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Let’s bunt right back at them

They wouldn’t let Skubal get a couple warm up tosses??

I thought he fouled that off his own face

Yes

Uh….

Skubal taking over now

I mean they’re acting ridiculous. They’re booing ball calls on pitches 6 inches off the plate.

This crowd is ridiculous

Shocked they didn’t call that ball 4 a strike to Tork

Wow that wasn’t close.

Why would you not tag there? Cmon bro

I’d rather beat them straight up than resort to bush league tactics

And that, my friends, is why you walk Jose Ramirez. Every time.

I’ve seen enough of Sweeney. A different direction is needed for 2026

They hate Carp in Cleveland lol

I just bet on the guardians to win, so you’re all welcome.

Without actually looking at the data, it seems as though other teams have done a much better job of positioning their defense against us over the last two months, whereas that seems to have regressed for us from what it was.

Torkelson is gonna need a bobble head of himself tapping his helmet. Seems like every game I watch he gets a BS strike called against him in almost every AB

I’d just like to say one thing: With the ABS system going into use next year— I expect Spencer Torkelsons stats to rise dramatically.

I assumed it was both the offer and that he knew the staff and performed well with them last year. He didn’t help himself with the top teams by not having a good WS, plus LA signed everyone under the sun last offseason.

One other potential thing that may arise is that I don’t know if you can go into next year with the assumption that Jobe and Olson will be contributing much. Jobe obviously coming off the surgery, but Olson has an injury history that’s piling up. Odds that the two of them will be full strength for a lot of the year is slim. Same with SGL. Should Flaherty leave, we may need to spend a good amount of capital just to fill out next years rotation beyond Skubal and Mize or risk being uncompetitive.

True. Im indifferent on him returning, but there also isn’t much in the free agent market that’s exciting either. Zach Littell could be an interesting pickup. Maybe we could make a run at Suarez or Cease instead.

Yeah I just think he would want to exercise the option, try to have a better year optically and get a bigger deal than test the waters this year. He’s been a bit Jekyll and Hyde-ish since we dealt him last year.

There’s no way he doesn’t exercise the option. He hasn’t been good this year.

I want Skubal locked up long term, however… If they internally know that they don’t intend to do everything they can to re-sign Skubal, then trade him this offseason for multiple major league ready contributors at places of need. Don’t keep him for half a year next year and risk getting a reduced return on him at the deadline. We won’t know what teams will be in play to trade for him next deadline until we get to June. And if they deal Skubal in the offseason, then they need to legitimately address all other areas of need with the team via free agency. As in: Get a shortstop, get a minimum of two legit starters and get a minimum of 3 established bullpen arms who aren’t injury/bounceback guys. What you can’t do is trade Skubal/let him walk next year AND not spend money on other positions. That should get Harris fired and Chris Illitch run out of town.