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It's not every day I tell specific teams they should make a specific move or else, but this is not a normal day. Money and market don't matter. You've got a good team and an elite farm system. Do you just want to participate in the playoffs or do you want to try and win the World Series?

watching Dom Canzone homer against the Dodgers (again)

It remains just so funny that Shohei Ohtani, the most incredible baseball player alive, walks up to literally the Michael Bublé version of "Feeling Good." Truly 80-grade dork shit.

I'm sorry, they're putting Ross Douthat on TV, and to be considered a nice person, I'm just not allowed to say what I think about his face?!

new @fangraphs.com: My coverage of what felt like a subdued Hall of Fame Induction Weekend that could only suffer by comparison to last year's Ichiro-driven lovefest — though it did have its moments.

me when I see the plane evangelist start to rise a few rows back

Mariners losses that come in day games I don't watch don't count in the standings, and both the league and the union agree that has to stay in the next CBA

Coincidentally, highlights on Last Week Tonight, absolutely perfect evening.

Important to note that Kruk, who had finally figured out a red clip-on tie, is now wearing an entirely different tie.

half the pregame shows, regardless of sport, involve men in sneakers WITHOUT SOCKS, ankles out, let him be!

Kruk is proof that you can be a grump without being a dick or a crank, truly inspiring.

look how they massacred our boy

ICYMI: the 125th installment of FanGraphs' Talks Hitting series features a five-time All-Star who is more than just a slugger; he is a student of his craft.

I am having a bad time!

It is 6:45 PM. It is 111 degrees. At 6:45 PM.

This is the capper of the biggest week (month?) of the year for me - the top ten trade values in baseball. It's Ohtani, duh, plus nine other awesome players. Complete with my take plus what I heard from some team evaluators while I was compiling the list. Hope you like it.

The guys are chatting prospects now! bsky.app/profile/fang...

"Please do not ask me any questions about my embarrassing public infidelity in front of the dog, he doesn't know about any of that."

Fun double chat schedule today. @benclemens.bsky.social is chatting about the Trade Value Series right now, and then at 2 ET, Eric and @bgawlowski.bsky.social will tag team a Top 100 Update chat!

It's July 23, and we've officially reached the "relentless Katie Hobbs for Governor ads" portion of the MLB dot TV calendar.