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So, looking at Tommy Hanson in 2010, when he threw 202 innings and seemed to be on the verge of stardom.... What stands out looking at the game logs are the number of pitches he threw very early in the season. He was at or over 100 pitches in each of his first three starts and in six of his...

You kind of have to do some creative finagling with definitions and boundaries to make Meta's stat accurate -- you have to focus only on starters and ignore relievers, "drafted" means that guys like Fried who we indisputably developed don't count, you have to use bWar and not fWar, etc. But even...

Geez, Hanson only racked up 4.9 WAR in his career? He was at 6.7 after his second year. Also, who here knew that Mike Minor was worth eight WAR for the Rangers in 2019?

You people are a bunch of paranoid weirdoes. There's no way he could hurt his finger as a result of slipping on ice? Have you ever, you know, fallen? There are a thousand different ways Kim might have reached out to brace himself that could have a resulted in a finger injury. Weird stuff happens...

However obnoxious one might find the Dodgers, the idea that it's a good idea for the long-term future of baseball to instigate a potentially devastating lockout all so you can restrict the spending of the team that had the fifth-best record in baseball last year is not a position I agree with.

I think our pitching concerns are less about projections, which by nature cluster around a median, and more the downside variance. There is absolutely a scenario where everything works out great for the starting staff -- Sale is hale and healthy like he was in 2024, Strider bounces back...

Why can't we be as dedicated to winning as the Angels, Royals and Orioles?

Because Arraez is one of the most celebrated players in baseball in 1978.

Rosenthal briefly discussed the Braves' pursuit of a starter on his podcast. Thinks Framber Valdez is unlikely. Not much substantive -- they really want a good starter, no one quite knows who that will be.

But both are related to Franklin Foyer, the inventor of the fancy-pants lobby. Neither, however, are related to Franklin Foer, the Atlantic writer who occasionally does interesting stuff but is mostly just a shrug-inducing establishment journalist.

Either it means the contract offer had significant incentives baked in or Rosenthal is saying that the A's might have been willing to offer even more if Kim negotiated with them.

Per Rosenthal:

You opted for Macy's as your reference for a top-end store in the year of our lord 2025?

I also like that we're not tied to Kim long term. He looked solid after coming over, but he's still a player on the wrong side of 30 with a useful-but-precarious skillset and major shoulder surgery in his recent past. I'm glad we didn't have to go to an uncomfortable contract length just to...

I am nodding respectfully.

May your turkey be stuffed as effectively and as extensively as Cy's mom.

I will defer to the judgement of Cy's mom on package size.

Missed that he's a former first-round pick.

I'm getting kind of tired of this thing where we trade for someone I've never heard of, so I go to B-Ref and try to find something of value with the guy. He was reprehensibly bad last year, even within the context of Coors Field -- 70 ERA+, 11 HRs in 42 1/3 IP, 25 Ks, 20 BBs. Was kind of a big...

Am I remembering incorrectly, or was Horsehide Harry a pretty grandiose writer and poster? Like, every post was a thesis he was nailing to the cathedral door?