The Padres are loaded at nearly every position, and their lineup is only getting deeper.San Diego on Sunday acquired All-Star second baseman/outfielderAdam Frazier in a trade with the Pirates, sending prospects Tucupita Marcano, Brodric Thomas Jersey MichellMilianoand Jack Suwinski to Pittsburgh in exchange, ESPN's Jeff Pa san and Kiley McDaniel reported.The San Diego Padres are acquiring second baseman/outfielder Adam Frazier from the Pittsburgh Pirates, sources tell ESPN.Frazier, 29, leads baseball in hits this year and is not a free agent until after the 2022 season. One of the best bats on the trade market. Jeff Pa san (@JeffPa san) Source: RHP Michell Miliano is the third player going to Pittsburgh from Sam Diego with SS Tucupita Marcano and OF Jake Suwinski in exchange for UT Adam Frazier. Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) The reported deal is the latest ahead of Friday's MLB trade deadline as buyers begin to make moves ahead of a postseason runwhile sellers hope to capitalize on present value in exchange for building toward succe s down the road.Sporting News graded the trade for both teams. This is by no means a move the Padres had to make, but no doubt it makes them a better team.San Diego already has Jake Cronenworth, who, , has produced 3.3 WAR, fourth-highest among second basemen in baseball. Frazier is sixth at 2.9.Frazier is putting together the best season of his career; he leads MLB with 125 hits andis slashing .327/.392/.453. He was voted an NL starter in the All-Star Game over Cronenworth. He has a track record of being a high-contact hitter, and this year he has reduced his strikeout rate to a career-low 10.6. Healso has hit four home runs and swiped five bases.The Padres will find a way to put him on the field. During his time in Pittsburgh, Frazier displayed versatilitywith more than 1,000 innings in the outfield to go with more than 3,000 innings at second base, his primary position. He made cameos at third base and shortstop, too, but he hasn't appeared at either position since 2017. It is more likely that if Fernando Tatis Jr. needs rest at short, Cronenworth or Ha-Seong Kim would play there while Frazier mans second.San Diego can also shift Cronenworth to first base in place of Eric Hosmer to make room for Frazier.Maybe the biggest question is where Frazier fits inthe batting order. He led off for Pittsburgh almost exclusively this year, but the Ralph Sampson Jersey Padres have primarily used left-handed hitter Trent Grisham and right-handed batter Tommy Pham to lead off. Frazier, a left-handed hitter, could replace Grisham atop the order; he represents an on-base upgrade .392 to .357 and would allow the Padres to shift Grisham's powerful bat closer to the middle of the order. Tatis has been the team's primary No. 2 hitter, NBA Houston Rockets Jeresy though Grisham, third baseman Manny Machado and utility bat Jurickson Profar have also logged ABs in the secondspot.This isn't just a move for 2021, either. Frazier has one year arbitration eligibility remaining and won't become a free agent until after the 2022 season. The Padres figure to be one of the best teams in baseball again next year and will enjoy having the 29-year-old'sservices for it.The Padres are 5 1/2 games behind the Giants in the NL West but hold a 5 1/2-game edge over the Reds for the second NL wild card. San Diego might not have needed a leadoff hitter or a second baseman, but too many bats is never a bad thing when chasing a World Series. And superutility players have had a knack for becoming postseason heroes (see Ben Zobrist). This deal seems like a win-win for both teams.The Pirates' haul doesn't include a MacKenzie Gore-type prospect, but Frazier was never going to net that much. Pittsburgh acquired a standout utility prospect in the mold of Frazier in Marcano, who's the headliner in this deal on the Pirates' side, and a pair of higher-risk/higher-reward players in Suwinski, an outfielder, and Miliano, a right-handed reliever.Marcano is just 21 but has already has reached the majors, debuting at the beginning of this season. He has bounced around between San Diego and Triple-A El Paso this year, which is where he was before Houston Rockets T-Shirts being acquired by the Pirates. He struggled in his first taste of big-league action with a .182/.280/.205 slash line, though his 12 percent walk rate and 18 percent strikeout rate