Happy Sunday! Hoping you were able to enjoy a quiet, cozy, and hopefully long weekend. While players and executives alike spend time with family, the hot stove has no family, knows not the meaning of observance, and indiscriminately burns with the heat of a thousand suns, plowing through holidays and taking no prisoners until Opening Day rudely halts the ferocious stream of transaction.
Cleveland Spiders
- Cleveland has finalized their coaching staff for the 2021 season.
.@Indians announce 2021 coaching staff ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7aAVUmBSFM
— Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) November 23, 2020
- The new guy to get to know is DeMarlo Hale, who joins the organization after a successful run in player development (among other roles) for Atlanta; it will be the second time the journeyman instructor has worked as manager Terry Francona’s bench coach (2010-11 in Boston, as part of six years of employment under Tito.)
- Cleveland has DFA’d reliever Adam Cimber and picked up Jordan Humphreys, another pitcher, off waivers from the Giants.
Chicago White Sox
- Yonder Alonso retired this week; you may remember him from Chicago’s 2019 edition, where he hit .178 as the team’s primary DH - at least, until he was shipped off to Colorado midseason.
- The Field of Dreams game that was supposed to have taken place this year has been tentatively greenlit for next summer.
Major League Baseball announced tentative 2021 plans for the MLB at Field of Dreams game, featuring the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees in Dyersville, Iowa. MLB has slated the nationally broadcast game for Thursday, August 12th on FOX.
— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) November 23, 2020
Kansas City Royals
- Our friends at Royals Review are asking questions about whether someone like Adam Eaton would be a good fit, as the team looks to improve its offensive identity and replace the left-handed bat of franchise face Alex Gordon.
Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers have been pretty quiet so far this winter. Could they have designs on a splashy statement trade? Or maybe they’ll go bargain-bin hunting from other teams’ systems. Bless You Boys takes a look at potential avenues for either scenario.
See you in December!