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Half of a season is a mile stone worth looking at.

I remember saying that I was positive that someone with a higher ceiling would be taken behind Nick, and would end up being a better player in the long term. But what we knew with Nick was that he was about as good of a bet at finding someone to be a 10 year starter as existed in that draft that we could have selected. The hard part was finding which guy that was, and then getting them developed and contributing. Plus Nick is already a contributing starter on a playoff caliber team.

I really wonder how much the front office mess, with his name being right in the center of it, led him to press too much to try to prove to the world and the Mariners that they screwed up with how the handled him.

This is a great way of putting it. Nice read. https://theathletic.com/2635429/2021/06/06/fegan-what-im-looking-for-when-i-question-white-sox-manager-tony-la-russa/?source=dailyemail

Dbacks are listening on Perralta https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/06/diamondbacks-reportedly-listening-to-trade-offers-for-david-peralta.html

I want zero part of a long term deal for Carlos Rodon. Lynn? Sure throw money at him. Giolito? Great, throw 100-150 million at him to get a long term deal done. Rodon? His history of health is really, really bad. Maybe he's learned how to pitch, but can you really learn to be healthy? Pass at those numbers.

If a team is really willing to pay Carlos Rodon $20 million, not just for one year, but for multiple years, you laugh and move on.

Let's bump the brakes here. The dude hasn't been able to stay healthy since Robin Ventura was his manager, and you want to throw $20 million at him for two months of work? Let's get through a season before we blow everything on a guy who hasn't made it 100 innings but 3 times since 2015.

It's time to remove the bankruptcy restrictions from student loans.

Where ever he wants.

Sure, but doing it when you are in first place (or very close to it) is way different than doing it when you already suck.

White Flag is STILL reviled to this day, and we are almost 30 years on now. The crazy thing is that this is from a fan base which is WAY less optimistic than the Cubs one.

Oops. https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Dodgers-Trevor-Bauer-spin-rate-down-cheat-rules-16229875.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR257fJ0eZFKEp5xaC44C6KSH0KZAM5Hc8k2ZFqyov8PJ5MXwBWS-C11dogc

Its a best case scenario, they either piss off their fan base, or they push back their rebuild and make it more difficult.

Are we really talking about trading for mediocre guys like this? If so, I am not convinced that they would be better than the guys we have over the longer haul.

I have my IRA and personal account there. It does what I need it to do.

Did anything get said about Hamilton?

Uh oh, the bat signal just went out...

In addition to normal changes, we also have the sticky crackdown about to happen, so we really are going to see guys collapse mid season.

Giving away future pieces for a volatile piece is always a bad idea.

Vaughn is in the line up today.

Which is exactly why I am not giving up real talent for a guy who could suck the next day.

The pen is fine for the most part, they just need to pitch like it. There are some electric arms out there. They just need to get through whatever is going on. The worst thing they can go is overreact to SSS and trade real talent for relievers.

He was WAY over in right center when that ball was hit.

Dallas answered questions too, and no asked him about the early exit either.