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Bummer lost a game to the Cubs in extras. Still just a 3.18 ERA on the season, though.

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Yoan...

Stock is moving up with positive momentum after miracle comeback against NYY on Monday...

An ill wind comes arising Across the cities of the plain There's no swimming in the heavy water No singing in the acid rain Schiffren alert (red alert) Schiffren alert (red alert)

Looks like this is going to be the death knell of the Blue Jays' rebuild... btw, who had this on their bingo card? CLEVE 32-17 KC 31-19

That's just got to be the most "small sample size driven/homer-ish" bit of team cheerleading in recent memory. Robert was almost the entire + fWAR last year on offense...and, when healthy, one of the best defenders in baseball. Certainly the only lock as a Gold Glove candidate.

Grandal/Moncada/TA could have had fun at the gentleman's establishments at least. Can just see them hanging out with the truckers.

Went to mostly cutters and change-ups against Guerrero. Would have to think that's his last inning.

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Man, the Blue Jays' rebuild has hit an inflection point. Both Bichette and Guerrero are on the block, control through 2025 and Springer's one of the worst players in baseball statistically, when he's actually healthy enough to take the field.

He's just passed 60 innings already in this game...weren't we all targeting 80-90 IP, pushing 100 for an entirely healthy season that almost nobody believed was actually possible? Well, at least a half season, or whatever.

Remillard is the best they can do in LF? The Southside Hit men would be ashamed. DeLoach should be, at the very least.

At least that last Greg775 sentence is what Jerry wants everyone to believe...that actually building a sustained winning team and investing in that product isn't the answer at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/phillies-bryce-harper-helps-local-high-schooler-land-date-for-prom-154809449.html If Grifol tried to pull this off, you can practically guarantee the prom date would be summarily rejected.

Yeah just let him play everyday in Charlotte and try to get his swing/stroke re-established. Nothing to lose. At the rate he's going...Sox front office will start writing him off soon as a non-prospect as well.

Caitlin Clark and whether WNBA players should get charter flights or the best African American players are getting overlooked for shoe deals would rank #1-98 and the White Sox #99 without Luis Robert and Cease on the roster. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/caitlin-clark-just-did-something-150143871.html Here's another...signing an exclusive deal with Wilson Sporting Goods, something only MJ got done back in the day. Fever are 0-4 and owning all of MLB in free press lol. That's kind of crazy.

Yeah maybe DJ/Kasper back on tv.

The Orioles have Mateo Westburg Henderson Mayo and Matos that can all play Holliday's spot. Depth galore. They don't have the luxury of waiting for him to hit with how well the Yankees have gotten off without Cole.

By choosing to be the cool guy who's close to all the players...he will automatically lose rapport with Stone, who actually gets a lot more respect from players for his baseball accomplishments and acumen than Schiffren ever will (quite obviously). Same with DJ. Wouldn't be totally shocked to see DJ paired with Stone 2-3 years from now.

He (Pham) played in the World Series and NLCS the last two years lol. The difference is they at least want a superior athlete at every position in SD...the opposite of the Sox. But they aren't going anywhere with Machado and Bogaerts hitting the way they are...Soto was never a good fit and Xander is well down in the 500s for a contract much worse than Benintendi's.

Except that's some weird version of TQM from early 90's Japan where older veteran workers are protected or tenured and young "innovators" are pushed out the door in favor of the vets. Fletcher Colas Sosa Cannon Nastrini Korey Lee by necessity and Leasure are the only rookies to be extended any rope. And it feels like Ramos won't get his starting role back either upon return from injury. Mendick deserves and has earned that spot at age 30, Grifol will argue.

Without Robert and Fletcher...this is by far the worst defensive outfields in baseball. Maldonado is one of the worst starting catchers...if not THE worst. Vaughn is below average at first despite his stretching/yoga regimen. No FA pitcher would want that defense behind them for anything less than a 10-15% salary premium. The Royals, otoh, lost 106 games last year and spent on Wacha and Lugo (similar to Fedde's unusual history) to dramatically transform the makeup of that rotation...Lugo has been a Cy Young leader since Day 1, and Wacha has been their version of Fedde in terms of taking the ball every 5th term. Add in Ragans for Chapman and the whole pitching staff was transformed by three under the radar moves that many assisted at the time were early overpays (aka Hahn Offseason Specials).

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tommy-pham/2967/stats?position=OF Seven negative defensive seasons in a row. It's a minor miracle he's just -0.1 playing mostly CF. That will age about as well as Andrew Vaughn...average major league CF. The Padres weren't even comfortable with him in LF and certainly not right.

Vaughn will undoubtedly do a Rodon 2021 and they will get exactly nothing for him in the end...but another hole to fill in the lineup. And any other organization on the planet would have moved on from Sheets years ago.