#well....i hope you like long overdue and very short starters!!!!

[balsamina]

@mechanicosmia​

It had been said that a Clefable’s hearing was so acute that it could detect the sound of a pin dropping from over a mile away. As the long-time trainer of a Clefable, Lusamine had her doubts in this statement-- but it is indeed her Clefable who first manages to find the one they’ve been looking for.

Having followed the nearly imperceptible sound of something shifting through the brush, the fairy takes up a perch beside the stranger, appearing as if from nowhere, and begins to pluck at his hair and clothes with stubby, curious fingers.

[alexis-vaughn]

Plotted starter for @wickedgamc

Alexis hadn’t seen Thomas for a long while now. God knew what he was up to even if it in his case was probably wrong to assume that heavens or gods wanted any business with the devil, but Alex had never been a part of these bright sides as well since she considered herself a little demon as well. In fact she could think back with a smile when it was about Thomas. About that one night they shared as he spent the night in their mansion to finish some business with her father. Maybe they had been both a little drunk and Alex was definitely bored and not having a handsome man like him fucking other women in their home. No, she wanted it to be her or no one and sneaked into his guest room like she would often sneak around the house when she was younger. The mansion was her playground cause there weren’t many places she were allowed to go to anyways. Her father made sure that she wasn’t involved in any business. That she wouldn’t surround herself with “average people” or go to school, no Alex was like the little trophy he wanted to smile in the back and get her lessons at home. The girl that he wished would be a son. Charles never overcame the disappointment of not having an heir like he hoped and his frustration only made him more cruel towards Alex mother and herself. Alex always knew she wasn’t wanted, but sometimes when Charles put her in these nice and expensive dresses to greet the guests from afar, she couldn’t help but feel loved from him either way. Even as her mother died Alex never stopped craving for his attention. That her father would be finally proud of her and involve her in his business. But even in his last breaths he didn’t want to give her the lead and she only took over cause the rules made her the heir he never wanted her to be.

Now this was her place. Her men. Her money. And her horses. And with the start of her reign she wanted to change some things that had been long overdue. Including their tensed partnership to Mister Shelby.

He surely heard that Charles had died, but as he arrived she was sure that the sadness on his face wasn’t meant for her. No. This man had a broken heart. Poor him. Maybe she could lift his spirit?

“Mister Shelby.” She greeted him with a wide grin while the two men guarding her kept their eyes on him and then she offered Tommy her hand to kiss, like he had to around a duchess. “Long time no see, devil of Birmingham.” A short nod told her men to step away and give them some space, but instead of leading him inside she gestured with her hand towards the stables, her silky scarf wrapped around her shoulders to stay protected from the light wind that blew around their noses. “I appreciate your coming. My apologies that you didn’t get an invitation for the funeral, but it was a very private ceremony. Only family, you know? And we all know you wouldn’t want to see the old man rot anyways. Or did you fantasize about his death before?” Was that what gangsters did? Imagining the death of their enemies that way? Well she couldn’t properly deny that she didn’t imagine her father dying before as well, could she?

“See… since I’m your new contact now, I figured we should discuss our future business. And after I noticed the deep sadness behind your blue eyes as soon as you left your beautiful car, I wondered if it might lift you up if we join the horses. You still like them, don’t you sad boy?”

[stripper-patrick]

Passionfruit🌺 Erik Killmonger

Warnings: language, smut, n-word use, vanilla smut, virginity snatching, soul snatching, fluff

This was asked for while I was on vacation and I am so sorry I suck but I hope you enjoyed this long overdue story 😘

Relationship: Erik Killmonger x black plus sized reader

“You look good tonight ma” Erik smiles looking at me up and down. I shake my head cutting into my steak. I wanted to take Erik out on a date tonight and tell him that I’m ready for him to take my virginity.

“You do too baby” i smile “so there was a reason why we came out tonight”

“Ok what’s that reason” I take a sip of my wine swallowing nervously. I feel like a teenage girl. I stare at my glass and take a deep breath “I want you to Uh” I choke up on my words

“What’s wrong ma?” He asks. I’m still staring at my wine then my eyes move to my food “look at me please” Ugh he sounds so demanding yet so pleading.

I look at him seeing his concern “I want you to have sex with me tonight” I bite my bottom lip scared that he’ll laugh at my nervousness and mock me.

“Are you sure” his grills glimmer in the dim light as he speaks. I nod again not being able to look him in the eyes “look me in the eyes and give me a verbal yes”

I look him in the eyes and utter out a small yes.

“Why you so nervous about it? What else is on your mind” Aw shit now that he’s questioning me other factors play into my nerves.

“Why me? You could have any other girl here who’s more experienced than I am in the sexual department”

“Well for starters I know your lack of experience won’t get me caught up with a disease as well as you value yourself because I see niggas throwin themselves at you everyday even when we weren’t together and you didn’t do anything so really I should be asking you why you chose me”

“Cause I know you’ll take care of me no matter what terms were on good bad or indifferent” Erik smiles showing each and every tooth he has as well as both dimples. He’s a big old kid.

“Stop your making my blush” he says “you really mean that”

“Of course” I smile

“I really love you ma”

“I love you more baby”

We split the dessert and he pays for dinner. I go in my purse getting $10 and putting it on the table for tip.

“Ready?” He looks down at me. I nod and lead the way to the car.

...

We finally get in the house and I open the door and pull him inside. I kiss his plump lips and he smiles

“I want you to fuck me”

“I will but not tonight” I stop kissing him and look in his eyes in search of deceit.

“What?”

“Nah you want Erik but tonight you getting N’Jadaka. Ima make love to you not fuck you. There’s a difference”

“I-“

“So take ya cute ass upstairs and get ready if you still wanna do this. If not now is your time to speak” Without hesitation I keep quiet and walk upstairs swiftly.

I wait for him and take off my dress letting it fall to the ground. I take off my shoes and place them in the closet. I hear the door shut and Erik walks in with his jacket in his hand. He sets it on the nearby chair and comes behind me kissing my collarbone and shoulder.

“Do you trust me?”

“Of course”

“Get on the bed lay on your back” he pats my ass softly. I’ve never seen Erik like this. This soft and vulnerable almost. I do as told and lay flat against the pillow. He unbuttons his shirt and takes it off along with his pants. I bite my lip and Erik comes over top of me. His kiss takes ahold of me. He could’ve told me to jump off a bridge and I would’ve asked which one in this very moment.

