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Paul Goldschmidt Wins NL MVP
By Darragh McDonald and Anthony Franco | November 17, 2022 at 5:49pm CDT
Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt has been named the National League's Most Valuable Player, according to an announcement from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He was followed in the voting by Manny Machado of the Padres and his teammate Nolan Arenado.
Though he's come close many times, this is the first MVP award for the veteran, who just turned 35 in September. Though he's older than the typical prime years of most athletes, he had arguably the best campaign of his career in 2022. He hit 35 home runs and produced a .317/.404/.578 batting line. That production was an incredible 77% better than the league average hitter, as evidenced by his 177 wRC+. When combined with his solid defense at first base, he was considered to be worth 7.1 wins above replacement in the eyes of FanGraphs and 7.8 in the estimation of Baseball Reference.
Goldschmidt finished second among qualified NL batters in on-base percentage, trailing only Freddie Freeman. He led the league in slugging and tied for fifth in longballs. Along the way, he was named to his seventh All-Star game. Goldschmidt secured a fifth career Silver Slugger award and has appeared on MVP ballots each season going back to 2015. He's under contract for two more years on the five-year extension he inked shortly after St. Louis acquired him from the Diamondbacks in a franchise-altering trade.
Machado secured a runner-up finish, the highest of his career to date. He's now gotten into the top five in the voting on four separate occasions, including two of his four seasons in San Diego. He hit .298/.366/.531 with 32 homers and 37 doubles, appearing in 150 games. Machado finished 7th in the NL in on-base percentage and fourth in slugging. He earned his sixth career All-Star nod in the process.
Arenado picked up his 10th straight Gold Glove award this year with a typically excellent season at the hot corner. He also had arguably the best offensive year of his career, putting up a .293/.358/.533 line over 620 plate appearances. Only Goldschmidt and Mookie Betts topped him in slugging, while he finished ninth in on-base percentage. Arenado secured his seventh All-Star selection and fourth top-five MVP finish.
Goldschmidt picked up 22 of 30 first-place votes, while Machado secured seven votes. Arenado was the other player who got a first-place nod. Freeman finished in fourth overall and was penciled into six ballots in second place. Betts rounded out the top five, while Mets star Pete Alonso (who finished eighth) was the only other player to get a second-place vote. Austin Riley, J.T. Realmuto, Alonso, Francisco Lindor and Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara placed sixth through tenth, respectively.
Full voting breakdown available here.
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Braves Sign Austin Riley To Ten-Year Extension
By Anthony Franco | August 1, 2022 at 7:13pm CDT
The Braves announced they've signed star third baseman Austin Riley to a ten-year, $212MM contract extension. Riley will make $15MM next season, $21MM in 2024, then $22MM annually through 2032. The deal also contains a 2033 club option valued at $20MM. Riley is a client of ALIGND Sports Agency.
It's a stunning, out-of-the-blue development that keeps a franchise pillar around for the long haul. The deal buys out the 25-year-old's final three seasons of arbitration eligibility and extends the club's window of control by as much as eight years. It locks him in Atlanta for virtually the entirety of his prime, as Riley won't hit free agency until after his age-35 campaign at the earliest.
A former supplemental first-round pick, Riley quickly blossomed into one of the organization's top prospects. He reached the majors not long after his 22nd birthday in 2019. Riley was up-and-down for the first couple seasons of his big league career, particularly when he struck out in over 36% of his plate appearances as a rookie. Atlanta stuck with him despite that early inconsistency, however, and they've been rewarded since Riley broke out last year.
He appeared in 160 games, blasting 33 home runs with a .303/.367/.531 line. That marks a career-high in longballs to date, but that marker won't remain his personal best much longer. He's already connected on 29 homers in 436 plate appearances this season, and he's hitting .301/.360/.604 altogether. Riley's pure slash line isn't much changed from 2021 to '22, but his slight improvement in bottom line results comes at a time when the league-wide offense has plummeted. By measure of wRC+, Riley's offensive output has jumped from an already excellent 35 points above average to an eye-popping 63 points above par.
Among qualified hitters, only Yordan Álvarez, Aaron Judge, Paul Goldschmidt, Rafael Devers and Mike Trout have a better wRC+ this season. That's reinforced by batted ball metrics than place Riley among the game's elite bats. His 93.7 MPH average exit velocity is more than five MPH above the league average. His 55.9% hard contact rate is also among the league's best, as is his 17.6% barrel rate. Simply put, few batters hit the ball as hard as Riley does frequently.
Of course, Riley's power has never really been in question. His issue earlier in his career was in making contact, but the Mississippi native has made huge strides in that regard. After making contact on only 63% of his swings as a rookie, Riley has gotten the bat on the ball around 73% of the time in each of the last three seasons. That's not great, but it's more than sufficient for a player with his power production. Riley still has an aggressive approach and goes out of the strike zone a fair amount, but his excellent batted ball results make up for what may always be a slightly lower than average walk rate.
Going back to the start of 2021, Riley owns a .302/.364/.560 slash in just under 1100 plate appearances. He looks like a bona fide slugger, and the Braves are surely happy to lock him into the middle of the lineup for the next decade. Riley earned a Silver Slugger Award and finished seventh in NL MVP voting last year, and he picked up his first of what the club envisions to be many All-Star nods this season.
The Braves have now committed to 75% of their infield over the long-term. Atlanta signed Matt Olson to an eight-year, $168MM deal within days of acquiring him from the Athletics in Spring Training. They'd previously had Ozzie Albies signed affordably through 2025 (with club options for 2026 and '27). That leaves Dansby Swanson as the lone member of the Atlanta infield not under contract for the foreseeable future, as the shortstop is set to hit free agency at the end of this year.
Atlanta also has Ronald Acuña Jr. under contract for the bulk of the decade, giving them a young position player core around which to build. In the estimation of Jason Martinez of Roster Resource, the club's 2023 payroll jumps to around $113MM (not including salaries for arbitration-eligible players). They're around $87MM for 2024 and between $60MM and $70MM for the following two years. Atlanta's 2022 payroll, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, is a franchise-record $177.7MM. That should leave them some flexibility to re-sign or replace Swanson, particularly since key contributors like Michael Harris II, Kyle Wright, Spencer Strider and Ian Anderson won't reach arbitration until at least 2024. It's a strong long-term position for president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos and his staff as they look to build off last year's World Series title and construct a long-term juggernaut.
As Buster Olney of ESPN points out (Twitter link), Riley's extension goes down as the largest investment in Atlanta franchise history. It's the second-largest extension ever for a player with between two and three years of MLB service, trailing only Fernando Tatis Jr.'s 14-year, $340MM megadeal. Among other players in that service bucket, only future Hall of Famers Mike Trout and Buster Posey signed deals that even topped nine figures. It's a strong gesture of faith on the organization's part, then, but it also has the potential to be a bargain. Riley's flat $22MM salaries for what would be seven free agent seasons would be a very team-friendly figure, with players of his caliber often approaching or topping $30MM annually on free agent deals.
Such is the nature of early-career extensions. Riley sacrifices some long-term earnings upside for up-front guaranteed money, and he'll receive quite a bit more in 2023 than he would've had he proceeded through arbitration. Riley reached arbitration for the first time last winter as a Super Two player and received a $3.95MM salary. An MVP-caliber showing would've earned him a notable raise next winter, but next year's salary certainly still wouldn't have approached $15MM. By paying a bit more up-front, the Braves give themselves further longer-term flexibility with essentially flat salaries for the bulk of the contract thereafter.
While it's not an external pickup, Riley's extension will quite likely go down as the Braves biggest move of deadline season. They've committed to yet another star young player to bolster a long-term core that should have them as consistent competitors in the NL East for years to come.
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List Of All-Star Roster Replacements
By Mark Polishuk | July 17, 2022 at 7:27pm CDT
7:25PM: Freddie Freeman is also joining the NL roster, as the league announced that the Dodgers first baseman is replacing Starling Marte.
4:04PM: The league announced that the Cardinals' Miles Mikolas has now been added to the NL roster, taking the spot of Brewers righty Corbin Burnes.
July 17, 1:15PM: The Mariners have announced that Ty France will be joining the festivities as well. MLB later announced the addition as well, noting that he is replacing Mike Trout. With Trout not taking part, Byron Buxton will move into the starting center fielder role for the American League.
10:05AM: MLB has announced three more additions, with one of them being the previously reported addition of Williams. The other two are closers: Liam Hendriks of the White Sox and Jordan Romano of the Blue Jays. Those three will replace Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander and Max Fried.
July 16, 11:01PM: Brewers reliever Devin Williams has also been named to the NL roster, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link).
7:11:PM: Four replacements were announced to the All-Star rosters, taking the spots of four other players who won't be part of the Midsummer Classic. Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson, Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth, and Braves third baseman Austin Riley will be joining the National League's team, while Blue Jays second baseman Santiago Espinal has been named to the American League's roster.
Espinal is replacing Jose Altuve, who was hit in the knee by a pitch on Thursday. Altuve sat out Friday's action and is back in the Astros lineup tonight as the DH, but even though he is well enough to play, Altuve and the Astros will use the All-Star break to get the second baseman fully back to 100 percent. Altuve had been voted in as the AL's starter at second baseman, but now the Guardians' Andres Gimenez take over as the starter for Tuesday's game.
Jazz Chisholm was voted as the NL's starting second baseman, but the Marlins standout will also be missing the game due to his lower back injury. Chisholm has been on the 10-day injured list since June 28, but he has been working out at the Marlins' spring camp, and taking part in baseball activities. There isn't a set timeline for Chisholm's return, but the team is hopeful Chisholm can be activated for the start of the second half. With Chisholm out, Jeff McNeil becomes the NL's new starter at the keystone, while Cronenworth will take over the backup infield role.
Giants lefty Carlos Rodon is also battling injury, opening the door for Anderson to receive the first All-Star nod of his seven-year career. Rodon has both a blister and a split nail on the middle finger of his throwing hand, and told Henry Schulman and other reporters that he is skipping the ASG in order to give the injury time to properly heal. There isn't yet any indication that Rodon might require a visit to the injured list, and since Rodon last pitched on Thursday, he'll receive at least a full week off between starts.
Riley was perhaps the most prominent omission from the original All-Star roster, given how the Braves slugger has posted some huge numbers over the first half. However, as it often the case with "snubs," the situation sorted itself out once other players started to drop out. Riley will be taking the place of Nolan Arenado, as the Cardinals third baseman will use the break to rest a lingering back problem.
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Braves Defeat Austin Riley In Arbitration
By Anthony Franco | May 11, 2022 at 12:00pm CDT
The Braves have won their arbitration case over third baseman Austin Riley, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (Twitter link). He'll earn the team's $3.95MM filing figure in 2022; Riley's camp had sought a $4.2MM salary.
Riley reached arbitration for the first time over the offseason as a Super Two player. He'll be eligible three more times before first qualifying for free agency after the 2025 campaign. Arbitration salaries have a compounding effect based off previous years' numbers, so the result means he'll be working from a slightly lower baseline in future years than he would've had he won the hearing. In either event, the $250K gap in the two sides' filing figures was minimal; even in the context of future raises, the result is unlikely to have much of an impact on the Braves' spending habits.
The 25-year-old Riley is coming off a breakout 2021 campaign. After posting below-average numbers in each of his first two seasons, he hit .303/.367/.531 with 33 home runs and 107 runs batted in last year. Arbitration hearings spilled into the regular season because the lockout froze offseason business for more than three months, but the arbitrator's decision was based off Riley's 2019-21 body of work.
While it wasn't relevant for this year's hearing, Riley has gotten out to an excellent start in 2022. The raw rate stats (.237/.336/.482) look to be a fairly significant downturn relative to his previous numbers, but that's only before accounting for the overall drop in league offense. By measure of wRC+, Riley's early-season work has been 33 percentage points above this year's league average output. That's virtually identical to the 135 wRC+ he put up in 2021.
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Quick Hits: Expansion, Braves, Left Field, Royals, Moore
By TC Zencka | January 11, 2021 at 12:53pm CDT
In the past, expansion has helped Major League Baseball dig out from financial peril and inject new money into the industry, but despite the significant financial uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, expansion is not on the table, writes the Athletic's Ken Rosenthal. News spread of the commissioner's pessimistic view on expansion when the Phillies signed Dave Dombrowski to run their baseball ops department. Dombrowski had been working with the Nashville group for potential expansion before commissioner Rob Manfred informed them of a new timeline. Expansion can solve short-term financial problems because of the significant franchise fees paid by incoming franchises. In this case, those fees could be $1 billion or more. For the owners, however, the short-term influx of money comes with the long-term losses that come with spreading the overall revenue pie to another two teams. Commissioner Manfred also wants to see stadium issues resolved in Oakland and Tampa Bay before beginning the expansion process.
The Braves are looking for a left fielder, per MLB Insider Jon Morosi (via Twitter). Presumably, Atlanta would target a short-term investment rather than making a splashier move like, say, bringing back Marcell Ozuna. Ronald Acuna Jr., Ender Inciarte, and Cristian Pache make for an elite defensive alignment, and prospect Drew Waters is on his way. Nick Markakis could certainly find his way back if he wants to keep playing. If their aim is to to find a right-handed bat to spell Inciarte against southpaws, Adam Duvall could return, or Kevin Pillar, Albert Almora Jr. and Cameron Maybin are free agents with experience playing for a contender. If the Braves are looking for a more regular producer in order to give Pache and/or Waters more development time, Joc Pederson could fill the power void left by Ozuna's departure. Speculatively speaking, Ryan Braun would make for an interesting fit if he decides to play outside Milwaukee. Not to be forgotten, Austin Riley has played some outfield during his short Major League career, but Atlanta expects Riley to lay claim to the hot corner in 2021. That would change if they were to add DJ LeMahieu, but despite their reported interest, such a union seems like a long shot.
Royals Senior VP of Baseball Ops and General Manager Dayton Moore will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall Of Fame later in January, per Alex Lewis of the Athletic (via Twitter). Moore is entering his 15th season in 2021 as the GM of the Royals. He was named Executive of the Year by MLB in both 2014 and 2015 for his role as the architect of back-to-back pennant-winning clubs in Kansas City. Those playoff teams are the only Royals teams to make the playoffs since they won the World Series in 1985. He was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Replacing Legends
By TC Zencka | June 6, 2020 at 9:22pm CDT
If you trust Braves' third base coach Ron Washington, Austin Riley has a long and bright future ahead of him with the Atlanta Braves, per The Athletic's David O'Brien. Said Washington, "He's a very, very special kid. He's on that special level with Ozzie (Albies) and (Ronald) Acuńa (Jr.) and all those young guys. He's on that special level with them."
Given Washington's stellar reputation as an infield instructor, his word carries some weight. He goes on in O'Brien's article to laud not only Riley's long-term future with the bat, but with the glove as well, calling Riley "a tremendous third baseman."
While it's certainly encouraging for Braves' fans to hear Washington speak so highly of Riley after an up-and-down rookie season, the path ahead is not without obstacles. For starters, he hasn't locked down his spot in the starting lineup. All accounts suggest he's going to have to earn his keep while being pushed at third by Johan Camargo. After his first month of big-league action, it would have seemed unfathomable that Riley wouldn't have the 2020 third base job locked down, but Camargo remains very much in the running, despite struggling himself in 2019. Camargo's year was worth -0.6 rWAR after hitting only .233/.279/.384 over 248 plate appearances. He's played much better in the past (4.4 fWAR from 2017 to 2018), and the Braves appear confident he can at the very least hold the line for a year.
Should Camargo get the bulk of playing time at third, Riley could get at-bats as a designated hitter – at least in theory. But O'Brien notes that the scuttlebutt out of Atlanta pegs Marcell Ozuna as the likeliest option to see heavy minutes as a potential DH. Makes sense with Ronald Acuna Jr., Ender Inciarte, and Nick Markakis on hand to handle the outfield rotation. Riley himself could even see some minutes out on the grass depending on how things shake out.
But the real question at hand here is this: is Austin Riley the third baseman of the future for the Atlanta Braves? Ron Washington certainly seems to think so. If we trust Washington's eye for defensive talent and assume Riley can stick at third base (or even become a plus defender), the question is whether his approach at the dish can improve enough to take advantage of his otherworldly power.
After all, Riley's power numbers last year were excellent. He managed a .471 SLG with 18 home runs in just 274 at bats. His isolated power was .245 ISO, well above average and a number you'd hope for out of a middle-of-the-order bat. For context, Acuna Jr. walked away from 2019 with a .238 ISO. A full season at Riley's mark would put him among the top-40 mashers in the league by isolated power. His power plays.
But even with those numbers, Riley's total offensive contribution amounted to 14 percent below league average by wRC+. He needs to round out the rest of his game – and that starts with cutting down strikeouts. Riley's walk-to-strikeout numbers are not anywhere near where they need to be for everyday reps (5.4 BB%, 36.4 K%). Both numbers need to see significant positive regression. The good news is, Riley looked the part in spring training, where signs pointed to Riley being able to make the necessary adjustments.
Third base is a loaded position for Atlanta – in terms of poignancy – and Riley has big shoes to fill. Putting aside the big picture pressure of manning the spot once belonging to the legendary Chipper Jones, even recent history has set a high bar for Riley. Last season, Josh Donaldson returned to All-Star form with a .259/.379/.521 line, 37 rainmaking bombs, 96 runs, 94 RBIs, 132 wRC+, good for 4.9 fWAR/6.0 rWAR. Good luck replicating those numbers out the gate.
Elsewhere in the NL East, another legend moved westward after a memorable 2019. Anthony Rendon gave the Nationals seven underrated seasons at the hot corner before joining the Los Angeles Angels this winter. We could talk all day about Rendon's performance this postseason, but those in Washington, Rendon-as-superstar was old hat: He's been a 6+ fWAR performer for three seasons running. Beyond his consistency, there's simply no replacing the slow-heartbeat clutch-hitting Rendon provided the Nats on their World Series run – but someone is going to have to try.
Enter Carter Kieboom. Rendon's nominal heir apparent – at 22-years-old – is about half a year younger than Riley, and he comes sporting a shinier prospect pedigree. He's the 21st ranked prospect overall by MLB.com and Fangraphs, while Baseball America puts him as the 15th overall prospect (admittedly, Riley wasn't far off, topping out as Baseball America's 22nd ranked prospect before last season).
Much like Riley, Kieboom's role at the outset of whatever season comes next is TBD. There's an even greater chance the Nats roll with veterans Starlin Castro, Howie Kendrick and Asdrubal Cabrera sharing at-bats between third and second. At least, that was the plan had the season begun on time. Depending on how live baseball in the pipeline shakes out, the Nats might prefer Kieboom break camp with the team just to ensure he's continuing his development via live baseball. With a potential DH in play, there may even be enough at-bats for the Nats to accommodate playing time for Kieboom and their veteran triumvirate.
Also like Riley, Kieboom wasn't overly impressive in his first taste of big-league action. Apologists have plenty of cause to support Kieboom even after hitting just .128/.209/.282 over an 11 game stint early in the year (which included 4 errors at shortstop). Reason being: he wasn't ready. Kieboom's April promotion was a case of injury-depleted desperation. The Nats were in a bind with Trea Turner on the shelf. Wilmer Difo wasn't getting the job done as Turner's understudy, and the Nats were off to a slow start (11-12 at the time of his debut).
The small sample hasn't done much to lessen the optimism over Kieboom's potential, especially after he raked for a line of .303/.409/.493 for Triple-A Fresno. The shortstop-by-nature has a long-term future at third or second in Washington, though the suggestion has been that his power will play enough to handle third, and the Nats' other top young bat has spent most of his career at second (Luis Garcia).
Riley is about a half-season ahead of Keiboom's trajectory, giving us more familiarity with his game at the pro level. But for comparison's sake, Riley hit .293/.366/.626 in 44 games at Triple-A in 2019. They're both former first-rounders (Riley #41 overall in 2015, Kieboom #28 overall in 2016), but their draft status won't help as each looks to fill the shoes of franchise legends.
And yet, they're not the same. Riley is a hulking light-breaker who's defensively playing up to stick at third base. His frame is redolent of a young Ryan Zimmerman before Mr. Nat made the move across the diamond to first. Kieboom's not a small man himself (6'2″, 190 lbs), but some scouts thought he could stick at shortstop, and he brings a contact-oriented approach. He can stroke it to all fields with potential plus power and a track record of taking walks and putting the ball in play. They're different molds as far as third baseman go, but neither has much leeway as they try to establish themselves in the majors. Not with both the Braves and Nationals looking to contend in a season that could be as short as 50-some games.
Whenever they claim regular roles, Riley and Keiboom will be two exciting young talents to track in the NL East. The Phillies' Alec Bohm may very well throw his hat into this ring in the very near future as well (feel free to make your case for Bohm in the comments). Bohm is another former first-rounder (third overall in 2018), but he's spent less time in the minors and is actually older than both Riley and Kieboom. Team conditions aside, let's say you've got a hole at third base and the right to poach one third base prospect. Who do you want? (link to poll for Trade Rumors mobile app users).
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Braves Have All The Pieces To Build A Solid DH
By TC Zencka | May 16, 2020 at 12:26pm CDT
With the DH likely headed to the National League in 2020, the Braves may have a few more at-bats to spread around. As a team, the Braves finished 2019 with a 102 wRC+, the 4th-highest mark in the National League, though they managed to turn that production into 855 runs, fewer than only the Nationals and Dodgers. To repeat at those levels, Atlanta has the difficult task of replacing the production from Bringer of Rain Josh Donaldson, who joined the Twins after putting up 37 bombs, 96 runs, 94 RBIs, and an all-around stellar 6.0 rWAR season in 2019. A regular DH should help.
Atlanta boasts a good deal of depth to utilize in a potential designated hitter role. For starters, there's the question of whether Johan Camargo becomes a four-down back at third base. Austin Riley may eventually take over the hot corner, but if he doesn't, there are probably some DH at-bats to go his way. Riley was slated to spend some time at Triple-A, but if there is no Triple-A, the Braves may just as soon bring his light-tower power to the big-league level. Riley definitely struggled closing out his rookie year, but power (.471 SLG and .245 ISO) isn't the problem. Riley needs to close the gap on his 5.4% BB% and 36.4 K%, but given his youth and potential, he's probably the guy the Braves want to claim the DH spot (if he doesn't claim third base outright).
If Riley doesn't improve the other aspects of his game, then he's essentially Adam Duvall, another candidate for DH at-bats. Duvall, 31, has a career .229 ISO and .461 SLG at the big league level, numbers that could land him in the middle of the order if it weren't for other drawbacks to his game. In 130 plate appearances last season, Duvall put together a solid 121 wRC+ showing by hitting .267/.315/.567. That output was bolstered by an absurd .300 ISO. He also had some good luck, as his .306 BABIP was a fair bit higher than his career mark of .271. Duvall could certainly see some time at DH, especially if they want to save Riley for a more stable playing environment, but he has gone just 1 for 3 in posting a wRC+ over 100 when given more than 400 plate appearances. In a short season, however, Duvall has the type of short-burst approach that could perform.
The safer option is to use the DH to rest their four-man outfield of Ronald Acuna Jr., Ender Inciarte, Marcell Ozuna, and Nick Markakis. Acuna will be in there every day, but he can move around the outfield and would probably benefit from a DHing day every now and again. Ozuna and Markakis complement each other perfectly in some ways, with Ozuna the right-handed power bat and Markakis the lefty on-base option, and they can both handle themselves in the field. There's no reason both shouldn't be in the lineup, however, especially if Inciarte is healthy enough to spend the better part of most weeks manning centerfield. Inciarte, 29, played just 65 games last season, but he's a true difference-maker with the glove when healthy (21 OAA in 2018, 20 OAA in 2017). Assuming health, all four of Acuna, Inciarte, Ozuna, and Markakis should find their names on the lineup card most days.
With Acuna taking his spot in right, Markakis might be the guy who gets the most at-bats as the ostensible extra bat. But when southpaws take the hill, the Braves can rest some combination of Markakis/Inciarte while getting Duvall or Riley some run. Both mashed lefties in 2019. Say they go with a straight left-right platoon: Markakis hit .298/.371/.446 vs. righties in 2019, and Duvall (small sample alert) hit .333/.386/.744 vs lefties. Even take Duvall's career splits versus lefties (.240/.318/.473), and a leveraged platoon of Markakis and Duvall makes for a pretty potent designated hitter.
This post continues a recent series from MLBTR looking at designated hitters options for each team in the National League. Thus far we've covered the Cardinals, Reds, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, and Nationals, as well as the remaining free agent options.
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Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos On Hamels, Third Base, Bullpen
By Steve Adams | April 6, 2020 at 11:10am CDT
As part of the team's "Opener At Home" special on Friday evening, Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos spent nearly 20 minutes chatting with broadcaster Chip Caray about the current state of baseball, the Braves' roster and some of his offseason dealings (YouTube link).
First and foremost, the GM made clear that southpaw Cole Hamels, signed to a one-year, $18MM contract this winter but slowed by shoulder troubles, is now pain-free. "Under normal circumstances, he would've been going right now to get ready to start to prepare," Anthopoulos said of the 36-year-old, implying that Hamels could've been embarking on a rehab assignment. Given that update, it seems reasonable to expect that Hamels will be a full strength if play is indeed able to resume this season.
Of course, that also have a domino effect on the rest of the pitching staff. Per Anthopoulos, two of Kyle Wright, Sean Newcomb and Felix Hernandez would've opened the season in the rotation. All three were throwing well in Spring Training, and a decision on those rotation spots was coming "down to the wire," with the final couple of weeks set to prove pivotal in making that decision. Prior to the spring shutdown, here's how each of the three had fared:
Hernandez: 13 2/3 IP, 13 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 14 K (1.98 ERA)
Wright: 13 1/3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 15 K (2.03 ERA)
Newcomb: 9 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2BB, 11 K (2.00 ERA)
A healthy Hamels would likely take one of the rotation spots for which that trio is vying, although depending on how a new schedule is constructed — frequent doubleheaders and fewer off-days have been oft-speculated upon — it's possible that a sixth starter could be needed. At the very least, one would imagine that with expanded rosters early in the season, it's possible there could be a place for all three.
Also discussed was the Braves' third base battle: a competition known to be comprised of slugger Austin Riley and the versatile Johan Camargo. Neither player was going to fill the Josh Donaldson-sized void in the lineup, but both had their share of promise. Riley was a consensus top 100 prospect entering the 2019 season and had a strong debut before tailing off over the final few months. Camargo enjoyed an excellent season in 2018 before a step back last year. But while the debate had long centered around which of the two would make the Opening Day roster, Anthopoulos indicated that it was no longer an either-or-scenario:
Camargo and Riley were playing unbelievably well. We hadn't made a decision yet. We had started to talk — the fact that with the minor league season scheduled to start on April 9, and we were going to start the 26th of March — we had started to talk about just carrying both. There was no reason, really, to leave them down in Florida. They both had been playing well enough to make the team. If it got to a point where we thought one of them needed to play each day, that would've been a conversation we could've had right when Gwinnett was going to open the season around [April 9], we could've sent a player down at that point.
It still seems likely that one of the two would've been tabbed for the lion's share of playing time, but the fact that both were possibly in line for an Opening Day gig is of note. That's particularly true given not only the likelihood of expanded rosters but also because it's not yet certain just how (or if) the minor league season will be able to come together. With minor league play even more uncertain than big league play, it's all the likelier that the Braves would carry both players on the roster to ensure they could get both could get in-game reps — even if it's on less than an everyday basis.
Asked about his aggressive bullpen makeover — the Braves acquired Shane Greene, Chris Martin and Mark Melancon last July before re-signing Martin and Darren O'Day and signing Will Smith — Anthopoulos was candid about how his moves were shaped by his relievers' struggles early in 2019.
I think a lot of it was just not having to live through the experience that we had in 2019. Obviously we had a great year — we won more games than we did in 2018, we had a great team — but our bullpen was up and down the entire year. … Having to give up a ton of young assets at the trade deadline is not something we want to have to go through again.
The Braves, Anthopoulos explained, had sought to make upgrades in the previous offseason but didn't find deals to their liking either in free agency or on the trade market. But the poor first half and the postseason struggles — the GM pointed out that the Braves blew late leads in two of their first four NLDS losses prior to the Game 5 blowout — pushed the Braves to take an "aggressive" approach to the bullpen. Atlanta indeed spent a combined $56.25MM on Smith, Martin and O'Day this winter — plus the $14MM of the Melancon deal they took on at the deadline and a $6.25MM arbitration salary for Greene — in hopes of creating a deeper bullpen that could be called on to hold leads late in games but also in the middle innings.
Assuming the season is able to resume, the Braves will be considered clear postseason favorites, and the depth to which Anthopoulos makes frequent reference in his chat with Caray will be all the more vital if a condensed schedule is to be played. If nothing else, it's a welcome distraction to hear a top-ranking executive talk about roster construction, offseason maneuverings and challenges/advantages that'll be relevant the next time his team takes the field.
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NL East Notes: Braves, Lowrie, Nunez, Martini
By Steve Adams | March 10, 2020 at 5:22pm CDT
It doesn't sound as though the Braves' decision on an everyday third baseman will come until the final days of camp. Austin Riley and Johan Camargo are vying for that spot, but manager Brian Snitker told reporters today that both players have impressed so far and he'll "wait until the last couple of days" before making up his mind (Twitter thread via David O'Brien of The Athletic). Snitker has previously suggested that whichever player doesn't get the Opening Day nod could head to Triple-A Gwinnett for everyday at-bats, as both have minor league options remaining. The skipper again implied as much today: "[A]ll things being equal, one guy's not going to be real happy with the decision."
Camargo is hitting .308/.333/.500 through 10 games thus far, while Riley is hitting .320/.346/.600 in the same sample. Obviously, we're talking about a minuscule number of plate appearances (26), and the Braves' decision will be based on more than the pair's surface-level production at the plate.
A bit more from the National League East…
There's still no clarity regarding the knee injury that's limiting Mets infielder Jed Lowrie, writes Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. The 35-year-old is still wearing a sizable brace on his ailing leg, and neither he nor the organization have been forthcoming about the exact nature of his knee troubles. There's still no timetable for Lowrie, who tallied just eight plate appearances with the Mets during the first season of a two-year, $20MM deal in 2019. MLB Network's Jon Heyman tweets that with Lowrie unable to participate in Grapefruit League games, fellow veteran Eduardo Nunez has impressed the Mets in camp — perhaps positioning himself to snag a utility role. Nunez is playing on a minor league pact and would need to be added to the 40-man roster. He's hitting .321/.387/.464 with a pair of doubles and a triple through 31 plate appearances so far in Spring Training and has experience at second base, shortstop and third base in addition to some more limited work in left field.
Outfielder Nick Martini was outrighted off the Phillies' 40-man roster last month, but the news that Andrew McCutchen will open the season on the injured list once again has him in contention for an Opening Day roster spot. Standing in his way are former Phillies top prospect Nick Williams and fellow offseason acquisition Kyle Garlick — both of whom are on the 40-man roster. Nevertheless, Meghan Montemurro of The Athletic writes that Martini has impressed manager Joe Girardi, who praised the "professional" manner in which Martini "grinds out" all of his at-bats. Martini does indeed have some of that "professional hitter" feel to him — at least based on his career numbers in Triple-A, where he's slashed .305/.401/.435 with a hearty 13.5 percent walk rate against a 16.9 percent strikeout rate in more than 1400 plate appearances. Both Garlick and Williams have minor league options remaining, but the Phils would need to make a 40-man move to bring Martini north when camp breaks.
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Quick Hits: Camargo, Riley, LoMo, Melville, Russell
By Mark Polishuk | March 2, 2020 at 12:13am CDT
Johan Camargo and Austin Riley are competing for not only the Braves' starting third base job, but also potentially a spot on the 26-man roster altogether. Manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including The Athletic's David O'Brien) that he feels both Camargo and Riley are best served by everyday playing time, rather than splitting third base in a platoon or one player working in a backup role. Sending one of the duo down to Triple-A is "not out of the question," Snitker said. "They've got (minor-league) options, and if long term, for the health of our ballclub that's (what) we see fit, that could happen."
Plans could change in case of an injury, of course, and both players have experience at other positions. Riley played mostly left field in his rookie season and only four games at third base, as Atlanta had Josh Donaldson at the hot corner last year. Camargo, meanwhile, has a lot of experience at shortstop, second base, and both corner outfield positions in addition to third base, though Snitker felt that bouncing Camargo around the diamond last season hurt his productivity at the plate. After hitting .281/.343/.455 in 780 PA over his first two MLB seasons, Camargo struggled to a .233/.279/.384 slash line in 248 plate appearances in 2019.
More from around the baseball world…
After signing a minor league deal with the Brewers this winter, Logan Morrison has no intention of actually playing in the minors if he doesn't crack Milwaukee's roster, the veteran told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Haudricourt and other media. "Triple-A is not an option. That's not going to happen. I have nothing to prove there. If they try to send me down, I can get out," Morrison said, referring to the opt-out clause in his contract as an Article XX(B) free agent. Since Morrison has at least six years of MLB experience and finished last season on a 40-man roster (the Phillies' roster) or 60-day injured list, he can ask to be released by the Brewers if they don't put him on their 26-man roster or the injured list five days prior to Opening Day. Morrison would also be in line for a $100K retention bonus if the Brewers didn't put him on the roster but wanted to keep him in the minors, but clearly that isn't on Morrison's mind. "I'm not worried about it because whatever happens, wherever I go, whatever they decide, I'll be at peace with it," he said.
Tim Melville is recovering from a broken rib and will be sidelined for at least three weeks, Kyle Newman of the Denver Post writes. After pitching 33 1/3 innings for the Rockies last season, Melville signed a new minor league deal with Colorado earlier this month, though he thinks his rib injury might have taken place at the end of last season. The discomfort didn't resurface until Melville began throwing in camp. The injury obviously lessens Melville's shot at winning a roster spot, though the Rockies could place the right-hander on the IL and let him ramp up in the minors.
Royals pitching prospect Ashe Russell underwent Tommy John surgery last year and is still recovering, MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan reports (Twitter links). The exact date of Russell's procedure isn't known, though Flanagan said it took place "awhile" before last June. That would put Russell roughly on pace to return to the mound sometime before the end of the season. Russell has tossed only 38 1/3 professional innings since being selected 21st overall in the 2015 draft, and hasn't pitched at all since the 2016 season. Back in July 2017, we learned that Russell had taken a "mental break" from baseball, in the words of Royals assistant GM J.J. Picollo. Russell's agent described the issue as somewhat more pitching-related in nature, saying Russell was "having trouble with his pitching mechanics" and "needed a change of scenery" from the Royals' training facilities. The 23-year-old righty is currently at the Royals' Spring Training camp.
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Ripple is back at it again with the partnerships. A few months ago, it seemed like there was a new Ripple partnership or donation every week. Then things slowed down. This week, the Ripple I know is back. This week, we've heard about the Ripple Madonna partnership. And it's true.
Ripple Madonna Partnership: Another One!
On Monday, pop icon Madonna announced that she would be partnering with Ripple. The crypto startup also confirmed the news. But why did they partner? Well, Ripple will be raising funds for Raising Malawi, the non-profit organization Madonna founded alongside Michael Berg in 2006.
There are a few things to take away from the Ripple Madonna partnership.
The Ripple fundraiser is acting as a way to support Raising Malawi's work at an orphanage called the Home of Hope orphanage.
On Facebook, a donations page says people have already raised more than $26K. The target is $60K. I don't know about you, but if this keeps up, I can see Ripple and Raising Malawi hitting this goal. Maybe even surpassing it.
Second, this Ripple fundraiser is for such an important cause. Malawi is one of the world's poorest countries, and Ripple understands that.
Third, this is not the first time Ripple has dipped its toes in the waters of humanitarian work.
As I said, Ripple partnerships and Ripple donations are not new. Back in May, Ripple, with Ashton Kutcher, donated $4M to Ellen DeGeneres' Wildlife Fund.
Madonna will turn 60 on August 16th. Instead of gifts (okay, maybe not instead of), Madonna has said that this Ripple fundraiser will be a way of honoring her milestone birthday.
The crypto market is looking a bit better today. At least, in comparison to yesterday.
At press time, Ripple (XRP) is selling for $0.448888, which puts the coin up 4.28% in the past twenty-four hours.
How do you feel about the Ripple Madonna partnership? Personally, I think it's great.


