Harold's Leg Lift

Don't stop now. Pads!

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Dave Dombrowski is a Hall of Fame General Manager.

Good work, M's! Now take out the trash.

The power shift from the dugout to the front office over more than a quarter of a century has changed how the game is played, and its value system. Knowledge over wisdom. Technology over teaching. Data over art. Efficiency over entertainment. Moreover, what Maddon calls a pregame “choreography” took root, spearheaded by Minasian and Tamin. Those two, not Maddon and his coaches, would decide which relief pitchers were not available for the game that night. It was based on a proprietary algorithm developed by Tamin that kept track of a pitcher’s work in rolling 30-day increments. In recent years it had become common for front offices to usurp control of the bullpen from managers. So-and-so “is down tonight” entered baseball parlance, and it came from upstairs. “In that losing stretch that led to my demise, a lot of relievers were made unavailable,” Maddon says. “I couldn’t use them.

This is going to be a fun read.

Don't stop now, Pads!

Foscue, Duran, Smith, Hauver, Acosta and yes Solak. They have a bunch of them. I think the Rangers also match up well with the D'Backs for one of their young OF's but maybe the Sox can pry one away too....if they fire the GM.

I think the Rangers are going to be open for business this off season and there could be a match with one of their young infielders.

Or. Or they're gonna be even lazier with him not around.

This "core" is way too volatile to win. You need consistent players to win and this team has way too many inconsistent players in performance and health. Everything needs to go right and we've seen time and time again with this group that's simply not going to happen. Then factor in they're likely to lose the only consistent player they have because he doesn't "fit" a poorly constructed roster. They have to move a couple of the "core" guys no matter what it takes because they're not winning s%*# with this group.

The only thing missing from this "presser" is Dusty Baker's kid sitting on Hahn's lap. He's such a p****.

I don't expect much. Hahn can't blame the manager then turn around and over-haul his F'd up roster. He might sign or trade for a dead cat bounce guy as insurance for Colas. Pederson or Verdugo fit the bill. Other than that it will be a couple different bullpen arms and utility players and go get em boys!

Vaughn flashing those frying pan hands.

So dropping a ball that lands in the middle of your fucking glove isn't an error anymore.

Andrus is on one of the greatest contract drives of all time. He's trying to erase 5 years of being a total shitbag in 5 weeks.

Hopfully he'll be playing for the New York Mets.

His babip from midnight to 6am is 1.000

I was told they wanted to send him to the minors this summer but they had too many players injured. I hope they finally had enough of his bullshit and get his tired ass out of here.

I fucking love it when guys take extra bases on the corner first basemen.

Mark Grant. Million dollar arm with a 10 cent head.

Why just hit one when you can turn and burn on another! ??

Show off that oppo power, Kid! ??

Giolitos' arb number next year is going to make it difficult to tender him a contract.