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BoSox over Yankees 3-0 finally catching them

Braden as well

Enter Sandlin/Sandman they simply can't keep running Schultz out there

Whole division except KC stacked up together within 3 1/2 games...

Pretty much a full time DH now, though? Obviously thought their playoff odds/revenue share chances were better. We shall see. Definitely a better pitching staff over there...White Sox are duct taped and barely held together by baling wire.

It goes with the territory. Now everyone is hating on Peters Braden any catchers Mune Colson Vargas...even Antonacci's defense and hitting against LP. Davis Martin and pretty much any non Burke starting pitcher...maybe a bit of appreciation for Kay. Will probably change yet again in 2-3 weeks, right?

Dominguez was actually pitching much better in recent weeks...outside the closer's role, which was never a good fit, just like it's not Brazoban's place, either. On the open market, he would probably get at least $6-8 million. You'd have to really be VERY kind to possibly imagine anyone giving Luis Castillo more than $13-15 million as a FA (if he didn't have a guaranteed contract for next year)...unless those $150-160 million payroll floors become a reality.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2026.shtml The fact remains that Meidroth and Vargas have been their best players. Then Peters, Mune, Colson and Antonacci.

2000 or 2001

Fans don’t really care about “positively spinning” accounting mumbo jumbo. That’s how they ended up sending E.Johnson and Tatis, Jr. to SD in the first place. And both for declining “Big Game/Name” pitchers in Shields and Castillo with obviously diminishing performance/crispness of stuff/peripherals.

Still a 7% decline from GRF to Seattle would be expected. Only surprise is GRF not playing as an offense-first environment, actually 22nd. But there’s still August and early September to go. Also holds true for 2024-25. GRF 19th for offense, Seattle consistently the very worst. baseballsavant.comStatcast Park FactorsBaseball Savant

Which of those bottom 16 fWAR and slightly beyond would possibly get that $$$? Peralta and Ray? Singer? Merrill Kelly? Springs? Mikolas? You’re not even taking into consideration moving from Castillo’s offense suppressing environment in Seattle to GRF.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?month=0&pos=all&stats=pit&type=8&qual=100&pagenum=3&pageitems=30 3 of the bottom 16 fWAR (out of 91) with over 100 ip Kay Castillo and Fedde

Altuve will be another interesting HoF case. On the Red Sox or Yankees, he probably gets in. But just barely.

Not an easy problem to address now less than fifty games out. (Hopefully not even Ron wants to rush Bonemer up to a corner outfield spot before the playoffs begin.) Who would have ever thought Keider Montero and Parker Messick would be the two best AL Central pitchers standing going into the second week of August? Strangest season in a good way (especially with the bar set so very low) since 2000.

Lackey!!! Ultimately, they have a bit of a mess on their hands with natural infielders Antonacci Bonemer Cholowsky and Carlson all trying to fit in somewhere... Trade them for pitching? The funny thing is that I couldn't do anything but pick out of a hat right now between Mune Vargas Colson in terms of "fair market value" extensions on all three of them. You could even make your Meidroth extension case right there...especially if the small market Brewers can reward Luis Lara and Pratt so early and so confidently. (Marketing departments across MLB would certainly argue on behalf of Murakami.)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castilu02.shtml Holy statistics!!! For pretty much 9 seasons, his bWAR has been declining. Peak was clearly 2019-2023...obviously 2020 was the shortened Covid season. 2018 is the only anomaly. Then the slight improvements from 2024 to 2025 before the collapse this season. 2024 1.9 2025 2.3 Right now, it's at -0.9!!! Prior to 2026, never negative. Note: don't ever buy high priced pitchers on the wrong side of their career decline

14th in OPS and sinking recently with Braden and Peters struggling https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/2026-mlb-team-outfield-rankings-by-team 24th in homers Cubs/PCA of course are #1

"Mad Dog" Russo was outraged by the take and responded as such, saying that “this drove me nuts” and labeled it “derogatory.” “Hey Pete, you’re talking to me now about Ruth!” Russo said as he ran through Ruth’s historical numbers. “Nobody hit home runs like Babe Ruth. Say what you want about Ohtani, we understand that he’s a unicorn. Babe Ruth is so good it’s mindboggling. Did you know, Peter Crow-Armstrong, that Babe Ruth hit 27 home runs over 500 feet? Bonds? Never. Not one. … Ruth owned baseball, nobody hit home runs like Ruth! He out-homered leagues! To sit there and say they were pitching underhand, well why didn’t anybody else hit the home runs hitting underhand." nypost.com

For five weeks?

Can take his genius kid too.

Losing his AL Manager of the Year spot to interim Tracy or Cash

game set match Will certainly breathe lots of life into CLE and DET At least three games recently with blown 3-4-5 run leads.

game set match

debatable Charlie Tilson and Brian Simmons are Silver Sluggers comparatively