were impre sive numbers for a 21-year-old.Pittsburgh fans shouldn't be worried about the batting woes. He was promoted to the big leagues after no 2020 minor league season. Prior to that, the highest level he had reached was Single-A. The Triple-A numbers should be exciting; he's slashing .272/.367/.444 with six homers and four steals in 44 games, to go with an impre sive 1.08 BB/K rate. lists his hit and speed tools as above-average and says that if the bat skills continue to develop, he could be "a serious on-base threat as a bat-first middle infielder." The site noted that defensive struggles could move him to second base. Marcano has started atsecond, short, left field and right field betweenSan Diego and El Paso. The site listedhim as San Diego's No. 5 prospect.The other two players in the deal are fliers wbo could really pan out. Suwinski, who will turn 23 on July 29, has launched 15 home runs in 66 games to go with seven stolen bases and a .269/.398/.551 slash line in a breakout campaign at Double-A San Antonio. There is a risk that a high strikeout rate could lead to a low batting average, even if he balances it with double-digit walk rates. But he still has time to improve his approach.As with Suwinski, the 21-year-old Miliano brings excitement and some red flags. He has been a strikeout machine out of the 'pen, fanning batters at a 17.7 K/9 clip this season between low Single-A and high Single-A, part of a trend that began in rookie ball. He hasposted a 3.60 ERA and held hitters to a sub-.200 batting average. Walks have been the problem: He's averaging7.5 BB/9 this season, which has ballooned his WHIP to 1.400. He clearly has the raw Houston Rockets Hats stuff to be a swing-and-mi s hurler. The question is whether he can harne s it.The Pirates had little use for Frazier, who didn't match up with their competitive timeline. They capitalized on his best season to date by turning him into a meaningful prospect who's about ready to take his place in the lineupand also happens to be eight years younger, plus two players who could help them compete down the road.

on Friday after a disappointing 22-29 start to the season. In three games since then, has led them to a 3-0 record. That included a dramatic 9-7 win over the Angels on Sunday.Philadelphia was able Brett Connolly Men Jersey to earn the win thanks to some late-inning heroics from Bryson Harper and rookie Bryson Stott. First, Harper crushed a game-tying grand slam over the right field wall in the eighth inning.FAGAN: . GAME-TYING SLAM!!!(MLB x ) MLB (@MLB) Then, after the Angels scored to take a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth, Stott answered in a big way in the bottom of the frame. He clubbed a walk-off, three-run homer to clinch a series sweep for the Phillies.BRYSON. STOTT. WOW. Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) MORE: Harper came away impre sed with Stott's at-bat and praised him for it after the game. He also appeared to take Nic Dowd Jersey a dig at his former manager while doing so."I'm so happy for Stott , man," Harper said, . "What an at-bat. What a situation for him. Being able to put our trust in our young guys the last couple days, and really let them just play...it's been great. And it paid off today."Harper noting that the uptick in playing time for the Phillies' younger players has come over "the last couple days" is significant, as Mike Gartner Kids Jersey that aligns with Girardi's departure. As such, Harper's comment reads as criticism of his Jaromir Jagr Jersey former manager in addition to praise of the team's three-game winning streak since his departure.MLB POWER RANKINGS: Either way, Harper explained exactly why he believes the team benefits from playing its younger players. It boils down to one thing: they are used to playing every day during their high school, college and minor-league careers, so keeping them in that routine is beneficial."Our young guys have got to play. When you want your young guys to have succe s, they have to play every day," Harper said, . "And when they have those opportunities, I think theyre going to take full advantage of that."If thats Bryson, if thats Nick Maton, if thats Alec Bohm or anybody else, we need our young guys to come in each day being ready to play and knowing that we have the faith in them to go out there and do their Jonas Siegenthaler Jersey job and have fun doing it."

