And the Braves have signed Marcel Ozuna for $18m for 1 year…mainly as a replacement for Donaldson as clean-up because his fielding isn’t great. Maybe they’re going to trade Ender Inciarte with Acuña, Markakis and Duvall already in the outfield. Lose a bit in fielding but gain in hitting. 3B is still a vacancy with Riley and Camargo the contenders. Riley needs to drop his strike-out ratio, but if he can, is a miles better hitter than Camargo.
And in Hall of Fame news, one person only left Derek Jeter off the HOF ballot. Larry Walker was elected on his last try.
In local news, the Melbourne Aces won the first two games of the best-of-3-games ABL Championship series against the Adelaide Giants to win their first Claxton Shield since the comp was restructured a few years ago.
They have a couple of ex-MLB players (Pete Moylan, Luke Hughes) and 7 guys got signed this year (including a mate from my club who got signed to the Royals).
We get some coverage over here on radio and in the paper. I used to be a season ticket holder and go often when they were based at Norwood Oval. It’s a good day out especially on a nice summer evening with a few beers. They moved out of Norwood and are down near the airport now so I started going less frequently but the final nail was when the Crows purchased them last year. I haven’t been since
