re: DAT Offseason Thread: Sorry Not Sorry. Still 2017 Champs.

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@LMcCullers43

My rehab is officially complete. I will be full go for the 2020 season. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I can not wait to put my uni on again and go get it with my dawgs. Blessings

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Grienke
LMJ
Free agent
Urquidy

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I've been hearing really good things about this guy. 4 seam velo and spin rate on his breaking ball are off the charts.

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MLB Trade Rumors has us connected to this guy:

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42. Josh Lindblom – Astros. Two years, $8MM. Lindblom might be a vaguely familiar name for avid baseball fans or a complete unknown for others. He totaled 136 2/3 innings with the Dodgers, Phillies, Rangers and A’s from 2011-14 without establishing himself in the big leagues, and he had a brief 10 1/3-inning return with the Pirates in 2017. Like many players with unremarkable careers in the U.S., Lindblom took a chance on an overseas opportunity. He’s spent most of the past three seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, where he’s experienced a breakout of sorts.

Over the past two seasons, Lindblom has a 2.68 ERA and a 346-to-67 K/BB ratio in 363 1/3 innings. The righty was carrying a sub-2.00 ERA for much of the 2019 season in the hitter-friendly KBO, and while win-loss record doesn’t mean much in 2019, his 35-7 mark over the past two seasons speaks to the success he’s found. Were Lindblom younger, he may well be ranked higher on the list. He’ll turn 33 next June, however, and paired with the shaky MLB track record, that will give some teams pause. That said, Lindblom’s numbers are superior to those of Merrill Kelly during his own KBO breakout, and he inked a two-year, $5.5MM deal with the D-backs upon returning stateside. His fastball stands out in terms of spin rate, but its velocity isn’t particularly eye-catching (90-92 mph). A team looking for upside at a relatively low cost makes sense here — particularly if said team heavily values spin rate and exit velocity. The Astros, Brewers, Dodgers, Twins, Cubs and Angels all seem like viable fits, but there’s no reason to think that a rebuilding team wouldn’t take a flier on a low-cost pitcher with some upside.

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Looks like Reid Ryan got the code Red dropped on his arse today. RIP

When Hunch gets to Hell, he'll be watching Cole warm up in the bullpen for eternity.

If you say "I'm so happy we got Osuna" five times, Juan Soto will show up in a trenchcoat with a hook.

Naturally, they let all of us think he was a fat lazy slob and didn't help him with it.

Get ready baws. It's happening.

From the reddit thread comments.

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It is. Constantly saw him on the golf course, never without a beer.

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If this is a two month change then his biggest change was that he stopped drinking.

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Sounds like thyroid issue the Astros were not doing much about is their fault for not taking the beer and the Cheetos away from him. Sounds about right.