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29 pitches already for Hamilton...struggling to close things out, runners on 1st and 2nd, just one out and lead cut down to one.

The Padres also have another top prospect, Urias, a 2B....in AAA. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=188365 Putting up an 834 OPS in AAA at age 21. It's going to come down to pitching with them...and how much money they have left after that mega-deal for Hosmer. They're also needing to decide on Wil Myers' long-term future. https://www.milb.com/gameday/missions-vs-drillers/2018/05/29/546981#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=546981 Batting average finally up to .271, 16 doubles, 845 OPS. June 9th, .280/860 ops

Meanwhile, Rose has managed to leave 8 men on base despite hitting a two run bomb... Let's see if Hamilton can manage a 2 inning save.

Yeah, Eloy!!!!!! Mr. Clutch.

Collins with runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Fisher pinch ran and got cut down trying to get to 3rd on a ball hit on the infield... And he walks on 4 pitches to bring up Jimenez with bases loaded. 3 for 3, plus 3 walks.

Ian Hamilton hunkered down in the bottom of the 9th and preserved the tie to put BIRM into the 10th. The big names should get an opportunity this inning to take the lead....well, maybe not, Schroeder/Polo/Mendick, hopefully one can get on to get the game to Collins/Jimenez/Rose.

After the Merrick Garland debacle, and with how Trump's packing the court with idealogues and fanatics, ANYTHING seems possible at this point...not to mention killing the "blue slip" tradition and all the arguments about the filibuster.

The weird thing is that Kanny has one of the best records in the minor leagues of any team...and they have the least amount of "prospect talent" of any team in our system. Jirschele has (seemingly) done a very good job with them.

Most people over 40 or 45 don't even know what Twitch is...maybe the sequel to Hitch with Will Smith and Kevin James reprising their roles? Actually, I do remember meeting an "internet model/VJ" in Manila a couple of years ago who went on and on about how much money she made from her Twitch channel. Her name is Ann B. Mateo.

Can't imagine the NBA is nearly as excited about a Rockets/Celtics match-up...but it might be better for the sport in the long run, especially if Boston could win without Hayward and Irving. Of course, it's hard to imagine GS or Houston not wiping out Boston fairly easily...unless Brad Stevens really does walk on water.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/24/tom-perez-andrew-cuomo-primary-endorsements-607799 Here we go again, Tom Perez infuriates liberals (aka progressive) with Andrew Cuomo endorsement in NY governor's race

What's the reason they haven't sent him down after the game today? Simply because Rodon's not quite ready, and now MIGHT have had a setback if he has any concussion symptoms in the next few days? They can always use Volstad...or Danish, or even start Beck. They need to do something SOON.

Two errors this week, averaging 1 every 10 games. That's really good for a AA shortstop. 12 doubles, 2 triples, 9 homers, .253/814 OPS, 62 strikeouts and 17 walks

I'd say he has been excellent at getting on base (plate discipline) more-so than an excellent pure hitter (think Joe Mauer-esque). To fall into that category, your batting average should be at least in the .280's or above, but that's just my idea.

Another Erik Johnson....goes from 97-100 MPH in high school at Harvard Westlake in LA to TJS to mid 90's to low 90's over the course of 5 years. Just as mysterious is the loss of control and inability to get over his offspeed offerings. It's incredibly rare in this day and age to see a pitcher with more walks than strikeouts. This at a time when the average MLB fastball for a starting pitcher is at 94-95.

Well, 2-3 years ago, he was even more of a "generational" talent than Collins. But it takes catchers, seemingly, a lot longer to come into their own...thinking guys like Zunino and even Tyler Flowers.

It seems we're talking more about 2020/21...to have at least one veteran 2/3 guy (like a Quintana equivalent) added into the mix, like the Royals did bringing in James Shields in 2014 (well, that was a trade). But same idea. Or the Cubs with the Lester. Or the Astros with Morton and Verlander.

The biggest question to me is if SCOTUS keeps moving to the right...and multi-national US corporations become these "too big to fail global behemoths," (along with the Big Banks), then how are the Dems going to fight to prevent the continued hollowing out of the middle class? Republicans don't see this very clearly because of the short term concentration on profits and exploiting labor markets, but eventually there won't be enough US consumers to buy products...and government policy and Supreme Court decisions will essentially be prioritizing the interests of corporations selling at max profit to buyers in China, India, Indonesia and Brazil, for example. These "progressive" ideas are always seen as free giveaways, but without subsidizing those who work/are under-educated so that they can meet their families' essential needs, then the next generation in America will continue to do worse than the preceding ones and it will be hard to imagine reversing that cycle for anyone not in the Top 20% of income earners. And it's still yet to be determined whether AI/VR/AR/robotics will be a net gainer for the middle classes...without Universal Basic Income or taxes on corporations (like they're doing in Seattle in the battle over affordable housing), it's going to be rougher and rougher out there in the future. Seemingly, the only "alternative" solution (beyond government/private investments in green tech, education and infrastructure) is more "high quality" immigrants, which the current administration is obviously against (well, an exception for Eastern European models.)

Well, that's weird because FanGraphs has his highest velocity this year at 96.8 or something like that...it was Covey's best overall velocity in a start over the last two years, other than a weird anomaly in his 6th start last year where his velocity was 2-3 MPH higher than most of his other starts.

He sat 97-98 in a 1-2-3 first inning. I'm assuming that Fegan tweet is about Rodon and NOT Dunning? Just figured out it has to be Cease.

Isn’t it plebes?

Benintendi and Moncada had similar numbers coming into today, both much better than Devers...

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/24/health/trump-mexico-city-policy-abortion-ban-kenya-asequals-intl/index.html Illegal/back alley abortions rise around the world as US cuts funding...

And yet HRC/Obama were perceived to be more in bed with Wall Street (slightly) than Trump in 2016. Same with Bill Clinton and Rubin/Summers. How is that even possible?

14/22 (qualified) at 3rd...so pretty much close to league average https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0