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took me a while to realize that Lakeland FCL (R) and Lakeland FSL (A) were different teams. maybe Clark reported to the wrong diamond

White Sox must really hate Thompson with a passion.

Nastrini is a top 10 prospect in a good LAD system. Leasure has a huge FB and no control, lots of Ks repeating AA; and superstar Trayce Thompson? for 2 garbage pitchers? Harris should get more for both ERod and Lorenzen.

the inverse is Avila never trading Boyd because he never got the BIG WIN haul from any team that he was desperately looking for. as well as holding onto Nick and JD until their market cratered.

CWS close to trading Lynn and Kelley to LAD. That's how its done; dump everything.

the Rays started out like the 1984 Tigers, but have fallen hard, decimated by SP injuries. We all assume TB won't make a desperation trade, because they are too smart, but they have to do SOMETHING. right? Ultimately no one knows - not even their current teams - how these kids will turn out. All we know is most prospects will fall short. Its been that way for 100 years. I still remember FG roasting DD for getting robbed by Seattle when trading for Fister. adding an Olson or a Veirling will help the cause. always hoping for a little more than that.

Blah. Williamson and Spiers are Faedo-level at best. Siani is yet another LH OF. I'd do ERod to Balt for just Joey Ortiz.

pitching has sustained them; if more than ERod and Lorenzen go, they will implode

Zach "Al Avila decided to pick Jace Jung instead of me over the objection of the front office nerds and now I am in the majors while Jung just got promoted to AA" Neto singles and scored on the Ohtani HR.

like others noted, it comes down to health. trout's body has broken down, costing him huge chunks of multiple seasons. that is the difference between being a top 25 player and a top 10 player. I saw that Ohtani was clocked as the fastest player in baseball earlier this year. he is a unicorn among unicorns. when people are comparing you to Babe Ruth, you must be pretty good

https://www.mlb.com/news/eduardo-rodriguez-drawing-interest-at-2023-mlb-trade-deadline?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share The Tigers left-hander has been drawing plenty of scouts to his recent starts, with the Rangers, Rays, Reds, Phillies and D-backs among the clubs keeping a close eye on the 30-year-old. Those scouts on hand to watch Rodriguez's past two starts have also stuck around to watch Michael Lorenzen, Detroit's lone All-Star representative this season. Lorenzen will be a free agent at the end of the year, making him an attractive rental candidate who can start during the regular season and potentially move to the bullpen for the postseason. The Tigers are also said to be considering trades of at least one of their relievers, with 27-year-old right-hander Jason Foley drawing significant interest.

3 Ks; probably his last appearance is off to a good start

i see the Astros and Rangers were getting chippy last night. I don't think either team needs to respond to LAA moves, but both Tex and Hou have some obvious pitching holes, so hopefully that helps Harris

thanks i couldn't understand the hype either

I would like to see Trout and Ohtani in the playoffs - think it would be great for baseball

Thank you Angels! that should help not only set a high prospect price but also takes a SP out of the already shallow pool of available guys

I don’t know how that helps Cleveland at all

Metzler would know who to target; to me, Rays don't match up well with needs, but Harris still in just talent hording mode

I would hope ERod would get more than that - Os sure do have a bonkers amount of IF talent

looks like Trei was pissed Wenceel got promoted to Toledo

pool: 15,747,200 105% of pool: 16,534,560 bonuses charged against pool: 16,477,450 (1.0464%) ($57,110 remaining) total spend: 17,677,450 - this exceeds both pool and 105% of pool, because you get 150K for players selected in rounds 11-20 that does not count against pool and I will note that the Tigers actually spent $25,000 more than Callis counts, because 10 of their first 11 picks also got a $2,500 contingency bonus, which does not count against pool either

yep. lots of things to criticize Chris for, but they routinely spend over 100% of pool the past few years; 1.0464% this year

just need ERod to pitch 7 SO innings, without getting hit in the face, hand or nuts