistently put his lack of want-to on display.
Like a kitten toying with a mouse, the White Sox immediately struck back in the bottom half, courtesy of an Everson Pereira home run:
The Cubs, having tumbled to 9-11, stand a chance of pulling back past .500 on the spring given that this was their final game against the White Sox. The South Siders, bristling up at 12-9, get right back at it as the home club hosting the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on Saturday. Hannah Filippo will make her 2026 recapping debut for this radio-TV broadcast tomorrow afternoon.
Opening Day is only two weeks away! Spring Training has flown by and drafts are getting more and more competitive.
With that, some players’ ADPs are moving dramatically. Whether it be injury news, role changes, positive coach speak, or solid exhibition play we need to know how draft boards are changing and why.
Here are the biggest ADP movers among the top 250 picks
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ADP Risers
Matt McLain, 2B Cincinnati Reds
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP: 184
March 7th – March 13th ADP: 158
Spring training stats are meant to be taken with a grain of salt. Yet, recent drafters might wind up with the gout because Matt McLain has ridden a red-hot spring up draft boards.
No one is having a better spring than Matt McLain:
5 HR (1st in MLB)
12 RBI (1st in MLB)
17 H (1st in MLB)
13 R (1st in MLB)
.607 AVG (1st in MLB)
1.179 SLG (1st in MLB)
1.846 OPS (1st in MLB) pic.twitter.com/7TgwJJ0qn1
No player inside the top 200 picks’ stock has risen more over the last two weeks than McLain’s and as of March 13th, he’s now the ninth second baseman being taken as he approaches the top-150 overall.
Apart from the scalding hot spring, this is partially a market correction. McLain was being blatantly underdrafted in February outside the top-200 picks and top-12 second basemen.
The discount was fair. He was literally one of the worst hitters in the league last season – his .643 OPS was fourth-lowest among all qualified players – in his return from labrum surgery. At the same time, his underlying stats weren’t all that different to his 89 game breakout in 2023.
In reality, his true talent is probably somewhere between those two seasons and his new draft cost as a firm top-10 player at a weak second base position feels fair.
Kevin McGonigle, SS Detroit Tigers
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP:
March 7th – March 13th ADP:
Kevin McGonigle is making a strong case to be the Tigers’ opening day shortstop. As of March 13th, he has a .304 // .448 // .609 slash-line and the same number of walks as strikeouts over 29 plate appearances in camp while mostly playing with the big league squad.
More impressive than that small sample production is the type of contact McGonigle is making. Of the 17 balls he’s put in play, nine were hit harder than 100 mph. On top of that, there was this earth-shattering blast in the Tigers’ exhibition game against the Dominican Republic and Luis Severino.
Per Statcast, it traveled an estimated 461 feet with a 110.4 mph exit velocity!
McGonigle has always been known for his exceptional hit tool and fantastic plate discipline. Those give him a higher floor than most rookies. Raw power like we saw there could make him a star.
He still needs to make the team though. If winning games is the Tigers’ number one priority, McGonigle should get the nod. They don’t have another shortstop in their organization who’s better than him at any facet of the game, including defensively.
“You get to watch the defense, and you’re like, ‘Yeah, this is a complete baseball player.'”
Also, similar to the Pirates with Konnor Griffin, Cardinals with JJ Wetherholt, and Mets with Carson Benge, new prospect promotion incentive rules will push these clubs to bring these guys up sooner.
Any PPI eligible player (prospect that appears on two of MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, or ESPN’s Top 100 list) can earn their team a draft pick if they accrue a full year of service time as a rookie and win Rookie of the Year. Or, if they place within the top-three for Cy Young or the MVP before becoming arbitration eligible.
To earn a full year of service time, a player must be on the big league roster for 172 days. That gives their team until roughly two weeks after opening day to call them up.
If called up by then, McGonigle would be a steal at this draft cost and many drafters are beginning to notice such. If he’s not called up by then, the Tigers would recoup an extra year of his service time without ever allowing him to qualify for these incentives.
Brandon Woodruff, SP Milwaukee Brewers
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP: 147
March 7th – March 13th ADP: 131
Then, we learned he was dealing with a lat issue despite remaining confident that he could avoid the IL. Two weeks passed and he looked solid in his spring debut over two innings with his velocity sitting just one tick below where it was last season. Recently, he completed four innings of a simulated game without any hiccups.
The whole timeline still doesn’t inspire a ton of confidence and Woodruff’s status for Opening Day remains in question.It makes sense seeing the positive reports push his draft cost up. I’m just unsure if I’m willing to pay that price around other pitchers like Ryan Pepiot, Michael King, Drew Rasmussen, or Nathan Eovaldi.
Griffin Jax, RP Tampa Bay Rays
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP: 193
March 7th – March 13th ADP: 170
This is the second consecutive piece where Griffin Jax has been a top riser. Since February 1st, his ADP has jumped from 217 to 170, like you see just above.
