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I said “longstanding compulsion,” didn’t I?

I don’t think you could trigger me if you tried. However, I would enjoy reading your writing a lot more if you moderated your rhetorical style to be a bit less authoritarian. And that’s why we’re all here, right? A strange mix of enjoyment and longstanding compulsion.

Why would you think anything you’ve said offends me? I’m just making observations.

I think you’re a smart guy who’s added a lot to this discursive community. I also think you write (and perhaps think) with an overwrought certainty and authority that reminds me of how I expressed myself in adolescence.

But by saying “Anthopoulos missed the run,” you’re implying the window is closed. That’s how those words work. It’s the authority with which you state things that are actually equivocal that’s the issue.

Whether buying or selling midseason, I always favor the strategy of making moves sooner rather than later against the deadline. For whatever reason, Anthopoulos likes to strike early in Free Agency, but more often than not work down to the wire midseason.

Anthopoulos may stupidly sit on his hands and make no more moves this deadline, but the certainty with which you say things sometimes astounds me. How can you definitively say “the run on bullpen arms has happened and it’s over now”? Like, that’s not even evidence-based—there are still plenty...

Not according to MLBTR (unless they’re just describing his addition to the 26-man roster—blurb doesn’t specify):

Carrasco will take it.

Caminiti with 7 Ks in 4 IP. Looks like he’s going to rocket to the prospect lists.

Some ability to take a walk. Light-hitting otherwise. Anybody know anything about his defense/speed?

Similar premise, but the return for Murphy would need to be much more extravagant. (I do think the likely need to make Acuña a most-times DH pushes the calculus, though.)

But why? Drafting in the mid-20s range is a whole different ballgame, requiring different strategies. From historical data, the future WAR outlooks drop off dramatically from 1-1, top five, top ten, and so on. It thus often makes sense to hedge bets in the back-third in a way that doesn’t...

I also think there’s value in freeing up that salary for bigger upgrades in the offseason, while identifying/extracting, as a trade return, some younger/cheaper relief arms that can fill those spots in 2026 and beyond.

He’s never had the opportunity to draft that high. Meanwhile, you’ve never missed a Chicken Little opportunity.

Clutch loss. Now get to trading.

Good.

Not a bad return, considering the obvious primarily goal of shedding Hayes’ future financial obligations. I’m just ready for the Braves to start shedding. It’ll be pretty frustrating, to say the leaves, if Anthopoulos can’t extract something from the benighted season.

It’s called “load management.” Cy’s mom has absolutely mastered it; not sure why this team can’t.

I both think that (a) it’s not a tear, and he’ll be ok after rest and treatment and (b) it’s unconscionable that the staff didn’t overrule him playing today. Bubblewrap him until 2026 and start selling the pieces that make sense to sell. And quit trying to make “Venezuelan Trout” a reality in...