JoeC

I am thinking "no words," similar to this Stanley Cup promo (tears and all)

2021 Liam Henriks would have pitched back-to-back-to-back games.

Pretty sure there are insurance reasons why it's more advantageous to stash him on the 60-day IL so you can delay that decision until the offseason.

Walking the bases loaded to lead off the 9th inning is generally frowned upon, right?

Well, he finally threw a first-pitch strike.

This game feels like a loss.

Thank you for picking up what I was laying down.

Jimmy likes first pitch pop-ups.

only 1 out on that fly ball that dropped in. No way to tell if Blackmon was going to get there. I can excuse that part. Also, not sure how he's supposed to score from 2nd on that attempted DP. The pickoff? Yikes.

Luckily with Harrison playing well, that frees up Leury to become an everyday OFer. </sarc>

"is a really bad fit." Translation - our management tends to ignore things like "good fit" or "team needs."

....which would make it more likely.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/royals-trade-rumors-whit-merrifield-best-fits.html MLBTR thinks the Sox would be a decent fit for Merrifield. He could plug in at 2B or RF. He's a RH bat, but, barring his would-have-fit-in-with-the-Sox April, he's been OK, and his salary is affordable.

Wonder if anything will come from this... Door, contact, way out, etc. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/diamondbacks-dfa-dallas-keuchel.html

"Anything but Ketchup" is the other acceptable answer.

Or Reinsdorf was so upset that Hahn would have the gall to fire someone that he made TLR a retaliation hire.

False... NHL allows kids to play wherever they choose until they sign post-draft (3~4 years). So you'll see incoming NCAA freshmen get drafted, then play NCAA for 2~4 years before signing their entry level contracts. I don't understand why other sports can't do a "draft and follow" thing.... You'd think that MLB would be all for this, calling "dibs" on players and then letting other non-affiliated teams spend THEIR resources to do the equivalent of rookie ball development.

Clearly.

Besides, it’s too easy to just look at results.

Serious question here - is there anything in the CBA that prohibits players from taking an ownership stake in the team? Offering a deferred ownership stake in the team as part of a contract negotiation would be an interesting tactic for someone with the pedigree and marketability of Soto.

Please note the only half cynical difference that the sweep would be making in this case is the manager of the year bit.

Because I’ll be doing other things.

So THIS must be how the board admins make money hand over fist. develop posters here, then sell them to other teams’ message forums for cash considerations.