JUSTgottaBELIEVE

Question was who has the higher ceiling. To me, it’s Robert. If Robert is hitting 50 bombs in his prime, his OBP will be well above 340 because no one will pitch to him. Then it’s just a matter of him being patient and not chasing pitches outside the zone. He’s only 22. He’s only going to get better from here.

Moncada plays 3b. Robert is much better defensively than Acuna. I’m not impressed by Acuna defensively. Offensively, I think Robert has as much or even more power but will hit for a Slightly lower avg and OBP.

Robert plays a premium position and plays it really damn well. Also, despite the relatively low OBP, Robert will be hitting 40+ homers on a regular basis. He’s a better version of Acuna.

Robert easy and I’m a big Moncada believer. Was another guy I was backing when a few others were shitting on him.

Robert just looks so fucking dangerous at the plate

Not everyone thought this two years ago. Remember when people were saying he had no power (never mind he was dealing with a wrist injury at the time)? Would love to pull up some of those old posts.

Yep. I had the same experience and is why I expressed my disappointment with grade schools that were going to any type of abbreviated class schedule. Thankfully, my district is not (for now) but their contingency plan in the event of another rise in statewide cases (likely) is the 2-1-2 thing. That’s just brutal.

Thankfully, my district is starting out the school year with full time in class instruction for all grade schools. There was too much push back for anything less, at least right now. It’s a fluid situation so we will have to adjust accordingly if the situation here worsens. But some districts have decided to do the half day thing right off the bat and many parents were really upset with that.

Oh gotcha. I misunderstood what you were saying. Yea, that makes a lot of sense. I thought you were saying 3 on, 2 off for elementary schools too. I just don’t see how that works. Regarding the childcare question, most schools offer after school care. If they don’t, they coordinate with a private daycare to bus the kids to the center for after school care. The cost of 2 or 3 hours of after school care (like when the kids get out at 2:45 or 3:00 for example) is already high. But if they are getting out at noon (AM session) or don’t start until 1:00 (PM session), the cost of those childcare services just doubled unless the schools chip in to reduce the impact. And from experience, the cost of after school care for two grade school kids was already very expensive. Like close to $800/month expensive. That’s just the cost side of things but the amount of in class instruction is also a big concern.

Based on the past 5 months, I don’t think we are capable. Do you? Hell, we are now seeing a minimum of 70,000 new cases a day. Probably closer to 100,000. This thing is too far gone for test, trace, contain imo. Even with a coordinated national lockdown, I’m not sure we’d get the daily count to under 10,000 at this point.

I feel for you. Tough spot for sure. I don’t have all the answers either but 3 on 2 off or half days 5 days a week or some other variation of that is going to put a ton of families in a really tough spot unless the schools are offering child care during hours in which the kids aren’t in the classroom. And is that even a sufficient amount of instruction for the kids If you are basically cutting the classroom time in half?

Man, I’m just as pissed as the next person that this country is too selfish to get this thing under control but we have to face reality. As long as Trump is President and, probably even when he’s not, I just don’t see it happening. So we have to figure out how to move forward. Hopefully all this concern is for naught and we have a 100% effective vaccine later this year or next and we can get back to “normal.” But what if we don’t have an effective vaccine, herd immunity isn’t viable, and this Just becomes another virus we have to live with indefinitely?

I guess I’m saying that we need to put our collective heads together and figure out a solution that still allows for in class instruction. I knows it’s challenging and we are still learning more and more about this virus every day but it’s disappointing that we haven’t figured out a more effective way of doing this after months of planning. Again, in the scenario that herd immunity is not viable (because the virus mutates to different strains ala influenza) and no effective vaccine is produced, what are we going to do? If we switch to remote learning, I would expect a major shakeup to how both families and the economy are structured. Back to the days of one non-working spouse to take care of and teach the kids, and I would also hope a significant property tax reduction (since public schools account for a high percentage of the tax bill) to help offset the loss in household income.

