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MLB Network crawl tonight during the Giants/Padres game (Ray looks terrific tonight pitching for S.F. by the way) shows the White Sox involved with the Angels over Adell and Soler for what its worth.

Ray pretty much breezing through 5 against the Padres. I watched a few innings and he doesn't seem like a guy fishing for Ks like he used to. As others have said, the problem is that his peripherals aren't good and his home/road splits are pretty drastic. Oracle Park is one of the hardest parks to hit homers in. However, if he pitched all of his games at the Rate, he's expected to give up 2 less homers than he has given up this year. At the very least, he will definitely eat innings and keep you in games, which is an improvement over Fedde and Schultz.

It’s strange you keep saying this while the baseball insiders & reporters say the opposite because of how much SP is available. I think relievers are going to be far more costly. Regardless, most rentals outside of elite Skubal types don’t go for a ton at the deadline. We have seen this for multiple years a in a row now.

I’d imagine he doesn’t need much more time in Charlotte. My guess is he replaces Schweitzer in the next week or so.

Mcdougal 2 innings, 1h, 2k

Any word on Fauske? He’s been out of the lineup this week.

You’re dealing two different versions of him though as he fixed his arm angle post injury and also started using his 4 seamer a fuckton more. Pre injury: 17.2 IP | 7.64 K/9 | 8.66 BB/9 | 0.51 HR/9 | 5.60 ERA | 4.60 xERA | 5.20 FIP | 25.5% 4 seamer Post injury: 13.1 IP | 14.18 K/9 | 3.38 BB/9 | 0.00 HR/9 | 0.00 ERA | 1.15 xERA | 1.08 FIP | 3.7% 4 seamer

I think he can very much be a Kyle Hendricks type - which is pretty darn solid and valuable.

I was at a game against the Yankees years back and NY was in last place at the time...and their fans were still unbelievably obnoxious.

2-4 in TB and Boston the come home and kick Cleveland’s ass would be fine by me.

Speaking of not sounding concrete, Jordan Hicks has a 6.39/9 walk rate but his xERA on FG is 3.11. He has a .29 HR rate. In 78 batted balls he's had one barrel allowed. He strikes out a little over 1/3 of hitters faced this year. what an insane profile. there's no way he can keep this up, but at the same time thanks for what he's already done.

When he couldn't throw a strike, I think you take two. They got to 3-0, and Stone just blurted out, "NO! I know you were going to ask, and no, you don't swing on 3-0, and maybe not even 3-1." However, I think Colson has to offer at 3-1. That seemed inevitable he would throw it in the dirt, and Colson would bite.

Awesome end to the series. I for sure thought they were going to get swept. Hard to shake off after years of loss and misery. Love that this team doesn’t just roll over and die. Possibly the toughest test coming up this weekend. TB best home record in the league at 40-16, and they’re 8-2 in their last 10. I’ll be happy with one win. Any more would be gravy.

That doesn’t sound concrete to me

Nashville Sounds have a position player pitching the top of the 9th with the team only down by 1. What a joke to be charging admission and do that. At least the kid on the bump seems to be giving about 70% effort.

There’s just too much competition for starting pitching and the prices are going to be outrageous once we see them. The team on the north side is somehow 62-47 and they still desperately need another starter. And that’s just two teams in competition for the postseason in the same city. Unless he stupidly overpays massively in the way of prospects, I won’t blame Getz for whatever happens by August 3rd at 5 PM.

"The media" doesn't exist like it used to. James Fox might drop a knowing nugget about what he thinks the team will do, but the Athletic, ESPN and MLB guys are just spewing out targeted leaks. And the leaks are old and dead. Under the previous regime, guys like Shields would be floated for weeks until the trade happened, or in the case of Adam Dunn, from the TDL to the winter meetings. Has Getz even had name being floated that became inevitable? He may be trading for established major leaguers, but I get the feeling it's all going to be "WTF" guys who they think they can fix or upgrade. Sure, maybe they break the bank for an Emerson Hancock, but that would surprise me.

he can replace Romo already…

Sasaki starting...

Gonna hate watch this Dodgers Mariners game. Wish both teams could lose. Firmly rooting against Seattle at this point, wild card contender, and their fans were way too cocky at the game and I'll be back at another one next week be nice to talk some more s%*#. Good to be invested in baseball as we flip to August. Been a few years.

Also had plantar fasciitis...

Sure, if my optimism proves unwarranted then flame away. But I don’t expect us to trade for two expensive SPs. I fully expect us to add one though and hopefully a controllable guy like Detmers. And I’m confident they will because our OD payroll was a joke and there should be payroll space. And don’t forget there is a large financial incentive for making the playoffs, which is obviously attractive to Jerry.

Jimmy Wammo seems to think they're fast tracking this dude. I don't know if he means that's what they've done so far (he's been in A, A+ and AA this season), or if he expects this guy to be up in the near future. He's been kind of cheeks in AA so far.