Welcome to Death Watch Season

We are now 70 games in to the 2024 campaign. If you're a veteran player hitting below .200, time is running short to turn it around.

Jose Abreu stares into the abyss. He was formally cut by the Astros this morning. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Hi, friends!

Welcome to the Free Friday newsletter. We had a lot of new (free and paid) subscribers join this week so let’s get some housekeeping out of the way:

• There’s a paid subscriber chat in the Substack app every Friday beginning at 7 …