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The lack of SP depth in our AA/AAA levels is just absolutely disturbing. For all the warrented excitement over the stars our INTL program have found, and finally progress in position player depth out of that area, it is astounding that 9 years in - with all the random variability that happens with pitchers suddenly finding velo or stuff - that we have zero, zip, nada in terms of a decent pitching prospect from intl that has made it past single-A. I think Greensox is exactly right above. This system will likely do better than we thought in different ways than we thought. But the problem with the early 00s was those guys being on completely different timelines than the major league team. Burger to me is still nice depth, he hit the shit out of the ball, and based on his history he maybe can cut down on Ks with experience. But otherwise, what this system currently lacks: - Dominant defender - fortunately we have Engel for 40 games. No outfielder or infielder that we could point to with excellent MLB ready defensive skills that maybe could find a bat. - Viable Control-based college pitchers - cleveland has roughly 600 of these guys, with confidence their system will gain them velo and voila biebers. Be wary of Pilkington - Contact-approach hitters - just a ton of players trying to find enough power to justify their k-rates - Athleticism - thank goodness for Colson. But part of this is I can't remember the last college player drafted by the sox with anything other than gritty pitchability and corner outfield profiles. With this system I'd definitely have maxed out my INTL budget with volume, and I'd move off of the draft strategy of 2 top 50 targets and 18 250-1000 guys, personally

I'm not actually sure it will. I'd be surprised if players can stay together on this "players absolute right to movement". The owner-led caps on contract lengths and max contracts are what have facilitated the player movement. Unwinding that would already mostly benefit the players. The structure of the NBA now is getting everyone paid. The cap has consistently moved up. I have a hard time believing this can't be resolved with a normal CBA cycle. The marginal NBA player is really going to hold the line, lose their salary, to prevent James Harden from faking an injury to go to strip clubs and eat hardees?

this that Mavs draft pick?

That's my guess too.

If teams really wanted to improve their teams why didn’t they start trading in June and get greater impact for the season? HINT

If you knew nothing other than the date you should be more optimistic if this being resolved sooner than you felt 2 weeks ago

well, whatever comes of today seems like they are finally acting like there are repercussions to waiting.

Well it's been longer than 18 minutes.

We need to be risk-on this year. I want the margarita aisle vendors to just serve people by holding the nozzle in our mouths until we puke it back up.

My grumpy old man thing is exclusively about the lines and waiting. Don't want to hear about the mobile app, feels like I wait just as long thinking 20 minutes was ample time to give them for prep. Would much rather them simplify the menu to get food and drink out the door quickly then putting these over-the-top food items to get some buzzy press that take the vendors way longer to make and hold up everything. There is a reason everyone associates popcorn, pretzels, cracker jack, hot dogs with ballpark fare. That stuff is lindy. I don't need saffron rice and crispy chicken-skin covered pork ribs.

For Six years the Sox avoided tanking. We were treated to the most lethargic, boring baseball. I’d have watched 2017 10x over than a single game in 2015. I’ll say 5 years actually I loved the 2010 team.

Watched jackass forever in a theatre by myself last night (literally empty theater) and it was the best night ever.

I mean April baseball definitely sucks. Every year I try to hold off until May, every year I can’t do it, go to a game in soaking wet weather while I wait 4 innings for a hot dog because the vendor staff isn’t up to speed yet. but most of that would just become May baseball

I think smaller clubs would say they've found ways to be competitive without spending so don't force them to. 2010s were a small market decade with Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cincy, St Louis, Tampa, Minnesota and Cleveland all fielding successful eras and even several world series appearances between them.

Charles London (former Bears RB coach for Nagy's first 2 years) rumored to be meeting for Vikings OC job. Would be quite funny to me if a Nagy Tree spawned with Dave Ragone (ATL OC) and London ever getting HC jobs (yes I know they would not say they are part of the Nagy tree).

I knew the moment I actually got fed up the clouds would part.

Do these guys realize they aren't on TV and nobody cares about these theatrics?

If anyone hasn't watched this, highly recommended. It is so fun

Harper, Guerrero Jr and ...the mariners in the playoffs is a better playoffs.

Finally get word that Masi is out this year. Glad they are getting rid of the team lobbying. It was entertaining though clearly a bad idea.

MLBPA should try to create some sort of bird rights for players like Abreu. 8+ years on same team and over 34 years old can be re-signed without luxury tax implications.

Or Levine doesn’t know who the hell they are talking about when they tell him and it takes him weeks to catch up

31 for Coby 35+ for Demar again. Simply incredible. Also Sabonis is trash.

More than anything I'm confused why so many gave the lakers high marks this offseason. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2947752-grading-every-nba-teams-offseason Lakers: B+ Chicago: B

Yep. It has to be a little frustrating for Washington that by all accounts they've tried to re-sign their guys with strong offers that never lined up well enough. maybe they waited too long, but I'm sure they are looking around at Acuna in ATL and Franco in TB and kicking themselves.