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Minor miracle. But still have to cover three more innings somehow.

Hard to blame Shewmake completely unless he's had a lot of time at second base...haven't checked minor league numbers.

Grifol just has no game management instincts.

Odds of winning this one down to 25-30%. Running out of gas.

Any player will struggle mightily after one full year off...but he had a pretty good reputation, generally.

Can save some more non tendering Vaughn. Just awful. Needed to get back at least one run there.

Also used Wilson...who would arguably be the second best closing option. Leone and Garcia the only rested pitchers.

Looks like they might have been able to use Burger after all...

Now a novel problem...potentially closing a game without Kopech.

https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-rodon-earns-first-win-of-2024-for-yankees

Doesn't Pedro want the team to emulate him?

Getz at the very least needs to see Montgomery excel for 3-4 months at the AAA level. That means a 900ish OPS, not in the 700's. Also, if he's going to stick at SS. It wouldn't be fair to move him off SS to 3B or have him take the place of Moncada on such short notice...without an adjustment period. The ONLY way they should consider it is if they 100% believe he can't stick at SS at the major league level and he's going to have to move over to third eventually (as early as next year, replacing Moncada)...which would then push Ramos perhaps to 2B, or 1B/DH (that's not ideal, based on his offensive profile). And service time clock really is going to matter for him, the 7 vs. 6 years of control. Wouldn't be shocked to see Ramos up before Montgomery, simply due to the fact that his prospect status isn't nearly at the same "future star" level as what is currently being projected for Colson. He's more around where Colas was a year ago, although he hasn't been included on most Top 100 prospects lists in the 80's or 90's compared to Oscar.

https://www.mlb.com/player/cj-abrams-682928 Well, it looks like he is finally becoming a superstar. And James Wood is expected to be even better. Plus you add in Mackenzie Gore, that Juan Soto trade basically doomed the franchise. The funny thing to me is that CJ Abrams, Tatis, Machado, Kim, Jackson Merrill, Cronenworth (originally, with TB) and Bogaerts are/were all SS's coming up. Heck, you can even count Profar, who came up with Rangers at SS before all the injuries forced him off that spot. Says a lot about the value of developing stars at SS and then eventually moving them around the diamond.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/?page=8 Jose Abreu statistically the worst position player...

Same way Madrigal was at OSU...

When more than half of his pitches this season have been 100-102, yes...it does make a difference.

Pretty pretty good. Ended Guardians' 5 game winning streak, they didn't even have a single one that long for all of 2023. Fans must have thought going into game and then after it was 5-5 that the game was over twice.

Stand down...report back to the barracks.

Two batters earlier all his fastballs were 98-99. Must have been amped up for Ramirez and potentially Naylor...who would have been even more fun to take down with Ramirez on. More stressful for viewers at home, though. Cleanest two inning save for the White Sox in years, though.

It's now a thing. Although Kopech if he keeps this up isn't going to be tricked into signing too friendly of an extension...which would basically just serve to set up a trade. Nor should he...if he really believes in himself.

Wow.

Has lost some velo but still hanging in there...

Is that a thing now?

Urias tagged with five dismeanors...MLB future after previous DV suspension far from certain.

Extension!!! Watch as he becomes one of the best closers in baseball...which is much more useful to any team in the sport besides the White Sox.