Christmas is one of the few times of the year that I can relax without having to be on-call for this job. Typically, MLB shuts down for a few days, as a lot of people are celebrating holidays.
We provide content during this time, as not everyone celebrates Christmas, or a holiday at this time of year. For some of us, the holiday is the brief vacation from the world religion of Capitalism.
Me being the money-hating businessman that I am, I decided to sleep in today and get the site’s weekly production schedule off to a late start. I’ll have my latest First Pitch later today, and we’ve got some interesting articles for tomorrow’s drop.
For now, I know a lot of people were busy over the weekend. Here’s what you may have missed.
Transactions
**The Pirates acquired RHP Scott Randall for Diego Castillo
**The Texas Rangers claimed Nick Mears.
Winter League Updates
**In this week’s Pirates Winter League Report, John Dreker features right-handed pitcher Brad Case, along with the weekly rundown of winter league action.
**Minor league Rule 5 pick Josh Palacios picked up a pair of hits.
**Andres Alvarez is now leading the league in Colombia in hitting.
Pirates Prospects Updates
**Ethan Hullihen provided a payroll update, recapping where the Pirates are at this point in the offseason.
**Anthony Murphy looked at Alexander Mojica’s unique situation going into 2023.
**I looked at whether it really would have been better if the Pirates won more games in 2022.
**We picked what baseball gift we would like to receive in a Christmas Day Roundtable.
**In this week’s Pirates Discussion, Jeff Reed looks at how the Pirates are bridging to their prospects compared to the last time a big wave of prospects hit in 2016.
Highlight of the Day
If any of you are dragging today, here’s a nice, long highlight video to get you going.
