Ojo Rojo

It remains to be seen if Arenado and Walker fall off a cliff like Abreu did. Unlikely. That was a spectacular and unexpected fall. Doubling down would be saddling the club with long, super expensive contracts. That is not the way.

Yes he is. If a player doesn't work out (Abreu), which happens to everyone, you don't double down on dumb shit. Nothing they can do about Abreu's deal. They can't afford Tucker so they got good value for him now. They can't afford Bregman either, so they have signed two players that actually makes the infield better. Santander and we're golden.

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The inner conflict between making a point and getting it wet is tough. Very tough.

Question: Does anyone else's wife do this? Sex is going to happen, but she goes in the bathroom or the closet or both and fucks around and takes a long time to get to it? It feels like she is intentionally making me wait. Dragging it out because she knows she's got me on a string in that moment. Anyone?

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Lighten up, Francis. This move doesn't mean they are tearing it down. It means they are trying to keep the window open and also have good players in the future. We need one more good bat and we'll be fine.

Me. Win in 2025. If not happening, sell him at the deadline.

I think we finished in the top 5 in MLB in ERA and that was after a terrible start to the season, pitching-wise. Offensively, Bregman's slow start contributed to the poor first half record. You don't have to, and can't expect, all stars 1-9 in the lineup. Meyers was ok. Singleton was ok. Chaz had a terrible year. Ideally we need one more quality bat at either LF or 1B.

Nah. Bregman has typically started slow. Next season we would know if we're buying or selling (or holding) by the time Bregman would have gotten his head out of his ass. Pick up a good 3B before the deadline if Whitcomb ain't it if we're a playoff team.

You just have to get to the playoffs; then anything can happen. Last season was fucked by injuries and weirdness. This team still fucks, even without Bregman. If all of our pitchers stay healthy then we have a chance to have the best staff in MLB. You either buy, sell or hold. Crane doesn't give out long, huge contracts. By and large, Crane holds. I don't disagree with that approach. Extend your guys early, let your too expensive soon-to-be-old players walk, build the farm, add free agent pieces. It can work.

Seems like people are missing one important variable in a trade involving Tucker. If you don't trade him, you get him for a season. It's not like we get nothing if we don't trade him. We get a season of him playing on our team. I do worry about the future, but the way this shit cycles, there's no way to keep a window open forever. Frankly, it's a miracle ours has stayed open this long. While your window is open you are either a holder or a buyer. Buying free agents with huge contracts is not the way. You just simply cannot pay your way out of your window closing due to aging and regression. Keep Tucker, let him walk next year. Let Bregman walk. Don't trade Framber. Win the whole fucking thing in 2025. When the window is actually closing, unload every player with value for prospects (except Altuve), lose a fuckton of games and get several years of high draft picks and build it back up from there.

Last Friday night in the Rojo household: Me: Okay, so what's on the schedule for this weekend? Mrs. Rojo: Well, I can't work out because of the procedure I had. (Minor skin procedure.) So I can't go to my normal workout class at 10 on Saturday morning. Me: (*thinking*) Well, that's something that is NOT on the calendar. Mrs. Rojo: And I didn't RSVP in time for the Son #2 friend's b-day party, but I called his mom and she said it was okay. So we have that. Me: (*thinking*) Here we fucking go. Mrs. Rojo: Oldest son wants to spend the night with his friend Saturday night, but I told him he had to ask you. He also wants to go to the movies on Sunday with his girlfriend. I called her mom to see if she was okay with it and she and her husband talked about it and they said it was okay if they were in a group or one of us was with them so I told them I would talk to you about it. I thought we could also go get a Christmas tree before the birthday party on Saturday. Do you think we can get a smaller tree this year since we have a smaller space? Plus, they have just gotten so expensive. There's no CCE on Sunday, so middle child doesn't have that to go to on Sunday morning. Sunday middle child has cub scouts at 3, but it's probably going to be rained out. Oldest has boy scouts at 4 and I need to go to the grocery store. Then we have your work party at 7 but we need to take two cars. Me: (*thinking*) Don't say anything. Don't say anything. Don't say anything. Me: (*thinking*) Seriously, don't fucking say anything. You've learned your lesson on this many, many times. Pretend like nothing is wrong and just converse and clarify cheerfully. Seriously. Me: Well, now I know a bunch of shit that's not on our calendar and I still have no idea what we are actually doing. Me: (*thinking*) Fucking dumbass! Mrs. Rojo: *angrily* Hmph! If you don't want to talk to me, just say so. I swear, every time we talk it's like you get so annoyed with me. From now on I'll just send you a text... Prologue: Ojo doesn't get laid for two weeks.

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No, no, no, no, no, fuck no. Don't you get it? You don't have to actually do shit. All you have to do is say you are going to improve the economic fates of the middle class and poor by forcing the billionaires and corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. Scream it into the microphone. And "fixing poverty?" Sheeeit. Those in actual poverty don't vote compared to higher income earners. So it would be a total waste, politically, to devote the resources there.