MiddleCoastBias

While Luis is winning the defensive metrics on paper, Kyle Lewis has also made the highlights for robbing home runs this year so he's got that flashy appeal right now. Robert's "highlights" have been stealing balls out of position, more a product of him being so good/fast. I agree that Robert looks to have superior defensive ability, just feel like Kyle Lewis shouldn't be sold sort on his highlights. It's more of a "makes things look easy" vs. "makes things look harder than they should" argument, and the casual viewer will be more impressed by those "difficult" plays rather than seeing Robert somehow catching a pop-up behind homeplate or something crazy with his range and speed.

Good to see that he made the flight safely.

Hit and run with Nick's bat control

I like the matchups of Mendick and Madrigal against Hill tonight. Feel like they'll both have chances to slap it the other way or drive it up the middle a few times tonight.

Almost feel like the "Rodon coming back" and this "Bummer not coming back" threads will be combined into one once Rodon moves into the pen in a lefty reliever role.

Only move we needed to make.

TR Sullivan says Gallo and Lynn are staying in Texas.

He even stressed it on MLBN just now - "the Dodgers have NOT (important word in there) acquired Lance Lynn." with a smirk

Sames. Who's got the gamethread honors today?

That car is going to be full.

Agreed, and I'm thinking it's Corbin Burnes. Engel as a throw-in piece makes sense with them trotting out to CF everyday.

I'm kind of ok with having the Lynn rumors in their own thread because I want nothing to do with him, so I can just avoid the nonsense of that thread entirely.

I'm sorry, our top 4 starting pitching prospects involved in one trade, and it's not for deGrom++? No thank you.

This is a good use of Twitter, I support it

Shhhh, don't tell them that. Did he hit a 500 foot HR off of any of their pitchers last year too? Maybe we can just send them that video and convince them how good he is.

Bilek with something new

As I thought more about my own question, I don't want him anymore either. The length of commitment with uncertainty is a consideration, and I also don't want to be responsible for letting the Red Sox off the hook on this contract and giving them payroll flexibility.

Red Sox reportedly willing to take on salary to move players like JDM and Eovaldi. Eovaldi is owed $17M in 2021 and 2022. He's dealing with a calf issue right now, but anyone see possible interest there?

These trade props I see for Lynn (from both Sox AND Rangers fans' perspectives) are borderline ludicrous. I've never seen different fanbases value the same player so wildly differently. Rangers fans think they're getting some unlucky franchise's top 4 prospects, and I just hope it won't be us. I'll very interested to see what Texas finally gets for him and wait to see their fans' reactions ?☕

While this may be the case for most of our pitchers, isn't this exactly what Fulmer complained about, saying he wanted to go back to how he pitched in college? Seemed like he was pretty vocal about the changes that were made on his delivery that he didn't like, and now he's a prominent 1st rd bust as a result*.

At this point my goal is "win the division". I'll still be scoreboard watching and checking the standings. Less concerned about jockeying for seeding and matchups, and more interested in planting the flag that establishes we're the best in the AL Central now and moving forward.

I bet Anderson has a BIG day, he'll be rounding the bases multiple times today.

This is the key, yes. I was expecting Madrigal up tonight and Mendick over at 3rd, give Moncada four days off, wonder why that isn't the case today. But the Yolmer up to put Moncada on the IL is not something I had considered.

"He hasn't gotten as many days off." *goes ahead and inserts him in the lineup anyway* Cool cool cool.

Swinging it well too