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Just like the fans are completely bored with Harrison and Leury...we have become a team that went from dynamic last summer to whatever this is now. Listless.

Cueto is a temporary band-aid at best. Just wait for late May and June starts with the jet stream blowing out at G-Rate.

Sure 2-1 2-1 2-1. All that was undone by four consecutive losses and 3 Guardians wins. Especially with so many Sunday lineups and games surrendered before the opening pitch.

Or was it LaRussa? Inquiring minds want to know. Because all you had to do was look at his age and fWAR in 2018, 2019 and 2020. A complete roll of the dice for what should have been the easiest 2-2.5 fWAR complementary piece of the puzzle.

Series wins sounds more like the qualifying for the BCS Power 5 beauty pageant. Irrelevant. Not who you play. It's when you play 'em.

Abreu struggling or Suzuki leading the ROY race? Well, the Sox are 1/2 game up and losing the attendance battle, but Madrigal continues to be an enigma.

Looking at that Game 2 lineup Wednesday...only gluttons for punishment kept watching after Engel got cut down at the plate. Same thing with the game yesterday when Leury ran up the back of Robert. Does switching to the most exciting two way player since Babe Ruth throwing a perfect game make one a bad fan? I think not.

That's a name at least that can't be confused for their former franchise moniker. They just got too clever.

At the rate you're going I might have to convert into an independent voter, lol. Fight the change? What is this, Do the Right Thing, Part II?

It’s the LaRussa Legacy! Cardinals Way! Well, unless your manager (Schildt) is a bit too racist and curses too much for even Missourians.

Tony still confuses him with the good (Braves’ era) version of Rafael Furcal. Hence the nickname “Furcalito.”

It is if you’re older than fifty years old and have been saying the same team name since 1976. In fact, it’s not so cleverly embedded in the name Guardians and the uniform script is exactly the same… I’m going to guess you are 33-35. Try living another twenty years and we can then compare notes on franchise name changes that are difficult to get used to. If I’m not dead already.

Max Muncy…

https://www.gobankingrates.com/saving-money/entertainment/least-most-expensive-baseball-stadiums-watch-game/ Wrigley, Yankee Stadium, Oracle Park, Citi Field, Globe Life, Oakland equal or higher based on last year’s parking rates…

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-mlb-predictions/ With Moncada, Robert, Lynn, Crochet and Kelly all out…this feels like a bit more realistic placement. Pollock back, thankfully. Guardians and Twins perceived to be almost equal threats for the moment.

That’s actually one of the most fascinating future questions for this franchise…it better be an objective outsider for once. Theo Epstein didn’t even (really) survive a title, three consecutive NLCS, etc.

The team with the best all-time record in interleague play is the New York Yankees of the AL at 144–102 (.585), followed by the Chicago White Sox at 143–104 (.579). The Miami Marlins holds the NL's best interleague record at 127–107 (.543), followed by the St. Louis Cardinals at 109–96 (.532) wikipedia

Collins could neither hit not catch well with the White Sox. Like Grandal, he could take a walk. He's actually doing much better in Toronto and getting some playing time.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance And they haven't said anything (Merkin/Boyer) that I have seen publicly, but it really feels like the season ticket base is pretty much the same as last year or even shrank a bit based on the lockout and disappointing roster additions (or lack thereof). Notice the four AL Central teams congregated together. Which means that home crowds between now and June will go a long ways towards deciding what financial flexibility (if any) they have at the deadline. If the weather doesn't improve until mid to late May, you can envision them finishing 12th through 15th...last year was 14th. Maybe the tremendous price increases across the board are offsetting. We've basically had only Opening Day and the Hendriks bobblehead doll, but that Friday night crowd against TB was under 20,000, which was a BIT surprising after two consecutive playoff appearances.

They will inevitably give Harrison/Leury until at least late May, early June...if anything, they would still have Romy up over Yogurt in the depth chart. Charlotte numbers don't mean all that much, unless on the extremely high or low side.

This is kinda scary to be so interested in the 30th ranked minor league system when we supposedly have the #3 team in baseball...well, it is what it is. At least they didn't start out the season like this, like losing 3/4 in LA last year. Being 6-2 game them some cushion to fall back and not be adversely impacted over the long term.

Well, Ron presented the idea. It just doesn't make any sense AT ALL. You're not going to get full value for anyone besides Anderson or Giolito anyway (perhaps Cease). And executing those trades right now would be known as White Flag 2, except that team was 3 1/2 games behind a GREAT Indians' team and treading water.

https://www.mlb.com/giants/team/front-office Just find SOMEONE from a team that actually knows what they're doing! If you want to stretch the budget again, go with Cleveland, TB, Milwaukee or the Braves. Probably some great minds left in the A's front office still. Obviously the Dodgers front office, as well.

The Yankees did give up two runs that inning, so Cabrera wasn't too upset, said it raised his OBP, haha.

Heyward's actually having a decent season so far. And Madrigal's not in the line-up today. Think he's just experimenting.