Jose Abreu

Engel, Palka, Escobar, and Mendick all in the lineup

Palka is playing too. Interesting (?)

Our manager doesn't check the standings so it's possible that he just doesn't know whether we're playing well or not

I really like Josiah Gray but if we're including Bummer, I need a top 100 guy coming back.

I know it's a super unpopular opinion but ever since Eloy returned from injury in May to yesterday, I don't think he was bad in LF

Not yet but he's almost at 40 hits! Nevermind the .578 OPS and 57 wRC+.

It's crazy. Everyone knows that the best hitter in the organization is Alcides Escobar.

No, anyone watching these last 5 games, as well as the first half of the season, knows that this is a low point and there's no way the team plays like this for the rest of the season.

Yikes

He's Cuban so he'll be the headliner coming back to us in the trade

Pretty meh trade. I've been reading online reaction and nobody seems to like it or dislike it. I'm in that boat as well. I actually liked Anisimov but it's nice to have some more flexibility

No way we get either of those guys without including Bummer, or perhaps more

Johnabiell Laureano home run. Another really interesting young OF.

0-0, 2 BB for Bailey. OBP up to .526, and he has far more PAs than the other guys who come close

This is so perplexing. You spent a lot of last season telling everyone that Giolito was interesting and may become something good, and props to you for that. Now he's having an all-star season, and as one of his "biggest fans" (which you kind of aren't, if this is your opinion on him), he's now "nothing more than a 3-4"? That's ridiculous, he isn't the 1.5 ERA guy he was in May but he also isn't suddenly a #4 pitcher. Long-term I think he's a very good #2 or low-end #1 but two bad starts (and really just two bad innings, if we're being honest) doesn't take a guy from future ace to #4.

We need a win, so naturally I decided to post tonight's game thread. Dylan Cease versus Glenn Sparkman.

I love all three of those. RHP Alex Colome and LHP Aaron Bummer to the Dodgers for RHP Dustin May and RHP Josiah Gray That's all I predict.

Robert singled again since the last update. Finished 2-5, BB, SO, 2 SB

He gets better with every promotion. At this rate he'll hit like .500/.750/1.250 in his first month in MLB

Yeah I’m cool with that. Wouldn’t mind seeing Collins at DH tonight though but oh well

But why would that person pretend that they were Zack Collins and claim they were going to Charlotte? What are the odds that person even knows who Zack Collins is? Why did this person look upset/angry? These questions need answers.

If Collins actually wasn't demoted, it bothers me that he isn't playing today. This is exactly the type of pitcher he profiles to be good against.

Ban Josh Nelson tweets

My point was that if he's Trout, the World Series banners will soften the blow of him leaving. Before anyone says Trout is ringless, Robert's supporting cast is going to be much, much better. That said, he won't be Trout, I'm just responding to the original poster. These would be great problems to have.