This second leap is directly tied to the recent news that his bullpenmate Edwin Uceta is expected to open the season on the injured list. That clears the way for Jax to be their full-time closer. With elite skills and an obvious path to saves, Jax still seems like a slam dunk at that ADP.
Something else seems to be afoot though. It’s clear why drafters are favoring Jax. At the same time, nine of the 15 biggest risers among the top-200 over the last week are closers.
After Jax, Ryan Walker, Dennis Santana, Jeff Hoffman, Abner Uribe, Daniel Palencia, Ryan Helsley, Devin Williams, and David Bednar have all seen their respective ADPs climb by at least 10 spots.
Saves are scarce and high-stakes drafters realize it’s hard to win championships without a steady diet of them.
ADP Fallers
Hunter Greene, SP Cincinnati Reds
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP:
March 7th – March 13th ADP:
The death knell finally came to Hunter Greene’s draft stock this week when it was confirmed that he had bone spurs in his elbow and would be getting surgery to remove them. Thankfully there’s no damage to his UCL, so the true catastrophe scenario has been avoided for now. Even still, the best case scenario is that Greene is back sometime in June. I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for him either.
This is another injury in a long line of them for Greene. He’s only thrown more than 140 innings in a single season once as a professional. He also released a long statement and talked about how he felt pain in his elbow last year, but wanted to pitch through it with the Reds in the thick of the playoff race.
The whole situation feels a little odd and Greene is now only draft-able in leagues where you can stash him in an IL spot.
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP: 218
March 7th – March 13th ADP: 238
Fantasy players love their shiny new toys during draft season. That’s why hyped up super prospects like Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle are flying up boards. As drafters take shots on young players earlier on, they must mitigate their risk later.
That could be why Colson Montgomery is one of the biggest fallers over the last two weeks.
He played at a 50-homer, six-WAR pace over his 71 game debut last season and has star-like qualities. Elite bat speed and the ability to lift and pull the ball at a high rate supported that power production and he profiles like a plus shortstop defensively.
On the flip side, he could have some of the worst swing-and-miss in the league and doesn’t make good enough swing decisions to keep his floor high while whiffing that often. A spring training strikeout rate over 30% is certainly reminding managers of the downsides to drafting Montgomery.
Some builds will be able to fit a potentially 30+ homer middle infielder after pick 200. It just seems like Montgomery’s low floor has become more apparent as more exciting young shortstops have leapt over him.
Marcus Semien, 2B Mets
Feb 27th – March 6th ADP: 238
March 7th – March 13th ADP: 250
Again, we don’t want to put too much stock in spring training stats. Yet, when an aging player like Marcus Semien is already coming off two down seasons and struggling it sticks out.
He’s hitting under .200 with a strikeout rate approaching 30% against competition that would be similar to that in Double-A according to Baseball Reference’s Opponent Quality Index. That’s not great!
It’s only been nine games and may mean nothing in the long run, but confirmation bias is one heck of a drug and this is an easy reason to write off the potentially already written off Semien.
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The Knicks (42*-25) visit the Indiana Pacers (15-51) tonight at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. New York is favored by A LOT because Indy has the league’s worst record and generally stinks. Yet do not be fooled by their extensive injury list (Siakam, Nesmith, McConnell, Toppin, and Jackson are all OUT) nor tempted by hubris, Knickerbockers. Coach Rick Carlisle always circles your games on the calendar and prepares for them like it’s a bar exam. The roster might be reduced to Ethan Thompson, a hot dog vendor, and three cheerleaders, but Indy never quits against the Knicks.
Tip-off is 7:30 pm EST on MSG. This is your game thread. This is Indy Cornrows. Please don’t post large photos, GIFs, or links to illegal streams in the thread. Enjoy each other’s company, respectfully. And go Knicks!
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ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Madison St. Rose scored 18 points, Fadima Tall had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 23 Princeton routed Brown 65-51 on Friday night in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals.
Princeton (25-3), the No. 1 seed, moves on to play Saturday for the title — after not reaching the championship game last year for the first time in the tournament’s history.
Princeton scored 12 of the opening 15 points of the game to take control. The score was 23-6 after the opening 10 minutes and 36-14 at halftime after Princeton held Brown to 15% shooting (4 for 27). The Tigers shot 50% in the half, including 6 of 11 behind the arc — with 3-pointers from five different players.
Brown made six 3-pointers in the opening six minutes of the third quarter, but its deficit was still 47-32.
Princton made just 2 of 12 field goals in the fourth but held on by making 7 of 10 free throws, while Brown went 2 of 14 from 3-point range.
Ashley Chea added 12 points and Skye Belker scored 11 for Princeton, which outrebounded Brown 46-33.
