After playing a 3 hour set on Friday at Camden Yards, Springsteen made a surprise appearance Saturday at the Stone Pony and played a 30 minute set of covers. He then showed up on stage with two other bands at yesterday's Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park before his own 3+ hour set featuring about half a dozen songs that he hasn't yet played on the tour.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2024/asbury-park-oceanfront-asbury-park-nj-3abbdbb.html

He'll be 75 next week.

Jacob young for defense.

And for bringing some excitement to a bad team.  It was unfortunate when his caught stealings started to pick up, but with the right coaching he could be back to 85%+ success on steals.

They got the 3 of 4 they needed to from the Marlins, and clinched my preseason prediction of 68 wins.  Just need 4 of 13 now to top last year. 

I agree, Wood is going to be really special, but Preller is also setup to be aggressive and have trades fall through.   The Padres have a lot of stadium revenue and have been a top offensive team in spite of mediocre numbers from Tatis, Machado, and Bogaerts.  Rizzo, on the other hand, has to have trades work out because the drafting and development hasn't been great here, the Nats have scored nearly 100 fewer runs this year than the Padres, have seen their team OPS drop from last year, and aren't likely to go crazy in the FA market like the Padres did.

I wonder how much the health of the Padres owner had to do with the free agent spending Preller was allowed to do. The owner was only 63 when he died but he had type 1 diabetes and survived two bouts with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. It's easier to give the green light to spend when you're Ted Lerner and 90 or Peter Seidler who had serious health problems and can't afford to be patient.

Lol you really can't ever acknowledge a win, however minor it might be.

I'd rather be the D-backs going to the playoffs 2nd year in a row, and who rebuilt with just 3 losing seasons, than the Nats with a 5th straight losing season, wouldn't you?

There's a tendency here to think individual trades are great events.  But the reality is they are often battles won in a losing war.  Moreover, the D-backs don't get invested in players due to contract or trade the way the Nats do, which played a key role in them getting to the WS last year.  The Mad Bum DFA made that possible, and that was a move Rizzo and the Nats would never, ever make.  I'd love to trade their culture for ours, but that unfortunately isn't going to happen, especially with our low expectations core fanbase.  Calling one trade in a disastrous season a "masterclass" reflects this.