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Kahnle giving up hard contact. Montero and Kahnle pitching in a close playoff is wild. AJ needs to get off the sauce.

Aj Hinch is a smart guy. What the hell was he thinking? Heart of order, vest or finnegan would even make sense, especially with Holton for the lefties. Hurter was dealing, could even make some sense. But ****in Montero?

The ghost of Scott Harris trade deadline strikes again. why does aj hinch not know montero sucks like all of us?

Hanifee in for Sewald.

Also your daily reminder that trey Sweeney was 38th out of 38 shortstops in war, one of only two with negative war, and had an Wrc+ of 8 in the second half.

What is the scenario where we would need Sweeney as defensive replacement? Is there any situation where Baez would be pinch hit? And if so (say Keith doesn’t start for some strange reason), mckinstry would play short and we still have plenty of bench options to play 3rd or OF. Malloy pinch hitting seems less remote than needing Sweeney. if only we had a good left handed batter available that could play short and 2B as a better option off the bench. One with great plate discipline to give a good late inning AB.

Yes Sweeney in over Malloy. Don’t understand it.

Keith in, but Sweeney in? This organizations faith in Sweeney is unreal. ****ty defense and no bat? Sign me up. kahnle over Sewald also questionable.

So what changes to the roster for the next round? hopefully Keith replaces Sweeney. Trey has no use when Baez is playing well and mckinstry can play ss in a pitch. i would prefer Hanifee over kahnle. Doubt Vierling would get the call.

I understand pitch hitting for Greene. I do not understand pitching melton over hurter with 3 lefties and a switch hitter in a row. also think it is karma that Cleveland calls up their top prospect and he makes a play, while ours is “developing” on the couch right now.

Why did carpenter hit? What a bad decision by hinch.

So on brand for Team Harris that Rafael Montero is our bullpen hope and loads the bases. Other than drafting McGonigle, is there a single move he has made that now looks good? I guess Finnigan. Torres looks solid but nowhere near as much of a steal 2 months ago. Canha, Urshela, Maeda, Brebbia, Cobb, Urquidy, Morton, Paddack, Kahnle, Montero. The Flaherty trade is mediocre with Sweeney and Liranzo ****ting the bed. E Rod fiasco. Saying McGonible needs to develop and trotting out negative WAR sweeeeny, if nothing else to do something to show he is trying. Not trying to win now. Now that we have two full years, not sure his tenure looks great. Too much focus on development for the theoretical future when playoffs are now. Too much of the smartest guy in the room so let’s sign a bunch of cheap **** instead of paying market price for some better talent.

I can’t believe that Trey Sweeney is playing in what amounts to a playoff game. What an indictment on this organization.

I suppose we could start by demoting him and going full McKinsey/Baez platoon. Are you saying no other options at all? Would you want Sweeney on a playoff roster?

Nobody? Besides the obvious that has been litigated to death, Correa, Kim, IFK, etc all moved teams. There were options.

Not the only or even primary reason for the slide, but Trey Sweeney has a wrc+ of 3 in the 2nd half of the year. That is lowest in all of MLB. He has the lowest full year WAR of any shortstop (one of only 2 negative WAR players with more than 200 abs). How is he even on the roster?

Forgot about him and Lange. If healthy, final two spots (in order, health permitting): Cobb/Sewald/Haniffee/SGL/Lange. Wish we would move on from Montero/Kahnle and see what we have in the others.

Of course Cobb isn’t a lock, but I’m sure the hope is he can build up arm strength and be useful/tolerate pain in short outings. Can anyone explain why Lange was sent down? Curious decision unless injury setback.

Cobb and Hinch have said they are targeting him to return in the bullpen this year. He is rehabbing in Toledo.

Pondering whether Kahnle gets released got me thinking of a best case playoff staff. Assuming 12 pitchers: Skubal/Flaherty/Mize/Morton (starters) Finnegan/Vest/Melton/Cobb/Holton (top relievers) Hurter (2nd lefty)/Hannifee (DP guy)most likely next tier Which would leave one spot for Paddack/Hernandez/Kahnle/SGL/3rd lefty/Urquidy. I would probably go with SGL unless Sommers is lights out the rest of the way. Not sure Kahnle could do anything the rest of the way to regain enough trust to pitch meaningful post reason minutes. Probably him or Montero are released?

Agree that McKinstry, Baez, and probably even Perez really belong on the bench. Should be some solid options if Torres doesn’t re-sign, with Kim, Suarez, Bichette, Bregman, etc free agesnts. I just don’t see a path for Anderson, Jung, and probably Lee next year. Carp needing a RH platoon partner also makes bench construction difficult. Wouldn’t shock me if Carp was a trade candidate.

Obviously a lot can change, but I have to think/hope next year the 13 position players are: C- Dingler/Rogers (or upgrade on Rogers) 1B- Tork 2B or 3B: Keith SS or 2B: McGonigle 2B or 3B: McKinstry OF/DH: Greene/Meadows/Perez/Carp Bench: Baez/Vierling/Ibanez Lee could potentially replace Ibanez. You could certainly upgrade Perez/McKinstry and move them to super sub (Torres for example). But I really see no way that Jung fits the roster, unless there is an injury to Keith or McKinstry.

And you are trey sweeney. Awful approach.

I won’t necessarily blame Harris for bregman not coming here, but there were also a few others (like Kim, or taking on Correa contract). If we didn’t have $35 million or whatever in Cobb, Maeda, Brebbia, Kahnle maybe one of those could have worked (acknowledging it takes two sides). I think maybe my broader point is he is the anti DD—focused on winning a signing or trade but sometimes you have to pay going prices. And my number one point is Trey Sweeney is the worse starting shortstop in mlb by far and nothing has been done to address it.

I think we are lucky to have Harris, but there are some questionable moves. I have no problem with last year and this years deadline, but he botched the Erod trade completely. Drafting has been great. But his FA signings don’t get enough criticism. He has signed Maeda, Ursula, Canha (not technically a FA), Brebbia, Kahnle, Cobb, Flaherty, and Torres. I get why he doesn’t want to be hamstrung with a long contract, but even with the hit on Torres, the ROI has been poor. Would much rather see some quality than quantity, which he hasn’t hit on. Overall drafting, waiver wire, development all positive, trades probably neutral, but FA has been a mess.