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Better to cut the losses in 2021 than to screw up Hendriks for the next three years of his contract...that's a door you just don't want open unless Hendriks continues to blow saves at his current clip (should be at least an 80-85% success rate at the bottom of the range).

How many borderline HoF relievers (and there aren't many) have been taken out of that role and put back into the 7th/8th and done well at it? It's pretty much unheard of, if for no other reason than Kimbrel's salary to pitch just 50-60 innings per season. You just know Hahn is more likely to double down to justify the trade, rather than "fix" Kimbrel and/or let him go without anything in return this off-season. The way he's pitching right now, you're not going to find a team willing to pay him $16 million in 2022, let alone give up significant talent in a potential deal for him.

Seems like they're piggybacking on The Money Heist series from Spain that's so incredibly popular...

Free Guy was quite watchable, but those who hate Ryan Reynolds (or think a little of him goes a LONG way) might not find it to their liking.

Went down to the final batter in the 9th (Cronenworth), Girardi just pushed him too hard... The way things have worked out with the Padres this year, can easily make the argument they would have been better off holding onto Quantrill and Patino. Hindsight of course being 20/20.

Starters injured: Clevinger, Morejon, Paddack, Darvish, Lamet, Arrieta (well, that doesn’t matter so much) They would have been better off this season just holding onto Quantrill. On fumes right now. Gore hasn’t progressed as expected and Snell the rare example of a pitcher getting worse in the NL. Weathers got hurt as well and not the same pitcher since return, plus running into new territory with IP.

Sounds like a lucrative position…

I’m sure they would probably prefer Franco over Hernandez, as would 29 other teams.

That’s 22 blown saves with roughly 1/4th of the season remaining…

Tepera pitching the bottom of the inning or Hendriks going out after just 8 pitches with a lead//SVO…

Not good for the White Sox individually, but definitely good for baseball in general. Would force the Indians to significantly up payroll, and push the Royals and Tigers (who are right on the cusp of starting to think about supplementing with free agency, although the majority of that won't take place until the 2022-23 off-season.)

The adjustment for later-developing high schoolers should be approximately 1 1/2 seasons...some would argue 2 even, but 1.5 sounds about right.

Can't wait for the 9th. Have to hope we score 2 more so that Hendriks can't come into the game. Of course, if we really want to go anywhere in OCT, we need both those guys to get themselves right, somehow.

A's still have Mitch Moreland to use...waiting for the 9th.

Sure, the 0.5ish ERA version of Kimbrel for 4 months with the Cubs...and that was AS A CLOSER. Not an 8th inning set-up guy.

KNEW he was getting a fastball there. Just super fortunate it stayed inside the ballpark, somehow.

Perfect. Lawrie, of course.

D'Angelo Jimenez/Wil Cordero/Brett Myers/Royce Clayton/Cory Snyder/Steve Sax

Lovely way to start the inning...

Moncada now 7 for his last 52...

Was that 100% necessary to give up a baserunner/opportunity to hit with TA7 and runners in scoring position???

April May and September weekday/night games are always going to be a challenge due to weather and the lack of sizzle surrounding the AL Central opponents. Getting to the WS would help immensely, or at least the ALCS.

Put him under Hostetler...or Buddy Bell.

Or Kelenic? Both need a lot of spinning to justify...

Why is it a shocker when we're not exactly on the cutting edge when it comes to modern technology, analytics, etc.?