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But what happens if everyone wants to trade back and nobody wants to trade up? I really like Williams, and FSU players in general. This was such a screwy college year, and I trust AK's scouting. SGA went 11 right? Where should he have gone? Probably 4-5 in that draft.

good call. The other weird one I could see is rangers ending ties with Jon Daniels and going Theo.

Yeah. I was getting confused by the idea that the cubs were going to make a huge shake-up when it was known Theo would leave after this year. Why put him in charge of that? This makes more sense, but definitely to me says that they are going to re-load. I'd bet ricketts are not in place to take on huge losses for a more ...sedated fanbase.

firesale?

Springer is not this year's machado. He's not even this year's Wheeler.

I'd say forcing a scheme multiple players (including a handpicked one) cannot execute is pretty damning. Like I don't think Nick Foles is good, but I also don't think he's this bad. And I also think at this point it was pretty clear that the bears would have been better spending that $22 million on the offensive line and running back Mitch. The bears just have this knack for not just having bad qbs, but getting them friggen killed.

Scarred forever from statements like this but yes I do like for once being in a favorable environment for salary (currency exchange)

I don't want Ryan Pace picking a quarterback.

Last year took most of the wind out of my sails of being a big bears fan, so this year isn't that painful. Still would like to watch football, but this is just so many years of the same crap, it seems almost impossible. I really thought I couldn't see a worse bears offense than the Krenzel bears, but then John Fox came along, and then Matt Nagy came along. Considering the offensive evolution, it is frankly incredible that Nagy and Pace somehow put together an offense this bad. Any offensive scheme, with any offensive talent, should be able to get more points the last few weeks against the defenses they played. It is the qb, but it's not just the qb. It is the coach, but it's not just the coach. It is the talent, but it's not just the talent. It is an org that somehow, even when they put every emphasis on fixing it, always ends up in the same place. Just incompetence. You know they are an incompetent org, because they keep getting swayed by smooth talking interviews. You have Bruce Arians in hand, you go with Trestman. You have chris ballard in hand, you go with Pace. When you know nothing about football, you constantly end up getting swayed by people that seem the most likeable and biggest salesman.

Pelicans definitely got a lot of value out of trading Nerlens Noel for Jrue Holiday.

5-11 to 7-9, the classic bears range of bad but not quite bad enough.

Well we did have that whole fanfic era of Sox signing both Harper and machado

Again, all he was saying is sox budget wouldn’t allow Trevor Bauer (top free agent) AND George springer (top free agent together. Not OR.

I think you read it wrong. He said they aren’t doing Bauer AND Springer. I mean they likely get neither, but it was t that they couldn’t make a big acquisition.

Maybe message boards aren’t for you.

Nobody talk unless you can see the future.

Keep posting em.

I like Jake McGee a lot.

Because, as I said, I set out to make the most probably good but aesthetically disgusting team in the NBA ?

Have you guys thought about how it is feasible that we could trade for sale, sign quintana, eaton, todd frazier, joakim soria AND david robertson this offseason?

To me there are so many acceptable RF solutions. Springer is taking the value in the class, but then there is Joc as a platoon with Engel which is fine and a potential bounce back. Think 2010 Andruw Jones. Great. Next there is JBJ who would legit turn our outfield into plus. We could even tell Eloy to stand in the bullpen and just let Luis robert and jbj do a 2 man outfield. that's 3. Then there is the weird stuff, the double-psyche colorado rockies stuff. Nobody is going to blow their stack on infielders with what is coming up. Put Semien in RF. Win central.

probably should get back to work.

I have an awful trade scenario to build maybe the most aesthetically frustrating but still probably good team in the nba Trade Lavine, Thad, White, #4 pick, 2022 top 12 protected pick to Houston Then, trade Otto Porter to Golden State for Andrew Wiggins Then sign Rajon Rondo as vet min PG - Rajon Rondo SG - James Harden SF - Andrew Wiggins PF - Lauri Markannen C - Wendell Carter Jr Then get a mid level exception for carmelo anthony.

we will need a bullpen piece, just not sure they feel the need for backend guy.

This is just for fun: My "All Whiff %" Offseason (pitchers/hitters who generated a lot of strikeouts previous year) Pitchers: Trevor May Jake McGee Trevor Bauer Position Players: JAckie Bradley Jr My "All Contact" (heavy control pitchers and high contact hitters) Pitchers: Mike Leake Masahiro Tanaka Liam Hendriks Hitters Tommy La Stella (whom I will put in RF ? )