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He was just a kid! Sox did the heavy lifting of rearing him!

Bad luck? They were good at developing pitchers prior to then (Eck, Clemens, Schilling).

Is it the drafting or the developing?

My neighbor is under the assumption that all Red Lobsters are high end, or at least the one in our town. He's been ordering it to go every week since the lockdown. I'm sure the cheddar biscuits are fine enough, but... I would say that the Legal Harborside version of Legal Seafood looks cool, but I've never been to that one.

His baby probably came out with a Dodgers jersey on knowing that market.

Are you saying Wilt didn't intend to get that much love? Was he under some sort of spell or demonic possession?

He's in Anaheim. Nobody out there loves the Angels. He's underloved and underrated!

Also, the word was that most of the scouting department was unhappy with the direction Dombrowski was going. I'm sure they are far happier (and valued) under Bloom.

Now look at his power numbers prior to 2019... He'll be 31 next season. He's not an up and coming prospect.

I think the current scouting department is not very similar to the pre-Moneyball days. Eddie Romero Jr is still with the club. I think Bloom came here because there was already a decent system. He just needed to do a few tweaks, not a complete overhaul.

Well, I'd suggest that sometimes it's more fun to get a beer with a guy like Bauer or Sale, depending on your mood.

Wilt Chamberlain: overrated.

Meh. I'd rather go to Union Oyster House, James Hook or Yankee Lobster any day. Eating at Legal Seafood is basically like going to a chain restaurant. Pass.

Yaz 2 is a good story, but he'll be 31 next year and never hit 20 HR's until last season. He bounced around the Orioles system for 6 years. He has flash in the pan written all over him. Worse, his family doesn't want him to play for the Sox because they think it'd be too much pressure for him.

He probably bought the ticket and then decided to not get on the plane when he found out the Pour House is closed.

Do the Rays really want to spend 13M over 2 years for a catcher?

Or the Rays believed Meadows and Glasnow were underrated. At that point, Glasnow had been relegated to the bullpen. Here's what was written at the time. Chris Archer, the two-time All-Star with a team-friendly contract that made him the jewel of baseball's pitching trade market, was finally dealt from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Pittsburgh Pirates, less than a half hour before Major League Baseball's non-waivers trade deadline. Archer, 29, is under contract through 2021 at a palatable $27.6 million for the next three seasons. That made him attractive both for potential suitors and for the budget-conscious Rays, who had dangled him in trade talks in recent years on the chance they could get a return package featuring both quantity and quality. With just minutes to spare, the Pirates - in surprise contention for an NL playoff spot -stepped up with a deal that met their standards. The Pirates will send major league ready pieces Austin Meadows and Tyler Glasnow to Tampa Bay, continuing the Rays' pattern of accumulating advanced young players to make a run in 2019 and 2020. The Rays will also receive a player to be named. Meadows, 23, was a consensus top-10 prospect in baseball before the 2017 season, but injuries and a lackluster major league debut this season dimmed his stock. Nonetheless, the 6-3, 210-pounder has an alluring combo of speed and some power paired with a lifetime .355 on-base percentage in the minor leagues. He'll potentially pair with Kevin Kiermaier and Tommy Pham - also acquired Tuesday by the Rays - in an athletic, dynamic outfield. Glasnow, 24, was a top starting pitcher prospect whose profile has shrunk to that of a hard-throwing reliever. He has a 4.34 ERA this season - but has struck out 72 batters in 56 innings.

I believe Bauer and Sale are two completely different cases. I think Sale was standing up for his team against poor management. I think Bauer is just a self promoter.

Are you trying to talk dirty to me?

Ok, but I think him doing his "silly" twitter posts gets even more people talking about him.

No, I bet he believes if he gets each fanbase talking, there will be more pressure on owners to get a deal done.

Or they believed that a combination of Austin Meadows and Tyler Glasnow would be better long term. They were right.

Moving from the NL to the AL typically makes a pitcher worse. Lester would be here just to help the younger guys. He's got nothing left. They only bring him in if they are punting on 2021.

I'd trade for him, but I wouldn't give up much. I do think the Pirates would be better off picking up the option and moving him at some point. If they decline the option, they are a more hopeless franchise that I imagined.

He's made an advance to a bunch of teams. He's just playing the game and keeping his name out there.