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I actually have a friend who tells a story from years ago that someone told him to watch a random pitch in say the 5th ending would go to the backstop and he watched the game and it happened. it doesn’t mean the whole game is fixed (like my friend believes) but you can see how people can make a lot of $ on random things you wouldn’t expect and previously wouldn’t be caught. If it happened years ago, I’m certain it’s going on now.

Exactly. I don’t know about 2 of our top 5, but you’d likely have to include at least 1 of them plus 2 of the next 5 for Miller

If the Rangers picked up $15 mil of Degrom’s next 2 years,(getting him to $30/yr) I’d trade 3 of anyone not in our top 5. If they pick up $30-35 mil (getting him to $20-23 mil/yr) I’d include 1 of our top 5. (He also would cost just under $20 mil the rest of this season as this year he’s making $40 mil) Degrom is the type of starter I’d trade for-a true difference maker (when healthy) I don’t want to include Mize as that defeats part of the purpose this year and next. I don’t see any reason to get a depth starter (if they don’t project to be a dominant reliever) as they are not likely to be much/any better than the 5th -8th options we have. Give me 2-3 relievers before a depth starter.

If the Rangers picked up $15 mil of Degrom’s next 2 years,(getting him to $30/yr) I’d trade 3 of anyone not in our top 5. If they pick up $30-35 mil (getting him to $20-23 mil/yr) I’d include 1 of our top 5. (He also would cost just under $20 mil the rest of this season as this year he’s making $40 mil) Degrom is the type of starter I’d trade for-a true difference maker (when healthy) I don’t want to include Mize as that defeats part of the purpose this year and next. I don’t see any reason to get a depth starter (if they don’t project to be a dominant reliever) as they are not likely to be much/any better than the 5th -8th options we have. Give me 2-3 relievers before a depth starter.

I'm wondering who gets dropped from the 40. Maybe Kreidler? If the group from WM are going to move up, then some of the group from Erie is going to need to also and Cruz looks like he could take Kreidler's spot and even Anderson could take Ibanez' if they ended up moving him. I don't think they will yet, but other than the playoff series, he's been awful since early August both in Detroit and Toledo.

This one's in Detroit

If you look at the stats, surprisingly, they aren't far off from top 3. Offensive numbers have really dropped this year. Buxton should probably be ahead of Baez, but has only played 60 games. Greene is 3rd among AL OF in OPS behind Judge and Buxton. Baez is 5th in OPS (Grishom is 4th).

If I’m going for a starter, I want a high end guy-someone who would be for sure better than Montero and SGL. Sale would have fit that for me. I’d have included one of our top tier guys to get him through next year. He is a difference maker-as much as dislike him from our history. Efflin types do nothing for me. sale was the ones players voted as who they’d least like to face in the 9th of game 7.

I think for the postseason especially, bullpen arms are more important. You need 4 starters max in the playoffs. If healthy, Skubal, Flaherty (I’m assuming he figures things out) Mize, and Olsen are capable enough, and at there best match up well against most. If one starter has a short outing, if you have enough solid bullpen arms you’re ok as the days off means guys can go almost every day.

Seats for today

My son and I are going to tomorrow's game - it will be a warm one, but looking forward to it.

Any player has the right to slide, not just the QB

I could be wrong, but I thought they waited until he was able to throw the change up before sending him on rehab. I know the fact that he couldn't was why the rehab was delayed.

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Lee just got hit in the face -don’t know how long he’s out.

I do remember a fair amount of talk about Neto right after the draft, including that scouts/others in the front office wanted him, but Avila wanted Jung. How true it was, I don't know, but it was before either played in the minors.

Top 5 in a strong organization is much different than even top 3 in some organizations.

And all Jung has done has hit since going back to Toledo. He just hasn't found his power in his limited AB's in the majors. I think he does have value - obviously not Clark, McGonigle, Rainer, Briceno, Lizarno value, but he comes in next IMO and is the only one I'd trade of that bunch for a rental.

I mean J.D. Martinez didn't bring back much . I don't think Sweeney moves the needle for the Jays, nor would I want to include him as Bichette is only a rental and we need options for next year. And Sweeney has shown enough in spurts IMO to have potential to be the bridge to McGonigle/Rainer. I'd much rather go into 2026 with Sweeney and Baez over counting on Baez. I also. don't think Bichette as a rental costs a fortune, but it may be Jung, Lee, and someone like Hamm.

It's still amazing to me how many wrote him off after his 1/2 season last year. If you looked at his history, every time he was moved up, he struggled for roughly 1/2 season. Then he came around. Obviously there was no guarantee of it happening in the majors, but to completely write him off as many seemed to do didn't make any sense to me.

It clearly didn't fix the reduced movement on pitches. In Jobe's start, they were showing the extreme lack of movement he was having compared to a normal start. It forces pitchers to pitch differently. They had a former Rockie pitcher on MLB and he was saying if he was building a staff there, he'd focus on pitchers with command and control and almost ignore spin/stuff as it is so reduced at that altitude.

Vierling is in Lakeland as are Meadows and Perez - likely due to the weather up north. Vierling played 3rd the past 2 games. Meadows has played this week as well. So far 1 for 5 with 2 walks in 2 games.

BA just did a statcast article and compared Lee to Marcelo Mayer and said it's much closer than people think. Showed Lee is hitting the ball harder, than Mayer, but Mayer is getting better launch angle. Lee has also been unlucky on BABIP (except for the past week). Mayer's defensive versatility gives him the overall edge as a prospect, but BA thinks they are very close. Similarly, they compared Rainer and Konnor Griffin. Rainer is hitting the ball harder and has better swing decisions, and his power is a notch better, where Griffin makes better contact when he chases. They said they would pick Rainer now as a hitter and compared him to Jackson Holliday as a prospect.

Last year the top rounds minus Rainer were very pitcher heavy

Yes, that is exactly right. He has to clear and we either need to decline buying him back or work out a trade with the White Sox for them to send him to AAA