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Because Tampa Bay was actively shopping players that a) are good; b) specifically met our most glaring needs (CI; LF). Big? I mean. come on......
They are not upgrades. They are lateral moves, at best. But even if we grant that they are upgrades, you - who is complaining about a clear...
Those 3 do not represent upgrades, certainly not at the cost of prospects. Those are lateral moves made for the sake of making a move.
I, sitting on my couch, KNOW what the Rays would've accepted and so I, still sitting on my couch, will be mad because of this insight! There were...
I don't want to downplay anything. You want to pretend Jeff Luhnow was above reproach and just conveniently forget he made deals for Carlos Gomez,...
Years of tanking - and not losing draft picks because of a cheating scandal he oversaw - flooded the system. To pretend Brown has the same...
I wouldn't characterize that as a mistake. The Astros were very clearly *trying* to get a bat - but there's another team involved and agreeing to...
And the reason the other doesn't have that autonomy is because the one who did grossly abused it. Likely, as Luhnow would've been infatuated with...
How did Dana get played? I don't think he got played at all. They identified Kikuchi as a priority and he made it happen because they HAD to make...
What do the Astros gain by disclosing a deal was close? They can't mention players on other teams; they don't want their own players who might've...
I'm not comparing the two pitchers - and this is obviously a totally different regime - but Verlander said after getting here, the Astros started...
I believe the Astros were aggressive in trying to upgrade the team. But I ultimately think they ran into two issues: 1) demand was greater than...
I completely disagree. There is no scenario in which a team is better off *not* making the postseason (assuming the postseason is viable). We've...
Also, the Dodgers had the luxury of sweating the Tigers. The Astros had no such luxury. Los Angeles is a better team, they have an easier path to...
But you’re not getting to the playoffs without him. They are in a fight to make the postseason and their second-best pitcher is going to set his...
I'm biased... how? He's very tools-y and fans tend to love tools. But if Jazz was posting a 103 OPS+ since 2023 while battling injuries, I...
I hope they do more - I think they need at least one bat (1B) and two more arms (SP + RP). But.... if all they add is Kikuchi but they also get...
Given Michael Lorenzen sucks, I'd argue not much would've changed. But, yes: it's maddening the Astros thought JV, Framber, Javier, Brown, France...
This idea, I think, informs at least some of the reaction to the Kikuchi trade. Name-recognition plays a BIG role in how we evaluate trades of...
