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So f*** the police(rs)?

The curious angle to this IMO is that we have three Boras clients at play here, and the two FA have been linked to clubs supposedly hot after Cease. Makes me wonder if Boras a driving force behind some of the rumored interest.

Off-season elbow surgery.

Whenever Bob is out front with something, it’s a pretty fair assumption that it’s a leak from one side and not indicative of a deal being close.

Yup, being back at 97 and all of his pitches being sharp the past two starts bodes really well for a return to 2022 form. There's no reason to settle for less now.

I read the "one and a half times" line today too. Don't remember who tweeted it, but with that extra year of control the ask doesn't seem that outrageous.

Every rando around sports media seems to want to get in on the action.

The Cole injury concerns seem to have set off a flurry of rumors/activity. I see no rational reason why Getz would lower his ask now given that Cease has looked stellar in spring training. The demand seems to be there.

If McGuffey has heard about an exact package, I'd venture that it its old info and isn't a current offer.

I think that was a given the moment he signed.

Time to pony up MoFo’s.

4H, 1BB, 13K in his last 6IP. That’ll do.

Nope. Cincy radio only.

Backing up his last start with this one should make him look awfully tantalizing.

Pedro is doing Cease no favors with that left side of the infield...

Cincy radio only!

Or which side is feeding the info.

I think the players reluctantly bought into TLR because of his resume, but it didn't take long for things in the clubhouse to go south. It was already toxic when Pedro took over, and it sure doesn't look like anyone bought into his BS. It took even less time for him to prove that he had no clue what he was doing, and the toxicity began boiling over. Ricky was a bad game manager, but the players played hard for him and by every indication were a tight group behind the scenes. The unraveling began the moment the TLR rumors started swirling and the downward spiral ensued.

His motivations might be influenced by a desire to appease his boss with a more immediate short term impact, but it’s silly to think his job is at all in jeopardy. Unless there are plans to sell the franchise within the next 5, Getz’ job is probably pretty safe.

Mark an X on the day TLR was announced and connect all of the dots until we reach last year’s catastrophe. Placing the blame or the majority of it at TA is certainly curious. Not saying he’s blameless, but the toxicity is bigger than one player’s terrible year personally and professionally.

Bingo

This spring should serve as all the confirmation we need. Perhaps another org can turn him into a viable bullpen piece, because it sure doesn’t look like it will happen here.

If there were an award for nonsensical word salad, Pedro would be the run away winner. What the actual f*** does that combination of words even mean?

Always