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It also assumes that Wright continues to perform and that none of them (Fried-Morton-Anderson-Wright) get hurt for an extended period. Just a lot of 'ifs'. I tend to understand the reason for the concern, but I also understand the rationale that after we made an offer for Verlander, there...

Every time I look at Langelier's stats I shed a tear. Every time I watch Bill Contreras slam one over the fence I feel a little better.

Vines has serious Bryce Elder vibes to me. Four pitches average to plus pitches, 92-94 with sink, simple and repeatable delivery, good athlete. I think Vines will face a similar adjustment to what Elder is facing as he gets higher- they are both guys who should be groundball pitchers but who...

My understanding is he's unlikely to play in the field after traveling and he's unlikely to play at all in day games after night games until July. Does that sound right re: restrictions to his playing time?

Definitely true for anything of value. Someone like Pham- one year deal and a terrible start- isn't necessary going to cost a crazy amount. But I'm fine hoping Demeritte can keep up a hot streak. I do worry about the viability of Duvall as an every day player with the current baseball.

They've all gotten off to bad starts, but Pham and Naquin might also be better than what we currently have.

It would be interesting to see what would happen with an MLB team in Charlotte. The biggest markets without a team currently are (in order of size): Orlando, Sacramento, Portland, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Salt Lake, Hartford, Columbus, Greenville-Spartanburg, Austin...

I don't get the sense Cy is being serious. Hasn't been reported anywhere, and Acuña was taking BP after the lineup was already released without him in it.

This is the levity I needed tonight. Epic stuff. I hope VA brave is still here in a couple years when Cusick never got to the bigs, Langeliers/Pache are fringe starters, and Olson goes from marching Freddie’s production to vastly surpassing it. I truly didn’t realize there were fans who would...

Lets revisit in...2026?

I felt the same way. He had a couple of changeups last night that just seemed like a completely different pitch for him. Maybe he just had a really good feel for it, but if he adds that to his typical mix he's even more scary than usual.

One of a few that I thought were going out tonight. Ball doesn’t seem to be traveling at all.

If Minter comes in and gets Freeman, the win probability probably ends the inning between 80-85%- making a win something like 5-6 times more likely than it was after Newcomb finished the inning. So if you have that situation 10 times in a season and you manage it correctly, you probably earn...

Kinda surprised Ronald is playing RF tonight?

There it is. Adios, Sean.

Career 5.70 ERA against them. So I guess we can call that...relative success?

Of course I'd rather have Newcomb off the roster and I agree that is also an issue. But the fact that we have to constantly worry about Snitker-proofing the roster tells you all you need to know. Every team in the majors has a bad pitcher or two on their roster. Most are smart enough to not toss...

No one is asking him to manage like its the late innings of a World Series. It made all the sense in the world to bring in a half decent reliever in the 4th. As Enscheff notes, leverage changes during the course of a game. Use Minter, keep the game 3-0, and see what happens. If the Dodgers score...

The Phillies seem to be on track to continue being the Phillies. Hopefully the Mets are also keen on emulating their season from last year.

This is true- he plugged Rosario into the right spot at the right time. However, he let Heredia strike out against Graterol with the tying run on second and two outs rather than pinch hitting Dickerson. I remain thoroughly convinced that Snit will manage us out of at least one title during...