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  1. Bertz
    I was just looking at the MiLB app and it looks like Iowa is facing old friend Richard Gallardo tonight
  2. Bertz
    That seems...surprising. Like even with the setbacks something akin to what Matt Boyd did two years ago with Cleveland or what Shane Bieber did last year with Toronto feels like it should be on the table? So I guess I'm wondering which of these rationales is at play: 1. Steele's arm is still not responding like it should. We're not quite in "setback" territory yet but rehab is not going great 2. The team doesn't trust him to produce right off the IL. I listed off two counterexamples but generally guys are rusty off of TJ and August/September might not be the best time to let him work through rust 3. The team is desperate for quality innings, and they'd rather e.g. get him back in early August as a reliever than wait for late August as a SP.
  3. Bertz
    Banged
  4. Bertz
    So the Angels are definitely not a lock to act rationally (dumbest team in the league now that the Rockies have entered the 21st century?), but I think there's a healthy amount of that simply being a thing any team would say simply as a negotiation tactic. Give them something MLB ready as a headliner and I assume they'd make a deal.
  5. Bertz
    We're all in agreement that's Tom, right?
  6. Bertz
    One thing with Rojas is you can get away with not doing anything for a little while. Keep him in AA until August, give him an MLB cup of coffee or three next year, and you don't reach the "crap or get off the pot" juncture until the '27/'28 offseason. I think, too, Rojas has a shot at having a bat you're happy with from a corner outfielder. He's is on a 25/25 pace with better than average BB and K rates. And he just turned 21. At the same time it's fair to wonder where he's going to play. All three infield spots are locked down, and as a lefty Pedro Ramirez is a more natural compliment to the vets. There's two corner outfielder spots unspoken for, but given timing I presume those are going to be filled this winter by Shaw and a $$$ signing. You've also got Alcantara in the mix and Hartshorn and Conrad hopefully not way behind. It's probably the right time to trade Rojas. If you think he's going to have a special bat or if simply the right deal doesn't come along it's totally fine to hang onto him. But given what the team has in the cupboard I think you need to move Rojas or Shaw for pitching. And given Shaw's here right now already producing, it's tougher to move him unless he's got way more trade value.
  7. Bertz
    Ethan Flanagan's back today too. Good stuff
  8. Bertz
    A silver lining of more or less starting his season in June is the team really doesn't need to worry about managing his innings from here. If we're being aspirational I'd have visions of Trey Yesavage and Cam Schlittler dancing in my head.
  9. Bertz
    Grant Kipp threw 4 innings where the only baserunner allowed was an error. That's great, but the fact that he only went 4 feels less great.
  10. Bertz
    Another good outing for Naz Mule. Keep stacking those up my dude.
  11. Bertz
    He's healthy enough to be back in CF and he appears to have gotten hit again, Kepley should be in Tennessee Tuesday night
  12. Bertz
    The stuff models started kind of liking Thornton before his pat leave. But the preponderance of evidence is that he's the worst pitcher on the 40 man roster
  13. Bertz
    Matt Shaw has 15 homeruns in 332 PAs since last year's ASB. 27 dong pace. 120 wRC+ over that time before today, so call it 122 right now? I'm not super confident with him against some tougher righties, but dude is good and lining up for an everydayish OFer job next year IMO.
  14. Bertz
    I think it's more good than great on the surface (sits 95 it looks like), but coming from a 6'9" frame I presume it's top of the charts extension and such.
  15. Bertz
    Yeah take advantage of him throwing strikes while it's happening. It could leave as quickly as it came.
  16. Bertz
    Good lord what has gotten into Jace Beck??
  17. Bertz
    Toronto's bullpen was already pretty shredded because of Max Scherzer getting scratched on Wednesday, so chasing Gausman like this is an especially big deal
  18. Bertz
    Nico's pulling the ball less than last year, and he's hitting more line drives. This doesn't stand up to even light scrutiny.
  19. Bertz
    Not quite as strong as last time but another very good outing from Will Sanders. We're like three more of these away from it being fair to wonder if he should be in the big league rotation
  20. Bertz
    Honestly Strosnider is fun too I'm just all in on pitching
  21. Bertz
    FWIW Alcantara and Dean are the two guys on the 40 man not in the Iowa lineup tonight
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  23. Bertz
    I'm actually okay with this. It's very hard to get him into games while Seiya's locked into DH, so in the immediate term he's basically wasting a roster spot. And even when he's healthy it's tough to give all three of him/Shaw/Pedro decent playing time. Given that A) Mo can actually get some valuable development at Iowa (not so much at the plate but behind it) and B) the struggles of the infield mean you want both Shaw and Pedro around, it makes sense he drew the short straw. Really curious who comes up in his place. Triantos just for pinch running?
  24. Bertz
    Literally the second time the Borg has been referenced in a political crashout in the past 6 months
  25. Bertz
    Not the best outing from McGwire but still 13 Ks / 4 BBs in his early going at SB
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