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Let's bring that guy back! They aren't talking about bringing Yordan Alvarez here, are they?

Nobody knows what that guy wants anymore. All I've heard is that he currently doesn't want to spend, but others in the FO/ownership do.

Both? Fire Bloom hire a spender that can do it well?

They can, but they would have to keep him on the active roster for 90 days in 2024 to complete the "90 day minimum" that is required.

I haven't seen any reports on what his stuff looked like when facing live hitters over the weekend. Must not have been very good.

You said that last year too.

I agree. I'd rather have guys that can DH and play the field.

May I introduce you to our resident stork?

Song was transferred from active Naval duty to selective reserves in late February, which allowed him to report to the Phillies’ spring training camp in Clearwater, Fla. Before even getting a chance to appear in a Grapefruit League game, though, the righty was shut down from throwing due to tightness in his back. As a result, he opened the 2023 season on Philadelphia’s injured list. Since then, Song has been transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list. He has, however, resumed throwing. He faced live hitters in Clearwater on Thursday and could be progressing toward a rehab assignment in the near future, Dombrowski told MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki. “He’s continued to work back, he’s feeling better, it’s been positive,” said Dombrowski, who expects Song to pitch competitively this season. Song, who turns 26 on Sunday, can be sent out on a minor-league rehab assignment for a maximum of 30 days. He would then need to spend at least 90 days on Philadelphia’s active roster to meet Major League Baseball’s Rule 5 requirements. If those requirements could not be met, the Phillies would have to place Song on waivers and subsequently offer him back to the Red Sox for $50,000 if he clears waivers. Phillies will just keep phantom IL'ing him this year and just hide him on the active roster next season for 90 days then demote him.

Mayer getting promoted to POR on Tuesday. That team will be stacked.

Martin then Jansen?

He’s been a revelation this year.

Davies 21-22: 280 Innings, 0.4 fWAR

Yeah, Davies kinda sucks… Couldn’t get past 3.1. He’s got history of being a bad pitcher. Whitlock could grow into something better hopefully.

Zack Davies sucks. Whitlock is supposed to be better than him. If not, just send him to the pen for good. Last night’s lineup was interesting for sure. We’ll see what it looks like today.

This team is better this year because they are not swing first take walk second. Their approach is way better than last year.

Some eye tests are biased towards the April games I guess?

Especially if they get real close to a WS, but just miss out.

He was just not producing in April at all. Will take him a long time to pull his way out of the hole if you’re only looking at season numbers. My eye test was telling me that he was hitting the ball pretty damn hard and taking a lot of walks. Seems like a good foundation to me!

May OPS now at 864. His was bad in April, that’s why his overall numbers look like s***. As we’ve said, he’s doing the right things in the box.

Reyes 0.0 fWAR Valdez 0.1 fWAR (-3 DRS, -4 OAA BRUTAL) Chang 0.2 fWAR

@PeteAbe In other rehab news, Yu Chang is batting second and DH'ing for Portland tonight.

Barrel % 84th percentile Av Exit Velo 73rd percentile Max Exit Velo 73red percentile His xWOBA the past 100 PA's has been pretty good. His bad April is dragging down his overall numbers. 797 May OPS

I was hopeful that Mayer was going to rocket through the system, but he started off a little slow this year. He's probably not going to get to BOS until 2024.

I wouldn't worry too much about Arroyo. He makes a good platoon partner for Valdez and spends too much time on the IL anyway.