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That would clearly be the better viewing choice.

There's still human trafficking going on in SE Asia to interdict...

The bad part of the bullpen has to absorb this game...and pray that Lambert can give at least 4-5 innings or the rest of the trip is going to be a complete mess.

Well, there goes the Anderson GG campaign before it ever got off the ground...

Five errors in an inning? At least we will leadoff Baseball Tonight for something...

Would who have thought watching Pirates at Brewers is actually a better option?

The Indians are still a year away, but those who completely wrote them off were sorely mistaken.

And now they're really stuck overpaying for someone if there's any issues with Lynn's comeback or God forbid another starter...

I think you're under shooting significantly with that 12 the way their offense has been going....

You know we will be stuck with him at least the first four months...when's the last time they ate more than $10 million?

Game set and match.

When's the last time we played great defense? 2012?

Obviously air mailed the cut off man but no harm done. Guess we don't have to worry about Keuchel getting to 162 after all.

Manny Machado on pace for a 17.5 fWAR… Rodon vs. Bassitt in battle of former Sox hurlers.

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Did he get any of his fastballs to 91/92?

https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2022/4/20/23033499/cleveland-guardians-call-up-shortstop-gabriel-arias-for-doubleheader Really fortunate to have Owen Miller and Quantrill on the shelf…Arias in his big league debut. Clement becoming something of a super utility guy now. Pretty sure that Miller was leading the majors in doubles.

Leury being in the lineup on a daily basis? White Sox have the best record in the AL but would be tied for third in the NL West behind the Rockies (what?) and the Dodgers…with the Giants and Padres. Mets are off to a strong start…especially considering no deGrom.

Does that make you happy? And Vaughn is going to get increasing playing time if he continues to hit right and left-handed pitching. Their prospects pedigrees are nothing alike…

2015 you had the Royals with the lowest K percentage, and the Cubs with the worst, but they made the NLCS and won it all the following year. Toronto had the fifth best (lowest) K percentage. Toronto also had the highest wRC+ 117, with the Royals and Mets (#10/12) in the middle of the pack (99/98) and Cubs 17th at 96. But the Royals far and away had the best MLB fielding, with Toronto second. And that doesn’t even account for the bullpen and baserunning. So the Royals were far from sluggers, just like the 2005 White Sox offense, but they were certainly an above average offense and that’s all you need when you have other aspects of the team that are outstanding or elite. The Cubs, of course, were a totally different kind of team than the Royals the following year, so its hard to generalize such a “squishy” idea from a statistical standpoint.

Yeah, but I didn't exceed my limit of ten!

If Moncada is actually hurting the offense, the likelihood of a World Series with this team just fell by 25%.

The infamous Alex Cintron trade (Bajenaru)...well, at least Quentin and Eaton turned out well, those were a couple of NL trades that we clearly won. Jeff Bajenaru is currently a pitching coach for the Hillsboro Hops, A level affiliate for the Diamondbacks. (Just looking it up, another one from that era was Chris Young and El Duque's ghost and Luis Vizcaino to AZ for Javy V. and CASH after the World Series. In 2007, it looked like Young would be a superstar, with 30 homers and 25 stolen bases.)

Back to Burger and Moncada. You don't think about moving Moncada anywhere in the middle of the season, period. You stick Burger in Charlotte once Yoan comes back and play him all over the infield (well, not SS, clearly) and let him hit everyday, putting up some monster numbers to increase his trade value. Maybe even LF or RF, but it's probably better to keep him from having to do long sprints for balls if it can be avoided.

Gee, it's simply IMPOSSIBLE to imagine if I had put up a player like Abrams (which I was smart enough not to do) as a thread like Harold braved to do with Kelenic that every day it would be getting riddled with comments. Heck, it could have been Hosmer, but then everyone would have had to be quiet for the first month, not that he's a 400 average, .972 OPS guy long-term, obviously. Whenever you attach your name to a player so closely, you have to live with the ups and downs. For example, if Tatis got hurt (again) the other day playing soccer in the outfield by landing on his injured wrist. Parkman has Giolito. I used to have Puig...then moved on. Are you going to stake your name on Suzuki/Madrigal? P.S. The mods, by and large, have busy lives these days and have MUCH BETTER things to do with their time than mediate your board policings. And as soon as Kelenic can move his average from .182 to at least .240, then Harold won't have to hear it as much.