Tim

don't be that guy.

Well, Jake's turn to hit one now.

Now that was a perfectly placed single.

Yeah, it was a grounder, but it was smoked.

c'mon heyward...

nah

In spring training, Joe said that LaStella wakes up at 3am ready to hit.

lol @ the dye job

This is also totally not your point, but... BA Top 100: AJ Reed: #11 Blake Snell: #12 Joc Pederson: .887 OPS with 2 remaining exemptions. Yes, he's been protected vs lefties this year. But he's still a pretty good player with the potential to be a very good one while still free. Ryu has been a heck of a pitcher when healthy and has looked pretty good in his first two rehab starts. Oh yeah, he's also exempt again this year. Kluber has lost velocity and has unquestionably not been as sharp this year as in previous years. I'm excited to have him, but let's not pretend this is 2014, either. In fantasy baseball, Snell's value is reduced by having to face Boston, Toronto & Baltimore in about 40% of his starts. Plus the Yankees if they ever get it going again. This one isn't nearly as lopsided as you're making it out to be.

Patton has been even more dominant than Edwards.

safety squeeze with Rizzo

I nominate Clayton Richard if it has to be somebody. Going soft on Wood? He's third after Richard and Fed.

This is why I'm willing to sacrifice Richard.

Yeah, he should kill one player to set an example for the rest of the team. I nominate Clayton Richard if it has to be somebody.

I hope he's been exactly normal.

They could really just increase the column size or reduce the font size for the position listing instead of using a negative kerning for some of the listings.

Somehow, Blackburn mystifies another team for six shutout innings.

It was my favorite park I've been to outside of Wrigley. I can still taste the garlic fries That's PNC for me. Though I was partial to Ross Perot's box in Arlington.

:-k :good: :yahoo: How about it, Duke?

I'm jealous of both of you, btw. AT&T is one of the parks I want to get to the most.

Be sure to meet up with Raisin so you can have a USC / UCLA fight.

Bring back the PED's

That's...a really interesting outing.

Trout is, I believe, still on pace to be the GOAT. Having that much value concentrated at one position on the field is incredibly valuable. His contract cost matters, obviously, but I wouldn't let it impact my pursuit of him very much if the Angels did make him available.

I've probably said this elsewhere, but with prospects I think you have to be careful about BABIP variation in both directions. It is less of an equal playing field than MLB, the prospects with promise should be creating a bit of their own luck, and those with horrific BABIPs are less likely to have the hitting ability to raise it significantly. In the case of Candelario we're at over 150 PA of him with a .635 OPS. Even if we can expect BABIP progression from him, the fact that he's had this stretch reflects just as poorly as the optimism does in the other direction. Because in this instance, Candelario getting neutral BABIP still isn't lighting AA on fire, and in order to be truly useful he needs to be good at that level, AAA, and then the MLB level, all escalating in difficulty(and chipping away at the expected BABIP he should have). A neutral BABIP wouldn't make his current line otherworldly, but it puts him in a great position for a good year once the power comes around. Candelario's power has routinely gotten significantly better in his minor league career as the season progressed. With that said, I completely agree with the gist of your post and I wasn't trying to say that Candelario's start has been amazing or that we should be truly happy with it. It was merely a response to TomtheBombadil's post which seemed to be overly pessimistic, IMO. You are another person I'd love to have post more often.