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If you own him, you'll take the bad news. (And it actually was five IP.)
Rotoworld:
05.06: Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed four runs over six innings while picking up a
I also paid full market value for him, and (while I wish Mr. Clase no ill) I'm with Alex.
It wasn't obvious then that decline would come, or when, but everyone but Arte Moreno knew it would come at some point. I've been in plenty of parks when Pujols was working the stands before games, he's a great player and great promoter. He may have even paid off for Moreno. But obviously in Roto Dollars it was a bad deal.
In the fall of 2010 you had this debate?
I would have taken the position, "Are you kidding me?"
Turns out Willie did have a flaw. He was vain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/sports/baseball/willie-mays-90.html
HR #8 today ...
DFA seems a little cold, even with the nice note from Moreno. What a terrible contract.
At First Pitch in 2010 Nick Minnix and I had a cage fight presentation about whether Pujols was past his prime. I had the "not quite yet" side and nailed it. But Nick's arguments look better over the years.
St Louis: 11 years, 86.6 WAR, $104,040,436
LA Angels: 10 years, 12.8 WAR, $240,000,000
Genesis Cabrera v Francisco Lindor
Pitcher who doesn't know where the ball is going ... versus hitter who currently doesn't know where the ball is going (...2 and 3 were both swings)
Jorge Ona just had Arthroscopic surgery on R. Elbow. Must have been waiting for inflammation to go down. 6-8 weeks recovery puts him at back to playing: mid-late June to early July. But since he's on MLB IL, when he does start to play, he'll go out on rehab assignment, which I think can be 20-30 days.
Recently called up. Needs pitching stats...
A truly amazing factoid from the Monkey.
Oakland A’s — For the first time since 2019, the Athletics lost a game they led after six innings, and Lou Trivino was to blame. Trivino has pitched well this year, however, and won’t see the hot seat after one bad outing.
Hierarchy remains: Trivino | Diekman | Petit.
Philadelphia Phillies — The Vulture Save Watch correctly predicted a Jose Alvarado vulture, but it came a day earlier than we expected, as Hector Neris got a second rest day after a 40-pitch outing, with Alvarado coming off a two-game suspension.
Hierarchy remains: Neris | Alvarado | Coonrod.
Speak for yourself, Closer Monkey.
Cleveland Indians — James Karinchak struck out only two of the three batters he faced in the ninth inning on Wednesday — paltry by his standards, but good enough to earn his third save. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Emmanuel Clase was getting some extra rest or whether Terry Francona just elected to stay with the guy who started warming when the game was tied. We’re just hoping it’s not a sign of an impending asterisk relapse.
Hierarchy remains: Clase | Karinchak | Shaw.
In his first two games in something called the A+ W League, he's gone 1-for-9 with four strikeouts.
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In the PCL, the Fisher Catamounts pulling this excellent feat: 1st in ERA, WHIP, and Saves. Dead last in HR, RBI, AVG.
But first in Runs? How did that happen?