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Shocking move by Hinch.

If Dingler doesn't slow down, he scores before the play at 3rd

You also had Baez going to 2nd. If the throw is even slightly off, or his right hand hits the bag, or replay doesn't see conclusive evidence (which I think should have been the case) 2 are in scoring position, and even a wild pitch scores 1 of them (which we've seen Naylor already not block well) Like MichiganCardinal said, if Dingler doesn't slow down, he scores before the play at 3rd.

I disagree. I like the agressive baserunning. It took a perfect throw to make it close and even then it was questionable. The advantage was we would have had 2 runners in scoring position and a base hit makes it a 4-1 game. They won the most games in the league over a 162 game stretch from last August by being agressive - don't change it now in that situation - just like Cambell shouldn't change it early in a game in the playoffs. If it's the 9th inning, same situation, then it's a different story.

in case his spot would come up in extras.

Yeah, but he had like 300 defensive runs saved this year against us 🤪

I agree, but as noted above (or on the other thread), we are tied for the lead in sacks through 4 games. I don't know where we stand in total pressures, but other than in GB, we are doing reasonable in finishing off.

If Skubal pitches Sunday, he would be pitching on 3 days rest for game 3 when most of the season he’s been on 5 days rest.

See the quote from Hinch above

He was signed to the practice squad.

I don’t find it hard to argue that Greene should be the one sitting right now against lefties rather than Carpenter

Which means the odds for a first round bye are actually in this teams favor

UCLA isn't leaving the Big Ten - That was a false rumor made up to slam UCLA- see the "source" in the tweet.

With no Mckinstry (who usually is the LH that plays against lefty's) it's either Meadows defense, or Sweeney, Carpenter, or Keith.

49ers cut Moody.

I agree. I expect us to sign a mid level FA, but I think our best options out of that bunch to find solid #2 and #3 to slide in behind Skubal are Olsen, SGL, Melton, a Flaherty who gets back to 2024 consistency, Mize taking another step and Jobe returning. Other than trading for Ryan, (which I would be open to) I’d rather keep our prospects and not spend big $ on a FA starter.

None of which were traded likely due to the asking price.

Again if anything it’s a player or 2, not clubhouse issues. And Baez at least (of the 2) has been willing to do whatever the team asks positions wise.

This is one part of the NFL salary cap that took me a bit to comprehend, the fact that they can rollover unused cap money. I don't think it is in any other sport that has a salary cap. It is a huge way to benefit teams in planning for high cap seasons without having to frontload deals/etc when they have space. By Holmes keeping the cap space this year, it helps next year as you say, but it also leaves him room this season at the deadline if injuries happen at a specific position. There is definitely no benefit to overpaying a player like Smith just because you have the cap room in 2025.

Exactly. There is a major difference between "Clubhouse issues" and a frustrated player. Obviously there will be frustrated players throughout, but to even talk about clubhouse issues with this club, all leading from Passans speculation on Flaherty opting out, is comical IMO.

So we've gone from 1 national writer's speculation that Flaherty is going to opt-out to there are potential clubhouse issues with this team? I'm sorry, but this is quite the stretch. Everything we have heard from the players themselves is how tight this clubhouse is. You hear it from Carpenter, he doesn't want to get pinch hit for, but he understands it and the team is the most important. There is zero evidence that this team has clubhouse issues. And in reality, there isn't evidence that Passan did anything more than write what he thinks will happen rather than talking to anyone associated with Flaherty.

What Starting Pitching was available at the deadline that was under control for next year and was objectively bet†er than we currently have?

Sewald with an scoreless innings in WM tonight.

Completely agree with your first part. Unless something happened this season, the 2nd isn't true as he was out telling others how great his time was here and how he was so glad to come back (at what appeared a team friendly deal).

Yeah, he’s clearly speculating and after the way last year’s FA went for him coming off a significantly better season, I have a hard time seeing him opt out of $20 mil. Of course if he’s dominant the rest of the way it would change things.