RatkoVarda

Tor had a DH yesterday with G1 going 2 extra innings so maybe they are tired today

Flores got bombed in his 2nd and 3rd starts, but has been good or great every start since

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/top-50-deadline-trade-candidates-early-july-edition.html Lorenzen, ERod, Cisnero, Foley, Lange

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the 2024 payroll will be about $80M-$100M short of the top 10

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-mock-draft-1-0/ I think Skenes is a virtual lock at no. 2 regardless of who the first pick is, and I now think there’s a growing likelihood that that first pick will be Langford. Not enough to mock him there just yet, but enough that I’d consider him the second most likely player to go first behind Crews. 37. Detroit Tigers Pick: Tommy Troy, SS, Stanford

wrong place

What is Harris' bonus for keeping next year's payroll under $100m?

the Nats are taking Skenes if he is there at 2

The Rangers announced they’ve acquired Aroldis Chapman from the Royals. Left-hander Cole Ragans and outfield prospect Roni Cabrera are going back to Kansas City in return.

do i want a high or low rarity score?

lost 2 games but it cost us 3 pitchers; hope Coors can help wake up some more bats

Law has new mock out, still Skenes, Crews, Langford; but has Jenkins falling to 7.

Twins lost; now 40-42, but in 1st, just ahead of Cleve by % points; will any ALC team get 84 wins?

Fox mock: Langford and HS SS 37. Detroit Tigers — SS Walker Martin; Eaton (CO) Martin will be one of the more fascinating prep players to monitor on draft night. Having already turned 19 in February, he’s one of the oldest high-school players in the class which gives some teams pause. However, he also had one of the loudest springs of any prep hitter as he downright dominated all season to a ridiculous degree, albeit against middling competition in northern Colorado. He very well could go in the 10-20 range, but I have him sliding to the comp round in this scenario. Either way, it would make sense for Detroit to pair a likely college pick at No. 3 with a high-upside high schooler here at No. 37.

Tanner Kohlhepp finally threw one inning, 2 years after being drafted in the 5th round of the 2021 draft from ND.

gave up 1 run, then 4 runs, and I assume they brought him back out looking for a solid 3rd inning give him something to build off of, but then he got shelled for 6 more runs. yikes!

they revamped the training staff and injuries continue apace; do they have more injuries than average?

LSU clubs UF to win it; seen some negative tweets about Crews' swing, and some about Langford's D, but what monster seasons from both in the best conference; threw in Teel

agree. could be Crews is asking for $10M; Skenes at $9.5 would be "under" slot and more than he would get at #2. 1. Pirates: $9,721,000 2. Nationals: $8,998,500 3. Tigers: $8,341,700

every team that signs FAs gets bitten eventually nothing is surprising about Candelario's performance, he can put up anything from a 600 to a 800 OPS; moving on from him, even in his walk year when he is extra motivated, was reasonable; not replacing him was the mistake

Skenes threw 120 pitches Thursday; I assume he is pitching tonight

Langford (5/5, 2 2b, HR, BB) and UF rock LSU 24-4 to set up G3

Can’t do anything until Harris finishes assessing these horrible effing players