Jake Odorizzi is Probably Out The Door and Trump...

I found myself slithering around the streets of downtown St. Pete. Not too far off in the background the depressing glow of the dome. These two girls who clearly had been drinking got into my car and were slurring their words.
"That guy was all like..."
At night after 9:00 WUSF puts on all night jazz. It tends to tame my mind in an insane civilization. Jazz (much like baseball) is a language only a few can truly understand.
"Why do you have this elevator music on?!" one of the girls snaps.
"I like elevators,"
Silence.
We cruised over Gandy bridge in absolute silence.
"What have y'all been doing tonight?"
More silence.
"What do you think?" one of them retorts.
They smelled.
"It explains why y'all smell like shit,"
Silence.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!" one of them shouts.
The words just came out so organically.
"I mean, you both smell like alcohol. I guess it beats saying 'you smell like shit,'"
This didn't seem to work.
We arrived to a nice old house in south Tampa and the other girl stayed in (as we had another stop for her...apparently).
"So you really like this elevator music?" she asked.
I think so.
"Yes,"
"I do not meet a lot of people who like this kind of music," she explained.
"You mean Kind of Blue. This is Miles Davis,"
She chuckled.
"You are a smart ass," she laughed.
This was not true.
"I come from Puerto Rico, you know, a shit hole country," she cried.
I felt a subliminal reference. Jose DeLeon was from there.
"Did you vote for that asshole??"
She did.
"That ASSHOLE is saving this country! Look at North Korea now!" she began.
She launched into a whole long dialogue about the president of The United States. I was too tired to care.
We slowly came to her house.
"Don't hate me because I voted for Trump," she said.
"Too late,"
She got out.

There's no doubt that this off season has been long. The Rays have made no major league signings. Lomo and Alex Cobb are still out there in purgatory. Maybe it's safe to say The Rays will be a Triple A team with our Lord and Savior Kevin Cash to lead the charge into oblivion. It looks like the front office really decided to tackle this off season by trading old assets and trying to acquire young controllable talent via the trade. It's funny they are screaming bloody murder about Hech's arbitration hearing and have to pay a very solid defensive shortstop an extra two million dollars. There's no question that by the All-Star Break the lineup will look extremely difficult from Opening Day. I suspect that Hech, Odo, Ramos and even maybe Archer get get dealt by then. Odo is coming off a down season but I could see The Brewers trade some second tier prospects for Odo or buy high for Archer as they are in desperate need of a starter and have the prospects to trade for one. Knowing how the Rays work, time will only tell. One thing to be very excited about is the pitching and if that rotation can be healthy. Archer, DeLeon, Andriese, Eovaldi, Snell, Faria, Honeywell to name a few. It will be interesting to see how these guys come to spring. The OF looks solid too if Mallex, KK, Dickerson and Souza can all remain healthy. Is it ironic the Cubs pick up all former Rays?

I drove to 7-11 and got a coffee.