During this season of thanks and giving, Ridgeview recently helped another community provide lifesaving services through the donation of two retired Ridgeview ambulances.
Jay DuRose, a paramedic for both Ridgeview Ambulance and White Earth Ambulance serving the White Earth Nation Ojibwe tribe in northern Minnesota, wondered what would become of Ridgeview's recently retired ambulances following the replacement of nine new ambulances to the fleet. DuRose mentioned to Ridgeview Ambulance leadership that White Earth Ambulance was in need of new vehicles, which set into motion the selection of the two best vehicles for donation.
North Central Emergency Vehicle Sales in Lester Prairie donated the removal of all Ridgeview graphics from the two selected vehicles and inspected them for any mechanical needs. The work on the two vehicles was completed and, on Nov. 20, White Earth ambulance staff took delivery of the donated ambulances.
The donation of the vehicles provided a savings to White Earth that will allow them to upgrade their in-ambulance cardiac monitors. "It was an honor for Ridgeview Ambulance to work with another emergency medical service provider to help meet a community's needs, provide equipment for better patient care and find an opportunity for our vehicles to continue saving lives," said Greg Davidson, manager, Ridgeview Ambulance.
Destined to be used for parts and eventually recycled at a salvage yard, these two ambulances will again be on the road, providing care and comfort to new crews and patients in the White Earth community.
Pictured: Greg Davidson, manager, and Jay DuRose, paramedic, with Ridgeview Ambulance, stand with Fran Carlson, White Earth Ambulance, in front of one of two retired Ridgeview ambulances donated to the White Earth Ambulance Service. White Earth ambulance staff took possession of the vehicles Nov. 20 at North Central Emergency Vehicle Sales in Lester Prairie following repair and the addition of new graphics.


