Jac Caglianone is feeling himself after the conclusion of the Arizona Fall League:
Toss in the rigors of playing in the College World Series, preparing for the Draft with workouts and interviews, making his pro debut with High-A Quad Cities and then adding six weeks of Fall League ball on top of all of that, Caglianone had to be just plum exhausted, right?
"I'm honestly feeling great," Caglianone said in an MLB Network interview during the AFL title game. "To kind of go [through] the whole Draft deal and go out to Quad Cities and meet a bunch of new people and to have the opportunity to be out here in the Fall League and meet such a great group of guys, it's been awesome. It's been a great year of baseball."
The Arizona Fall League wrapped up play last weekend, with one regular season game and the championship game being played since last week's update:
I will have a very in-depth breakdown of everybody's AFL performances, complete with Statcast data, out in the near future.
Moving over to LIDOM:
Tarik Skubal and Chris Sale took home the 2024 AL and NL Cy Young awards, respectively.
Sen. Dick Durbin introduced a bill to strengthen labor protections for minor leaguers.
Chris Sale may have pitched himself into the Hall of Fame this season. ($)
Rafael Nadal leaves behind an unmatchable legacy as he retires from professional tennis.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was plagued with technical issues upon launch this week.
Jaguar is rebranding with a new logo that... well, let's just say maybe I should have spelled it JaGUar.