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No doubt he's the best option now but I wouldn't be opposed to bringing in a better option in the off season. Especially considering the uncertainty of his opt out and his offense has not been up to his career averages.

Guy with a 1.53 whip and 1/1 SO/BB ratio to close it out.

Maybe I'll just pay for MiLB.tv next year.

What a joke

Fangraphs isn't impressed by his defense.

They just said it's Miggy's right knee which has been causing him a lot of pain the last three weeks.

At least in the booth they can talk about a great team. A team from almost 40 years ago but a great team.

For Baez, I wouldn't say he's definitely our shortstop. If they sign someone better I would move him off short. Greene, I'm not sure if he stays in center. The dives and running plays look good but how long can he maintain that before it takes a toll on his body. With him and Tork, they could both end up at AAA to start.

Is any position player guaranteed a spot next year? I would say Haase deserves a back up catcher role. That's about it. Depending on who can be added to the mix, I wouldn't guarantee any position to anyone at this point.

So that's the reason some guys have lost 100 to 200 from their OPS?

I'll see your two errors and I'll raise you

He just went on contact. He looked back at the shortstop but he was more than halfway home.

Wake up Baez

So what's up with the new ball? We've seen our hitters achieve all time lows but looking around the league there are a lot of established players having down years. There are also some players having great years. Anybody figure out an explanation for this season yet?

They had to so they could call up Daz to sit on the bench.

Almost identical to deGrom last night. Jobe = deGrom. Jobe deGoat!

It's all ping pong's fault.

I have to disagree with his take. "improve..pool of position players." Why is July the time for this? July is usually the time to sell established players for prospects which he did. A low grade for the return may be justified. I don't know what kind of players were available. To improve the position players makes much more sense during the offseason. Holding onto talent now may facilitate a trade in the winter of major leaguer for major leaguer. That's not usually the case in July. Once the free agent market starts, there's usually some guys pushed out their roster and at that time we may be happy to have a Jiminez or Soto to package for a hitter.

Next year they have contracts for Cabrera, Baez, Schoop and Meadows. They can non tender some guys if they really need to save money. They definitely have room to add some good hitters.

They could force the issue with Cabrera by signing or trading for some good hitters.

That's a good point. It's impossible to negotiate if you can't even get a conversation going. "We want impact players." "So does everyone else. Develop them yourself." Development of talent has been an issue for this team for a long time.

Win!

Javy!

Soto 29 pitches in 1.2 innings last night