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Apparently, this is the trade that upset my mom the most because she loved Keynan Middleton.

Well that was a horrendous call

We're still doing these, right?

I'll give you third and first, but until I see Eloy play CF, I'm not agreeing on Burger at 2nd.

C+ for now. Good returns, but questioning holding onto Cease (and Bummer) in this climate if Jerry isn't spending this offseason. If Jerry actually breaks the trend and opens up the pocketbook, this becomes an B- deadline because a lot of pitching and catching depth got shored up. Not upset about Eloy, Moncada or TA remaining, since they'd be selling for absolute pennies on the dollar and TA/Moncada are likely gone after next year with Montgomery, Ramos, Gonzalez, Popeye and Sosa in the pipeline.

I dig this

It was either him or Eloy, man.

And also to Jake

For anyone wondering if this happens outside of Chapman, which is everyone's favorite example, it happens pretty frequently! Smart move would be to try and get Giolito while other teams are going for Ohtani, since that remains a pipe dream.

The Padres are the expensive, NL-White Sox. Through Tatis, they are a dyad in the baseball-force.

Yo, what the f*** was this game?

Southern League fucked.

Fingers crossed, because he's very easy to root for.

I thought Zaleski had a good record as a pitching coach before he got to Charlotte, which is understandable since it's a bandbox where Rick Hahn dumps AAAA arms. But he just skipped AA as a pitching coach. I remember him briefly helping Hansen fix himself before he imploded again. I wonder if he should be in Bham with actual prospects and not fodder?

By God, that's Marco Paddy's music

This sounds like planning and foresight. We don't do that round here.

Back to trade rumors. I demand more trade rumors.

Where is my option to convert Colas to a reliever?!

In Fegan's (woo! Go Sun-Times for hiring our dude!) article, he says he'd be willing to go down to AAA and prove he can be starter. I think that's laudable. Let him build the innings there. Right now the team my intend on "competing" next year, but no one can possibly imagine that meaning more than the horrendous AL Central. The pressure is off next year, so the lessons for next year's FO (be it Hahn, Getz, or, mercifully, someone from outside the org) should be: Santos and Middleton show you don't need to waste draft capital or money on a bullpen + you need as much starting depth as humanly possible. Let him go to Charlotte and see if he can succeed.

2-0 in the retool era

Tim is the guy who looks the best in that jersey. Regardless, long overdue for our man ?

Minor League FA

I mean, if Quero wants to go on a heater in Birmingham and do this a lot, I won't be mad:

It seems that the industry consensus on Lee is that there is no consensus.