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Feels like the median scenario is having a magic number of 3 heading into the third game after splitting the first two.

My guess is Sunday is Urquidy. Then Mize and Jack on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then a tbd (SGL or Melton) Thursday and skub next Friday against the Braves.

It’s going to be near impossible for another team out there to offer a return that is more valuable to the 2026 tigers than one year of Skubal plus a high comp pick. When I say 2026 tigers, I am not referring to the 2026 season, but rather the state of the organization in winter 2026 (which of course includes the 2026 season and beyond, with the immediate 2026 season expected to be postseason competitive). As for comps, the two deals you could look are the Burnes deal (ace-level pitcher but not as good as Skubal) and the last Soto deal (elite MVP caliber player, but not a SP). The brewers were competitive in 2024. But I’m not sure the brewers are popping champagne today based on the dudes they got in return for Burnes. Joey Ortiz was good last year, but not great. I don’t know enough about how the return for Soto is working out for SD, but Michael King is pretty nice to have, I guess. I don’t think any of the other guys are any more than fungible dudes. SD was competitive in 2024. King was very good last year and has been just as good when healthy this year. SD was in a unique situation last year with a crowded outfield that included Soto and they really needed pitching. This might be a deal that the Yankees regret, and the padres might also wish they had done better for Soto. So, it’s really hard to make these deals. No one wants to end up like Baltimore and the Yankees with nothing to show for giving up their assets, and in some cases being substantially worse off. But from SD and Milwaukee perspective, SD is probably wishing they got more than one player of actual value in return for Juan Soto. Milwaukee likely wishes they had done better than Joey Ortiz.

I don’t disagree that it will help to have depth at SP. But they should just say that.

Either way. I don’t have a strong opinion between the two. But we didn’t need Morton to use Melton as a RP. Acting like trading for Morton was the same as trading for a shutdown leverage arm was preposterous.

Yeah. I thought it was a bit condescending for Scott to suggest he needed to get Morton so that he could do that with melton. Melton as RP was always a thing. Just use Montero?

I think it’s close to 50/50 that they are an early out. If only they had made some other moves, they could be 50/50 to advance out of the first round.

I would love to know your current thoughts on tipping culture.

True, but this is backward looking and past performance is not indicative of future results. I read that on the last page.

That blurb suggests that Rainer would be ranked higher than where Rainer is currently. Not that Rainer would be ranked higher than #1 Konnor Griffin.

The MLB trade is an exciting time in the baseball world. Some teams will be buyers. Some teams will be sellers. Other teams may stand pat and bet on the guys they have! We are going to have to wait and find out who was right and who was wrong, and that’s what makes baseball great.

Ibanez?

No. Why?

I wonder what happened to that Greg Pappas guy. Has anyone gone over to Orioles hangout to troll them and offer up Jung and Malloy for Gunnar Henderson?

Yes, an Apple TV+ Skubal game against a blueblood. Suck it, boomers.