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😪 I will unabashedly hug away. But Ragsdale looks legit, and Frias has such a high ceiling. And all that for .... May? Romero?? Let me get back to my hugging 😉

HR numbers are up throughout all of baseball. So I would probably give a 20% discount. Which still is impressive. With the number with over 24 HRs (I think 4 or 5), that is still more than we had over 20 last year. And with a 30% discount, it is more like 3, but Fischer would be sitll over 30 HR with that much of a discount which is still in elite territory.

Crap - Sproat has arm talent, but cannot be in the zone enough for MLB hitters to respect it and when he is in the zone they can hit it hard as we saw earlier this year. Sproat and Harrison were supposed to help solidify the starting staff, but they are the two biggest wild card, well Harrison is, Sproat should not be on the team in October, and will hopefully start next year in AAA and see if he can locate better. Bummer that Peralta trade looks even worse with a lost season for Jett as well.

When all said and done. That very nice start and game was perfect nice job Thomas. Congrats.

Pantone has pitched very well today, a very nice game so far

Wow. Great for him. I’ll be rooting for Jadher. He will be in the bigs.

You have to wonder if Harrison is another Eric Lauer / Bryan Hudson, or another pitcher with a great half season or so. It is possible, he and a new arm angle and more velocity earlier in the season and now that they have changed or regressed he is more hittable. The organization does sometimes get the best 0.5-2 years out of guys. No shame in his incredible first half. The problem is who is starter #3/4 in playoffs. It’s Miz (hope he is not overworked and get him on the home mound more often), then Henderson. Then Drohan and Gasser?? It would be nice if Woody came back he could be opener with Gasser or Drohan following as starter #3. Then game 4 is a bullpen game?

Just an awful season for Pena. Just hopeful he can get back playing next year and have a healthy season. Just puts the stamp on this year for me. Yes a lot of good, but a lot of injury stuff. Ugh

I know the ball or whatever is juiced, and HRs are inflated. But 44 HRs is ridiculous. It easily has to be “corrected “ to 30+. This season has seen a lot of hitters develop well. Way more from Dickinson, Antunez and now Mills than I was ever expecting. A few pitchers, but not enough, but I do like the international arms in Mercedes and Torres.

Wow that’s actually a pretty solid list. Wiener was great in a short stint in the majors. Bullock - did he have make it to the pros? Peters was been a solid player, one who got away. Wagoner and Adams in AAA. Now Dickinson.

Lost in the Biloxi walk off win was the debut of Wande Torres. Well you know a 5 IP scoreless relief outing and earns the win, congrats Wande. Mercedes, Torres and Crow with some nice work tonight

Made singles. Walk off win Shuckers. Nice.

T -Rats hold on. Yerlin gives up a 3 run HR, but still win 4-3. Nashville wins 3-2. Crow goes 7 innings strong. Now Biloxi ties it 5-5. On to extras in Biloxi.

Biloxi doing Brewers things. 2-0 lead. Now down 5-2, now 5-3. Bitonti with another bomb. 3-0 T-Rats now

Holden looked good in his first 2 innings. 3 K in first 10 batters. But lost command a bit and then got super hittable. Fastball is only 90-91 mph. But apparently has very good extension so it looks faster. Decent first start but just got way to much of the plate after struggling to get in the zone in the 3rd. Now back to live games. Mercedes with a very nice high A debut so far. But runs into some trouble in the 6th. Yerlin comes in and wild pitch and walk yikes. But gets Brian Sanchez (yes that Brian Sanchez) out. And it’s still 2-0 T-Rats as Mercedes went 5.2 scoreless innings.