WestEddy

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.

Zeihl isn't a "mediocre" return. And talking about jollies, you remind us every other day that a guy retired from baseball this year. You always forget to mention that another trade from that same period netted us our 13th best prospect in Bergolla. Every single trade isn't going to net a hall-of-famer. The point is to amass a quantity of prospects, and then a couple of them will succeed.

Yeah, this is actually looking like a pretty good trade. More of this, please.

Okay, restaurant account with 16 followers, but it's something to talk about...

Yeah, worded like that, I'm firmly in the "posture as you like, but take the best offer on the table at 4:30 tomorrow" column.

Ziehl doesn't become rule 5 eligible until December 2027, if that was a concern for anyone.

Like Mike Tauchman?

Most people? LOL.

Despite all of the complaining.

Sure. I don't disagree.

Carlson walked with the best of 'em.