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Fun stats: Baseball fanatic Charlie Sheen once bought 2,615 tickets to a Los Angeles Angels game to improve his chances of catching a ball. In his youth, Sheen was offered a full baseball scholarship to the University of Kansas but declined it to pursue acting.

Trivia: Sandy Alcantara won the first N.L. Cy Young Award in Marlins history, leaving only two franchises that have never had a pitcher win the award, which was first given in 1956. One is the Rockies. Who is the other?

1. Angels
2. Pirates
3. Rangers
4. Reds

Transactions:
-The Nationals pull of a last minute (literally) trade with the Rays. They picked up closer Joe Barlow for Lucas Sims. (effective series #21)

• The Yankees continue to tinker. They add two bats for the outfield. They shipped a 3rd round pick to the Dodgers for Bubba Thompson (effective series #21) and then sent David Peralta and Pierce Johnson to the Orioles for Aaron Hicks. (effective series #22). Then at the last minute they pick up Liam Hendriks from the Royals for Giovanny Gallego (effevtive series #22)

-The Blue gets their closer as they sent Dylan Floro and a 2nd to the Tigers for Jorge Lopez and a 5th
-Astros add a bat. Houston picks up Josh Rojas from the Reds for a 1st round pick. Maikel Franco went over to Cincinnati with a 3rd heading back to Houston. (effective series #19)
-The Orioles and Astros trade a couple 3B. Baltimore gets Ryan Kreidler and the Astros get Maikel Franco. Effective series #18. Houston cuts Miguel Andujar.

• The Twins upgrade their playoff odds with the addition of starting pitcher German Marquez from the Dodgers. They also received Andre Jackson. The Dodgers received Rich Hill, Andre Jackson, and a 3rd round pick. Effective series #19

Dates to Remember:
April 1st - Opening Day (season starts) Instruction sheets due
July 1st - 1st trimester due
August 20th- 2nd trimester due - Trade deadline
October 22nd - 3rd trimester due



Trivia answer: C: The Rangers, who played as the Washington Senators from 1961 until 1971 and then moved to Texas have had great seasons from Hall of Fame pitchers like Fergie Jenkins, Bert Blyleven, Gaylord Perry and Nolan Ryan, but no Rangers pitcher has ever gotten the game’s top pitching prize.