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I agree with this strategy, I was chatting with my neighbor who is a financial advisor and he recommended rebalancing to non-tech large caps that have been hit by AI because of fears of disruption. Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if the peak is sometime this summer. The SpaceX IPO combined with oil prices about to spike again.

A starting pitcher should definitely be our top target. It would be really, really great to have 3 reliable starters for the postseason and then have the flexibility to deploy our back of rotation starters in favorable matchups. Skubal is the big prize but I wonder if someone like Joe Ryan (assuming he is healthy) would be a better fit for a better price. Or Sandy Alcantara. I vote that we do it. We're opportunistic, we have a clear need for a starter, and there are more TOR starters than usual available for a trade.

That would be objectively hilarious. Joe Ryan is mine. It would be Skubal but I think he might go ahead of the deadline and we are more concerned about October than getting more regular season starts. I think we have enough trade capital to get a TOR starter without sacrificing future success. Additionally, it serves as a de facto bullpen upgrade for the postseason. There are a couple outfielders with a few years of control that also intrigue me, especially someone like Kerry Carpenter who was a postseason god last year.

I'd feel worse for the Cardinals if they didn't pull the same stunt for the better part of two decades. I'll save my sympathy for when we put the Pirates in their place.

They should only hate themselves for their inability to field the ball three times.

Turns out the Ashby win juju is stronger than the Uribe crotch chop.

I get the idea of hitting Frelick to go for the tie. Unfortunately Sal has caught the negative launch angle bug from Rengifo.

That finds the glove if Torres takes the correct route. I guess our luck isn't as bad as I thought.

We didn't just forget to hit overnight. What did change is that we were placed under a curse by the invisible powers that be. Hopefully they are kind to us and the hex is only a 24 hour one.

Good day to get Ashby another W

Hard to imagine Seattle and Toronto staying below .500 for much longer. I could see the AL having ~8 teams fighting for those wild card spots through September. KC, Detroit, and the Angels seem like they are toast, but every other team in the AL is capable of the 82-85 wins that might be enough to secure WC3.

It's been interesting to watch their load management practices so far this season. Uribe/Megill finally got in last night after a week off, I have a feeling they will happily keep their workload low for as long as they can. They are also winning a large number of games that are throw aways for most teams because of their bullpen depth and in particular guys like Ashby who can hold a small deficit while the offense gets to work.

Injuries are usually the thing that does it, but we've gone .600 with Chourio/Vaughn/Yelich all missing significant time. The Miz and Harrison starts have been near-guaranteed wins, so then they only have to win 1/3 of the time with the other starters to go .600. Can Miz and Harrison continue to dominate like this? Time will tell.

I know I should be mad at him but I've watched that clip 30 times already and it gets funnier every time. Especially the shock reaction of the crowd.

I can't even fathom how much would have to go wrong for the Brewers to finish with 88-89 wins or less.