TwistedLogic

I'm staying optimistic.

Nice.

Was only a matter of time with the way this game was going. Rays were getting guys to 2nd or 3rd every inning it seemed.

Damn, that was a tease lol.

Damn, Country Joe is home plate ump tomorrow.

Shh you didn't see anything.

Great catch but I think he had more time to double up Kiermaier at 2nd.

Oh no.

Man, Springer has been making some decent looking swings lately that just seem to have no power behind them. They really need that knee to heal and I don't know if it will if they keep playing him.

Err, what was Vladdy doing on those sliders? They weren't even particularly deceitful. They started low and ended up lower. Did he think they'd rise?

I'm looking for Vladdy to hit two homers today. One to tie Eddie Mathews for most homers in a season by a player aged 22 years or younger, and another to break the record.

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If we're ignoring the trade aspect, I go 15 years, 450M on Tatis. Easily. The NBA is about to get a $75B dollar TV deal. With the way things are moving these days, 30M in 2036 is not going to be a franchise-crippling amount. When it comes to the trade itself, it's hard to draw from precedent here because I don't think a player of Tatis' calibre has ever been traded at this stage and with this contract, but I don't think you'd get him for just spare parts and lottery tickets. Like obviously there's some background here with the Stanton and maybe even Arenado trades, but those trading organizations were absolute garbage fires. The Padres have question marks but they aren't nearly as pathetic as the Marlins and Rockies. I truly believe that if Tatis was moved, it would be closer to what you see a max contract player being traded for in the NBA and it would still take a massive haul.

Honestly, I think A is my ceiling. I f***ing love Tatis and the idea of him batting next to his buddy Vladdy makes me salivate, but the package it would take to get him in the first place would already make me sick to my stomach. You're probably looking at a price tag of something like Bichette, Moreno and Martinez before even considering the dollars. I like Tatis but any realistic trade scenario involves taking on a huge injury risk and giving up multiple players that have a not-insignificant chance of becoming near or as good as him. So yeah if I do pull the trigger on a Tatis trade, the current contract is probably the extent of how far I go, because in my opinion, it carries enough risk as it is. Now if you were to invert your question and go backwards, meaning something like: a) 13 years left on deal, starting when he's 23 years old (pre-2022) 12 years left on deal, starting when he's 24 years old (pre-2023) c) 11 years left on deal, starting when he's 25 years old (pre-2024) And so on. In that case, I probably still consider trading for him in the 2025 landscape. You're still getting some cheap years at the front-end, he's still relatively young, and while you've sacrificed a bunch of prime production, you also have a lot more data on his skillset and health. When he's nearing in on Stanton's age when he was traded, that's when I become more hesitant of going for him at all.

Serious question: If Fernando Tatis Jr. ever became available in trade with the condition that the acquiring team would have to take on 100% of the remaining salary, would you want the Blue Jays in on that or would you be too wary of the Stanton contract (young, injury-prone superstar with ~300M remaining).

lmao, Yankees randomly catching shots from the Fisher Cats twitter.

Two wins down. 21-8. Three wins down. 20-8. Four wins down. 19-8. Five wins down. 18-8. Six wins down. 17-8. Seven wins down. 16-8. Eight wins down. 15-8. Nine wins down. 14-7. 10 wins down. 13-7. 11 wins down. 12-7. 12 wins down. 11-7. 13 wins down. 10-6. 14 wins down. 9-5. 15 wins down. 8-5.

If that missed strike call comes back to hurt the Jays I'm going to be depressed. Nevermind lol, Jays good.

The Red Sox are annoyingly clutch. They always seem to answer the second the other team takes a lead. Here's hoping the O's come up with a miracle rally in the top of the 9th to steal this one away.

Wow.

Also, if he's been dealing with pain in his neck, that could definitely be a cause for bad control.

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Ryu taking a break is probably the best thing for this team right now. Guy's been absolutely ass lately.