Tenacious D

Dad let Scherzer walk.

Maybe he wants to be “the guy.” He’d always be second fiddle to Aaron Judge with the Yanks.

We got outbid again

What am I missing? His career OBP is under .330. Seems like his value is more defensively than on offense.

That Hot Stove is heating up (close to 375 degrees now). Adames to the Giants, Tyler O’ Neil to the O’s

Packers shouldn’t frighten anyone after last night. We beat a 9-3 team with a handful of players in key roles that weren’t on a 53-roster as recent as last week. We are clearly in their collective heads. We had little business beating them yesterday.

GB’s coach is such a turd. Makes me proud that we have Dan Campbell

Except that the erosion with Arenado is real. With Bregman, it’s speculative. If Arenado isn’t your 3B, he’s useless as a 1B/DH. I’d rather take a risk signing Goldschmidt for a season than trade for and commit to Arenado.

Baby Verlander has you covered. 91% hate it

It’s a trial balloon. Their social media managers are busy crawling the interweb to gauge what the sentiment is around this idea.

I would prefer we avoid Bregman. Slowing down.

Wonder if the Indians made an attempt to keep him? Frankie Montas, with his 4.84 ERA, received two years/$34M from the Mets.

Seems silly, but it’s a 1 of 1. The Skenes card has received a ton of attention because the Pirates are offering a huge bounty to whoever finds it. His famous girlfriend, Libby Dunne, sweetened the offer by saying she’d also throw in an invite to watch the game with her from her suite. A few other rookies have also offered to buy their card from whoever finds it, turning these into a bit of a Wonka Golden ticket.

Keep hitting refresh.

Except that Buffalo is likely to see some a bunch of 2nd stringers, depending on how quickly some guys can come back, as well as if Alex or Hutch could be ready by SB.

Baseball salaries are getting increasingly out of control. Tommy Edman was just rewarded with a 5 yr/$74M deal on the heels of his 0.9 WAR last season.

With our payroll, I think Small Business Saturday is more likely.

I’d love to have Bellinger if the Cubs are excited about a reunion with El Mago. Otherwise, hard pass.

We might be close to getting Juan Soto. Saw it on the internet.

Technically, it was the second time around with Norris, so Olson’s acquisition is unrelated to the original Price trade with the Jays. EDIT: I was wrong. Please pretend like this never happened. Like you should with most of my posts.

Don’t forget the Poutine

Blake Snell to the Dodgers. Not sure of terms. Probably makes Flaherty less likely.

It was the right move at the time. Same as Smoltz for Alexander. Some times you get burned trading prospects, but the majority of the time the team that gets the proven talent wins out.