kdog

This is under ideal conditions. I'd shoot for after the all star break.

Hinch's interview on 971 earlier in the week...he indicated that there are not many young hitters who are succeeding in their first mlb year. I didn't have a chance to look at evidence. But it makes sense given the spin and velocity difference between MLB and AAA.

We need a guy who can crush velocity in the strikezone...just one.

crushed an offspeed pitch a long way; Double was on a 95 MPH fastball.

Good to win ahead of a Skubal game.

Will we benefit from Skubal's star turn while he is under team control? Or will we waste his 2024 season performance again?

Until hitting development is fixed, we're wasting our time. I'm confident that this is taking up a majority of the player development work.

Will Wentz gives it all back lol.

Another starter can't get out of the 5th...Olson's regression is hitting hard.

Keith's OPS is inching close to the Baez zone.

From ESPN, this about sums it up.

I don't think Langford vs Clark is declarative of a timeline. Like Lee said, they did it as a strategy.

The return cost on rentals have gone down significantly in the past few years...so unless you get a decent price, is it worth it?

I know we're not ready to compete. But the current core we have won't be on the same time cycle as the next wave of prospects. When the Clark/McGonigble/Jobe wave is ready, Skubal and Greene will be aging out due to contract or other reasons. So how do we try and maximize what we have now while we wait? Or ar we just waiting? I've seen the Avila inertia plan. Lose in the majors and hope and pray that your high draft picks turn into something. Harris isn't doing that. I need to see his first bold move that declares his timeline. Right now, it's very hazy in my opinion.

How soft is the rebuild? They haven't been trying to compete first two years and I feel like we are still running in place. We have one core player(Greene) and a whole of maybes.

Equivocating to win the pr war.

If you have Carpy and 2023 second half Tork giving some easy power, then the margins increase. Now they need 8 singles to score a run...or they just do down 13 straight late in the game...this is rough.

They're trying to win on the margins...with a team that can't win on the margins lol.

Enough chances to win..just inept enough to blow it.

Keith is 1-23 in June lol...it never ends.