Author: Michael

Ostensibly, Major League Baseball ownership should be about beating the other 29 teams by doing everything possible to construct the most talented roster. Unfortunately, as we’ve learned in recent seasons, that’s not how many owners choose to operate their teams.
Why? Because it saves them money to avoid signing veterans, replacing them with cheaper, younger, less-talented players instead. 
How does this play out in practice? Well, as one example, there’s the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pirates have arguably the best pitcher in baseball, Paul Skenes.

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Nearly one week after the 2025 NFL Draft concluded, stories are still trickling out about prospects who received prank phone calls on presumably private numbers about being selected. 
Add running back Ashton Jeanty to the list, although his story has a bit of a twist. After being selected No. 6 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, Jeanty received a call telling him that he’d been traded to the Dallas Cowboys. However, the running back’s fake news detector immediately set off and he knew that the conversation — which occurred 30 minutes after he’d been picked — was a farce.

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