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They are gonna play, 100%

*Taps the sign*

1 AB in Toledo for Robbie... 1 HR

Quite the top of the lineup here lol

With Cisnero and Alexander coming back, I know we've speculated on trading other relievers, but now would be a great time to sell off Big Joe, at least before the wheels come flying off the cart lol

As much as the Mize news sucks, there is more net good than bad here in the short term at least.

Willi Castro Today, Willi Castro Tomorrow, Willi Castro Forever

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I don't like Matthew McConaughey much, but his words right now are something.

He's baaack

Weather dot com says about 80% chances of rain between 6-8 pm, dropping down to 20-40% in the couple of hours after that. I think they'll play. But then again I always think that.

I thought about posting this yesterday.... it's media hype to an extent, but it's an example of how qualitative data can enhance quantitative data. Put another way, it's one thing to see his advanced statistics, but he is passing the eye test as well.

Jets would be overpriced to me if I lived in Michigan and had different options, but it's really the only ballgame in town in terms of authentic Detroit style pizzas where I live down south lol

Setting side opinions on whether a trade should happen, are there any Willy Adames type players that teams could be looking to move? Who maybe could benefit this ballclub? I know that Miguel Andujar requested a trade out of New York since he's kinda blocked and has spent more time in Scranton than the Bronx over the past couple of years, but he's kinda the only one that publicly we've heard much about.

Right guy on the mound, although maybe not the right guy for Pittsburgh.... Quintana always seems to have their number

https://v.redd.it/yk4675t2c2491 Up in the Tri Cities, possibly the worst baserunning I've ever seen

My tax dollars at work lol

I get it, but the initial comment framed trading bullpen pieces as a means to gather as many lottery tickets as possible. Maybe Lange isn't untradeable under the right circumstances, but I would be against trading him for prospects at this point.... unless the haul is absolutely massive, I think he's too valuable to be wasting on lottery tickets.

A lot of the problem (and why folks may muse about putting the entire bullpen on the block) stems from guys on expiring contracts not playing as a marketable product right now. Outside of Fulmer, you aren't getting much back from the expiring contracts they are carrying. At least at the moment

Good and detailed post, well done.

I'm gonna repeat something I said in another thread last week, which is that, excepting New York (series now over) and Toronto, the schedule is pretty manageable going into the All Star Break. Series against Pittsburgh, Texas, Boston, Arizona and SF, along with a boatload of games against the Royals, Guardians and White Sox (who have underperformed thus far). Outside of SF (and maybe Chicago, depending on whether they get their act together), these are a more manageable run of games than they have been able to have in a stretch all season. And yes, over the next couple of weeks, as insufficient as the reinforcements may ultimately be, we will be getting Meadows, ERod, Grossman, etc. back, and maybe will see Riley Greene enter the fold. I understand that people aren't gonna want to hear anything positive after getting kicked in the gonads by the 39-15 Yankees for the past three games, but they have played a brutal schedule to start the season.... it would have been brutal had they been healthy, but it is especially so with all of the injuries. So let's see what they can do going forward to the break.... they are 11 games under right now and 10 games back, and even with the brutal series against the Yankees, they still have played over .500 (12-10) since the Baltimore series. Try to claw back some games and get closer to .500 by the AS Break. I'm not even saying that it's likely to happen, but there still is time at least in theory. If they manage that and some of their talent manages to play up to career standards (ie. Baez, Schoop, Grossman) or they get improvements from their younger guys (Tork), .500 on the season is within reach. Regarding the rest of the division, I wonder whether 88-89 is too high.... I don't believe much in the Twins and think the White Sox will ultimately prevail. But that number could end up being closer to 84 -85.

Just setting aside what actual baseball people think, it is something to agree or disagree on. You think we need to see more from Lange, I'm less inclined to think we need to see more. Can't get more subjective than that. Based on what I have seen over the last 35 or so appearances from Alex Lange, he looks pretty good and is the real deal. And the cost should be awfully high if he's on the block.

Again, agree to disagree on this one.