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4 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:
Interesting that all of the North division games happen after November 17
Really strange how all the divisional games are at end of season
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On 5/5/2024 at 7:54 PM, nrockway said:
I fielded a groundball and threw it to the first baseman for the out. I think coach's brain exploded. I actually feel bad calling him a jerk in the other post, he was a good man that took kids' baseball a little too seriously.
"you guys played terrible, get the f*** out of here!"
"coach we're 11."
I'm a lefty and it stinks and my son is currently a lefty and kind of now hitting that age where while he's way good enough to play in infield - now that we are starting to turn double plays, etc - it pushes him to outfield (or 1B) + Pitcher. With that in mind - I really do understand why a 2nd basemen can't be left handed - I have no idea how I could effectively turn a tight double play as a lefty. I have tried many ways and I don't see it. 3rd base is probably the one position where I would argue you could have more lefties - but even than the footwork to make the throw is much harder for a lefty than a righty and your ability to come across diamond and make the play is going to limit your range left (albeit you should be able to make up for it by playing slightly to the left since you don't have to be as tight to the line.
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17 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:
Kind of crazy - Arraez isn't having his typical season but he's still hitting around .300 - despite slowest swing in majors.
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3 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
No history of innings. Reasonable to think he won't be a full time starter for 2 more seasons. If his value is high now, it may be a good time to flip him.
I don't see it for Crochet - but if there is a team who is squinting and seeing him as a front of the rotation guy who is cheap - maybe they offer up something in a lottery ticket move. But I don't see it. I think it will take more of a track record before a team gives what would be an appropriate trade-off for the Sox to move on from Crochet.
With that said - depending on how many teams are in the race and how he is doing as we get deeper into summer - crazier things have happened. The more teams in the race - the less sellers available - so the thinner that market is from a seller's perspective & bigger the buyer's market is - the better the odds Sox could get artificially high value for Crochet.
I wouldn't bet on it - what I will do is - hope for a lot of health and hope he's pitching really well.
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On 5/7/2024 at 7:51 PM, WestEddy said:
If Fedde calms down and becomes what Clevinger was last year - just a steady guy who can take the ball every 5th day over the last 2 months, paired with a reliever, he could get a guy. He's not Giolito, and there's no myth of Lynn. But if Kenyan Middleton could get Juan Carela, and if Kendall Graveman could bring back Korey Lee, a serviceable Erick Fedde could at least bring back a live bat who could field his position.
I think the question is - if you are getting say a 175-225 type of prospect (and a filler) do you actually trade him if you were the Sox or do you keep him and see if he can continue to develop and see what happens a year later. It isn't like the Sox have to trade him at the deadline.
If he pitches well and you can get some good stuff for the long-run great, if you are just getting a lottery ticket than I'd rather keep him and see what you can get if he shows a longer track record (ideally) of quality pitching.
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5 hours ago, SoxAce said:
So if the Bulls would've lost to Atlanta in the play in, they would've gotten the #1 pick eh?
No I don’t think play in game impacted it. Regular season record is what determined seeding.
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Rome tweaking his hammy stinks. I just worry every time that on offense Bears can’t have a good thing.
I think of Kevin White and David Terrell as I think the last 2 high profile wide outs they picked and both were giant busts.
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I'm not sure what the Bulls will do - but Sixers, Bucks, Phoenix, Lakers, and Golden State all getting knocked out early probably helps as it should drive some broader shake-ups. Not saying those teams have great assets - and I have zero faith in the Bulls front office doing anything creative (or useful).
At very least a Lavine and some other for a different max player (who isn't really a max player) but maybe has slightly different skillsets is in the franchise(s) future. I say that cause it isn't creative, but is at least slightly different - which feels like the bar for what AK will do.
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2 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
Iowa won 10 games last year with an offense that no team in NCAA division 1 history, ever won more than 4 games in a season. Obviously a great defense, but a lot of it had to do with the punter.
As an Iowa fan like you, I recognize how great he was at just pinning the defense back and how he could just get the ball to die inside the 10. With that said - I can think of a number of punters drafted and it seems like correlation vs. the undrafted isn't that huge, so a lot of guys develop.
With that said - I tend to think Taylor is different than most drafted punters and he really has a unique skill set. Plus he is still so raw that I would think he still has a lot of untapped upside.
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He was a weapon for Iowa
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2 hours ago, wegner said:
I'll check those out when Slow Horses comes back and I'll buy it for a month.....will probably watch Ted Lasso again too.
Slow horses is so freaking good. Just getting to season 3.
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22 minutes ago, chw42 said:
Would have liked them to take Edge with Isaac on the board there, but Amegadjie is a nice prospect that will need some time to develop. I also think Poles knows what he's doing when it comes to o-linemen in the draft. Braxton Jones bought him some trust there.
I don’t think it was a major need but I like his potential upside and I have no issue investing in the trenches. I suspect next year will be a defensive focused draft plus maybe some interior linemen.
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1 hour ago, StrangeSox said:
Williams throwing to Moore, Allen, Odunze, Kmet, and Swift.
