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Given they have two good LHP starters and three more in the bullpen, I'm not sure if I'd agree with that.

It is the same Shelton. And I swear I saw Scottwood post in a thread here recently, though he's not nearly as active as he used to be. He also occasionally posts on a Michigan forum I'm on.

Tonight the magic number is 0. Tomorrow it resets to 13.

Top of the order for KC vs 7-8-9 for the Nats.

Yes, that's why the magic number with the Royals was 7.

Would love nothing more. I've maintained all year that they are an absolute fraud. If a 34 year old Salvador Perez is your 2nd best position player, you have a a sub .500 roster.

Best choice is to have him available for the last game if it's a must win and if you're lucky you can save him for the wildcard round.

We have an off day before and after the series with Baltimore. So we can bump Skubal to the first Rays game and he can pitch two more or normal rest.

Yeah, I'd be fine giving up a backend top 10 type in A ball for him. If we're parting with Clark and McGonigle it would be to acquire a player like Skubal where we're gonna have them for 3 playoff runs. Hopefully we just sign him in free agency. A 2-3-4 of Greene-Vlad Jr-Carpenter would be a lot of fun.

If there are playoff implications the game is guaranteed.

You don't give up that much value for players with one year of control, it's really that simple. Vlad is absolutely someone Id love the Tigers to acquire, he's a perfect fit for exactly what the current young core needs. But I'm not giving up any top 50 prospect for one year of control.

Mario was like a robot out of broadcasting school. Like you said, he was technically competent, but he had no personality or flair. More like a national broadcaster than a home team broadcaster. He is not somebody to yearn for IMO.

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And interviews with random fans while the game is going on.

Yeah, I could see some intrigue there. But also not really enough to worry about losing him, especially cause he's have to skip AAA. And it's entirely possible he could completely fall on his face just in jumping from AA to AAA

Tomorrow.

A 24 year striking out nearly 28% in AA is the profile of somebody you'd expected to fall off a cliff and post a 35%+ K rate against MLB pitching.

Entering tonight he had a K rate of 19.2% in 151 PAs since being recalled. And K rate actually stabilizes pretty well with a sample that pick, so the usual small sample caveats don't really apply. He was at a 149 wRC+ before tonight in those 151 PAs, and none of the underlying numbers were really unsustainable. His BABIP was .352, which may not be sustainable over a 3 year period, but can be sustained over a season. So he's probably benefitted from a little batted ball luck, but not too much. Even if you were to regress the BABIP .30 or so points he'd still clear a 140 wRC+. His ISO is around .230 or so and that's completely sustainable. Can obviously swing a bit year to year, but overall you'd expect Meadows to reliably have an ISO of .200+. Meadows will hit for enough power that as long as he maintains a K rate of 20% he'll be a 130+ OPS+ hitter, and that is starting to look like a very promising and realistic outcome.

I like Avila in the booth.

Are those not his current stats on the scoreboard? NVM I see that's just his career stats vs the White Sox.

I mean, he's absolutely not putting up the 175 wRC+ and 10 WAR pace he was. He's still doing great and performing at an all-star level, he's just not the second coming of Willie Mays.

That would likely be more than offset by more people going to the game because they can be back home a lot earlier on a school night.

Probably. Ibanez first step was in, it was catchable.

Once upon a time there was a 35 pitch an inning limit. Not sure if that's still around, but maybe that could be it.