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I'll have to check again, was referring to the just missed guys, but will do it for the 16-30 polls now. For international I went sosa still (last time we saw him he was in single-a and came on hot, way farther along than the rest) and it's overwhelmingly Tatis (I get it, he just hasn't shown up in games at all) For recent prep pick I went Weaver but which I thought would be a slam dunk after the favorable FS/BA writeups and couldn't believe it was delgado, that one is wild And for most interesting pitcher I went carranza and pilkington went, and that dude is just super boring to me.

I know that was rough to probably hear, but I guarantee you it won't be months before we move into 1c. Phase 1b was 2.3 million people. We've been pretty much around 55k/day on the 7 day average. That in itself would just be 41 days to get through, and it started on Jan 25th. Obviously that wasn't 55k/day on day one, but I'd still say just give it a week or two. Pfizer is about to start doubling their shipments from where they were in early jan. So I feel pretty confident telling you you'll probably be ok to get a shot in early march, and it will most likely be pfizer/moderna. And you may as well try out the meijer/cvs/walgreens/jewel route who have not seemed to follow the country rules as much.

wook at dis

I don't think we are signing anyone but just wanted to note this tweet on Sanchez since he was a guy I thought could bounce back: I'm going to guess he waits for some injuries in ST and then gets a major league deal.

I suppose you are right. They have an interesting wave though depending on if Mize is good to go this year. Mize/Skubal/Manning I like a lot, and Fulmer could be back to productive now far off from TJS. So then add a Rocker to the group and he'd be there really quick. Their offense is pretty crappy but if candelario is for real, you have a really nice 1b/3b situation. I mention that because if the tigers owners actually have a higher tolerance for spending than the white sox even after illitch, they are walking into an incredible amount of available, great up the middle talent next year. But yeah I guess they should just get good players and it doesn't matter that much. But I think Tigers/Royals are both going to be better this year, and both will get a great prospect, and it's going to be a little nerve wrecking.

Looking at the polls on twitter and I am not in sync with the future sox readership at all.

Playoff baseball is fun but it's kind of its own compartmentalized thing to me (since I never experience rooting for a team in it), but winning regular seasons are just incredibly enjoyable and I just want that.

someone like Mather is a baseball CEO for 25 years as an idiot, meanwhile we are just spitting out stuff like this for free and nobody is knocking down our door (or my door) Nick Madrigal at 2nd base

I'm going to be charitable that logistics for their production teams was more difficult this year. But if I'm Jerry Reinsdorf, licking his desk to remember the scent of his missing silver coins, I'd probably just demand nick madrigal wear an extra tall hat with a go pro in it and give stadium the rights to show the radical new "spring training from 2nd base view"

Pitchers and catchers is such a tease. Feels like it's started but the articles and pics are the fluffiest "so and so says teammate is good". Can't wait for the real thing.

Crazy how much better Thad Young looks this year. And Steph noh has a bunch of tweets on how he thinks young has rubbed off on WCJ on offense

What did I miss here where people are arguing for bears to draft first round quarterbacks every year. I don't see where chisoxfn said anything more than a QB pick isn't a luxury while the position still isn't settled and even when it is should look for competent depth (on a rookie deal is better than paying so much for backups like the bears have). But GB/NE had drafted a lot of backup QBs over the years and that's what I was referring to, not just Love and Rodgers, but Hasselback and Aaron Brooks. They also drafted Hundley in the fifty round and went after Kizer shortly after cle unloaded him. That's all a lot more quantity put behind Aaron Rodgers than bears had with trubisky. edit: originally said hundley was drafted in 2nd round.

Also this guy didn't seem to be a baseball ops guy, more of a ted phillips owner-stays-happy-because-you-ask-the-annoying-questions-about-costs-of-75k-translators-so-he-doesn't-have-to and if anything they aren't going to put baseball ops guy above dipoto at this point.

Illinois actually reported a lot yesterday (nearly 60k) which I don't really know what that means because last week was so crazy but I'm glad this week should be back to business as usual in terms of monitoring and hoping we can get above that 60k/7-day avg.

Josh Rosen -> Kyler Murray What the jets are about to do. Wentz ->Hurts Possibly Tua being moved on from. Ultimately I'm not sure what the emotions around luxury picks even means. Mitch was a bad pick. The bears aren't re-signing him. They don't have a QB. Avoiding a QB just because they drafted one 4 years ago and moved on because it is embarrassing is worse process than just going after one. Look at all of these perfect, young, deep teams that couldn't find the QB when they needed. Jags, Vikes. Who knows with 49ers. Took years to build then crashed down on them after just a few competitive years. Getting a QB will never be a luxury if they work out, at the very least in the case of the Patriots or Packers it has led to returned value or recouped value if you still have a QB.

It reminds me of people saying sox are horrible at drafting high school players, when much of it is they just drafted a handful over a decade

if the freakin tigers get rocker I'm going to lose it.

