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LOL! I don't s*** Porcello. He shits himself. Also Shields and Porcello do not have the same profile. Shields was/has been/is way better pitcher than Porcello. Go figure.

3-4 Runs per game through 6 IP from Porcello in most of his games? I'd take it any day of the week. Unfournatly IMO we are not going to get that from Porcello moving forward. ERA/Month April. 2.7 May 4.65 June 6

Great win! Couple of things. Porcello faced a weak lineup --without Posey and Pence --- and was very lucky in the fourth. An ALE team would have pounded him, badly. As I said in other threads, his HR/FB% won't let him keep his ERA under 4. His career HR/FB% is 12%; that's horrible, i.e. He will allow more bombs. We still have a lot games against AL team and in Parks where are not pitcher-friendly like SF. He needs to make some adjustments --whatever that means-- otherwise he could regress badly. His ERA after his first five starts is over 5, his regression was inevitable. He is not a PO pitcher by any means. We need a good pitcher, badly. At this point the only reliable are Price and Wright. ERod is a big ? to me, and Porcello's ceiling is a No. 4 profile. Shields is not an option anymore. Zimmermann could be a nice option. IMO Tigers ain't going anywhere this year. Teheran is not an ace but he can be a solid No. 2 -- probably more. IDK out there are plenty of possibilities, but what is clear to me is that we have to do something regarding pitching.

IMO It doesn't make sense for the SDP having Shields in their roster with that salary. A salary dump and couple of middling prospects could work out IMO. Not sure how BJ and Rodney came to the table but both are having a solid season as far I recall.

I don't think, it would land Teheran. They will ask the moon for him, if so. Wait and see.

Shields has had a great season thus far. His current ERA is over 4 because his last start was simply a very bad day. Before his last start his ERA was at 3.03. Also I had the opportunity to watch him pitch sometimes. In some games he pitched like an ace. In others not like an ace but very solid--No.1&2 type. He could be a decent No. 2 or at very least, a solid 3 who can keep his ERA under 4, easily -- his track record before last game back up this. On the other hand I'm not sure what would it take to land Shields. IMO it won't take that much. If you don't want Shields, who do you want? A top-young-controlled arm like Syndergar or Carrasco? LOL! Keep dreaming, It's not gonna happen and if so be prepared to deforest the whole farm. His profile is oks to me. Also, our major problem is the BP IMO. Aside Kimbrel, no one is reliable.

Yeah my sister was there a couple a years ago and loved the park, and she doesn't understand anything about baseball LOL! Also, my brother and my other sister often go to Chicago and they love the city. Definitely I have to go.

Koji is officially done.

Another park I would like to go is Wrigley in Chicago seems like the atmosphere is great as well, but I'd like to go when the Red Sox play there. Probably this year in the WS? Imagine that. LOL!

IMO the best league. I root for a local team. The team of my birth City, Veracruz; Los Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. Outside Mexico I like La Bella señora de Turín, La Juventus. Regarding my first major league game it was last year. It was at Yankee Stadium. Boston won. It was one of my greatest expiriences ever. Loved the environment. You can see a lot of families, thing that these days is hard to see in fútbol games in Mexico or South America for instance. After that series in NY I went to the home opener game against the Nationals in Fenway. We won as well. Then I went to a couple games against BAL after the series against WSN, and we won as well LOL!. I was very lucky, we won in all the games I went. The environment in Boston is just spectacular. A lot of beautiful women in both parks LOL!. I will try to go in August again, but this time with my wife and little baby. Last year I went with my best friend who lives in Boston and his girlfriend and a couple of friends of her. I had the opportunity to visit several bars outside Yankee stadium and Fenway park as well. It's worth to mention that I made a lot of friends LOL! People in NY and Boston were very nice with me. I also had the opportunity to visit several restaurants, Btw in both cities you can find great rest. Definitely is a must go every year.

Yeah that's true but I think that your soccer fan base has incremented in recent years. I recall seeing a lot of fans from the US rooting for their team in Brasil in the last World Cup. But yeah, the passion is quite different regarding soccer outside the USA.

In other order of ideas, Messi could go to jail. Messi says that he just plays soccer and he doesn't know anything about his taxes. He says that he left those issues to his father and the firm his father apparently hired. Lamentable.

Well, soccer could be a great one as well in that department. A lot of history and folklore is there as well.

LOL! Really? Wow! Well, the worst thing is to argue with an ignorant who defends his/her nonsense.

I read that he was exploring something with Toronto --Enacarnación/Bautista. On the other hand, I haven't read something regarding pitching moves. I bet he is considering it as well, mostly after this disaster.

Good for you compadre. This was really frustrating to watch. Porcello inevitably is regressing to what his career numbers say. Would you wait until TDL to make a move?

Send him down or something and put Kelly there.

Well at least we made the 7 Runs I predicted but we couldn't win.

Horrible baserunning by Young.

I'd do it. In a heartbeat. We need pitching badly. Can't believe that we don't have anybody ready --- Owens is not the answer.

Another HR. WoW!

Who is this guy Ramirez? Batting Practice.

Agree. Bleeding has to stop.

Hopefully DD is cooking some trades.

This BP is collapsing, ugly.