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Balta would have a comment...

Definitely don't want to lose that Sunday crowd...

Only PCA knows...

"Identifying which starting pitching snubs are most egregious can depend a lot on your WAR of choice, as baseball-reference WAR places a greater emphasis on workload and run prevention, while FanGraphs' WAR is FIP-based, meaning it places a higher value on process-related metrics such as strikeouts, walks and home run suppression. Reid Detmers, for example, is tied for sixth among qualified pitchers in fWAR (2.9), but he's 40th in bWAR (1.4). Conversely, A's right-hander J.T. Ginn is tied for seventh in bWAR (3.1), but he's 45th in fWAR. What does this have to do with Davis Martin? He rates well by both metrics: sixth in bWAR (3.2) and tied for 11th in fWAR (2.7). Wielding a remarkably balanced repertoire — Martin throws six different pitches at least 10% of the time — the 29-year-old right-hander has been the steadiest starter for the surprisingly competitive White Sox." yahoo sports

Forgot for a second...at any rate, .the very same agency. (and they also represent Murakami too, right?) So the point still stands. Unless it's back to somehow "manipulating" the Sox so he falls all the way down to SFG. But there was just another post arguing he/Emerson was lukewarm about going to the White Sox.

What would be McDaniel's motivation? Both top 2 guys are represented by Boras Corp. Would something like that really sway anyone at all in any front office? Hopefully not. It would be even more suspicious if he was pushing Lombard Flora Bell etc., wouldn't it? Scout are always about potential for bigger impacts down the line versus current peaks or maxxing out. That's precisely why Lackey got so much late run vs. Cholowsky.

Murakami would have been there for sure. Colson tailed off the last 2-3 weeks. Martin gave up 9 when Venable left him out there to wear it...still should be in there based on his overall body of work as Sox stopper until Burke. Was top 5 mlb fWAR a month or so ago.

Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame visit???

https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/119393/division-lead-keeps-growing-matchup-against-padres "How quickly does one get hit in the face with a reality check? Why don’t we ask the San Diego Padres, a team that, when it faced the Dodgers for the first time this season, trailed in the race for the NL West by just half a game? And no, this series didn’t occur so early in the year as to make this point irrelevant—it happened on May 18th, well short of two months ago. Now, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets ready for a second straight matchup against the Friars, the Dodgers possess a 14-game lead, one that sounds like a lot, but it’s even bigger when you put it into a certain context. If the Dodgers were to beat the Padres tonight, their lead over the Padres—who are currently tied with the Diamondbacks for the second spot in the NL West—would represent the second largest lead any team has against any opponent in their own division. As things currently stand, the Padres are much closer to the Rockies and the worst team in baseball (Royals) than they are to the Dodgers—the numbers show that, even if reality often brings much closer games such as Friday’s night one-run win thanks to a Teoscar Hernández grand slam."

https://www.mlb.com/news/willson-contreras-apologizes-for-incident-with-nationals https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-dodgers-call-up-prospect-who-moves-fans-with-heartfelt-tribute-to-missing-sister-in-venezuela/ar-AA27cD1N As reported by the New York Post and Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase, Alfonzo’s 16-year-old sister Eliana and stepmother Patricia remain missing. Their family was staying at the Hotel Eduards in Macuto when the earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck on Saturday evening. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/ex-mlb-catcher-hopes-wife-daughter-survived-venezuela-earthquake-as-family-dog-rescued-alive-from-rubble/ar-AA27d7zn?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.mlb.com/news/willson-contreras-apologizes-for-incident-with-nationals https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-dodgers-call-up-prospect-who-moves-fans-with-heartfelt-tribute-to-missing-sister-in-venezuela/ar-AA27cD1N

Paco!

After celebrating in Boston’s dugout, cameras captured a visibly upset Contreras crying — with the veteran first baseman overcome with emotion amid the tragedy playing out in his native Venezuela following a pair of devastating earthquakes last week. The death toll from both earthquakes has surpassed 1,700 as of Monday night, with Contreras raising funds and spreading the word about ways to assist recovery efforts in Venezuela over the last few weeks. “It’s not easy to hide. It’s not easy just to show up and play with everything that’s going on in my country,” Contreras said after Monday’s win. “I wasn’t feeling good the whole day. I was kind of down, sad. And I hit a homer. Of course, I tried to help [spark] my dugout. But the first thing that I said was ‘Venezuela.’ That was the first thing that came out of my mouth."

"It's a hilarious combo, really. A man (James Wood) this large, this lean, this explosive, this singular of an athletic force, with more chill than a walk-in freezer. Usually, Wood exudes calm, oozes composure, floats through life with an endearing nonchalance. But that all changes when a baseball enters his happy zone. What a special talent." CJ Abrams has been the best, or at least most consistent NL SS, but they still might end up moving him, just as they parting ways with Gore.

Mune is hopefully going to make a massive difference in putting that lineup back into some semblance of order.

Leo deVries and then the Soto/J.Wood-Gore-Abrams Padres from WASH moves have basically been the only Top 15 prospect deadline trades in recent memory. Mason Miller could be the next domino to fall.

Knocking down/out Cade Smith was huge, too.

TankathonMLB Remaining Schedule Strength | TankathonShows the remaining strength of schedule for MLB teams based on the winning percentage of the opponents left on their schedule.Guardians with easiest remaining strength of schedule, White Sox at third.

The easiest part of this is profiling Emerson as the best draft prospect of the group. He combines the high floor of Willits with the size/power upside of Rainer or Holliday, even if Emerson lacks the overall athletic profile of Griffin. I asked scouts a few years ago if there was a Bryce Harper-level generational prep prospect in the pipeline at any class and the answer was either no or "Emerson if he keeps on this trajectory" -- and I'd say Emerson fell just barely below that standard. Kiley McDaniel espn

This division and WC won't be decided until the final week of the season. Margins are that thin.

Jose Ramirez is injured. DeLauter has too much competition. Any number of starting pitchers or C.Smith could have gone/could still go.

Better to just turn off and watch NYC fireworks.

Just assumed Colson was playing SS...then thought he got hurt in the run down like Mune. Sigh.

Antonacci 2B Meidroth SS what happened to Colson???

Bullpen bloopers seem to be in store for frustrated fans yet again...