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I like winning game 1 of a series and then having Miz start game 2. And Harrison for game 3

I'm OK calling it a likely 'miss' based on the current results. But not all misses are equal. At some point if you do enough trades, the guys you send out will have really good years afterward based on expectations, and the players you get back will have much worse performance than expected. For me the distinction is partly looking at the overall rate on a lot of trades, and the Brewers generally seem to keep coming out positive the majority of the time. The second consideration is what you don't want are misses where the players leaving turn into difference makers and not just contributors. Especially over multiple years. If Collins has a 3-4 WAR season that stings a little, but at the end of the day you won't look back and be like I can't believe we traded away Collins a few years down the line. Oddly enough while the injury limits his chances there is still time and talent for Zerpa to come back and also have a dominant season with the Brewers.

The results so far have looked pretty good for Yoho, but does he look close to ready to help in the MLB bullpen. Not an immediate need, but it would be nice to add someone who could be a true weapon out of the pen, and not just a solid arm.

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The logic is basically that he is currently throwing more pitches faster than anyone else before him in recorded history. So even with good mechanics he has to be putting larger than average strain. And at least from my perspective at this stage injury risks with most pitchers are high enough that I would worry about any long term commitment being a challenge to overcome for the team once you start talking lost years and 20+ million a year. Very different calculus, if you are looking at extension years towards quality arms and you are paying less than 10 million for an injury like Ashby.

Ashby and Peralta were very solid signs because the salaries were low enough that the team risk was relatively low. I just don't think there was ever a point in Miz's development where he would have been willing to sign for a low enough number to justify the risk for us (unless maybe he had hired Keith Law as his agent). Which is OK he is clearly a special talent.

I think that qualifies the Miz for unquestioned ace status.

While I would love to enjoy a 15 year HOF career from Miz, can a guy throw that hard for that long and not have an injury?

Activity in the Yankee pen

I will take a 7 pitch AB and RBI groundout from Ortiz

On the board!

Another 103.6, just insane

A little bit extra batting average and basically the rest all being improvement in SLG seems like pretty good evidence of a slightly livelier ball. I don't mind OPS average in the mid .700s is very reasonable

Why not wait until camp at this point?

If the goal is the World Series there is an argument that facing the Dodgers right away might be the best path. Just have to sneak in 2 road wins...