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I would want to wait to see how free agency goes, does spring training happen normally, and will there be a MiLB season before guessing at that one. My guess in general would be if he signs an early extension, he opens the season on the roster, and if he doesn't he spends some time not on the major league roster to start the season.

Yep. There were some urine down the legs moments from the relievers we really needed to step up at that time.

You can almost hear Rick Hahn's thought process. "All right, I will give Ozzie a call, and then put it out there so that I don't have to get a bunch of questions from someone who we were never going to hire again. It also should keep the fans imaginations from running wild and causing problems for something that will never happen. [AJ Pierzynski starts politicking for the job.] "SONOFAB...."

Uh if you give James McCann $19 million for next year, he will take it in a heartbeat and laugh all of the way to the bank.

Most of these things aren't safe, aren't necessary, and definitely aren't being done safely. It is the incremental strategy that is killing people in the US. But business is more important than lives here, so on we go.

To follow up, AJ is campaigning for the wrong job. He has a much better chance of replacing Steve Stone than he does being our manager.

He's the dude who walks the line, right?

To be fair, Hinch was immediately rewarded for his cheating... he just eventually paid for it.

Because Robert plays one of the best CFs in baseball, and Engel played a really good RF when he was there. Robert is the guy who is going to be starting out their for the next decade, so no need to jerk him around.

Not gonna happen.

3rd wave? Nah, the first wave never ended.

MLB doesn't want dead people on their watch. It isn't difficult. Why waste lives on a sport?

Look around baseball. This happens to every team, and to tons of pitchers. Baseball is hard, and pitching is the hardest of all.

Only if he is ready to retire. I mean Greg Walker got rehired after a million different pronouncements that he would never work again. Don Cooper is 50 times the coach that Greg Walker was.

It was literally blocked by the State of Illinois.

There is a really long history about gambling in baseball. Like this has been the penalty for a full century now. And there will always be that distinction. Plus cheating ton win will never be equal with bringing the integrity of the game into question.

Depends on if he wants to work again. If not, he will burn it down.

He clarified later that he wasn't talking about just managers.

No timeline announced as people on their list may still be playing games according to Hahn today.

That's just it. He wasn't pessimistic or optimistic. It was a non-answer.

Unless they are going to substitute a managerial change for spending money. When asked about spending next year he didn't really take a convincing stand either for or against more spending. It was definitely a wait and see answer.

It wasn't. He flat out said they weren't limited to just managers.