Hey, have you been listening to the new Taylor Swift album today? I haven't, but seemingly everybody I follow on Twitter has been, because it's all anybody is talking about. It's led me to conclude that Taylor Swift is the millennial sportswriter's answer to what Bruce Springsteen is to the boomer sportswriter. So the same young bucks who used to make fun of the old farts with their Springsteen infatuation have morphed into them and don't even realize it. CBS Sports HQ Newsletter Your Ultimate Guide to Every Day in Sports We bring sports news that matters to your inbox, to help you stay informed and get a winning edge. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Victor Mete Women Jersey Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. It amuses me greatly. I've never gotten into Taylor Swift, and I don't begrudge anybody who does, but the teenager-ish infatuation many 30-somethings have with her is a bit off-putting. Anyway, I'm going to listen to some Phoebe Bridgers, who is Taylor Swift for those who experience existential dread. You read these stories and then dig into all the picks I have for you this weekend.....The following picks are for Swifties and non-Swifties alike. Key Trend: has a K rate of 27.8% in his last nine startsThe Pick: Joe Musgrove Over 5.5 Strikeouts (-120)There were a lot of complaints about 's postseason format when the , and (they won 64.4% of their games this season) were eliminated earlier than expected, and we were left with the Phillies and Padres (a combined 54.3%). While I'm not a fan of MLB's postseason format, my biggest problem with how the National League played out wasn't with the format. Nor was it that I consider the Phillies and Padres to be "inferior" teams compared to those other three options.No, my biggest problem is that these two teams are too similar, and it's hard to break down this series Andrew Shaw Jersey . There isn't a significant advantage that either side has over the other in any area, and that makes it more difficult to bet. However, tonight presents a matchup advantage that we can exploit. The Phillies swung at 48.3% of pitches in the regular season, which was the 10th-highest rate in the league. They were even more aggre sive outside the strike zone, with a swing rate of 34.3%, which was the fifth-highest in MLB. That's good news for San Diego starting pitcher Joe Musgrove. Musgrove does an excellent job of inducing swings and mi ses outside the zone. Hitters had a swinging strike rate outside the zone of 35.5% against him this season, which ranked 15th among qualified starters.Furthermore, Musgrove's strikeout rate of 24.9% on the season is 10% above the league average; that rate has climbed to 27.8% over his last nine starts. That, combined with Musgrove routinely pitching deeper into games than most starters, makes the over on his strikeout prop appealing tonight. . College Football Latest Odds: Over 70.5 The Pick: Over 70.5 (-110) --Raise your hand if you looked at the schedule over the summer and pointed to this game as a top-10 matchup. The Ducks have rebounded Victor Mete Men Jersey well from their opening-week annihilation at the hands of Georgia, and UCLA has been one of the biggest surprises of the season. Now, both meet in Eugene in a game that could easily decide one of the two available spots in the Pac-12 Championship Game (it could also be a rematch).My heart and mind tell me we're going to see a lot of points scored in this game. Oregon and UCLA both do an excellent job offensively on first and second down, which puts them in a great position on third, and sometimes, fourth down. It's no surprise, then, that they have two of the best offenses on third and fourth down. But gue s what? Defensively, they're both bad on third and fourth downs! Oregon's defense has been porous in general, particularly against the pa s, but neither one of these teams does a good job of getting off the field.So, we have two offenses that are excellent at moving the chains against two defenses that can't get off the field. Does that sound like the kind of combination that leads to stops? Latest Odds: Purdue Boilermakers +1.5 The Pick: Purdue +2.5 (-110) - Ken Dryden Jersey -This line is disrespectful to Purdue and, according to most Purdue fans, I hate the Boilermakers. So if I think they're being disrespected, imagine how they feel. One of the great ironies about Wisconsin's subpar season is that defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard was handed the keys to the program during the season his defense has failed to meet its usual standard.The Badgers have been abused on first and second downs, and a pa s rush that was once fierce is pretty tame (they are 41st in pre sure rate). That's not a great combination against one of the few Big Ten teams that's happy to drop back and test you vertically in the pa sing game. Purdue should find succe s in the pa sing game and put Wisconsin in the uncomfortable position of having to score points and keep up. While the Badgers are still effective on the ground with Braelon Allen, the Purdue defense has been much better against the run than the pa s.The Boilermakers can put Wisconsin in third-and-long situations, which will not work in the Doug Harvey Men Jersey Badgers' favor. Purdue wins this one more often than not, but I'll happily play it a little safer with the points, too. Latest Odds: Kansas State Wildcats +3.5 The Pick: Kansas State +3.5 (-115) --The letdown has to come at some point, right? I keep waiting for it with TCU. I expected it last week, and for a while it looked as if I might be