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I love how that's lost in Vaughn's struggles to this point. He has a fucking .400 OBP. Just let him get going.

Part of me just wants the Power Broker to be the Power Broker, i.e. the character in the comics, and not necessarily someone we already know. Argument working in favor of her as PB is that we're real late in the game to introduce someone else. Against her as Power Broker is the fact that she's the one who brought the Sam/Bucky/Zemo trio to Nagel, so it wouldn't make real sense for hero to walk Zemo to her guy. If they do have someone we haven't met be Power Broker, he needs to be played by 50 Cent, because the character's name in the comics is Curtis Jackson.

Greg, I say this genuinely: I'm really, really happy that you got your first shot. My neighbor was skeptical of getting a vaccine - she's 59, got trust issues with the government and medical companies, etc. But she's tired of having to test every two weeks for work, her family coming over uninvited (her mom lives with her), and all that. Her employer was organizing vaccinations, but with J&J. She didn't feel comfortable with that, so they're working on getting her Pfizer. It did help her fears in general after she talked to my fiancee and I - I got Pfizer, fiancee got Moderna (second shot in a few weeks), and our roommate got J&J. None of us had side effects. The important thing is that you get one of them and are safe.

To be fair, the Angels also took Randal Grichuk at #24 before Trout and Mitchell looked good (in a small sample size) before his leg exploded Would he have been Mike Trout? Obviously not, but if anyone could have predicted the possible GOAT at #25, he's not going 25. Mitchell very well could have had a Grichuk or better career if his leg didn't explode.

Where have I seen this before? Y'all just cursed Yermin.

On one hand this feels like this: On the other hand, MLB not enforcing this with everyone is a load of shit.

Rival MLB exec: "Huh, I wonder why Preller is calling me about a SS? Surely Tatis isn't sitting out the season."

I think it's less that and more TLR is stuck in the past when young players were way less heralded. You think La Russa is gonna let a dude go from A Ball (nevermind there was a whole season lost to a fucking pandemic) to a position he hasn't played and actually gain rhythm at the plate? Nah, that's not Tony's style. I'd honestly have more confidence in Ricky in bringing Vaughn along in LF. Constructing a lineup in general, no.

- Gordon was going to be a future MVP according to every baseball analyst in the universe. - Ron was all aboard Madrigal's "Little Magician" train until he wasn't. - Luis Robert looked like a baseball god until the league adjusted, now it's on him to adjust. The conundrum right now is this: TLR is being a numb skull and not playing Vaughn in LF. Once that's solved, do this until Eloy is back: LF - Vaughn DH - Yermin 1B - Abreu Collins gets regular at-bats backing up 1B, DH, and Catcher. There's no guarantee everyone is healthy come August when Eloy returns, everyone is hitting, etc. At worst, you add Eloy's and drop ... Jake Lamb?

The obvious answer is that we find Yermin a right fielder's glove.

That's the abridged version.

Sweet fucking lord I wish that speculated trade had gone through.

Brewers: "Burnes for Yermin and Heuer?" Soxtalk:

Lawd

I missed the game thread discussion re: TLR sitting Vaughn, but does it remind anyone of how Ozzie had random beef with Viciedo?

So you intentionally started a troll thread?

Let's wait longer than one extended spring training? Fangraphs has always been the publication down on Yoelqui, like they were with Luis "Lewis Brinson" Robert.

Has anyone watched the Tigers to tell me if Hunch would be better with the Sox talent?

After listening to Beckham on Garfein's podcast, Beckham might be someone Madrigal should try talking to about not being hard on yourself, i.e. learn from Gordon's mistakes.

Vaughn is to tray as Abreu is to ron and Madrigal is to Harold.

I think the Jose Abreu from this Grantland article is probably somewhere between Paulie and Frank. Sucks we missed out on it.

I mean, part of that is there really isn't a mop up duty guy in this bullpen.

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