He leans over top of me and places as open mouth kiss on my neck. His hands trail down to my pussy rubbing softly. I moan feeling his calloused fingers rub on my clit.

My legs falls open for him and I’m not so insecure about my body anymore. He rubs harder before pushing his thick fingers in my core slowly. Erik adds another before pressing up against my g-spot. I shudder and watch as his muscular body descends between my legs.

I feel his warm tongue flick my clit and I moan softly. I prop myself up on my elbows watching his head move around. He looks up into my eyes and I bite my lip pushing back his dreads.

He wraps his lips around my clit and I drop my body on the bed breathing heavily. Erik holds my thighs apart lapping up my dripping juices from my ass hole to my clit making me shiver. His big brown eyes stare up at me and I look at him then up to the ceiling closing my eyes.

I let the feeling consume me running my nails through his dreads pulling him closer. He slurps up on my clit hungrily craving for more after each Drop that’s spilled from me.

One more circle around my clit it’s me breathless and shaking moaning his name at the top of my lungs. my back arches are you from the mattress as my legs try to close around his head. His muscular hands keep them all up and gaining every drop I have to offer.

Once I come to my senses Eric would set me up a smile on his face licking his lips not wasting any flavor. He grabs the back of my neck Ppulling meforward to taste myself on his lips. He lives in between my legs and my legs are open I can feel his tip rubbing against my sensitive clit.

I grab a condom and he sits on his knees. He looks at me and smiles a full-grilled grin “ Roll it on me. I trust you baby”

I roll it on and look at him watching him nod and smile “you ready?”

“Yes” he leans forward and intertwines his fingers with mmine kissingme passionately. “Take a deep breath and relax mama”

I do I was told closing my eyes and he kisses me again while sliding the tip in. I squeeze his hand as he stretches me out to the max groaning into the kiss. ”relax baby girl”

I breath through as he fits of himself into me. When he finishes he gives me some time to adjust to his girth. “Ok”

Erik begins moving softly and the pain from the friction takes a little while to turn into pleasure. Erik kisses my neck and I moan softly taking my nails down his back egging him on to keep going.

He rolls his hips lazily into me softly pounding my cervix until I’m at a loss for words and completely breathless.

“You feel so good mamas”

“Fuck Erik keep going” I pull at his dreads as he slams into me pushing my brain into a daze.

He’s giving to me so good that tears spill from my eyes.

“Look at my girl. A whole beautiful mess. Crying cause that dick good baby?” He coos. Erik wraps his thick hand around my neck pressing into the sides my neck with his fingers limiting oxygen.

“Scream my name baby go head” he kisses me looking directly into my eyes.

“I’m gonna cum”

“Nah” he says “squirt”

My eyes roll and a loud scream passes my lips in short breaths “N’Jadaka” I grip the sheets projecting my juices all over his thighs.

“That’s my girl” he grunts in my ear biting it softly “where you want me”

“In my mouth please” I beg. He lets go of my throat and we move quickly. I throw off the condom and grab the base of his dick jerking him into my mouth. Thick beads of cum roll off the tip as he holds my head. His chest has beads of sweat on it rolling down his scars.

He pushes my head deeper and I wrap my four fingers over my thumb applying pressure. I also hum which I read both ignore the gag reflex.

“That’s it baby take it” he bottoms himself out and I swallow everything he offers. I let go of his dick with a pop and he smiles at me.

“Thank you” he lays down next to me

“Thank you” he smiles kissing my forehead “for trusting me enough to take care of your body”

[echoeternally]

Fanfic Gift! (Pokemon): Rivalry Renewed

Boy oh boy, this is super duper overdue! It’s totally not.

This was meant to be a holiday season gift for my friend, @starlys, but it got delayed because, shockingly, the holidays were a really busy time for me.

Anyway! This is a thank you, because it’s for someone that listens to my incessant rambling over odd amounts of topics usually Fire Emblem, and keeping up a long running conversation about several things.

It’s also an excuse to write something with lesbians cute things.

Anyway! A fanfic below for you and anyone else looking to read. Please enjoy!

Home in Hoenn once again, and yet I’m still wandering around. Maybe I should head back to the house for a visit, but sometimes it’s good to get out and about.

 There’s nothing quite as soothing as a trip through Route 117, at least for me. Verdanturf Town is just beyond it, but it can feel like you’re walking on eggshells there. Mauville City is exciting and full of life, but gets overcrowded and a break is always refreshing. The route between them is a calming place for the environment and raising your team, but it’s also a place for battles too.

 The stuffiness of the city is gone, the air is crisp, and the vibrant plant life just feels so refreshing out in the open. But even still, I can see trainers strolling around, spotting one another, and tossing Pokemon out, ready to go at it.

 While I’m making my way through though, I spot the Daycare Man standing outside of his fence. Raising an eyebrow, I wander over to him.

 “Ah, hello there, trainer!”

 “Hi sir.”

 “Wait, hold on a moment…you’re Terra, right?”

 “That’s me.” I brushed a loose strand of blue hair back behind my ear. “Is something the matter?”

 “Oh, no. Your Gallade is doing just fine.”

 Wait, I left Gallade here?

 “That’s who you were checking on, right, dear?”

 The elderly man must spot my widened eyes and my slight step back.

 “Uh…yeah! Glad that he’s faring well.” I force a grin as I tug on my fingerless glove. “But, um, was that all you’re here for? Normally, you stand further from your fence when you have an Egg.”

 “Of course. But you only left one Pokemon with us.”

 “Right, but I’m not your only patron, am I?”

 “No, far from it, of course.”

 “…So…?”

 “It’s nothing you need concern yourself with, dear.”

 “Ooh, picking up an Egg, Terra?”

 My skin crawls as a shudder slides down my body. I spin around to find her standing behind me, a smirk on her face and a hand on her hip. Her ruffled aqua camisole flows in a gentle breeze, and her purple tassel purse dangles against her shapely blue skinny jeans.

 “Marina!” A more natural grin hits my face. “Haven’t seen you in ages! Are you back from traveling around Kanto and Johto?”

 “Nah, just taking a break for a few days.” She folds her arms and raises an eyebrow at me, her brown hair swaying as she shifts her posture. “And you? I thought you were adventuring through Unova.”

 “My trip got interrupted there.” I shrugged. “Some weird group was making a lot of noise about people needing to release their Pokemon for their own good or some nonsense.”

 “Huh. Weird.”

 “Yeah, and then there were wicked crazy wind and thunderstorms that broke out around the region, so I stopped my time there.” I smiled and tugged a photo from my bag. “But, check this out.”

