Tenacious D

Hader has been brutal lately. Was on the verge of losing his job to Devin Williams—MLB Radio speculating moving him would avoid any potential uncomfortableness around his demotion. Soto should have more trade value than Hader—having the better season, much cheaper (that matters to teams) and controllable for more years. I would expect a better return.

Yes. High school players have all the leverage.

At least not Little Caesar’s

A lot of teams passed on Lawlar. I’ll feel bad about our Jobe pick once Meyer and Lawlar are tearing it up in the majors and Jobe is proven a bust. Until then, none of this really matters.

I think his sister is the only with business savvy. One is a musician and another is a Fredo. Not sure about the others, but it appears Chris is the most competent.

The joke around William Clay Ford was that he was the Fredo of the Ford family. Instead of sending him to Vegas so that he wouldn’t mess up the family business, they gave him the Lions to run. If he was held in high regard, he would have been more involved with Ford Motor Company

Good landing spot for him—a well run franchise that seems to always be in contention with a steady flow of young prospects.

I’ve read the Cardinals are in the mix for Juan Soto—I don’t see any team that is interested in him (or Ohtani for that matter), trading any prospects until this gets resolved.

I wouldn’t for either, but maybe as part of a package. Angels are a mess right now—with Trout’s health uncertainty, Rendon’s decline and Ohtani potentially getting traded before his free agency, will be interesting how they proceed. Without that uncertainty, Skubal would have made a ton of sense for them.

I’ think it will be two—Fulmer and Chafin.

I’ve read that the WB is optioning The Castro’s as a mid season replacement next year. Will also feature their wacky cousin, Starlin, in a recurring role.

Perhaps, but I’d just rather hold on to Skubal if we can’t immediately address our lineup.

He might have similar perceived value, as he’s LH with more years of control, but I don’t think we would be pursuing prospects that are 2-3 years away from contributing. Teams would need to be willing to give up AA/AAA/majors players, which might be more of an issue to any potential buyers. Clearly, the Reds are embracing a rebuild and are OK with getting more talent that will take longer to develop.

Not Chafin 😄

Max Castillo pitching with Kirk behind the plate, makes for the most 40 and-over —looking softball tandem.

Dylan Smith (Lakeland) and Joey Wentz (WM) with successful two inning rehab starts tonight. Brant Hurter came in to relieve Wentz and was again very good.

Andre Lipcius gets some love for the season he’s having (which has been good). However Andrew Navigato, also age 24 and in Erie, has matched him offensively. But hasn’t been mentioned much.

He might have the most trade value—controllable through next season, so more valuable than a 2 month rental. High K rate, too. And he’s vaxxed!

Joe might have sealed his fate as an ex-Tiger.

These tweets, next to each other in my feed, illustrate why we just can’t get along.

I'd be more interested in a change of scenery trade with the Yank-me's, sending either Fulmer or Chafin and Derek Hill for Florial and Andujar. Either pitcher upgrades the Yank's pen, and Hill could either be OF insurance, or a more useful Terence Gore-type in September and potentially during the postseason. Given the challenges every team will encounter with their 40-man roster management (compounded by no Rule 5 this past offseason), teams might be willing to move more players they know they'll won't be able to protect, which could provide some opportunities for sellers, like the Tigers, to audition players (i.e, Florial/Andujar) for the remainder of the season before having to make 40-man decisions, pre-Rule 5.

A change of scenery trade with the Yankees—Fulmer (or Chafin) and D. Hill for Florial and Andujar? Coolbaugh can get those guys on track, I’m sure.

Andujar is a high-risk, lottery ticket at this point. He hasn’t been good since 2018. At most, I’d move Fulmer and someone like Workman, Cabrera or Packard for him.

Or wants to avoid getting the TJ that seems to like our young pitchers .

He hasn’t had it for a while. He epitomizes clickbait, but he’s really just struggling to stay relevant at any cost. Best to just ignore him and avoid getting sucked in. Nothing good will come from it.