MLB Bullets keeps on going

I give up.

• Because we’ve got not a lot else to talk about, Sam Miller has an idea of what might happen if a baseball game ever went 50 innings.
• Kiley McDaniel looks at the current role of scouts in the game that is now dominated by analytics departments. As he writes, a smart organization relies on both, but finding and keeping good scouts is tricky.
• Whitney McIntosh has an interview with Royals prospect Richard Lovelady, who doesn’t go by “Dick” except everyone on Twitter calls him that. Lovelady got an invite to Spring Training this year.
• The Angels front office traveled to Japan to speak with the Nippon Ham Fighters for guidance in how best to handle Shohei Ohtani.
• The Rangers are actually considering putting artificial turf in their new stadium. It’s not the first option, but it may be what they end up doing.
• The Athletics have new offices but they’re still searching for a stadium site after Laney College pulled out of negotiations for their first choice. They are still looking at the same three places, including Laney College.
• Tim Kurkjian writes about his friend, former major league coach Rich Donnelly, who had tragedy strike his family a second time over the weekend when his son was killed when he was struck by a car.
• Barry Jackson continues his series on the Marlins financial plans and quotes a potential investor explaining why Derek Jeter’s plan to revive the financial fortunes of Fish is flawed.
• However, Craig Edwards thinks the Marlins rebuilding project could be on the right track.
• OK. David Schoenfield has yet another piece trying to explain the slow offseason.
• Mark Feinsand has yet another piece on making a team made up just of current free agents.
• Anthony Castrovince has yet another piece on the biggest needs of teams left this winter.
• Richard Justice has five teams whose roster is ready for Opening Day. They can turn in their tests, so to speak.
• Jonah Keri has an interesting piece where he notes that the toughest thing for a team that’s “tanking” is knowing when to stop and go for it. Everyone wants to be like the Cubs and Astros, but that’s easier said than done.
• Cliff Corcoran has a look at the best available outfielders, either through free agency or trades.
• David Schoenfield predicts where the remaining free agents will sign.
• The Astros have reportedly had talks with the Pirates about pitcher Gerrit Cole.
• Mike Oz looks at the pitchers who the Astros should be targeting, including Cole.
• Tommy Stokke thinks no matter who the Astros acquire, the Astros should be building their pitching staff around Dallas Keuchel, who can be a free agent after this season.
• Ted Berg looks at the market for the services of free agent outfielder J.D. Martinez.
• Whether or not the Red Sox sign Martinez, Scott Lauber lists three Red Sox players who need to perform better in 2018 for Boston to compete.
• Jay Jaffe looks at how much free agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain should be worth.
• Free agent pitcher Matt Garza may have trouble signing with any team as he underwent surgery for a torn labrum. Apparently he tore it in June and pitched through the second half with it.
• The Angels signed former Cubs catcher Rene Rivera. Good luck in Anaheim, Rene. You weren’t in Chicago long, but you seemed like a pretty good guy.
• The Brewers signed Christian Bethancourt to a minor league deal.
• Matt Kelly looks at the best three hitters in MLB in 2017 with two strikes on them.
• Bradley Woodrum makes the case for Tommy John for the Hall of Fame.
• Dave Vocale remembers the day of June 19, 1977 in baseball.
• And finally, here’s a 22-month old kid who can rake. He could be the person to play in the major leagues before he was potty trained since John Kruk. (rimshot)

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