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I think some of this is also that I’m guessing Judge isn’t playing a lot of outfield the rest of this year with the elbow so they want depth and don’t want to call up Jones yet.

Mike Mussina was way better and a clear hall of famer. Sabathia vs. Buehrle is close but Sabathia has the Cy Young which goes a long way. Mussina accumulated over 80 WAR to Buehrle 60 (for bWAR and the gap is even bigger for fWAR). They don't belong in the same conversation.

Dawson was a much better all around player. Baines was terrible defensively and added zero on the base paths. Dawson early in his career was legitimately great defensively (and won some gold gloves) and then also added value as a base runner. They aren’t really even remotely comparable as players.

I’ve become a bigger hall person over time (although staunchly against some of the ridiculous committee selections recently like Dave Parker and Harold Baines) so I’d ultimately be ok with Buehrle getting in. Sabathia got in because his peak was better and he won the Cy Young. Getting an accolade like that is massive for hall of fame consideration. The getting in because he’s a Yankee stuff is pretty lazy considering I’d argue Graig Nettles should definitely be in the hall and still hasn’t made it, Munson definitely should be (number 15 all time in catcher WAR, won an MVP and even past his peak would have clearly past a few in front of him since he was still a 3 win player when he died in the plane crash).

Bowden is a clown and no one should pay any attention to anything he says.

Pirates are an absolute garbage organization. Skenes can’t get out of there soon enough.

I mean to be fair, other than Vargas nothing was hit remotely hard. But no way he should have faced slater who is an automatic out against any RHP with a pulse

Insane BABIP luck continues. One decently hit ball in 2 innings and 7 hits

Insane luck for Sox hitters the last couple innings.

Williams throws an incredible amount of totally not competitive pitches. He’s been living a charmed life this year as he’s actually pitched really poorly

Total fluke. Striking out 4.5 per 9 out of the bullpen and he will eventually start getting hit. There are unlimited examples of pitchers out producing their talent in small sample sizes out of the pen

He’s been hit hard the entire game. Playing with fire.

You basically have to go back to August 2023 as the last time he was a legitimately good player.

Jim Bowden is outrageously bad at his job. No one is giving up real value for Robert. Certainly not a top 5 system prospect that was a first round pick last year that has pitched pretty well so far this year plus two more prospects.

So what is the thinking behind pinch hitting for the guy who has been your best hitter who is not striking out at all this year with Mitch Garver?

Terrible decision but par for the course with Manfred.

Given this roster it really isn’t surprising.

I wonder how much longer the Royals stick with Renfroe. That dude is absolutely horrible. Can’t hit at all and a disaster defensively. For a team trying to make the playoffs continuing to play a guy on pace to put up an all time terrible season who was a 0 win player last year and a negative WAR player 2 years ago is insane.

Why on Earth would the Dodgers trade Hope for Robert?

Chris Paddack is freaking terrible.

Wilson is awful as a starter. Just insane luck that the Twins don’t have like 5 runs already.

I think their offense comes back down to earth but will still be good all year. Their pitching legitimately sucks though. What an incredibly stupid move by the Yankees bailing them out on Bellinger.

There is zero upside. Clevinger sucks. This is an absolutely pathetic organization.

They didn’t even overrate him. It was clear last year they didn’t think highly of him anymore and his batted ball data was absolutely awful. Hated the return then and I hate it even more now.

Basically 3 games carrying all the water for this offense (and 3 of their 4 wins) and they have been absolutely atrocious in basically every other game.