drewski6

Im not complaining, we're starved for headlines , afterall its cold stove season.

This is news?

This is going to end with one of us slapping the other in the chest, and screaming "GET THE TABLES!"

but really, more than anything....I enjoy inserting myself into commotion.

made billions in asset appreciation, bought the penguins. I dont lick billionaire boots.

I took the over, 246m is well placed over/under hugh. Had to think on it. I assume we'll extend whomever we trade for. Im not sure Im going to love the FA names, but I think the difference will be (like the pattern) a willingness to overpay from an AAV standpoint due to an outright refusal to give term. So it will be a con. "WHy you say they cheap, they got this guy and that guy " Yeah, a 1 yr deal and a 2 yr deal You know what they say about 1 and 2 yr deals , right? You get the guys that are willing to accept them.

Adam sandlers favorite kind of pants are courduroys

we're gonna get rich hill and justin turner, arent we?

calm down Emeril. (just teasing)

I would argue that the team that folds has a greater chance of making the playoffs, due to the weirdness of deadline sellers going on a run post-selloff in that division last few years.

I hope one day you run into him at a restaurant, and I happen to be there and you are standing in front of his table yelling out "boo this man" and pointing at him It would be my honor.....to get thrown out of that restaurant with you.

cold-stove season

tunnelling means stays in the fastball tunnell longer. Which means the slider has "carry". Its not dropping, its not breaking, its not sweeping. It looks like a fastball all the way , and then you have to make your decision, and then poof , it runs away from you (righty/righty or lefty/lefty), strike 3.

gleybar torres?

You can be effective without a well tunneled slider, obvs. Just weird that the article is talking about how Gallen checks the tunnel box, which is something that the sox look for, when Gallen doesnt have a slider. Most of the time, when people are talking about tunnelling it means that the slider looks like a fastball out of the hand for a long time because it stays in fastball shape for longer (late-sharp break on slider). For a well tunneled slider, you have to look for the dot on teh ball, and not the shape, because the slider shape doesnt reveal until after you have to make your swing decision. Its not accurate to talk about tunnelling a curveball or a sweeper becuase thats not what they are even trying to do (look like a fastball until last second).

The pitches that tunnel the best are the slider off the 4 seam (or cutter) or the cutter off the 4 seam or the circle change off the sinker (same shape) or the sinker off the 4 seam (late break) or even the splitter off the 4 seam (late break) YOu cannot tunnel the curve or the sweeper. Its gotta look like a fastball out of the hand , and curveballs and sweepers do not.

PASS - 4seam, curve, change is boring mix, the only thing you can really tunnel there is the change, assuming its a regular change and not a circle change. Thats not really a tunneling mix. Plus QO and 20m? Id rather just retain Gio between the two.

Breslow's ego

Keeping all 4 OF'ers?

Crochet Bello Early Sandoval Crawford/Dobbins (ST battle)

I would be okay with replacing the RS vs Blue Jays games with a foot race between ALonso and Kirk. They'll try to sub in Vlad for Kirk and be like "well...." and they'll prob have a point , but I mean, Vlad smokes Alonso in a foot race so thats a suckers bet. Gotta be Kirk vs Alonso in a foot race. Also dont have to face Vlad this way.

If the doctors I employ tell me that hes fully recoverd, I offer him 5-6 years. If the age related injury risk is normal for someone his age, and he doesnt have like this super-high chance of reinjury becasue it will never fully heal, fine. But if its something hes going to have to manage and monitor and can creep back in becasue its as healed as its gonna get but not completely and theres a lot of extra risk (beyond just paying someone into their 30s), I pause.

If hes going to break-out, its not going to be prevented by starting him in Worcester. I wouldnt be surprised if he broke out, but Im not going to let him stop me from pursuing external improvements. Also, having him (with positional versatility) in AAA is good depth. If you clear spots for your prospects, you go through your depth, and then you are one injury away from starting players non-playoff teams have waived. I want Campbell in AAA to start , and a lot of the reason is because I like the depth he provides there. How many position players got hurt last year? Depth options you can park in minors are valuable.

Im not sure he wouldnt be a gold glove infielder immediately. Like Betts. im open to Mayer at third, Cedanne at SS, Story at 2b, Suarez at 1b, Scwharber at DH Trade prospects for pitching or sign Michael King like Notin suggested.

Notin (and others), like a convo ive had with moon in the past, it would be one thing if I looked at our lineup and I saw a solid 1,2,3,4 (batting order) in place already and we had 2 non pitching positions to fill. In that situation, I would be more open towards approaching the holes from a standpoint of plugging them defensively and emphasizing fit. But when I see that last year we had Duran and Bregman in our 2,3 spots and Breg isnt here and Duran is likely to be traded (and they prob are not great hitters for the increased expectation that comes with hitting in those prime slots) ... Due to that, I approach from a standpoint of we gotta fill out, at least the top half of the lineup before we start worrying about filling up the positions. Bregman, I get the appeal because he checks both boxes. He may not be as good of a hitter as Schwarber, but hes not a guy who if I hate to see hitting second or third behind Anthony (as long as the other one is a blue-chip bat). So Bregman and Schwarber, sign me up. But only if: We know why he looked like he was 40 yrs old after he came back last year. He was as station to station upon his return as Casas was and it seemed like his power was zapped too. If he was still recovering, and I knew it then, but hes fine now cuz xrays and medical opions, I give Breg 5-6 yrs with no hesitation. But right now , Im scared because he didnt look healthy when last season concluded.