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Received recognition as a local author in Americus Georgia!
PLAINS — A father of seven, after making up stories for his children and reading to them over the years, Mark Phillips decided to write a book.
Phillips said the primary reason he wrote his first novel was because of his children's encouragement.
Phillips, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada said the title of his book is "Rain of Terror" and it can be found in electronic form on Kindle via Amazon and should be on book shelves by Aug. 1.
Phillips said he has lived in Plains since 2008, but recently purchased his home just two months ago. He said he came home one day to discover Secret Service agents in his yard and found former President Jimmy Carter sitting on his couch.
"He came out to welcome me and my family to Plains," Phillips said with amusement.
"The book is about man's response to a world-wide pandemic. There is an alien virus coming to the earth on a meteor. The virus is not airborne; it's waterborne," he said, explaining that the virus is spread by the weather and how his characters are faced with the challenges of survival.
"Derick Manheim — he is head of student research in Paranal, Chile, discovers the doomsday meteor as it streaks through space headed for earth," he said, explaining that in his book, while most are worried about the impact of the meteor on earth, they are unaware of the deadly virus that explodes with the meteor into the earth's atmosphere.
"Matthew Parker from Los Angeles is a brilliant research scientist who discovers a cure for the virus, which is similar to the cure for cancer; however, the pharmaceutical companies don't want the cure released. Then, there is Lt. Col. John Reed, from Seattle, who is a retired Marine; his role comes into play after the virus hits. He uses his skills to rescue survivors. Another character is Melinda Chase; she is director of infectious disease in Atlanta. She struggles to find a cure, knowing her own daughter is infected with the virus," Phillips said.
According to Phillips, he has read to his children through the years, capturing their imaginations with the unexpected twists and turns of his stories.
"My kids encouraged me to write a book. I begin writing it in 2004. When I would finish a chapter, I would read it to my kids. I would get their encouragement and suggestions. We would finish a chapter and they couldn't wait for the next chapter. It may be a few days or a few weeks before I could finish the next chapter. I had one character die and my daughter said, 'Couldn't you write her back into the story? I liked her; I didn't want her to die,'" he said with a laugh.
Overall, Phillips said the book is a good, clean, easy read.
"It's a extremely light read, enjoyable; it's not a dark zombie book. There is no blood dripping zombies walking around. It is a medical/technology thriller," he said.
He quotes one of his characters in his book.
"Man is resourceful and God is merciful," he said, explaining that humans have a lot of knowledge and technology at their fingertips.
"We can use it for good or for evil. When we are faced with a challenge, there are those who use force to gain control. For example, in my book, the bad person uses force to gain control of the water supply. They steal it, hoard it or sell it for profit, and the good person distributes it to help others. When someone is put under pressure, their true character comes out. You will see that in this book," he said.
Phillips is employed with Habitat for Humanity International as a software developer. He was born in Sussex, England, and is an avid world traveler. He has a bachelors of science degree from the Foundation for International Studies in Washington state. He was previously employed with British Columbia Telephone Co. from 1977-1998, and has served as an IT consultant from 1998-2005 (Hartford, Philadelphia, New York City, Bridgewater, N.J. Tampa, Vancouver). He lives in Plains with his wife Louise and they are proud parents of Janelle, 27; Bronson, 24, of Tampa; Graydon, 20, of Texas; Carrie, 18; Leighton, 17; Alyssa 15, and Tamma 13.
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Airbus SE (OTC:EADSY) is pulling the plug on the production of its 'Superjumbo' A380 fleet. This morning, the European aircraft maker announced that Emirates has reduced its order book of the aircraft, Emirates being the company's most consistent airline to order the massive jets. To date, the company has delivered 234 double-decker A380s to airlines, less than a quarter it first predicted.
Emirates, instead, will go with the company's newest generation of aircrafts, the A330-900 and A350-900. While the company lost 39 orders of its A380 fleet, Emirates has placed an order of 70 newer generational jets.
This new decision by the aircraft maker could hit as many as 3,500 jobs at the manufacturer. Airbus claims in its press release that it will begin working with its social partners regarding the potential job loss. However, the company believes its A320 ramp-up will provide a significant number of jobs for those employees.
In addition to the A380 news this morning, the company released its full-year 2018 results. Airbus states that it has a 7,600 aircraft backlog but plans on ramping up its production in 2019 to meet demand.
According to Yahoo Finance, EADSY closed the market yesterday at $29.46 a share, up +$0.38 (+1.31%). The company's shares have been climbing in 2019, and the stock is up +23.9%.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) is preparing to warn pilots of a Max 737 system error. This is significant timing; a Lion Air aircraft lost control off the coast of Indonesia and crashed last week.


