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Brown has a very short track record but he performing at or above the T Madden/D Smith level right now. Brown would have been a solid return for Det.

it is like a Moroccan bazar, with all sort of players flying back and forth, and all this dude can do is save Chris a little bit of cash

still important

Other Prospects Of Note from FG Gipson-Long, 24, was the club’s sixth rounder in 2019 and has had success in the low minors as a starter, sitting 90-94 with an above-average slider and plenty of strikes.

finally!

Al should go get him

FG on Anglin: Anglin began 2022 at Low-A Augusta where he made a dozen starts before he was demoted back to the Complex League after a seven-run clunker, one of a few nuclear meltdown starts Anglin has had this year. Anglin’s riding fastball sits 87-90 mph and has other elements that help it play up, though he’s still prone to getting hit due to a lack of velo and inconsistent command. His breaking balls are slow, often in the 74-78 mph range, but they play nicely off his fastball. Barely 21, if Anglin can throw harder he’ll become an interesting prospect. His delivery is fluid and loose but he isn’t especially projectable, physically, so that’s not a given.

safe to assume that Hosmer has Det on his no-trade list (he did in 2021) much safer to assume Chris would never sign off on adding his bloated salary absolute lead pipe cinch safe to assume that Al not clever enough to pull it off anyway

SD finally dumps Hosmer as well; he's going to Nats. edit: maybe

Blue Jays asked about Grossman last year when he was producing like he never had before. No idea what they offered but safe to assume it would have been a better return last year. Same for Cisnero, who was great the first half last year and there were some rumors about him. Same with Fulmer years ago. Same with never traded Boyd. Nothing for JD and JV. Complete opposite of DD who constantly turned crap into gold.

so Baltimore sells high on a guy having a career year, who may never be this good again. that's how its done Al.

probably true, but with Greene, Meadows, Baddoo (and Carpenter) all LHH, there is a spot for a RH OF.

Would kind of be impressive if Al can recoup a live body for Barnhart

important thing to remember is this saves Chris some cash

Al is busy reading the directions on the ramen noodles package

imagine having a GM with the vision and confidence to trade our closer when you are up 3 games in the standings?

Cubs get Wesneski, #7 in NYY system.

same story over and over; player goes outside system, sees improvement Hinch credited Candelario’s improvements to the work Candelario put in over the All-Star break. He flew directly to Miami, and rather than taking time off, he went to work with his longtime hitting instructor, Frank Valdez. Candelario says he didn’t make any major adjustments. But finally, things just started to click. “There were no resources (during the break) so you have to figure it out,” Candelario said. “I was working hard with (Scott Coolbaugh) or Mike (Hessman), and then during the break, I worked with Frank. It was the same thing, just things started to go the right way.”

I assume they are playing Grossman until trade deadline. He has a OPS of .999 vs LHP so he might be some team's third choice if they want to get a specific bench piece. If he is still playing for this team next week, it will be maddening.

safe to assume the set back is Al's fault

he had injury set back with Giants in June

that is interesting; for a creative front office (insert insult here), there are many options.

I'll probably be disappointed no matter what, but Fulmer for Andujar (who only has 2.5 years of control left) would be disappointing