 “Is that Alola?!”

 “Yep!”

 “Ooh, I’m so jealous!” Marina purses her lips and puffs out a cheek. “I’m dying to go to there.”

 “Well, I wasn’t able to stay there for very long either.” I tug on my ponytail. “Mom called about needing me back in Littleroot, so I made my way back here.”

 “What? That stinks!” She scoops up my hands and gazes into my eyes. “You just have to get back to Alola!”

 “Uh, well…they’ve got that new Pokemon League that they’re still working on, I think.” I fold my hands behind my back. “Once it’s running, I’ve got to challenge whoever becomes Champion.”

 “You and your battles.” Marina shrugs. “Maybe just enjoy the location itself some, huh?”

 “Sure, yeah.” I poke at her shoulder lightly. “Just make like you, strip down to that bright blue bikini and swim around like nothing else matters?”

 “Hey, if that does it for you too, go for it!” She grins brightly and I want to melt. “After all, you’re mostly there already, walking around in the crop top and shorts.”

 “Take that back!” I punch a fist into my palm as she giggles. “This is to make exercising easy!”

 “Totally.”

 “I’m serious!”

 A rough throat clearing comes from the elderly man, and we twist around. The old Day Care Man shoots me an inquisitive look and my face burns as I rub behind my head.

 “Sorry, um…we’ve been friends since we were kids and haven’t seen each other in a while.”

 “Yes, I was being treated to your current events and travels, it seems.”

 “Actually, now that you’ve cut in,” interrupts Marina, “how is my Cloyster doing?”

 “He seems well enough.”

 “Good to hear.” Marina tilts her head at me. “So? Grabbing an Egg?”

 “No, I’ve only got one Pokemon in here.” I twist back to the Day Care Man. “Which reminds me! What were you doing out here, sir?”

 Sighing, the old man runs his hand through his beard. Marina and I trade confused glances before turning back to him.

 “Well, I was actually standing out here to deliver an Egg, as I normally do for the visiting trainers,” explained the Day Care Man. “However, you two have just missed the trainer that came by.”

 “Aw, boo.” Marina pouts again. “So, the Egg was already picked up.”

 “On the contrary…” The elderly man produces as Egg from behind his back. “He decided to leave this one behind.”

 “Wait, what?”

 “What the hell?!” I lift a fist and can practically feel my blood broiling. “What kind of a trainer leaves an Egg behind?!”

 “Supposedly, he mentioned something about not needing to carry around so many while, how did he put it…?” The old man snapped his fingers. “Ah, yes, ‘perfect stat and shiny breeding,’ if I have that correct.”

 “…But why wouldn’t he take the Egg?” Marina folds her arms. “Taking more means better odds!”

 “The last few were ‘duds,’ in his words,” continued the old man. “And he stated that ‘breeding for this wasn’t worth the trouble,’ taking his Pokemon with him and not the Egg.”

 “That’s disgusting!” I kicked a pebble off flying and spun back around. “So what are you going to do with the Egg?!”

 “Give it to a trainer who does want it, I suppose.”

 “Ok, pass it over, then.” Marina tugs at her purse and shifts her weight. “I’ll take the little critter.”

 “No way!” I jump up between them. “If anything, I’m taking this little baby!” I glare and focus on the Egg. “Then, when this little one is all grown and toughened up, I’m finding that trainer and beating him with this Pokemon to make him sorry for leaving the baby behind!”

 “This isn’t that uncommon of a story—”

 “Zip it, old man!” I spiral back to Marina. “You’ll just play around with Pokemon, but they deserve a journey of strength and vengence!”

 “Or…maybe the baby just needs love?” Marina rolls her eyes. “Honestly, Terra, not everything needs to be about battling.”

 “Battling is everything!” I snatch a Poke Ball from my bag and raise it up. “In fact, I’ll battle you for this Egg!”

 “That really doesn’t make any—”

 “Just come on! Let’s go, here and now!”

 “…I guess I do need to keep up with training.” She shrugs and plucks a Poke Ball from her bag. “Just because we’re best at swimming doesn’t mean we can’t hold our own, you know.”

 “Do I have any say in this?” The elderly man shrank back.

 “No!” I wasn’t expecting to hear Marina in unison with me, but there we go.

 “Oh. Ok…”

 “So then.” Marina strides away from me, with a smirk as she struts across the path to face me. “Full team battle with one-on-one matches? Everyone gets a chance at battle, and no one gets reused.”

 “Yeah!” I pause and rub my arm. “…Uh, actually, I’ve only got three Pokemon with me right now, so…does that work?”

 “Fortunately for you, that’s all I’ve got too.”

 “Really? That’s perfect!”

 “As a matter of fact, I was specifically raising my newer Pokemon.”

 “What? Me too! That’s crazy!”

 “Seems like it, but I also have an old friend with me, of course.” She grins, and my face sours.

 “Your starter, right?”

 “Naturally.” Her beam broadens and she raises an eyebrow. “Let me guess…you did the same?”

 “Well, duh, I never let my starter leave my side.” I shrug. “Starters are your best friends from day one.”

 “Terra, how could you? I’m so hurt.”

 “Oh, shut up.” She laughs at my deadpan response. “Besides, those other Littleroot kids are notorious for carrying their starters at all times, so we might as well do the same with what Birch gave us.”

 “Ah, May and Brendan.” Marina folds her arms behind her back. “Those two are always the superstars of Littleroot, and people forget that other trainers even exist from there.”

 “It helps when one of them is Birch’s kid, and the other is the Champion of the region.” I roll my eyes. “Because those are the only ones that ever matter, of course.”

 “Sounds like we’re still plenty jealous of them.” Marina chuckles. “Maybe we should be hunting them down to compete instead.”

 “Probably, yeah.”

 “Ooh, we could do it as a team too!”

 “Uh, really?”

 “Sure…” Marina winks. “If you think you can keep up, that is.”

 “Argh!” I slam my fists together. “Enough talk! Time to battle!”

 Lobbing my Poke Ball out, it soars through the air as it bursts open. My Mienshao spirals out as she lands gracefully on the ground.

 “That’s the Unova Pokemon, right?”

 “Yep!”

 “Ok then…” Marina tosses her Poke Ball skyward. “Let’s go!”

 From the ball, a manta ray looking Pokemon flies out and flaps across the sky, floating down lower toward the ground. I step back and grit my teeth.

 “Terra, did you really think that I wouldn’t have a Pokemon that counters your favorite Type?”

