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I think he would have gotten the experience of the third city this week, late game bus ride (I know they fly and are more comfortable), not feeling 100% and having to perform. Perhaps a pitcher that is willing to throw inside because it isn't his team's top prospect and his team wouldn't be calling him up to fill a Covid roster spot. Teammates fighting like hell to win a game and he's at bat. More stress. More life of a professional athlete experience. Longer season and learning how to save your body. They worked hard to be healthy and ready to play. I'm certain there are areas that he advanced further by having the extra practice time. Like you mentioned hitting against better pitchers. I'm certain that was very beneficial. Without the pressure of playing games he could focus on practicing skills under the guidance of coaches. That had to be good. No doubt the coaching staff worked overtime to make the best use of their time. I'm thinking if a full season netted 100% he got 75% or 80%. The rest he's probably going to get at the MLB level. It's enough for me to lower my expectations from RoY level to solid performer level performance. I'm excited to watch him play. And to directly answer about a 5th starter versus better pitchers, nothing much. In that situation he was better live hitting against the better pitcher.

I understood that. I also understand facing a guy on a different roster fighting for a spot may be a bit different. I think long road trips, may be part of the learning process. How close to a full season of experience do you think he received? And would you rather he had that experience or had played a regular season? I'm not discounting what they did, they made the best of a bad situation. I expect they worked pretty damn hard to get better. I'm just not going to pretend it was a good as actually playing games. I think he would be further along if they played a season.

I agree. Everyone here knows enough about baseball to understand that circumstances caused him to miss a key part of developing. The long road trips, the endless stretches of games, the day to day stuff that makes a player is also important. My original point is my expectations are he's got HoF worthy potential. We all can see that. I'm not expecting a peak HoF performance from him *this* season. If he starts the season in Chicago it's going to be a huge test for him.

He took a year off from playing games that would be close to what he will face in the MLB which we all agree is better. I'm sorry if I summarized too much.

I'm certain they did everything they could to continue each player's development and protect their investment. I'm also certain if they felt it was better than live games they would continue that model. While it wasn't a totally lost season, from what we read and heard, it was less than what a full season in the minors would have produced.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/investing/robinhood-gamestop-vlad-tenev/index.html Interesting how everyone seems tied to everyone and has to play nice.

Lol. I believe facing live pitching in game situations is extremely important to a player's development. But sure, lifting weights and playing video baseball is good too. Imagine canceling another year of MiLB and how advanced all those players will be.

I wonder when the first story of a 10 year old that lost thousands will appear? I've already read a couple that made thousands.

Sorry, I'm trying to find his stats for 2020. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=683734#/career/R/hitting/2021/ALL I guess they haven't updated yet.

Let's have him jump to MLB after taking a year off on a team that is desperate for a DH and is expected to win the division. What could go wrong?

Same here in Texas. I leave the cities and WOW,

I have to admit, yesterday my oldest and my brother in law were both here with their new Tesla Model Ys. I do wish my wife wanted to trade in her Subaru. But that isn't happening.

Rodon just got $3 mil. I guess that's a bad thing? Better if he could have signed for $5 mil and you would be happier? After all you want the bottom players to earn more. Salaries for entertainers in all areas are grossly over inflated. Put your salary against Rodon getting $3 mil or basically anyone on the roster and it is obscene. Families can't afford to go to games anymore. If it makes the game more affordable for fans then I wish they would also start cutting back on the best players salaries as well but starting at the bottom could work also.

I just got off the phone with my parents. Three families in their neighborhood who they really don't know came by and offered to shovel their driveway and sidewalk. It sure does make me happy to know people notice and are there to help.

Our superintendent sent a letter two weeks ago asking parents to please keep their kids home if they can be successful virtually. We had a 21% drop in in person attendance the next day. I'm down to two students attending my classes. But still we have situations like SS2k5 mentioned.

Shh, you're talking sense.

Me! And expand the playoffs. Let's play May to September.

I know I'm bumping an old post here but besides being great advice it ties into a couple threads that are active. One of the problems with student loans besides preventing savings for retirement is they tend to put young people in a hole without savings and then consumer debt takes hold. In the old days when people were paid cash they would budget via the envelope system. They divided up the cash and put it literally in the envelope that was going to be used to pay that bill. It was a very visual and real way to budget and I've come around to believing for most people, it would probably work better than what they are doing. Which leads me to Wall Street Bets. I love it. Gamble on a stock like it's the lottery. But pull from that envelope. Don't pull from your retirement envelope, or your emergency fund, or obviously food, shelter, or raiment. I teach my high school students that retirement isn't an age, it's a financial condition. I'm going to leave that sitting by itself for emphasize. With compounding at 7% your money doubles every ten years. Spending ten thousand less on a car in your 20s and investing it piles up quickly. It's $20,000 at 40 $40,000 at 50 $80,000 at 60 That's will zero additional money saved. $320 per month, 7% gains, starting at 25 and you will be a millionaire at 65.

I remember when three million could get a team a player.

What's the longest you've kept a vehicle? I just realized I've had my truck seven years now. I couldn't think of one I had more than five. I'm not looking to replace it anytime soon.

How many teams have holes and question marks? 27 give or take two.

And in this we have perfect examples of private enterprise winning and losing.

The hedge funds are in a tough position. It's *almost* like paying ransom.

Exactly. I think everyone dreams of turning down a starting position to be a backup on a MLB roster. Money for nothing. Who would want to play everyday and get dirty?

I'm comfortable especially if the equation involves holding back some cash for deadline moves. Taking on a bad one year contract to fill a need.