I am stepping in for MLBTR founder and proprietor Tim Dierkes on this week’s MLB Mailbag. It is a deadline-heavy version this week, with questions on the Reds’ outlook, Frankie Montas, Jonathan India, the Crimson Sox, Tarik Skubal, Pete Alonso‘s future, the 2024 draft, the idea of non-contending golf equipment utilizing the deadline to purchase items for the 2025 season, the Dodgers’ rising record of wants, the Cubs’ unsure standing, and extra! Let’s get into it.
Matthew H. asks:
No Reds within the High 50 commerce candidates? Was there any consideration to the entrance workplace tendency to face pat in July or was that simply the way in which the names fell?
We’ll positively do at the very least yet one more replace to our high commerce candidates record — presumably two. The Reds may issue extra prominently onto a future model, however as of proper now, they’re solely three video games out of the Wild Card hunt within the Nationwide League. They’re in a key group of borderline contenders — together with groups just like the Cubs, Pirates, Giants and Rangers — whose deadline destiny hinges on how the primary few video games of the second half shake out. A nine-game highway journey to play the Nats, Braves and Rays (in that order) goes to be a significant component.
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