Bemusement

 Ben Gamel?  Sliding Billy Hamilton?  I don't know; on the one hand, teams do this every year -- signing crapulent veterans to minor league deals in the hope the one sticks, and let's face it, the Tribe OF is such that, even with Rosario, anyone with a pulse can stick.  I mean, Hamilton can cover CF, and if outhitting Mercado is the qualification... Gamel sort of screams Quad A player, but again, getting hot/showing up might mean a bench job, and there are worse fates than to make $580K doing that. On the other hand... signing one OF does not fix the OF, unless Nolan Jones will be ready when his service time can be properly exploited.

https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/02/04/tom-cotton-republicans-condemn-fringe-right-as-democrats-tolerate-omar-schiff-schumer-swalwell-waters/

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/marjorie-taylor-greene-vote-kevin-mccarthy-republicans-b1798371.html

I completely agree, and, of course, one of the first things we should do -- after winning back the House -- is to strip them from their seats; it should be like ripping off the stripes in the army, with Kevin McCarthy ripping their papers like Nancy Pelosi.  Hell, I think this could be a fine commercial now (or next year)... especially if there, were, say, endangered GOP incumbents....

More seriously, I made the comment today that I could easily President Trump heing impeached this time; I mean, if this is really a conscience vote...well, you could 17 Senators to do it.  Not saying it would be easy, but Collins (just won), Portman (retiring), Cruz (a miraculous change of heart, payback), McConnell, Shelby (out the door), Toomey, Murkowski, Romney, Lee (UT is not Trump-favorable) ... you could get there, I think.  Hell, Burr just wn re-election, and if Grassley is considering it...  Now, I don't think for a minute they will...but it would be more plausible than a mass GOP exodus.