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The biggest and easiest gains we can make are the bullpen. They having been historically bad. Even just normal bad would be many games. Granted the rest of the roster is still very lacking.

I have a spring training one of his, but only because it was the year of my birth.

In the later 10's I quit buying new ones, and instead just picked up fun ones at the Garage Sale. The one off player jersey's are the best.

There it is.

The fact you THINK that is what does.

And they very obviously didn't like his even when he was healthy. They ran literal trash out there to block him.

No, these types of arguments are why.

OK, lets reign in here a bit. Yes he is on the way up, and hitting into the top 100's but of the SSs he is at the back of top 10 in terms of SS prospect rankings. Roch is WAY ahead of Caleb.

LIterally right there.

Stockholm Syndrome.

What's the old saying? "Because they can"

They really won't. They are two distinct markets. People in The Region go to Chicago for events. People in the Central third of Indiana go to Indy. I know we are in "Indiana", but we aren't really that close, and share no real connects to the Indy market. Every concert that goes through the big outdoor venues of Chicago (such as a Taylor Swift type at Solider Field) ends up at Lucas Oil a night or two later (or earlier). Indy hits the NCAAs hard, and I don't think that would change either. They host a Final Four regularly, and they also are home to the NCAA for basketball, so I doubt that would change. Maybe Chicago/NWI hits the rotation of Final Four cities with a decent domed stadium, but they won't take it from Indy. When it get to the point that Lucas Oil lease is up, they will either renegotiate and put money into upgrades, or they will build them another new stadium. Indy won't let the Colts leave Indy. Too much political power there too on the state level for it to happen. And honestly, the Bears get a good deal up here, it means the Colts HAVE to get a good deal down there, because they will NOT allow them to flee to another market.

Again, all about baseball, you just don't agree with it. That is two distinctly different things. It is "silly" to disqualify his opinions with a handwave of "not about baseball" when in fact they are.

This is what the Colts got. And this is the Colts contribution They are locked in through 2034.

At best you can say we have some potential starters, and we have Benintendi who is pretty much cooked.

You literally said he didn't talk baseball, and then put up 4 bullet points about his talking baseball, and then tried to disqualify them because you didn't like his points. But I am impressed how many of your accusations are confessions here.

So there you go. You just proved yourself wrong, and tried to move the goalposts to achieve it. Good work.

-Montgomery will move quickly -Gives a really interesting Billy Carlson Arm Bar talk at about 2:15, does call him one of the 2 best defensive MiLB SSs as a teenager. -Good at the top but lack depth, graduations hit hard -Rebuilt Colson's swing -Need more pitching, not enough depth -Falls off sharply after top 8/9 prospects -More hits on Kenny Williams interference -Player development improvement -Hired some great people, but haven't had many successes yet -Not many big player dev wins yet, such as big pop ups from unexpected guys. Oppor might become that, thought might not be a starter.

Good lord man, this is literally all about the team. I know you don't like it, but don't gaslight the man. And this team is way better ON paper, as the results of the game are the biggest problem. The optimism is all on paper because it is all about if this goes right, and these guys are ranked here, and if this goes right, and if Ishbia spends, and if this goes right... the actual results on the field have been some of the worst in baseball history the last 3 years. (2024, most losses in MLB history, 2024-25, 2nd most losses in MLB history over 2 seasons, 2023-25 3rd most losses in MLB history over three seasons)

For the record, anyone who wants to participate in these so called "prediction market" realize there is zero market regulation and consumer protection built into these. Unlike say a real futures market, or sports betting, there is no clear legal regulatory entity which oversees these items, and it is pretty much the wild west, complete with unfettered market manipulation that cannot currently be stopped.

How the heck?

Literally no one said this

They DGAF as long as they keep getting hooked up. They got an insane facility in Lucas Oil.