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After injuries to the ever forgettable Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey to get him into the role...

Tom Gordon in 1998? I was pretty relaxed with Hideki Okajima in 2007. After that first pitch he threw that year, of course...

The point was he did pretty well with his free agent signings, and whatever criteria he used to pick Enrique Hernandez is probably very similar in methodology to how he also went after Renfroe, Perez, Sawamura, Richards, etc. And despite the hiccup that is Kike, overall whatever he is doing to evaluate free agents is clearly working...

Language!!!!

Fair point. But still he’s done a good job. And even those two have had their moments...

Why not Cordero?

Yes, Dannny Santana is versatile. That means you can put him anywhere and watch him suck...

They’re supposed to treat the ball with that super secret mud to keep it from slipping...

The evaluation process he used to sign Kike is the same one that got us Perez, Richards, Sawamura and Renfroe. So far this off-season, he’s looking at 4 for 5. And you’re complaining about the fifth guy?

Swihart’s thread seem very bipolar...

Why rush Downs? He's not exactly lighting it up in Worcester and Arroyo has become a bit of a fan favorite...

Yes I am sure Thad has become an awesome TJ patient...

Verdugo is no Betts, but he sure is one helluva consolation prize....

If the plan is to keep Dalbec’s bat in the lineup with Devers’, what does flip flopping their positions do?

If a .331 OBP is Dalbec’s floor, I can see him spending a few seasons in the sub-basement...

As much as a Yankee rebuild would make me smile, they don’t need one and aren’t going to do one. They have a solid core in Cole, Judge, Torres, Chapman, LeMahieu all under control for the next couple years. They have a strong budget. The Stanton contract looks like an obstacle, but the problem is, no matter how extensive any rebuild, that’s the one contract they’re going to be stuck with. What they really need to consider is limiting their reclamation projects to maybe one per season. Adding Kluber, who basically missed two seasons, and Taillon, who career attendance is spotty at best, at the same time as the two major off-season adds, was just being naive. Especially for a team bitten with injury bug problems with great frequency in recent seasons. I just can’t picture that sales pitch. “I know we’ve been clobbered with injuries these past few years, but we really need to add an aging pitcher coming off two lost seasons and another guy who just had Tommy John surgery! Those are the missing pieces!!” Well, missing, maybe...

Reportedly the Reds were trying to move Castellanos and/or Moustakas’ contracts all off season. If true, I doubt any trade for Castellanos will cost much in terms of minor league talent. Heck if Cincy gets desperate enough, maybe Bloom can go all Ottavino on the Reds and actually increase the Sox prospect pool....

Then they should have taken my off-season recommendation and signed Andrelton Simmons...

The Yankees need him to get thrown out more often, possibly permanently...

Even later in the draft, they probably just grab the players they think have the best chance to actually make the majors, as slim as it can get with some of those picks. No point in drafting for the needs you will have in 3-4 years when you don't know what those needs will be...

As of right now, missing out on Lindor and his .647 OPS doesn't look like a huge mistake....

Hey, when a guy predicts something that he has done like 700 times, is that really all that prophetic?

Still only June 7th...

Well, I did predict they’d both get injured. Does that count?

Maybe not before, but now we’re in the Era of Launch Angles...