Cueto has 3 postseason starts, none of which were good and 1 where he left after the first batter. He's a massive upgrade but he isn't going to double our odds or anything drastic

Also a victim of circumstance. We're in win mode. His value to us right now is mid relief. So, they're prioritizing his value with being up here and available because winning a pennant supercedes his developing as a starter at AA ball.

@BooneOWH: Finnegan didn't say anything while I was in the clubhouse. Lamb was openly talking about his name being mentioned with the potential trade.

There may not be a deal. There may be a deal agreed upon, and the Reds are checking out the medicals again. If that's what is happening, neither side is going to say anything. If they announced it then brought it back because of medical reasons they'd look horrible.

As a side bit of news, Greinke scoreless inning streak has come to an end.

What are they at right now? 9:2?

This guy covers the Storm Chasers:
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Mike Shanarat to the Chiefs......:thumb:

@ihateprospects: Managers and execs can't publicly confirm trade details on the record until they're done. It means nothing.

You need to consider that there's a small chance we don't make the playoffs, and also a small chance that we don't win the division and have to play the wild card game, and if we get to the LDS round, there are 3 other very good teams on our side of the bracket and then the NL champion. That seems super-obvious and pointless to say, but it really makes a huge difference to our odds, and we're not going to be some kind of enormous 5 to 1 favorite in every series.

Right now the most favorable monte carlo simulations have us at about 15% to win the world series, which is also what the Vegas odds are implying. I don't think Cueto pushes us much past 20%.

That said, I think those extra few points are worth it because the value of winning the world series is so incredibly enormous that it probably skews the cost/benefit analysis towards clawing for those extra few percentage points.

This is absolutely about postseason starts and maybe to a lesser degree playoff seeding. Playoff baseball is such a different animal than the grueling long season.

Of course, I know that you know that.

Not nearly the same thing, and you know it. Don't be an idiot Pete. I don't know if a deal will get done. But the Reds had two starters warming up last night, and Cueto openly said to the press he was told he's gone. So they are obviously talking about it. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen, but it's not someone throwing crap against the wall either.

I would call it one good start (not great because he only went 5),one start in which he was hurt, and one terrible start.

Either way, not enough to tell us anything.

I get it.

But I have to think that an ace improves the odds more than that because, as it's been pointed out numerous times by tk13, teams without an ace simply don't win.

I'm seeing multiple sites reporting Cueto is a done deal. So glad to see the Royals striking when the iron is hot.