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2 hours agoAlex Cora explains his decision to slot Roman Anthony at DH early this season
Roman Anthony needs to improve defensively, but showed offensive promise despite errors.
Cade Horton left the game with the trainer in the second inning with what was later called right forearm soreness. There is some optimism, but we won't really know what's what until his imaging is done.
Griffin is the top prospect in baseball by a mile. And I almost put him in the 70 FV tier, which is the highest I'll put any hypothetical prospect, as that means I expect him to be on MVP ballots with 5-plus WAR seasons every year.
"I'm pretty insulated from a lot of stuff that's out there. The stuff that I do see or hear, I don't really care anyway because it doesn't have anything to do with the play. I'm just thinking about getting back to execution and executing my pitches."
After a long run in their rotation, he moved to the bullpen and has ascended to their closer role in recent seasons. The right-hander posted a 3.02 ERA with 16 saves, four holds and only two blown opportunities last year. He's fanned nearly 24% of opponents in his career, but Norimoto's strikeout rate dropped to 17.2% in 2025 and his fastball velocity took a dip as well, sitting around 92 mph this past year (down from his days of sitting 94-95 and climbing as high as 97-98 mph).