Tenacious D

No team will take on Baez, unless we eat enough of his salary to get it closer to $6-8M per year. Especially the Padres, who want to shed payroll and already have plenty of guys who play Javy’s positions.

Agree—I prefer Sosa, but too risky on a one year contract.

Dombrowski cuts an impressive father figure. Speaking of Weaver, didn’t he and Fick get busted for having weed Fed-Ex’d to their hotel room?

Why would they trade Kim? He’s cost-effective for them. They will want to move contracts.

I know I sound like a broken record, but we should grab a superstar hitter from the Padres. I don’t think they can afford them all. One elite bat would make a huge difference and help everyone else out.

Padres probably saved some money, too, instead of firing him and paying off his remaining contract. Given their local TV deal and insane payroll, they are probably in penny-pinching mode.

Great—now please clear these Tigers conspiracies for me: -Miggy got injured trying to separate Prince and Avisail Garcia, after he allegedly slept with Fielder’s wife. -Brandon Inge punched Ugueth Urbana on a team flight. -Gibby physically went after Pudge for being disrespectful to Tram, when he was manager. -Ron LeFlore went MIA for a game, the same day his brother’s alleged killer was murdered.

The goal, however achieved, should be to win the AL Central. It’s doable.

Very odd. Goes to a division rival. Preller must have convinced SD ownership that he was the reason they underperformed.

I also heard his dad worked at Ikea for 30 years and they named an ottoman after him for his distinguished service.

This is heartbreaking

I predict very low ratings. I doubt America, outside of Phoenix, can name a single DBack.

Would be a nice reward for the guy, but probably better for the org to have him working with the kids, if he’s good at that.

I’d be OK with a Vierling/McKinstry platoon until Jung is ready (which should happen at some point next season).

#FreeWenceel

Thanks for ruining it for us. I was planning to watch.

Getting here late. Did I miss anything?

Hoping for Phillies/Rangers

Manning at this point might just be an inexpensive innings-eater. Still valuable to the team, but would likely yield very little in trade return. If so, better off holding on to him to give you innings in 2024 and hope something clicks with him. Then you have options.

“Take off your game worn jerseys and write your names, legibly, along with the year you signed with these gold Sharpies. And then drape them neatly in each of these collectible shadow box frames.”

He was not very impressive—I think we’d be selling low if we try to flip him this offseason.

Very impressive. You could sell those. if you’re taking any commissions, I’d like a Deivi Cruz.

Here’s where I was coming from: Skubal Erod/free agent replacement Mize Turnbull Manning Olsen Gipson-Long Brieske Faedo Flores/Madden/Hurter Jobe

If we need either in 2024, then everyone got hurt again, unless it’s for expanded rosters.

I doubt they would ban a pitch under these circumstances, but it would help the team and pitchers self-police themselves better.