CaliforniaRaisin

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.

Verlander just completely lost it. Absolutely no command, especially when he gets to 2 strikes.

OPR is a good guy: [tweet] [/tweet]

So Yu Darvish?

The link also lists all 25 IFAs the Cubs have signed this year. Guerra got the maximum $300k the Cubs could offer. Hits for power, above average defensively. Tried unsuccessfully to defect in 2015. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/257221358/los-cachorros-firman-al-receptor-cubano-alexander-guerra/ (Link is in Spanish)

Baseball America said his curve is now average, change is below average.

Adbert Alzolay made this week's AFL Hot Sheet:

Adbert Alzolay, Jake Stinnett and David Bote made the AFL all-Star team (there's a cap of 3 players from each major league team).

What a glorious time to be alive. I remember thinking after Chapman ended game 5. They really are going to horsefeathering do this Re-watching the game today in the office. Cleveland just made it 3-2 in the top of the 6th. I have no idea how I survived this game, let alone the later parts of Game 7.

Also, today is the one year anniversary of Game 5 of the World Series.

do you hate the dodgers as much as the cardinals? No, but I hate them more than every other team in baseball besides the Cardinals. Dodger fans are insufferable.

Lol, everyone in my office wants Roberts fired. Don't tell Andy McCullough.

At least for the sake of some semblance of pitching, the weather will be more like what you'd expect out of Dodger Stadium for Games 6 and 7.

LA playoff hero Derek Fisher strikes again.

Holy crap.

Ethier learned that horsefeathers from Utley.

It felt like he got to 2 strikes on every batter that inning and gave up 3 runs.