The Wire Troll: Chad Green Earns Rotation Time for Yanks

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At this stage of the season, if you’re a keeper league owner that’s out it, you’re scouring the minors for possible options. Drafted by the Phillies in the ninth round out of college last year, Laird hit well in his pro debut in 2015, but injuries limited his action this season. However, he tore through Low-A and continues to rake at High-A, piling up plenty of runs at both stops. Laird is not young, so will need to move fast, but is worth tracking.

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Video Game Review: Bound

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Presentation is where Bound does its best work, creating a truly surreal world that shifts and undulates as you dance across it. We’ve reviewed hundreds of games, and we can’t think of one that comes all that close to matching what’s offered up here — Bound is modern art mixed with ballet. Screenshots can’t really do it justice because you have to see the ground pulse and watch as countless tiny shapes pursue and engulf you. It’s a sight to behold.

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Philadelphia Phillies No-Hitters

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Ferguson was a two-way player who spent four years in majors, all with Philadelphia. He made 170 career starts and completed 165 of them, underscoring how different the game was back then. As a second baseman/outfielder, the switch-hitter recorded a 735 OPS while scoring 191 runs in 257 games. Ferguson led the NL in WAR in 1886, but his promising career was cut short when he died of typhoid fever before the 1888 season.

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