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Like trading Johnny Callison in 1959.

Great write-up, Jimmy. I sure do enjoy reading your posts. Now there is an obvious question for you: Who do you like most as a prospect, Krogman or Logan Glass?

I could not agree more.

If we can have an abbreviated MLB season, why can't the minors do the same? Expand rosters to 30-35, Every MLB team has 2 minor league teams, easy.

Who is Kelley's agent?

Not exactly. My comments about Boras are tempered by the fact that I just don't like him. Some think he is good for baseball, I think that he might have been, but now isn't. He's greedy, to a fault. Don't ask me why. I'll let someone else be his shrink. Then, the one time he represented a very high White Sox draft pick, Carlos Rodon, he really tried to put the wood to the Sox. He held out for an amount way above slot, and then tried his best to make the Sox pay even more, to the extent that there would have been penalties to the Sox. Boras didn't care. They should have just walked, and let Rodon go through the draft again the next year. But they capitulated and signed him. Had the White Sox walked, they would have received the #4 pick the next year, and saved all that over slot money. Then, you could not have said that Boras was good for his client, because Rodon might not have been able to go back to college for his senior year, having hired an agent. Boras used to represent Cargo, when Cargo was a real hot commodity. Cargo wanted to extend with the Rockies, Boras wanted to test FA waters, Cargo negotiated his own contract with Rockies, got what he wanted where he wanted. Might be the only time a Boras client rejected his tactics. Then, we have 2020 with all of its problems. No deal yet, and you can't convince me that Boras has been helpful in trying to get a deal done. Quite the opposite, I'm sure. We'll probably never know the extent Boras went to convince MLBPA not to accept a deal.

Hypothetically, by not always insisting on Free Agency, no matter what.

Well said.

I just don't care for Boras. I didn't like his style in the Carlos Rodon negotiations, and I don't think he has had a positive effect on the current labor negotiations. In fact, from what I have read, he has had a negative effect. So I don't care for him. If he, or anyone, is bad for baseball, I don't like him. I kind of liked Gordon Gekko (Greed is Good), but Boras -- not so much.

After thoroughly researching them all?

Which came first, the Pandemic or MLB's threat to cut back on the Minor League structure?

If there is a 2020 season, will there be a Minor League season, too? I don't see any conversation anywhere about the minors.

Good news, if true. Someone please tell me why it is so important to have expanded playoffs in November and December.

Does this surprise you?

They're getting paid, but not full amount, IIRC. That was (rather quickly) agreed upon last March, I believe.

Do we have a write-up on Kelley?

…...who was afraid to put the ball over the plate. Not that I saw a lot of him, but what I did see, that was his problem. He had a huge break on his two seamer, but made sure it was out of strike zone, hence a few walks and a high ERA.

Is this because someone ahead of us is taking Bailey?

Probably pillow talk.

Yes. Any owner can pay himself any salary or bonus he wants ----- millions, even. This might create a paper loss for the team. Irrelevant. Public does not see this stuff, which is why no public company will own a team.

How does Boras know that? And how does it apply to all 30 owners? He's one biased SOB. Capable, yes, but biased to the point his statements are so one sided that they are meaningless. Another might say that he is full of s--t. Borrowing money for capital expenditures makes sense at today's interest rates, but the public doesn't see those figures anyway. He's an empty suit when he blabs about things like this.

What do you think this would accomplish (succinctly)?

So, is Colas supposed to be a better hitter than, say, Ben Bailey?

Mitchell looks like a re-make of Andrew Bennintendi. Jimmy, how would you compare these two outfielders?

Except that last year the Nats went 19-31 for first 50 games..