We could give them Fowler!

Im not mad about it, im just not suprised by it. Like i said, Mo has thru the off season with me to improve the talent on this team.

They aren't.

This is all about money. They're not trying to get dick for him - they're just trying to get as much salary relief as possible, IMO.

They'd have let him go for cash considerations if the Cards put a claim in on him, I think that much is now clear.

A gamble of $4 million for a month? Is that what it boils down to make the deal? No “real” players in a trade?

Thats about what we spent on broke dick holland.

Same here.

I’m still concerned about team chemistry. With Gyrko out, I don’t think there is an issue with Donaldson playing. What if he is “meh” and Gyrko is healthy? You split time or keep him on the bench, who knows what happens in that locker room. Like DJ said about Murphy, he has a reputation for playing hard. Does Donaldson have that reputation? Would he be happy with a part time role if he’s healthy?

This month watching Cardinals baseball has been fun. I’d hate to have that torpedoed.

Good thing we are facing Homer Bailey, cus this is off to a rocky start

Donaldson traded.

NYY?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources confirm the Yankees have traded Justus Sheffield and cash considerations to the Blue Jays for Josh Donaldson</p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@OGOdubel) <a href="https://twitter.com/OGOdubel/status/1035695659255558147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Baseball players do the dumbest shit sometimes. Just slide to the bag, Adams.

That's not Ken Rosenthal.

He's going to the Indians. No one comes in second like Mo.

Meh. Not upset he came in second this time.

How the **** has Homer Bailey pitched 2 no hitters? Dude is straight trash.

This is about implied odds. Yeah, the remainder of his salary is high, but he's not going to cost prospects, and if he rounds to form, the potential payoff is enormous.

Thinks of it this way:

There is a raise and a few calls in front of you at a poker table. You're holding suited connectors. You're almost certainly behind when you call, but suited connectors are the kinds of hands that, if the flop hits, can crush big hands preflop because players don't see them coming as there are so many ways for them to hit. The odds of hitting are low, but so is the risk, and the potential payoff is huge.