seawolf17

I don't "blame" the Dodgers at all. They're doing *exactly* what I wish Cohen and Stearns would do: spend money and resources on top-tier players. But they don't. They try to catch lightning in a bottle out of retreads and maybes. I don't know how you spend eleventy billion dollars on Soto and Lindor, both likely easy HOFers, and then surround them with question marks. I'll never get it.

Skubal to the Dodgers, apparently. Crikey.

Sounds like "he's old and he's hurt because we tried to play him out of position rather than signing a real championship-caliber first baseman like the one we had but fucked it up" to me.

WAIT Kevin McGowan just came to me. I don't know if he's from NH, but maybe he's the guy Lunch was thinking of. Pitcher-y type.

That's the Tigers rookie infielder. I'm pretty confident he was never a Met?

Pete is my homeboy! His brother was a few years older than me. Craig Shipley is the missing Australian.

I think it's kind of the corollary to the "former player vs stathead" question. We know we've seen game decisions "made by front office" types across all levels - notably, pitcher usage and pitch counts. Yes, managers are thinking about long term issues, but not like the front office would. The manager's job should be to win that day's game. But if the front office is saying "our starters don't go through the lineup a third time" or "this guy stops at 80 pitches even if he's throwing a no-hitter," those are management decisions. Dollars to donuts Stearns is in Andy Green's ear reminding him to get Robert ABs so he's more tradeable, too.

I feel like Lindor is due for a meaningless garbage time home run today.

Brazoban would have earned a Schaefer point or two right there.

Which means we will likely have a Senga sighting today. This is a good chance to take the Brewers' "over" if you haven't done that yet on your DraftKings app, friends.

I feel like I never know whether it's "h" or "k" at the end anyway, so it's certainly easier to get correct this way.

Noticed that stories and social media posts are calling him "Zac" now...? I mean, cool. We'll call you whatever. (See how easy that is?) Just curious if there's a story there.

I'd absolutely trade Peralta back for Williams. He's still just 22.

I don't know - I think Robert could be an interesting piece. Part of the problem is that he and Taylor are almost the same player, so the market could be muted.

I mean, he *is* objectively better than Eric Wagaman. So it's theoretically a net positive, at least.

That's definitely a name that nobody uses any more.

MLB: Split PA R H HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP SF BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ 0 out, 1-3 500 322 120 17 275 41 97 .325 .348 .526 .874 194 34 69 .318 140 100 1 out, 1-3 1166 665 254 26 631 92 220 .293 .317 .442 .759 383 111 165 .290 109 100 NYM: Split PA R H HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP SF BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ 0 out, 1-3 15 7 2 0 6 1 1 .200 .267 .200 .467 2 1 3 .167 40 15 1 out, 1-3 42 24 4 1 23 6 6 .143 .244 .321 .565 9 5 7 .107 64 50

We've given up only one run all week. I feel good about this team all of a sudden.

Intrigued by that Detroit series in April. If we don't have an open house or anything that weekend, it might be a fun road trip.

I'll be mad if we trade Alvarez.

50-15 starts NOW.

Darvish? Cubs, Padres, and Rangers?

Am I the only person who can't see Gwreck's responses at all? It's white-on-white text.

Okay, now I am ALL IN on a second-half rotation of McLean - Peralta - Scott - Pedro - Ryan. A 54-year-old Pedro would probably need at MOST 50 innings to strike out 36 guys. That's 10-12 starts, An 80-year-old Nolan Ryan could strike out seven guys in three innings. LET'S DO THIS, STEARNS.

The difference, though, is that Mike Piazza was a "final piece of the puzzle" guy on a second place team ready to make a move. So was Santana, joining a team that just missed the playoffs. This isn't that team.