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Yeah, why not?

I think choosing McKenna here over the others just says they see this roster spot as a bench role for the time being.

To me, Bradish is good enough and experienced enough that I'm not super worried who his first opponent is. And I think facing the Reds in Cincy may be a tougher assignment than facing the Yankees in Camden.

I think is the last year Adley will be finishing above Gunnar on these lists.

Orioles grid today. 9/9 20:

The White Sox are 3-22 with a -85 run differential. That's over double the next worst run differential in the AL, Oakland's -38.

Only 17 pitches so I'm not sure he'd be out that long. Though I do see he is yet to have a back-to-back this year.

You’d be plenty happy with Gunnar as the output of your 1-1. But yeah, if you take Gunnar 1-1 then there’s no way you get both. And both is better.

Careful @Roy Firestone-- Cranky Frobby™ is on the prowl for bullhockey!

Jorge had an RBI double today and has been hitting pretty decently overall. I think he brings good value to the team in this utility platoon role.

Looking back at the pictures, they wore the standard Baltimore grays in the Friday night loss at KC. Could be as simple as staying with the black because they kept winning.

Dean's upside is better, and I think the closer comparison is between Suarez' upside and Kremer's median outcome.

People in general, but I'm comfortable applying the idea to baseball players and other professional athletes. Yes, to be an MLB player you have to be mentally strong and you have to overcome adversity. But I don't think it's as black and white as, you're mentally strong as a person or you're not. Your mental strength can be different at different points in time just like your other skills are. Mental strength might be one of the skills that is still developing in some players, and it might develop in different ways depending on what environment they're in, including what happens to them on the field.

I wouldn't really call those specific players rushed. I just disagree with you that it's something that never happens or basically can't happen. I also disagree that if someone struggles mentally with something, and that changes their trajectory a bit, it means they were always destined to struggle with that thing because of lower mental toughness. I don't think that's very realistic to how people work and how careers evolve.

Personally I take rushed to mean something a bit milder. I think you're using the word more absolutely than many do, and that's the disagreement. I would call a player rushed if they were brought up before they were ready to perform, and it damaged or delayed their development. Particularly if there was reason to doubt their readiness before the callup. But it doesn't have to be something that ruins them or that they never recover from for me to be willing to call it rushing. Now I'm not sure they rushed Holliday under either definition, since there was tons of evidence supporting the idea of bringing him up.