Reveille 8/12/13

Good morning.

Here are several links from the past week that will make your Monday a bit more bearable:

• With Nelson Cruz choosing not to appeal his 50-game Biogenesis-related suspension, the Rangers traded for Alex Rios.
• The Phillies gave Chase Utley a two-year contract extension.
• David Golebiewski of Baseball Analytics profiles 21-year-old rookie Jose Fernandez and is impressed by the ability of the right-handed Marlins pitcher to retain his velocity in the later innings.

• It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, just stop bunting!

That’s it. Have a walk-off week!