Jose Abreu

I'm sure Moncada feels very strongly about the fWAR of his teammates.

Nick Madrigal has a career 1.000 OBP in single-A ball. That's ridiculous.

They did with A-Rod and Tanaka (not 300+ but still >>> Abreu's 68), and they have an almost comically low payroll for next year, so I'm at least confident that we'll be one of the interested teams. Everything the front office has said on the matter has been an acknowledgement that they know free agency spending is a crucial step in the rebuild.

If anything, you should hope it isn't the Phillies because that's the team he'd most likely re-sign with, eliminating any chance of us getting him. He isn't signing with the Cubs. He probably won't sign with us either but we'll at least make him an offer, unlike the Cubs who can't afford him, have no place for him, and would probably be more interested in Harper

Sometimes I forget how massive our center field video board is. Then I see a video with the old one.

I considered Covey for that last tier but honestly don't believe in his long term ability as a reliever. Even if he's decent with that hard sinker out of the pen, we have so many quality RHP reliever prospects, plus tons of cash, so I think we'll end up being able to replace him easily. I would generally agree re: Fry but he's under control through the 2023 season, doesn't allow home runs, throws 5 pitches effectively, is left-handed, and has a high strikeout rate. I think we struck gold there, if he can stay healthy.

Nah, the Moncada freak outs were after 2-3 games this year

I'll go Almost definitely here (>90% chance): Moncada Anderson Lopez Fry Likely here (50-89 % chance): Giolito Probably not here, but still possible (25-49% chance): Palka L. Garcia Sanchez Abreu Rodon

Moncada, Giolito, Basabe!

Basabe is electric. He's gonna be fun to watch down the road.

That was a total laser. Wow.

It was on a check swing and they ruled a swing

Oh god, this won't end well

No. Let him have a shutout. 97 is enough

For reference, the league average OPS is down this year. .725 is the average

Moncada!!! Stud!!!

Giolito looked.. dare I say.. good today

About a week prior

I wonder who goes down when Castillo is back. Even Zavala may be ready soon. IMO you gotta stick with Narvaez

Moncada is leading off the 6th with another home run. Eloy is going yard twice for Charlotte today. Bet the house.

Sometimes all it takes is a game against KC to get your confidence back up!

I'll take it.

A nice cherry on top of this game would be a Tim Anderson grand slam...

Man he has looked good from the right side the past few weeks.