Harry Chappas

The case of Tim Elko is odd in that he seems to have made enough noise in the minors to be noticed and the person blocking him is living on aluminum bat days from the last decade. They are clutching their Andrew Vaughn pearls going back to making him a LF and RF because they had to have his bat in the lineup every day. A bat that was never close to covering up the weaknesses of being short and very non-athletic. He is the poster child of the epic failure of this franchise, Hahn and Getz. What harm is it to flip he and Elko just to see what may happen. This organization hasn't changed at all they rush certain players inexplicably but also sign shitty vets to block some youth. Why in holy hell are Amaya and Palacios part of this organization same with janakowski, maton, etc Good they are awful at their job.

Clogging of the bases is the least of our concerns with this offense.

To add to the tragedy of this fella, they were so certain he was going to hit and hit well, they made him a RF and LF. Wow did they miss badly on evaluating him. He was insanely rushed with zero skillset to back it up.

You do not DFA Vaughn unless you need the 40 man spot. Send him to Charlotte it's as nice a city as Chicago it's not like you are sending him to Birmingham...no offense to the folks of Birmingham.

Every time I see Nick Maton he reminds me of a high school 2B

If you have kids between the ages of 8 and 22 it is absolutely terrifying.

Good for Rory. I was unaware so few golfers had won the grand slam. That's impressive.

Expecting position players to come up and succeed is a fools errand at this point but I really hope to be wrong

There really is zero purpose for having him on the top. He looks like a complete douche.

No but they evaluated Dominic Fletcher and determined he was a viable option.

In about the same games that makes it very special.

Fletcher trade showed Getz hiring of guy from AZ was a mistake Cease trade showed that Getz could not evaluate talent and is over his head WTF was the Janikowski experience this past week Getz will show Jerry all the great things that have happened in the minors and JR will eat it up Vaughan, Nicky 2 strikes and Jacob Gonzalez.....that is all you need to know. There is no skillset to any of those three guys that shows MLB talent.

I was a whatever on him from day 1 but what's his purpose now if he's not a multi inning mop up guy

Wouldn't insurance cover that? I assumed it would eventually be repaired.

What did he buy it for and what did he sell it for? Sports franchises are not money making ventures they are investments.

Earned runs but the point still shows how different the game has become. Has any of the four gotten through 6? I was there Thursday and can't recall.

Almost as bad as the Cease trade

I caught slaters HR and made in memoriam video. Today was a good day

Anderson and Moncada will end going 8-20 with 2 home runs and 9 driven in for the series and never be heard from again Trout will resurrect MVP chat and then be on the IL a week from now

North, McNeil and Bernstein drew listeners at their peak and were great on the air. All self destructed in different manners. Bernstein was done in by his narcissism. I thought his ratings were really good. I did not like that I liked to listen to him at times as while he is an egomaniac it did not feel like you were listening to dead air. I'm in the camp that it was probably a money issue with Audacy and they found a way out.

He's going to be a problem

The 4 classes waters things down greatly. Brother Rice was a nice team but not something that I thought would be a state champ. The IHSA has kind of killed the feel of being special but I guess it is high school sports and that isn't necessarily the goal.

Poles drafted a punter in two of the last three drafts. His drafting resume outside of Caleb needs to improve.

Yes not sure what year you got out of Rice but players at that time knew the team was a joke and elected to not play. Nowadays sports are more important to schools and there is a level of importance put into them that there was not in years past.

Not for the team that invested the draft capital in him. RB seems to be a crapshoot and their success is predicated on the scheme and line as much as pure talent.