It does and I'm ready to be hurt again Dan

Time to get him a gimmick like the gas can.

I'm thinking "the Ice Trey" could be something

Don't love it as in I don't love my construction. I still think it's a pretty darn good lineup

Notional OD lineup vs RHP:

1. Henderson - SS
2. Rustchman - C
3. Basallo - 1B
4. Westburg - 3B
5. Beavers - RF
6. Ward - LF
7. Cowser - CF
8. O'Neill - DH
9. Holliday - 2B

Don't entirely love it, Cowser/Beavers could be swapped. TON feels silly at 8 but don't want to go LHH for 8/9/1.

Really struggling with organizing this against righities lmao

Mejia is truly delightful. I hope so too

Dude was the first pitching prospect we could truly be excited about. Stuff was absolutely electric. He had the gas can gimmick. Trey Gibson doesn't have that kinda juice, as much as I love him.

Grayson hasn't pitched since mid-2024. That's the reality of it. Last time we saw him, he was barely scraping 90mph in spring training.

Ward draws a lot of walks, hits a ton of barrels, hits fastballs well, and can handle left field just fine.

It makes sense. But hurts my soul in a profound way.

Grayson's health is the obvious factor here. If you're trading a few years of a good backend reliever, this deal looks awfully different for sure. If you're trading a front-line starter this is gonna hurt.

Will pick my jaw up off the floor tomorrow.

This has been so successful, well done!! Good conversations over there.

Choked on water reading that exact line.

Bieber feels like a specific situation.

I think Flaherty could be some situational commentary though: $20MM is probably the best salary he would've gotten next year if he stretched years out, and given teams are weary of the lockout, might've thought to just lock that in