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Let me expound on Ibanez. He is a 32 year-old weak side platoon bench piece making twice the minimum. The surplus value is nil, and he is unlikely to warrant staying on the arbitration contract route, meaning he is more than likely bound to be DFA'ed or non-tendered this off-season. He is effectively an expiring free agent. This isn't to say he can catch a hot streak and recoup his value like Mckinstry did. This also isn't to say he won't be traded; he could be a DFA trade guy. But the teams he is most valuable for right now are contenders. Somebody who can be stashed in AAA and maybe be a platoon bat when you can carry an extra bench bat or two in the postseason. Unfortunately, teams trading back end relievers aren't in the market for 32 year-old bench bat non-tender candidates. Maybe if the Dodgers have a roster crunch when guys get healthy and have an extra reliever they are going to be forced to DFA, that could work.

Ibanez doesn't have trade value.

That is just how minor leagues are run. Keep guys fresh at multiple positions and mix-and-match.

Here's your Toledo position players by day since June 1

Per the logs, Hadeen, Dobbins, and Pennington are up to West Michigan. Nothing on the corresponding moves in Toledo for Cruz and Valencia. Erie sent Hebbert down to Lakeland, so they are squared up.

I'd be a bit surprised if Anderson wasn't also on the train. Funny enough, one thing that may hold him up is he was featured in the John Oliver video as one of the guys he trolled, so I wonder if he is hanging around through the Moon Mammoths game for that?

I found one player who has played for the opponent in multiple Comerica games I went to: Seth Smith.

Hah, I have only been to five games at Comerica and now I am curious how many repeat opposing players I have.

With three wild cards, they had to balance the schedules out a bit.

I think the plan was to demote him anyways to make room for Montero tomorrow.

Well, that will make it easier to send Horn down to make room for Montero tomorrow...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html You can copy and paste this for an office I'm familiar with if a plane goes down.

I was thinking that. Looks like Montero gets the next time through the rotation, though because the days don't line up. I could definitely see Melton being on the short list, but it doesn't seem like SGL is going to be out long.

Pacheco and Balazovich activated today. Also PJ Poulin was added to the 40-man to pre-empt an upward mobility clause.

Thank God for Fox. Am I right? 😉

I will also add Jacksonville to the Rays possibility. The current city government has a bipartisan willingness to throw money at the Jaguars, and the new owners are Jax based. Probably a long shot...

For those having issues watching, it is free on MLB.tv tonight.

Yeah those situations aren't settled. And every time this discussion comes up, the answer is "which city/state will pony up the most subsidies?" It sounds like Nashville and Salt Lake are among the tops who have expressed interest, but I wonder if the Titans getting a new stadium tapped the city dry.

Cue up the "bastard people" monologue from Guffman as I start my commute home to bite my pillow.

My guess is SGL is the bulk guy Game 1 and gets sent down to be replaced by Owens game 2. Extra reliever until they activate Olson.

No game yesterday, so why make the move? He can still be backdated to Sunday.

Oh, I know I'm crazy.

I... have receipts.

The video is kinda funny if that is out yet. He showed clips of some of the players talking about him and then roasts them in return.

Had to momentarily unblock these to screenshot...