Similar boat. In-laws in IL got shots in Jan. Mom/Grandparents in SC got shots in late Jan/early feb for one due to foodborne illness delaying. My dad in NC not getting it until this week, though he thought initially mid-march.

It's probably the case that mizzou will be not very good this year and lacks a sikkema/misner, but I really like what Steve Bieser has done and am excited to see if they get a pop-up guy or two.

I think as balta said the reality is currently we are still in a moment where a spike could happen. But I also think the tendency to not want to walk back if things get worse is over emphasizing spread scenarios in the future. I think if you were to be super simple and ask if I'm more bullish on this summer being joyful and social and mostly back to normal I am probably way more bullish than what you see. But, yeah, like I wouldn't still go to a conference. I'd be more likely to go to a concert in millenium park than go to the empty bottle again (maybe next fall). And I think that gets simplified to is that back to "normal", and the answer is no that's not normal. But is it back to normal in that I feel 100% confident I will have gotten a vaccine by May and in July I could find a vaccinated babysitter to watch my kids while we go to a restaurant for my birthday with my friends? Hell yes! And I think others would feel weird saying May, but pretty much anyone I know that has been trying hard to get a vaccine in the current risk ranges has gotten one. And I am very good at that stuff man. It is a useless fucking talent for 99% of my life but it will pay off here. And in other news, this week we'll get more J&J news. And the news about resistance post-1 shot continues to be great. And the Israel news on preventing spread was great news. And I mean...what is the novavax schedule? Anyway march is going to be a great month where most of us that have been on pins and needles with some vulnerable family members finally see them all covered with 1 shot, which covers them better than we previously thought. And then we'll be complaining about when the stories of "people choosing not to get shots" goes into overdrive as it moves from supply issues to demand issues. But bring it on.

I think that's just more of a reflection of how easy it is to juke that rating now. Mitch was rated 93. But if you are getting there without being able to get big chunks of yards you are useless. The timidity with quick check downs which helps your passer rating in most of the field ends up making you poor in the red zone, you are useless. So I just don't really buy that. A lot of the QBs with 90 ratings had really unproductive offenses. I mean Kirk Cousins had a top 5 passer rating, had a fantastic WR core and RB and they weren't even top ten in points scored. Hell, Andy Dalton was damn near 90 at 87 passer rating, had an excellent supporting cast, and that offense was bad. Teddy Bridgewater was the embodiment of what works with passer rating, and that offense was just average. And they were not top offenses because of their QB, despite "performing" with 90 passer ratings.

I think you could still get a similar RT prospect at 20 and 52, but 20 you could maybe be in position to get a high-level LT prospect. I think 1. Jones 2. T and let rest of draft fall where it leads is a decent possibility. It's just hard with QB. I think when the NFL was dominated by the likes of Brees/Brady/Manning I think there was more of a ethos of "arm talent is overrated" in favor of smart QBs with accuracy that could compete. And it's not like a Cam Newton is ignored being drafted 1-1, but Luck was the prototypical then - accurate, dominates the offense ins and outs, competitive, etc. And now the league is led by Mahomes, and Josh Allen surprise hits, and kyler murray's height and experience get ignored for arm talent, and suddenly it's an arm talent league and a guy like Lance is a no brainer for first round. And maybe in few years we are all saying well it's so obvious, he was competing at top of college football at alabama, he was super efficient, of course he would succeed with Mac Jones. Ultimately we are in a league where the top 2 first round QBs drafted from 2009-2016 aren't on their original teams anymore and not because they were too expensive. So it's not that I trust Pace/Nagy to hit on the zig when the league zagged as much as it's hard to feel that confident that Jones is milquetoast prospect with ceiling of a ryan fitzpatrick vs just feeling like if it happens it happens and I really can't say it's bad or good just that they decided to go for the mystery door rather than the higher probability prizes in front of them.

It's a bummer for the mariners F.O. and young players who figured to be pretty exciting this year, to have this talentless hack frame them in this negative light. I think DiPoto is now in this similar group with Hahn and Preller, where they initially looked awful in their role of GM where ownership demanded a competitive team despite a large gap to cross with limited resources to get there. Dipoto in desperation mode was trying to paper clip his way into depth and just couldn't scrape by enough, and by 2018 they'd basically maxed out as close as they could get with near top 10 pitching and hitting but underperformed in actual runs created. And lo and behold when he was allowed to put himself in a to win through more of a scouting and PD focus he has shown again that he actually has a damn good eye for talent and in just a few years with limited assets to trade off he's put together one of the most exciting young outfields in baseball and really nailed his trades. And in Julio Rodriguez the guy is about to crash into the scene too and now will be asked about his English constantly rather than his play. And the one huge asset Seattle has had, their relationship and market for Japanese stars, this dude craps all over it because they have to pay 75k a year? GMAB.

Stuff like this, that this guy could be a high ranking baseball official for 25+ years despite being a moron clearly starved for attention, is why no fan should accept criticism that they would know less than people actually employed in baseball.

seems like a terrible fit for Lavine.