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I don't think Jerry would attempt to hire someone like Elias. I'm also not sure he's pay better or if being second banana in Chicago is that big a market upgrade.

And then the owner got involved and hired the drunk to manage.

I think it very unlikely. Look at the owner.

I'm on mobile without my glasses but I'm pretty sure that is what the chart from my copy of The Book had. It should, in a general sense, slightly increase the odds of scoring one run while lowering overall run expectency.

34.2℅ as opposed to 17.9%.

And? If the O's don't throw him in the 9th and they give up a run you are complaining about that. You don't save him for an inning that might not even happen.

You have him pitch the 9th because you might not get a 10th. The O's blow the game in the 9th and folks would be screaming about him sitting in the bullpen.

See, I think that if a guy can't hit he probably won't be able to bunt either. I think they are pretty similar skills.

That is why you don't want Mateo on your team. You get more of that than you do the other.

Cause he's fast and all fast guys can bunt. Also bunting is super easy according to most baseball fans.

I think the fact that they've run 3 catchers on multiple occasions already this year was pretty telling.

I'm just going off the top of my head here for low hanging fruit. But yea, I'm in favor of looking at adding those guys.

Daisuke had one really good year and one solidly above average year out of eight.

I just went with the guy currently on the team for convenience sake. Hideki Irabu. Six years, one year with an ERA+ over 100.

You think Shintaro Fujinami is worth the 3.25M he's making?

He's not old enough to have seen A-Rod or Griffey.

I tried Sosa.

MLB piece on hitters who have improved in the last month. Mountcastle's OPS has jumped 112 points. https://www.mlb.com/news/most-improved-hitters-since-2023-all-star-break

Is Boras good at negotating endorsements and such? I honestly have no idea. I also have no idea why a per-arbitration player is even bothering to pay for an agent unless they are high profile enough to have endorsement deals to worry about.

You are going to hurt your own hip pivoting like that.

Are you suggesting Gunnar has legal problems? That's what it sounds like you are saying.

I don't think he is self aware enough to think the fans don't love him.