Hamhock

Odrisamer Despaigne 0-2, 1 no-decision; team record 0-3 Dylan Covey 1-7, 4 no-decisions; team record 3-9 Ross Detwiler 3-5, 4 no-decisions; team record 6-6 Hector Santiago 0-1, 1 no-decisions; team record 0-2 Ervin Santana 0-2, 1 no-decisions; team record 1-2 Manny Bañuelos 2-4, 2 no-decisions; team record 4-4 Carson Fulmer 0-1, 1 no-decisions; team record 0-2 total 6-22, 14 no-decisions; team record 14-28

The votes for the three finalists are reset - the one with the highest votes on Election Day is the starter; the other two are not guaranteed a roster spot.

The Phillies were loathe to include Medina in the Realmuto trade - he's not going anywhere for a reliever.

I’d rather see Aaron Altherr (DFA’d by Phillies) given a try than Matt Kemp.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that with the league and MLBPA having recently agreed to in-season CBA discussions to tweak a few things, the White Sox can see that the service-time manipulation dance is nearing its end. If they can reach a deal, there's no longer a reason to go through the charade any longer.

If you're referring to the Craft Kave, yes.

The latter. Your sons can still go to any of the kid-exclusive stuff.

The slight advantage that the Phillies would have with Trout is that he came from the area and grew up a Phillies fan; as we see from the possible Machado/Yankees situation, “always wanted to be a _____ growing up” has a bit of weight behind it.

Likely just that the gap day is for travel to the East Coast, whereas Philly and New York can be back-to-back days via car due to close proximity.

Anything's possible under stress - I've seen people here (and elsewhere) all but calling Philadelphia a dinky little backwater of a town, as if it were Cincinnati or Des Moines!

They’re real, but the Phillies got the better pitcher in the trade.

*and* the Phillies don't pay any of Santana's salary.

The unknowable that I'm left pondering is: if a sore-kneed Avi was worth one TJS-needed pitching prospect, what was Avi's (presumably) higher trade worth in the preceding offseason? And if it was indeed a higher return, why didn't the team pull the trigger, if they were willing to do so when the return was a single injured prospect later on?

Several MLB teams have reduced or eliminated their online fan clubs over the past 5-6 seasons.

Considering the JR's original objection to Manfred being Commissioner was that he didn't think Manfred was hard enough on the MLBPA during previous CBA negotiations, what do you think?