JoeC

I really wish I could make some JR joke there, but it would be at the expense of the elderly.

Does “not getting ejected” count?

Fun fact: the studio wanted to cut that scene from the movie. It's all in Ron Shelton's book The Church of Baseball: the Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit. Would highly recommend.

G.E.T.Z. system.... What does it stand for?

Like, Doc Ellis style?

…have you met Nick Senzel? I think we may see more 2-year reclamation projects like him in some cases.

See? If JR would have hired from outside the org, we would have had to wait until next year for this fun.

Numbers don't lie.

He seems like a good candidate to go to Japan or some place to rebuild his value

"Suddenly" seems to imply forgetting the years leading up to that point.

Very much

True, though the unexpectedly common sense moves like releasing Maldonado could also offset these trades.

Still only on pace for 118 losses.

Well, when they come to the state, city, and county for handouts and tax breaks, I would certainly hope the municipalities would have a vested interest in seeing the books.

That says something about his character, I hope

I didn't say it's easy for this organization to do. I said that's SHOULD BE the easy part.

The sad thing is that "today ready talent" in this case has to be a collection of marginally-better-than-replacement level players.

Getting from 120 losses to 90 losses should be the easy part.

It's a heated toilet seat.

I was going to suggest half jokingly to sign him to backfill the deadline departures

I mean in the offseason

Leaving.

This move makes SOME sense then. could flip him or dump him after the year with minima risk.

Narrator: "it was Shewmake."

At least this way, we're (probably) not ruining yet another prospect's development by rushing them to play meaningless games on a team destined to lose at historical rates, guided by one of the worst field managers in history.