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Rose just sucks so bad. A typical line from him so far tonight 4/12FG 0/3 3PT 2AST 2TO.

Down to the 5th seed in the East if they continue this [expletive] performance.I'm not even sure they make the playoffs in the West.

Here's Keith's full list and it's a bigger joke than I'd imagined. He has gone full blown Skip Bayless. No Luis Severino, No Steven Matz, No CJ Ewards, but Kyle Zimmer 160 1/3 innings over 3 years is still #25. 1. Kris Bryant 3B Chicago Cubs 2. Byron Buxton CF Minnesota Twins 3. Carlos Correa SS Houston Astros 4. Addison Russell SS Chicago Cubs 5. Corey Seager SS/3B Los Angeles Dodgers 6. Francisco Lindor SS Cleveland Indians 7. J.P. Crawford SS Philadelphia Phillies 8. Lucas Giolito RP Washington Nationals 9. Julio Urias LHP Los Angeles Dodgers 10. Blake Swihart C Boston Red Sox 11. Joey Gallo 3B Texas Rangers 12. Carlos Rodon LHP Chicago White Sox 13. Tyler Glasnow RHP Pittsburgh Pirates 14. Jorge Soler RF Chicago Cubs 15. Miguel Sano 3B Minnesota Twins 16. Hunter Harvey RHP Baltimore Orioles 17. Noah Syndergaard RHP New York Mets 18. Daniel Norris LHP Toronto Blue Jays 19. Braden Shipley RHP Arizona Diamondbacks 20. Henry Owens LHP Boston Red Sox 21. Archie Bradley RHP Arizona Diamondbacks 22. Jon Gray RHP Colorado Rockies 23. Aaron Judge OF New York Yankees 24. Jose Peraza SS/2B Atlanta Braves 25. Kyle Zimmer RHP Kansas City Royals 26. Dylan Bundy RHP Baltimore Orioles 27. David Dahl OF Colorado Rockies 28. Joc Pederson OF Los Angeles Dodgers 29. Eduardo Rodriguez LHP Boston Red Sox 30. Alex Meyer RHP Minnesota Twins 31. Nomar Mazara OF Texas Rangers 32. Austin Meadows OF Pittsburgh Pirates 33. Eddie Butler RHP Colorado Rockies 34. Tyler Kolek RHP Miami Marlins 35. Jorge Alfaro C Texas Rangers 36. Jameson Taillon RHP Pittsburgh Pirates 37. Aaron Blair RHP Arizona Diamondbacks 38. Raul Mondesi Jr. SS Kansas City Royals 39. Hunter Renfroe OF San Diego Padres 40. Jesse Winker LF Cincinnati Reds 41. Michael Conforto LF New York Mets 42. Dalton Pompey CF Toronto Blue Jays 43. Nick Gordon SS Minnesota Twins 44. Mark Appel RHP Houston Astros 45. Kevin Plawecki C New York Mets 46. Andrew Susac C San Francisco Giants 47. Mike Foltynewicz RHP Atlanta Braves 48. Sean Newcomb LHP Los Angeles Angels 49. Robert Stephenson RHP Cincinnati Reds 50. Ryan McMahon 3B Colorado Rockies 51. Aaron Sanchez RHP Toronto Blue Jays 52. Jake Thompson RHP Texas Rangers 53. Kohl Stewart RHP Minnesota Twins 54. Orlando Arcia SS Milwaukee Brewers 55. Rafael Devers 3B Boston Red Sox 56. Vincent Velasquez RHP Houston Astros 57. Aaron Nola RHP Philadelphia Phillies 58. Andrew Heaney LHP Los Angeles Angels 59. Alex Jackson RF Seattle Mariners 60. Josh Bell OF Pittsburgh Pirates 61. D. J. Peterson 1B Seattle Mariners 62. Stephen Piscotty OF St. Louis Cardinals 63. Joe Ross RHP Washington Nationals 64. Marco Gonzales LHP St. Louis Cardinals 65. Dominic Smith 1B New York Mets 66. Ozhaino Albies SS Atlanta Braves 67. Tim Anderson SS Chicago White Sox 68. Raimel Tapia OF Colorado Rockies 69. Amed Rosario SS New York Mets 70. Manuel Margot CF Boston Red Sox 71. Michael Taylor CF Washington Nationals 72. J.T. Realmuto C Miami Marlins 73. Colin Moran 3B Houston Astros 74. Austin Hedges C San Diego Padres 75. Reynaldo Lopez RHP Washington Nationals 76. Brett Phillips OF Houston Astros 77. Alex Reyes RHP St. Louis Cardinals 78. Justin O'Conner C Tampa Bay Rays 79. Grant Holmes RHP Los Angeles Dodgers 80. Greg Bird 1B New York Yankees 81. Matt Olson 1B Oakland Athletics 82. Tyrell Jenkins RHP Atlanta Braves 83. Daniel Robertson SS Tampa Bay Rays 84. Brad Zimmer CF Cleveland Indians 85. Derek Hill CF Detroit Tigers 86. Alex "Chi Chi" Gonzalez RHP Texas Rangers 87. Rob Kaminsky LHP St. Louis Cardinals 88. Trea Turner SS Washington Nationals 89. Alen Hanson 2B/SS Pittsburgh Pirates 90. Kyle Schwarber C Chicago Cubs 91. Brandon Nimmo OF New York Mets 92. Clint Frazier OF Cleveland Indians 93. Rio Ruiz 3B Atlanta Braves 94. Spencer Adams RHP Chicago White Sox 95. Franklin Barreto SS Oakland Athletics 96. Luis Ortiz RHP Texas Rangers 97. Jose Berrios RHP Minnesota Twins 98. A.J. Cole RHP Washington Nationals 99. Kyle Freeland LHP Colorado Rockies 100. Max Fried LHP Atlanta Brave

Someone convince me we're not a better team with random jerkoff PG rather than DRose.

