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Good for Bubba. Dude has wheels. Interwebs say he had schollie offers to Ole Miss and Tennessee out of high school as a 3 star QB. Might cash in after a year or 2 at South Al.
 
TopFrog

TopFrog

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Former five-year Tigers pitcher moving on to new team​

By Kyle Austin | [email protected]

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A former five-year Tigers pitcher is moving on to his second organization since leaving Detroit in 2023 just as spring training gets underway.

Lefty Tyler Alexander has signed a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, the team announced on Wednesday. MLB trade rumors reported that the contract is worth $1 million with an additional $1 million in incentives.

Read more at https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2025/02/former-five-year-tigers-pitcher-moving-on-to-new-team.html
 
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FBallFan123

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ShreveFrog said:
Luken update: https://redbirdrants.com/young-slug...s-roster-is-puzzling-entering-the-2025-season
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Article on MLB.com on Luken Baker … says he’s “likely earned his way onto the Opening Day roster”


https://www.mlb.com/news/luken-baker-making-case-for-cardinals-opening-day-roster


-He’s swinging the bat harder than ever and the quality of his contact has improved greatly. That small sample size showed Baker swinging the bat at 79 mph -- up 5.1 mph over his 73.9 mph swing in 2024.


To put that into perspective, Baker’s bat average speed this spring would have led the Cardinals in 2024 (ahead of Jordan Walker’s 77.3 mph) and it would have ranked second in MLB behind only Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton (81.2 mph). Why that improved bat speed matters for Baker can be witnessed in his team-best three home runs and a much-improved .304 batting average this spring.

-“He did well with [making it a point of emphasis] and he’s showing it,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “It goes hand in hand with [how he’s performing this spring]. He’ll tell you also that he is seeing it better. The combination of adding bat speed, hitting for power and controlling the strike zone -- I feel good about him being right on right, right on left at-bat. Whatever it is, I feel comfortable with Baker taking that at-bat.

-“[DH] is a position and if you let it get in your head, it will,” said Baker, who walked in a pinch-hit opportunity in the Cardinals’ 2-0 loss to the Mets on Wednesday. “Honestly, the less I dive into my at-bats, the better. I [watched video] a lot the first time I started DH-ing, and the video never really helped me. So, the less video I watch of myself, the better.”
 

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