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‘Los, 6.2, leading all of baseball and specifically Aaron Nola by 0.3 with just one possible start remaining against the Padres to decide a playoff spot. Poised to be #1 free agent pitcher on the market unless deGrom shockingly bolts, or Verlander inexplicably leaves Houston. Cueto 2.3 Lynn 1.7 Giolito 1.7 Kopech 1.0=6.7 Da.Martin 0.9=7.6 Fyi, Dylan Cease @ 4.6

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0 Rodon leads all of mlb in fWAR by 0.3 over Nola going into the final five games. Seems like Alcantara wins the NL Cy over Burnes, Rodon and Nola battling for third depending on how Phillies finish. Fried…then Gallen.

They’re going to charge all fans earning less than $100k 25% more for tickets while giving tickets away to anyone worth more than $10 million? Kwasi Karteng or whatever that trickle down-named guy, come on down!

Notice the results every time the Indians/Guardians have done it. Probably 4-5 cycles since that great 1994-1999 team that sold old Jacobs Field so many consecutive times back then.

Infield hits are way down , for one.

Interesting info. Had no idea.

Probably for Ben and Jerry's instead.

Just change years to days and I am Jesus of Nazareth, lol.

Someone keeps bringing up that we should never sign another NL player again. Do you agree or disagree?

There's no point to even write about it actually. We simply suck at obtaining players. Has absolutely nothing to do with AL vs. NL. Has to do with systemic organizational failures in talent evaluation. And one would think we should have been at an advantage scouting DBacks and now Dodgers sharing the same spring training complexes. Somehow Hahn still missed that Pollock is not a RFer. In fact, he's very clearly a better CFer even at age 34-35.

Lost Lowe and another key/young pitcher recently. Offense is in a terrible slump right now. Franco has just been decent this year, when actually on the field. Arozarena carrying the team most recently. Did just get Glasnow back, but can only give you 3-4 innings tops.

Keep trading or letting our twenty something's go...Rodon, Madrigal, Vaughn, we are simply doomed to repeat 2011-2016, especially with any coming payroll restrictions. Look no further than the Guardians' roster. TA would actually be the grizzled veteran over there, along with Ramirez and Bieber.

Vaughn seems closer to 5'10 1/2"

If there's a team that is in total collapse now, it's the Phillies. They're desperate for a win and have all home games here on out against bad teams. Philly gets Wash on the road (DH) and death trip to Houston. Would quietly be five consecutive postseasons for the Brewers. One of those "afternoon" playoff teams like the Rays and Guardians.

That's Daniel Fernando Tatis to you. Seriously, this Padres' team still has the Dodgers in their heads. 5-14 this year, lost 9 consecutive when they were falling apart last fall, so a 5-23 stretch. Yikes. Twins/Yankees'-esque. Played them much much better in 2019-20. And beating the Rockies in Denver, not so much. No CFer. Bell has been terrible. Josh Hader is channeling late White Sox Bobby Jenks vibes, although he has been better recently. No decent lefties off the bench. This team could go two games and out, or give the Dodgers a battle like their first two games this week...but never an easy task on the road against the Braves or Mets, no matter how you slice it.

The Twins' annnouncers don't believe for all the tea in China he will ever be back accept as a visiting player. Personally, this year for him was not unlike Albert Belle's one with the White Sox, just much quieter. About 35-40% of that value is coming from the time period when the team was collapsing. Of course, there's two ways of looking at that. On anti NL bias And to be fair Carlos Quentin and Adam Eaton were two of the best players for the Sox when we initially traded for them...both from D backs. Sergio Santos also. Of course, this season Pollock (and Peralta) have been terrible, so nobody ever really knows. It's always a 50/50 crapshoot. Problem not the leagues, but the executive picking the players is wrong 75-80% of the time on trades. Maybe, in the end, because Dunn and La Roche were just such high profile flops...? Zero conclusions. Secondly, because TLR represents the NL style and so many of "his" guys have flopped, you have Recency bias mixed in there as well.

https://www.fox9.com/sports/carlos-correa-on-possible-free-agency-if-the-twins-want-me-come-get-me "You when I go out to the mall and when I go to the Dior store, when I see something I want, I get it," said Correa. "I ask how much it costs and I buy. So if you really want something you just go get it." "I'm the product here and if they want my product, they just got to come get it," added Correa. If that's the case, they should really get a 50% discount off $35 million, because a big chunk of his sub optimal production came in garbage time after the Twins were all but eliminated over the course of the last 3-4 weeks.

If Quintana is now a $14 million pitcher we’re doomed anyway…or Cueto at $9-10 million, for that matter. The problem is that finding decent starters from $4-8 million is slim pickings. Hard to expect Hahn to pull off that trick for three consecutive years.

See 2013-2016 White Sox all over again…no quality depth.

Lux is going to be the sticking point. We’ll just have to wait and see if they win another WS, they won’t have the same pressure to spend more this offseason. They also have the luxury of excess pitching to trade and two huge deals coming off the books. And Hinch hasn’t exactly distinguished himself in DET so far.

Robert really needs to be a CF because he’s definitely lacking the arm for RF as well. The problem is we keep shoehorning guys in there when they don’t gave the attributes to play the position well. Like the creativity, but it would have to come from outside the organization. Hahn has too much already invested in this particular core to blow it up IMO. Granted, that outfield would still be much better. And no, not seeing TA7 giving up that glamorous SS position unless he is being dealt away. Also not sure Hahn would admit a mistake on Narvaez, either.

Yes, that 132 games played on average (not counting rookie and Covid year) suppresses his value quite a bit. Not unlike Carlos Correa, who will still get 8-10 years and at least $30 million per season if not more.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-twins-injuries-hurt-team-needs-change-derek-falvey-rocco-baldelli-pohlads/600211146/ Also, Guardians just had their 179th infield hit of the season…by far leading the majors and closing in on their 2001 team record. Another tangible measurement of how that team differentiates itself. Thinking about a possible Tim Anderson trade this offseason… “Carlos Correa’s torrid production has only improved his stock since that time. The Phillies, Cubs and Giants are reported to be among the teams that will look at free-agent shortstops. The Twins have already expressed public interest in extending the relationship. The Braves, Red Sox and Dodgers will all have their own star shortstops reach the market, creating potential openings for all three (in-house options notwithstanding). The Cardinals and Angels could need shortstops. The Orioles could theoretically be lurking and have already signaled that their payroll will increase. The free-agent market for shortstops should be strong, and Correa’s standing among the 15 most-productive hitters in the sport over the final two months of the season has likely silenced any inkling of a doubt regarding his opt-out clause. The Twins shocked baseball in March when they signed Correa in the first place. It would register as an even bigger shock if Correa now forgoes his opportunity to return to the market on the heels of a season — and a finish — this strong.” mlbtraderumors.com https://www.masslive.com/sports/2020/02/jeffrey-springs-new-boston-red-sox-pitcher-went-from-minimum-1k-signing-bonus-to-big-leagues-its-less-than-that-after-taxes.html Great story about Jeffrey Springs, originally drafted for just $1000 as a college senior out of App State…now 9-4 and a key piece of the puzzle for the Rays at age 30 with a low 90’s fastball and a changeup he throws 36% of the time, so basically Lucas Giolito when he’s on in terms of results. Has bounced all around before finding a home in Tampa Bay.

Kind of like Lucas doesn't want personally to finish with over a 5 ERA...