I didn't have to Photoshop, although, if I did, it would have looked better.
When you Google "Weasel" this is one of the photos you get, and it's perfect because on the random days that Crox actually takes off his crocks and puts on dress shoes to go to his office to work, I assume this is what he looks like.
He takes a call, sets up a meeting, checks his fantasy lineup and then chuckles as he hits accept on a deal to send Charlie Blackmon to Sam.
"Yes," he says with an evil raspy edge on his voice. "I've fooled yet another."
Crox is well known for his deals that end in players getting hurt. Cliff Lee was among the first and Charlie Blackmon was certainly not going to be the last.
Hell, it didn't take too long for that to come true.
Just minutes after I accepted a deal for Ramon Laureano, the red flag went up. An hour seriously had not passed.
"I didn't know," said the Crox the Weasel.
Sure, Mr. Weasel. I believe you.
Right now the recipe for a JLB Championship has had one key ingredient: "Just add Butter."
The Cheese Steaks have been big on following this recipe and the Great Greinke acquisitions of 2017 and 2018 were key parts of his second and third JLB World Series titles.
The Steaks are undoubtedly trying to cook with that same ingredient in 2019, but in true reality TV fashion, there are two cooks in this kitchen — and this other angry chef is making Breakfast.
On the menu this morning is Whit Merrifield and Anthony DeSclafani. The cost? Michael Kopech, Nomar Mazara, Jesus Sanchez and Brusdar Graterol. Breakfast’s first-round pick also went in the deal.
It was a heavy price to pay for Sam, and I have to say, of all the July Butter deals, this one may be among the best on paper. Kopech has legit ace potential; Mazara is still only 24 years old and has great potential as a power bat; and Sanchez could be the diamond in the rough in this entire deal.
All three have either been trade targets, or in the case of Sanchez, on my minor league watch list (I still think he is “blue starred” on Fantrax for me).
There may be some more Butter moves to come, but for his first deal of the deadline season, this was quite the move.
One has to wonder, when will the July bulk moves end?
Last year, he picked up Shohei Ohtani, Austin Riley, Aldaberto Mondesi, Dylan Cease, Enyel De Los Santos, Kyle Wright, Tyson Ross, Taylor Trammel, Joey Lucchesi and Willie Calhoun on July 30 and 31. He gave away Zack Greinke, Matt Barnes, Charlie Morton, Raisel Iglesias and Trevor Story.
In 2017, this was written in the Jargon: “In total, Steroid added 16 players since June 20. Included in that are notable prospects: Lucas Giolito, Tyler Beede, Amir Garrett, Luke Weaver, Victor Robles and David Dahl. It’s not too bad a haul when you look at it as a whole. It cost a lot, but he pulled the trigger. Takes guts.”
I can’t find the archives on what he did in 2016, but I'm sure Greinke was somehow involved.
Nevertheless, the fact is, this is when Butter has been busiest of late.
I can't help but notice he seems to stay away from Crox the Weasel.
Another quick, random Google search brought up that a "Butter Weasel" is a person who weasels his way out of bad situations. ... So I now take it back.
His new name is Crox the Butter Weasel.
That's Butter... Weasel. I only stress that because Google has a completely different definition for those two terms if they are flipped. Enjoy.
He takes a call, sets up a meeting, checks his fantasy lineup and then chuckles as he hits accept on a deal to send Charlie Blackmon to Sam.
"Yes," he says with an evil raspy edge on his voice. "I've fooled yet another."
Crox is well known for his deals that end in players getting hurt. Cliff Lee was among the first and Charlie Blackmon was certainly not going to be the last.
Hell, it didn't take too long for that to come true.
Just minutes after I accepted a deal for Ramon Laureano, the red flag went up. An hour seriously had not passed.
"I didn't know," said the Crox the Weasel.
Sure, Mr. Weasel. I believe you.
Cooking Up A Championship
Everyone has their special way to cook food. Some of us just throw stuff in a pot and see what happens; others follow a recipe.Right now the recipe for a JLB Championship has had one key ingredient: "Just add Butter."
The Cheese Steaks have been big on following this recipe and the Great Greinke acquisitions of 2017 and 2018 were key parts of his second and third JLB World Series titles.
The Steaks are undoubtedly trying to cook with that same ingredient in 2019, but in true reality TV fashion, there are two cooks in this kitchen — and this other angry chef is making Breakfast.
On the menu this morning is Whit Merrifield and Anthony DeSclafani. The cost? Michael Kopech, Nomar Mazara, Jesus Sanchez and Brusdar Graterol. Breakfast’s first-round pick also went in the deal.
It was a heavy price to pay for Sam, and I have to say, of all the July Butter deals, this one may be among the best on paper. Kopech has legit ace potential; Mazara is still only 24 years old and has great potential as a power bat; and Sanchez could be the diamond in the rough in this entire deal.
All three have either been trade targets, or in the case of Sanchez, on my minor league watch list (I still think he is “blue starred” on Fantrax for me).
There may be some more Butter moves to come, but for his first deal of the deadline season, this was quite the move.
One has to wonder, when will the July bulk moves end?
Last year, he picked up Shohei Ohtani, Austin Riley, Aldaberto Mondesi, Dylan Cease, Enyel De Los Santos, Kyle Wright, Tyson Ross, Taylor Trammel, Joey Lucchesi and Willie Calhoun on July 30 and 31. He gave away Zack Greinke, Matt Barnes, Charlie Morton, Raisel Iglesias and Trevor Story.
In 2017, this was written in the Jargon: “In total, Steroid added 16 players since June 20. Included in that are notable prospects: Lucas Giolito, Tyler Beede, Amir Garrett, Luke Weaver, Victor Robles and David Dahl. It’s not too bad a haul when you look at it as a whole. It cost a lot, but he pulled the trigger. Takes guts.”
I can’t find the archives on what he did in 2016, but I'm sure Greinke was somehow involved.
Nevertheless, the fact is, this is when Butter has been busiest of late.
I can't help but notice he seems to stay away from Crox the Weasel.
Another quick, random Google search brought up that a "Butter Weasel" is a person who weasels his way out of bad situations. ... So I now take it back.
His new name is Crox the Butter Weasel.
That's Butter... Weasel. I only stress that because Google has a completely different definition for those two terms if they are flipped. Enjoy.
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