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A ROBOT HELPS FANUC AMERICA BREAK GROUND ON NEW FACILITY IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN
by FANUC America | Oct 23, 2018
FANUC America held a ground breaking ceremony 10-23-18 to mark the start of construction of its new North Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI – (Oct. 23, 2018) FANUC America Corporation, the leading supplier of robotics, CNC systems, ROBOMACHINEs and Industrial IoT solutions held a ground breaking ceremony today to mark the start of construction of its new North Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI.
"Robotics and automation are key drivers of manufacturing competitiveness," said Mike Cicco, president & CEO, FANUC America. "We're looking forward to expanding our facilities here in Oakland County to keep pace with the growing demand for automation."
"To highlight the importance of robotics in the manufacturing sector, we've included one of our robots today to help us break ground," added Cicco.
Employees, customers and guests cheered as the robot broke ground along with FANUC executives and several local and state dignitaries, including: Congressman Mike Bishop; Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson; Auburn Hills Mayor Kevin McDaniel and MEDC Rep. Ricardo Gonzales.
FANUC's products are applied in a wide range of industries including automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, food, pharmaceuticals, logistics and warehousing to name a few. Since 1982, the company's line of painting robots, and a variety of automation software products have been designed and built in Michigan. With the addition of the new North Campus building, FANUC America's three facilities in Michigan total 1,155,525 square feet.
Scheduled to open in the fall of 2019, FANUC America's new North Campus will house engineering, product development, manufacturing and warehousing. The $51 million expansion, expected to create 100 jobs.
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FANUC America Corporation is a subsidiary of FANUC CORPORATION in Japan, and provides industry-leading robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation. FANUC's innovative technologies and proven expertise help manufacturers in the Americas maximize productivity, reliability and profitability.
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What is the difference between Salmonella Heidelberg and regular Salmonella?
Some serovars, such as Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Enteritidis, and Salmonella Heidelberg, are capable of infecting a wide range of birds, whereas other Salmonella serovars are specific to certain hosts (Foley et al., 2011, 2013; Kaldhone et al., 2016). For example, S.
How is Salmonella spread?
Salmonella is spread by the fecal-oral route and can be transmitted by • food and water, • by direct animal contact, and • rarely from person-to-person. An estimated 94% of salmonellosis is transmitted by food. Humans usually become infected by eating foods contaminated with feces from an infected animal.
Is Salmonella in the chicken muscle?
In this study, chicken skin contained low numbers of Salmonella but at high prevalence. Moreover, Salmonella levels in muscle and skin were low (<102 CFU/g). The latter scenario is less likely as high Salmonella levels in skeletal muscle of infected chickens occurred at a low prevalence.
What is the selective media for Salmonella typhi?
The most commonly used media selective for Salmonella are SS agar, bismuth sulfite agar, Hektoen enteric (HE) medium, brilliant green agar and xylose-lisine-deoxycholate (XLD) agar. All these media contain both selective and differential ingredients and they are commercially available.
What is Heidelberg salmonella?
Salmonella Heidelberg (S. Heidelberg) is a bacterium. that can cause severe illness in calves and humans.1. Calves infected with S. Heidelberg may develop diarrhea.
Is Salmonella Heidelberg antibiotic resistant?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has determined that measures under taken by the firm to minimize Salmonella contamination of raw chicken have been successful. The outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg were resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics.
What drug kills salmonella?
Which antibiotics treat salmonella? The first-line treatment for salmonella infections are fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, and azithromycin. Third-generation cephalosporins are also effective, and often they are the first antibiotic given if a salmonella infection is suspected but not confirmed.
How long does it take to get sick from salmonella?
Most people with Salmonella infection have diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. Symptoms usually begin six hours to six days after infection and last four to seven days. However, some people do not develop symptoms for several weeks after infection and others experience symptoms for several weeks.
Does Salmonella grow on MacConkey Agar?
Principle of MacConkey Agar Sodium chloride maintains the osmotic balance in the medium. Lactose fermenting strains grow as red or pink. Non-lactose fermenting bacteria such as Salmonella, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella cannot utilize lactose, and will use peptone instead.
How is Salmonella typhi cultured?
The culture of S. Typhi can be done from many body fluids such as blood, bone marrow, urine, rose spot extracts, duodenal aspirates and stool, while the blood culture remains the mainstay of definitive diagnosis [1, 3].
What causes Salmonella Heidelberg?
Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicated that contact with dairy calves and other cattle was the likely source of this outbreak. A total of 56 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 15 states.
What is the fastest way to recover from salmonella?
Most people recover from Salmonella infection within four to seven days without antibiotics. People who are sick with a Salmonella infection should drink extra fluids as long as diarrhea lasts. Antibiotic treatment is recommended for: People with severe illness.


