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You gotta think someone in the league office just doesn't like Cease.

I'm just hearing Manoah's heavy mouth breathing.

Tough AB for TA. Against Alcantara and in the shadows.

Of course TA almost threw that away lol

Mendick was super under-appreciated when he filled in for TA. I think he hit around .300 for the 3 weeks Tim was on the IL.

I always thought it was weird Tim had 70th-80th percentile sprint speed when he looks like the fastest guy on the team when he really needs it. It's all starting to make a lot more sense now. Robert is probably also being held back a bit by not busting it all the time. His sprint speed is currently around 67th percentile but his true top speed is probably still in the top 80th percentile.

Whisenhunt's arm action reminds me of Billy Wagner.

He was a projected first round pick before TJS.

Isn't that a bit high for him?

Merrifield also sucks now. Blackmon actually has solid numbers this year, but he's got reverse splits and a near 200 point difference in OPS between home/away.

Would you give up Crochet and Burger for him?

Possible Targets Andrew Benintendi - .335/.401/.432 vs. RHP. Can play LF fairly well, but no RF experience. Also not a whole lot of power with an ISO of .084. Brandon Drury - .261/.333/.469 vs. RHP. Not a LHH, but has hit righties alright this year. Fluky looking numbers compared to his career norms and not a real good defender at 2B or in the OF. Ketel Marte - .257/.364/.437 vs. RHP. This is a bit of a pipe dream. He just signed a very fair long term extension so I doubt he'd even be available unless you overwhelm Arizona with an offer. Bryan Reynolds - .251/.342/.498 vs. RHP. Also a pipedream since we probably don't have the prospects to acquire him. Other teams with more prospects are interested. Tyler Naquin - .258/.333/.470 vs. RHP. Probably one of the more realistic targets as he won't require much to acquire. You can probably platoon him with Engel and get decent production in RF. Ian Happ - .252/.352/.421 vs. RHP. I honestly thought he had better numbers vs. RHP, but he's actually killed lefties this year. His splits were the exact opposite last year. He's got one more year of arbitration after this one, so he might require a bit more to acquire. David Peralta - .253/.310/.471 vs. RHP. Nothing to really write home about, but it seems like this guy has been brought up on the Sox' radar for years. Josh Bell - .318/.397/.502 vs. RHP. Easily the best hitter of the bunch, but is another 1B/DH type. He has played RF before, just not all that well. It'd be like putting Sheets out there, but with a way better bat and a switch hitter. Definite upgrade, but not without its downsides. Josh Rojas - .276/.333/.436 vs. RHP. Can play a lot of positions, is also not arb eligible until 2024, so he's very cheap. Not sure how willing the Diamondbacks are to trade him. Kole Calhoun - .222/.274/.389 vs. RHP. He kinda sucks and has reverse splits this year somehow. Joey Gallo - .182/.309/.384 vs. RHP. He's pretty much Gavin Sheets vs. RHP this year, so it's not great. But if you can take him out of NYC, maybe he plays better? Ramon Laureano - .213/.279/.366 vs. RHP. Great defender, mashes lefties, but sucks vs. RHP. Doesn't exactly fit what we need.

Statement game. Had Lance pitched better this could have been a statement series.

It's a lateral move for the Yankees. Pollock is probably a platoon player for them and I don't even know who they'd play on the strong side of the platoon along with him if they don't have Gallo.

Harrison is at least earning his paycheck since June started. Leury continues to just suck in pretty much every way.

Oh LOLeury

Benintendi has also never played RF in his career. Same issue that Pollock has basically. Both are probably fine in LF but they probably end up looking lost in RF.

Don't forget the 2 games we blew against the Twins in the first series of the season. One of them was because TA forgot how to play SS.

The Twins just need to start Dylan Bundy every time.

Being 4-6 against the Twins after losing the first 5 is a nice comeback.

Ask me after the Cleveland series.

LOLeury

GTFO Baldelli.

Joe Smith was actual BP

Really need Cease to not give up runs after we just scored him 4...