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Naylor is hyped...lol. Mariners 64% chance to win not accounting for home field

If Seattle can beat Skubal four times in one year....surely that's never happened to a Cy Young winner? Has to be annoying that a Seattle University product is doing so well for another organization. Scouting. Like Trout getting away from the Mets Yankees Phillies. Or Pujols from a KC JC to St.Louis.

please win, Mariners...!!!! otherwise, JR is going to simply argue that a max $140-150 million payroll is good enough to win consistently in the AL Central...$115-130 million good enough to beat CLE KC MINN and finish in 2nd 3rd 4th

R.Suarez, Giolito, Kelly, Bassitt, Quintana, Eflin and Mahle are all defined as mid tier. Wipe out the three with obvious White Sox connections. LHPers Ty.Anderson (LAA)/A.Heaney/Corbin/Cortes need one veteran to work with Smith and Schultz balance out rotation, Perez return 15-20% for lower guaranteed salary Dustin May just on rebound/flip potential

Crazy how poorly that DET has been hitting, but still on the precipice of the ALCS...and it's not all on the back of Skubal either.

Batters DET B HR RBI SB AVG OPS CarpenterRF L 1 3 0 .059 .346 Torres2B R 1 1 0 .400 1.204 Greene, RLF L 1 1 0 .188 .563 Torkelson1B R 0 4 0 .267 .820 KeithDH L 0 0 0 .100 .282 McKinstry3B L 0 2 1 .267 .580 DinglerC R 0 1 0 .143 .508 Meadows, PCF L 0 0 0 .083 .166 Báez, JSS R 1 4 1 .267 .780 Batters SEA B HR RBI SB AVG OPS ArozarenaLF R 0 1 1 .222 .541 RaleighC S 1 4 0 .438 1.188 Rodríguez, JCF R 1 3 0 .222 .666 Polanco2B S 2 2 0 .188 .798 Suárez, E3B R 1 1 0 .133 .521 Naylor, J1B L 0 0 0 .176 .457 GarverDH R 0 0 0 .250 .650 RoblesRF R 0 0 0 .100 .508 Crawford, JSS L 1 2 0 .308 .871

Somewhere there's a middle ground between $500-600 million and 1/$20-25.

Be wary of buying too high on Trent Grisham...unless you somehow believe that offense can continue on another team and not just an outlier of a season like Santander in 2024.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/why-is-ben-johnson-trusting-a-29-year-old-first-time-colleague-to-coordinate-bears-offense-develop-caleb-williams-meet-declan-doyle-and-youll-understand-190819357.html Declan Doyle the 29 year old Bears' coach who will get an NFL head coaching spot in his 30s. Note: still hard for me to separate the history of positives and obvious negatives of his father Chris Doyle's tenure at Iowa, all a bit raw

Realistically, someone like a Harrison Bader or Laureano (Padres likely exercise $6.5 million option) in the outfield. Naylor would be fine at 1B/DH, along with the likes of a Gallen/Merrill Kelly type for the rotation. Michael King would have gotten $160 million alone coming off 2024, but not all the injuries of 2025...so an incentives-based shorter term deal, but someone will probably beat that with guarantees. Plus he's used to being on/around playoff teams. Overall, his arm has a lot less mileage than other quality options. Also like Murakami as part of a rebranding...but Dodgers/Red Sox/Yankees could all get involved there. Bregman's moves will partially dictate, as Munetaka is second or third on the list for most teams. Still think 1B/DH is eventually home over third base.

You've already blown your $160 million on Murakami, then...

At the moment Kerkering picked up the ball: Kim was 30 feet from home Pages was 55 feet from 1B pic.twitter.com/dx3JIuw9nQ — Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 10, 2025

"And it sent the Dodgers to the NL Championship Series for the seventh time in 10 years, their hopes of becoming Major League Baseball's first repeat champions in a quarter century still very much in play." That is only the second time a playoff series ended on a walk off error, the other being the 2016 ALDS-1 when the Rangers' Rougned Odor committed the error that let ... "That was just an awful sequence for Kerkering, his teammates, and Phillies fans everywhere. The error also made history. The Phillies' loss to the Dodgers was the first postseason series in history to end in a walk-off error. That's a fact that adds insult to injury for everyone involved. Los Angeles now moves on to its fourth NLCS in the last six seasons."

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-playoffs-2025-if-tyler-glasnow-and-roki-sasaki-are-this-good-the-dodgers-pitching-staff-might-actually-work-045659411.html

Fathom might even bring back the Cubs Thread if they somehow beat the Dodgers...although not going to predict that one happening.

Do Brewers bring back Counsell and Stearns if they lose G5? Just kidding...although resigned looks of befuddlement and desperation abound when you lose. Thomson will probably get fired in Philly just because they can't get over the hump and their core is aging or out the door (Schwarber, maybe to FA). The main reason would be Roki Sasaki...who basically disappeared from the face of the earth for 4 1/2 months as his FB dipped to 93 mph. Then was miraculously reinvented.

3/35 odds historically last team 2017 Red Sox lose first two in a five game series and rally back to win

City of Philadelphia must be having a complete meltdown between Phillies and Eagles...

8 NLCS appearances in 13 years for the Dodgers... Also Skubal vs. Kirby tmrw G5 in Seattle...

mlb will happily trade Cubs/Dodgers for Jays/Tigers lol

Not going to win many games with one hit through 4 IP against Matthew Boyd...

Keppinger was a relatively minor deal...

Saquon Barkley must be on the take too.

https://x.com/iscreengrab/status/1974658903393862010&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjW8OKAwpiQAxW0ETQIHbvCIscQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw2t-ltt9zEjQSyM5OI9lS82

Inexperience. Took way too much time delivering the ball home. It's almost like he totally forgot the force at first base. Can see Realmuto pointing over there in the replay...