LongLiveMaroth

Toledo L 9-7 Meadows 2/5 HR RBI 2K Malloy 1/3 2BB 2K Keith 2/3 3RBI 2BB Perez 2/5 2B O'Loughlin 5.2IP 5ER 6K Erie W 7-5 Cruz 1/4 Bigbie 0/1 (HBP and left game) Jung 2/4 RBI BB K Serretti 1/4 2RBI Hurter 6IP 3H 2ER 7K 2BB WM 1-1 SUSP. Campos 1/1 2B Lakeland W 6-3 Anderson 2/4 RBI BB 2B Sequera 1/3 BB K 2B Santana 1/5 RBI 2K HR Bastidas 2/4 K 2B

Yeah Lopez is also a FA at the end of the season. Going off of Fangraphs they had Quero as a 50 and Bush as a 40 Pipeline had them as 55 and 50. Giolito was probably #1 SP on the market with E-Rod a bit behind him mainly for contract reasons so my hope for E-Rod is at least a 50 prospect. Obviously if we can combine him with Cisnero or Shreve to get more even better.

Rays already need pitching may need another starter after Eflin only goes 4

So using the Trade Value calculator which I know is flawed but I would personally be good with this return for E-Rod. Get a good corner OF prospect and a versatile MIF. Not sure Baltimore goes for it though.

O'Loughlin moved back to Toledo without ever pitching for Erie 🤷‍♂️

Gil was signed in the same class as Briceno, but he was ranked 21st by BA and got 1.2 million and he is just 18. If he keeps this production up, I would not be surprised if he starts making it on some top 30 lists and gets pushed to A-ball next year. Badler scouting report: Gil drew a lot of attention from scouts, more so for his in-game skills than his raw tools. He’s an instinctive, high baseball IQ player who puts together consistent quality at-bats with an easy swing, good contact skills and an all-fields approach to get on base frequently.

Chris I. just doesn't want to spend any money /s

Toledo L 14-7 Meadows 1/4 BB K Malloy 2/5 K Keith 1/4 BB 2K Sands 1/4 3RBI HR Perez 0/4 K E Erie W 7-3 Cruz 3/4 2 HR 3B BB 5RBI Bigbie 1/5 K SB Jung 0/3 Serretti 0/2 BB K Mattison 1IP K WM L 4-1 Campos 0/3 BB 3K Allen 1/4 K Gold 1/4 K Turnbull 2IP 2H 1K Lakeland W 9-8 Stephenson 2/4 2RBI BB 2B SB CS Kriedler 0/3 BB K Bastidas 1/3 Santana 3/4 RBI HR 2 2B Sequera 2/4 3RBI HR FCL GM 1 L 15-12 Gil 5/5 3BI 2 2B Briceno 1/4 BB Perez 1/3 3RBI 2BB 2SB Diaz 2/4 BB FCL GM 2 W 4-3 Gil 2/3 2RBI HR 3B BB Briceno 1/3 RBI Perez 0/3

Yeah he means in a franchise at least that was my assumption. Biggest thing is not all top 30's are the same. Houston's top 30 is not LAD,BAL,TBR's top 30.

Per Jim Bowden via the Athletic "Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP, Tigers — Rodriguez is 6-5 with a 2.69 ERA in 14 starts and if healthy is expected to opt out of his contract after this season, which is why the Tigers will deal him. They should be able to command a package of three top-30 prospects for the veteran lefty." Now it is Jim Bowden so take it with a grain of salt 😅

Just a 5:30 delay

Max Anderson has been assigned to Lakeland, filling in Luke Gold's old 2B spot. Kriedler is also in Lakeland on a rehab assignment.

I was trying to be nice 😂

See I don't think I would. India played really well during his RoY season but since then he hasn't had an above average wRC+ for the past year and a half and he is a bit of a defensive liability.

I am also a skeptic, I feel like he will always be a player that has the right attributes to be successful but never quite get there.

Agreed, question is if someone (Baltimore, Cincy, Arizona) reaches out about Manning and is willing to send a high-level position player(s) do you take it?

1.3 WAR would make him a top 100 player in the league right now according to FG. I think you are underestimating the return for that with all of the years of control. Yeah, he is a liability in the field but clearly, the bat plays.