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Even with Cease this year, the Orioles wouldn’t even be a .500 team. He already has 10-11 losses and about half that number of wins and nearly a 5 ERA, much like 2023. As of August 2025, Dylan Cease has a 6-11 win-loss record with a 4.71 ERA for the San Diego Padres and has made 26 starts in 2025. His most recent record update, with a 5-10 standing, was reported around August 21st after a win against Boston. Dylan Cease's 2025 Season Wins-Losses: 6-11 Team: San Diego Padres (SD) Starts: 26 ERA: 4.71 Strikeouts: 178 (6th) He doesn’t miss starts, walks a lot, strikes out a lot, pitches 5-6 innings pretty reliably and simply can’t beat the Dodgers since last post-season. 14-12 in games started by Cease overall. But the games SD lost…9, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 3…well, except for three games, he kept them relatively close but the offense was Bottom 6-7 in the majors until the trade deadline and they took off again. 3.75 earned runs per game in those games they lost sounds closer to a 2/3 starter that someone who will be a Top 7-8 free agent on this year’s market. 8/26 starts didn’t even go 5 innings. 7 more outings either 5, 5.33 or 5.66. So 11/26 starts of six innings or more. That’s just not good enough to be considered an “elite” starting pitcher.

If everyone looked at the glass as being half full instead of half empty and refused to be realistic or objective…that would be a really dull world. It’s like the two sides of love and hate. They can’t exist without the opposite emotions to fully appreciate the high points in life.

Last year their Pythagorean was 48-114…they somehow managed to play even seven games worse than expectations with the following season’s Cy Young winner under Grifol. In fact, to the worst record in history. This year, statistically, they should be 58-73. Instead, they are a full ten games worse at 48-83. They should be finishing the year at 72-90 instead of struggling for barely 60 wins. Average out the two Pythagoreans over 2024-25 and they’re 60-102…which very well might be where they end up this season. Differentials of 8 and 10 wins to the negative/positive over two consecutive seasons is almost unheard of.

Labeling Devers as a “malcontent” who earns too much money at his age to be nothing more than a designated hitter, Heyman believes the move was necessary for the Red Sox’s chances of making it to the postseason this year and for the long-term health of the organization moving forward. “From the Red Sox standpoint, it was a godsend. Let’s be honest about it. I mean, I know Devers was doing well, but they didn’t have a ton of teams in on him. This was a DH for them,” said Heyman. Conspiracy theory quickly debunked… Brendan Dargan “They already spent more than half of it on two soccer players for the Liverpool team Henry owns. Literally two days after they traded Devers they signed one guy for over 100 million and another got like 30 million…” Rick Collins “Being spent in Liverpool. Maybe NESN will start broadcasting them on all the nights that NESN doesn't carry the Red Sox games ( 2 out of 3 this weekend alone).”

As long as they make the playoffs, season has to be considered a overall success after the last three years or so. If not, it will be expressing disappointment over the lack of a big move at the deadline and likely losing both Devers/Bregman in the span of six months.

Alex Call has longest Dodgers’ homer of the season… https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/mlb-rumors-dodgers-beat-yankees-163804674.html

His TB pedigree was second to only Andrew Friedman, and he didn’t really get a fair shake…a lot of it was Fenway Sports Group acting they were a mid-market team like St. Louis or Seattle all of a sudden. Also Getz 100% on board with Grifol due to time in KC together. Brought in Gene Watson as well as their contracts guy as well to replace Hahn/Haber in that area of expertise.

100% JR decision to save money or mitigate risk. He just makes his own GM look unreliable or untrustworthy…in the end. No way this is Getz’s decision to make alone.

The argument is what they do with Devers’ money instead…payroll/salary allocation. See Magglio C-Lee and Valentin traded before 2005. Part went to Devers and bringing in Lowe, for example. Obviously what additional freedoms do they have to make moves now in the offseason? The biggest mistake in recent Red Sox history was clearly Bloom trading Betts to the LaD for Verdugo, but that was 100% John Henry. But he let his GM take the fall for that terribly unpopular move with the fanbase.

Roman Anthony might be a Top Five or Ten player in baseball next year. Rafael Devers was not necessarily the greatest teammate…comes across a bit like Frank Thomas at mid-career. That might have been an addition by subtraction case. Did you watch the entire Netflix show? It was basically Breslow’s vision or Devers…once he called him out so publicly. They’re doing all this without Campbell and Marcelo Mayer, too. Have to credit vets like Bregman Story Lowe Giolito Bello Chapman…

Raleigh with 51st fifty homer season. Barry Bonds only did it once...73 homer "record setter" in 2001. Maybe 1600 Penn can rehabilitate him like Rose and Clemens...

Quero's pop time and pickoffs got a lot of attention. Teel has really improved through the year and has that captain of the team infectious personality/leadership.

Schiffren hawking season tickets for 2026. At least he has some genuine reasons to be enthusiastic now. Not manufacturing it unauthentically.

Definitely kills his trade value...although that's not the main point.

When he was a 625-675 hitter, sure.

Jirschele has admitted he needs to be in a better position to definitively yell go or stop/stay. Take decisions away from base runners.

Teel and Sosa on the right side of IF? That might be a bit shaky... One thing is Teel would be enthusiastic to do anything possible to stay in the big leagues...seems like a team first guy/ultimate cheerleader.

He just doesn't profile as a corner OF. Up until recently, Baldwin really didn't either, however. Lee's likely traded for bullpen help. Then there's really no point to bring back Tauchman with Benintendi dh and Baldwin lf. Unless it's as a bench player.

Smith #1 starter heading into 2026...barring an unforeseen FA spending binge on Zack Gallen and a more veteran closer.

The funny thing is that Taylor was supposed to be insurance in CF for a Robert trade and they're essentially in the exact same situation heading into 2026.

Jac Caglianone 1.126 ops in AAA, just .485 in the majors this year. Like he's playing in Charlotte...except an Omaha Storm Chased.

Z.Collins and Engel lol? Collins is now retired and selling something or other, real estate, stock broker, insurance lol.

Why not CLE falling with Bieber also gone, Kwan likely dealt in the offseason? Their minor league system's strength?

Three pops to first. Weird. Votto went a whole decade without popping out on the infield once lol.

Pythagorean W-L: 57-73, 518 Runs, 584 Runs Allowed 58-73 after tonight 10 game difference from actual record, good part of that is the bullpen last year 41-121 but 48-114 Pythagorean