right. The Horned Frogs have now beaten rival SMU, throttled Oklahoma by 31, outlasted Kansas and knocked off a top-10 team in Oklahoma State, all in four consecutive weeks.Either TCU is a much better team than any of us anticipated -- it very well might be, but it had a preseason win total of 6.5 -- or things will begin to even out soon. At the risk of being labeled a hater, the latter is the more likely scenario, particularly with a defense that has shown to be porous. Furthermore, there are extremely high winds expected for this game, which will have a more significant impact on TCU's offense than Kansas State's. The Kansas State offense will also provide a unique challenge for this Horned Frogs defense. The Wildcats can use their rushing attack to keep the TCU offense off the field and the game close, so I'm taking the points. NFL Latest Odds: New York Giants +3 The Pick: G

Good afternoon gamblers, it's Chris Bengel back in the saddle with you.I suppose it's true what they say: absence makes the heart grow fonder. We were supposed to have the World Series back in our lives on Halloween, but Mother Nature had other ideas as rain forced the postponement of Game 3 until Tuesday night. Now the weather looks beautiful and it even may have done the a favor in terms of their pitching staff.But before we dive into Tuesday's picks, I just have to mention the elephant in the room: what is going on with the Nets today is insane. and now Ime Udoka, who coached the Celtics last season and in September was suspended for the entire 2022-23 season over an Abraham Almonte Jersey inappropriate relationship with a Celtics staff member, . Our pal Zach Pereles will have much more on the situation in tomorrow's HQ AM newsletter. CBS Sports HQ Newsletter Your Ultimate Guide to Every Day in Sports We bring sports news that matters to your inbox, to help you stay informed and get a winning edge. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read Blank Jersey and agree to the . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. OK, on to the picks. Latest Odds: Over 7.5 Key Trend: The over is 5-0-1 in the Phillies' last six World Series gamesThe Pick: Over 8.5 runs (+100)The World Series has gotten off to an electric start and I don't expect that to change with the action shifting to Philadelphia. Add in the fact that the teams will be playing in the smaller Citizens Bank Park and I'm extremely confident in riding with the over in this spot.Astros starter Jr. has produced a strong 2.27 ERA this season, but he didn't make his season debut until mid-August due to a forearm injury that he suffered during the 2021 postseason. The right-hander didn't allow more than three earned runs in any of his regular season starts, but the majority came against teams like the (twice), (twice) and . In his start in Game 4 of the ALCS, McCuller wasn't sharp by any stretch as he surrendered three earned runs on eight hits in just five innings against the . Meanwhile, with Game 3 being pushed back a day, the Phillies will send lefty to the mound. The 27-year-old hurler has only allowed two runs in four postseason appearances, but has struggled at home this season. Suarez owns a 4.27 ERA in 13 home starts throughout the 2022 season. The Astros also handed Suarez one of his worst outings of the year when he yielded six earned runs on seven hits acro s three innings in a start last month. The opportunity for runs should be there in Game Manny Ramirez Jersey 3, regardle s of who comes out on top. Latest Odds: Chicago Bulls +2 The Pick: Bulls +1.5 (-110):-- I don't believe a change -- the big one I mentioned in the intro of this newsletter -- is suddenly going to fix the Nets' i sues. That's why I'm comfortable with the Bulls' side of the spread in this one.The Nets are 2-5 out of the Josh Tomlin Jersey gate and one of the biggest reasons for those struggles is Brooklyn's deficiencies on the defensive end of the floor. Brooklyn ranks No. 28 in the league in team defense as they surrender 120.3 points-per-game. Opponents are also shooting a staggering 41.4 percent from three against the Nets, which is the fourth-worst mark in the . To make matters worse, the Nets will also be without forward Ben Simmons for the second consecutive game as he deals with a knee injury. On the other hand, the Bulls are coming off a pair of narrow lo ses to the Spurs and Sixers, so they'll be hungry for a win in this one. Chicago star guard Zach LaVine is listed as questionable with a knee injury, but he's expected to play. With a dynamic backcourt like LaVine and DeMar DeRozan taking the floor, the Nets' defensive is going to have their hands full.Key Trend: The Nets are 3-8-1 ATS in their last 12 games playing on zero days rest The Pick: Devin Booker Over 28.5 Points (-108):-- The Suns have looked nearly unstoppable his season with their lone lo s coming in overtime to the Trail Blazers. Star guard Devin Booker has specifically looked great, so I'll continue to ride the hot hand with his points prop. Eddie Robinson Jersey Booker has recorded at least 29 points in four of the Suns' six games so far this season, including four of the last five. Booker is currently shooting 36.1 percent from three and has nailed at least three shots from long-range in three of Phoenix's six games. The Timberwolves also are allowing their opponents to shoot 34.5 percent from three, which is good for 15th in the league. Booker should have plenty of opportunities to score in this one and get to the 29-point mark that we need.Key Trend: Booker has scored at least 29 points in four of his last five games