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Dillon Dingler must enjoy playing Reading... just hit his 3rd homer in 5 games!

Still blown away by this. Is there a reason why an error on the pitcher shouldn't count toward ERA? Maybe there is, but it seems bizarre to me

Fun fact, because of the error that Law himself committed, all four of the runs he gave up are unearned. His ERA? 0.00. Can't make it up!

I believe that Law is a direct consequence of Chafin being unavailable, although one wonders if selecting literally anyone else may have been a better option

This take is aging like a glass of milk left out in the Texas sun lol

No doubt

He's this year's Ian Krol. lol My guess is he's gone whenever Peralta comes off his rehab assignment

To be fair, they basically had a bullpen game yesterday and options are limited. But the staging of appearances leaves a lot to be desired.

lol. all your fault!

Gonna give AJ the benefit of the doubt on pulling Hutch given that he'd be facing the lineup for the third time. But almost seems like they needed more of a leverage guy to face the top of the order, even if its the 6th

Nice of AJ to give Derek Law the top of the Jays order to mark his return to the bigs lol

Have complained a lot about Drew Hutchison in the past, but he has largely done the job in this latest stint. Credit where credit is due

Agreed.... would not be all that surprised if it's just Fulmer and Chafin at this point as well. For better or worse.

Maybe you're right, although at least around here, most seem realistic about what Fulmer/Chafin would return.

Fulmer and Chafin aren't likely to be long term options regardless, so they seem like the easiest to trade. Jimenez and Soto are a bit trickier. The price for Joe is rising, and they should be willing to walk away without the right deal with both of them.

Exactly. Even for the remainder of this year, as good as Fulmer and Chafin have been, I don't know that there's a massive drop off between them and slotting in Vest or Foley. The difference will come in replacing them, but yeah, I kinda operate from the place that Fetter will be able to work with guys to make them servicable

Depends on what can come of guys like Vest and Foley. If Foley pitches like he did last night, it might not be a huge drop off from Fulmer

If you can't beat em, trade for em lol

Does the Luis Castillo deal change any perspectives on Skubal or the idea of it? I would still keep him, and the Reds and Tigers situations aren't exactly parallel anyway, but while I dont think he would command the same haul that Castillo did because of how established Castillo is, I'm even more sure that he'd bring back a haul if he were to move. (At least for a competent GM anyway lol)

Ixnay on the Rays-ay tho

The irony of all of Trump's endorsements: eminently valuable, yet the guy couldn't pick of any of his endorsees out of a lineup lol

Agreed

It kind of is? Those are the expectations that you laid out. Obviously not. But looking at ridiculously small sample sizes (in this case, a single game) and drawing conclusions seems like a mistake to me. We are all concerned about Tork. He needs to turn it around. But can we at least give him 100 ABs before freaking out?