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Are the Marlins willing to pay $12.5 million for a veteran in his final contract year for a full season? Without fans?

2018 collapse at end and then getting knocked into WC by Milwaukee, then nothing last year. 2-7 in post season since the Workd Series. That said, the same number of postseasons (this decade) as the White Sox going back to 1993...and just two more gets you all the way back to 1959. We better get at least 3-4 more in 154-162 game seasons for this rebuild to be considered a true success.

Hill and Rosenthal from the Royals, Adams from the Mariners...and then Morejon and Patino internally were/are two of their top 3-4 starting pitching prospects. Pagan in the offseason from the Rays to take off some of the late inning pressure from Yates and Stammen/Strahm (Royals). Pomeranz (nearly everyone questioned that contract, but he was a huge factor) as a FA. Pierce Johnson was at one point a Cubs’ starting pitching prospect. HUGE amount of tinkering to get the exact right combination over the last 24 months,

Starling Marte.

Yates is a lot like Marshall. He got on a huge roll in 2019, but not sure he can ever repeat that. He was terrible in the early going in 2020, although obviously part of that was injury-related and partly a loss of confidence...an inter-related combination. And I’m not sure he will have sunk all the way from the “best” or at least most effective NL reliever for the majority of 2019 all the way down to a $3 million Make good contract if you look at the money for guys like Herrera or even Cishek. Thinking at least $5-6 million with the possibility of doubling that number with achievable incentives. Like Colome, he can quite frequently be a tightrope reliever...the second half of last season and early this year, he was more like late career Bobby Jenks. Of course, as noted, Rosenthal and especially Hendriks will get significantly more. Glad to see more and more are now on the Gausman bandwagon, though.

So if every city/municipality, state, etc., makes or enforces their own rules (or not), instead of one uniform policy across an entire outbreak area, we don’t have contact tracing and the majority of people are reluctant to accept vaccinations...how can we realistically expect an ending to this whole situation if we just keep on supplying an unlimited number of virus incubators/super spreaders?

But it's not. We can't speed, drive drunk or choose not to wear seat belts unless we are willing to face the consequences for those behaviors that could potentially endanger ourselves or others. Can grocery stores and restaurants provide customers expired foods, or pharmacies expired drugs? Sure, one is unlikely to get sick, but there's a huge fine/penalty to endanger their business model if they get caught. Why take risks that are not necessary and that could potentially result in the death/s of fellow human beings? Freedom is more important than one's life if they are "only" senior citizens who are put at risk?

Would be first shutout from entirely bullpen game in MLB history. Looks like Lamet will be back, but Clevinger doubtful. Big test will be going for it by bringing up Mackenzie Gore. That's asking so much out of a rookie to debut in the playoffs against the best team in baseball.

Because you're not only relying on businesses enforcing policies...but individuals also behaving responsibly. How much money are they still losing at 25%? How much more money would they be earning now if everyone just followed the rules for 2 1/2 - 3 months instead of just blowing the whole thing up early? Businesses would have had at least June through October revenues...prime earning months for many, and normal returns to school would have been possible. Think of all the theatre failures that could have been avoided, or airline jobs preserved.

Mike Lee and Thom Tillis, who's in the middle of a huge re-election battle in NC. Not to mention impact on potential SC hearings.

But the government or municipalities regulate DUI's, seat belts, speeding, food and drug safety, protecting us from environmental harms/negative externalities. Why would the scientists, FDA and CDC (compared to politicians) have LESS&nbsp%3

Because they finish 1/2 in the AL or Lynn starts over Keuchel somehow? Still not sure how that changes Bassitt's start?

Jamie Seidelnews.com.au America’s doomsday planes are in the air following news that the nation’s commander-in-chief, President Donald Trump, has COVID-19. Two US Navy E-6B Mercury nuclear war command posts were observed in flight Friday, one on each coast of the United States. They were initiating the “Take Charge and Move Out” (TACAMO) defence protocol – essentially dispersing the command and communications facilities needed to control the US nuclear arsenal. These aircraft are activated by the Pentagon when it is deemed necessary to communicate with the US Navy’s secretive nuclear missile submarines, stealth bombers and missile silos. The move underscores the potential severity of the situation.

Okay, which top 6-8 market team that could actually absorb that contract actually needs a 3B/corner OF that desperately? Giants still have another year or two of Longoria?

When did the virus breach the Trump bubble? Inside a big Trump mystery Trump interacted with dozens of aides and hundreds of supporters throughout a series of widely attended events over the past week. Now his team is trying to figure out how widely the virus may have spread in his orbit. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/trump-bubble-breach-coronavirus-positive-425531

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/amy-coney-barrett-coronavirus-supreme-court-nominee/index.html If they still try to jam the Coney Barrett nomination through before the election, they’re insane. Fine, they can do whatever they want in the lame duck session, only common sense can stop them at that point I guess. It’s unfortunate we likely miss the one watchable debate between Harris/Pence and likely get a cancellation of the second presidential debate at the end of next week. Putting the Biden camp, accused constantly of weakness and running away and hiding in a basement with the biggest mask ever on...in quite an interesting position, politically speaking.

Why would you attempt to trade Bryant at his lowest value unless you think he’s never going to turn things around...and just want to save money? If that’s the case, why hold on to Baez and Contreras, too?

With Mazara and EE gone...likely replaced by Vaughn, and Collins either backup catcher or more likely traded...seems you really need one more established veteran, either at catcher or a 1B/DH/PR type.

Is that even better than average? Can we guarantee Engel will play that well again?

6. Jurickson Profar

Starling Marte depending on price...

Colome at best a 10-15% likelihood to return as he’s a FA.

If Crochet is out next year, that really puts the pressure on Vaughn, Bummer and Kopech, because we are unlikely to pay $10+ million for another closer with Bummer and Heuer around, not to mention Burdi. Wouldn’t be shocked to see Reynaldo coming out of the bullpen if Crochet’s out, but he just doesn’t have a consistent strikeout pitch unless he can change his spin rate and throw closer to 100. Feels like Rodon, Mazara and EE are gone, along with McCann. Mazara vs. Joc Pederson? Sincerely doubt we pony up for Springer or Ozuna. Leury vs. Yolmer vs. Mendick vs. Engel? Feels like Renteria won’t part with Leury or Engel. Backup catcher? Francisco Mejia two years ago was the best catching prospect in baseball, I’d seriously think about dealing Collins and Stiever, because I don’t think he has good enough stuff to stick as a starter but time will tell. Maybe they’d take Collins and Rutherford/Adolfo instead. In the end it really comes down to those four young pitchers (including Lopez as a reliever) and getting a solid starter via FA or trade. I’ve said all along that Garrett Richards another year removed from TJ would be one of my picks, he feels exactly like the type of salary range (plus some upside potential) the Sox usually target in FA and he’s still relatively young. Wish we could have bought low on Will Myers. I pushed this idea numerous times and everyone laughed, but he’s going to be close to a Top Ten MVP vote getter in the NL, probably missing out due to being the much less notorious third wheel in that offense.

Now he can assert that hydroxychloroquine or a new vaccine that only he had access to cured him. Or they can hospitalize him for 7-10 days in a desperate attempt to garner sympathy from voters. Only Trump is strong and tough enough to beat Covid-19 single-handedly due to his healthy diet and rigorous exercise routine. #OctoberSurpriseWagTheDog

It's only a problem if you are a senior citizen basically on your way out anyway...