Hongbit

I hate to thread police but come on @Sports_Freak and @chasfh Why do we have to do yet another Erod rehash today of all days!! Lots of people are coming here for updates and meaningful thoughts on things that matter today. if you insist on battling this out then at least take it back to last years trade deadline thread instead of getting everyone bogged down in this bs.

This day has set up perfectly for Scott Harris. Crochet’s contract demand has made Skubal and Flaherty the top 2 pitchers available in a crazy sellers market. There aren’t enough arms available for teams that desperately need them. I think he is going to get a crazy haul for Jack. The last 2 hours before the deadline are going to bring some stupid offers for Skubal as teams get desperate. I am changing my tune from last week and now my gut is that he’s going to trade Skubal and it’s going to be a great return for the Tigers.

Effective trolling is sporadic and subtle. You are trying way too hard.

He’s a tremendous check casher. He can challenge Javy and Tork in this area.

This is clickbait. This was always going to be a deal only done on a best and final offer basis probably close to the deadline after a down to the wire game of chicken. Either someone will finally give in to the Tigers huge demands or it will end with both sides bailing out to safety.

There may be a bit of an arm issue or something of substance with the velo drop. Although, I was surprised that he was hitting triple digits at the start of the year. I didn’t think he had that in him. As for the walks, BB are what separate good relievers with excellent stuff from bad relievers with excellent stuff. True killer to any success. I’d like to think that his random usage without a set role played into some of that struggle.

I still think Foley is a closer being misused by Hinch. I wonder if any other teams covet him. I’m not sure the return will be great but certainly can bring back another lottery ticket or two.

I don’t think the decision is on Harris. It’s on the other GM’s. Are they willing to go all in on this season to get to the Series? If so, they will come back to the table with more than what they are offering now.

We need the Yankees to get involved a a show serious interest in Skubal. That would get the Orioles and their new ownership into full freak out mode.

Kerr would probably be giving him minutes ahead of Jayson Tatum if he was still playing hoop. Obviously, I’m still struggling with the fact that Kerr really is playing Booker over Tatum.

Awesome. I may have to go back and listen if that is possible. If I had to pick 4 to highlight it would be: Lonely Trip Hey Stranger A Wave of Hope Life Saving Gun

Trump is the Pedro Martinez of dumb and juvenile.

Vivek is the Greg Maddux of weird.

Team USA looked as you’d expect when KD and Lebron literally couldn’t miss. The biggest surprise from today was Jayson Tatum - DNP-CD. I think it’s a huge mistake but we will see.

Fun race to watch. Once again, despite all of their data and resources, the Sky Sports team was fooled on the real story of the race. They kept on about Oscar vs. Lewis and Merc team orders for a good 15 minutes after it was obvious that Oscar didn’t have enough laps to catch them. The story was an epic battle of George masterfully saving tires and doing great work to hold off Lewis on a newer set which Crofty finally got around to taking about on the last lap.

He’s just not the same without you.

Guaranteed DQ if he was underweight.

I understand and agree that Americans should know what happened. I don’t understand why you are insisting that a person who lies about absolutely everything should to be the one to provide the actual proof. We both know that if he were to ever actually supply a medical document that it would be falsified.

They’re pulling out all the stops since this is the last election ever.

I hope the foreign journalist that broke the story got it right. Because, well, you know…

It’s the People’s Front of Judea.

He went on one of his off script riffs and let this slip out. WTF!! This needs to get pushed to the front of the news cycle and reporters need to keep hammering him to explain exactly what this means. This can’t just go away.

I feel bad for him but I don’t feel bad.