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Take that FG defensive run value rankings!

QUERO!

That's what leadoff walks do.

lol his hitch has turned into a huge japan style leg kick, love that for him.

Vaughn 2-4 with another HR.

WTF happened to Baldwin, is he back in AAA after his bad defense?

Michael A Taylor plays way too fucking much.

I thought we had seen the last of Julks. Damn.

No lineup or pitcher announced yet. I hope they don't try and start Taylor again.

Jimmy you know I'm not your biggest fan but I appreciate when you drop little hints like this. Please stay on the right side of the insider path so you can keep posting here!

This team really doesn't deserve so many passionate fans. Speaks to how popular the team would be if they ever have some sustained success.

Time marches on. Lineups TPD.

He gets a passing grade so far. Last season still looms large, even if some of it was a freighter hitting an iceberg.

As we've seen LA doesn't really have any special sauce, just a whole lotta money. Vargas isn't who I would have targeted but I mean it's hardly a huge win or loss for either team. Quite a few GMs and fans operate on the idea that you can only fleece teams in trades, that's not really how any of this works. Getz isn't a genius but it's not like LA is laughing as they are making that deal, they gave up a decent amount on paper and Vargas still has like a 1/3 chance to turn into a solid 2-3 WAR regular which is valuable.

Good post dude.

The problem with his logic is that this isn't the team from april but we're still freaking awful. We pulled into a tie with Pitt for 28th fWAR for position players at 2.5. We're 21st in fWAR for pitching at 7.8 which would look a helluva lot better if we had an actual solid defense behind them, but we don't, which is seen at least partially in the lack of position player fWAR: we're -25.2 runs below avg in the field. That's 2.5 wins right there. We have a long way to go, if we trot out this lineup the rest of the way more often than not: Meidroth, Tauchman, Robert, Colson, Sosa, Vargas, Teal, Quero, Baldwin and the pitching doesn't fall a part I can see a 38% or maybe even 40% from here on in. I wouldn't take anything over 40% even with Greg's house. The pitching is almost certain to regress here.

As I said, I'd be thrilled with 70 wins next year. Just pull back into bottom 1/3 territory instead of historical suck.

This guy eats at PF Changs? When he's in the Hudson Valley? Troubling.

I'd settle for 70-92 personally. We're a long way away.

Ok I respect not trading Tauchmann if he requested to stay in Chicago to keep his family centered as they deal with any health problems.

I find it hard to believe he couldn’t have packaged Tauchmann and civale for something but maybe he thinks it’s better to try and play 400 baseball from here on out and get used to winning a bit. Not sure those goals are mutually exclusive but here we are.

I don't believe him, but I want to believe.

He was having a good time in the clubhouse last night during the 7 run inning, maybe he's finally embracing just being in the moment and trying to play good baseball every night. He's certainly at that age where you mature as a young man.

They need the Chase/Colson/Vargas/Qeuro/Teel/Sosa group to give them like 12-15 WAR for starters. And then find about 15 WAR from the rest of the positions. Get some decent starters and spend some money I can squint and see competing in 2027.