Donnie Football

I will be down in that area this weekend.

In fact, I plan to attend the game in Clearwater against the Phillies on Sunday, so that should be a fun little time.

But there's reason for optimism there.

around the buck goes right now nearly 70 home runs added to the lineup Connor Griffin is the top prospect in baseball and could be on the roster by opening day a bench that includes a good hitter and base stealer in the form of Jake Mangum

The password is on the bench, Jostinson Garcia, a top 100 prospect in baseball that came back in exchange for Johan Oviedo.

Paul Skeens is the reigning Cy Young winner in the National League, doing so in unanimous fashion.

And he will lead an exciting rotation, but it's still a group that needs to make a move.

It's hard to not like some of the arms.

Skeens, his work speaks for itself.

He's the best in the business.

Rookie of the year, unanimously.

He was a finalist for the Cy Young as a rookie.

He then won it with all of the votes in 2025.

I don't think there's really any debate beyond he and Tarek Skubal who the two best in the game are.

Mitch Keller is still waiting on that complete season of good baseball, but still not a bad guy to have as your two or three in the rotation.

Bubba Chandler getting ready for his first full season, and after some rocky outings early, he settled in.

He showed us a little bit of what he could be made of.

Is he quite Paul Skeens?

I'm not going to go there, but maybe we find some happy medium of rookie Jared Jones and rookie Paul Skeens, and I think that's actually fair to expect out of somebody like Bubba Chandler.

According to the Fangraph's projection,