RatkoVarda

in addition to allowing bribery so long as you get paid after, 6-3 court just got rid of SEC in-house actions, bouncing them to over burdened fed courts. considering that prosecutors don't go after white collar crime generally, this means more and more securities fraudsters will go unpunished. truly awful decision. Corruption, corruption, corruption

Willi Castro is on pace for 5+ WAR for the ***** Twins; would like to hear Harris & Co explain what they missed when he walked out the door for nothing.

a couple of "A" grades; I get the fit concerns with yet another poor shooter; unfortunately, I think that they are still in talent acquisition phase, so if he was the best guy on their board, I'm glad they took him, regardless of fit; he may turn out to be one of the best players in this draft; or not.

the return on that is 5 years out (2030!) and with a low probability of actually hitting on a ML player. yes, something is better than nothing, but that would not be a good result IMO

if he is in protocol, nothing official; now been 5 days

runs on previous 6-game road trip: 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 13 runs on 6-game homestand: 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 11 so getting better?

correct. Holliday, Basallo, Mayo and Kjerstad for Skubal would never be offered but that's a trade Harris should accept.

not sure how often a pitcher admits that run support affects him

they why did he spend so much time at 3B?????????????????????

building around a strong rotation blew up in the Astros faces this year with everyone on the IL, but with a little bit of health luck, this would be nice rotation next year: Skubal-Jobe-Flaherty-Olson-Mize

that would make Dingler a borderline all-star

Parada's bat was considered one of the surest tools in the 2022 draft, and now he sounds a lot like another hitter who had huge numbers in college but has struggled in the pros; even if the bat rebounds to "catcher level" he offers nothing else

I think Malloy is pretty thrilled that the Tigers sent Tork to Toledo and did not just keep running him out there in Detroit.

have a bunch of older non prospects (24-27) who regularly beat up on young pitchers. literally no batter on the team within 3.5 years of Lee

wait. hold on. does this mean i should not trust a random social media account's "inside info"?

not sure where this goes but Petzold definitively states that Flaherty was signed to be traded and will be traded.

Baltimore already traded for Flaherty last year and he sucked so bad they put him in the BP. I do not see them trading high end talent for just 3 months of any pitcher, and certainty not Jack.

Overheard: "So glad to finally be playing a bad team again." (Unclear which team said this.)

Reggie talks about racism

Flaherty will hit free agency at 29, and if stays healthy, will be coming off a 5+ WAR platform season. He would be seeking a 5-6 year deal for sure. Will he get it? I have no idea. But 2-3 years seems like a management pipe dream.

my guess is the salary required to sign Flaherty will be palatable to Harris, but the years will not be - that is where the risk is

this is probably correct, unless someone offers him more

I kind of feel bad for Harris, who has painted himself into a corner this Winter with his inaction. Canha, Kelly and Urshela will be gone and McKinstry and Baddoo will be released. He will have the 15 guys below: 2 starting OFs who struggle to stay healthy, a decent C in his walk year, and 2 nice bench guys in Vierling and Ibanez. Everyone else (even Keith) has huge question marks, or are trending down. Harris is going to have to do some big moves in FA or trades, even though I don't think he wants to. I just don't think anyone wants to hear that the 2027 team might be good. Rogers - Dingler - Tork - Malloy - Keith - Baez - Jung - Kreidler - Leonard - Ibanez - Vierling - Greene - Carpenter - Perez - Meadows

Melania might have a fatal fall down a flight of stairs?