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  1. Illiterate Scholar
    Given the Red Sox roster situation, Yoshida would be the type of trade you take on half (or maybe even less) of his remaining contract while giving up a prospect no one has heard of. And that's if there's an actual person on the other side of the trade, could just be cash.
  2. Illiterate Scholar
    Baseball ops/medical staff not being allowed to talk to rehabbing players during the lockout is such a dumb, unnecessary fake rule, and is something to keep in mind when projecting timeline for guys like Brown and Horton.
  3. Illiterate Scholar
    Name This Player
    Szczur?
  4. Illiterate Scholar
    He's a safe (not meant as an insult) veteran who's only going to require 1 or 2 years. In a world where Skubal is realistic, the Gray AAV probably is a no go, otherwise there's plenty of room. His drawbacks (lower velo, drop in strikeout rate) haven't proven to be drawbacks for this front office, especially when compared to the perks of signing him (short term, and you can probably count on him being good)
  5. Illiterate Scholar
    Unless he's dead set on going to Atlanta, Sonny Gray feels like a Cub to me.
  6. Illiterate Scholar
    Caminero and Contreras' home run trots are basically Key & Peele sketches
  7. Illiterate Scholar
    Taylor Walls' defensive metrics this season and throughout his career are... confusing. Wow.
  8. Illiterate Scholar
    Manfred is going to forgo a salary cap and funnel all the best players to big markets himself after he sees the ratings of Rays v Brewers
  9. Illiterate Scholar
    It was a super weird year, but he did have a .380 obp before the trade. I would think he'd still get 8 figures for at least one year.
  10. Illiterate Scholar
    River Ryan is going to retire at 37 years old, still listed as a top 100 prospect.
  11. Illiterate Scholar
    The arrogance of having Betts and Muncy on the left side of your infield, and it working wonderfully, is a bit maddening. The Betts part specifically is also very cool, but annoying.
  12. Illiterate Scholar
    There's a zero percent chance we sign Morejon as a reliever. However, as a starter, I could see it. He'd still be expensive, but that's a potential top of rotation starter at way less than a top of rotation price.
  13. Illiterate Scholar
    Taylor Ward maybe played himself into a one year contract. Not sure what to make of his 2026 season, but he's theoretically an option.
  14. Illiterate Scholar
    Tucker has now surpassed 5 homeruns at Dodger Stadium this year
  15. Illiterate Scholar
    It's a good year for a small market v small market World Series. Not that I think it actually matters that much but just in case. Give me Rays over Brewers in a gentlemen's sweep.
  16. Illiterate Scholar
    Really? I'd say that's about right, maybe just a little low. He is coming off back-to-back sub 19% K rate seasons. The GB rate is crazy but he's not getting a huge contract. I also think the prospect cost (Rojas) appears to be more expensive now compared to how he was viewed when traded.
  17. Illiterate Scholar
    Jed obviously talked a lot about pitching in his year-end PC, including the amount of homers given up. The way he talked about Holmes made it seem like whatever happened the last few weeks didn't totally sour the relationship? Wouldn't shock me if both he and Peterson get done before the lockout.
  18. Illiterate Scholar
    I like that our offense will get to play in 70+ degree weather. Their bullpen is terrifying but as we saw last year, there is a limit to how much the main guys can be used in 3 consecutive games, if there is a game 3. Then there's our pitching... I'm hoping for batted ball luck Mt vote is eliminated in NLDS.
  19. Illiterate Scholar
    Lol at the size of the crowd.
  20. Illiterate Scholar
    He was pretty good for them last year. This season is most certainly a change, unfortunately
  21. Illiterate Scholar
    Tough night for Vic Carapazza
  22. Illiterate Scholar
    lol
  23. Illiterate Scholar
    All of a sudden feeling kind of great about Palencia heading into the playoffs
  24. Illiterate Scholar
    At least?
  25. Illiterate Scholar
    He only has an OPS over 1.000 if you go back 30, 15, and 7 days. Guy clearly needs a day off.
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