SPECULATOR: Opening Weekend

Like most of us, I was fired up for this past weekend. After spending most of the first two days of baseball season at the day job, I'd finally get the chance to sit down, watch some baseball, and check in on some targets we've been touting in this space throughout draft season. Then the fateful words came down from Mrs. Speculator herself:

I think we should refinish the deck this weekend.

Fully knowing that "we" was code for "me", and "I think" meant "you should", multi-tasking would now be a must. Frequent breaks from pressure-washing (Saturday) and deck staining (Sunday) were needed, but I got enough screen time to enjoy the opening weekend and get some peeks at our preseason Speculator favorites. We all know not to overreact to a...

Almost!

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