WestEddy

Okay, the Bart, the - start us out.

The same logic applies to Romo, then. Romo must start as much as possible so he can get better.

Don't know, don't care. Everybody seemed really hung up on the 100-loss seasons. 100-losses to playoffs has happened a few times. There's nothing wrong with the trade performance. He upgraded catcher, the bullpen, CF and one rotation spot.

He's also a switch hitter, which gives him an advantage against some LHPs.

I think MLBTR sums up the situation, nicely. Cardinals Claim Everson Pereira - MLB Trade Rumors

I'm keeping my mouth shut until our acquisition makes it out of the 4th inning tonight.

And he does get ABs against lefties. What do we have to do to get people to acknowledge that?

Okay Castillo, you can inspire a lot of man-crushes today...

I really liked the idea of Pereira. I am saddened to see him DFAed. Doyle is a guy. That seems like a very risky move, coupled with the Pereira DFA. It straddles "balls in a wheel barrow" and pure hubris. As the late Mayor Harold Washington had said, "You know what Hubris is, don't you? That's audacity....Gone Wild!"

The Rays would have to play out of their heads to be declared AL Central champs. LOL.

There's also the datapoint of how many players can the glum ones claim to have "been in on from the start"

Also, not catching 5 days a week might have something to do with it, too.

The Astros woke up and have gone 12-2 in their last 14. The AL wasn't going to stay broke all season.

Boston Smith has homered for the Arkansas Travelers.

The Rockies gave away Doyle for free.

Since COVID, Pereira's never played more than 102 games in a season. I don't know if that's from platooning, or what. He was a top 70 prospect, so the Yankees must have prioritized him for a couple seasons. Teel doesn't really enter the conversation. They have a bunch of RHH outfielders. They're not going to cut Kyle Teel to make room for Joey Bart. Grichuk does what Hays should have been doing. The front office seems to think Doyle's a better upside play than Pereira.

I think Grichuk is baked in. He's been there all year, and Hays hasn't. Hays can't seem to stay healthy. Pereira looks a bit fragile, also. I was hoping Pereira would break out, Carlos Quentin-like. T'was not to be.

But Getz convinced JR to not care about money, so that's a masterful upwards managing job by our GM.

I think just that. He tried to trade both and found no takers. Calling that roster mismanagement is ridiculous. They had a pretty visible roster crunch coming. The fact they were able to pick the guys they wanted and DFA the others is good. As you accept RayRay's description of trades, the Rockies gave us Doyle for free.

Except for all the free agents who worked out spectacularly, every single free agent signing was a failure.

Walk it off. Win one against these MFers. Just one. Then two.

Well, there's that.

The Red Sox taking these 9th inning outs seems pretty desperate to me. They know this is it for them. This is their world series.