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U.S. And EU Accuse Russia Of Satellite Network Cyberattack In Ukraine
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The U.S. and EU said on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the cyberattack on a satellite network in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
During the attack, which took place on February 24, the attackers unleashed the wiper malware that destroyed thousands of satellite modems used by customers of the communications company Viasat.
"Today, in support of the European Union and other partners, the United States is sharing publicly its assessment that Russia launched cyberattacks in late February against commercial satellite communications networks to disrupt Ukrainian command and control during the invasion, and those actions had spillover impacts into other European countries. The activity disabled very small aperture terminals in Ukraine and across Europe. This includes tens of thousands of terminals outside of Ukraine that, among other things, support wind turbines and provide Internet services to private countries," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote in a statement.
A month after the cyberattack, security firm SentinelOne claimed that research had shown that the wiper malware used in the attack bore several technical similarities to VPNFilter.
VPNFilter was discovered on more than 500,000 home and small office modems in 2018. Several U.S. agencies attributed VPNFilter to Russian state threat actors.
The sources for this piece include an article in Arstechnica.
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The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (Ohio State ATI) is launching a livestock judging team and has taken a crucial first step: hiring a team coach. Jeromesville native Seth Ebert is joining the ATI faculty as coach and lecturer in animal sciences. Ohio State ATI has an established dairy cattle judging team that has placed highly in state and national competitions, including World Dairy Expo, and hopes to achieve similar success in livestock judging.
Livestock judging involves evaluating market or breeding beef cattle, sheep, goats and swine against a set of commonly accepted criteria for an ideal animal (placing) and then defending those evaluations to a panel of judges (oral reasons). As did Ebert, many young people begin judging as part of 4-H and FFA activities and seek to continue judging at the college level.
Ebert was successful enough in 4-H and FFA to garner a scholarship from Casper College in Wyoming. After earning an associate degree in animal science from Casper, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University, where he also participated in livestock judging, succeeding in placings and reasons on the national level. Ebert now frequently serves as swine judge on the state and national level.
In addition to coaching, one of Ebert's responsibilities will be to develop a new course in livestock marketing and sales. "The skills developed by evaluating livestock – whether as part of course or a judging competition – are used almost daily in every aspect of animal agriculture," Ebert explains. "I not only want to make a competitive livestock judging program here at ATI but want to develop well-rounded stockmen and stockwomen that can go out and succeed in the livestock industry."
Ohio State ATI expects to first livestock judging team ready for competition in the fall of 2023, fielding both a first-year and sophomore team.
Ohio State ATI is located on the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Wooster campus (CFAES Wooster). In keeping with The Ohio State University's land grant mission, ATI provides affordable, accessible associate degree programs that lead directly to employment or bachelor's degrees.


