MLB Bullets Has Had Enough

I start with a trivia question. Someone on Twitter asked me if I thought Christian Villanueva would ever see the majors in a Cubs uniform. It got me thinking though: Who was the last Cubs player born in Mexico and what year did they last play for the Cubs? I think I know the answer, although I'm going to admit that I had to sort through baseball-reference.com to get the answer. See if you can figure it out without looking.

• All right, as long as we're on trivia. In light of the death of Lennie Merullo, Rob Neyer went through baseball-reference.com and figured out who the oldest living ballplayer from each club is. Again, try to guess who the oldest-living Cub is. Hint: He's in the Hall of Fame.
• Also Rob, yes. I do want to see the Tampa Bay Rays have a special day to honor the "oldest-living Ray, Wade Boggs." Just to see the look on Boggs' face. It also surprised me that Bartolo Colon is not the oldest-living Met.
• But speaking of Colon, commissioner Rob Manfred said that if the NL had the DH, fans would be denied the pleasure of getting to see Colon bat.
• On a more serious topic, Manfred also said that he expects MLB to play spring training games in Cuba in 2016.
• Might the Rays be playing regular-season games in Montreal? Maury Brown lists five reasons why the Rays should play some games in Montreal.
• Grant Brisbee lists some stories people would be writing if April never happened. Yet not one of them is "Hey, what happened to April?"
• Brisbee also notes that even with all the great young ballplayers in the game, Bryce Harper and Mike Trout are still in a class by themselves.
• Although maybe Albert Pujols is tired of hearing about it. When asked about Mike Trout, Pujols replied "This is not the Mike Trout Show." Pujols was a little testy, but his point seemed to be say the Angels are a team and not just one guy. However, the Mike Trout Show is coming to late night this fall.
• And that guy the Angels just got rid of? The one who has been tearing it up in Texas? Guess what? Josh Hamilton is hurt already. That didn't take long.
• With the upcoming draft, Andrew Simon takes a look at some of the best draft picks this century. Mike Trout is on the list. At least the Cubs don't have to kick themselves for passing on him.
• Jacob Nix, the collateral damage from last year's failed Brady Aiken pick by the Astros, is looking to get drafted again this month. Bob Nightengale explains what this past year has been like for Nix.
• The Rangers called up slugger Joey Gallo from the minors and he just went 3 for 4 with a home run, a double and a walk in his first game.
• Did you know that Gallo was a Little League teammate of Bryce Harper's? What about Kris Bryant?
• Rockies top prospect David Dahl had to have his spleen removed after a collision with his second baseman.
• Tim Brown explains how the Rays always manage to have good pitching.
• Ben Lindbergh explains how the Tigers fixed their defense.
• The Phillies have released Grady Sizemore.
• David Schoenfield admits that Joe Panik is a pretty good ballplayer. He didn't used to think that.
• Red Sox owner John Henry called this season "painful" and says changes have to be made.
• David Ortiz hasn't been helping the Red Sox much but he rejects the notion that he might be "washed up."
• Mariano Rivera is enjoying retirement.
• Diamondbacks catcher Tuffy Gosewisch is out for the season.
• Rob Neyer tells us the real story behind Wally Pipp. It was 90 years ago this week that Pipp lost his job to Lou Gehrig.
• Russell Carleton examines how much better relievers are responsible for diminished offense. Or even if relievers are even better than they used to be.
• We talk a lot about "hard-hit rate" with today's newest statistical information. Owen Watson explains what it all means.
• Matt Holliday got ejected from last night's game, ending his 45-game streak of reaching base, which was an NL record. No surprise, the ump was Joe West.
• C.J. Nitkowski is not optimistic about Billy Hamilton's long-term future as a major league starter.
• Joe Lemire looks at the trend in baseball towards sports psychologists. They're not just a fad anymore.
• A fan threw a phone to Bryce Harper and he took a selfie with it.
• Giancarlo Stanton. He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good. He's a rebel and he'll never ever do what he should.
• And finally, what baseball really needs is a good manager tirade movie. In a sequel to his critically-acclaimed 1991 film "Man Stealing First Base: A True Story," Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon yells at all four umpires on one play in "One Angry Man In Four Acts."

And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster.