MLB Bullets gives thanks

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I’m proud to say I worked my rear off to cook for my wife’s family and everything came out very well.

• Richard Justice has one thing for every fanbase to be thankful for.
• Mike Axisa also has one thing for every team’s fans to be thankful about.
• Emma Baccellieri notes that while their has been a lot of dark news about baseball lately, it’s time to remember all the good things about the sport we have to be thankful about.
• The staff at Yahoo Sports talk about what in baseball they’re thankful for.
• David Adler has has 13 hitters who should be thankful.
• Stephanie Apstein acknowledges that baseball can be boring, but then explains why that is actually a good thing.
• Connor Grossman is thankful for the wonderful bond that baseball fans have with their team’s broadcasters. This is a big reason why I’m doing that countdown of former players who are now broadcasters.
• With the decade coming to a close, Will Leitch ranks the best baseball players of the decade.
• The Brewers and the Padres made a deal! San Diego sent infielder Luis Urias, left-handed pitcher Eric Lauer and a player to be named later to Milwaukee for outfielder Trent Grisham and right-handed pitcher Zach Davies.
• Eric Longenhagen breaks down the details of the Padres/Brewers deal.
• Drew Pomeranz signed a four-year, $34 million deal with the Padres.
• Ben Clemens tries to make sense of the Pomeranz signing.
• The Rangers have agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with free agent right-handed pitcher Kyle Gibson.
• The Nationals have re-signed one of their free agents! Catcher Yan Gomes has agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal. OK, that’s good news. It’s not as good news for Nats fans as it could have been.
• David Schoenfield looks at ten players who could get deal this winter.
• Jesse Rogers surveyed 15 team executives about what they thought would happen this off-season.
• The Orioles have placed Jonathan Villar on waivers.
• Jack Baer looks at why the Orioles, who lost 108 games last season, would put their best player on waivers.
• Yankees first baseman Greg Bird is a free agent after he rejected a minor-league assignment.
• The Rays have designated first baseman Jesús Aguilar for assignment.
• The Pirates have hired former Twins bench coach Derek Shelton as their new manager. And now all 30 teams have managers.
• Former Angels (and Cubs minor leaguer) first baseman Justin Bour has signed with the Hanshin Tigers of NPB.
• Carter Stewart, who signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of NPB, reflected on his first season playing in Japan. Stewart was the first-round pick of the Braves who signed with the Hawks after failing to come to an agreement with the Braves. No regrets so far.
• Joe Capozzi explains how former major league pitcher Justin Wayne ended up in an Alabama prison.
• More thoughts on the Astros sign-stealing scandal. Jake Mailhot examines which Astros hitters may have benefitted from the scheme.
• Two former Astros players have spoken out and said that everyone involved in the Astros scheme should be suspended. Presumably the sign-stealing didn’t start until after they left the team or they’d be calling for their own suspension.
• For the first time since 1946, not a single African-American played for the Dodgers this past year. Some former Dodgers speak out about the problem of declining participation in baseball by African-American kids.
• And finally, in a bit of violent insanity, Chris Landers ranks all of the MLB mascots by how easily he could beat them up. In a fair fight, of course. Clark appears to be a pushover.

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