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Tyler Nevin 2-run HR scores Darell Hernaiz in front of him. Nestor Cortes mad.

Gelof's bad fortune is Darell Hernaiz's good fortune - MLB Network crawl has him as the call up.

It is fun that if Tyler Wells' "injury" is one of the steps in the growing process from being Raysian to being Dodgers-ian that in a week if Elias feels it is his A team he could have Means, Cionel, Wells and Bradish back on his roster. I'm sure he'll go slower than that but personnel management for the Yankees series could be illuminating.

Before the game on Friday! We might need him to handle Brent Rooker.

Free look at the next two opponents as OAK-NYY at 700 tonight looks like the only night game on getaway day. As if this series wasn't already uneven enough on paper, Oakland had a bad break yesterday as Zach Gelof strained an oblique and is heading for the IL. Maybe not as bad a break as Cody Bellinger and Triston Casas apparently breaking ribs. The A's have competed well with the Yankees so far this week - it would be nice if their A relievers have some work to do tonight.

I've wondered if Bradish has a good Friday is he back for game 4 of the Yankees series, and I guess Cionel rates the same kind of wonder if he bounces back and has another good enough appearance. He's kind of a short term quiz who does Elias think can compete best with Anthony Rizzo and Juan Soto.

Even if EBJ busts, maybe Colton Cowser or Dylan Beavers can defend CF as well as Aaron Judge? I wonder if Mullins can beat the Nimmo contract where that would peg him among best contracts earned by late round draft picks, but that's still two years away.

Thanks, I missed that detail probably multi-tasking in the game thread. I do think Kimbrel has a good shot*...Wagner should go in next cycle, and the electorate in the coming years will be wrestling with how Epstein, Friedman, etc. have improved per pitch efficiency by downsizing the workload literally any individual pitcher can shoulder. There can't not be any Hall of Famers with all this run prevention going on. I think now that he's officially retired Strasburg will be a good debate. Bumgarner too, though I don't believe I've seen that guy yet admitting any retirement. *better shot if say he can get the last out of an important postseason series or three in 2024.

The Mariners and Rangers are lollygagging like its the AL Central so it'll help the Astros stay in longer even if they don't start reversing the 10 games under .500 thing immediately. They'll go on a heater at some point. Helsley on the Cardinals is an interesting one - Elias got a deal done with STL last year when in the final weeks the GM accepted reality. Kyle Gibson isn't done competing in 2024 yet though.

Its worth mentioning those 2023 Braves also have the seasonal wRC+ record since integration, beating the peak Astros, Big Red Machine, Harvey's Wallbangers, whatever Jeter/Manny Yankees/Red Sox unit is your favorite, etc. The 2024 Orioles and Braves are on top of them all right now if you split seasons, but that's just like Luis Arraez hitting .450 25 games into the season. I believe Sigbot expects Holliday, Mayo and Basallo to all be more than Westburg, so either Elias is going to get his biggest bust sometime in the next few years or there's a chance the run production will be pretty special. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&month=0&ind=1&team=0%2Cts&startdate=&enddate=&season1=1947&season=2024&sortcol=18&sortdir=default&pagenum=1

Easy baseball math, what percentage of Brady Anderson's career best HR number by an Oriole leadoff hitter might Gunnar climb to? 74%? 86%? More?! 8 in April with five home games to go, though that would get the Consecutive Games played thing into the 30's if he doesn't pit stop before NYY.

Cionel Perez logged a AAA inning tonight as if the roster wasn't getting tight enough as the Bradish-Means rehabs work towards the finish line. Oriole pitching by July 31 won't be growing like it needs to if some new DFA territory doesn't get broken.

I noticed Kevin Brown skipped to calling him a Hall of Famer during his showdown with assured Hall of Famer Mike Trout in the first game of the series. I don't know that he's for sure yet but he is in a spot where every great performance feels like he's that much closer to the goal line. No big demerits if an old guy's arm is all used up by late.

I customized this leaderboard trying to get Mason Miller's 50% K rate into its appropriate Edwin Diaz-Felix Bautista context, and danged across 2022-2024 if 2024 Craig Kimbrel isn't right there in the top tier. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&lg=all&type=1&ind=1&stats=rel&team=0&startdate=&enddate=&month=0&season1=2022&season=2024&qual=10&sortcol=7&sortdir=default&pagenum=1 Should OAK move Miller, I think Edwin Diaz-Jarred Kelenic is one decent example from recent seasons what a Bat for Relief star structure might look like.

Holy Rio Ruiz, Batman!