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Shocked. I know people hated on Kelly but he has done a really good job at ND. They haven't won that big game but they have been very very good during his tenure. Will be curious to see what they can pull and kind of surprised he would have went to SEC. He had built such a great situation at ND - fanbase even I think had come to accept they weren't the perennial NC contender they thought of to point where everyone was happy with the every few year playoff loss, etc, knowing they are basically a lock to be top 10 every single year. For Kelly - he is jumping to a much more difficult situation in SEC.

If I were a team - Correa is who I would give the most money to from a positional standpoint. Not Seager, not any of these other people. Correa. Guy is a stud - will get him for his prime at a premium position.

Kris Bryant is a good move that I would support. He's the type of guy I pay money to. He's flexible and quite frankly I feel like he's a guy who is going to produce over next 5 to 6 years at a pretty high clip. And if anything - you have some added flexibility in that he can play a good OF or due to injury move back to 3B and play a GG 3B as well (with Moncada moving or just filling in due to an injury). If only he was a lefty is all I can say - but he's still a darn good player and fits from a marketability perspective. And I think he's the type of guy that in 3 years you could move too. I kind of feel same way about Trevor Story to be honest. Conforto gets me the least excited - mediocre offensive play who has hit under .260 in 3 of his last 4 seasons, including 2 of the last 3, who plays a mediocre at best defense. Story & Bryant are both above average defenders, who I get it, aren't Left handed hitters, but can provide premium defense at premium positions and bring flexibility. Story can presumably be a damn good 2B while being able to back-up Timmy at SS (in case of an injury) while Bryant fills a hole playing above average RF defense while also providing flexibility for Moncada at 3B.

I wasn't ripping the deal - more fact that the Rangers weren't very good during the window he was with the team - so the signing didn't really work out well for them -but you are right - Arod played really well during that window (I mean its Arod - one of the best players to ever play the game).

Will this work out better than the 10YR 300M (or whatever it was) Arod deal? I love Seager and if he is healthy he'll be a star, but still surprised he got this many years. Well not surprised cause this aligns to rumors - but if you told me six months ago that this would the deal he got, coming off another year where he was hurt, I wouldn't have guessed it. He was obviously really really good when on the field though. I do think Rangers are buying his best years - which I respect - and he has a shot to win an MVP or two here - so buying future production vs. past production huge here.

Yeah - this seems like a stellar hire for USC. Was it money that made Riley leave or more of like an ego thing so he can go build his own program vs inheriting Stoops?

Is it me or is the Bulls schedule brutal early in season. Looking forward next two weeks almost all real quality teams. Or maybe it is just a sign of the nba today with a ton of teams trying.

Heat couldn’t miss a three late…bulls were very unlike themselves in turnover front and Vuc was straight trash late in the game (and throughout the game). Meanwhile Bulls missed a ton of open looks throughout. The Pacers and Rockets games were brutal though.

I can’t comment on the return - but I really thought Frazier was a perfect buy low candidate. Sox must have a plan but right now they have been out / not got done a few deals that I would have liked - most notably this deal and/or the Marte deal. Quite frankly I loved Marte - his athleticism and defend in RF would have been perfect and if Robert goes down he gives you good depth in CF to go with Engel. Tired of Sox defense being so bad in certain spots and getting Frazier and Marte would have been stellar - giving lefty bat in Frazier, a ton of versatility in both, and just two flat out quality ball players. I also thought the Matz contract was damn reasonable - especially if you could move Keuchel in a Kimbrel deal.

I will take my chances with Harbaugh. I have heard of worse ideas and I still think he is a good coach. Would he leave after he finally beat OSU? Or maybe this was the win he needed to be able to walk away in peace?

In general the refs have been awful in Bulls games - but they need to play on a day in day our basis. Can’t coast cause a team has a bad record.

No - he didn’t say they weren’t firing him. They said the report was not true. There is a difference. He is getting canned (by the end of the year or sometime between now and the end of the year).

Just say no to a college head coach. No no no.

That is fine. Should have done yesterday.

The one thing to remember about Segura, who in isolation is a fine ball player and an upgrade for the team - just a bit pricey for what he brings, is that depth wise Segura is really valuable because if Anderson is hobbled you can than slide Segura over and still have a good starting short stop. Like I said - not the move I would make but it isn’t awful.

