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That's fair. Tate and Akin are in similar tiers for me. Tate has been a little "unlucky" where Akin has been a little "lucky". @Just Regular - It’s nice to have talent for sure. The IL usage will be interesting to watch. Wells can be lumped in with the SP/RP flex role. But we haven't seen Means in an RP role. If history is a guide, that's a tiebreaker and pushes the rest of that group to the BP regardless of matchup. Does the math change for matchups? Will we see that many longmen in the pen? Fine for eating IP during the season, but for the playoffs?

I'm not sure how they'll handle the end of the NYY series. A single game might be a pure matchup and trend line question that could bump Irvin ahead of Bradish (I haven't looked but based on other posts...). After that, Burnes/Grayson/Bradish is our top 3. Then Kremer is a solid #4. Maybe the use their positional flexibility thing for the #5 spot and play the matchup deciding between LHP Irvin and RHP Suarez? It just would take a little planning ahead to know which is available out of the pen over a few days ahead of the next scheduled start. Ramirez is a voted off the island. Means gets squeezed a bit at this point. He hasn't shown enough to be ahead of Irvin or Suarez this year. Each start in AAA carries a lot of weight though. They will play the controllable arms gam with those who have options for a little while. Baumann, Webb and Akin have to post up from here on. This is the group when Perez and Wells are back. I'm not sure what Akin is doing but I wonder if it's sustainable. Assuming health and expectations: Kimbrel, Cano, Coloumbe, Tate, Suarez/Irvin, (Perez, Wells). Which leaves one spot to be upgraded... I'd love to get a guy ahead of Cano (market depending). But the Cano/Coloumbe tier is my floor.

Great footwork by Westburg to around the ball.

Mounty absolutely killed that HR!

Boom! Adley!

Good stuff on the farm yesterday! Creed's HR was a laser! Of course Bradish and Bright! Looked like Acevedo would have been out at 3B with a more accurate throw. Silas might have a ML future!

The two pitchers before him threw 3.0 IP each. Then he threw 1.0 IP. The guy who came in after him let two inherited runs score. It's a mess.

https://images.app.goo.gl/bYeUrZvCYF6sxxVQ8 Rickey knows Rickey was right!

By a nose...

https://basetunnel.substack.com/p/what-raising-a-chess-prodigy-has Jackson Holliday is only mentioned once but the whole thing revolves around "what next" for special savants...

10-4 while he's been on the team. I would have carried him a bit longer. But woof is an understatement. Here's to better days ahead for Jax!

Triple-slash as a team: .192/.266/.292. "Good" for a .558 OPS.

I think HOU will pick it up when some SPs get healthy. NYM has the horses and the motive, but they've been a grab bag of results. Ottavino is having a career year but if they are selling, he's a potential.

Yeah, the limited IP so far is small. But it feels like he's not at the right level of competition. Of course it's also as much competing against himself (pitch shape, location, etc. that the team tracks) as against the hitters too. Like you mentioned elsewhere, he's younger than DeLeon.

All of that is a fair argument. But the upside X factor on the yoots in question is there too.

I have to think SP injuries across the league has more impact than injured hitters. In theory, it should increase runs/game across the league. But as @Say O!said, CHW, MIA...

I'd like to see him promoted soon to see how his limited # of bullets perform this year against better competition.

All offseason some were fretting the 1-run wins, pythag, no Bautista, etc. I didn't think it would be as crazy as our concerns because our hitters are on their ascent or have high floors. Will the 2027 Orioles supplant the 1927 Yankee lore? Let’s go!

If the QO hurts his market, that could increase the.likelihood of him accepting. Then he can't be QO'd the next year. As Emmett said, he's pretty close currently. So 2024 will influence the teams and his decision.

That's what I was thinking too. Tough break for the LAA.

It's when a large market (non-revenue sharing recipient team) finishes low in the standings, it limits their draft slot. Hard to differentiate between sucking on purpose or more organic reasons... but the large market teams can at least band-aid the issue with money.

Yep. Wading through pages of drama just for the next nugget is tiring...

There is no rule. It's determined in the court of public opinion at mediated by the high priests of the media.

And that's why you have pitchers. Especially if you're targeting K%.