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IF Palka plays it should be in The field. He will never have much value if he can’t play a position. As for Cordell, Palka, heck throw Delmonico in there. And while we beat on them, how about the work of the true beacon of the future, the clubhouse charismatic, the $9 million dollar man: Yonder Alonso.

Fry and Lopez were really the only pitching bright spots last season. Hopefully they get it together soon.

The gain was that they no longer had to move one of their starters and could contend for another season.

Then you bring up Mendick who is basically unrushable. Or you play Rodon there and platoon Yolmer from the bench, which they probably should be doing anyway.

No worries. Minaya is waiting in the wings to bail them out.

He did compared to most other umps. But I thought it was accurate: he called the high strike and the low strike and both corners.

Giolito looked good though beyond the runs and hits. Only 1 walk, a lot of Ks, good velocity. And watching him pitch, he really seemed to know what he was doing.

Please don't start swinging at that crap in the dirt, Moncada, for the sake of being "aggressive."

I like this ump - tight, but accurate, strike zone.

I'd rather Engel out there, Leury in right and Alonso on the bench, where he can be great in he clubhouse and mentor young players.....

Not even close on any of those 4 pitches.

To make room for Yonder Alonso. Gotta have those great vets!

Those are the top prospect guys who need to develop. But they also need some of the non-top prospect young guys to develop...it's high for a "diamond in the rough" or three.

To say "message board posters didn't know either"..... Good gracious, is that the standard of a major league GM? Evaluate talent no worse than a message board poster? Hahn's list of compete mis-evalutations of talent is long, and goes far beyond Shields and Tatis. His severe limitations as GM are a major anchor on this organization.

This is good news.

Hahn can make up for it by grabbing a diamond in the rough and having them turn into a stud. He makes enough trades for that to happen; trading for older prospects and Rule 5 guys like he does makes it less likely to happen, but those guys blossom sometimes too. Let's see Rodon and Leury turn into everyday ballplayers. As for the Tatis trade; trading for Shields is virtually indefensible. There is some element of "he just blew up after we traded him" excuse for trading Tatis; but he was a good prospect and not worth the risk considering who he was traded for.

71-91, fourth place.

I'm glad they didn't trade for Peterson. Rick Hahn is ramping up the excuses at an even higher level than usual....I hope this means that there is some pressure on him.

They need a CF - hand Jay over to them.

Were these pitchers prospects? I had never heard of them. Top of the 9th was silly as well- 2nd and 3rd no outs and no runs. But I assume non-roster guys were participating.

If he's good at 3rd, it makes sense. Because we have zero in the pipeline at 3rd.

A rebuilding team needs young players to call up.

Beyond the magic wall are 2 Padres, 2 Royals, a cub, several others, and no Sox.

Nice to win a game, even if pre-season.

I hope Giolito has options left.....