Welcome back to the On Deck Podcast. On Episode 31, Shelly Verougstraete and Bob Osgood welcomed Eric Cross back to the show. Eric was the 2021 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year, whose work can be read at Fantrax HQ, and can be followed @EricCross04 on Twitter.
We opened the show with some news and notes, including recent injuries to Triston Casas, Marcelo Mayer, Connor Seabold, and Jeremy Wu Yelland. On the positive side, Bryan Mata is back touching 100 mph in extended spring training games, and recent promotions for pitchers Brayan Bello and Frank German to Triple-A could be of relevance later in 2022 at the big league level.