fathom

No clue, but Portillos and Cishek acting like something is close.

Also had a sick infant at home

James literally just said 8/250

You would think, but at this point who knows if they shock the world and sign Ozuna or Brantley. We’ve all kind of glossed over the Brantley tidbit by Passan.

And where does Manny go if the Padres didn’t offer that?

I always got the sense if Portillos had a source, it was on the contract side. This would be a free agent likely.

Yep like Tony being an option?

Yep if I had to guess they thought agent was bluffing and the Sox stuck to their offer instead of matching.

Sox wanted Machado and didn’t think he really had a 300 million offer from Padres.

Astros would say no way

Like it or not, Grandal was considered a big fish last year by the organization, as was Keuchel.

You were suggesting they trade him like an hour ago for a RF.

Why, you hate Vaughn so why does it matter?

Hopefully Mazara doesn’t get strep again and cause him to swing a wet noodle

I’d rather have Santander over Joc, easily. Calhoun is like 5th in baseball in terms of homers over the last 162 games. Again none of these are perfect solutions, but for him to act like Mazara is a better option is just ridiculous.

Something to keep in mind about Vaughn is it’s very likely minor league season starts a month or so after the major leagues. If they want to see how he hits in AAA before promoting him, it will likely be way longer than the typical few weeks due to service time.

You mean like him making fun of him for one homer all year? There are plenty like this https://mobile.twitter.com/stevestone/status/1334366829964222464

He had a bad first few weeks but then was great. All I know is he made the Cubs righties look ridiculous in save situations.

He said it about 10 times over the last 6 months

They will be expensive salary or trade wise if you want an upgrade. If they don’t sign Joc, I would be surprised if we don’t hear about Calhoun via trade. There are guys like Santander or Reynolds who could be longer term fits but would cost you via trade.

According to?

People are losing their minds today because of the Springer news.

I could make a case for about 20 options, but by all means, don’t stop melting down on my behalf.

Because he’s not good and they’re frustrated he couldn’t take what they were working on with him into his at bats. Again, why do people not follow Stoney and his opinion more closely? Not saying he’s right, but he clearly echoes what the front office is thinking.

No chance Rangers trade Gallo