RatkoVarda

they don't

Reds have called up 3 all-star caliber bats - Tigers can shuffle deck chairs: Nevin again? Lipcius? Malloy is struggling. Meadows not ready. Sands/Paperski/Knapp? nothing would change

Marisnick has looked good defensively, but Myers would offer a lot more than Jake as a short side platoon hitter

HS pitchers are totally different than HS hitters, but Avila tried to outsmart everyone by picking Jobe over Mayer at 3, and if Harris & Company pick Clark over Langford at 3, I hope Clark is worth the extra risk of passing on a 2-time SEC star

reality TV pitch: Hunter and Trump share a cell at Club Fed - a really odd couple!

Division is winnable; but cannot see them being the winner; compiling a .550 winning percentage over next 91 games; that gets them to 81-81

a 40 grade prospect for nothing but cash seems like a smart move every time

Blair Calvo, SIRP Video Drafted: 23th Round, 2019 from Flagler College (COL) Age 27.0 Height 6′ 3″ Weight 195 Bat / Thr R / R FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Slider Command Sits/Tops 55/55 60/60 30/40 94-96 / 98 Calvo was a 23rd rounder out of Flagler College, a Division II school in St. Augustine, Florida. He took a circuitous route to get there, going from a Florida JUCO to rehabbing from TJ to transferring to Pitt and then to Flagler for his fifth season removed from high school. Calvo had a dominant foray into pro ball, striking out more than a batter per inning in a long relief role during his 2021 Low-A debut. As with Gavin Hollowell, the Rockies skipped Calvo over High-A and sent him to Hartford to start 2022, where he excelled in a single-inning role until the end of May. In his final May outing, Calvo’s heart began racing uncontrollably on the mound and he had to be taken to the hospital. He was dealing with a previously undiagnosed heart arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia. Shelved for two months while he and his doctors decided how Calvo could safely proceed with a life that included baseball, he was back in August and picked up Fall League innings before the Rockies added him to the 40-man roster in the offseason. Calvo sits 94-96 mph (and peaks above that) with a plus-plus flashing slider in the 83-86 mph range. His arm is very whippy and Calvo’s stride home opens up his hips in a way that’s atypical of most pitchers, possibly creating some deception. His command is comfortably below average, but typical of a single-inning reliever. It’s most detrimental when Calvo goes through stretches where his slider doesn’t finish and is left hanging in the zone, but mostly he looks like a standard fastball/slider middle reliever who has carved a remarkable path on his way there.

I am thinking Haase might get traded for another team's bum (a platoon LH infielder or a platoon RH outfielder). Not much drop off to Knapp or Papierski; either would give Hinch the L/R match up he likes to use.

its KC, Minn, @ Tex, @ Col, Oak and Tor before AS break. 4 of 6 series they should do reasonably well in

against the "best" team in the division, take 3/4 and could have very well been a 4-game road sweep, which is really rare when they play good teams, they are going to look bad, but they are doing well against their peer group

don't know if Wentz gets pushed to BP when other guys come back, but he seems to be a solid piece

they have scored 7, 8, 5, 7, 6, 5 runs in the last six games - so, baby steps

Keith HRs again; I know Harris wants to wait until AS break to move him up; Keith has other plans

equaling Bill O'Reilly's $30M payout is the lowest she should accept

dfa'ing him gives them nothing i would be surprised if they got insurance on a 4.3M salary, especially as he had risk (physical and anxiety problems) in 2022 which would drive the price up add this: they have invested a lot of money and time and energy into developing his brother; no need to piss off Parker, current teammates, or future FA by treating him unkind

he was not a numbers guy; dismissive of stats; maybe there was friction with Fetter; but he seems to be a pretty goofy, friendly guy; again, it was a bad decision to not trade him; and it was a bad decision to downgrade to Shreve to save some of Ilitch's money

when his supporters hear about this, they will stop supporting him for sure

French is an interesting dude; nice guy for sure; but he childishly thinks that the GOP is about to have a come to Jesus moment (any day now!) when they realize, much to their shock and dismay, that Trump is a bad guy; he talks about a political party that does not exist anymore

the lollygaggers and the miscreants would understand that Harris means business and would start producing so they did not join Hinch on the next bus out of town to Loserville?

need to move the fences back

Miggy's been good of late; knee must not be barking

wtf is going on?

they seem to have a lot of injuries in the minors; no idea if they have more, or even less, than other teams. some of these names I have never seen before. kudos to them about being relatively transparent.