casimir

Dress up like sad Shaggy. Take a sign that reads "Lost my Skooby".

Yeah, maybe. But I’m not trading for him, I’m looking to trade him away. Hey, this Torres is ok in my lineup, but, wow, drop him in yours and, you would get an “S” grade.

So hang on to win one of those losses vs Kansas City and then figure out a way to hold a 7 run lead vs Baltimore and the trade deadline might be different?

I wonder about his health. He’s a pitcher, he’s had issues previously. And what’s the saying about pitchers, they’ve either been injured or are going to be injured? I don’t know about his makeup and adjusting to be just another SP. I suspect he’ll be fine with that, but I don’t know for sure one way or another.

No, that’s too common now.

You need something that makes you stand out amongst the crowd. Do you have a ridiculous hat or shirt? Maybe paint your face like a Tiger?

Indeed.

I think I can understand both trades that were made and not be upset with the players brought back. It sucks to see Skubal go, but such is the state of things. One thing that I heard that sticks in my mind is are we getting to a point closer than we think where the name of Skubal is going to have more value than the performance of Skubal? I am disappointed that they couldn’t move Torres. I suspect they tried and there just wasn’t a market? Or perhaps there was too much requested for a return? Something might leak about it, but who knows if it will be true. I am disappointed that they couldn’t address the bullpen. A better bullpen would have made up for the loss in the rotation a bit, but probably not enough to offset the loss of Skubal and Mize. I suppose the market for controllable RP was too much.

S for safe? O for out?

Don’t forget about balancing out the syllables, too.

Supercalifragilisticescpialidocious.

So who pitches the 9th for ATH? A position player? The elephant mascot? A fan?

Don’t want to chance him getting injured with the trade deadline approaching.

Lots of empty seats in the background of the video shots.

Double digitry for the Detroits.

Something about a time continuum and flux capacitors.

I believe “Valencia” is Spanish for “yet another two run double”.

Really tired of seeing Dingler getting hit by pitches. Glancing blow off of his right wrist.

Anderson gets the final out of the 7th. Sure would be helpful if he can stay in and close this out with minimal effort. It doesn’t look like playoff ground can be gained today. But holding steady is better than losing playoff ground. Get this W and head up to Seattle. Clean up the roster (if there are more trades), get everybody lined up and ready to go for Seattle and San Francisco, and then another day off before some big series coming up at home.

I thought Flaherty was also ineligible for a qualifying offer? Well, I guess we will see what happens before the trade deadline and what happens with the rules in the upcoming negotiations.

I’m confused about the draft picks that you mentioned, the picks moving from after the 4th to after the 1st.

Nice area.

Well, if it’s based strictly on compensation picks, I’d be comfortable offering Mize the qualifying offer whereas Torres is ineligible. As far as trying to get into the playoffs, that changes the math a bit. In addition to that, I think there’s more IF depth than there is SP depth to work with. So, put it all together, if I were in charge, I’m looking for more in return for Mize than I am for Torres.

If they keep. I’ve, they’ll need Flaherty back ASAP? I’m not getting the logic there. It seems like getting Flaherty back ASAP would be best to continue the playoff chase.