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Getz was definitely prepared to hit the ground running. We will see what happens when the ground hits back on his "junkyard" collection.

Orioles' attacks brought out a little feistiness from you...

https://global.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39317722/steelers-mike-tomlin-walks-podium-amid-question-contract

Harbaugh and Vrabel have to be way up there. McVay should be Coach of the Year but won't.

Never saw Ptac with that kind of a take for a coach who consistently made the playoffs in KC, only to almost always end in predictable heartbreak. Two runs in SD too.

The problem is Grifol makes Ventura Bevington and TLR almost palatable. At least 2012 Ventura after the Ozzie exit madness, and not the indifferent collapsing clubhouse version.

Only seven years older than Anderson playing a MUCH more demanding position that chewed up and spit out Grandal and numerous others. Maldonado would have been fine for that price at 32-33.

See White Sox fans and Renteria. Be careful what you wish for.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39309562/philadelphia-eagles-nick-sirianni-jalen-hurts-disconnect Meanwhile, Baker Mayfield one of the better candidates for Comeback Player of the Year. Two OU guys with completely opposite trajectories. TB actually finished better than Brady's record last year and had to win every single game down the stretch like BUFF.

Have no idea where they go next season...Fields would be yet another possibility. Winston maybe. Can't see how Pickett can possibly reassert himself after everything that's gone down this season. Mason Rudolph is less of a long-term plan than probably every QB in the league but O'Connell, perhaps Howell and Ridder. They have to get the ball to Pickens more often, somehow.

Based on 2023 big league results mostly?

Daniels is so thin...have to worry about his durability just like with Young and Kyler Murray.

Tomlin should bolt due to lack of appreciation. Those three QBs don't belong anywhere near the postseason. Meanwhile Bills seven consecutive wins now and will collide with Baltimore at some point...seems to be down to those two and KC.

You haven't counted SSHM posts/lists yet?? That should keep you busy for the remainder of the winter.

Still bitter over Kimbrel being passed off to them...

Burdi too. KW started that nonsense with Royce Ring and Aaron Poreda. Joins the crowd of numerous players we likely get nothing back in return for...or negative returns. Rodon Anderson Grandal Pollock/Kimbrel Hendriks etc. Almost every first rounder other than Burger/Sale. Likely Jimenez/Moncada. Cease due to the Sports Guy/Elias Curse.

We can trade 2000 James Baldwin and 2003 Danny Wright to Baltimore for Ortiz... All winning players.

And open up a yoga/meditation studio right across from the Boog Powell BBQ.

The Royals of post 2015 were definitely not City Champs...let alone Missouri State champs.

Officially confirmed announcements presumably…physicals cleared, etc.

When they advance to High A, fans can start to actually get excited...

Insane this article was TEN years ago...and Wilder Saga still has a shadow over the DR seemingly. "(Marco) has a feel for what we need, said Del Matthews, assistant director of player development and scouting. Weve had recent success, but it was definitely needed. With the new rule changes in the basic agreement it kind of made it an even playing field for everybody and it was a great opportunity for us to ramp up our efforts and hopefully well see some fruit in a couple of years. Laumann believes international production will help the team in the amateur draft in terms of creativity. In years past, because the organization needed to add bodies the international program didnt produce, Laumann was forced to find players to fill holes instead of taking risks on higher potential draftees." ..... "After he spent the last 14 months assessing an international department that has produced one player over the past decade, Marco Paddy, the special assistant to the general manager in international operations, will add five new scouts. The amateur scouting department will also add two new scouts. While hes happy for the additional bodies in his department, amateur scouting director Doug Laumann is more pleased with the international hires. Rick Hahn last week described a department, which will add two scouts in the Dominican Republic, one in Mexico, one in Venezuela and another to cover Curacao and other areas, as bare bones." Profar is Curacao...but someone is really doing a lot of footwork in Venezuela, that was a barren wasteland for the Sox even when Ozzie and Freddy Garcia and their families ruled the Sox roost from 2003-2011...dating back further to Magglio Ordonez and obviously legends Aparicio and Carrasquel.

Who is doing all that scouting work in Venezuela? Paddy again? Or locally-based? We haven't had an academy there in ages...at least since it got increasingly dangerous with the political situation.

Kopech is almost as maddening as Moncada. I think the legend of his Texas high school pitching and "hot gun readings" in the low 100's overtook his realistic ability to pitch and not just throw. Then the mixture of off-field drama, maturing, missing the Covid19 year completely, just an array of lower leg issues that always kept getting in the way, but he still had the 21st highest average velocity among starters last year, it's just that it has never been a terribly deceptive pitch due to how straight it can be at times, not unlike Reynaldo Lopez when he's going bad. At one point, he had the makings of really good off-speed pitches, the curveball was at least decent and the slider could really feature as a plus pitch. That seemed to completely disappear in the second half, along with his confidence almost being completely shattered. More than anything, just terribly inconsistent...and finally consistently terrible for someone with his projected stuff. Feels like the word "potential" is the only word still somewhat reluctantly attached to him. At any rate, don't think Crochet ever even got to that point because of his lack of pitches thrown over the course of his career with so many injuries mixed in. For every Chris Sale or Randy Johnson with that beanpole frame who can withstand the stress of high velocity arsenals and loads of sliders like Cease, there must be hundreds who simply don't make it and flame out somewhere along the way.

SSHM is like an accountant/financial spreadsheet type. I actually thought that I liked to think in lists until I started to read his posts...well, that's definitely ONE thing to do in retirement, but might not be for everyone. He might even be related to Jay Cuda...except Jay seems like more of a comedian (except to his wife probably) and SSHM seems much more serious/intense. At any rate, glad to be an occasional source of amusement.