Late Sunday night – after this column was initially published, and indeed after most Fantasy Baseball waiver wire processes had already run – we learned that one of the top prospects in baseball was getting promoted.

“The Bret Boone Podcast” even brought back a conversation from last year with Pete Rose after Rob Manfred posthumously pardoned the Hit King. In it, Boone recalls sleepovers at the Roses when his dad was a catcher for the Phillies. His respect for one of the game’s most controversial characters comes across loud and clear.

Wyatt Langford and Adolis Garcia blasted two-run home runs and Jake Burger added a two-run double as the Texas Rangers rolled past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-3 on Wednesday to sweep the three-game interleague series in Arlington,

Jake Burger began what he and the Texas Rangers hope will be a short stay with the Triple-A Round Rock Express on Tuesday night.

Luis Severino spent years as Aaron Judge’s teammate on the New York Yankees marveling at his prodigious power and skill as a hitter.