Brock Beauchamp

Probably, but does he want to?

Plenty of action in this game.

The Brewers are so delightfully annoying on the basepaths. So much fun to watch.

That's only the second third disengagement I've seen since the rule change.

I watch a lot of Cubs baseball and David Ross wouldn't be doing any better. The roster just isn't performing.

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Which is amazing given this rotation. It's kind of the perfect formula to be a very volatile team when you don't have a couple of stoppers in a rotation. Four guys have consecutive bad days and you're just never in the game.

Oh. Damn it.

JACKSONNNNN

lol

Crow-Armstrong has been pretty terrible. Wonder if he’ll get demoted at some point but given how the Cubs are playing, I suspect they’ll be looking forward to 2025 in a month.

The ump is really just making up these calls at random.

Sure looks that way.

Ouch.

The Cubs are teetering on falling completely out of the race. Can the Brewers give them that final shove?

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And IMO the Brewers are right for doing so.

Probably not and even if they did, they'd probably aim lower than Jansen.

I can help you retrieve that old account if you want me to!

Sure, the Brewers just got six scoreless from Bryse-*******-Wilson. Yeah, okay, sure. How is this team even doing this?

Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic's Detroit Tigers beat writer, recent wrote a piece examining the possibility of Jack Flaherty being a trade candidate before the trade deadline. With each passing day, it feels more likely the Tigers will sell (and it's being speculated they could consider moving cost-controlled assets like young starter Tarik Skubel). They're currently fourth in the American League Central division, 15 games behind the Cleveland Guardians. They're also 6.5 games out of third Wild Card spot, behind four other teams. Flaherty has turned out to be a fantastic offseason pickup for Detroit. Signed to a one-year, $14 million deal, he has started 14 games this season, pitching to a 2.92 ERA with a 2.69 FIP. His groundball rate is the highest since his rookie season in 2017 and he's striking out 11.66 batters per nine innings. The complicating factor for the Tigers is that Flaherty can be given a Qualifying Offer this offseason. Projected to be a little over $20 million in 2025, if Flaherty continues pitching as he has, the QO becomes a no-brainer for Detroit. That means the Tigers would have to be confident their trade return exceeds the value they will receive from a 35-ish overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. View full rumor

Most years, not a lot happens in June trade-wise but this June has been particularly slow, with almost no note-worthy trades happening between teams. That's primarily due to two reasons: The new postseason format, as many predicted, is keeping more teams in the postseason race than ever before. The ridiculous amount of parity in the leagues, particularly the National League. As of this writing, only three American League teams and just two National League teams are clear sellers: Oakland, the White Sox, and the Angels in the AL, while Colorado and Miami are the only clear sellers in the NL. In the American League, 12 of the 15 teams are in a postseason position or within 7.5 games of the third Wild Card spot. In the National League, 13 of the 15 teams are in a postseason position or within just 3.0 games of the third Wild Card spot. As we head into July, it's likely we will see more stratification amongst the contenders and some teams will drop out of the race and eventually trade expiring contracts but it's hard to imagine many high-profile names moving in the first half of July. We could also see savvy teams like the Rays, currently 4.0 games out of the third Wild Card, take advantage of the seller's market and intentionally bow out of the race. On the other hand, some GMs/PoBOs should be concerned about their jobs, such as Jed Hoyer and the Cubs, and they may try to avoid making the obvious long-term decision of selling assets to improve in later seasons. Time will tell how this all plays out but don't expect much to happen in the coming days or even weeks. View full rumor