Balta1701

Yeah, after it spiked it has a downward slope to it, but it did spike just about when he stopped using the spider tack. Interestingly, the changeup spin spiked one start before the fastball spin drop, so I don’t know exactly how to interpret that, but it is accurate to say that 2 of the 3 highest spin games on his changeup this year were in his last 3 starts.

Spin rate on his changeup has actually gone up compared to the rest of the season the last 3 games. That said, his changeup opening day was a thing of beauty and it was spun up that day too.

"The 2005 law empowers..."

1 game over .500 for them, 6.5 back in the wild card, 6 in the division? I feel like they'd be much more likely to wait until the actual deadline before that. Naquin has to have some time under control remaining too right?

Player days on the IL this year: Tampa Bay Rays: 961, 24 players. Chicago White Sox: 541, 14 players. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/disabled-list/cumulative-team/ You want a really terrifying number? The Rays have had more money on the IL (player days x how much they're paid during that time) than the White Sox. The White Sox's injuries have hit more key guys/cost them more WAR, but still behind the Mets in that accounting...and still not exactly surprising with the guys who have gotten hurt being guys with injury histories.

Let's make this clear...they receive immunity except in the case of "willful misconduct". With any vaccine, there are going to be allergic responses and other issues that are difficult to predict. For those issues - the vaccine manufacturer cannot be sued. However, the 1988 law that created this rule also created federally funded programs that pay out settlements in those cases. That liability waiver means that the government is going to deal with paying for any issues, not the vaccine manufacturer, as long as there is no misconduct. That's how it works for literally every covered vaccine. The rule was created after lawsuits in the 1970s and 1980s were pushing many companies to leave vaccine manufacturing and design entirely, because "one or two doses of an easily manufactured shot" is not particularly profitable in medicine - the 2019 vaccine market was only half the market for insulin alone, for example. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123535050056344903 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/coronavirus-brings-light-to-the-35-billion-vaccine-market.html That rule was not created in any way specifically for the COVID vaccines.

That "Oh woe is us we have 5 outfielders on the IL" is an excuse we should never hear again. Not with the injury history of the guys they signed and how they chose to use them before their injuries.

After he spent one underpaid year with the Rays? Thats the difference. The Rays sign guys with injury histories to minor contracts and play them part time to keep them healthy. Other franchises sign the same guys for twice that amount, play hem everyday, and then are shocked, shocked when they have a bunch of injuries.

Oh and I missed McHugh on the COVID IL. They have ~ 5 starters on the IL.

The Rays signed Avi Garcia for what, less than half of what the White Sox are paying Eaton? They are also currently missing Glasgow, Yondy Chirinos, Josh Fleming, and Chris Archer from their starting rotation, interestingly enough.

Escobar put up a .605 OPS in 2020, so having him be bad for a stretch is one possible outcome of any trade.

Ironically, Escobar himself is the comparison here. We gave him up for a rental - Liriano - in 2012, when they were hanging on to first place barely with a team surprisingly outperforming. They didn't win the division that year, but that trade was filling their need for pitching help. Was that a bad trade?

I mean, yes, at AA, building up innings and working on secondary stuff.

Jose has clearly had enough stuff bothering him that I wish they would give him 3 or 4 days to sit and come back out together. That said, he will probably be in the lineup tomorrow and will get a couple hits or something like that.

Bets on Abreu being in the game 2 lineup?

They could use another IF.

I mean they have to do something as they’re going to face a challenge from any player suspended.

This is an interesting game.

That will be a 10 game suspension and a loss of a roster spot for them.

Well so that’s what that looks like.

Yeah it’s not Texas but this forecast in the PNW is staggering. Breaking all time high temperatures by 5 degrees F.

Because Carlos Rodon gets to choose his own catcher apparently, and has chosen against the teams $80 million catcher.

Moncada in.

Hahn immediately takes a 14 day fishing trip in the Montana Rocky Mountains.