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Mitch Spence is doing all he can to make the Athletics' roster ahead of the 2024 MLB season, tossing three shutout innings Saturday in his second spring training start.
The 25-year-old, whom the A's selected this offseason in the Rule 5 Draft, struck out two and allowed just one hit over three innings of work against the Seattle Mariners, earning the decision in Oakland's 12-8 win. The strong performance comes on the heels of Spence's A's debut on Feb. 26, when he struck out three and allowed one run in two innings.
“I’m at my best when I’m getting weak contact,” Spence said after his outing Saturday “When I start getting ahead in counts, that’s when the strikeouts come. But my main goal out there is to attack the zone and try to get them to put the ball in play play really weak.”
Weak contact was key to Spence's success against Seattle, which had most of its regular starters in the lineup, per Gallegos. After hitting J.P. Crawford to start the bottom of the first, Spence got Julio Rodríguez to ground into a double play. And in his last inning of work, Spence forced three groundouts after another leadoff walk.
As Spence continues his bid for a roster spot ahead of Opening Day, whether that's as part of the starting rotation or in the bullpen, he feels like he's getting better each time he takes the mound.
“I felt like I did just a little bit better in this outing than the last one,” Spence said. “You just kind of make little adjustments in between outings and try to take it into the next game.”
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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