the bed is so wet that the floor is sinking in

Morning N&N for June 11

Fresh off of getting put on notice in the media, Guardian hitters squared off against Andrew Abbott last night. A month ago, they couldn’t score off AA despite notching 4 hits, 3 walks and 1 HBP in 5 innings. They responded by not being able to score in 9 innings.

The front office will respond by... changing absolutely nothing. And we’ll continue to watch hittable pitch after hittable pitch... not get hit.

Around baseball

• SF placed Matt Chapman on the IL with hand inflammation.

• The Orioles activated future Guardian Cedric Mullins from the IL...

• ...and optioned Heston Kjerstad to AAA. Kjerstad, a former top prospect who countless fanbases have lusted over, has been unable to hit the baseball even in an organization known for recently developing hitters. Baseball is very hard.

• ...and DFA’d Emmanuel Rivera. Watch out for the Reds here, whose manager spoke glowingly of him a handful of springs ago.

Now strap in and get ready to watch Nick Lodolo pitch a Koufax while the 1000th hitter to leave Cleveland can suddenly hit

The technical term is apparently nocturnal enuresis.