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Two Moncadas is twice as good as one...like Twinkies (which goes against the law of marginal utility, it should be the other way around, right?)

Looking forward to this offseason's series of reggaeton videos...

Just take him away from the White Sox and we'll see what actual talent he possesses. At this rate, Moncada coming back at 100% next spring after collecting $29 million in "free JR bucks" wouldn't even surprise me at all. That said, I can't imagine Yoan getting anything more than $3-5 million or more likely a contract based almost 100% on incentives.

Weren't the 62 Mets 40-120-0? That would be exactly a .250 winning percentage. 41-121 would be a better record by percentage points, so it has to be 40-122 to "win" the worst record ever ignominy.

Not to mention Hahn, KW, Jeremy Haber, Hostetler (unless he was taken back in by the Braves)...Barfield not off to the greatest start with Fletcher, but he's already seemingly the heir-apparent to Getz. Not sure exactly what connection Dayton Moore has at this exact moment, believe it's fairly minimal. TLR's footprint is obviously much stronger.

Pretty much. That has been his specific go-to quote all season long...shot across the bow.

https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/caitlin-clark-rookie-assist-record-tracker-fever-star-passes-ticha-penicheiro-for-most-all-time-vs-storm/

Another career redemption arc. Hard not to root for him after all the setbacks ever since that memorable Sox debut in the rain seems like decades ago now. Biggest shame is nothing to show for Fedde and Kopech.

Not many have 52 career fWAR.

1962 Mets had 6/12 regulars with .699 ops or higher. Sheets Vaughn Benintendi Robert only shots the Sox have at getting just 1-2.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1962-schedule-scores.shtml This is the stretch where Mets fell from 30-84 to 30-95. Then 31-95.

https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-cease-on-beekeeping-with-his-father Dealing again tonight. 1 hit through 5, 5 ‘s. Recently named 11 Harry Potter characters in just 15 seconds and wiped out little girl in Player vs. Fan trivia competition. Most interesting pitcher alive contestant.

Have to get him off the field...but that means playing 3-4 more DHs on the field somewhere else.

So the problem is systemic, arguably. Players don't learn to trust each other because you're constantly churning players in from other organizations and the talent level has been so low they're already acclimated to losing at the minor league level.

Dairon Blanco goes from 12 to 19 rbis not even on most Royals' fans bingo cards.

Sosa's just never going to get there...is he? Meanwhile, stellar base running. Was Sheets going to score even if that ball punches through? Unlikely.

Obviously concerned AA/AAA players were just going to get overwhelmed. Not Getz's fault on the development side though.

A couple of years ago every other sentence was "that's a professional at bat right there." Albeit a pretty rare occurence.

Great defensive fundamentals. Was 2012 their last above average season defensively?

Edman for 2nd half MVP. Kopech LAD 8.333 IP 0 ER 13 k's

As long as he doesn't get hurt with this new 4 IP 55-70 pitches plan. Then Getz will simply be eviscerated by the fanbase.

Down goes Glasnow, following right on the heels of Ryan. Optimistic on Matsumoto. Buehler is anyone’s guess.

Shockingly, Moncada just decided not to be around him the entire season and simply collect his $29 million. on second thought, without Grandal around any longer, totally predictable

That’s completely old school baseball…having to be around the park all day long. Thought that ended with Joe Maddon, lol. Skip Schumaker comes from that same old TLR coaching tree with McEwing. Grady seems more like Baldelli or Gabe or even Gordon himself. basically too controlling, micromanaging, the opposite of Renteria as player’s manager…somehow best friends with Eduardo Perez, but I always felt Eduardo had a much better sense of humor and knew how to make fun of himself and blend in seamlessly

Mayo really struggled in his debut too. Jury is still out on Holliday, but Witt Jr. is the path they should be (hopefully, for them) comparing to. And then Basallo has some legit concerns sticking at catcher, and his ultimate position. That said, Cowser Westburg and Ortiz all had their moments in the big leagues. Kjerstad, another one who’s interesting but limited on D. Overall, Henderson was seemingly underrated (top 3-5 in MLB) and Rutschman the opposite or just having a down year. That’s a helluva lot of offensive talent, if just 1/3rd hits. But now Grayson is hurt yet again (out indefinitely), holes in the bullpen and Burnes getting hit around as well.