Dan Gilmore

Skubal was only still there in the ninth due to injury. He was rated much higher on talent. Kudos to Avila for getting both.

They are a terrible weapon, no doubt. The DoD spokesperson I heard mentioned that the specific type we are giving them has what is considered an acceptable rate of munitions that fail to explode (it was 2.x%) on impact. As opposed to some that have been used (by others?) with as high as 40%. I shudder to think of the unlucky ones that find one the 2% and how they won’t think it an acceptable level. But I also want the Russian war crimes to be end. War is hell.

I know it’s easy to forget about A Meadows and the timing of the trade with the Rays, but the theory would have been us getting a solid OF when we had a need. Not saying the appraisal of Paredes wasn’t flawed, just that there was an expected value in return.

What am I supposed to be apologizing for?

Good to see Kasper skating-my memory is foggy, but I thought his injury sounded pretty serious at the time.

I agree, since baseball doesn’t have a true salary cap, the difference in cost is not much of a concern to me. Long term I could see it causing a team salary to bump up against some management budget (likely hidden from our view). But if the team is good, the player in question is good, pay the man.

Do you think the rest of us enjoy the poor state of the team? Venting is fine. The same rants over and over don’t do much for me.

And yours is the whiney assed way to vent about it.

Sorry, without you using the word ass in your post, I wasn’t able to understand you. 😎

So Debrincat and the Wings are aligned on a new contract? It’s just a case of Ottawa wanting more than the Wings are willing to give up? They want our first round one pick next year and a decent player or two, and the Wings are offering pick #29 and maybe a lesser player?

Sorry, Pence strikes me as very untrustworthy. Preaches all the bible stuff but signs on for the Trump ticket- twice! He seems like a guy you figured out a path for attention, fame, and yes, fortune by pretending to be that calm moral compass for people to gravitate too. **** him.

Well, you’re smoking right now. 😎

Glad to see the D came through and held them to three field goals, while the O found the end zone twice. 🏈

My question might have been worded differently, such as: Is Lange less effective now because of having to use him more (consecutive days/multiple innings) to preserve thin margin/lack of depth? I have been impressed with how the BP has managed the last year and a half, but arms do get worn down and injury is always lurking.

And if the bullpen gets overused, what then?

Patch up the roster with an emphasis on size and toughness with short-term FAs while the next wave in the minors matures?

Following up on Shinzaki’s mention of Lindstrom needing to bulk up on muscle, I hope that applies to a number of the youngsters- Edvinson and Soderblom are too slight of build to fully use their size. Ras to some extent too, but he did improve on his toughness level.

It worked. 👍 I’m not keen on the players so far, aside from Kostin and much of the draft. Debrincat could change that appraisal, and/or other signings.

Saving up for Debrincat, duh! jk, I think they just wanted Kostin, didn’t value Yamamoto enough to keep and whether that budget goes to Kostin, Debrincat or someone else is all part of the Yzerplan.

Must be due to his spot-on raking advice after the Cali fires. Tremendously qualified. People are saying…

Yeah, and the old protocol was working so well 😎

Emmm, Fruit Loops.

Well, you’re an autumn, there’s only so much you can do.

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Or college arm abuse…paging Kenny Baugh…