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Sure, but those players are hardly win-now guarantees. There really weren't many on the market...after the very top tier, names like Wong Drury Profar Frazier were far from slam dunks. But one week does not a season make.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-kansas-city-build-stadium-100000898.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/tiger-woods-proves-once-again-193614261.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mlb-files-emergency-motion-could-155030526.html Bally is hearing now that 2-3 teams being left out to dry will be attacked by MLB as an invalidation on all the Bally deals collectively and essentially leave nearly 1/2 the MLB streaming rights within their potential grasp of Manfred's claws.

He doesn't have the perfect arm or accuracy...but pretty darned close. When firing on all guns, Robert is right up there with Acuna Jr., Tatis, Chisholm, Corbin Carroll, Betts, Trout/Ohtani and Julio Rodriguez in terms of all the "loudest tools" players.

With Bellinger gone, Turner gone, Taylor on downside of his career and Lux out, they really had no choice but to go with some younger players...assuming they were also saving as many bullets as possible to make a run at Ohtani or Reynolds. The big key with all these rookies is seeing where they are at the 54 game mark after the league has made adjustments. J Heyward just hit a bomb lol. Vargas has been solid up the middle too.

Hard to blame Katz. Watched Clevinger and Manaea a lot last year and both were largely unreliable. Kopech and Giolito both can't seem to get out of their own heads...and are messes physically/mechanically as well.

Felt kind of inevitable after scoring only one in that situation. Crowd counting down along with pitch clock lol...that was predictable as well.

Who's the first one out of the bullpen? Clevinger hanging on by a thread to be positioned for a W.

Three hit game for Kelenic...against CLE.

Is Mena really the best pitching prospect now? Or Thompson? Dalhquist was the other name that name that always got mentioned. Then you have our somewhat unorthodox 1st round draft pick from 2022, Schulz.

Andrus now at .152 and stuck in quicksand...Moncada coming back down to earth now.

Cardinals' SS now pitching? Dutch national team guy? Luis Robert continuing to pick up the pace on both sides of the ball...

Fortunate to get out of that inning...

Clevinger losing focus with McCutcheon on base. Just get the last out.

Stolen base parade.

Reynolds leading majors in homers and ribbies ... can get an absolute haul for him.

Why is the infield in leading 5-1???

Cruz Missile. No relationship to Cuban Tank. There's yet another defensive lapse.

Clevinger averaged about 5.2 innings per start last year...fwiw.

Need a reclamation success like Jose Contreras, Martin Perez, Loiaza 2003. Rodon was it, and Cueto last year.

Colas late on the fastball even on 3-0. Coaxes a walk. That's a big positive. Keep the line moving.

Poor man's Javy Vazquez.

31 pitches and counting this inning. Knockout blow there. Slowed down with a change up and sped up Grandal bat head.

95 center cut couldn't square it up. Still a game for now...