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Maybe it will pick up with all focus on Dodgers/Padres despite the huge differential in the standings, 12 1/2, when it was tied about a month ago. Actually, the biggest concern now is Clayton Kershaw’s troublesome back again. Fortunately for LA it will be at Chavez, which is somehow fitting with Vin Scully passing away this week and the funeral this weekend. Also, Nationals did the obvious thing and sent CJ Abrams down to the minors despite a 230ish average.

Then you destroy all of TA’s value. It’s why Strasburg or Corbin ultimately didn’t go out with Soto…and there’s only 3-5 teams who could handle the financial hit, so you’d basically be surrendering all your leverage. Then you’re going to end up Burger and Mendick? Sosa? Popeye Rodriguez? Pushing Montgomery and Colas up next year?

If we do wRC+, we get Leury and Grandal as two of the ten worst in baseball (280). #272, Grandal #276, Leury #266 Jackie Bradley, Jr. #258 Moncada #235 Pollock #234 Cody Bellinger #225 Engel OPS is virtually identical…and, fwiw, Reese McGuire clocks in as more than 45% below average for his part. Six Sox players this year who have been particularly awful and sabotaged the rebuild in different ways…but there are four chief culprits as we know, and Leury simply can’t bench himself.

Phillies actually trying to make the postseason, firing managers and benching or DFAing unproductive hitters…

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/sports/baseball/dunn-a-mighty-free-agent-has-struck-out-with-the-white-sox.html Well, first of all you need to double Grandal’s negative fWAR to account for differential in games played… Then, if you take out the positional bonuses for catcher vs. DH, it turns out to be very even…not to mention he’s (Grandal) basically being paid 2-3x as much for his numbers since only 211 at-bats. For example, $1.825 million per extra base hit. That’s the net worth of the average American in around the Top 3-4%…for lifetime wealth accumulation.

.159 vs. .190 BA Grandal wins .292 + .277=.569 Dunn wins .286 + .232=.519 Grandal loses 36 vs. 12 runs (all prorated) Dunn wins handily 79 vs. 66 hits, Grandal wins 6 vs. 16 doubles, Dunn wins 4 vs. 11 homers, Dunn wins 37 vs. 42 RBI’s, Dunn wins 57 vs. 75 walks, Dunn wins 116 vs. 177 k’s, Grandal wins 10 vs. 27 XBH’s, Dunn wins Less than 1 1/2 seasons of productivity vs. 2 debacles/disasters? That got KW kicked up to the front office as a reward… Salary, $12,000,000 Dunn vs. $18,250,000 Grandal 60% of Guardians’ entire payroll to Grandal/Keuchel ($36 vs. $60 million), and not counting Leury, Kelly, VV, Pollock, Lynn, Moncada, Jimenez, Hendriks, etc.

That he was going to look like a dumbass regardless so better to just punt and hope teams in front completely implode during stretch drive.

They are like the Guardians and Mariners right now.

Drury missed second in two days by about 6 inches of vertical. Didn't Hernandez have just one or maybe two after the trade last year?

You know Anderson would go to LA or NY hit 20-25 homers with 30+ steals and finish Top 3-5 in MVP voting.

More like Common Core.

5-4 with ten more to go. AL Central spot should be booted if winner finishes at .500 or below.

99 with boring movement.

Robert had no shot at that one.

That was not the swing of someone just trying to get on base.

Who have one of the 3-4 best one run records in the majors.

You can't have 25% of your payroll I'm the bullpen. The rest of the AL Central bullpens combined are less expensive.

Colas looks a lot like Yoenis Cespedes in terms of physically...

RHB vs. this guy .077 SSS

Sure but as a general philosophy, getting rid of players in their prime isn't the wisest choice. That's how we got stuck in RF 2B and now Pollock and Grandal and someday Abreu.

Starting to say wtf not because the window and years of control are increasingly become irrelevant with this shit show.

Teams trading or letting go of Madrigal Rodon Vaughn for 34-37 year old vets seem to be doomed to repeat failure. Shocked they didn't trade Burger.

Ruiz probably.

Toronto 9-2 now. Immolation of pen/defense.