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Robles back; Call to Rochester. But Robles not in the starting lineup. Garcia is in there which is a good sign.

To nobody’s surprise, it looks like Trump will be at a rally in Minnesota on May 17 - Baron’s graduation. Not surprised White Todd asked for a mistrial. The prosecution was repeatedly warned about the line of questioning of Daniels.

Hands off our our bodies act? Let’s do a little more proofreading.

Garcia back. Barnes DFAd. Roster at 39. 🤔

Stormy Daniels is on the stand.

Wood is ready. 😎 Young can play all three OF spots well which makes him an ideal 4th OF when the rest have arrived. Does Thomas start next year in RF while they wait on Hassell/Crews? Perhaps. I was a proponent of moving him this offseason. Not sure what they can get for him. I would give a lot of thought into converting Hassell into a first baseman, similar to what the Angels did with Darin Erstad way back when they had a stacked OF. In 2025 you could have Wood, Crews, Young, Garrett, Thomas (may or may not move him for assets) with Hassell at 1B/OF. You’d have Pickney and Lile moving up in the minors. For now, I’d be looking to showcase Robles and see if you can move him before Garrett and Thomas are ready to return.

The Reds OF is pretty poor. I’d call up Cincinnati and float Robles to them now. Do it sooner than later before other teams start selling.

When they talk about pitching prospects, I assume that they are talking about Susana and Sykora. But Lara has been stellar so far this season. They have a ton of control left on Cavalli, Gore, Gray, Irvin, and Parker. They have Herz, Ward, and Rutledge in AAA. Should have Bennett back next season. They have Alvarez and Luke Young putting up good outings. Then they have a good chance at Chase Burns or Yesavage in the draft. After years of failures in drafting and developing, they have four guys drafted outside of the first round putting up positive WAR for this roster.

How much would you offer him today to entice him to give up FA after the 2028 season?

No need to turn this into a Taylor Swift thread.

Speculation on my part. He sat out today. Could have been a scheduled day off, but I think they are giving him two days to get settled in Rochester. Gallo hit a homerun today, btw.

There are a whole bunch of roster moves to make in the coming weeks. On the positional player side alone there are currently three guys who started the season on the roster that are now on the IL: Gallo, Thomas and Robles. One guy who was on the 40 all off season and started on the 60 day DL - Garrett and a stud prospect who has earned a spot - Wood. Thomas’ injury will likely take him through late May and Garrett can stay on the 60 day to about Memorial Day weekend. Robles is ready to return. I’d expect him up for the Baltimore series. Call would make the most sense to send down. I think he should be playing CF everyday to build trade value. Gallo is rehabbing in Fredericksburg. He is not far away. I’d expect Lipscomb to be sent down as Senzel and Vargas are doing a respectable job covering third. Then things get interesting. Rosario seems like it’s obvious that he should go. But they’ve kept him this long. What if today is a sign that he’s going to go on a hot streak? If Wood is brought up, what role does Rosario have? Do you want to take Young and Robles out? I wouldn’t. You’d have Wood, Roble, and Young with Winker DH-ing. Additionally, roster spots are just tight right now. Do they return Nunez? That’s possible, but Davey doesn’t really use that spot. So, even if you create space, you’ll have someone getting very few PAs. I can’t see them sending Young down at this point. Meneses has an option, but I think it’d be tough to send him down. He should be nowhere near the cleanup spot, and he doesn’t provide the power that you want at 1B/DH, but he gives you professional ABs and is well liked in the club house. It’s a tough business, but I could see him being out of luck when Garrett and Thomas are ready if Gallo is healthy. This has been a fun team to watch this first month plus. I’m often critical of Martinez, but I think he’s doing a really good job with them even if I disagree with some of his moves. It was awesome listening to Winker in his postgame talking about the organization. They’ve come a long, long way in two years. On the farm notes: Rutledge pitched six scoreless innings and it appears that Hassell may be moving up to AAA on Tuesday as Robles returns.

Friends, DraftKings may ask you to cash out your four game parlay while Texas is down after seven innings. But if you keep the faith, you too will hit the +1521 parlay.

The time to extend Rosario is now! 🤣 Rosario has more XBH than Meneses, btw.

Winker should be on third there with no outs. Better be able to get him across. This series has been really sloppy.

Inning started with a Rosario single. 🤣. That’s the second time Winker has hit a bomb to get a chunk of runs in a comeback.

You’d think he’d come out swinging harder at Ted Cruz knowing his dad killed his uncle and all.

No it won’t.

My wife and I split most of the bills, but my girlfriend expects me to pay for everything. 🤷‍♂️

She gives off strong “I let incontinent men **** all on me” vibes.

How many teams run out a cleanup hitter who hasn’t hit a homer in the first month of the season? Can’t be many.

“I don’t need anybody’s money.” 🤣🤣🤣

Saying SNL hasn’t been funny for 20 years has been fashionable for the past 30 years. How does that work?

Twice tonight Williams has loaded the bases with 0 outs and has pitched his way out of trouble. The offense is too light. Would love to see Wood and Stone up. I’d give Winker a 1st baseman’s mitt and see if he can play there. Have an OF of Wood, Young, and Thomas with Garrett at DH.

Oh my! That looks amazing! Did you make the potstickers, or heat up ones from the store? How early/late do you apply the stir fry sauce and do you have a go to product? Either way, little disappointed I didn’t get an invite.