Jose Abreu

He reported that Madrigal's "bags were packed" and that he was leaving while James Fox and other FutureSox guys were literally watching him play at Schaumburg

He even has a .392 xBABIP, so his BABIP is lower than his batted profile suggests it should be (and this is without factoring in his speed). He has a .371 wOBA and .394 xwOBA. Despite his impressive numbers, Robert has arguably been unlucky this year. The same can be said for Jimenez

It does make some sense. Adolfo will be traded tomorrow for similar reasons

One would have to assume Collins would be on the taxi squad over Mercedes and Zavala. I think that's meaningful

Find a way to get Lynn without giving Dunning and I'll be ecstatic

Oh, good point

By the way, what was the point of throwing those pitchers to Whit? He obviously wouldn't swing, why not just intentionally walk him and not risk a wild pitch?

Exactly. Dozier is quite good, this is a weird strategy

He has a .339 OBP

And 4 times in 5 days too. Do they want him to get hurt or something?

My complete guess would be Kopech + Stiever + Adolfo + one of Thompson/Dalquist/Kelley for Lynn and Gallo. And I'm probably in the minority, but I'd do it. Gallo (and eventually Vaughn) would complete this offense

I think Gallo and Lynn would cost more than people think, but I'd love it

I know this is mostly in jest but there really is no way Luis Robert (say he were on the Orioles with this contract) could receive fair value in a trade. You'd have to get multiple teams involved. It would need to be like the Sale and Quintana returns combined. We're talking about 8 relatively cheap years of a 4+ win baseline center fielder with a Trout ceiling

Top 5, honestly. That contract is really nice

Yes, the Sox are going to make the playoffs. That has been a pretty safe bet for weeks now. But they're also a top ~5 team in all of baseball, and just making the playoffs, as refreshing as it will be given the 12 year drought, should not be the goal now that we know how good this team is

Abreu

For all the (mostly sarcastic) jabs about Lynn's performance tonight, 6 IP/3 ER against the Dodgers is pretty good

Not just referring to their friendly banter on Twitter. Back when Tim's YouTube channel was a thing during Spring Training 1.0, one of his videos included him and Bauer hanging out and talking for a bit. They seemed to know each other pretty well

I'm not a fan of Bauer as a person but FWIW, he and Tim are actually good friends Reinsdorf hates Manfred so if anything that's a plus

Wouldn't complain about either, but Nimmo has an additional year of control and generally gets on base more often. In our power-heavy lineup, having a guy with a >.400 OBP would be a godsend. I know Conforto's is also >.400 right now but that seems like more of an outlier for him

98.1%. They need to finish 8-21 or better

Oh, totally forgot about the forecast. That certainly is looking ominous

I am expecting this as well. Or even the entire weekend being interrupted. It'll be interesting to see how the situation evolves in MLB vs NBA over the next 24 hours

And, amazingly, 0 Padres references within those 38. Very impressive

I went from "will they make the playoffs?" to "can they maybe get a top-4 seed in the playoffs?" to "how deep of a run will they make in the playoffs" in about two weeks