Bob Sacamano

He still with the chick from Riverdale?

Yeah Cordell has played infield in the minors so if they were in a bind and needed someone to cover an IF spot, he can do it for a few innings. Heck, I remember a game Dye had to come in (or did he move psotions?) to play IF.

Polanco is someone I have thought of as well. What's the OF situation like in Pittsburgh? Is it crowded/going to be crowded with prospects knocking on the door? Contract situation for those who do not know: 2019 27 Pittsburgh Pirates $6,100,000 4.103 2020 28 Pittsburgh Pirates $8,600,000 2021 29 Pittsburgh Pirates $11,600,000 2022 30 Pittsburgh Pirates *$12,500,000 $12.5M Team Option, $3M Buyout 2023 31 Pittsburgh Pirates *$13,500,000 $13.5M Team Option, $1M Buyout Earliest Free Agent: 2022

In the post you originally responded to, he said he is at work.

It usually depends on off days, but one of the starts normally goes to a fill-in starter so everyone else stays on the same rest.

Need 62 for when Q comes back ? but yeah, I like the trend of obscure numbers: 74 Eloy, 79 Abreu, now 84 Cease.

So I put my 2 weeks in last week. It turns out that the Inter-company (where my accountants finance people at) process that I just inherited over the past 3-4 months is all going to be done by one country in the next few months and is starting to be automated. And the person that I took it over from is delaying her medical leave another month or two. So everything worked out perfectly for me and I feel less bad about leaving.

Idk if they can actually get away with optioning him to start next year. Think it would be an IL stint and rehab assignment. Recent example is Jurickson Profar missing 2 straight years of service sitting in the DL.

Rondon is DHing in games where a lefty is on the mound. Meaning Morrison isn't really a good option in that scenario.

Jesus no. Picking up someone only because he hits left handed is an awful reason to pick someone up.

And you're only 19? Good for you man (on having an office job to be clear).

Is this confirmed? Or is Lopez just going to pitch at night?

Zero shot. It's like a 12-18 month recovery.

A year or two ago, maybe. But definitely not now.

I would imagine the answer being no but that is a good question. Kind of tailgate and hang out between games.

One of my buddies got to caddy for Mike Trout a couple years back when the Angels were in town. Tipped my bud $200.

They were meeting pretty recent to make changes though. Similar to how they did this past offseason with those new rule changes for next year, which would be before it expires. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/mlb-mlbpa-launching-bargaining-talks.html

One other thing I have thought of is if the CBA changes in the offseason and guys have less control when they come up to the majors, would guys already in the MLB be grandfathered in under old rules? That would almost seem like a reason to rush guys up.

Ha. Next ownership maybe.

Yeah that Tim Anderson guy sucks. Move him to catcher now.

There's plenty they can say to get around that though. It's not like he's been crushing it over the course of 2-4 years. They can say they want him to cut down on ks, they want him to prove he can stay healthy over the course of a year, they want him to hit x amount at bats in the minors before coming up. Having said that, I'm excited to see Robert too. I'm honestly fine with whatever they want to do whether it be calling him up this year or waiting til mid-April 2020.

They'll definitely find an excuse to keep him down if that is what they want, ready or not.

They already signed Eloy to a deal and bought out a year of free agency (well, 2 if he started the year on the MLB team without an extension but he wouldn't have).

Please explain the bolded. Are you saying because of his famous family?

Sure seems like it the way he's posted about him the past 3-4 years.