Gideon Clarke

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The more appropriate comp right now for Ricky Tiedemann isn't Nate Pearson, it's Dustin McGowan. Neither is good, mind you.

Kirt “What Is That” Manwaring

Jesús Sánchez Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics (2025) Avg Exit Velocity: 91.3, Hard Hit %: 43.4, wOBA: .304, xwOBA: .323, Barrel %: 11.1.

Ok, his 2024 season had plenty of upside: baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-playe...

Don’t know why, but Loperfido never seemed to win the Blue Jays’ confidence as a regular. (The .431 BABIP last season maybe was a factor.) Santander’s injury forced this trade. But I don’t see Sanchez as much of an upgrade. I’m having trouble seeing the upside here.

Yeah, there was a non-zero chance that a healthy Santander would still be a bust. Still, his track record of production and durability(!) his last three years in Baltimore made me think 2025 was a blip. Instead, that shoulder injury is now looking like a career-ender. Just a lousy turn of events.

They are going to miss Bichette way more than they expect.

This puts a ton of pressure on Okamoto. He’s now the only legitimate power bat in that lineup and the closest Vlad will come to having protection behind him. This is going to be a thin lineup and if they can’t string together lots of baserunners again like last year, they could be in real trouble.

I figured Santander had a good shot at a bounce-back season. But now, set to miss most of two consecutive years, it’s reasonable to wonder if he’ll ever play effectively again. A borderline contract when it was signed, now it’s a full-bore disaster. Good thing it’s not my money.

Joey Loperfido, it’s now or never.

Well, that was an excruciating start to the Blue Jays season.

I need a trigger warning on that photo.

If Buck Martinez is not added to the #BlueJays' Level of Excellence, I'll climb up there and paint it on myself.

I remember saying, when Trump's Cabinet was first sworn in, that nobody concerned me more than RFK Jr. as Director of Health/Human Services and Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. By this time next week, we'll likely have learned in detail about why the second was true.

That's why the good Lord gave us the Colorado Rockies.

There are overpays, and then there’s 3/$115M for Framber Valdez.

You beat me to it!

Potential Onion Headline:

Grandparents Excited To Hear Bugs Bunny Performing at Super Bowl Halftime Show
- "We can't wait to hear what that wascally wabbit has to say!"

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand

The homer off Ohtani. Had they held the lead, it'd be a statue outside the ballpark in ten years' time.

The only thing in this statement worse than “revenue maximization company” is “portfolio company of Access Holdings.” A blizzard of empty soulless corporate greedspeak.

Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on the Rob Neyer Message Board.

“This is an arm. It is drawn by nobody. It is worth nothing.”

This is beyond ridiculous. The Brewers do everything right. They draft well, they develop well, they play well. And they can’t/won’t afford more than a $70 million payroll, while there’s a bunch of teams out there paying more than that in salary tax penalty. If I were a Milwaukee fan, I’d give up.

I've been scanning other rosters, but haven't found a good match. A salary swap with Berrios could work, but there's also a question of position. They don't want to punt on Santander yet, and Barger merits a shot at full-time play, and those are your corner OFs. Everywhere else is pretty locked up.

I recall being on a couple of baseball bulletin boards (which was the style at the time) when the news broke, and Angels fans were like, "It looks bad, but let's wait to see how much of his salary Toronto is covering." And when it turned out the answer was 0, they were (understandably) apoplectic.

I couldn't believe it. Christmas in January.

But AA spoiled his own party by immediately dealing Mike Napoli to the Rangers for reliever Frank Francisco. Napoli posted 4.7 fWAR for Texas in two seasons and 10.7 over his final six. Turned the Wells trade from an all-time robbery to a straight heist.

He’ll take a few pitches to think about it.

I wouldn't take it personally. They've sealed themselves off from the world and now live in their own private biosphere, where everyone agrees with each other and those of us left outside are either deranged or diabolical.

I have to constantly remind my progressive American friends: We are incredibly angry at you. *All* of you. Whether you voted for him or not. He's *your* responsibility.

It's like your toddler is ripping down stuff from the grocery shelves, and you just shrug and say, "Yeah, he was an accident."