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Mildly concerning velocity drop last year, but on the whole this looks like as much true stability that a FA reliever can bring for less than a million. Not a ton, but probably worthwhile given how many wild cards they've stacked up at the end of the pen.

so you're saying the astros went fishing in the trash can for managers

Because there is. How to sequence relievers and pinch hitters, when to sacrifice or double switch to optimize for the rest of the game, a big chunk of that goes away with a full time DH. You don't have to think it's some earth shaking difference, no one will tell you it's a completely different spor...

squally1313 wrote:The one thing I hadn't really thought about in the Horner MLBvAAA decision is that I don't know who is the backup SS in the event he starts the year in AAA.

Probably Bote, maybe Descalso or Bryant. You're probably shuffling someone in from Iowa if Baez is out more than 48 hours even with Hoerner.

how does Scooter keep Almora off the roster? Only way I can see is if they flex Nico to be the RH CF option, but that seems really unlikely compared to just letting Nico get more AAA playing time.

Tie it to the starting pitcher please.

Interesting thing about Reyna is that he's actually really physical and more of an athlete than Claudio. He should get called up to the national team this summer. If he keeps getting these cameos I wouldn't be surprised to see him in March, especially since Weah's health is up in the air, Boyd fell...

The Reds are basically the 2016-18 Cardinals at this point, probably a half step worse since their depth won't be as good. That'll be really irritating and if they get a bunch of stars to align they could get the wild card, but they aren't the favorite or even 2nd best team in the division. The team...

Probably gonna be some unhappy people when he ends up taking more at bats away from Schwarber than Heyward, but that's a future problem. Smart addition.

Davis hit .306 with a .346 BABIP and a sub-20% K rate in full-season ball at age 19. The numbers aren't everything, but you would think if contact was going to derail him that those numbers wouldn't be as strong as they are.

I've recently been thinking that buying out Lester at 10 million is lot less of a foregone conclusion than a lot of people think it is. You're paying him 10 million no matter what so wouldn't he have to be really bad not to want to have to spend 15 more (especially considering there's only 2 locks ...

Would this be allowed to skirt the LT..... Lester has a LT hit of $25 million currently. He’s owed $20 million this year and has a $10 mil buyout/$25 mil option next year. Could we sign him to like 2/35 so his LT hit comes down ~$8 million? I don't see why not, Lester gets a guaranteed 2021 and mor...

wolf stansson wrote:Gio Reyna debuted for Dortmund last weekend. That's tight.

Just getting Bundesliga minutes at 17 is awesome, but to do it at a power like Dortmund, and in an attack that already has Haaland, Reus, Gotze, Sancho, Hazard, Paco Alcacer, and Larsen is outright crazy.

Yeah I unfortunately don't see too many places where the Cubs would blow that out of the water. The outfield in total lines up pretty closely, just give Schwarber the 2.4, Heyward the 1.3, and Happ (with Almora dragging him down) the 0.9. 13.8 from the infield should be mostly covered by Baez/Bryan...

Blake only turns 31 in March, and this year will be the 4th year in 5 that he's missed 20+ games, plus he missed his entire rookie year with a knee injury. Tough to take the 'he only broke down with age' as accurate or reassuring compared to Zion. Always playing the contrarian aren't you? I never s...

Blake only turns 31 in March, and this year will be the 4th year in 5 that he's missed 20+ games, plus he missed his entire rookie year with a knee injury. Tough to take the 'he only broke down with age' as accurate or reassuring compared to Zion.

Man, Drew reminding me Bernie is a 79 year old who just had a heart attack. I really hope he picks a good VP if he wins. With either Bernie or Biden, is there some "reconciliation" with the VP pick. With either one you'd want a young and minority or women pick just for identity politics, ...

I wasn’t sure what to expect with John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, but it was creative and clever, plus the final act really takes it from good to great. Eh, it was ok. Would have preferred the effort spent on a stand up routine. I mean, yeah, in a perfect world I'd have a new hour of stand u...

I wasn’t sure what to expect with John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, but it was creative and clever, plus the final act really takes it from good to great.

what are the odds that Jed said something snarky to Theo in October about not having enough optionable relievers, and without Bread Guy to take the fall Theo just told them to make the whole team out of optionable relievers, I say 50/50 Do the odds account for the amount of times Theo is passed out...

No, I'm not asking the Dems to rally around Bernie. Never was. I'm asking them to try and not actively alienate the left of the party. They can take shots at Bernie, but the shots they are taking are unusually petty, telling, and self-defeating. They can't even mask their contempt of the left of th...

what are the odds that Jed said something snarky to Theo in October about not having enough optionable relievers, and without Bread Guy to take the fall Theo just told them to make the whole team out of optionable relievers, I say 50/50

can anyone who works for the cubs make a single good decision

like maybe on accident

What is Carter Kieboom's ceiling? Kiley McDaniel: realistically, annually like 2.5 to 3.5 WAR. I could see a peak season between 4 and 5. Mmmm....could have all of that for just an aging Kris Bryant with some luck Having a hard time squaring that with the 60 FV they put on him a month ago, which wh...