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Smoking cessation programs in Canada span from scare tactics on packages to superficial "You Can Do It" campaigns. And yet many adult smokers continue their habit, resistant to these messages. It takes on average 30 attempts to quit and research showed us that habitual smokers that tried to quit before and were embarrassed by their failure. So, we set out to change this by embracing failure. We welcomed the reality that attempts to quit smoking are likely to fail, but that's okay – it's how you quit.
In 2017, truth® had to spark outrage to keep driving down youth smoking. It's a continual challenge because young adults either don't care about smoking or are more invested in other issues facing their generation. By reframing smoking as a social justice issue rather than a public health issue, we were able to appeal to this diverse generation's built-in values of diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our campaign got young adults leaning in and drove down both their smoking intent and incidence.
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Is New Jersey losing its enthusiasm to merge towns?
Governor Christie may be calling for more municipal consolidation, but most New Jersey residents are not convinced that merging two towns to combine services will solve the state's high property tax problem.
A recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll shows only 45 percent of Jersey residents support consolidating their municipal government with a neighboring one – that's a 9-point drop in support since the last time this poll was conducted in 2010. Opposition to consolidation has risen 8 points, currently at 46 percent.
David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll and professor of political science at Rutgers, says the waning support is likely due to a loss of urgency.
"I think it has been less visible to the public," Redlawsk told NewsWorks, explaining that the governor had been strongly advocating consolidation around the time the last polling was conducted in 2010. "When things fade a bit from the public eye, people don't feel the pressure in some sense."
Redlawsk also says average property tax bills across the state have not rapidly increased in the last few years, which has turned down the heat on consolidation concerns.
But opinion polls don't answer the important public policy question at hand: Does merging towns lead to lower property tax rates? Preliminary findings from a study still underway by the Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy suggests that merging towns may find some savings but it's not enough to significantly drive down taxes, which has been the Governor's main selling point.
Using numbers from the State Division of Local Government Services and census data, the researchers found that, excluding resort towns, it costs about the same per capita to run any municipality in New Jersey, regardless of size.
The Princeton experiment
All eyes have been on Princeton, N.J. ever since residents from the Princeton Borough and Township combined their fairly large municipal governments last year. The Bloustein report says the merger cut only 5 percent of the town's combined municipal costs in 2013, a negligible amount when accounting for fluctuations in school taxes which make up more than 75 percent of the total property tax bill for Princeton. However, the Princeton administration claims the marginal drop translates to about $126 in annual savings per homeowner. A three bedroom townhome can easily pay upwards of $9000 per year in property taxes.
Gina Genovese says those numbers are worth celebrating. Genovese is the executive director of the pro-consolidation group Courage to Connect New Jersey, and she thinks the Bloustein report enforces a bleak status quo.
"Two towns of that size have never gotten together in the entire country, and here we are being negative about something that should be a highlight!" said Genovese. "[The Princeton merger] is the first step – it's not the model. When the smoke clears in three to five years, then we'll see exactly where we're going to be."
Muni-merging efforts under Corzine
It's tough to make general projections about town consolidation because there isn't a lot of prior data to point to and each town has a unique host of factors to consider. But there was a time when a state committee existed for the sole purpose of examining individual mergers and providing legislative advice.
The state's Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization and Consolidation Commission (LUARCC) was created in 2007 under Governor Jon Corzine's administration. Its purpose was to find cost-cutting ways to provide local services; this involved weighing the costs and benefits of sharing services with nearby towns and advising the legislature. But the commission has been inactive since Christie took office in 2010, failing to appoint three vacancies to the commission and pulling the plug on funding.
"[Christie] never even put his own people on the commission. The commission could have provided a forum for the governor's message to get out!" commission member Bob Casey told NewsWorks.
Before falling dormant, LUARCC was conducting a major study with Rutgers to study consolidations across the nation to identify where the biggest savings could be found.
Casey concluded early on that merging small towns with larger neighbors isn't the most productive solution. He says rather than go one giant step, two or more jurisdictions should first identify which mutual services can be shared (like police and fire departments). Once they've merged their immediately beneficial services, the towns can start seeing what other needs can be merged. Hundreds of neighboring municipalities across the state are currently involved in shared-service agreements.
LUARCC also identified obstacles to shared services – differences in health officer tenures, difficulties merging civil service and non-civil service departments – and made formal recommendations to state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, a major proponent of consolidation. However, Casey says he's disappointed to see many of his recommendations fall off Sweeney's shared services bill as it has evolved.
"Right now I don't see much direction from Trenton at all except for the standard endorsements, but nothing in terms of an action agenda."
Eliminate duplication
With 565 municipalities in the state, Christie and Sweeney have eagerly pushed the idea of saving taxpayers' money by combining services. Moreover, Sweeney has been advocating a measure to penalize towns that refuse state-recommended consolidation by cutting their state aid.
That crosses the line for many residents, including Bill Dressel, Executive Director of the New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM). The group is a voluntary association engaged in advising and lobbying; its membership spans all 565 municipalities.
"In a democracy, that's not an appropriate action to take against people," said Dressel of Sweeney's proposition. "Quite frankly, for a state agency to come forth with a model on consolidation or inter-local services that might make sense to some bureaucrat in Trenton does not necessarily mean it's going to work on Main Street on any community in the state, so we've got a problem with that."
Sweeney's proposal is meant to prevent colloquial interests from getting in the way of merging – many people identify with their municipalities and view local governments as a source of pride, which should not be mistaken for efficiency. But the fact is consolidation decisions are based on local referendums.
"We always believe that if presented with the right information and if it was positive, elected officials and voters would recognize it's in their own best interest and move in that direction," said Casey.