I don't know - I can't remember that Cralos Rodon guy ever getting hurt PS: Yes - I really went there and corrected you on spelling hahahaha

That would be okay - I have zero problem sticking with Nagy until the end of the year. Just cause some report is out there that doens't mean you need to change your mind - but you do have to get out in front of a report like this if you are ownership. You either speed up the process (because it was right) or you get out in front and say it is not true and he is our head coach and will be following the Lions game (you dont' need to promise anymore than that). But doing nothing - just classless.

The crazy part is - the silence says it all. This has to be true...but at that point, just get out in front of it and make the move. Everyone in ownership/front office looks awful and they absolutely have to schedule a press conference and move on at this point.

IT is awful. They are treating him terribly. At this point they have to come out tomorrow and end this. It is not fair to treat a guy who is a good all around human, etc. He may not be the best head coach, but quite frankly he wasn't anywhere near the worst in franchise history and the poor guy is in an awful situation. He was super professional in the press conference and is handling this like a professional - despite the Bears handling this like amateur hour. Just an awful look. Either the report is true - at which point - you need to pull him aside and let him know this is it and quite frankly at this point you just need to rip the cord (if the report is true) and make the decision. Or the report is not true and you just say - Matt Nagy is our head football coach. We aren't happy with the results and regularly evaluate the process but there is no truth to the report out there that this is his last game (you don't need to promise his future etc - just state that the report is not true).

Wendell isn't good and he hasn't been good outside of that 5 game stretch right after the trade. Could he get better - sure, but it starts and stops with him. He didn't put in the work and had a lousy attitude on the Bulls - good riddance. Unfortunately there is a stench that came with the last 3 picks from the Gar/Pax era - which was the one thing they did well. But Lauri (he's okay), White (low BBall IQ and very flawed player at this point), and of course Wendell were a series of not so great picks (not saying any of those guys were busts cause they probably all have long careers - but none are impact players on good teams and I would be shocked if any of them ever become that). Best case is a good 4th option (Lauri), a solid rotational big (WCJ), or a microwave type bench scorer (White). White seems to have an incredibly good work ethic and personality though - so I am excited to see how he does surrounded by a nucleus of better players, once he truly can get acclimated. He was put in the absolute worse spot the past 2 years.

Very true - it was why I love the Rodon QO or Rodon 3 to 4 year deal at reasonable price (that got Rodon the security he desired but had a fair risk / reward for the franchise). Either options for Rodon seemed great. 1 year deal - if he pitches like he previously did great and he moves on a year from now. If he doesn't, you took a shot at someone you know can be an ace but you move on next year / have flexibility to take on a longer term deal at the deadline because all you risked was 1 year. If you went multi-year, you feel like if Rodon really is healthy - you got something cause a healthy Rodon may not replicate last year's numbers but more often than not he's going to be pretty good. Hard not to be with that sort of stuff.

Ray has a much longer track record of pitching high quality innings vs. Rodon. He also has had injuries, etc. But Ray is pretty good - although I do agree durability concerns. Still he has been a 150-175 inning pitcher for most of his career and obviously had a stellar 21 campaign. He also is absurd at striking guys out. He has 3 straight pretty good years of durability - with 175 innings in 2019, 50 innings in 20 (COVID) and than 190+ this past year. His COVID year was obviously not that great though - production wise, but 2018, 2019, & 2021 were all pretty damn good years. If I recall Sox have always liked Ray as well and made a push for him previously (or am I misremembering that)?

I am thinking they will get Matz and than Scherzer and if not Scherzer will try for Rodon and others. I expect them to land 3 big name free agent starting pitchers.

It is why those that say we can't possibly keep Burger, Sheets, Eloy and Vaughn. I say - forget it, injuries will happen, someone will not pan out, and you want to keep guys fresh and rested. I see no reason to force a trade for any of them and instead enjoy the value and depth that we have in those 4 individuals. If one of them had elite value in a trade - than I would certainly consider it, but it feels like anyone acquiring those guys is going to get more value in the long run than the Sox get. Depth is a good thing - especially depth that can hit and I think all of those guys can do that. It does mean the rest of our outfielders/bench players need to be highly athletic though

This is true. I don't know him enough to have a strong feeling - but I won't complain about investing money in a guy that has the stuff to be a pretty darn good set-up guy. The little snap shot from the video Tony posted earlier was nasty. I'm hoping Sox come in close to $185-195M payroll anyway (cause why not - not my money and maybe JR surprises us). My issue is when the Sox play cheap on other areas - where I think the money might for further. But I can't make that decision yet.