Grace Arnolie scored 17 points and Olivia Young added 13 for Brown (16-11), the No. 4 seed. Alyssa Moreland, who entered averaging 11.0 points and 10.4 rebounds, played just six minutes due to a leg injury.
Eleven of Brown’s 16 field goals were from behind the arc. The Bears shot 29% overall and turned it over 18 times.
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Princeton plays on Saturday against the winner of the other semifinal between Harvard and Columbia. The Tigers have won 21 of its last 23 games — with both losses coming against the Lions.
Wes Miller will not be back as the University of Cincinnati’s men’s basketball coach, two people familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Friday.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because the university has not announced the move.
Cincinnati is not expected to announce Miller’s firing until the two sides can negotiate an equitable buyout. Miller has three years remaining on his contract, but he’s owed $9.9 million if the firing happens before March 31. It drops to $4.69 million if the termination happens after April 1.
Miller went 100-74 in five seasons, including 18-15 this year. Cincinnati has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2019, which was Mick Cronin’s final season before he left for UCLA.
The Bearcats were 11-12 at one point this season before winning seven of their final 10 games. Their late bid to get on the right side of the tournament bubble ended Wednesday at the Big 12 Tournament, when UCF rallied for a 66-65 victory after Cincinnati had an eight-point advantage with 2:17 remaining.
Miller’s best season was last year. Cincinnati opened 10-1 and was ranked as high as 14th in the AP Top 25. The Bearcats though faltered once conference play began and went 7-13 in the Big 12.
Miller was hired in 2021 after 10 seasons at UNC-Greensboro, where he led the Spartans to two NCAA Tournament appearances.
Former NBA player Glen Davis was released from prison Thursday after serving 17 months of a 40-month sentence following a November 2023 conviction for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan.
Davis and fellow NBA player Will Bynum were convicted by a Manhattan jury in 2023 for filing false reimbursement claims to the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan for medical care and procedures that were not actually performed. The two were among 19 people indicted, 18 of them former NBA players, including Tony Allen, Terrence Williams, Shannon Brown, Melvin Ely, Sebastian Telfair and Keyon Dooling.
Bynum, an eight-year NBA veteran, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April 2024 and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution.
Those involved in the defrauding scheme gained over $5 million in illicit profits, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Davis submitted $132,000 worth of claims, including $27,200 worth of dental work in Beverly Hills. Authorities were able to prove he was actually in Las Vegas at the time based on cellphone data, USA Today reported.
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Davis was eventually convicted of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. He faced up to 20 years in prison.
Additionally, Davis was ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution. His prison sentence was delayed by six months so that he could finish filming a documentary that would allow him to pay that penalty. Davis was also ordered to attend a financial management class and mandatory drug treatment.
“He used his time productively while serving his sentence and took many programs during that time,” attorney Brendan White told The Athletic. “He’s ready to become a productive member of society again.”
Davis will enter a halfway house at the Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office to transition from being in prison to everyday life. From there, he will face three years of supervised release.
Davis played eight seasons in the NBA, averaging eight points and 4.4 rebounds per game with the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers. His best season was 2012-13, when he averaged 15.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Magic.
A 2007 second-round pick out of LSU, Davis was a member of the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship team and finished fourth in Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2011-12.
Former NBA player Glen Davis was released from prison Thursday after serving 17 months of a 40-month sentence following a November 2023 conviction for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan.
Davis and fellow NBA player Will Bynum were convicted by a Manhattan jury in 2023 for filing false reimbursement claims to the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan for medical care and procedures that were not actually performed. The two were among 19 people indicted, 18 of them former NBA players, including Tony Allen, Terrence Williams, Shannon Brown, Melvin Ely, Sebastian Telfair and Keyon Dooling.
Bynum, an eight-year NBA veteran, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April 2024 and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution.
Those involved in the defrauding scheme gained over $5 million in illicit profits, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Davis submitted $132,000 worth of claims, including $27,200 worth of dental work in Beverly Hills. Authorities were able to prove he was actually in Las Vegas at the time based on cellphone data, USA Today reported.
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Davis was eventually convicted of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. He faced up to 20 years in prison.
Additionally, Davis was ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution. His prison sentence was delayed by six months so that he could finish filming a documentary that would allow him to pay that penalty. Davis was also ordered to attend a financial management class and mandatory drug treatment.
“He used his time productively while serving his sentence and took many programs during that time,” attorney Brendan White told The Athletic. “He’s ready to become a productive member of society again.”
Davis will enter a halfway house at the Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office to transition from being in prison to everyday life. From there, he will face three years of supervised release.
Davis played eight seasons in the NBA, averaging eight points and 4.4 rebounds per game with the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers. His best season was 2012-13, when he averaged 15.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Magic.
A 2007 second-round pick out of LSU, Davis was a member of the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship team and finished fourth in Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2011-12.
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