Rise and Phight: 5/6/2022

Happy birthday, Larry Andersen

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte May 6, 2022, 7:00am EDT

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MLB: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies

I’m not saying anything.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

Kevin Long isn’t too worried about the offense right now and he gave a pretty interesting quote to say what he’s expecting.
The ball isn’t traveling and that is hurting the Phillies’ offense ($).
Mickey Moniak is taking some swings now, but how does he figure into the team’s plans with Odubel Herrera hitting reasonably well?

MLB news:

The draft is coming up and Keith Law gets you set with his ranking of the top 100 players available ($).
The sweeper is the newest “it” pitch, but guess what? It isn’t actually that new. Corey Kluber had something to say about it a while ago.
Are you already looking ahead at the trade deadline? Well here are some of the better starting pitchers that might be available by then.