JUSTgottaBELIEVE

I’ll continue repeating it until the comparison is no longer relevant. Braves were 59-57 after 116 games, 3rd place in the division, 1.5 games out of first place. A lot can happen over 46 games to end the season.

Maybe it’s just me but I feel much more confident in a playoff series against the Astros with a starting rotation of Cease/Cueto/Kopech/Giolito than the Lynn/Giolito/Cease/Rodon they used last year.

That viral video of him pinchrunning Engel last night is my favorite

I don’t care what fangraphs says, Cueto has been every bit as good as Rodon this year. What a pickup as Rodon’s replacement

Not sure why you’re giving Tatis the benefit of the doubt. What has he done to earn that?

Very possible. Preller seems to agree based upon his comments yesterday.

Those are some BIG assumptions. I think many White Sox fans are underestimating the severity of this situation (probably because they like to shit on Hahn for the trade). How much value does an oft-injured, immature, PED user have? Especially one that is signed for $300M+ over the next 12 years? This is a very bad situation for the Padres. You can tolerate some of his antics if he’s performing at a high level but if his on field performance drops off after he stops using PEDs (and he will unless he’s dumb enough to risk many more millions), he becomes an enormous liability for many years. I’m sure the Padres would love to dump him but he’s untradeable at this point.

Except that Shields has been a non-factor for years. The Padres have to deal with this mess for another 12 years

Not really. He was only making $5M this season and $7M next season so he isn’t losing much and the Padres aren’t gaining much, relatively speaking. Unfortunately for the Padres, they heavily backloaded his contract. Ouch.

Didn’t say that. My point is did the Padres really fleece Hahn if Tatis becomes a financial burden on the Padres for the next 12 years? Sounds like a lose-lose for both sides to me.

I’ve been saying it for awhile. That contract is going to look like a complete albatross in the near future. And the “fleecing of Hahn” is actually going to be a significant burden on the Padres in the future. Isn’t it ironic?

But this begs the question… is the player that was traded even the same guy if he starts juicing after the trade? Reminds of when the Sox traded Sammy Sosa. White Sox Sosa was a different guy than Cubs Sosa. Completely different human beings really.

1.2 fWAR on the season. Certainly has a shot at 2 by season end if he stays hot at the plate.

THE PADRES WON THE TRADE DEADLINE! (Padres are 2-5 since the trade deadline)

3 teams within 1.5 games after the Dodgers win tonight? Wow

This bullpen is filthy when healthy. Imagine a healthy Bummer replacing Foster. Ruiz would be the weak link, and he isn’t bad, while the rest are high leverage types. Nasty.

Workhorse. Deserved better tonight from both the offense and defense.

Another Colas homer? Call him up tomorrow

Oof. Isn’t Robbie Ray the guy everyone wanted last offseason? Yikes.

29 other teams passed on Cueto and could have used him too

I mean, probably. Liam has been great but he was paid market value while Cueto was signed way below market value based on his production to date.

They wouldn’t have signed Cueto if they had already signed Rodon. ?

Best free agent signing of the offseason

Cueto has a lower ERA and averages more innings per start than Rodon but statheads will say Rodon is having a much better season because strikeouts ?‍♂️

Now that the twins and guardians get the tougher schedule, let’s see how well they do…