WestEddy

His mom is probably running him around for a bunch of casting calls, today. I'm catching Haley Joel Osment energy.

And no, Bannister's job is not to develop arms. He's director of pitching. Setting the team philosophy of what type of pitchers to pursue based on what the team wants to invest, or what statistical traits to look for to find "market inefficiencies" that they can easily work with. You seem to be leaning into this "blame" framing. I'd expect that sort of argument from that crying child from yesterday's game, but only when he's really tired and hungry.

No, Getz's job is to manage the interaction between scouting and development. It's shorthand to say that "Banny's got a type". Sorry if that confuses you. I would imagine scouting and "Banny" are on the same page in that the scouts already know what our developmental strengths and preferences are, and they're making sure dudes look healthy and as advertised. There are entire departments that run numbers on everyone in the league, and asst-GMs who get all the trade talk started. Getz delegates. That's how he ends up announcing that Acuña's a switch hitter. Seriously, if you think that Chris Getz is sitting in the stands of a game in Rancho Cucamonga with a radar gun, you're not even clearing the low bar you've established for your posts.

Of course. RubRub is so bored of his own shtick, he's not even really trying, anymore. I'd be fine if he gets clever and Urquidy becomes ace of the staff. Just win, baby.

@Bad Hombre correctly points out that we already have that guy. Lauer's certainly a fallback arm in case prices spike, and he bumps Schultz.

Yeah, I think Getz acquires all the stuff they're saying he's going to, but it's all going to inspire "who dat?" responses. I think the leaks about the Sox being aggressive are meant to temper mid-dude asks. "You want Bonemer for Detmers? If I was going to trade Bonemer, I could have Skubal."

Well, it ties into Banny's philosophy - strikeouts cost money. That's a very cheap guy who throws ground balls. Not saying I want him, but Banny's got a type.

Pereira is due. Acuña's batting .357 and OPSing .750 in the month of July. Grichuk could use a couple of bloops to get going again.

I don't know about that. If they play a partial season, I believe in the past, they've pro-rated service time to a full season.

Now that Silseth's off the market, everyone can move on to their Plan B's, and the dominoes will start to fall.

He is so gonna bring back Robbie Ray. How can the Giants say no?

Yeah, f*** off, Yankee kid. Life's hard. Being a front runner doesn't always pay off.

Show the crying Yankee child again for that one

Hagen and McDougal are supposed to be in the bullpen later this year. Adams seems to be the best plug-n-play option for a team selling off for "near MLB ready" talent.

I know. It's out there, tho. Here's another:

I think a proposal was to let the Yankees and Expos (best record in NL) just play a World Series that October, and nobody could agree on that.

I guess this means we won the trade.

Just for reference, here's all the trades that were made in the run-up to the 2025 MLB trade deadline: MLB trade deadline 2025: Details on every deal - Yahoo Sports

And their reason for not liking the current way of drafting is that they don't like it.

Schultz is around where Randy Johnson was with 55 IP under his belt, when the Expos traded him to the Mariners for Mark Langston, who really shoved, and helped the Expos finish 81-81 for a 4th place finish before he became a free agent.