They just beat one of the best, if not best, teams in the league 2 nights ago on the road And? This team is just as likely to get wiped out in round 1 by a team like Detroit as it is to beat a team like Cleveland. It's a long season and they are capable of beating the best when focused and rested. Tonight looks like a team coasting/tired on the road playing against a crappy team that will turn it on if they have to in the 4th to pull away. You can use this excuse when it happens just occasionally. When a team is on the verge of going 7-8 over their last 15 games, maybe they just aren't that good.

They just beat one of the best, if not best, teams in the league 2 nights ago on the road And? This team is just as likely to get wiped out in round 1 by a team like Detroit as it is to beat a team like Cleveland.

I would just be totally shocked if this squad made the ECF. Yet another night getting outplayed and out hustled by a terrible team. Kobeless Lakers shooting 58.7% at half.

I know it's a bit meatbally, but can we please sign Shields and try to win this year for Ernie?

Only talked with him a couple times, but he always came off as a sincere, laid back and really funny guy. RIP Ernie.

And everybody wanted the Cubs to get Khalil Greene? Was it Meph who had the JR Towles obsession as well?

Thinking that guaranteeing a 31 year old pitcher $210 million is a bad thing = meatball logic? Sure, okay You think it's worse to pay a guy 210M over 14 years than it is to pay him 210M over 7 years. Yes, that is dumb and meatball. Well I'm convinced How many times has this been discussed? You can't possibly have missed it every time. Getting $10 today is better than getting $10 in a year. Do you understand that? You can invest that $10 if you get it today and in a year, maybe you have $10.30. Now instead of $10 making you 20-30 cents in a year, think of $10m today making you $300,000 in a year. That's the most basic way to look at this. A 1%er like ssr can explain the details of how much more money $210m is if you get it over the next 7 years compared to how much it is if it's spread over the next 14. But it's a lot. If the dollars are the same, it's always better for the team to pay more later (ignore luxury tax issues, which are't a consideration for the nats). I'll use 7% because that's kind of the standard for making investment hypotheticals 30M Annually over 7 years @ 7% =$213,710,938.32 @ 7 years Total continues to compound for 7 more years=$222,591,675.99 @ 14 years 15M annually over 14 years @ 7=$218,151,307.15 @ 14 years A $4,440,146.82 difference

I'd much rather have Lake over Sweeney. Sweeney's only appeal was his ability to play CF and with Fowler and Alcantara, there is no longer a need for that.

I just couldn't force myself to give up Russell for only 2 years of even a stud like Strasburg.

Maybe I'm missing it, but this trade seems like an offensive upgrade in CF, a downgrade in CF defensively and a downgrade at utility infielder. I'm not so sure it made the team any better.

Could a deal like that even get done with Javy as lead chip? A move like that leaves the Cubs one bat away from being a legitimate WS contender.

If Scherzer does indeed go to Nationals, you would have to think the Tigers wouldn't have a choice but to extend Price. That would take one big name off the 2016 FA SP market.

The Nats are going to be able to deal Zimmerman and Desmond and lose almost nothing from last year's squad. That's impressive.

He was on pace to put up a 3.5fWAR season before the fluke injury which would have put him 6th.

MLB Network put together their list of the top 10 shortstops in baseball and apparently Starlin has done something to really piss them off. 10)Andrelton Simmons 9)Jed Lowrie 8)Alexei Ramirez 7)Erik Aybar 6)Jordy Mercer(WTF?) 5)JJ Hardy 4)Jose Reyes 3)Ian Desmond 2)Jhonny Peralta 1)Troy Tulowitzki http://m.mlb.com/cws/video/topic/7417714/v37137719/mlb-networks-top-ten-shortstops-right-now

As much of a fan of baseball as I am, the HoF means almost nothing to be me. I have zero interest in ever visiting. It's a complete failure in the only task it has, naming/honoring the best baseball players from their respective generations.

Lastella is pretty much a throw in on a deal. Also, who is going to play CF for the Nats? They're trying to win this year so making a hole in CF to fill one at 2B doesn't make much sense.

Hey that's great, they can be good in the regular season and then get run in the playoffs early again. Also, enough with this game shape nonsense. If it takes you half a season of games to get in "game shape", maybe you just aren't very good.

Congratulations DRose, you are officially below 40% shooting on the year and a couple missed 3s from being sub 25% from 3. All this to go with a 1.56AST/TO. Hot garbage.

I really hope there's truth to that Leonys Martin for Castillo rumor. Throw an extension at the 27 year old Martin and let Alcantara play the utility role he was meant for.

Unfortunately you can't take much of what Theo says about Javy seriously. He obviously can't say he's disappointed or that the problem is bigger than they thought or they risk destroying his trade value. I just hope he's working on something and some results start to show up.