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Huh? The Orioles didn't have better offers than this in the offseason, that's why they kept him in the first half.

Yeah, that's the big difference for me. Ray Durham was one of my favorite players when he was here, but to compare him to Moncada does a huge disservice to Moncada's power. Moncada just hits the ball with so much more authority than Ray ever did, and the ball just jumps off of his bat. Hopefully he'll pick up where he left off before the break, because July Yoan Moncada extrapolated over a season is an all-star and in the MVP discussion.

What's the actual deal?

You could really just take "It's almost as if" out of that sentence.

That's fair. I'd take Quintana 2.0, especially for a reliever. ABTR.

Why would anyone sign Chris Davis to a 7 year $161 million deal instead of extending Manny Machado? Orioles gonna Orioles.

Fangraphs may be outdated on that? I don't see how a 20 year old LHSP with a sub 3 ERA in 100+ AAA innings (also 7 K/9 and 2.6 K/BB) gets valued that low.

Ah, my mistake, I thought you were saying no GM who had Herrera would trade him for Moncada.

I'll take that last one, please. Seems unrealistic, though.

Why? If the Sox had Herrera and were offered Moncada 1 for 1 I'd take that deal. A 4 WAR CF is great, but Moncada's potential is so much more.

Oh come on, raBBit. You're a CPA, you know they have no requirement to disclose anything other than their 990, which isn't due until November 15 if they filed an extension.

That would surprise me. April 15, 2020, on the other hand, would not.

Note the conviction is for conspiracy. Trump could likely be convicted of conspiracy many times over.

"Enemy" for purposes of a treason charge is a country with which the United States is at declared or open war. Russia does not qualify as an "enemy" for purposes of a treason charge.

Can someone please educate the media and others on what treason is? I don't like Trump, and I think Mueller could likely produce enough conspiracy charges against him to last five lifetimes, but treason requires the person being charged to be helping a country with which the United States is at declared or open war. And no, Russia hacking into the DNC does not constitute an act of war in the sense that it puts us at open war with them for the express purpose of charging Trump with treason. Again, I don't support Trump in any way and I think he's committed enough crimes to be locked up for the rest of his life and likely much longer, but because if the narrow definition of treason, it is not one of the crimes he's committed.

2019: Harper 2020: Arenado, Sale You better win multiple championships because it's the only way you're keeping that team together and not going bankrupt.

How many factual inaccuracies will Congress abide? "Witch hunt headed by Strzok" is just blatantly false. Ignoring the fact that it's not an actual witch hunt, nor is the colloquial use of the term acceptable to describe the Russia investigation, Strzok was never appointed as the head of the investigation. That was Mueller. This is just blatant fabrication at this point.

Incompetence has never been a very good legal defense, as I understand it. Typically, you're expected to know and keep track of what any reasonable person in your situation would know or keep track of. Thus, if collusion was occurring around Trump, his not being aware of it will not save him if it is reasonable to conclude based on the evidence that he should have been aware of it. Of course none of this matters until January 20, 2021 unless Congress decides to move forward with impeachment proceedings.

Seems like a typical corporatist neoliberal. Nowhere in her agenda does she mention anything about raising taxes on the wealthy or big business, Medicare for all, debt free college, or any policies to reduce wealth and income inequality. In fact, she wants to exacerbate the problem with more tax credits that big business will be certain to find a way to exploit. She prioritizes social issues over economic ones, and in fact holds viewpoints on economic issues that are dissonant with the will of the people, so I don't see a reason to support her and understand perfectly why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders would campaign in support of an opponent who supports Medicare for all and a $15/hr minimum wage.

Hopefully 2 players can convince the Orioles and Royals to not take Adley Rutschman. Witt Jr. can be one of those two.

Of course he's going to be highly scrutinized, he's the main player the White Sox got for a pitcher who, after tonight, has started three consecutive All-Star games and has been a perennially contender for the Cy Young award for the better part of a decade. That said, I think it's likely that the people who are posting most frequently is the main thing that's changing when he struggles or is hot is who is posting. There seems to be a skeptical group and an optimistic group, and the one that posts more will vary based on his recent results.

He may be a guy who never ends up on a Top 100 list, but comes "out of nowhere" to be a staple at our near the top of the White Sox rotation. I like that he has a good injury history.

The ball is juiced, for sure, but it's a lot harder for the player to be juiced now. Also, core and leg strength are huge drivers of power, as is launch angle. Jose Altuve's size is not prohibitive of developing power, other than the fact that short players have historically gotten tracked to a contact/speed game and rarely have had organizations work on developing their power.

It's not the first time he's put together a hot streak like this, either, though it IS the first time we've seen a low enough K rate for it to be even remotely sustainable. He's a monster with a 26% K rate and a .265 ISO.

February is worse if you don't like Basketball or Hockey.