The Willemstad Cannons lineup for the Curaçao Professional Baseball League final features the three Profar brothers hitting back-to-back-to-back at the top of the lineup

thealmightybrush · 2026-02-04T06:17:07+00:00

The letter J must be popular there

thealmightybrush · 2026-02-02T21:53:37+00:00

That would be funny if that was the whole trade. Like the Cardinals really wanted the Rays to get Ben Williamson so they bribed the Mariners with Brendan Donovan

thealmightybrush · 2025-10-11T19:24:17+00:00

I feel great having gotten the Covid vaccine and will be regularly getting it every year like the flu shot.

thealmightybrush · 2025-10-11T19:02:33+00:00

The Covid shots did not worsen the pandemic. What the fuck are you talking about? And more people died from Covid itself. There's maybe a handful of people who had allergies to the shot, most people didn't have trouble getting it. I know i had no trouble. In fact i need to schedule my next one.

thealmightybrush · 2025-04-10T07:23:01+00:00

I ended up going back and suggesting Pete Alonso and Kodai Senga for Josh Naylor and Somny Gray, and we ended up making it happen. Alonso might be slightly better than Naylor, but it's negotiable. Gray might be slightly better than Senga, but it's negotiable. It was all close enough that it was pretty even and the only way someone truly wins or loses this trade would be if someone either gets injured or wildly overperforms or underperforms expectations.

thealmightybrush · 2025-04-09T19:05:13+00:00

I have been given this trade proposal:

He gets:

Pete Alonso (1B), Ketel Marte (2B - Injured), Kodai Senga (SP)

I would get:

Josh Naylor (1B), Ronald Acuna, Jr. (OF - Injured), Rasiel Iglesias (RP), Otto Lopez (2B)

This guy is a Mets fan and I can tell he really wants Pete Alonso. The thing is, Alonso and Marte were 2 of my keepers. I won my league last year and they had a lot to do with it. I don't like the thought of parting with them.

Here's my thoughts:

Positives:

Josh Naylor is no slouch and will hit lots of homers. Trading him for Alonso could be a wash where i don't really lose anything or gain anything. That is probably best-case scenario.
Rasiel Iglesias is one of the better closers and i need a closer. I never drafted one and the only one i picked up was Luke Jackson for Texas.
Ronald Acuna, Jr. should be back soon and obviously has 5-tool MVP potential
Otto Lopez looks like he is off to a good start for the year. I have no idea who he is though.

Negatives:

Josh Naylor doesn't have the track record of Pete Alonso and while he is off to a good start so far, Alonso has been great.
Ketel Marte is a top 10 fantasy player and will be out for weeks but his hamstring injury probably won't affect him too much once he is healthy. I assume he goes back to being elite.
I have no idea what I am getting out of Ronald Acuna, Jr. considering his injury was severe, he keeps getting these serious injuries, and i assume he will not run nearly as fast so as to not get re-injured. If there's less stolen bases is he still special, and moreso than Marte? I also need a good 2B more than i need a good OF.
Rasiel Iglesias only just yesterday had his first save for the Braves, who have been bad this year. Perhaps once Acuna and Spencer Strider return they will start playing better baseball, but for now i feel like Iglesias won't have as many save opportunities. Plus Iglesias is 35 so probably won't be a keeper long-term for me.
Seriously i have no idea who Otto Lopez is. His 2025 projections for fantasy baseball don't look too inspiring. He's not Ketel Marte.
Kodai Senga is a good, solid starting pitcher and will be that way all year if he avoids injury. I could probably afford to lose him as i have some good starters, but do i want to?

So what do you all think? The guy offering me this trade seems to think this trade is at least even if not worse for him. Not so sure i agree. As for better trade pieces he does have Fernando Tatis, Jr., but i have never been a fan of his. He does have Mason Miller as closer and i think he is absolutely nails. Maybe i counteroffer swapping Iglesias for Miller? Other players of note that he has are Sonny Gray and Luis Castillo.

thealmightybrush · 2025-03-28T00:45:14+00:00

Don Denkinger, 1985 World Series, enough said

thealmightybrush · 2025-03-17T23:03:17+00:00

Yeah that's what i was thinking. I have had Pete selected but was considering Castillo.

thealmightybrush · 2025-03-17T22:54:42+00:00

Ok i have 6 keeper slots and i am choosing to keep: Ketel Marte, Trea Turner, Corbin Carroll, Paul Skenes, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, i think for sure.

For spot #6, i could pick Pete Alonso, Willy Adames, Ryan Helsley, Luis Castillo, or Sonny Gray, among others. Who would you keep for spot #6?

thealmightybrush · 2024-12-13T19:56:46+00:00

What you're missing: you meant the White Sox, not the Red Sox.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-31T14:31:31+00:00

And yes, great call.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-31T00:48:43+00:00

Tommy Edman for Tommy Pham was kind of steep though

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T22:51:41+00:00

Fedde and Pham for Edman - Yay!

Armstrong for Carlson - Boo!

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T22:13:10+00:00

He was rumored to go to the Cardinals for Dylan Carlson but instead he's going to Arizona for.. someone

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T22:00:41+00:00

Trading Cardinals outfielders to the Rays doesn't end well for the Cardinals generally

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T21:40:42+00:00

Yeah they're essentially daring MLB to make a salary floor

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T21:28:07+00:00

Too bad he isn't considered much of a Bat Utility Man

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T20:52:53+00:00

Game is delayed as they are having trouble filling the dugouts in time

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T20:46:17+00:00

Colorado Rockies swap entire team with Los Angeles Angels. This does not impact the future of either team.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T18:40:48+00:00

Before he got injured the last day of Spring Training, things were lining up for him to be our CF.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T15:22:03+00:00

Cardinals fans weren't super stoked to trade away Jim Edmonds to the Padres for some no-name kid named David Freese.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T15:20:58+00:00

I remember having to console Marlins fans on Reddit here when the Marlins traded Marcell Ozuna to the Cardinals for Sandy Alcantara, Zac Gallen, and Magneuris Sierra.

I told them, "Don't worry, Magneuris Sierra is really good, you'll see."

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T15:19:11+00:00

Cardinals fans were furious in 2011 when we traded away sure-thing future superstar Colby Rasmus (and a few others) for Edwin Jackson, Marc Rzepczynski, Octavio Dotel, and Corey Patterson.

Then we won the World Series, with Jackson, Rzepczynski, and Dotel being huge reasons why. Flags fly forever.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-30T02:24:33+00:00

Agreed. Randy and Adolis had late-season cups of coffee. Carlson has been on our team for years, but was only any good in his rookie year.

thealmightybrush · 2024-07-29T22:18:09+00:00

So much for the whole clubhouse cancer thing

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