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Jim Bowden is an idiot, but he just put out his NL Rookie of the Year rankings on The Athletics. His rankings: 1. Drake Baldwin 2. Nolan McLean 3. Cade Horton 4. Jacob Misiorowski 5. Hurston Waldrep McLean being second with 31.2 innings is obvious comical. Glad to see Baldwin at the top...

I'm wondering if it's getting him at bats against high level competition before sending him to the Arizona Fall League.

John Gil is finishing the year in Double A. Heck of a second half for him, but that's a big ask for a 19-year-old to skip High A.

Today's update: T2. Twins T2. Pirates 4. Braves (1 GB) 5. Athletics (1.5 GB) 6. Marlins (2 GB) 7. Orioles (2.5 GB)

No odds movement overnight. Obviously a big one today. Would love to hit Horton hard and still find a way to lose, but I'll settle for just hitting Horton hard and winning.

Standings for the top pick odds below - the White Sox have the top pick odds locked up. Everyone else: 2. Twins 3. Pirates (0.5 GB) 4. Braves (1 GB) 5. Athletics (2.5 GB) 6. Marlins (3 GB) 7. Orioles (3 GB)

Not much odds movement over the weekend. Cade Horton -110 Drake Baldwin +150 Isaac Collins +600

Everyone we are battling for draft odds is losing tonight.

Especially when there have been mechanical changes pointed out that could easily be contributing to the command improvement.

We're only a game behind the Twins for the second best odds, but they're pretty clearly awful and almost seem like they're purposely tanking. I don't think there's any chance we are worse than them the rest of the way. That would lock up the White Sox and Twins with the top two odds, meaning...

Pirates complete the sweep of the Dodgers somehow. We are in sole possession of third best odds now. Twins-White Sox about to get started. A Twins win would mean we’re tied with them for second best odds.

Rome and Augusta seasons end on Sunday, so this was likely Caminiti’s last start of the year: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K. 93 pitches, his career high. Only three outs came through the air.

Southisene now up to 50 plate appearances as a pro and hasn’t walked once.

As you'd imagine, big shift overnight. Horton back to the favorite, going from +130 to -115. Baldwin from -110 to +160. Collins from +500 to +550.

Pretty much worst case scenario so far - Horton dominant, Baldwin hitless, Braves still win to hurt the tank.

Pirates shut out the Dodgers (and have Skenes on the mound tomorrow). If we lose tonight, we’ll be in sole possession of the second best draft odds.

Horton got pulled around 70ish pitches in his last start too. They’re trying to manage his workload down the stretch since they’ll likely need him in the postseason and he hasn’t thrown a ton of innings in previous years. Hopefully that hurts him down the stretch but I’m grasping for straws at...

Collins three-run bomb in the first inning.

Our next 10 games are against playoff teams (@CHC, SEA, CHC, @HOU). After that, 10 of our final 13 games are against the Nationals and Pirates - with a three-game series @ Detroit sandwiched in there, too. That inevitable hot streak over the last 13 games is going to be extremely frustrating.

Also worth noting, we need to be rooting for our odds to stay in the top 3. That way, the worst case scenario would be picking 9th. If you get the fourth best odds, you could fall to 10th (although a very small chance). And if you fall to 10th in this draft, you actually fall to 13th because of...