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Q: Java SQL [ limit | rownum ... ] uniformization API I'm faced with the task of adding "DB pagination" while executing the query and not while serving the user with results.
The problem is that each DB engine has it's own approach to SQL for subtracting a set of results from the entire set. To be more precise, if one wants results N to N+d using:
mysql ---> select X from Y where Z limit N, d

oracle --> select * ( select X, ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY Y.colName ) from Y where Z ) WHERE R BETWEEN N and N+d

For now we provide support for Oracle & MySQL, but one can never know the clients requests, so I am trying to have a general implementation available, therefore I am looking for a library that provides some functionality like this:
qWithSubset = performLimitationOverQuery( qNoSubset, offset, amount, sortOnSet )

Any suggestion is welcome. Thank you.

A: Any JPA implementation, such as Hibernate for example, provides a level of abstraction between your code and database.
To be fair, it does much more than dealing with pagination. You could, however, look at and / or borrow its implementation of database "dialects" to deal with pagination without changing the way you're dealing with database in general if you were so inclined.

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Q: JSON-PHP - выводит только один элемент. Мой код:
$itog=json_decode($result3, true);
foreach ($itog as $out) {
echo "

        ".$i."
        ".$out[$i]['document_id']."

";
        $i=$i+1; }

Данный код переберает данные и должен выводить в таблицу данные из массива. В массиве 20 элементов $itog[0],$itog1 и т.д., но по факту выводит только один элемент и $i второго. Дальше перебор данных не идет. Как сделать полный перебор массива в моем случае? Спасибо.

A: Самый простой способ сделать - добавить $itog['documents'], так как все нужные Вам элементы находятся внутри documents.
$itog=json_decode($result3, true);
foreach ($itog['documents'] as $out) {
    echo "

                ".$i."
                ".$out['document_id']."

";
    $i++;
}

A: Если Вы хотите по строке на документ, то и итерировать нужно документы:
$itog=json_decode($result3, true);
foreach ($itog['documents'] as $i => $out) {
echo "

  ".$i."
  ".$out['document_id']."