 “Well…I was hoping…”

 “Clearly misguided hopes.” Marina smirks. “Mantine is going to absolutely wipe the floor with your Pokemon. And she doesn’t even specialize in attacking.”

 “That’s…that’s so not going to fly.”

 “As you can see, she clearly does—”

 “Hey, hey!” I stomp the ground. “You know what I mean!”

 “Yeah, but it’s cute to see you get mad.” My face burns while Marina laughs. “Come on, show us what you can do!”

 “With pleasure!” I point my hand forward. “Mienshao, use Bounce!”

 Nodding, my Pokemon leaps into the air and rockets away, somewhere above the clouds. Marina and her Mantine watch, though they don’t really seem unnerved.

 “Huh. I guess my attack misses then.” Marina shrugged. “Mantine, use Air Slash.”

 Rather than just letting the attack gust out anywhere, Mantine flaps and sends a wave of air past me. My hair flies up and I yelp as the gust fires past me.

 “What was that?!”

 “Sorry, but she wanted a good look at your face.” Marina grins as Mantine rolls her eyes. “Besides, you’re cute when you’re flustered too, so that’s double funny bonus points for sure.”

 “Ugh!” My cheeks are on fire, but I jab my hand out again. “Mienshao, slam down with Bounce already!”

 Plummeting from the sky above, Mienshao flies down, slamming on top of Mantine, and bouncing right off of her.

 She flips away with her kick and skids back across the ground, as Mantine crashes down.

 “Ha! Nice work!” Mienshao grins to me and I flash her a smile back. “How’s that one, Marina?”

 “You do realize your Pokemon is grounded again, right?”

 “…Uh…”

 Crap.

 “Mantine, Air Slash.”

 Flapping her fins again, Mantine unleashes a heavy burst of wind.

 Mienshao barely has time to flinch as the air blade slashes into her, knocking her back into the sky before crashing back down.

 “Hang in there, Mienshao!”

 Somehow, my Martial Arts Pokemon pushes herself back up from the floor, clearly winded, but still ready to battle again.

 “There we go!”

 Brushing her whiskers with her sleeve, Mienshao nods to me again.

 Time to mount a real comeback here.

 “Mienshao, let’s use Reversal!”

 Blue and yellow waves of energy encircle Mienshao, as she leaps forward. Pulling back her arms, the energy is channeled there and she strikes, slamming them down.

 Mantine winces as the sleeves from Mienshao’s fur smash her back to the ground. She groans and pushes against the floor as Mienshao darts back to my side.

 “Yeah! That’s how you do it!” I pump a fist and Mienshao mimics me. “See that, Marina? We can turn the battle around just like that!”

 “Very cute, Terra.”

 Uh-oh. Why isn’t she more annoyed? Why is she undeterred? Why, why, why?

 “You do realize that it’s over now, right?”

 “No—”

 Her Mantine shoots back up from the ground and into the air again, smiling gently as it waves across like a kite.

 “…Son of a—”

 “Mantine, finish this with Air Slash!”

 Once more, Mantine flaps her fins. Mienshao jolts back as the air blade rips across the sky again.

 “Look out!”

 Though Mienshao does her best to slip away from the brunt of the attack, it still connects and knocks her off her feet.

 Spiraling around and crashing down from the air, Mienshao slides back past me and I grit my teeth as her head falls back. She’s done.

 “You did your best, Mienshao.” I pull out her Poke Ball and recall her.

 “Great work, Mantine!” Marina gives her Pokemon a hug and I grumble as they do. “You get a rest for now, and I’ll get you some treats for later.”

 She recalls her Pokemon and that ends our first bout. Wiping back some of her hair, Marina folds her arms as she gazes at me.

 “Aw, Terra, don’t be so sad.” She shakes her head. “That’s definitely not a good look on you.”

 “Quiet you!” I grab my next Poke Ball. “Let’s just keep this going.”

 “Ok, fine, I can give you one.”

 Marina tosses out another ball, and a white sea lion pops out of it. She flops down to the ground and her tail sways elegantly.

 “Meet Dewgong,” introuded Marina. “She’s part Ice, so I’m sure you can counter that.”

 Narrowing my eyes, I lob my ball out. From it, my big bear, Bewear, slams down from the air. She stretches and gazes down at the Dewgong, who…well, if I didn’t know any better, I’d wager she went pale.

 “…Wait, what kind of—?”

 “Her name is Bewear, and that’ll be all your Dewgong gets to know.” I point forward at Marina’s Pokemon. Next, I pound my fist into my palm. “Bewear, use Hammer Arm and smash her to the center of the earth!”

 “Whoa, what?!” Marina points her hand forward. “Ice Beam, quick!”

 A little, light blue ball forms on her Dewgong’s horn. The beam of ice power rockets out and connects with Bewear, who blocks the better part of the hit with her arm.

 Breaking off the ice chunks that form on her, Marina and her Dewgong stare with their mouths agape as my bear stretches.

 “Good job.” I grin and point ahead. “Hammer Arm, come on!”

 Cheering and launching forward, Bewear raises her arm high up. She brings it down over the poor Dewgong quickly.

 It smashes down and connects almost too easily, knocking Dewgong right into the ground.

 “Oh no, Dewgong!”

 Marina gasps and hurries over as my Bewear ambles away. Her sea lion is stuck in the dirt, not looking likely to get back up.

 “…Was that actually a one-hit wonder?” I pat Bewear’s back. “Nice work, girl!”

 Bewear lets out a happy growl as I recall her to her ball. She’s my best heavy hitter for sure.

 Gazing back over, I watch as Marina recalls her unconscious Dewgong and frown. I tug at my ponytail and she sighs as she rises from the ground.

 “Sorry, Marina.” I pick at my hair. “I…I kind of got carried away with that one.”

 “Eh, I did mean to give one to you.” She brushes back her hair and places a hand on her hip. “I just didn’t think it’d be that quick.”

 “Yeah…even I forget my Bewear’s strength sometimes.” The species is notorious for their lethal hugs…you’d think I’d remember just how powerful they could be, especially when excited.

 “Seems like it.” Marina plucks out her last Poke Ball. “Well then! It’s been fun, Terra, but it’s time for this to end.”

 “Wait, what? But we’re not done yet!”

 “The last match will be our starters facing off.”

 “…Oh.” I grab my last Poke Ball and frown at it. “…You know, type effectiveness isn’t everything!”

 “You still want to use that line, even after both of our battles were won by type effectiveness?”

