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Maybe, maybe not. Rumors are that Houston's owner was getting more involved on their end recently. This has been an awfully odd free agency for Correa. We don't know everything, but I think given everything that is publicly "known" suggests maybe Correa overplayed his hand a bit? He had the team out there that was willing to spend (Texas), but they went with other options which soaked up the funds.

I was just discussing Clemens elsewhere. I kind of wonder if he can become a valuable platoon/bench/utility guy?

If they sold these at the team merch store, that could help cover part of the cost of the deal.

False. Cruzer don't sleep.

Detroit Pistons (19-51) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (40-30)

Yes, I think Turnbull back at full strength and form for 2023 is fine. It possible for late 2022, but I just know that I'd want to count on it. Wentz is a guy to watch early this season for similar reasons albeit later on the recovery timeline. 7 Ps had double digit GS last season for the Tigers and an 8th (Turnbull) had 9 GS. Those 8 Ps accounted for 152 starts out of 162 games. I would expect something somewhat similar this season. Pineda is still an injury risk, hence the inexpensive deal. Seeing Rodriguez go 3 IP to start the Grapefruit League was encouraging; hopefully Ps have been up on the conditioning calendar and its just a matter of matching actual game outings to that conditioning.

Just when you thought the Twins couldn't be more hateable.....

Turnbull might be due back later this season, but realistically what can be expected out of him? If he shows well in rehab outings, there will be a spot for him, either in the rotation or bullpen. But it seems like having expectations for him to contribute significantly at the major league level if he returns this season might be a bit too aggressive.

The Toledo Walleye had twins on their roster several years ago, Tyler & Tyson Spink. True story. Come on. Tyson and Tyrus are close enough.

The good thing about Pineda is that no matter what he’s done this off-season, he is probably in game shape already.

In this survey that I just made up, 1/3 of people are for ending DST, 1/3 of people want to keep it, 1/3 of people don’t really care one way or the other, and the final 1/3 don’t have the math skills to understand it.

Topless.

I like it. I don’t think we see enough switching on picks in baseball.

I saw it on a message board, so it has to be true.

The Dos Castros lineup?

I'm pretty geeked out for this one. They're probably going to have to run guys out there with triple digits on their jerseys today.

I don't think they are in a practical position to beat the White Sox this season. I think they need pitchers to get through this season, right handed or left handed. Mize & Skubal have not gone over 150 IP yet. Manning is still questionable. All three are on the upswing of their careers, so that is helpful, but that's over half of the rotation that's pretty young and still proving themselves. But adding Montas isn't going to be enough to get them on the same plane with Chicago.

Montas is pretty good, no doubt.

Yes, there are others to kick tires on, too. Looks like Richards and Duffy are now off the board. We've been through the Urena experiment already, although maybe he's willing to go the minor league route this year.

Sure, as with everything, what is the cost to do business? I'd rather move Paredes or Clemens than Kriedler, but that's just me.

Bey is unstoppable on St. Patrick's Day. The green hair accent was the warning and nobody took it seriously.

I agree. So that only increases the price on a guy like Pineda.

Good for him. He's a California kid, so after being dumped by Atlanta, this seems a next best kind of move for him. Atlanta maybe made the right move going younger and cheaper (annually) than Freeman. And both guys get to go areas where they grew up. Its just a bit of a sour taste seeing Freeman jettisoned after winning the world series and leaving the only organization he's been associated with.

Manaea has one season left before free agency. Montas has two seasons left before free agency. Oakland is going to want and get a boatload for both because that's what they do. It might not appear to be a boatload, but they will acquire players that will turn out to be very good ball players that will be traded away for more prospects before they hit free agency. Wash, rinse, repeat. Castillo has two more seasons before free agency, but I'd feel more comfortable dealing with Cincinnati because, aside from Simon for Suarez, they aren't the kind of trade machine that Oakland is. Its a stupide rationale, I fully admit it. But Cincinnati has already made questionable deals this offseason, so it seems like that's the table to play poker at. I've not been much of a fan of Pineda, but perhaps that's the Tigers' best available move. It'd be just money (which, of course, the amount and length of contract makes it relative). He's in awful shape and has had injury issues in his past, and I'm not sure I want to trust him with a pile of cash and get only 120 IP/season out of him. Maybe they can get him on a short term incentive laden deal? There's talent there, but can the talent take the mound every 5th day? The farm system has improved, but I'm not sure that it is all that deep. And the major league team has improved, but I'm not sure its good enough to be dumping a bunch of prospects for major league rentals.