RatkoVarda

Incomplete. It's very difficult to separate Avila successes and failures from any analysis of Harris. A vast majority of the major and minor league players and coaches and staff are Avila's guys. Harris has a few clear, but not crippling, self-inflicted hits: Candelario let go to save $2M with no one lined up to replace him; losing Chafin over money and then downgrading to Schreve; bringing back an obviously cooked Schoop; whatever part of the ERod fail that falls to him. The transactions he has actually made have all generally made sense, both from a big plan perspective and a talent perspective. What I wanted from him was more moves. And that is what I want this Winter. Doing just a handful of transactions this Winter would be hugely disappointing. But I suspect he is going to use 2024 to fold in Meadows, Keith, Malloy and others, and ignore acquiring establish hitters. And that will mean a lot of growing pains. Yet again.

Turnbull was supposed to start for Toledo tonight, but Lael was called up from Erie to start. They need to make room for Diaz. Maybe Boras found more Turnbull injuries?

judge got played

actually, he is a convicted felon; not a hero; these people are delusional

we over-incarcerate in this country all the time - and we shouldn't. the for-profit prison complex is a national embarrassment. I see the DOJ is appealing some Oath Keeper sentences as too light. Maybe they do it with Proud Boys. And the Trump appointed judge accepted the terrorism enhancement, but he just kind of ignored it because these guys weren't Islamic terrorists. Not a great reason, but 15-18 years is a lot of time in jail. Hopefully when they get out they will be old men who can do no further damage to the country.

Manning is so weird; a BB and then 3 Ks on 10 straight strikes

I keep thinking that, now that it is "his" team that is embarrassing itself at the plate, Harris will feel compelled to add some established offense through FA or (more likely) trades. And I don't mean Carson Kelly. There will be a lot of growing pains integrating Meadows, Keith, Malloy, Perez and more from Toledo for sure (at the extent that those are not the guys traded.)

.05% is way too high.

is he the best option for 2024? who is better?

need a constitutional amendment

GOP state rep arrested; does not live in his district; comically tried to pretend he did All of that despite everyone in the Alabama Republican Party – a party that had spent the last two years talking about election integrity and securing voting processes – knowing full well that Cole had, at best, skirted residency requirements and had likely committed some level of fraud in doing so. They didn’t care. In fact, they so much didn’t care that after an election challenge was filed by Elijah Boyd, a Libertarian candidate who lost to Cole in the general election, and the challenge was exposing, – under oath – just how absurd Cole’s residency issues were, some Republicans in the House attempted to sneak through a change to state election laws to get Cole out of trouble. https://www.alreporter.com/2023/08/30/opinion-theres-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-in-the-david-cole-case/

default judgment against Rudy + pays attorney fees

Harris has been deliberate with his promotions (or slow if you prefer). Not sure 77 really good PAs by Leonard will force his hand. (And Baez isn't opting out.)

Tol scored 24, 7, 5, 16, and 10 runs this week, losing the 5 and 7 run games. Must make it difficult to evaluate these guys with the pitching so poor. Wenceel looks great since coming up.

that would be great, but how likely is it that Keith and Wenceel are both starting infielders, with Meadows in CF, and Malloy at LF/DH?

nice problem to have, but it will be interesting to see how they get ML looks through 2024 at all of Keith, W Perez, Leonard, Kriedler (if he can stay healthy), and Lipcius (if he is still in their plans), along with Jung. Those 6 combined with Maton, McKinstry, Vierling, Short and Ibanez give Harris lots of options, but maybe only one (Keith) or two (Keith and Jung?) are ML starter caliber, the rest are bench bats, platoon bats, utility guys, and AAAA guys. Nevin, even though he is raking, I assume will lose his 40 man spot; as will Isan Diaz.

"Just so you know, Trump has paid last month's $30K legal bill I sent, so you have nothing to worry about. Nothing at all. Now, did Trump really tell you to do this? That can't be true, right?"

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/troy-melton-is-a-tigers-pitching-prospect-on-the-rise/ “What he brings to the table, first and foremost, is stuff. The fastball gets up to the high 90s. He can really spin it — it’s a solid 17-20 inches of vertical break — and pitch to the top of the zone. He’s understanding how to get to the bottom of the zone in quality areas. That’s kind of the next step in his development. He pitches with confidence. And he throws a bunch of strikes. He’s that combination of good stuff, good metrics, competitor, and strike-thrower. Put those together and what you have is a pitcher with a chance to have a pretty good career. He’s got a chance to be a two or a three on a good big league team. I like his ceiling.”

Madrigal has Harris skills, he should look at trading for him this winter; zero power but could work as part of the mix at 2B; poor fit at 3B

Vierling should be a good bench guy next year as he complements Keith at 3B and all the LH OFs

Baez obviously is not opting out; he has the lowest K rate of his career; I really think they are trying to turn him into a player he is not

Losing to a guy in glasses officially counts as 2 loses does Greene have the arm for right? I thought I saw Austin in the family shot?