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Call me crazy. Stole Mize for fantasy before anyone realized he was up, starting him today. Robert also on team...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/asia/wuhan-water-park-party-intl-hnk/index.html

The Millionaire Next Door. $40-60 watch, too?

https://theathletic.com/2006926/2020/08/19/why-dane-dunning-always-had-the-fortitude-to-make-his-white-sox-debut/?source=dailyemail In a tough University of Florida program that hadn’t offered him until he was a rising high school senior, with A.J. Puk, Alex Faedo and Logan Shore in the rotation, Dane Dunning was working out of the bullpen as a junior, after a rough freshman year and a solid but unspectacular sophomore campaign. His even keel seems perfect now for the pressures of professional baseball and Wednesday’s big-league debut, and especially for coping with over two years of elbow rehab, but at the time some questioned whether the happy and approachable right-hander truly burned to be great. He was still smooth-faced, easily 30 pounds lighter than he is today, and when he wore his now trademark glasses, Dunning still looked 12 years old. Thompson’s friends were a little skeptical. “I said, ‘Listen, guys,'” Thompson recalled in a phone call with The Athletic. “‘Dane is 6-foot-4. He’s young, his arm has not been used that much and he’s throwing 93-94 mph with movement. If you don’t think he’s going in the top two rounds, you’re nuts.'”

If he improves his defense to at least league average, Top 35-50.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29692078/with-two-hits-stolen-base-fernando-tatis-jr-wraps-eventful-series-texas-padres-complete-sweep Wow, Todd Frazier just got posterized....big time. Along with Javy Baez, one of the most classic acrobatic slide techniques you’re ever going to see.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2020/8/18/21373496/fernando-tatis-jr-grand-slam-padres-vs-rangers-controversy https://breakingt.com/products/3-0-pitch?rfsn=2722669.750f07

Roger Boh-ZARD named the tandem starter for Sox, known to have a green thumb and a knack for tamping down dirt between home and mound... overwatering base paths against mid 80s Royals and Cardinales.

https://www.bleachernation.com/baseballisfun/2020/08/18/maybe-eloy-jimenez-doesnt-even-need-a-glove/

Exit Velocity (MPH) Distance (ft) Hard Hit Barrels Rk. Player Team BBE LA (°) SwSp% Max Avg FB/LD GB Max Avg Avg HR 95 MPH+ % % Swing # Brls/BBE % Brls/PA % 1 Tatis Jr., Fernando 64 10.3 31.3 112.6 96.1 100.1 91 434 195 403 42 65.6 25.5 14 21.9 13.1 2 Seager, Corey 64 12 39.1 112.8 93.7 99 85.7 444 200 412 36 56.3 24.3 13 20.3 16.7 3 Abreu, Jose 68 6.7 22.1 112.2 91.8 95.4 91 421 141 400 35 51.5 18.3 5 7.4 5.1 4 Walker, Christian 65 10.9 38.5 107.5 91.5 94.9 87.3 451 189 451 35 53.8 19.9 5 7.7 5.6 5 Hernandez, Teoscar 57 20.1 40.4 115.9 95.5 99.3 89.3 466 216 427 35 61.4 24.6 9 15.8 11.3 6 Perez, Salvador 74 13.5 40.5 107.4 90.7 93.1 86.9 447 193 430 33 44.6 17.7 6 8.1 6.5 7 Betts, Mookie 77 15.8 46.8 108.4 90.2 93.4 86.2 409 202 396 33 42.9 24.3 9 11.7 9.1 8 Story, Trevor 73 23.1 42.5 109 90.9 94.4 84 447 229 417 33 45.2 19.1 9 12.3 9.0 9 Jimenez, Eloy 58 4.2 32.8 113.6 92.7 96.3 90.3 428 150 383 33 56.9 21.4 11 19.0 13.3

You can pretty much forget the idea of Quintana going anywhere else (if it was ever possible) with this news for the Cubs.

New unwritten rule: MLB managers should have to notify the other team when they're starting an "opener" to be piggybacked with a starter so that managers can set their line-ups accordingly, for the "second pitcher" (who will go 2-4 innings, perhaps) and not the guy who might only pitch just a single inning (like Foster with the White Sox)... https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast?type=batter&year=2020&position=&team=&min=q&sort=6&sortDir=desc MLB Exit Velocity leaders...lots of White Sox in the Top 50. Eloy, Abreu, Anderson and Robert. Provides some support for Gregory Polanco being a better idea in RF than almost anyone has countenanced.

Jon Garland once refused to do this for Ozzie...he missed on like three consecutive brushback pitches, in fact. There was one other White Sox pitcher that famous had an issue with Coop/Ozzie and refused to drill the other team when called to do so. Btw, our old friend Don Wakamatsu managing the Rangers today. And there's one more thing about this Padres' situation. It's pretty much insane the umpires didn't even issue a warning to the pitcher who threw behind Machado (and he was just suspended for 3 games.) Pretty weird all around, when you have two of the most high-profile players in baseball involved. Obviously quite blatant/intentional. UNREAL. Another grand slam in Texas, this one from Wil Myers off Mike Minor. This is going to get testy if the Rangers begin to get frustrated...and you can definitely CANCEL any White Sox interest in acquiring Minor, fwiw.

Here's another point to consider. The Padres have already blown something like 15 leads this year (at different points in games, as opposed to just BS category). Their closer from last year, Yates, is likely out for the season...their supposed dominant RH set-up guy, Pagan, who came over from the Rays, has been hot garbage. Stammen and Strahm have been pretty bad, too. They've recently been forced to make Pomeranz into a situational closer, in fact. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=0&season=2020&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2020-01-01&enddate=2020-12-31&sort=11,d Padres tied for 3rd in MLB with 5 blown saves already. Only the Astros and Angels have been worse in this category (White Sox with just one.)

The dreaded, "day to day" injury? Any reason to think it could end up being worse?

https://sports.yahoo.com/current-and-former-players-defend-fernando-tatis-jr-after-he-hit-grand-slam-on-30-count-182240164.html

That’s not how he thinks or is programmed. The Padres wouldn’t have brought up Paddack and Tatis for Opening Day last year if they felt they were selfish, “me first” players. He’s just having a lot of fun, not thinking too much...seeing the ball and hitting the ball wherever it’s pitched.

That sounds about right...do they perchance play again this year or just a one-off? If they still go after Tatis today, it’s going to result in a massive, social-distance challenging brawl...and you’re endangering the career of one of the top 3-5 future faces of the sport.

Ohtani debate...wonder if goes back to being a position player full time now?

What the heck is going on? Did the DNC Convention thread just take over?

Should be eres...remember that “joke” being constantly bandied back by players and even coaching staff to players back in the mid 90’s. Totally different environments in terms of political correctness and whats considered permissible in a clubhouse (see Ozzie and the blow up doll controversy with Swisher, 2008.)

That’s basically the MiLB system. Works for me, creates two seasons with fresh starts and renewed rooting interest...

McCann and the bottom 3 stand out the most on first glance...

Well said.