keggy

A 20 year old toolsy shortstop with a draft pedigree destroying the upper minors is about as attractive a prospect as you can ask for. If Soriano gets us a deep playoff run or two it'll be easier to swallow, but this one might sting. Look at Moreno for a preview.

He's got it backwards, the timing was just the cherry on top. Whether it's spring training, midseason, or the dead of winter people would get upset by those comments. Also if Guerrero is hitting 40 and winning, the interview wouldn't even make any sense. What is this guy babbling about?

I would imagine management uses the back issue as a reason to put Guerrero on the IL before the final homestand to avoid the symphony of booing he will likely get.

Aside from the obvious that we've run out of people to throw out there and the remaining miniscule chance of a postseason spot, I think there's value in getting Yesavage back on a big league mound for a couple of innings. One less psychological barrier to feel anxious about over a long offseason and potential lockout.

I definitely would've kept Cameron until today and brought up Keys tomorrow.

Don't know about now but I remember Lorenzen used to be legitimately fast too.

No arguments that Varsho helped with our short term goals, more than Moreno would have. And yes we should include any bounty from Varsho in our valuation, along with salaries. If the FO wants to get someone to eat Varsho's salary, which is probably the smart move, the prospet return won't be great.

Gausman is an extremely valuable piece to a playoff team and dumping his salary only got us bit pieces. Getting a team to eat Bieber's salary is almost certainly off the table. We would have to eat his salary just to get a lottery ticket back. Probably still worth it due to added roster flexibility for the rest of the year.

Is there a consensus on Bateman's range? Being able to handle CF versus accruing value at CF changes his valuation a lot.

This has some of the same earmarks as the Varsho acquisition. Soriano will be ready to add value to a playoff team right away but losing a blue chip prospect considering age, pedigree, tools, and performance in the upper minors, losing Nimmala is going to hurt. Moreno has already generated more surplus value than Varsho, with additional control remaining. But Varsho more directly allowed us to get to the World Series so we live with it. I'm hoping that is how this one turns out.

Clearly getting the Cubs to eat that entire salary was the bigger priority. This could make sense if they manage to get under the penalties that have major draft implications.

On the last day of the 1998 season Roy Halladay had a no hitter with 2 outs in the 9th in his second career start.

They also stopped pitching him in the 9th entirely.

They haven't pitched Miles since Corbin's last start. They may be planning to build up Miles for a direct swap.

Caleb channeling his inner Buck