Jose Abreu

We've only watched 1 and 2 so far. She surprisingly wasn't too impressed by Maul, but she at least liked the end battle in AOTC between Dooku and Yoda/Anakin/Ob-Wan. Overall she doesn't like it so far but I don't blame her, and I've been assuring her that she made it through the worst of it

#Lockergate?

I see. Not sure if that was a stab at Jones' injury history or actual info but I hadn't seen that prior, so thanks for clarifying. Not sure what to make of Dave as an insider anymore since he doesn't break news and when he does, it's sarcastic

I don't think that's what he meant. His schtick this season has been tweeting news 20-30 minutes after it was reported and passing it off as his own as an attempt at humor. I interpreted his tweet as just another one of those, and not actual info

Even if you believe in all the Brietbart "those damn illegals are stealing our jobs and ruining our economy" BS, I can't imagine how anyone could be ok with this. And this isn't solely a Trump thing, but the way this country has handled illegal immigrants, especially children too young to make their own decisions, has always been sickening.

I went to one of those Rick Hahn Q & A sessions on Monday. I found it funny when he was asked a question about Dylan Cease, and the first thing he did was make a joke about how Fangraphs doesn't think he's a top 131 prospect

In the process of watching all movies 1-8 with my girlfriend, who has only seen Rogue One. Watching the prequels, after having seen TLJ, gives me a new, weird appreciation for them. I've always loved episode 3 but 1 and 2 weren't as bad as I remembered, perhaps because of how I felt about TLJ

Anyone play Fortnite on the Switch yet?

To be fair the original post said "have a good chance to win", not "will win"

Another? What are some others? And that isn't true at all. The next two years are cheap team options, and the third is a cheap mutual option.

If he has another good outing against Cleveland tonight I might have to join this bandwagon. I've been in the "he has improved, but he isn't this good" camp, but he hasn't shown signs of stopping yet.

Thanks, I forgot about that

He does need to work on the walk rate but I couldn't care less about his ERA. 48% of his earned runs allowed came from 2 (two) starts.

Corresponding move? Thyago Viera or someone?

Moncada

Just some thoughts I had from reading 1. I'd be willing to bet that Zavala gets promoted to AAA 2. Dedelow deserves a promotion but with the logjam might not get one 3. Eddy Alvarez, albeit at 28 years old, is having a great year for Charlotte and it would be cool to see him in the majors in September given his background

Henzman and McClure (once healthy next year) are more then ready for promotions.

Excited for Luis Robert to hit his first bomb today

Abreu

Yeah, I'm not saying that he hasn't had a bad stretch. It's just that highlighting seemingly crazy variations in OPS isn't as damning as it may seem due to the erratic nature of the stat.

I like OPS but I feel like you use it too often, or misuse it at times. It's a stat that, at this point in the season, is very heavily skewed by an event such as one home run. Therefore, if someone hits a home run and then doesn't hit another one for awhile, it's obvious that his OPS is gonna drop. It's a good stat to use at the end of seasons or with a lot of sample size, but judging a player based on fluctuations in the stat at this point in the season may not be taking advantage of its intended purpose.

My guess is they were balls half of the time. I don't think I've ever seen a prospect with such a good grasp of the strike zone