1984Echoes

"The pressure MUST be on Hamas to agree to it." They won't.

And I'd be fine with PAC's and other indirect-campaign attachments doing the hammering. The Lincoln Project needs to bring out their sledge-hammer. State, Congressional, and especially Senatorial Dems need to hammer at both Trump and this current corrupted version of the Republican Party with a daily barrage of hammering this point home. Both Trump, and his chosen Party, are corrupt, criminal, fascist liars, hot potato garbage that needs to be excised from our Democracy. IMO.

Whatsoever.

1. First bold... WHAT? Blair had a career WHIP of 1.455. Fiers a career WHIP of 1.27. Flaherty has a career WHIP of 1.19. This year's 1.005 closely matches his 2018-21 seasons: 1.106, 0.968, 1.215, 1.06. Seriously, WTF are you talking about? Blair was HOT GARBAGE. Fiers was average, sometimes... Flaherty is a damn fine pitcher. When he's not fighting injuries. You've got injury-plagued correct... But in the Blair/Fiers range having one good season? You are not in the correct ballpark. 2. If they offer him 2 years, or 3, and he takes it, I'll be fine with that. All the injuries are the biggest risk... so it's definitely a risk to extend him. So, if he doesn't accept and prefers FA, then yes, trade him. We'd be lucky to get a good-to-great fielding and above-average-hitting SS or Catcher back in trade... but I think there are a couple out there (meaning AA-AAA guys that are blocked). I will be fine either way... if we get one or the other of these outcomes. 3. I'm calling straight up BS. We are NOT trading all our good players. Horse ****. Where are you getting this garbage? What evidence do you have that this is the path this team will take? Because otherwise, I'm calling this straight up BULL****.

Oh please, please, PLEASE!!!, please... This is the PRIMARY thing that matters. To pierce OZ's curtain and reveal that there's nothing but a grotesque antidemocratic con-artist racist fascist ****wad deuchebag scumbag behind that curtain.

What's max penalty? That's what I predict, or something close to it.

TorKKK = Toledo. IMO.

BADDOO BREAKS EVERYTHING!!!

Biden pardoning Trump? **** no! And there is no such universe where Trump declines to run himself. It doesn't exist.

Who gets to pitch a no-hitter against us today? For at least 5 or so innings to start the game...? I'm losing track...

Anyone think at the Republican National Convention Trump gets tossed out because he's a convicted felon? And they vote Niki Haley as their candidate? There's gonna be odds on that I'm guessing...

For switch-hitters: Looks like MLB pitchers have adjusted to Perez... here's to hoping he can make his own adjustments (and handle the inside pitches that he now seems to be getting a steady diet of...) and stick in MLB. If he can, there's a decent bat with decent power with decent speed and a decent glove... Nothing outstanding, but if there's enough above average he'll be a useful, slightly above average player that can be spotted in multiple places... Trei Cruz is in Erie but he looks like a backup SS & CF'er at this point, at best... I don't know what his chances are... FRANYERBER Montilla is the same age as Clark and is lighting up the Dominican Leagues... but that's quite a lot further away. I don't know if he sticks at SS or slides over to the left or the right...? Somewhere in the 2B-SS-3B range... Don't know what his chances are or how long it takes... but at least several years down the road...

For RH'ers... Looking at Malloy, Dingler, Gold (further away at A+) and maybe Campos (same). I still say swap Tork for Vilade just to see what happens.

I think he needs to be sent to Toledo. He needs to figure something out. Whatever that may be. And he apparently is unwilling to do so in MLB. So let's try AAA.

PS: I guess Jake Miller is another pitcher that could also be an option to move up to a higher challenge at A+

IMO: It's time to move McGonigle and Clark up to West Michigan. Briceno is on short-term DL... but he could probably make the move up as well, IMO. Lastly: I think one other guy could make the move up: Undrafted Free Agent pitcher Zack Lee. He's 23, signed out of college (after the 20th round...) last year, and has a 1.93 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in Lakeland... I don't know what his stuff is... but bump him up.

You seem... EXTREMELY UPSET... with... Honesty.

I got a two week vacation for this.

Because I can read...

Hyperbole. Even a 6 year old child knows how to read a book. Here, read this and tell me what you think: Justin Verlander had a minor leagues 0.995 WHIP. Good pitcher. Since you mentioned him. Buck Farmer had a minor leagues 1.265 WHIP. Not a good pitcher. Felipe Lira had a minor leagues 1.345 WHIP. Terrible pitcher. Keider Montero has a minor leagues 1.405 WHIP. 1.467 WHIP this year in Toledo. He better figure something out really quick (better control, a move to the bullpen, whatever)... Otherwise, I don't think he'll be a good pitcher. Now... Please tell me what the scouts are telling you that makes you think he will turn from a NOT GOOD pitcher, right now in AAA, into a GOOD pitcher in MLB? Because I don't see it. Despite what you THINK the scouts are telling you... Maybe there's something there... but where is it? Show it to me. Don't just BS about "the scouts"... show it to me.

With a 1.41 WHIP in his minor league travails... He might have an awesome breaking pitch... But he sucks. At least for anyone that cares about keeping baserunners off the bases. Unless there are Felipe Lira 2.0 fans out there...?

Put him in the bullpen.

Wenceel Perez. Leadoff Triple. Good at baseball.

POINT!!!

Hah! Sure... I took his OE% down though...