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  1. notin
    I like the Bello extension much better. He was good last year but his last few starts really skewed his numbers…
  2. notin
    That’s an odd stance to take. I prefer arguing against starters being injured more often…
  3. notin
    The deadline has officially begun!! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/brewers-to-acquire-aaron-civale.html
  4. notin
    Recently my daughter pointed out to me RHRP Will Smith has 3 World Series rings in the last 3 seasons. Has anyone else ever won 3 consecutive rings with 3 different teams?
  5. notin
    Yeah I misunderstood it at the early hour
  6. notin
    Not Flaherty. At least not until his back can be cleared medically…
  7. notin
    Ok but what’s more important here? Winning or Henry selling? I mean, if we win, isn’t that enough?
  8. notin
    He played in the Sox minors, but he previously played in the minors for Oakland and the Angels. He was a successful dumpster dive…
  9. notin
    He’s been terrific since he returned from the IL…
  10. notin
    Eflin is another good target…
  11. notin
    His ERA when he entered the game was 1.53..
  12. notin
    There you go…
  13. notin
    That was an incredibly stupid trend. TJ surgery doesn’t add velocity. It does help some pitchers recover velocity they have lost due to wear and tear on their pitching arm, but that’s NOT the same thing…
  14. notin
    Bryce Harper just had TJ a couple years ago. Also Aaron Hicks, Didi Grigorius, Corey Seager. I wonder if the increased frequency is more a function of the increased availability of the surgery…
  15. notin
    Even if they thought he wasn’t done, in no way did the expect him to be as good as he has been…
  16. notin
    If we keep him and he comes back, then he definitely isn’t the next Chris Sale…
  17. notin
    Yes. It’s possible they view starting pitching as the riskiest among MLB investments, and Commodity Boy didn’t like risky investments. But when I saw experienced MLB arms like Lauer, German and Odorizzi going for MiLB contracts, I couldn’t help but wonder why Boston still wasn’t involved…
  18. notin
    Just ending the search for pitching at Giolito was a definite problem..
  19. notin
    I have my doubts breaking pitches have lead to an increase in TJ surgery. Isn’t the procedure also becoming increasingly necessary among position players? They don’t throw breaking pitches…
  20. notin
    Please no…
  21. notin
    Even Weissert has been a decent acquisition so far. Ditto Slaten…
  22. notin
    It’s also extremely possible the Braves committed those extra years to get Sale to approve the trade. This is very common, and since the extension happened so quickly - within a couple days of the trade, it had very likely been mentioned before the deal was completed, which almost always means the player is insisting on it before approving the deal. As Sale was a 10/5 player at the time, he absolutely had that right…
  23. notin
    “Pretty decent” is one thing. At this point, Sale is a Cy Young candidate. If I asked you to find another example of a pitcher who, at age 35, suddenly started pitching like he did at age 29, despite having pitched much less effective and much less often from ages 30-34, could you? Sale was nowhere this good back in 2019, and that was five years ago. Even Luis Tiant was younger when he had his very successful bounce back. He was only 31 when it started and by age 35, he was starting to decline again. Granted, Sale was always in better physical shape than Luis. But to do this at his current age is probably unprecedented….
  24. notin
    Money and control. Vlad makes $19.9mill this year and probably $25-30mill next year. And then his control ends. I know your proposal called for an extension, but that’s not part of what Toronto is trading…
  25. notin
    Oh no doubt. And how will it impact further salary dump trades? Because what not many are discussing is just how ridiculously improbable this Sale bounce back has been…
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