CaliforniaRaisin

He's entitled to his opinion the same as the guys that are kneeling are entitled to theirs. He's certainly entitled to his opinion, and we're entitled to call out his [expletive]. Vin often talks about how meaningful his friendship with Jackie Robinson is, yet he says something like that?

Heyman is saying the Reds are expected to not offer Cosart the QO. Crazy.

Alzolay piece in BA:

Everyone apologize to TT since he's right about Vin Scully. [tweet] [/tweet] Bastard always talks about his friendship with Jackie Robinson.

Last I heard, Stinnett was throwing 90-91. Any reports on his stuff tonight? Gameday has him 93-94 with the fastball, including striking out Acuna on 3 pitches. That's what the TV had too.

Jake Stinnett now in.

Adbert Alzolay is pitching in the AFL All-Star Game on MLB Network. 5-3 groundout. Long HR to LF. BB Flyout to RF. BB K swinging. Topped out at 97 for the K with plenty of 96s. Command was not great. Couldn't locate the curve. 1 change that did not look good. [tweet] [/tweet]

That's been photoshopped.

I mean there is a tear in his elbow/arm, right? He’s just pitching through it/getting that injection? Partially torn UCL. He's pitched through it for a few seasons now, which I thought woukd allay some of the fears surrounding his elbow.

I wonder how bad his elbow is. Seemed like a no-brainer financially to opt out.

Carrie Muskat on Adbert Alzolay: http://m.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/260655768/cubs-adbert-alzolay-has-no-1-potential/?tcid=tw_share

Cleveland picked up Michael Brantley's option.

[tweet] [/tweet] 23-year old lefty reliever who throws in the low- to mid-90s.

11/2: Mesa won 8-6 Box Score RF C. Burks 0/5, R, 2 K 1B I. Rice 0/4, K RP P. Araujo 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-2 GO-FO, 20-17 pitches-strikes

11/1: Mesa won 8-5 Box Score 1B J. Vosler 2/3, 2 R, 2B (4), HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 BB 2B D. Bote 2/5, R, RBI, K, E (4, throw) RP J. Stinnett 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO

Pass on 6/$160M for Yu when Tanaka and Arrieta are getting $100M for fewer years. I'd definitely take Cobb at that price tag. The reliever years/dollars seem interesting. I like Reed but pass on 4 years for him, especially when someone like Shaw only gets 3 years.

BA is hemorrhaging talent. A couple of years after Jim Callis and Aaron Fitt left, John Manuel and Will Lingo are leaving.

The underslotting part is true, but he did have incredible helium the last few weeks. Not only did he impress in the Cubs workout, he obviously impressed the Astros and some other team too (the Royals?).

The Angels re-signed Justin Upton for 5 years, $106 million.

Is it excessive to wear Cubs championship gear to my office in LA today? Don't care, the one year anniversary doesn't come every day.

There's going to be a disconnect between what Harvey should be valued at and what the Mets will want for him given his name reputation. I can't see him being traded this offseason.

I missed a bunch of games so I'm going to post them all here: 10/23: Mesa won 5-2 Box Score 1B J. Vosler 1/3, BB LF C. Burks 1/3, R, 2B (2), BB, K SP A. Mills 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 2-0 GO-FO, 62-44 pitches-strikes RP A. Alzolay 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 27-17 pitches-strikes 10/24: Mesa lost 3-1 Box Score 2B D. Bote 0/3, E (2, fielding) 1B J. Vosler 1/3, K SP J. Stinnett 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO, 14-8 pitches-strikes 10/25: Mesa won 6-3 Box Score 2B D. Bote 2/4, R, RBI, K 3B J. Vosler 1/3, R 1B I. Rice 2/4, 2B (4), 3 RBI 10/26: Mesa lost 19-4 Box Score RF C. Burks 1/5, RBI, K LF D. Bote 1/4, E (3, fielding) 3B J. Vosler 0/3, R, 2 K, 2 E (throw, fielding) 1B I. Rice 1/3, BB, 2 K, E (1, fielding) 10/27: Mesa won 5-1 Box Score RF C. Burks 2/4, 2 R, 2 2B (4), RBI, K 2B D. Bote 0/4 1B J. Vosler 0/4, K RP A. Alzolay 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GO-FO, 38-25 pitches-strikes RP J. Stinnett 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GO-FO, 22-14 pitches-strikes 10/28: Mesa won 9-6 Box Score RF C. Burks 2/4, R, RBI 2B D. Bote 1/2, R, 2B (2), RBI, BB 1B I. Rice 0/4, 3 K SP A. Mills 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 3-4 GO-FO, 67-39 pitches-strikes RP P. Araujo 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO, 12-8 pitches-strikes 10/30: Mesa won 8-4 Box Score 1B J. Vosler 2/4, R, 2B (3), BB, E (3, fielding) 3B D. Bote 0/2 RF C. Burks 2/2, 2 R, 2 BB 10/31: Mesa lost 8-2 Box Score RF C. Burks 1/4, K, SB (1) 2B D. Bote 0/3, BB, K C I. Rice 1/2, RBI, BB, K, E (2, pickoff) 1B J. Vosler 1/3, RBI, K RP A. Alzolay 0.2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 HR, 0-0 GO-FO, 22-19 pitches - ERA went from 0.90 to 5.91 after this outing

Scout.com early top 15: https://scout.com/mlb/scouting/Article/2018-MLB-Draft-Top-15-Fall-Edition--109698859/Amp 1. Casey Mize, RHP, Auburn 2. Ethan Hankins, RHP, Forsyth Central HS (GA) 3. Nander De Sedas, SS, Monteverde Academy (FL) 4. Nick Madrigal, SS, Oregon State 5. Brice Turang, SS, Santiago HS (CA) 6. Tristan Pompey, OF, Kentucky 7. Jarred Kelenic, OF, Waukesha West HS (WI) 8. Kumar Rocker, RHP, North Oconee HS (GA) 9. Jeremy Eierman, SS, Missouri State 10. Matt Liberatore, LHP, Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) 11. Nolan Gorman, 3B/SS, Sandra Day O'Connor HS (AZ) 12. Ryan Rollison, LHP, Ole MIss 13. Brady SInger, RHP, Florida 14. Shane McClanahan, LHP, South Florida 15. Griffin Conine, RHP, Duke

I'm hoping for an epic Scherzer-esque Kershaw meltdown but I'm afraid the Astros blew their chance.

Josh Reddick has been brutal.