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  1. And a solo bomb in the 1st inning in game 2.
  2. Luis Devers is having himself a terrific start to August.
  3. Nobody is going to give him enough credit because his season long K rate is an ugly 32.1%. I'm sure he'll be on a lot of "just missed" lists with the blurb about his K rate dropping to 25% after they got rid of the pre-tacked balls.
  4. Shaw sitting for a second straight game.
  5. Loving that exit velo from Melendez. Hope with a very impressive first couple games as a pro. This is exactly the type of start I was hoping to see from Rujano.
  6. Dude has been so unlucky in this regard this year.
  7. Rosario and Long making their debuts tonight.
  8. 8 through 3. Almost surely done at over 50 pitches. 0 hits allowed. 1 BB
  9. Ferris with 6 Ks through 2.
  10. Both Ks on fastballs in the 3rd. Just blew it past them.
  11. That should allow SB to put 2023 Ed Howard out of his misery. Shaw/Rivera/Triantos will command all the PAs from 2B/SS/3B.
  12. As expected, but still really nice to see.
  13. Best news of the day!
  14. Dang. I actually prefer Clifford to Gilbert.
  15. Fine. You win. I would add Ryan Jensen.
  16. Very fair point.
  17. Nelly was never going to play for the Cubs, but Cuas isn't good. Here's hoping the powers that be see something that they can easily tweak.
  18. Absolutely this. I really thought Made was going to blow up this year offensively, and he started out hot. But then he came back to earth. He filled out nicely but the bat didn't respond accordingly. Looking like a utility player with good D up the middle at the next level.
  19. That's definitely a price you can live with.
  20. Absolutely. Much better for everyone's mental health if they forget Davis is in the system. If he miraculously shows he is capable of overcoming the myriad of health issues and regains his prior form, consider it house money.
  21. As much as I want to will this into existence, I agree that Wicks almost certainly isn't enough for Bednar.
  22. My scenario was only in the instance Alcantara was tearing the cover off the ball and the big league team needed OF help. Since it wouldn’t take up an extra 40 man spot, they could turn to Alcantara. Every team would rather give a kid like that the option than bring up a 30 year old AAAA player to be replacement level. A cup of coffee as early as next year wouldn’t have any detrimental effect on his development at all. The extra option year means there wouldn’t be any rush if they didn’t want to. He would be, what, 24 if he just moved one level a year and would be able to have at least a full year in AAA? That’s actually really conservative. If a 24 year old has potentially played 3+ years in the upper minors and still hasn’t “clicked”, the chances aren’t great that it’s going to happen and you start determining his worth as a bench player. Alcantara shouldn’t be untouchable for sure. But this “already on the 40 man stuff” is really getting blown out of proportion.
  23. You have to imagine that with Alcantara being on the 40 man already, that he's a threat to get promoted to the bigs at any point he's at AA and performing. He's been terrific since the weather warmed up in High A. Here's hoping he doesn't have a similar aversion to hitting when it's under 60 degrees in 2024.
  24. Not watching Tennessee tonight, but it looks like McGeary was removed tonight due to injury. Anyone see what happened? Also, the Angels are ridiculously aggressive with their draftees. Schanuel is already in AA after being drafted earlier this month.
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