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No chance that is an error wtf. now that is an error.

Bwahahahahhahaa baseball is cruel

Wow. Worth the price of admission.

Is Kevin brown in the game thread??

The K pitch to Cowser was filthy.

Thats why they waited. Didn’t want to take the bat out of his hand early in the count with a runner on base.

Yeah, Kremer not paying attention to the runner.

You want to throw a “strike to ball” pitch. Deliberately missing does no good and doesn’t help you set up your next pitch.

I read an article that suggested Baumann was DFA'd because he is more valuable than Perez, could likely be traded, and they'd have more power over where he ends up. There's a pitching log jam coming, and they'd like to acquire a high-end piece, so they want to start clearing out space and are doing so in an attempt to get value back instead of simply DFAing and losing the player.

Speed kills.

Great post. A lot of good info. My argument is winning builds a brand more than a single player. I never said anything about low payrolls. I caution against making emotional decisions by signing fan favorites to long term expensive deals…..Kinda like How KC signed Gordon to a long term expensive deal in 2016 right after winning the WS in 2015. As stated in your post, it didn’t work out. Now, if we could somehow pull off the 7 year 26MM deal Perez signed early in his career, sure go for it. But I don’t think anyone will be willing to do that. @Yossarian how’d I do?

Second times a charm

I’d take that.

It’ll be curious to see what happens. I see a guy that can’t throw strikes and when he does he gets hammered with meh stuff. A 4.5 era 1.44 whip guy with significantly less Ks than IP is a dime a dozen in MLB.

I will be surprised if Baumann gets claimed. I think he will be in AAA and that was part of the calculus for the move.

Believe so.

Just announced that Os are giving everyone that stuck around tickets to future game for the inconvenience the delay caused.

Got a hat for me and the boy on round two. The man knows how to grow a brand.

It was a Koozie lol - missed the hats

Just got gear thrown by Rubenstein

Cardinals fans are up in arms with their ownership & FO for their inability to develop bats. They’ve been failing for years. They are a smart fanbase and were built on being successful for multiple decades due to their ability to develop players.

I’m not 100% against it. I just think the value proposition is low. You will only get 2 or 3 good years form an extension before the asset starts to diminish. That handcuffs you for the future. If the player takes a deal that’s not in his best interest, sure. But that isn’t going to happen. Long expensive FA contracts seldom work. Adley & Gunnar are going to require long and expensive contracts. Therefore I don’t think it’s in the best interest of the team to do so. The long term viability of the team is on their ability to scout and develop.

Rays have not won much. They havnt been dominant. They’ve been a solid team with a crap stadium that’s very far away from their fan base. Located somewhere else, they’d have solid attendance. The A’s on the other hand are a bad example for your argument. After a dominant 70s (with titles) from 1981-1993 they were one of the most popular teams in the country and never averaged less than 11th in the league in attendance (finishing 2nd twice, 3rd twice, and 4th twice) while making it to 3 WS & winning 2.

Dang. Took a gamble. Tarp is still on. Looks like rain 5-530/6. Prob a 630 game start.

Remind me what they won?