Julio Rodriguez has a 597 OPS in the 2nd half and negative fWAR. He has 2.1 fWAR for the season and a wRC+ of 100. He's older than Chase and Colson and about a year younger than Vargas and Mune.

He should be in his prime as a superstar but he's turned into about an average regular. Some parallels with Robert, he just cannot lay off sliders outside. Julio is much more talented and stays relatively healthy, but sometimes guys just never improve their faults and the league gets wise.

Turned on Cubs game and saw the worst “call stands” against the Pirates I’ve ever seen. Bad umpiring across the board is so obnoxious.

Edited Friday at 06:33 PM3 days by fathom

1 hour ago, fathom said:

Turned on Cubs game and saw the worst “call stands” against the Pirates I’ve ever seen. Bad umpiring across the board is so obnoxious.

The stolen base? That was brutal

Seemingly in speaking about his client De La Cruz, this is what Boras said>

"We don't care what dinner time is. When you're the steak, you sit there and wait for what? You wait for what the market brings. And you listen."

There are two ways to read that.

On the one hand, Boras implies that De La Cruz won't rush into a deal and will listen to the cases made to him from every team down the road. Maybe that leaves the door open to an eventual decision to stay in Cincinnati.

But on the other hand, Boras is saying De La Cruz won't be signing an extension before his deal is up in Cincy. That would be the opposite of waiting for the market, and he evidently feels that De La Cruz deserves to get to free agency and bring out some big contract offers from around the league.

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4 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Toronto making the postseason seemed pretty inconceivable two months ago...even dumped Varsho

SD will be just 1 1/2 GB of the Cubs if their 5-0 lead holds up...

Phillies also +16 tied for 4/5 WC slots

6 seed would likely open up at Atlanta unless LAD tank

DBacks a full four games behind the Cubs

Edited yesterday at 12:04 AM1 day by caulfield12