southsideirish71

Morons.

As a 50 year old type 2 diabetic who will be in 1c. I really am hoping I get the Moderna or Pfizer MRNA one.

If Eaton is healthy.

Not Grindy enough for KenHahn.

And if this goes sideways in 2023 and Gio isn't locked up. Then its a "refresh" to try it again. Because of losses due to no games in 2022. Same guy was part of the 1994 fiasco and cost that team its window, I am not above saying that he doesn't care and will do the same here to guard against future losses.

You replace the manager with the owner's bestie. Not the guy who was part of the original vision of what a manager was. You replace the potted plant in RF with a guy who likes to go on the DL. Sure he is better. But whoops he dove and he is hurt, whoops he slid into 2nd trying to stretch a single and he is hurt, whoops he crashed into the wall and he is hurt. He was healthy for 2019. Before that, some 60 day DL trips and he even got hurt last year. I hope he stays healthy but I don't know if I would be ready to bet the farm on it. You get a third playoff starter that will be here for one year and one year only. And you get your closer. So adding a player in RF who might be injured, a geriatric manager, and a one year pitcher and a closer for a long time. Sounds like a short term run to me.

Then maybe he should muzzle his GM who announced we are ready to compete for championships.

He could be, he might be. But for a team with playoff and championship possibilities do you gamble with 2 spots in your rotation.

They are ready to compete. The rebuild is over. You now put the best team on the field to win for the next 3-5 years. If both Kopech and Cease take that next step, great god bless. If they don't we don't have the bullets to overcome that in-house. Kopech is coming back from TJ and Cease wasn't exactly the picture of consistency. If you want to know how far down the rabbit hole this goes, at what point in that critical playoff game was Cease used? They need to be there for the long run but to count on them this year for inning after inning is a bit presumptuous.

Well the money is all gone.

Pitching and defense does win championships. Part of that pitching and defense is keeping the other team from hitting moon shots from their DH position with men on. You know a real way to make that happen, give him money to hit moon shots on your team.

The only way that happens is if we read it in the obituaries.

Rick "JR can I have a word with you about the budget for this year. We have a couple of additions that I think will put us over the top" JR "Well didn't you spend money on a closer and an RF. And I believe you added some salary for a starter with a trade. You have the best manager that ever lived. I think we are good enough. Tony thinks we can win." JR is a businessman. This is a business. If he wins he wins, if he doesn't well as long as the bottom line works out he is good.

Isn't this what Perfect Game and PBR already do every summer.

Well if we had a terrific offer he is getting ready for his news conference. If we have offered anything its most likely so underwhelming that he will wait until all the players on the poker table will get their say. If we truly wanted him, he would be signed. This is a protypical hoping that the market around him dries up and he can buy into the story.

JR "So who should be signed for our 5th starter? I need someone that the fans have heard of but doesn't require a lot of what would you kids call it these days, cash Money. I can't exactly swim in my own gold pool if I don't have gold to build it with. So help me out people. " TLR "I member Wainwright as a ToR pitcher. He can do it, he did it before. Plus he only needs 6 million dollars. He can mentor these guys."

Can we at least have Anderson catch at least once this year. I mean if you can turn off logic in MLB the show cant you do it in real life.

Well one of those slap hitters fancies a DL trip here and there as well.

Well it will be interesting what they wind up doing.

He gets inside information and for that privilege he does some light twitter speculation on behalf of the player/agent. Like Bob Nightengale is the un-offical spokesperson for JR.

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