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Apathy is the biggest enemy that Brooks Boyer doesn't have any practical way to counter...he's certainly not a visionary like Bill Veeck who knows/knew how to creatively operate with a shoestring budget.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bally-sports-mlb-files-emergency-192743536.html https://theathletic.com/4385805/2023/04/05/mlb-diamond-sports-bankruptcy-twins-guardians/ Fwiw, Twins in the last year of their deal...expiring contract, so the Reds, Guardians, DBacks will be the real-time testing ground for what happens next in the MLB/Bally/Diamond/Sinclair streaming wars.

Pollock is gone too. Already has his own two homer game this week for the M's. Yoan and Jimenez if they keep getting hurt...?

We really don't have a clue whether Jeremy Haber is a genius because he got into Stanford, lol. Seems for now more like a Hahn "yes man" rather than having his own unique individual identity or personality.

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See 1997/2003 Marlins. Of course Dombrowski is/was a much better judge of talent.

Minnesota is definitely better/improved. Guardians at even more of an advantage with aggressive base running and one of the deepest farm systems in the game. White Sox would be doomed with their #2 started out for significant time. Nice job pursuing Conforto on a shorter term make good deal versus committing so much money to post-prime Benintendi...

Predicted 3-4 and 15-18 start. Just thought it would be 1-3 at Houston and 2/3 against SF at home. One season the home field advantage might comment into play again...?

You forgot Menechino...

Yeah...can't trust Ruiz right now in any non-blowout situations either way.

Clevinger now has the second best stuff on the starting staff...yikes.

Shades of the Yermin Debacle. 18,621

His mother claimed that...at any rate, even if we change the spin from the Sox side to the loss of Sosa instead, Tatis (unlike Bonds) has all of his twenties to prove that he can produce legally/cleanly under a (supposedly) strenuous testing program. Health is the biggest issue due to the style with which he plays... I don't know, if the Padres somehow win it all with their current roster, will their fans add an asterisk like the 2017 Astros? Or Boston Strong with David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tainted?

Angel Reese/Kim Mulkey=Tatis, Jr. Well, fortunately I chose Julio Rodriguez as my Topps Redemption Autographed card last August over Tatis.

Fwiw, McClure was drafted in 2017 so they never overlapped as Sox minor league teammates, but certainly played with many others who briefly knew him in AZ/Extended Spring. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/giants-kade-mcclure-calls-fernando-tatis-jr-a-cheater-after-giving-up-home-run-to-him/

Pretty bold to call him out with those career numbers but okay...Tatis seems to enjoy or thrive on the boos, playing the "villain" on the road. Maybe they'll go back to ripping on Manny and that will wake up the big league team on April 20th.

Seems 93-95 was the previous norm...

What happened to Lynn's velo? He's registering under 90 on some four seamers ... not just cutters.

Five non regulars starting? Uh oh. Moncada still ouchy too?

Guardians already have 2 blown saves in 7 games. 1-1 in those games. 5-2 overall. Had 17 for all of last season. White Sox with 22. Maybe the Twins will end up with the best pen this year...

https://www.milb.com/video/fernando-tatis-jr-crushes-a-hr?t=playerid-665487 Tatis vs. Kade McClure

Best hitter in Royals' lineup currently Sal Perez at .235. Yikes.

By the measures being applied, lol...Lopez should already be demoted. Some will probably argue there's no defined closer right now. Or that he's going to be used in the highest leverage situations regardless of save vs. hold simply because he has the best arm out there.

1/2 back to .200 lol. We need to trade one of our relievers for Kelenic in a reverse of the Borchard/Matt Thornton move that worked out so well. Actually fleeced them twice if you count the Sweaty Freddy Garcia move.

15,980 today...pleasantly surprised not under 12,000.