Laika

He will always be Delete_My_Account to me

Crazy how quickly things change. Last year, the Franchise was at risk of contraction. Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro looked like limp-dick bottom 10 execs. The team could not draft or develop. Many players on the team were in decline, or past their peak. Vlad and Bo were set to leave and the window was going to shut. There were no good prospects on the way. The only players under control would have been 2 WAR flawed players like the fat catcher Kirk and his swiss-cheese swinging centrefielder Varsho. The payroll was bloated short term, and perhaps the only good thing you could say about the organization was that they luckily were not saddled with lots of long term commitments. Fast-forward to June 2025. The team is cooking with gas. Bo is back. Vlad is here forever. Kirk is a top 5 C in baseball again. Barger is a stud. Clement is a divine defender. There are tons of positive developments on the farm and prospects rising the ladder. There are signs of good MLB development from guys like Barger, Lukes, Y-Rod. The org can produce an elite reliever at will - Little, Flu, Fisher. The veteran starting pitchers are still themselves. Ross Atkins is googling how many World Series he needs to win to get a statue. Connorp and Grant barely post. My erectile dysfunction is 20% better. Wild.

Not to mention the waves of prospects climbing the ladder. Shrek and Flamingo are dunking AAA already. Ye Savage has his next start in AA - a few weeks of domination there and he can be the SP5 on the big team for the push.

Dude has played 16 games and already has 2 all-time catches and multiple other five star catches. Is he the best CF ever or is this just a heater? Offensively, he was good enough in the minors... he can probably scrape something approaching competence together in time even if it comes with a 35% K rate. He hit the ball 115.2 mph in AAA this year so he's not hopeless, that's a solid top end velo so worst case scenario he could be a guess hitter like Michael A Taylor

waves... the waves are here

Not anymore. A week ago I think Dingler was ahead of Kirk in fWAR. Carlos Narvaez is somehow at 2.5 fWAR and still ahead of Kirk but xwOBA says it's partly luck.

One more box to tick then he is a potential callup. If he dominates for several weeks at AA, why not?

Lame effort by Ernie. I hate the bunt there. You already have the lead...

Every pitching chance tonight by Schneider was fine and maybe optimal, lol. Wow Clase!

Did baseball solve Little? Just never swing...

Yesavage to AA

time is also not on Ernie's side as he is already 29 and his overall offensive profile is pretty fringe, so some minor skill loss could turn him into a bench player at best. this is anecdotal but it feels like the players with very high swing rates don't age as well. there is this funny archetype of MLB player we see now, where they live in AAA until their late 20s then debut at their physical peak for a few years of surprisingly good production before they turn into a pumpkin

They can have Joey Loperfido and Will Wagner!

oh we all hate the Cardinals

Funny, Eno Sarris has Bowden Francis ahead of Berrios and Scherzer in his rest of season pitcher rankings https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6375745/2025/06/03/sarris-mlb-starting-pitcher-rankings-rest-of-2025-season/

Soroka is a nice trade target Sandy Alcantara would be a neat buy-low Those are probably my favourite 2 options from teams who will obviously sell That + the idea of plucking a Rockies SP for free and instantly fixing them

Can the Jays score 8+ runs today?

what is the point of letting connorp post at all?

Kirk is the obvious one. Clear #2 C in the AL. You can make a decent argument for Gausman and Bassitt - 14th and 17th in AL SP fWAR with ERAs under 4; 9th and 16th in FIP; Bassit tied for 4th most Wins. Brendon Little is the dark horse All Star candidate. 5th best qualified ERA with tons of whiffs and 10 holds. Vlad doesn't quite deserve it this year. Same for Ernie. Both could slide in if guys above them in production cannot play, though. Vlad might just make it because Vlad.

too bad the hockey and ball games start at the same time. better when they are staggered by an hour at least. Minnesota people like hockey too. Maybe we can all agree to slide the game up to 6 Eastern?

who is on the bump?

B******* must not want to pitch the 7th with how he is doing this inning.

They just told Walker they might use him in high leverage so he felt better about getting demoted to the pen Dude is cooked and would have been out of MLB after 2024 if not for his contract. Getting lucky somehow this year, though. He might be better than Bowden Francis actually.

lol 7 pitch inning from C Bass salt the wound!