 “Hey, I need to pretend I stand a little bit of a chance against your might.”

 “Aw, that’s cute.” She grins wickedly. “False hope still won’t help you.”

 My shoulders slump as I toss my Poke Ball out, and Marina lobs hers out as well.

 Blaziken bursts forth, and she lets the fire flow from her arms right away. Across from her though, Marina’s Swampert shakes her head and stretches.

 “You can just surrender if you want,” offers Marina.

 “Not a chance.” I grip my hand tightly.

 “Ok, if that’s how you want it.” Marina pats her Swampert’s back. “Ready, girl?”

 “We’re not going quietly.” I raise my first to Blaziken. “We’re at a disadvantage, but we won’t surrender. Are you ready?”

 Smirking, Blaziken nods to me and faces forward. She freezes and remains motionless for a moment.

 “…Um…I know, but we can still try…”

 Swampert turns and gawks, as Blaziken’s flames dissipate from her wrists. Both wait for a moment, and then Swampert cries out.

 “Swampy? What’s wrong, girl?”

 Crying out again, Swampert stumbles and hurries across the trail. Blaziken waits and then holds out her arms.

 Jumping into her, Swampert wraps her arms around Blaziken and sobs as she clasps tightly to her. Blaziken pats her head and holds her closely, nuzzling her head into Swampert’s.

 “…Wait, what?”

 “Oh my gosh, that’s so adorable!” Marina bounces and claps her hands together. “It’s been so long since they’ve been together, I forgot!”

 “Well, yeah.” I shrug. “We haven’t seen each other in a long time, so it’s been longer for the two of them.”

 “But they love each other so much!” Marina shakes her head. “And the first thing we were going to do for them to greet each other was battle?”

 “Honestly, I didn’t even think of that.”

 “Me neither!”

 “Then…yeah, I can forfeit here.” I walk forward and raise my hands. “I’m not going to make poor Blaziken get her butt kicked by her Swampy that she’s missed for so long.”

 “Aw, you’d give up just for them? That’s so adorable, Terra!” Marina giggles as she ambles over to us. “But I’m giving up too, so let’s just call it a draw. We each won one, and there’s no point in continuing.”

 “You’re right. Ok, tie it is.”

 We reach out with our hands and shake. I wink at Marina and she giggles again, her cheeks a bit rosy now.

 “So, what should we do about the Egg?” Marina raises an eyebrow at me. “That was the whole point of the battling, right?”

 “Oh, you’re right.” I twist around. “Hey, old man! Who do you think should have the Egg?”

 Marina and I blankly gaze at the old man, snoring against the fence of his day care. Groaning and facing the sky, I throw my hands up.

 “Excuse us, sir?” Marina walks over to him, bringing me over by my hand, as she taps the elderly day care man. “Hello?”

 “Hm? Huh? What?”

 “Uh…did…did you see any of our battling?”

 “…Wait, where are the Mienshao and Mantine?”

 “Their battle ended a while ago.”

 “It did?”

 “Oh boy.”

 “You didn’t see any of our battles?!” I smack my face and drag my hand down. “There was absolutely no point to any of this then!”

 “Training was good,” reasons Marina. “And our Pokemon got to meet up again.”

 “Don’t use your logic to sort that out.” I jab my finger at the old man. “Come on! Which of us can take your Egg?”

 “Ah, right. Well—”

 “Actually, how about we both take it?”

 Blinking, I turn to Marina. She smiles to me, and her thumb rubs over my hand.

 “But we’re busy traveling and doing other things.”

 “Swampert misses Blaziken a lot, and I’ve missed you a lot too, so…we could just try traveling together for a little while instead.”

 “You’d want to do that?”

 “Of course!” Marina grins. “It’s been ages since we did that! And maybe we’ll need to go separate ways again, but at least for the time being…why not?”

 “That sounds like a good idea,” chimes in the old man, and he holds up the Egg. “If it goes to both of you, then I’m sure this little one will do wonders.”

 “Wow, um…thank you, sir.” I take the Egg from him and hold it close between Marina and myself.

 “You’re welcome. And congratulations to the happy couple!”

 “Wait, what?!” My face burns and I gawk at Marina, who snorts as she laughs.

 “Um, sir, we’re not—”

 “Actually, I was referring to your Pokemon over there.”

 He pointed as he strolled away from us, and we turned around. Blaziken and Swampert were cuddled close together, whispering and giggling gentle noises together. Marina and I raise our eyebrows and shrug at one another.

 “Guess we’re going to keep them out for the time being.”

 “Duh.”

 “Oh, hush up.”

 “They say that Pokemon tend to reflect their trainer’s intentions,” calls the day care man. “Usually, the longer they’ve been together, the closer these reflections are.”

 “Are you still here?!” I point at his house. “Get back to your wife, old man!”

 “I’m going, I’m going.”

 Marina laughs as she rests her hand on my shoulder, and I grumble as I turn back to her. Our faces are equally red.

 A week passes after that day, and our Egg hatches, with a Poliwag coming from it. He’s a cute little guy, but Marina and I have no idea how we want to raise him, nor who should hold ownership over him.

 But we’re still traveling around Hoenn for now, so that’s a problem for another day. Besides, I think he’s happy having two moms anyway.

Yaaaay, entertaining implications!

It features stuff @starlys likes, namely two trainers that fall in love, and two Pokemon that make a cute couple based on the evolutions of another duo.

Oh, and Bewear, because she’s cute too.

Anyway, it was a fun write up. I also tried including atypical trainer selections, but based them on Pokemon trainers like the players.

You know how, at least in the ORAS games but probably in multiple installments, you can pick a different trainer class that represents you in online modes and the like? That’s more or less what this is like. And kind of addresses player characters against who their canon counterparts end up being, which I thought was an interesting concept.

Anyway, it namely features these trainers:

Gal pals.

But I was like, “What kind of loony lady would walk around in just a bikini while walking through mountains, volcanoes, and forests?” Don’t raise your hands like you would, that stuff would hurt your poor feet.

So, I instead stole borrowed one of Serena’s outfits from the artwork and X/Y games for the Swimmer gal’s outfit:

Stylish.

So, yeah! Some fun trivia for the trainers in the stories. Pretty sure everyone else knows about the Pokemon. I know @starlys likes Bewear, but the rest were kind of just, “What Pokemon suits these trainers?”

Plus, the Poliwag can evolve into Poliwrath and represents the two of them coming together as one and their Poke-child inheriting both sides of his moms.

Anyway! That’s pretty much it. Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed it!

