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  1. DJL44
    What Polanco does in 2025 is completely unrelated to the trade. The Mariners declined the club option and Polanco became a free agent. That ended their side of the ledger after the 2024 season.
  2. DJL44
    He's 26 and just finally holding his own in Double-A. An all-bat prospect needs 1000 OPS in the minors and he's at 823. If he does make it, it will probably be a very short MLB career.
  3. DJL44
    They have a 13 game winning streak. Nobody could expect Duran to pitch in 13 consecutive games with a lead. Necessity means opportunities will be spread out.
  4. DJL44
    Kody Clemens now has the highest OPS on the team (min 35 plate appearances). Jeffers has enjoyed hitting against Milwaukee. The Brewers are a fun team to watch. They're fast, play great defense and play hard.
  5. DJL44
    I'm pretty sure this 12 game win streak means Rocco keeps his job at least until the end of the season.
  6. DJL44
    Or next year, or the year after that. If he's optioned at any time between now and 2027 he has to stay in the minors for 15 days which costs him a year of service time.
  7. DJL44
    Woods-Richardson was just barely under 1 year of service time last year. He's controllable until 2030 and there really aren't any further benefits because he'll run out of options after this season.
  8. DJL44
    It's worth noting that Simeon Woods-Richardson is younger than Zebby Matthews and David Festa. If those guys can learn and improve, so can Woods-Richardson.
  9. DJL44
    Hands up if you thought the team with a .370 winning percentage would immediately reel off the 2nd longest winning streak in the history of the franchise. Everyone with their hand up is a liar.
  10. DJL44
    I like this idea. Rose can go in after everyone who ever knew him is long dead and the historians are the only people left who care. Pete Rose, HOF 2130!
  11. DJL44
    Pete Rose is a sex offender, but I don't think he killed anyone.
  12. DJL44
    None come to mind. Pete Rose is the only Hall of Fame caliber player who ruined his career by violating the only rule that has a lifetime ban as a punishment. Pete Rose is a like a package of all the bad traits of every other sketchy candidate all rolled up into one person. I guess he wasn't an overt racist, so he has that going for him.
  13. DJL44
    He also placed bet as a player. See my link above.
  14. DJL44
    Still denying he bet on games while he played for the Reds. Still lying. BTW - Mark McGwire apologized and his support went from 25% to 0% overnight. The lesson I've learned is if you really want something in this world and don't care about anyone else, never admit fault, never accept responsibility and never apologize. You're much more likely to get what you want than if you admit what you did and say you're sorry. Forgiveness is a sucker's bet.
  15. DJL44
    The writers won't have any say on Pete Rose. He's only eligible for Era Committee voting. That means he has to get past the screeners who make the Era Committee ballot. Then 12 of the 16 committee members need to be convinced that he deserves one of the 3 votes they get to distribute among 8 players. They won't vote on Rose until December, 2027 at the earliest.
  16. DJL44
    That is a good place to start. He needs find a way to pitch that can reduce that split by >100 points. Usually, that means developing a changeup. The article mentions his fastball (24th percentile) and breaking (26th percentile) pitches, but his offspeed run value (2nd percentile) actually ranks the least effective on statcast. If he had a 25th percentile changeup he'd be an adequate innings-eating starter.
  17. DJL44
    Every game he didn't place a bet, he was signaling to the bookies that he thought his team would lose. I don't think he threw any games, but he certainly didn't have the same incentive to win that game. If he knows he's going to place a bet tomorrow, he's going to manage the team differently today when there isn't any money at stake. There are so many reasons not to honor Pete Rose with a spot in the Hall of Fame. Off the field, he's a pathological liar, a convicted felon, and a statutory rapist. On the field he corked his bat and probably used steroids. Oh, and he bet on baseball games as a player and as a manager.
  18. DJL44
    Why do I feel like Pete Rose is going to get inducted and Barry Bonds will still be on the outside looking in? Oh wait, I know why I feel like that. Nevermind.
  19. DJL44
    McCusker is better in the outfield. Bader and Buxton are both hurt. I have no expectations that McCusker will automatically do in the majors what he is doing in AAA. That would make him Teoscar Hernandez.
  20. DJL44
    If Bader's still hurt it will be Castro or Keirsey in CF
  21. DJL44
    I hear they've already changed the game in Minnesota to Duck, Duck, Padduck.
  22. DJL44
    Perhaps the best back-to-back starts of Paddack's career.
  23. DJL44
    Ty France is replaceable defensively.
  24. DJL44
    Does that reset his 30-day clock for rehab or do they still need to make a decision by May 21?
  25. DJL44
    I didn't think it was much of a stretch to point out an 80 XBH pace is better than a 55 XBH pace.
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