tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35861640.post4687368974850828169..comments2023-05-07T03:34:53.285-06:00Comments on Baseball and other things: Lumsden in relief: a step in the right directionMindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296930777620801951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35861640.post-35526104053786140762008-07-02T13:34:00.000-06:002008-07-02T13:34:00.000-06:00Max, I hope I don't have to bake any more cookies,...Max, I hope I don't have to bake any more cookies, for the sake of my waistline. I'm definitely glad DDJ will be back tonight.Mindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296930777620801951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35861640.post-85275316144779680482008-07-02T13:26:00.000-06:002008-07-02T13:26:00.000-06:00Good catch on Lumsden. Hopefully a change will hel...Good catch on Lumsden. Hopefully a change will help him. Some guys increase velocity when they only have to gear it up for an inning or two. Maybe he can become a LOOGY.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully you won't be baking cookies for awhile! DJ is back tonight!ASMR Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717407406969414614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35861640.post-90021856282413795782008-07-02T00:22:00.000-06:002008-07-02T00:22:00.000-06:00Mike, I'm happy to indulge your need to talk Royal...Mike, I'm happy to indulge your need to talk Royals trade rumors. I had also read the Royals/Holliday rumor, but I don't know how much stock to put into it. With the weighted schedule, a 10.5 game deficit at this point would be far from impossible to overcome, so making deals that would help the team contend NOW is semi-realistic. <BR/><BR/>I suppose if we did trade for Holliday, Teahen or DeJesus would be part of the package. We have so many utility infielders, so one of them (you mention German, and I agree) would go in too. I'm pretty attached to Rosa; I'd hope the club doesn't deal him away just yet, but a highly touted arm who is in a lower level of the minors (like Cortes) would nicely round out whatever package we'd offer for Holliday.<BR/><BR/>I do believe the Rockies will be selling (maybe not as big a fire sale as the Mariners are sure to have, but selling nonetheless), but I was a little surprised to see US as their potential buyers, especially a big name like Holliday. (I'll get used to that eventually, I'm still scarred from the Baird era.) ANYWAY, if the team was wanting Holliday to contend THIS year, I think we'd be more likely to send Teahen than DDJ their way, given the great season DDJ has been having. <BR/><BR/>As always, thanks for stopping by. July ought to be an interesting month around these parts.Mindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296930777620801951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35861640.post-41361052364938993502008-07-01T22:59:00.000-06:002008-07-01T22:59:00.000-06:00OK, so I have to talk to someone about this, and l...OK, so I have to talk to someone about this, and leaving a comment on this site will have to do. MLB Trade Rumors mentioned the Royals as one of the teams that could make a trade for Matt Holiday...really? I mean, I know the central is weak, but are they really looking to make a move to win the division? That actually makes me a little optimistic. I mean, I don't know if we have what it would take to get him...I'm thinking along the lines of Teahan, German, Rosa and Cortes, and two pitchers is a lot to give up...but are we really THAT close? Depending on the cost, I'd love them to pull the trigger and try to outbid the others. I know late season trades rarely work for a team trying to play catch up, but sometimes you get a Carlos Beltran and it turns the team around.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com