It’s a very real possibility that a 100% effective vaccine is never developed. Maybe it’s effectiveness is ultimately in line with the flu shot. In that scenario, what to do with the schools then? Can’t expect working parents to teach their kids from home indefinitely. The kids are going to suffer and in many cases it’s not even feasible if parents aren’t working remotely.

And...you’re still understating the current crisis. By a lot.

I think we all can acknowledge that Caulfield was right from the beginning. I think we all could have taken this more seriously two months ago and, based on some posters’ comments, some more than others.

Good point and yet another reason why antibody testing would be so very useful. Many of us are speculating we already had it without the means to actually confirm this suspicion.

Not sure how much the tests cost but couldn’t we require bi-weekly or monthly tests to renew one’s certificate? Until a vaccine is available at least.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-germany-covid-19-immunity-certificates-testing-social-distancing-lockdown-2020-3%3famp looking forward to officially testing my theory that I’ve already had the virus

I think I might have already had it. In the afternoon of 3/1, I started feeling nauseous with a terrible headache, body aches and weakness while running a 101.6 temperature. I was confined to bed for 3 days. First 36 hours temp held around 101.5, the next 36 hours it held around 100. Terrible cough for two nights that literally prevented me from sleeping. Probably got about 4 or 5 hours of sleep both nights. Went to the doctor 2 days after the fever started. He said it was likely norovirus because someone in my family had it a day earlier but their symptoms lasted only 24 hours and they were vomiting. I didn’t vomit or shit during the 3 days I had a fever, just bad sharp stomach pains. In fact, I was constipated and didn’t shit until after the fever broke. The doctor didn’t even bother checking for influenza because I had just seen him 2 weeks prior with flu. He was concerned though because he sent me to a hospital for a CT scan of the stomach (to rule out appendicitis) and a chest x-ray (to rule out pneumonia). Both came back fine as well as my blood work. I just don’t think my symptoms were consistent with norovirus. I’ve had that several times before and it was always a 24 hour thing. And never had the terrible headache or cough. The other thing that was odd were the night sweats. Woke up in the middle of the night two of the nights completely drenched. Like I had just went out for a 5 mile run. I kept thinking it was because my fever finally broke but, no, it was still holding at ~100. If that was stomach flu or regular influenza it was unlike anything I’ve ever had before. The flu I had in mid- February was nowhere near as bad as this. Still have a slight nagging cough but for the most part it is going away now two weeks later.

AJ accumulated 9 fWAR over ~560 games before the Sox signed him. He was fresh off a 0.5 fWAR season with the Giants the year before and had well documented issues with players in his one season there. Puig has accumulated 18 fWAR over 861 games and was at 1.2 last season. Not sure how you can say one was “good” while the other is not. At similar points in their career, Puig has been more productive than AJ.

Probably best to revisit this discussion in another 6 months to determine who was “right.”

Yea and many Royals fans were pissed when they traded Myers, Odorizzi, Montgomery, and Leonard back in 2012. But I bet those same fans were very happy in 2014 and 2015. Fans get over it if the team wins. Players come and go, especially in this age of free agency, but championships and the players that were part of champions are what people remember most fondly or at least I do. Podsednik wasn’t a White Sox for very long but I recall more enjoyable, memorable moments watching him play than I do Jose Abreu because he was integral to a championship team whereas Jose to this point has been part of very forgettable, losing teams. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article188945564.html

The players certainly do matter but I’m pretty sure Chiefs fans are pretty damn excited about Sunday even though one of their best players is a bad human being. Most fans I know are more excited about their team succeeding than individual players. If the team is successful, the individual side comes along with it as a natural byproduct. But again, I haven’t been a satisfied CWS fan over the past 5 years even though Jose Abreu has been a terrific story and a high performer for the team. And that’s because the TEAM has been completely lousy. I have no personal connection to a player like Moncada and if trading him makes the TEAM better I’m all for it.