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Next Tuesday. Complex season ends on Saturday, so expect a lot of promotions of players they want to get more PT. I bet we see McGonigle, Turney, Callahan, Campbell, Briceno too.

I will NOT stand for this Jake Higginbotham slander.

All three bat left. Bigbie bats right. That's a big difference. And if Bigbie turned into Boesch, that's a win.

To answer Barney's grandson's question. Fulmer already returned with the Twins last year.

Nope. It is 20 days total, and he will eclipse that tomorrow. He will be OOO next year, unless there is some mysterious fourth option that Short and Nevin were able to use this year.

(Googles Bo Naylor's handedness) Yep.

... or he can catch on somewhere that has a lefty starting catcher and be a decent platoon partner who can get by in the outfield in a pinch once he figures some things out with his swing.

Barring injury, I am guessing Maton goes down. Vierling playing more third and Maton barely playing, send down the lefty for the lefty.

I would argue the same has been true this year too.

Arb talk is moot. I bet the club option is below what he would get in arbitration, and I'm curious the terms.

They get him for the minimum the rest of this year, but would have to go through arbitration next year for a price tag of about 4-5 mil (because you can't decrease salaries too far in arb). I'd bet he's non-tendered.

Remember that time they took all pitchers in the draft?

Great minds...

I am on board with trading Skubal, by the way. Flexor injuries tend to be Tommy John precursors. Of course the people you are trading him to know this as well, so not sure you can extract max value.

Roster crunches take care of themselves. There isn't looking like one this offseason, and that is all we need to worry about.

https://twitter.com/cmccosky/status/1692267247559958536?t=cfDXCPWT2niXqlL--GH8Zw&s=19

I was under the impression that his whole library went down that path. I'm pretty sure Sweet Caroline was a character not of age. And Neil Diamond had another song or two of that ilk. I believe that girl who would soon be a woman is one by now.

My Golf GPS watch has a step counter on it. Even riding a card, golfing nets a good 5000 steps, and more if there are cart path only restrictions. Granted, I'm more willing to walk for part of a hole to make things easier on my cart mate than he would be.

If he is in the minors the rest of the year, he won't hit 5 years of service time and would still have an option year left. They could absolutely option him in the spring if they so choose. Once he hits 5 years, he can just refuse to go down and they would have to option somebody else.

Optioning does not mean giving up on. It's a perfectly reasonable way to extend control into 2025, and the rotation doesn't really need him.

Turnbull's 30 days are up next Thursday. He hits 5 years service on August 28, at which point he can refuse assignment.

So do you option Turnbull?

I... uh... saw this elsewhere and thought it was funny.

Kinda the point I was trying to make. Wasn't trying to dig at anybody, but I do know that shouting from the rooftops about politics in this era really doesn't change minds and just makes people go away. This thread, in particular, has a lot of tweets from accounts I've muted or blocked because I don't think they advance the discourse (Rupar, Flipowski, etc.). I can just check Newspaper websites to get caught up on things and not be fired up or feel the need to pontificate on social media.

1. Frog is boiled 2. I have cut wayyy down on my politics consumption both here and social media. It is just emotionally healthy. I can follow news like this without spewing opinions all over the place.