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On 4/17/2024 at 11:17 PM, 86this said:

He's finally making the show.  I followed him after he was traded just to see how bad the trade was going to be.  I guess we'll see how he performs for the Brewers.

It was a bad trade not because Tobias Myers became great, at least not yet, but the Rays traded Myers for Caminero who was the #2 prospect at one point last year.

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8 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Stewart was mocked when he was here, but he’s managed to carve out a serviceable career.   Of all the no. 25 overall draft picks, Stewart is 20th in WAR and 14th in AB.  It wouldn’t be that surprising if he ends up 9th in AB if he can hang around for another year or two.  I’m not saying he was a great pick, either in terms of strategy or results, but there have been many worse picks.

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On 5/21/2024 at 7:31 PM, emmett16 said:

Cesar Prieto is having a hell of a year. 7 HR 10 2b

.340 / .377 / .556 slash line.  

And Jack Flaherty is putting up the numbers we'd hoped from him last year: 9 GS, 3.79 ERA, 1.061 WHIP, 1.3 BB/9, 11.9 K/9. Over 6 IP/start.

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Michael Baumann sounded his barbaric yawp, and held the ghost runner off the board in the top of the 10th to put the Mariners in a good position in a 1-1 duel featuring Verlander, Kirby, Hader and Munoz throwing a 29/2 K/BB on the hitters.

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11 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Did you see what he said?  (assuming he said team and not teamate)

How do you not DFA him?

Nope.   Had no idea just had read the small blurb on trade rumors.    Makes sense now.  

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