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Amazing Minnesota has won eight in a row but five of them came against the White Sox. 33.5-128.5 current pace

Making it interesting at least.

Have to PH for Ortega...

At least Kopech won't be giving up the gopher ball. Welp, only a double.

There's no guarantee he would have held up health-wise even as a closer, and not everyone has the mentality as well as command/control to make it as a closer. Sure, if he was equivalent of Josh Hader, that would be worth a ton. The odds of another team targeting his continued development as a starter seems like that payoff will be decent enough.

Stewart dominated the White Sox last series...looks like it's continuing. But at least no Duran at the end of that pen.

https://www.mlb.com/padres/video/stephen-kolek-in-play-out-s-to-trea-turner-izvvrq?partnerId=it-20240429-9712185-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20240429-9712185-mlb-1-A

Delayed?

How does a Catcher steal second off a LH pitcher?

Probably limiting his pitch count or going through dead arm soreness.

Here goes the tie game...

Not many in the game envisioned Luis Severino with a 2.31 ERA at this point...so kudos to the Mets for at least battling this year after a rough start. Jinxed lol.

Solid performance tonight by Crochet...but the Twins' offense is not much better than the Sox.

Deck chairs on the Titanic...although we already have managed to jettison approximately half the second base possibilities.

Still more of a thrower than a pitcher, and his arsenal is still limited in terms of variety...just can't pitch from behind at 96-98 fastballs without locating them well.

It's astounding with two GM's now that nobody yet has figured out how to replace Gavin Sheets in RF.

White Sox pitchers haven't been able to hold baserunners since the 1990's...

Insane that Benintendi is still only at a .516 OPS after this weekend.

Vaughn might be the worst #2 hitter in recent memory and Ortega should basically never start.

Isn't the Bears' full proposal all the way up to $6.9 billion now?

https://theathletic.com/5419703/2024/04/17/mlb-free-agents-2024-2025-offseason/ Dylan Cease would be one if the Padres fall out…Burnes (unlikely)…Verlander, Kikuchi, Scherzer, Pivetta, Quintana, Severino, Alex Cobb, it is a pretty thin list.

It all depends on how he holds up against the best line-ups in baseball over the next couple of months...these would be his next five starts, theoretically. StL CLE Nationals (obviously not that great a line-up after CJ Abrams right now) NYY or Toronto Baltimore

But they still have to protect the Nastrinis and Cannons of the world that are not ready for the majors. Other than Thorpe and possibly Iriarte...nobody jumps out quite yet in the higher levels if we keep churning the big league roster. Which means a lot more Keller/Clevinger to protect the youngsters from getting overexposed. Delicate balancing act.

No, but I am, on the other hand, quite familiar with Michael Bolton, the hair-challenged 1980's power pop ballads singer.

The closest parallel to Fedde is probably Nick Martinez. He signed a $26 million/3 year deal with the Reds, and experienced success with the Padres in a swing-man role after coming over from Korean success. Of course, Fedde originally had a lot of hype as a first round draft pick as well. You're going to be looking at a Top 75-125 prospect there, depending on the financial situation of the acquiring team and how valuable that locked in salary for 2025 would actually be for them.