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Sports media sucks and everyone in it sucks.

There definitely is. I have a buddy in that group. Has his head in the sand about the realistic outcomes here.

And doofuses like Herb Lawrence ran with it, of course. https://x.com/Ecnerwal23/status/1753205274121253295?s=20https://x.com/Ecnerwal23/status/1753205274121253295

Caleb Williams is liking Chicago real estate posts on Instagram. Sure sounds like someone who isn't dreaming of playing here. Cowherd is a blowhard.

I mean I GUESS we can take him...

I keep thinking of Calvin Johnson, who is probably the best WR ever - he went to 2 playoff games and also suffered through an 0-16 season. Stafford had almost 5K yards in 2012 when Megatron set the WR yardage record and that team went 4-12.

Yeah, once Snell and Montgomery sign you'll see teams put their best offers forward. We've got like 3 weeks until pitchers and catchers report, so I'd assume they'll both be signing before then. There's no point in taking whatever is being offered now (if it's not what you want) before seeing what the teams that miss out on free agents will do.

If the alternative is Sheets or Merrifield I'd rather give Gallo a try.

These ZIPS projections show a 70-something win team. That's why I said "if this is true".

If this ends up being close to true it shows how wretched last year’s roster was. It’s not that hard to win 70-something games.

Oh, my bad. Misread BBRef. Then they probably won't get much.

Maybe. His sustained period of being dreadful really gives me pause though.

He's a good player with 2 arb years remaining. You'd get a decent package - not enough to make up for a good pitcher, but some solid pieces.

Santander's best return would be prospects. No team looking for a right fielder for 2 years is going to trade someone from their current rotation. They'd be getting prospects to replenish their pipeline after trading for Cease or another starter.

I do not see this organization being the one to "unlock" Kelenic. I think that would be a disaster.

Just wait until half or 2/3rds of their prospects bust or end up minor contributors.

Definitely a different Astros org than we're used to. Pressly was a solid closer for them but now moves into a high leverage role, or occasional closer if tough righties are due up.

Same. Build the most extravagant and awesome stadium possible so my yearly visits in the summer have something to really enjoy.

Man, watching this national championship game and so far Penix looks pretty bad. Had Odunze wide open and blew the throw.

They’re getting a year most likely, but it’ll be hard for them to not beat Fields’s numbers unless they’re straight bust territory.

That went pretty much how I said it would. Packers did what they did at the beginning of the year - take away the runs and make Fields beat them through the air. Get pressure on him. And the result was 9 points, 0 TDs.

I don't think Fields is it either and a good QB is so hard to find that not taking shots at 1-1 two years in a row is hard to justify. I'm ambivalent about Flus but if there's a chance out there to take a solid upgrade they should do it just based on the 3 historic level losses when leading late. I don't think this game has much bearing on the outcome for Fields unless he absolutely lights it up. Then it might help him. If the Bears win that might help Eberflus though.

I don't want that at all, I just think Fields can't read a zone well so he's gonna struggle. Love has been good lately so it's gonna be a defensive test. If the Bears win it'll likely be due to the defense forcing turnovers again.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that a Cowser/Ortiz headliner, with another piece or two for lotto tickets, is a bad deal. I’m not big on Ortiz for the reasons I’ve already mentioned so I’d prefer a different player, but the headliner is definitely solid. It sounds like that’s not even on the table though, based on the leaked ask from the Sox and what @Harold's Leg Lift had said about the Orioles not being serious. If the O’s are trying to headline with someone like Ortiz or Norby then it’s not even worth discussing.