[tipotatimes]

Ferment

Dear C.,

Thanks for your letter. I forgot to say, in mine, that the pleasure here is very much not only in writing, but also in receiving, it’s so sweet to know that every other day, somewhere in cyberia, a little letter awaits you.

Oh so much of what you say resonates. Where to start? With the fact that it’s just turned 00:00. We like that. This seems to be the writing hour. Late again, but who’s counting? No one. Which is part of the problem. The total lack of direction that has ruled my life forever – just hold on now, turn down the hyperbole, the tuneless violin. Begin again. Creating order in my thoughts is incredibly hard. Maybe a list:

-Aimlessness, as an existential bent, is a real liability under the new regime. Aimlessness combined with severe under-employment with zero to negative chances of finding anything but the most precarious gig, given the new regime and its sparkly prospects, those together with a totally deflated will, not good.

-Aimlessness in this particular case is combined with a hyperactive, fiddly productiveness. It means that the inhabitants of the apartment’s surfaces must frequently accommodate new neighbours - jars of fermenting cabbage, pickling lemons and oranges, colonies of avocado seeds with chopstick arms, hacked petals in alcohol having their scents stolen, trays of seedlings, jars of starter, vinegar and so on. A whole rainbow of alchemic projects, a world in continual movement. The space is filled with signs of magic, renewal and transformation, captured in earth and glass. All this bubbling and busyness provides regular and many textured diversions from the cosmic, static blankness that rules this particular human at this particular time.

-Here our narratives meet in two ways. One, with regards to the desire not to reflect, which in my case, right now, means to not look at the self too much or its aimlessness. The above is my preferred method: fill time, move, make. I think I am so compromised now as a brain and being that I can’t even try to imagine the world that’s being born, except through interrupted engagements with the Doom (news) and some other commitments where we do just that. Though fully despair-inducing, changes in labour, the environment and politics are somehow more clearly imaginable, or defined (why? Because they’re already well under way? Are they?) than the hideous changes to the micropolitical texture of daily life to which you refer (which are also, in some aspects, already born).

On the fabric of our social interactions I want to end. This is the other link. Through thinking, perhaps some dreams and talking with a friend, I understood that my discomfort at Easter was conjunctural in a way I hadn’t yet sensed. This is also related to what you refer to as part of phase 3 -the realisation that many new and unwelcome patterns are going to be normalised. Or that we need to fight to not let them be. In this particular instance, I think that monkitude, in its negative aspects, made it difficult for me to be around the grand total sum of 4 close friends, well 3, with one non-threatening other. I think I got really depressed when I understood that and the fact that a lot of social interaction is now tiring to me, too much (I’m not only talking about online, but even embodied, at least with more than one person). I’d rather just stay silent, alone in my house (which means I obey). And go for walks or bike rides with one friend at a time (now that is a beautiful thing). I’m not managing to ‘use’ this time to go to deep places of reflection, creation or connection with others in organised struggle. Not using it at all, instead, being disciplined by it in frightening ways. We’ll see. I do hope this attitude is short lived, I don’t think I can hack the levels of self-loathing that a long stew in it would produce. Maybe one of my ferments can give me the fizz to venture out.

On that cheerful note, this was not a list. But the hyphen gave me the courage to go on. So why not.

I am glad that you have music. Music rules. It’s also been a bigger part of my life over the past weeks, and it brings only joy. I am sure it will help replenish the source.

Till I read you tomorrow (and we’re long overdue a communication by other means!)

S.

[helenarlett-rex]

Happy New Year everyone!

And happy new decade. Looks like we are officially living in the 20s now. Everyone break out your fedoras, beaded evening dresses, and argyle socks!

But what does the new decade hold for Helen Arlet, you may ask? Well for starters I plan to get back to more writing. I mean, I know I haven’t stopped writing. I have continued to post new stories over on my eka’s page. But there hasn’t been a published book since Megalodon Trouble. With the start of the new decade I plan to fix that and start putting out books on a more regular schedule again. I may be able to start as soon as January, but more realistically it will probably be February before I am back on a regular publishing schedule.

And what do we have to look forward to in this coming year? I normally try to keep this stuff under wraps in case I don’t manage to get it written like I intended, but I hoping that maybe actually making some announcements will give me the drive I need to get this stuff finished. That ‘I already announced it so I have to put the effort in to finish it’ kind of thing. This could backfire horribly, but let’s hope it doesn’t. So that being said, here is a little sneak preview for what I have coming this year.

Rainbow Sharks - A collection of LGBT erotic shorts set in the same universe as my Miss Nolly stories. I’ve had a lot of fun writing this one and it’s nearly complete. I’m pretty excited about it. Provided there are no setbacks we should be getting this one as soon as late January, early February.

Other coming attractions (which I don’t have finished covers to show off yet) include the following.

Miss Nolly’s Class 2 (Title subject to change) - About 3/4 of the way written and quite an exciting and interesting turn in the Miss Nolly series in my opinion. Can’t wait to see what everyone else thinks about this one.

Snow Bunny: Double Black Diamond - A long awaited, and very overdue, followup in the Snow Bunny series which will be taking place immediately where The Dino Sisters: A Snow Bunny Tale left off. So if you aren’t up to date in the Snow Bunny series you may want to go correct that before things start getting real. This one is also about 3/4 of the way written.

Unnamed Yiffpunk project 1 - I have a squeal to my first Yiffpunk novel currently in the works that should be coming out sometime later this year. Although at the moment extensive re-writes are probably going to be in order so I don’t even know yet if this is one book or if it will be re-written into two books. So I have no real time frame on when it will be out. I really hoping for this year though.

Unnamed Yiffpunk project 2 - I also have a second Yiffpunk book in the works that isn’t a direct sequel to the last book, but still connects to the others in some way, just like all the Yiffpunk stories do. This one is a bit more straight forward and coming along better so it may actually be out before the other one.

The final The Dino Dimension Saga book - No title yet, but I have planned an ending to The Dino Dimension Saga. I will be releasing a final book in the series followed very quickly by a complete collection edition which will contain everything I have written in that setting across all of the platforms I release stories on. So in other words, the final book on it’s own will pretty much just be for people who want to read the last story through Kindle Unlimited. While the complete collection won’t be eligible for KDP Select enrollment and will be more for people who just want everything and are willing to pay $3.99 in actual money to have it. Oh but don’t worry. Just because I am ending The Dino Dimension Saga doesn’t mean you have seen the last of those characters. I have something special planned. But you’ll have to read the last book to find out what.

