Thursday Morning Links

Okay, it's been three days with this "awesome" lineup, I think we can safely call it a bust.

Here're some things you may not know about your new catcher!

Banister accepts Rougned Odor for who he is: a reckless crazy person.

Are those buzzards circling the title "closer," Sam Dyson?

If there's anyone who knows not to take his pitching role for granted, it's the guy who the Rangers refused to name the fifth starter even after everyone else was injured or sent down this spring.

At least the new acquisitions contributed!

Carlos Beltran is haunting that graveyard for old power hitters: the DH slot.

Sam Dyson is still the closer, says T.R. Sullivan.

And, finally, humpback whales and orcas are apparently locked in a centuries-old blood feud.