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The team that makes the most sense for Foles is the New York Jets. They’re going to start No. 2 pick Zach Wilson from Day 1 unless training camp and preseason are complete disasters for him. The only other quarterbacks on the roster are James Morgan, a fourth-round pick a year ago, and Mike White, who entered the league in 2019 as an undrafted free agent. The Jets could use a veteran with experience to show Wilson the ropes, help teach him how to study film and be a mentor of sorts. Foles seems like an ideal candidate to be that guy, and having him and Andy Dalton on the Bears roster with Justin Fields is redundant. The Bears would create a salary-cap savings if they can trade Foles after June 1. Maybe the Jets will slow-play things and see if the Bears release Foles, which seems unlikely because even after June 1, that would cost more against their cap than keeping him. The Bears wouldn’t get much for Foles. They acquired him from the Jacksonville Jaguars for a fourth-round pick, and he struggled when he played last season. But a late-round pick would really be a bonus on top of the cap savings they would create. We’ll have to see if something shakes out. I don’t think many (any?) other teams would be in the market for Foles.
“Maybe in previous years I’d kind of look into it and maybe get caught up into it, be thinking about all that outside noise leading up to it,” Giolito said. “For this one, it was great. We took pictures and stuff, Ethan and Jack (Monday). I feel like now I’m able to enjoy these kinds of moments and these kinds of experiences rather than stressing about them.
“I’m a grown man,” said Wade, who is Black, after the game. “I have a family and I have a responsibility. I have a team and I have a responsibility. So when someone tells one of your players, ‘Explain to your boy,’ yeah, I take that personal.
Aari McDonald scored eight points and assisted on a basket by Monique Billings in a 10-0 run that made it 18-8 with two minutes left in the first quarter, and the Dream led the rest of the way. McDonald, the No. 3 selection in the WNBA draft in April, finished with nine points and five assists — both season highs.
The homers were Pederson’s third and fourth of the season, and he also doubled in the ninth. Entering the series, Pederson was hitting .350 with two doubles, a triple, a homer, eight RBIs and a .397 on-base percentage since May 4, when he came off the 10-day injured list after recovering from left wrist tendinitis.
White Sox pitching coach Ethan Katz, left, and starting pitcher Lucas Giolito Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty during the first inning May 25, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. Giolito and Flaherty attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles; Giolito was a senior in 2012 when Flaherty was a sophomore. Their pitching coach was Ethan Katz, who is in his first season in the same role with the Sox. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“Obviously the talent’s there, but their work ethic, they’re very close; they all want to one-up each other,” Katz said. “They might not talk about it, but we do have a competitive bullpen. One’s going to want to do better than the other. They’re very competitive. They want to be the best pitchers in baseball, each one of them. They work extremely hard to prepare to be that.”
“(When Contreras plays) you have a guy back there who has navigated through the (Pirates) lineup, seen what they’ve hit, seen the mistakes, where you want to go,” Ross said before the game. “There’s just so much feel involved, as well as the scouting report, that you miss when your starting guy is out. Not to mention on the offensive side for Willson.
The teams finished with identical records this season, prompting a “coin flip” that didn’t go the Cavs’ way. The drawings were conducted by NBA executive vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe at the league office in Secaucus, New Jersey, and overseen by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
Because of waning demand, other mass vaccination centers in Chicago also will be packing up in the next few months, Arwady said. Chicagoans, however, will still have access to widely available vaccines, just in a different format, as officials adjust their efforts toward convincing more hesitant residents to get the shot, Arwady said.