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I'll toast the marshmallows.

They're not going to trade Devers. That would be the ultimate freak-out move.

Very nice.

Quelle surprise!

From Joel Sherman: Giancarlo Stanton going down over the weekend with yet another leg injury merely corroborated the already verified — the Yankees are going to be spending most of this decade working around Stanton. With their roster structurally, and their payroll financially. This is three years in three as a Yankee in which Stanton has incurred lower-half maladies. And these are prime years, ages 28-30. He is signed through 2027 and age 37. In 2020, he could not stay healthy in a shortened season in which he was exclusively a designated hitter and further reconfigured his body to avoid such breakdowns. This is the lamp breaking despite being in bubble wrap, swathed in blankets and handled with care. This time it was a left hamstring strain. In 2018, Stanton played through a hamstring injury, persevering as others went down around him. He could not manage that last season amid the Yankee record spree of IL stints, landing on that list in April 2019 with a biceps strain and in June with a right knee sprain. He played through a calf injury in last year’s postseason that was still problematic enough that he almost certainly would have begun this year on the IL had the season opened as scheduled in March. It began, instead, in late July, and by the second week of August, Stanton — first year in his 30s — is hurt again. He has seven seasons at $218 million left beyond 2020, which by itself would be the 16th-largest contract ever behind — among others — the 13-year, $325 million pact Stanton originally signed with the Marlins.

Looks like the Rays are their real nemesis.

There was never much chance of that.

Stanton to the IL with hammy. Tough time staying healthy.

Exactly. Plus how would burning out a few stiffs harm us next season? It's a mystery on multiple levels.

Hey, maybe the Dodgers will trade us Bellinger. After all, he's hitting .167 with a .514 OPS, so they may think he's washed up.

What the hell does that mean?

I can answer one thing. Verdugo is under control through 2024, so there's no real need to talk extension with him for a while.

He might be worth his contract. I'm certainly not guaranteeing it. But it's far from impossible. His health issues the last two seasons have been 'loose bodies' related to his last TJ surgery. But if you've seen his current medicals and you've seen some damage in there then hey, you know better than me.

I get why Eovaldi is a popular name to be traded. But all things considered, a decent starter for 2 years and 34 million is not a huge investment by today's standards. If you trade him you have to replace him. Assuming you plan to have a starting rotation in 2021 and 2022.

Out with the old and in with the new!

I wonder if Trout has ever had the Sombrero. Honest question, don't know the answer.

A small group of enterprising Phillies fans have found a way to make a lot of noise from outside the park. Last night they did things like blow air horns while the Yankees were trying to hit. Aaron Boone talked to the umps about it but to no avail.

Robert was 0 for 4 last night and had the Golden Sombrero. Humbling game.

What do you eat when the Sox win, Tyler?

You are losing your fastball.

Weber turns it around starting Friday. You'll see.

It would be a pleasant surprise if Chavis turns out to be a decent hitter instead of Will Middlebrooks II as many of us have feared.

Poor Beni. The guy is in a bad way. Hopefully they can figure out something with him. That's all I got.

In the 2018 WS he had a pretty big home run, so he was liked again for a while.

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