Got a real chance to break some lofty Bears QB records this year!
Everett is pretty solid too and I still think Scott isn’t a bad 4th option - especially if Caleb can read the field and use all of the weapons.
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40 minutes ago, bmags said:
I am completely against trading down a full round. I think bears fans have had a tendency the last few years especially to overrate the center prospects. JMS was a god last year and he was atrocious for the giants despite being like 30.
Anyway, I'd go for interior oline, dline, safety in 3rd, and probably whatever is available in fourth. Wouldn't be shocked if they still go Running back thou
I agree - the only way I would dangle our 2nd rounder next year is a pretty creative deal where we are moving down in the 3rd this year but getting up to top-end but it would have to be to get a player Bears think values at say 15-20 overall. I don't think there is a fit like that - Newton might be the exception but if he has med red flag, that makes the deal not that interesting.
Cooper DeJean would be interesting cause I think he will be a high end safety but I don't think his grade fits Bears needs where this makes sense. Now if Bears didn't draft a wideout and instead went down and took a different position - than I could see a crop of this current grew being worth a similar move.
But there are a few centers that are intriguing and I think one is there in 3rd round if that is the way the Bears want to go.
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17 minutes ago, SoxAce said:
He's falling cuz of medicals (foot). I actually do wonder how far he'll slide. JPJ as well.
What is wrong with his foot?
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44 minutes ago, Tony said:
I simply don’t understand that for the Bills at all.
““Hey division rival we are always chasing who is the only team in the league with a better QB, move up to take a WR, even though we need to fill that spot more than any other position on the field”
I’m presuming they look at draft board and like a bunch of the guys and are just moving down and than will end up taking a few.
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2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:
I’m more surprised by the team that took Penix moreso than where he was taken. The Falcons pounced on him, even after locking up Cousins long-term?
Exactly - if Falcons were taking a qb to sit behind Cousins I would have figured they would go JJ and let him sit. He could sit 3 years and be younger than Penix now. I do think Penix is going to be 3rd best qb in draft behind Caleb and JJ.
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3 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:
Giants take Nabers at #6.
I was really hoping they took JJ cause I would have preferred Nabers. Overall though I’m a happy camper.
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Honestly - I'd be on board with Ozzie. If for nothing else - he would entertain me to no end during the midst of this lousy season (or few).
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Through April 23rd - on pace to go 21-141. Wow.
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1 hour ago, Tony said:
It seems pretty clear the Bears were locked in on Arlington Heights, but Kevin Warren had no interest in moving the team to the burbs, and wants to stay in the city. He did the exact same thing in Minnesota, and clearly doing the same here.
I was looking forward to them moving to the burbs, the city is such a pain in the ass and I can't imagine it will be that much better with the new stadium, but whatever. Just build a winner.
For me - I think they should always be in Chicago - but easy as an outsider to say that. It makes the fact that I'll fly in every other year for a game way more enjoyable cause I can stay in the city and have a great experience with the family while catching the game.
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3 hours ago, The Beast said:
He may have, but this would only be a tentative agreement. I would have to go back to the Sox stadium thread for the financials, but what we know is they still owe on Soldier Field, Pritzker is not warming on the idea to financing anything but infrastructure to the new stadium and they were using an existing tax to try and get funding for the new stadium. The Bears and Sox both were supposed to provide proposals for public funding so how would this agreement with the city impact the Sox? Lots of questions remain unanswered…and nothing is set in stone until the ink dries and construction begins.
Have teams forfeited picks to other teams or have they just forfeited picks and foregone their draft position? The latter is what I was thinking.
I don't recall anyone else inheriting the picks. I think of Bounty Gate, I feel like Miami had something (maybe it was related to the owner & Tom Brad - but I don't recall off top of my head), and than I presume the Patriots lost some form of draft pick related to the video stuff way back when (I don't recall if deflate gate cost anything).
I still would be shocked if they lost a FRP - I would suspect a 2nd rounder would be highest they go with the Falcons - unless league wants to really SEND a message. While Vikings were clearly penalized by the tampering - to rewards Vikings is odd as reality is other teams were also penalized (say any other team that wanted Cousin's was penalized as were teams looking to trade QB's)...so I think that is where it becomes a slipper slope and I presume the penalty will be a forfeit vs. a receipt of a pick.
Note: Unless league wanted to give like an extra compensation pick or something along those lines. I also can't imagine the penalty comes down fast enough that the team loses a pick literally a day before the draft.
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22 hours ago, Rusty said:
We knew last season that he was in over his head. It’s been reported that Jerry has told insiders that he knew by mid-summer that Pedro had put in a fireable effort. Pedro is on a 3 year deal. He will be here through the entire season and likely start next season. Jerry isn’t going to pay two people to manage a team that’s going to lose 100 games regardless.
Barring a miraculous turn around he won’t make it past this year and my guess is gets axed around trade deadline.
5/23-O's at Sox, 6:40pm
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That was an awful call. It’s infield fly anyway. There is no reason to screen. One of worse ways I have ever seen a game end.