MiddleCoastBias

Yeah, he had this out 3 days ago, I think. Suggested Story at 2B and a reliever as our moves to make. This is my preference as I buy his thought process of the Colorado owners more concerned about getting that contract off the books that could really discount the names we have to send in return.

So I'm guessing Burger is more than willing to give up his spot on the MiLB Futures Game roster if that means he's on the big league roster.

Dude. Lighten up and let the internet have some fun for a minute. No one is advocating for a $100M blockbuster movie over this, it's hyperbole.

Careful that you don't upset him, or he'll call you up and argue that it wasn't his fault.

Dayan Viciedo or Avi Garcia

When Tim Anderson is the only one of the nine opening day starters playing in his natural position today, you know the defense is going to suffer. Rodon is having a tough inning but the defense hasn't done him any favors. And that's honestly to be expected with today's lineup being held together with spit and duct tape.

I hear where you're coming from, but I feel like that first inning back for pitchers is usually a high-energy thing where they're wound tight. Get the jitters out of the way now before it matters. But end of the day, it's just one inning and he'll be just fine, do or don't. Not the biggest concern in the grand scheme.

Hoping to see Kopech get the 8th or 9th. Let him get that low-leverage shake-off out of his system.

Here's to you, champ.

I'll take a Jose dinger as a consolation, ty.

I don't want to say something is wrong or or be one of the Moncada "needs to hit more homers" crowd, but that is the exact pitch that he normally puts 10 rows deep. I could've been that fan that yelled off the bat thinking it was gone based purely on his swing and where it was in the zone.

No Moncada in the lineup today, and if we've learned anything from watching opponents' lineups the past few days, it means he's being traded. What have you monsters done?! ?

I'm guessing this part is why iWIN was suggesting throwing Blackmon in this trade to reduce the prospect cost to get Story. I could see Colorado being very interested in moving these two together to get Charlie's contract off the books.

Apparently Heyman was on the Score this morning saying the D'Backs asked for Burger or Collins for Escobar.

My vote would be to jettison Marshall in favor of Fry. I can't find his inherited runners scored % but his ERA is not indicative of his effectiveness - his runs allowed are being tagged on the guy before him. I feel he's been very ineffectual, though that may be a case of how he is used ie give him a clean start to an inning rather than bringing him in midway.

I'm genuinely surprised we haven't really seen Sheets yet. Feel like this would be a great time to have him up and show him off in RF as showcase for other teams while also seeing what we have in him ourselves. Unless they know he really can't play RF and we want to sell on what the other teams hear, not what they see.

But why not both? You're talking about the wave of guys that are years away from contributing (Kelley, etc) in order to win now. Why not trade the "almost ready" guys like Sheets and Stiever to win now, and then keep those second wave guys like Kelley? We can go both: win now and prepare for replacing Gio and Keuchel in the future. We have so much of the core locked up for 5+ years that guys like Kelley that come cheap are exactly what we need to AVOID Reinsdorf impeding future success.

#hugwatch2021

The rest of the single game tickets went on sale today. I just picked up some lower box tix for one of the games against the Yankees in August, first game back in 6 seasons!

Sounds like it's their issue with their coding. They're trying to use the proper spelling of Rodón but their UI is messed up. That ó is supposed to be converted into an 'ó' in a web user interface.

Carlos Rodon is still having a good game, you guys.

Carlos Rodon is having a good game, you guys.

I like to think it's TA7 leading that charge with his "I'm the best in the league and I'm going to prove it attitude". Not cocky, just confident. Billy Hamilton has mentioned multiple times how TA's attitude has rubbed off on him and look at how Billy has been playing this year. End of the day, these guys all have pro talent. If we can tap into some of that unrealized talent and get the most out of these guys, all the better for it.

Burger seems like the kind of guy that would go to Kansas City and immediately turn into a Billy Butler that would be a perpetual pain in our sides. But only if he goes to KC, if that makes sense.

And this also means Leury once again going to be getting "everyday starter" time and overexposing his role. We're also one bad move from any infielder away from having to call up someone like Jake Burger or something. Living on the razor's edge from a depth perspective.