";
}


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Non-Fiction Pictures
You are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why it Matters (2017) by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos & Where Thoughts Come From
"You are the creator of reality, and yet you have no idea how you do it—the process is effortless… In ancient India, the Vedic sages declared Aham Brahmasmi, which can be translated as 'I am the Universe' or 'I am everything.' They arrived at this knowledge by diving deep into their own awareness."
by CG FEWSTON
You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters by Deepak Chopra
You are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why it Matters (2017) by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos is a non-fiction book attempting to reconcile the spiritual and the metaphysical with the scientific.
To sum up, everything comes from nothing, or a place that can be known but not yet perceived. Complicated? Not really. What is complex is the attempt to explain through acute scientific measures how things exist (to atoms, to human thoughts, to the Universe) and how humanity is connected and interlinked to the Universe, which is Time and Space all around us all the time.
Deepak Chopra, Indian-American Author (born 1947)
Whether we know it or not, we are, in effect, active actors in a play we are creating and co-creating and the Universe responds to our thoughts, emotions, and physical actions—not too dissimilar to karma, if you will.
The Universe, however, needs humanity to help create the all-surrounding universe. Our thoughts, therefore, have power over Reality. We are what we think and feel; the world, also, is what we think and feel. In fact, the authors explain "the universe is made of what we want it to show us" (p 111) and the brain acts as a kind of "transmitter" to help deliver messages between us and the Universe (p 159).
In the Preface (called "You and the Universe are One"), the authors provide a general explanation of the basics:
"You are the creator of reality, and yet you have no idea how you do it—the process is effortless… In ancient India, the Vedic sages declared Aham Brahmasmi, which can be translated as 'I am the Universe' or 'I am everything.' They arrived at this knowledge by diving deep into their own awareness, where astonishing discoveries were made…
"We have an agenda, which is to show that this is a participatory universe that depends for its very existence on human beings…
"A conscious universe responds to how we think and feel. It gains its shape, color, sound, and texture from us. Therefore, we feel the best name for it is the human universe, and it is the real universe, the only one we have" (pgs 3-4).
To begin to explain how the "conscious" and "human" universe and the invisible processes work, the authors use Albert Einstein (who is mentioned and cited often in the book—as is Sherlock Holmes) and Einstein's special theory of relativity (STR) equation to help illustrate how our thoughts (i.e., energy and the unseen) and the physical universe (i.e., mass and the seen) are connected and, at times, interchangeable.
The formula, just one piece in a rather large puzzle, does help the authors start the discussion of a difficult and sensitive subject, often bordering the spiritual with the scientific. The full equation, "a mind-bending theory in the popular imagination," consists of the increased relativistic mass (m) of a body times the speed of light squared (c²) equals the kinetic energy (E) of that body, hence E = mc² (it should actually be written as: mc² = E).
Keep this exact formula in mind as the authors explain in the Overview of their book (called "The Dawn of a Human Universe") their (rather simplified) reasoning for using Einstein's STR equation:
"A huge amount of knowledge is contained in E = mc², which applies to phenomena as diverse as black holes and splitting atoms. Yet, in a sense, the most startling aspect of E = mc² is the equal sign.
"'Equal' means 'the same as,' and in this case, energy is the same as matter, or mass is equivalent to energy. As far as the five senses are concerned, a sand dune, a eucalyptus tree, and a loaf of bread (matter) are totally unlike a bolt of lightning, a rainbow, and the magnetism that moves a compass needle (energy). But Einstein's formulation has been proved correct many times over" (p 14).
The authors wish to convince you that since matter and energy can be equal and often interchangeable (e.g., water turns to vapor and back into water, etc.), then why can't thoughts emerge from a quantum realm that lies just below the surface of our perceptions much the way in quantum physics "the act of observation can be enough to bring particles into existence in time and space" (p 110).
Heisenberg, long ago, described the phenomenon ("the act of looking to affect physical matter" and how "the observer cannot be separated from the observed") in this way: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning" (p 111).
Menas C. Kafatos, Greek-American Physicist (born 1945)
As a result, the nature of subjectivity and objectivity must then be questioned in relationship to the "Heisenberg cut," which is a "dividing line that separates quantum events from our perception" (p 133).
Later, the authors take the opportunity to discuss the Quantum World and Quantum Reality and how the Heisenberg cut can be applicable in explaining the "conscious and human universe" in scientific and mathematical terms: "The Heisenberg cut is useful, not so much to divide the real world but to divide the kind of mathematics that works on one side of the line or the other.
"It's like a border where only French is spoken on one side and only English on the other. But this begs the question of whether quantum reality really is isolated and separate from everyday reality. Perhaps quanta are making things happen all around us that we don't notice. Or maybe the whole picture has been turned upside down—quantum behavior could be the norm in the everyday world, and we only happened to discover it first in the microscopic world of waves and particles…
"What lies beyond the horizon is both everything and nothing. It is everything because the virtual quantum domain contains the potential for every event that has occurred or ever will. It is nothing because matter, energy, time, space, and we ourselves originate somewhere that's inconceivable. It becomes quite mysterious to reconcile the duality of everything/nothing in order to describe how creation operates" (p 133).
Regardless if the authors, Deepak and Menas, can prove their hypothesis (i.e., that we really do live and participate in a conscious and human universe) mathematically and under extreme scientific scrutiny, the authors do make it easy to understand the evidence and their reasoning.
The American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler (1911-2008), however, put it the most poetically:
Human beings are the "carriers of the central jewel, the flashing purpose that lights up the whole dark universe" (p 151).
So go ahead, think of something. Who knows? It might just come true.
After all, you are the creator of your own created universe.
That is, if you wish to be.
The American novelist CG FEWSTON has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome (Italy), a Visiting Fellow at Hong Kong's CityU, & he's a member of the Hemingway Society, Club Med, and the Royal Society of Literature. He's also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) based in London.
He's the author of several short stories and novels. His works include A Father's Son (2005), The New America: A Collection (2007), The Mystic's Smile ~ A Play in 3 Acts (2007), Vanity of Vanities (2011), A Time to Love in Tehran (2015), Little Hometown, America: A Look Back (2020); and forthcoming: Conquergood & the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being; A Time to Forget in East Berlin; and, The Endless Endeavor of Excellence.
He has a B.A. in English, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership (honors), an M.A. in Literature (honors), and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Fiction. He was born in Texas in 1979.
You can follow the author on Facebook @ cg.fewston – where he has 400,000+ followers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9TqzBag2-o
TagsCG Fewston • Deepak Chopra • Menas Kafatos • You are the Universe
CG FEWSTON is an American novelist, a former visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. He's also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) based in London. He has a B.A. in English, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership (honors), an M.A. in Literature (honors) from Stony Brook University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University.
cgfewston.me/
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Q: regsvr32 on COM dll x64 debug fails and can't get details on this I have a COM dll output from my VS project that works ok for 32 bit release&debug, works ok for 64 bit release, but fails to register for 64 bit debug.
It fails with the following error:

The module "(...).dll" failed to load.
Make sure the binary is stored
  at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the
  binary or dependent .DLL files.
The specified module could not be
  found.

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*Already installed SP1 for VS2008 (fixed some lacking dependencies)

*%windir%/system32/regsvr32 or %windir%/sysWOW64/regsvr32 fails

*event viewer doesn't show up anything related (namely application error)

*SxsTrace doesn't catch anything:

*

*sxstrace trace -logfile:sxstrace.etl

*do the regsvr32

*sxstrace parse -logfile:sxstrace.etl -outfile:sxstrace.txt

*check sxstrace.txt

*dependency walker doesn't show any missing dependency (the missing ones are exactly the same to the release dll) AND there is no difference between the 64bit-release and the 64bit-debug dependencies (unless some debug dependencies instead of the release ones)

How do I retrieve more information on the error?
Already lost some days on this, going to weeks...!

A: *

*As Hans Passant pointed out, we can use Process Monitor and filter regsvr32 activity

*We can also run dependency walker profile by opening regsvr32.exe and profiling for our dll (http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/252604-Cant-Register-a-dll-in-Vista-Home-Premium-registers-fine-in-XP/f2ea273334e74839962f9dea0152f420)


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Q: SQL Random String from List I want to choose from a list of strings and assign that as the value of one of the columns for my SELECT.
Something like the following:
SELECT id, name, GET_RANDOM_TYPE('Basic', 'Silver', 'Gold', 'Premium') AS type
FROM tbl

I'm just doing some tests hence why I need this.

A: Not terribly familiar with oracle, but perhaps you can simply use round(dbms_random.value(1,4)) in conjunction with a CASE expression:
SELECT id,
       CASE round(dbms_random.value(1,4))
            WHEN 1 THEN 'Basic'
            WHEN 2 THEN 'Silver'
            WHEN 3 THEN 'Gold'
            WHEN 4 THEN 'Premium'
       END AS type
FROM table

A: Create a table with your list of values that has a number as a primary key.
Then
Select  your_text
from your_random_table
where ID = TRUNC(DBMS_RANDOM.value(1,10));

The statement above will give you any one 10 pseudo random numbers and assumes you have 10 random values in your table.  It's not really random but works for testing. See here.


I think it is since the beginning of July 2018 that China Post packages can't be tracked anymore with Deliveries. As I discovered with a short investigation I think China Post did change their website.
Since I recieve a lot of packages delievered with China Post and Deliveries is my favorite tracking app I'm wondering whether this issue can be fixed.
China post has definitely stopped working. A speedpak option would be nice too.
I think it's because the url is wrong. It goes to http://intmail.11185.cnw/ but it should be http://intmail.11185.cn/ which works well but in Chinese.


Is your child interested in sewing but can't fit in regular classes? Or do they want to join their friends in regular classes but need a beginner classes first?
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In the beginner workshop they will learn the tools and supplies needed to sew. Also how to thread and use the machine. By the end of the workshop they will make a pillow.
Please head to our website to purchase a seat. Space is very limited.
Please know this is not a free event and registration is required.


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Kouekong Stadium  – wielofunkcyjny stadion w Limbé, w Kamerunie. Jest używany głównie do meczów piłki nożnej, ale posiada także bieżnię lekkoatletyczną. Stadion może pomieścić 20 000 osób. Oficjale otwarcie odbyło się 26 stycznia 2016 roku . Jest to jeden z nielicznych stadionów na świecie zbudowany na wzgórzu i oferuje wspaniały widok na morze. Obiekt będzie jedną z aren Pucharu Narodów Afryki w 2021 roku.

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