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I'm sure Severinos defense is advertised, but, I'm kinda questioning why we are falling over ourselves to get a likely backup catcher.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:33 AM) It could be the case. Paddy told Bilek last year that they were in on a big pitcher. They look to be continuing the strategy of signing multiple $1 million guys instead of a big fish. It could also just be that Badler is restricted to info from scouts that have historically been big players in the INTL FA market so could be overhyping players based on their info, but those teams also happen to be the ones that, like, have a lot of developed and performing LatAm players.

That is incredibly disappointing. I thought, as with when draft slots were announced, we would end up seeing immediate upgrade in our returns. What's more of what you have up there, half the teams it seems like are restricted to 300k signings. Unless this means we have some secret info that Luis Robert will be posted after 6/15 and have a deal, I'm equally disappointed.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 20, 2017 -> 02:22 PM) Unbelievable of the report out there that practically the same offer that got Cousins was what was going to get Pelicans Okafor. Absurd. Buddy Hield was the only additional item added and in the grand scheme of things, while he was the 6th overall pick, that differential for a player like Cousins (vs. Okafor) is just absurd. I question that report honestly. They may have had a 1st round offered but I'd imagine the protections were much more restrictive. That was a great trade for Cousins, but would have been a pretty awful trade for Okafur.

Doesn't this hurt the Bulls in two ways? Protects that elusive SAC pick again, and lowers a possible Butler deal. Bulls wouldn't have to take any deal, but other FO may feel the heat if it's significantly more (why didn't you just pony up for Cousins?)

I would take the over on wins for most of the teams mentioned. Reds will be better this year than last, so will Brewers. My sneaky pick for worst team would probably be the Marlins, they are a good candidate for star heavy team that injuries would destroy because they have no depth. Padres though, I'm just talking myself into them being better and good enough to lose 1st overall. AJ Preller doesn't deserve nice things.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 17, 2017 -> 07:20 PM) Why not Buerhle, AJ, Pods and Rowand? Or the entire 2005 team photo? Or Thome/Konerko/Dye? Not sure about any of those options. Please list 1000 more names.

It's also, you know, related to their actual function of government, not just releasing Jared Kushner's email of him complaining about Flynn being mean to him.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 17, 2017 -> 01:41 PM) And you've made this judgement based on about 30 games(if that). Dude has barely played the position in his life and there's some people who are just so convinced that he'll never be able to do it, it's crazy to me. Yeah, I think the one part is if the ACL has affected his mobility at all. He would be the cubs only bad defender, I am pretty confident they are a smart enough org to hide him well enough for his bat to play. I do think he'll have some highlight errors though.

Good. Wasn't looking forward to Hahn calling up Brad Penny for a reunion.

So on Garfein's podcast, they played the Hahn press conference. They asked him if there were any injuries on day one and he had a very strange pause and said he hadn't seen the report.

I don't like last second ISOs, especially for a shot that bad, but he did hit him on the elbow. That actually does affect the shot a lot more than the hand/wrist.

I thought Hillary Clinton was rich from accepting all of the foreign donations into the Clinton Foundation as a slush fund to then buy a bunch of henchman to start a child sex ring in the basement of comets pizza.

He's scheduled to start today. If he doesn't pitch then we should be worried. This is Tommy John season.

Just laughed at myself, among other not good signs. I really want a competent person there!

Sigh, was really hoping he would accept. Not a good sign.

That MLB network countdown is such garbage, but I think by it's nature it will get weird results. Easier to do top 10 by positions than a top 100. But judging by the value positionless boppers like Hanley Ramirez got this offseason, does anyone think he ranks as high as Quintana?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 16, 2017 -> 02:53 PM) Click through it. They ask for money at the end. It was so good they deserve money for creating that.

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The only thing we really followed was making sure he slept as much as he wanted. Got him to 4 feedings and then he was on a 7-7 schedule by week 4. Has made it all a lot simpler/easier. Wife has not had to go back to work yet though, so that's what I'm holding out for before I stop knocking on wood.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2017 -> 11:41 AM) I'm assuming he won't be a friend of labor because he's Republican, but he otherwise looks like a competent, qualified Republican candidate for the office. Right, a Republican is in office, so that's to be expected. But he has experience. Resumes aren't everything though, he could turn out to be a Kris Kobach.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2017 -> 11:18 AM) Trump to Announce Alexander Acosta as New Labor Secretary Pick I know nothing about the man but that resume looks good.

I'm not a fan of the NBA this year. But I think part of that is being a bit surprised at how long it has taken some of the younger loaded teams to actually gel. I'd have expected Utah to be better. I'd have expected the 76ers to be better. I'd have expected the TWolves to be better. I'd have expected the Bucks to be better. The pelicans. Meanwhile these teams with much less talent at a CW level keep beating them. Can someone explain how the Atlanta Hawks are 5.5 games better than the Bucks? Maybe next year we'll see the leap. Bulls took 2 years after Rose to make a legit jump. OKC had a sudden rise. But, this is why I'm not looking forward to a rebuild. It takes so much longer than you think.

Yeah, I mean Yemen not allowing us to do counterterrorism activity anymore is kind of a big deal. They didn't even pull that after our funding of the Saudis led to that terrible wedding bombing a few months back.

While 22 billion is certainly high, Snapchat has been very successful in selling their ads compared to twitter. Brands and others have flocked to it.