Mr Gigem said:

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Luis Robert has to be one of the laziest players I've ever seen

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I think thats why Sox let Tim Anderson leave…Im just reading between the lines but I think those 2 were dominating the club house with losing attitudes….. now the Marlins already sent Anderson packing.

also Im confused…. why are a few of you saying Rangers need to win 13/15 etc? Hopefully Im missing the obvious….. but 1st place is only 4 games away

Lt. Joe Bookman said:

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Ball game. 3 games down. 12 to go

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And used a lineup with:
Ornelas, Foscue, and Grossman

Along with Josh Smith and Langford.

Oakland A's are literally pummeling the Astros and pounding them all over the coliseum. They've done us a big favor by slowing down the Astros. A sweep tomorrow would be glorious to watch. Send them out of Oakland with their tail between their legs.

We desperately need some pop. What we think a deal for Rooker would look like? He'd fit nicely in this line up. Tired of waiting on Adolis to wake up and/ or Jung and Carter to get healthy. It's nice to win games averaging 3 runs/ game but it's not sustainable.

I have a feeling our incoming RH bat will be Josh Jung, and that is it (which would be great if we can get back the 100% version of Josh Jung). We will soon have some excess pitching, if the rehabs continue along and no setbacks. I can see trading away a pitcher or two as these pitchers become available. But the problem is timing.

With the trade deadline at July 30th, CY may not get to see many of these rehab pitchers throw at the MLB level before making a trade decision. So that complicates things. Can we trade away excess pitching when the excess hasn't happened yet? If no setbacks it could work... but that's a big "if".

Dunning: should be ready later this week?
Bradford/Mahle: I think both need at least one more minor league outing (maybe more for Bradford). I believe Mahle has another mid-week outing this week, then maybe he could be a MLB opener or multi-inning reliever?

deGrom: late August at the earliest I assume for him. Then he could be an opener type for a couple of innings possibly.

Jung/Carter: they both seem to be several weeks away, so sometime in August if all goes well.

Barring losing 4 of our next 5, I don't see us trading any significant arm.

As you said, that's trying to thread the needle way too much.

I don't think we'll do dick-all at the deadline. We're the ultimate hold team at the moment, which isn't always great.

Good thing this division stinks. I don't think any team in the division hits 90 wins this year.

Water Boy said:

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Good thing this division stinks. I don't think any team in the division hits 90 wins this year.

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Yep, 85-87 wins will probably win the division.

JWinTX said:

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Water Boy said:

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Good thing this division stinks. I don't think any team in the division hits 90 wins this year.

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Yep, 85-87 wins will probably win the division.

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I think whoever gets into the playoffs from this division is going to get smoked by one of the Guardians, Orioles, Yankees etc. lol

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Jung/Carter: they both seem to be several weeks away, so sometime in August if all goes well.

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Where did you hear this? Last I heard it should be much sooner.

On multiple days, Bochy has indicated Jung could be back as early as Aug 1.

I think Scherzer coming up lame changes the P projections. If he heads to the 15IL, then it opens up a spot on the Active, for Mahle, Bradford, other. That could ultimately land him on the 60IL.

Remember that Mahle, Bradford, and deGrom are on the 60IL and would require someone on the 40 to get bumped to make room. Scherzer could be that person.

On 40: Jonathan Hernandez.
Leiter, Burke,
Daniel Robert. Grant Anderson, Garabito.

My initial thought was, we'd likely have to move someone of relevance to shuffle the IL60 and Active, but I don't know that to be the case with Scherzer being a question mark.

We could end up with a rotation of (5) Eovaldi, Heaney*, Mahle, Lorenzen, Gray; with (3) Bradford, Dunning, and Urena in the BP with (5) Yates, D-Robertson, Leclerc, Sborz, Latz*
*Lefty

That isn't a bad lineup for Pitching.

Easy call on Robert. It's a fun story, but he shouldn't be a major league player. I have a slight attachment to Anderson because of what he did in his first appearance last year, but he probably isn't a guy worth stashing either.

There's a handful of players that could be DFAd off the 40 IMO.

shack009 said:

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Easy call on Robert. It's a fun story, but he shouldn't be a major league player. I have a slight attachment to Anderson because of what he did in his first appearance last year, but he probably isn't a guy worth stashing either.

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Any of these could be chopped off the 40: Daniel Robert. Grant Anderson, Garabito

Bigger question is the active roster, and who gets chopped there when Dunning, Mahle, Bradford, and eventually deGrom are ready. They said yesterday that Scherzer is supposed to be good to go for his Thursday start, so likely not him making room on the 25 or 40.

Water Boy said:

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MLB playoffs are weird. I'm sure 95% of MLB fans expected us to get smoked by the orioles last year.

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John Smoltz was leading the charge. I'm holding out hope that if we don't make the playoffs this year, that the Astros play the orioles and Smoltz swings on the Orioles cock the whole time while the O's eliminate the Astros.

As much fun as it is watching what the Rangers do... I think it is equally important (and amusing) to see what Seattle and Houston do.

IMO, Houston needs 2 SPs just to get to the end of the regular season. If JV isn't 100%, they'll need a big arm. They also need one bat minimum. They could also benefit from adding 1-2 RPs.

IMO, Seattle needs 3 bats, minimum. With Crawford and JRod (high ankle spain) both out multiple weeks, I would think they need to decide if they can salvage the season.

If neither do anything... we'll run away with the Division. Neither scare me...

I think we have plenty of depth in P and our high leverage options are as good as anyone's making the playoffs. No concerns for me AT ALL with pitching.

Seattle has really good SP depth, but they are young, unproven, and haven't proven to be Elite. Look at their Offense. They are going with 7 +/- guys batting .210 or below. While they have power... is is almost all Solo HRs.

Houston's rotation is a mess. No other way to say it.
Pressley and Hader don't provide confidence to fans.

I expect Houston to go all in. Their window is closing. They had 106 wins in 22, 90 last year, and likely will have less than 90 this season. They have 18 wins vs teams with winning records which ranks last in the mlb. Obviously they still have talent and can make a run in the playoffs but it's clear they have declined overall the past 3 years. It doesn't help when they have some big expiring contracts in the next 2 seasons. I have no clue what route Seattle will go. Their front office is not aggressive. They could have won the division last year and basically did nothing in free agency.

Agreed.

Houston probably has less than $10M in flexibility under the CBT next year. They have a terrible farm. This is likely the last year before a rebuild... barring another cheating scandal, of course.

I know Minn is shackled by Bally's... is Seattle, as well?

If it wasn't for hitting the lottery with Blanco they would be sellers. As for the Mariners I don't think they are under Bally. I know their fans have not been happy with the front office.

Jimtim1216 said:

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WestTexasAg said:

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Jung/Carter: they both seem to be several weeks away, so sometime in August if all goes well.

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Where did you hear this? Last I heard it should be much sooner.

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It sounds like Jung should begin rehab as early as Thursday or Friday and Carter about a week later. Think they reported during the game last night that Jung could be back by August 1.

DeGrom will throw one more 40-45 pitch bullpen o. Friday and then face batters next week. Which should put rehab starts around Aug. 6, so late August for him.

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