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this is from Atlantic. You cannot negotiate with people who stand for nothing but chaos. The Republican rebellion is rooted in a giant inferiority complex: We know we’re not popular, we know a lot of people think we’re jerks, but we’ll show everyone that we can paralyze this country and its institutions using the machinery of government. Democracy, process, lawmaking, and governing? All of that is for saps; doing it is how you end up becoming Eric Cantor or Paul Ryan. The GOP rebels have every intention of staying in Washington and staying in power—even if “power” amounts to little more than sitting in the wreckage of the Capitol and keeping warm by burning the furniture. Win or lose, McCarthy never had a chance at being a true master of the House.

next winter's free agent position player pool was already shallow, and by the time more extensions are signed, will be less so good thing Harris saved his ammo for Winter 2024

Harris choose Option 3 - no one.

how could Harris look at this historically bad offense and decide to add nobody, but Ibanez, Nevin and Feliciano (all of whom may lose their 40-man spot in February or tomorrow) and Malloy in the minors? there is nothing to assess with Miggy and Schoop - they are irrelevant to 2024. there is nothing to assess with Clemens and Short - they are garbage. there are literally thousands (!) of plate appearances available for Rogers, Haase, Tork, Kreidler, Lipcuis, Perez, Greene, Baddoo, Carpenter, Meadows and Malloy - half of whom are going to spend months at Toledo anyhow. Acquiring 2 decent position players would not change that. I'll say again - and I guess for the last time - if Avila singed Boyd, Lorenzen, released some detritus, and made yet another Rule 5 pick and said, we are good to go, the pitchforks and torches would be out en masse, and rightly so.

6 week nap = a coma

Bligh Madris era ends without a championship, but with some great memories.

they never seem to be a player in the Asian leagues, either for Asian or Western players, at least not since Cecil

Longoria to AZ.

I know he is doing a lot of behind the scenes work, but unless Harris has 3-4 trades lined up, his plan seems to be: 1) crossing his fingers on regression to mean for all the underperforming guys; 2) leaving at-bats available for young guys; and 3) maybe picking up guys from the trash heap who might surprise with 1+ WAR. this is a strategy that Avila would have been ridiculed for, and rightly so.

there could be just a general consumer fraud statute in NY that he violated if I fund raise as a family that survived 9/11 or the holocaust (he did both), is that fraudulent? probably

Petzold noted this on Saturday: Outfielder Jurickson Profar, a remaining free agent and Myers’ former teammate, isn’t believed to be a fit for the Tigers.

Lynn writes that Baez may or may not opt out of his $98M, but Tigers would not be upset if he did opt out, and Harris would never have signed a guy with his strike zone issues. Mentions one choice could be trade, and then is drinking the cool aid on internal options: They have some kids in the hopper, for a change, with Cristian Santana, Peyton Graham, Danny Serretti, and others likely, in a year or so, to offer Harris and manager AJ Hinch more appealing options, at more affordable dollars, than Baez at the moment promises.

Kevin will welcome him with open arms - You triggered the libtards!

lives with his sister, but lent his campaign $700K? dude's a criminal

you're right; I don't think we can rule out the Mets trading for ERod for rotation depth; it would be nuts, but cannot rule it out. Cohen will do whatever he wants.

if the goal is to win the WS one (or both) of the next 2 seasons, any trade would need, I think, to further that goal. McCann saved them just 4.75M per year (literally less than 1%) of payroll, so I don't think Cohen cares about money for at least 3 years, if ever yes, focusing just on Baty is the good plan, as the Mets bullpen is lacking compared to other pieces and that is something Tigers do have to trade

AZ and Tor were destined to make some kind of OF-C trade

19. Zach Logue, SP Drafted: 9th Round, 2017 from Kentucky (TOR) Age 25.9 Height 6′ 0″ Weight 165 Bat / Thr L / L FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Slider Changeup Cutter Command Sits/Tops 40/40 45/45 60/60 50/50 60/60 91-93 / 95 Logue slips his 91-93 mph fastball past hitters at the letters thanks to its upward angle, created by Logue’s low arm slot. He pretty evenly mixes in a changeup, cutter and slider, with his change operating as his swing-and-miss, finishing pitch. Though neither of his breaking balls is especially nasty, Logue has precise command of them, especially of his cutter, which knifes in on the hands of righty batters with remarkable consistency. The whole package enabled Logue to strike out 144 hitters in 125 innings at Double- and Triple-A in 2021. His workload foundation and proximity to the big leagues mean we’ll likely see Logue in Toronto in 2022. He’s a high-probability backend starter.

26. Kervin Castro, SIRP Signed: July 2nd Period, 2015 from Venezuela (SFG) Age 23.0 Height 6′ 0″ Weight 210 Bat / Thr R / R FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Curveball Command Sits/Tops 60/60 50/55 30/40 93-96 / 98 Castro converted from catching to the mound late in his amateur career and while he hadn’t pitched outside of short-season ball entering the 2020 season, he was the talk of Instructional League and moved to a bullpen roll in order to hasten his advancement to the big leagues. Challenged with an assignment to Triple-A to enter the 2021 season, he excelled in short stints and ended the year with 10 scoreless appearances with the major league club. Nearly as wide as he is tall, Castro leans heavily on a two-pitch mix, with his bread and butter being a mid-90s fastball that can touch 98 mph and plays even better than the velocity thanks to vertical shape and rising action. He has a weird low-80s curve that features solid depth despite low-spin rates, but the pitch is highly inconsistent, flashing both plus and fringy. Unlike many ex-catchers on the mound, Castro has an easy arm action and repeats his delivery well. But while his control is solid, his command can be a bit spotty at times. He’ll likely break camp in the big leagues, and should have a long career as a seventh/eighth inning type.

De Jesus dfa

not a Clemens fan at all, but giving Koby 150 ABs is better than giving them to MM

LHR are next; does Chafin own a phone?

how crazy would it be if Conforto's shoulder is still screwed up and they have to carry an injured guy not named Correa around for the next 2 years? (not rooting for an injury)