The Dank Wildcats Vol. 2 - Another one I’ve been planning on for a while but didn’t make myself sit down and actually start writing it until just recently. This book has been SO MUCH FUN so far and I can’t wait to have it finished. If you enjoyed the first volume of this series then I think you’re really going to like the second one. And if you haven’t read the first one, but maybe you’ve been reading my Miss Smalls stories, then you may want to go check it out. It’s set in the same universe and some of the characters have already made appearance in the Miss Smalls series.

And speaking of Miss Smalls...

Miss Smalls collection - Not really any new content here, but I’ve written enough in this series now that I think I’ll probably publish a Miss Smalls collected volume just for anyone who is interested in having that. Probably full of author’s notes and behind the scenes stuff for anyone who is into nerdy stuff like that. Who knows... If sales are good this year we may even get some illustrations...

That’s about all for now. I hope you all have a happy new year and looking forward to seeing you in 2020!

[nest-raider]

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Mailbag: Gonzalez, Bumgarner, Keuchel, Kershaw, Harrison

Clint Frazier’s injury is already having a domino effect on the Yankees’ offseason

We’ve got ten questions in this week’s mailbag. Good mailbag, I think. Glad it’s the offseason and we finally have some more things to talk about it. I’m not sure how many more questions I could answer about Miguel Andujar’s ultimate position before going crazy. Anyway, RABmailbag (at) gmail (dot) com is the mailbag email address. Fire away.

This was quite the go-ahead double. (Jason Miller/Getty)

Phil asks: Marwin Gonzalez. The perfect FA match. He can play 2B (with Gleyber at SS) until they figure out the Didi situation. He’s the super-utility starter they hoped Wade would become. And he won’t cost a TON. 1) Am I right, or am I RIGHT? 2) What do you think the damage will be in years/dollars? Thanks.

Gonzalez is one of those free agents who’s a good fit for every team because he’s so versatile. He can play all four infield positions — and play them well, which is kinda important — as well as left field. I don’t think I would ever expect him to hit .303/.377/.530 (144 wRC+) like he did in 2017 again. That seems like one of those perfectly timed career years teams need to win a World Series. Since 2014, Gonzalez has been a 100-110 wRC+ guy with 12-15 homers annually aside from that 2017 season, which is pretty good. Switch-hitter who takes walks and will sock one out of the park every so often while playing all over the field? That guy fits every team.

As for the cost, man, I don’t know. I feel like it’s impossible to predict free agent contracts this offseason because everything was so wacky last offseason. Gonzalez turns 30 in March, so he’s not old. I think his asking price starts at Ben Zobrist’s contract (four years and $56M). Gonzalez is five (!) years younger now than Zobrist was when he hit free agency, though his track record isn’t as good or as long. In a normal free agent climate, four years and $56M would be reasonable in my opinion. In this free agent climate? Who knows.

Ian asks: I understand he *should* retire a Giant, but the fact remains that SF has not extended Bumgarner yet, he’s set to become a free agent next year at the age of 30. Am I crazy for thinking he might be available? Why would they wait for him to get closer to FA before extending him if they have no intention of letting him go? It’s not like they’ll be in ‘win now’ mode in 2019, and I’d gladly take a shot at 30 year old MadBum. 30 is older, but it’s not that old to where I’d pass on him.

The Giants don’t have a general manager or baseball operations head right now. GM Bobby Evans was let go and longtime executive Brian Sabean is moving from president of baseball operations into a less demanding role. I assume the decision to trade or extend Madison Bumgarner will wait until the team has a new front office in place. Either that or ownership will step in and give him that quote-unquote lifetime contract.

I would happily take on one year of Bumgarner. Bring him aboard and see how the season plays out before deciding whether to sign him long-term. If the Giants do decide to trade him, they should do it sooner rather than later. Trading him now nets the best possible return. Look at Manny Machado. Look what the Orioles got for him compared to what they could’ve gotten last winter. A full season of Bumgarner is much more valuable than two months of Bumgarner at the deadline, plus there’s always injury risk to consider.

The Yankees should absolutely check in on Bumgarner if the Giants decide to move him. They should do more than check in, really. They should pursue him aggressively. I don’t think putting Justus Sheffield in the trade would be unreasonable either, even for only one year of Bumgarner. He’s great and you have to pay to get great. The Giants presumably have to get their front office in place before any of this happens. I wonder if this means the free agent pitching market will be held up until San Francisco makes their intentions with Bumgarner clear?

Douglas asks: Short and sweet: do you think Keuchel would part with majestic beard of his to become a Yankee or would that be a sticking point? Is it time to revise the facial hair policy of the Yankees–goatees and well-groomed beards allowed? Seems like the thing to do upon leaving the Yankees is grow a beard.

Getting rid of the facial hair policy is long overdue. It is pointless. Baseball players are not working class Average Joes. Lots of folks would lose their job if they showed up to work with a baseball player beard. Baseball players don’t live in the same world as most folks though. Baseball is the entertainment business, first and foremost. Part of that entertainment is letting players be themselves and show some personality. There are a lot of ugly beards out there, but, if a player wants an ugly beard, let him have an ugly beard. I see no problem with this.

As for Dallas Keuchel, if he refuses to sign with the Yankees because of the facial hair policy, so be it. I’m not all that eager to sign him anyway. His strikeout (17.5%) and ground ball (53.7%) dropped considerably from last year (21.4% and 66.8%), and an upper-80s sinker guy is not really my cup of tea. Keuchel is 30 and he pitches like I want a 35 or 36-year-old to pitch after he loses his stuff. I don’t want to invest big money in a guy who might be sitting mid-80s by year three of a long-term deal, especially given the performance decline we saw this year.

Miggy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty)

Patrick asks: Would you consider a trade for Miguel Cabrera if the medicals check out? Send over Ellsbury and maybe a lower level minor league arm or two and the Tigers send Cabrera and cash to make the financials a wash. Cabrera could potentially be much more useful at 1b.

Nope. There are five years and $154M (!) remaining on Cabrera’s contract. Send over Jacoby Ellsbury to offset salary and you’re still taking on $107M for a guy who’s starting to break down physically (played 445 of 648 possible games the last four years) and has seen his performance slip. Cabrera’s an all-time great who should waltz into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot when the time comes. We’re talking about taking on what figure to be heavy decline years though, and chances are he’ll be relegated to DH before long just to keep his body in one piece. How much would the Tigers have to pay down to make this worthwhile? Turn him into a $10M a year player? Even that doesn’t excite me. The time to get Miggy was ten years ago when he was in his prime and the Marlins put him on the market. Trade for him now and you’re asking for trouble. This feels like an old Yankees move.

