Brownie19

At the risk of waking a sleeping giant right before we face him, I'm going to point out that Teo hasn't been very good this year (77 wRC+ since May 1st and just 0.3 WAR for the season) and is on his way to replicating 2023. Everybody and their brother wanted Teo back here this offseason, but perhaps he is in fact declining and our FO may have been onto something. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE Teo and will always root for him, but his profile didn't seem like one that would age well and I never really bought the talk that 2023 was a down year because he played in Seattle where he can't see.

Varland could be the next Liam Hendriks.

Ironically... Red Sox are 25-15 since the Devers trade Giants are 15-25 since the Devers trade

How sad is it that...

Varland is already better than Doval, who wasn't good last year either.

This was a great game! How fun is it to watch Max Scherzer shove in a Blue Jays uniform? I f*cking love it.

They did! Yanks lose. Bird, Bednar and Doval all crash & burn!

I got the same impression...

I tend to agree (although his defense at 1st is quite good I read).

Do you think Clase is elite? I generally agree that you'd like to see a high K rate, but with a GB% > 50%, there are several elite RPers with K/9 just blow 9.

Remember when we traded Liam Hendriks when he had all that control and he went on to shove for the A's? Sometimes it can be massive for teams. Nothing is guaranteed, but Garland is a really good RPer who will help us today and hopefully well into the future.

Doval was balls last year too. I think people are caught up in "names". Dominguez & Varland >> Doval & Bird. It might be better than Doval & Bednar (even if Bednar is the best of those 4).

I don't understand this Ty France thing at all.

Would Dennis Santana be a consolation prize?

Yeah - I think that's best case scenario....that somehow there's a clause or an agreement for him to pick up the option. Unlikely though and frankly I don't care that much. The focus is to make some noise in the playoffs this year.

This is the type of high risk/high reward move that could help win us the world series. I'm cool with it. Now let's land another big bullpen arm.

I'm sure it played a factor - especially at the tail end of a 14 games in 13 days.

That's a good question. I certainly think we've seen baseball trending towards keeping your top prospects. Teams understand just how valuable they are and are much less willing to deal them these days.

I think that's all fair Grant. It is a very interesting topic and yes, organizations have professionals to help with this. I think my question (point?) is whether players have any control over it or not. I mean obviously if they go out drinking the night before, stay up until 4 am before a start, or simply skip all the preparation they typically do - then yes, that's in their control, but I just doubt that happens much these days (certainly not nearly as much as it used to). It is interesting that Bassitt said he wasn't prepared enough - I didn't hear that, but would love to have heard him explain that more. Was his routine interrupted? Was information not available? Did he just slack off? I'd love to know. Personally, I'd just be quite surprised if Berrios didn't do everything in his control to be prepared and focused for today's game. Could there have been factors outside of his control that impacted his focus? yes, for sure. Or this might just have been part of his inconsistent profile, which seems to be part of baseball.

I wouldn't say no to that if reports on Bieber are positive (which I believe they have been).

You hate Ohtani because of the gambling thing and are comparing him to players suspended for domestic violence? (sorry - I'm not trying to attack you today, I swear)

It was just a cramp apparently...

It's two Top 100 batters. I think that's fair. RPing is fragile and inconsistent.

I heard the other day that car thefts are down over 20% this year in Ontario.

Never in doubt boys!