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Playing with fire every inning isn't exactly a winning formula...

Blake Snell shut down for imaging...Dodgers' pitching depth will come into play once again.

Ofc it would look dumb because he passed even Rodriguez as a prospect since then.

No he later walked it back to maintain his insider relationship with the Twins...simple as that. Or he lied/misconstrued in the first place.

They can't play Colson or Baldwin at SS if they don't trust either guy...

Knew Keaschall would be up for this series lol.

Sugano has settled down since...James Wood on a tear, though.

No reason to pitch to Robert without any real power threats behind him.

Most are paywalled off now. Still look there for breaking headline news, though.

This is one of those seemingly "house bet" games that occasionally backfire...

Palacios leading off...Quero thrust into heart of lineup again. Dalbec Maton Taylor Sosa sitting Batters CWS B HR RBI SB AVG OPS PalaciosRF L 0 1 0 .182 .462 BenintendiLF L 4 8 0 .241 .756 Robert Jr.CF R 2 6 7 .151 .527 QueroDH S 0 3 0 .368 .874 Vaughn1B R 3 10 0 .145 .461 ThaissC L 1 6 0 .222 .757 Vargas, M3B R 0 6 1 .139 .439 Baldwin2B S 2 10 2 .258 .664 AmayaSS R 0 4 2 .089 .233

Venable taking extra time to put together yet another perplexing lineup. Lemons...to lemonade, etc.

Batters MIN B HR RBI SB AVG OPS JulienDH L 1 6 0 .203 .559 BuxtonCF R 4 10 5 .232 .715 Keaschall2B R 0 2 3 .357 .971 LarnachRF L 2 7 1 .200 .600 CorreaSS R 1 5 0 .184 .547 France, T1B R 2 11 0 .238 .672 JeffersC R 0 5 0 .222 .619 Lee3B S 1 2 0 .143 .594 BaderLF R 3 12 1 .237 .715

And frustration level of advertisers/sponsors promised more "bang for their buck" that will have to be comped additional air time to make up for decreasing numbers (compared to more optimistic Boyer predictions.) Then there's the Schiffren issue as well.

Basallo and Rushing will both be quite interesting to monitor as the two best catchers that are currently blocked... Ethan Salas has been terrible hitting-wise...no amount of defense will make up for that. Has bled a lot of his trade value. Other Quero...Brewers' Jefferson, with right shoulder subluxation, yet another catching risk. Hamstring injury as well.

316 /837 Gavin Lux...Reds' cleanup hitter extraordinaire? 309 /851 Gavin Sheets as well...although falling off recently a bit

Now the Sox can finally acquire him. Semien and Burger also scuffling along.

Minus Javy Vasquez...also, a lot of arguments Rowand and Everett leaving that 2005 squad sapped team of leadership. And would have been nice to see prime Gio Gonzalez.

They beat the Dodgers at home...in a game of huge swings back and forth. Dustin May was terrible. Kyle Tucker has been on fire...along with half their offense, but starting pitching almost always wins in the post season. Heck they have six total hitters over 121 ops+. Not sustainable. Along with that, Matthew Boyd is their number two starter right now, with Pressly and Merryweather pitching out of their minds. Color me a bit skeptical for now.

Billy Koch…former White Sox as well.

Also Tyler Schweitzer possibly next man up...now in BIRM rotation.

So bWAR has them 1st and fWAR 11th lol? How is their system objectively true and FG is all wrong lol? Dodgers 20.1% Mets 9.3% Yankees 8.2% Braves 7.5% Mariners 5.9% Red Sox 5.8% Philly 5.1% Detroit 5.0% DBacks/Rangers 4.4% Astros 3.4% Cubs 3.2% https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Padres are second at baseball ref but barely 3rd in FG NL West projection with four key players missinJ...despite being tied with NYM for best overall record. No way they're Top 5. And no projection system having the LAD as 11th best odds could possibly be taken seriously...even with a record of "only" 8 games over .500.

Bryse Wilson as 2-3 inning opener…bullpen game today, yay!

CHSN Debacle Results in Blackhawks Being NHL’s Biggest Local TV Ratings Loser According to a report published Monday by Sports Business Journal, the Blackhawks had the biggest drop in television ratings in the entire NHL. And it wasn’t very close; they were almost 30 percent worse than any other team in the league! Here’s what Austin Karp wrote about the Blackhawks: I expected a massive drop, but to be this much worse than any team in the league is an incredibly bad look for the entire CHSN process. And if you think there’s lost money on the books from the plummeting television ratings, wait until their sponsors get a look at those numbers. https://www.bleachernation.com/blackhawks/2025/04/21/chsn-debacle-results-in-blackhawks-being-nhls-biggest-local-tv-ratings-loser/

Sure, but I wouldn't exactly call them the favorites at this point...11 teams have higher odds of winning it all at this point.