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Agree. It's really hard to know right now because we may see unprecedented DFA/mon-tender action. But given what we know now, Melancon is the good option given cost control since his effectiveness still looks to play for another year or two, even at his age.

Enscheff and his toadies like to wander around the playground and kick sand in everyone's face. Demand lunch money. Leer and demean. The rest of you can stand for yourselves or not. But, he's getting a punch to the balls every time he comes for me. I won't seek him out. Or his toadies. But...

I think Melancon has to go due to his age unless he is super cheap. Greene really hasn't been trusted all that much since he arrived. I guess it would depend on the type contract and amount he wants. I might kick the tires on Wade Davis who should be super cheap if he decides to play, if I...

I could see something more along the lines of Inciarte for Grichuk. Toronto wants to move Grichuk and his money: 21/$10.33M, 22/$9.33M, 23/9.33M but still need a viable CF Ender is: 21/$8M, 22/$9M club option or $1M buyout. Grichuk wouldn't play CF for the Braves where his defense is a...

I have not vanished. Some of us have careers where we do things like earn a living. Just because I don't choose to celebrate with you doesn't mean I'm not celebrating. In this case, I am not saying it's not you. I'm saying it is you. I don't like you. You are a jackass. A weasel. I hope that's...

Yep. Freeman can stay.

There is no one type GD thread. Not even two. There are 57 different types. Slippy should be allowed to identify as any type and we should all accommodate that choice, even if it requires billions of dollars, creates huge amounts of confusion and potential liability, overturns 5,000 years of...

Happy Hogan more like

Game 4 we thinking Tomlin then Matzek then Greene?

It's the eye patch

The Phillies really have no choice but to be one of the highest payroll teams in baseball. They made that decision when they signed Harper. And then they followed that up by signing Wheeler. Moving away from that now would be like aborting a complicated dive from the 30 meter platform about half...

Step one is achieved. No asterisks allowed. If the Braves can get bounced in a one game WC, winning a 3 game series is absolutely legit. Interesting how the brackets have worked out. Braves Marlins and Astros A's are somewhat under the radar. Yanks Rays and Dodgers Pads will get all the press.

Angels have made some dumb moves primarily pushed by their owner (Pujols is an absolute albatross and has been for years) and Upton. Then they had some bad luck (albeit somewhat self inflicted) with Ohtani - pitch and hit? He may never be the same and certainly won't pitch. They are not big...

I think the DH goes for the year and comes back as a concession to the players in the next agreement.

Bauer, Gray and Castillo are more stuff guys than junk ballers and they are around the plate. Probably better for the Braves hitters especially if Acuna is healthy.

It's hard to know how to project the offseason. The COVID shortened season with associated pro-rated payroll will still be trumpeted by ownership as huge, HUGE losses for 2020. That may or may not be true. But it doesn't matter since it will be a retarding issue for the offseason. The upcoming...

Bauer seems plenty talented but so much of a weirdo that it seems that it's more of a center of attention mechanism than anything else. He seems like he could be very disruptive. Cleveland tends to handle there guys pretty well there normally and he still had some run-ins. I also wonder...

Problem with that is not necessarily what it means for him but what it means for the rest of the rotation. If he pitches every 4 days, at a minimum the other starters have less routine and lose starts. Everybody else pitches on 4 days rest. He pitches on 3. Seems like other starters would be at...

I'm a centrist in all this. My whole purpose above was to point out that the so-called "boomer" generation, of which I am not a member, did the same exact things that the current one is doing. And what did it get them? Apparently nothing, since 50 years later we are at it again. Both right and...

Well, we do try.