James asks: Not a question just an observation: Your continual comparison of pitchers ERA with Sanchez and Romine behind the plate fails to take into account that Romine caught the majority of Gray’s starts. Near the end of the season I calculated the staff ERA difference and, if I recall correctly, removing Gray from the equation led to nearly similar staff ERA’s for both catchers.

How many more hoops do we have to jump through to make Austin Romine look good? Fine. If we remove Gray from Romine’s numbers, it’s still a 3.95 ERA. The pitching staff had a 3.50 ERA with Sanchez. It was a 3.38 ERA when we remove Gray, which is only fair, because we did it for Romine. And wasn’t Romine supposed to be the Sonny Gray whisperer anyway? I thought he needed his personal catcher to pitch well?

Catcher ERA is dumb as hell and should never ever be used in a serious analysis. It assigns way too much credit to the catcher. At the end of the day, all the catcher can do is put down the signs. The pitcher still has to execute. Sonny has good stuff and I have no reason to doubt the team’s game-planning. He just doesn’t execute. Gray leaves a lot of mistakes out over the plate no matter who’s catching. Just avoid catcher ERA all together. I only use it to troll the Cult of Romine™.

Luke asks: First off, Steve Pearce? Come on! I can’t find it anywhere, but I can’t help to believe that Price had to have led the Sox in WAR for the World Series. Which players were the best players by WAR in the World Series? Is there a better way to value players (pitchers versus hitters) in general?

As far as I know, no one calculates postseason WAR. That seems like it would be tough to do. You’d have to recalculate replacement level for postseason rosters. We do have postseason win probability and championship probability added though. Here are the 2018 World Series leaders:

Win Probability Added (WPA) 1. Steve Pearce: +0.63 2. David Price: +0.46 3. Walker Buehler: +0.45 4. Yasiel Puig: +0.41 5. Joe Kelly: +0.38

Championship Probability Added (CPA) 1. Steve Pearce: +0.196 2. Joe Kelly: +0.116 3. Yasiel Puig: +0.115 4. Rich Hill: +0.106 5. David Price: +0.105

I personally would’ve voted for Price — two very good starts, including one in the clincher on short rest, with a relief appearance mixed it? that gets my vote — but Pearce was obviously a defensible choice. If you’re interested, here are the Yankees’ postseason leaders in CPA by round. Ralph Terry is the all-time postseason CPA leader (Yankees or otherwise) with +0.994 in the 1962 World Series.

Derek asks: If Clayton Kershaw opts out, how willing would the Yankees be to signing him? Would you pay the steep price? Personally, I’m terrified of it becoming a dead money contract and the postseason results haven’t been there. His fastball has also declined from 95 to 91 and his whiff percentages are way down.

The fact Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed to push his opt-out back from Wednesday to today is a pretty good indication they’re working on an extension. I’m guessing it’ll be announced later today. Maybe they’ll add two years on top of the two years remaining on his contract? We’ll find out. And, just to toot my own horn, I said I expected Kershaw to leverage his opt-out into an extension without actually opting out when we did our CBS round table.

Anyway, in a hypothetical world where Kershaw opts out, yeah, I’d want the Yankees to look into him. There are legitimate concerns about Kershaw. No doubt. He’s had back trouble three years running now and his underlying performance (and velocity) has slipped. Kershaw’s also only one year older than Patrick Corbin and still very good. Hurt and declining Kershaw had a 2.73 ERA (3.19 FIP) this year. He’s starting from such a high baseline that he’ll still be really good even when factoring in decline. I’m not saying I’d go all out to sign him. But if we’re talking Kershaw at three years and $100M vs. Corbin at five years and $100M, I’d probably go with Kershaw.

Dave asks: Thoughts on Joe Mauer for 1st base next year – good contact, high on base, plus good defense, and a low strikeout total (plus he’s a lefty). Always loved the guy and as a stop-gap player on a cheaper deal might be a very good fit.

I like the idea of Mauer and I had him on my list of potential first base trade targets last year, but I never wrote it up anywhere because I don’t think he’ll actually leave the Twins. He’s a born and raised Minneapolis guy and I don’t think he went through with that emotional final pitch farewell this year …

… only to sign with another team this offseason. Seems to me it’s either retirement or the Twins with retirement in the lead. (MLB.com even cooked up a career highlights video already.) In theory, yeah, I think Mauer would be a real good fit as a high on-base lefty contact guy. He has no power, but that’s fine. The Yankees have power to spare. If Mauer’s willing to leave Minnesota and sign a cheap one-year deal, yeah, the Yankees should check in. I don’t think he’s leaving the Twins for another team though. It’s the Twins or retirement.

Hector asks: How many games did the Yanks have Sanchez, Torres, Didi, Stanton, Judge and Hicks on the lineup? I bet it is less than 50. Yanks just need a little more luck to go their way in 2019. I still believe in their overall talent.

I count 31 games with Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres, Didi Gregorius, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, and Aaron Hicks all in the lineup this year, or 19% of the regular season. Fewer than one out of every five games. I mean, the talent is obviously there. The Yankees do have replace Gregorius now, but there’s a strong core in place already, and it’ll be there again next year. I just don’t like the “we’ll be better next year with good health” line of thinking. Injuries are part of the game. Every team has to deal with them. The Yankees dealt with them better than most teams this year — that’s why they won 100 games while playing their A+ lineup less than 20% of the time — and they’ll have to deal with injuries again next year. That’s baseball.

Garrett asks: The Pirates just declined Josh Harrison’s option. The Yankees have always been linked to him. Could you see them signing him to play 2nd with Torres moving to SS and moving into a utility role when Didi returns? What would it take?

Yeah, I think Harrison is someone to keep an eye on. The Yankees have been connected to him several times over the years, though I always got the sense they were kinda lukewarm on him and weren’t willing to go all out to get him. Now that he’s available for just cash, it makes more sense to get involved. That said, Harrison wasn’t very good last year (.250/.293/.363 and 78 wRC+) and he’s been a sub-100 wRC+/sub-1.5 WAR player in three of the last four years. Maybe he can improve going forward. I’m not sure how much I’d willing to bet on that. I think the Yankees see Harrison as more of a fallback plan on the middle infield rather than Plan A.

Clint Frazier’s injury is already having a domino effect on the Yankees’ offseason

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