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That and their focus on proximity to MLB. The seem to prioritize MLB-readiness over upside. Only the mid-20s guys they've acquired all suck and the team might have the worst season in history.

I was looking again at the trades Oakland made in 2022, as part of their rebuild. It might actually be the worst year of trades in history. Traded Sean Murphy Matt Olson Matt Chapman Chris Bassitt Sean Manaea Frankie Montas Lou Trivino Christian Bethancourt Received Adam Oller (-1.6 fWAR) Christian Pache (-1.0 fWAR, waived and traded for Billy Sullivan, a bad AAA reliever) Luis Medina (-0.6 fWAR) Zack Logue (-0.4 fWAR) Ken Waldichuk (-0.4 fWAR) Kirby Snead (-0.3 fWAR) Kevin Smith (-0.3 fWAR) Adrian Martinez (-0.3 fWAR) Kyle Muller (-0.3 fWAR) Cal Stevenson (-0.1 fWAR, lost on waivers) Shea Langeliers (0.0 fWAR) Manny Pina (injured and hasn't played a game) Freddy Tarnok (injured and hasn't played a game) J.P. Sears (0.7 fWAR) Esteury Ruiz (0.9 fWAR) J.T. Ginn (24, getting nuked in AA) Joey Estes (21, struggling at AA) Ryan Cusick (23, struggling at AA) Gunnar Hoglund (23, has thrown 3 innings since the trade because of arm injuries) Erubiel Angeles (21, wRC+ of 56 at A+) Cooper Bowman (23, wRC+ of 97 at AA) Royber Salina (22, struggling at AA) They gutted a playoff team, selling multiple stars and 8 quality MLB players. And somehow they've received -3.7 fWAR in return, on aggregate. Every prospect that hasn't played in the majors looks like an org guy at best. Every player who has played in the majors has bombed except for Sears and Ruiz. You could make the argument that they nuked their entire team and the only actual assets they have to show for it are Esteury Ruiz, JP Sears, and Gunnar Hoglund if his arm holds up.

Second in his last 106 games. Slashing 264/324/328 over that stretch. I hope he has something left in the tank, because he's one of the most likeable guys in the game.

Dude is going to have nightmares about screaming helplessly to stop a disaster and nobody listening to him

I’m panicking watching the 2B, who knew exactly what was happening

They need to make a decision before is next start: IL or AAA. He's not an MLB pitcher right now and it's hurting the team.

You spent all offseason pumping the tires of the Mets, Phillies, and Padres along with Texas.

Everyone praising Baltimore needs to stop. Doing nothing to improve that good young team in the offseason was absurd. And that's more apparent now that they look like a possible playoff team. Loser mentality to see the core in place and supplement it with Jordan Lyles, Adam Frazier, and Kyle Gibson.

Japan is ruthless. No mlb team would have demoted him to the minors that fast.

lol @ the Mets rotation

Welcome to Ottawa, Kyle

Harrison Bader's mouth guard is stupid

That's wild

I wonder how concerned they are about Machado. 2 months into a 350M deal and his bat has completely fallen off a cliff. And now he has a broken bone in his hand.

The Padres are the drizzling shits

Man, when I was shopping Jose Abreu I was a bit concerned about the power and obviously trying to de-risk. But I still thought he'd be above average this year and pick up a lot of counting stats in the Houston lineup. He looks completely cooked. One of the biggest sudden declines in recent memory that wasn't precipitated by injury.

This is going to get bites

I would never debase myself by rostering Brad Keller in fantasy baseball.

Now he just hit Machado. And walked Soto. Dude is going to be DFA'd after this.

Brad Keller has 4 walks and 2 wild pitches and it's the second inning

He's a stud

ESPN crew going on about how there are no breaks in a Boston lineup that includes Casas, Enmanuel Valdez, Pablo Lopez, and Reese McGuire.