Wexler’s Mock – Pick #5

Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs, who spent last season discovering exciting new and innovative ways to lose baseball games. The year was such a disaster that by September, the Cubs essentially looked at the major league roster and said, “What if we simply stopped pretending to care?” Established players mysteriously found themselves in AAA, lineups became borderline performance art, and suddenly draft positioning became significantly...

Wexler’s Mock – Pick #4

And here’s where the draft officially gets weird. The top three picks were relatively straightforward: elite talent, obvious fits, minimal overthinking. Now we arrive at the Seattle Pilots, a franchise entering what can only be described as “Phase One of a Complete Existential Reset.” After being league-operated last season, the Pilots were effectively stripped down to the studs. Fair or unfair depending on who you ask — and believe me,...