WestEddy

their #13 and #14 prospects.

The pitcher, Gage Zeihl, is being assigned to high-A Winston-Salem. Dominguez is pretty bad against LHPs, so Slater will probably platoon with him.

I'm looking at the schedule, now. I think I see 2 more wins in there.

I thought a 2-4 homestand would have been huge. Nice job.

Unfortunately, the record in one-run games remains unchanged.

Steven Wilson likes playing in a romp, he's trying to drag it out and make it last.

Don't you jinx it, now.

Miguel Vargas. He is what we thought he was.

I know everybody loves this guy...

Oh, sure. I agree. Leap-frogging 5 teams is a heavy lift. Also, they have just taken 4 of 6 from the Mariners and Rangers.

Counterpoint:

Maybe there's a mandate from upstairs, and this has the Mets and Phillies in a bidding war.

They're 4 games out of the last playoff spot. Of the 5 teams they need to catch, the Guardians are losing pitching piece by piece, and another 2 (Texas, Seattle) are in their division, and they play 4 against each. It's feasible.

Weird. Stafura was MLB's #9 prospect in the Reds' system, and FanGraphs didn't have him in Cincy's top 45.

Houser replaces a team's bullpen game right now. If he impresses his receiving team in the next two months, maybe he makes a playoff roster.

Not every prospect needs to be top 100. Just having depth and guys other organizations feel they could use is valuable.

It's not like anybody's pushing him off of 3B.