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Thai massage…the painful stretching one and not Watson version manicure pedicure facial massage with kiwi mask for 50-60 mins watching CNBC and counting market returns to portfolio

POM? Not sure the latter even exists in Lawrence… Greg better stick to Subway meal deals. Outside of Krugman and Friedman, he might be more obsessed with the prices of everything than anyone west of the University of Chicago.

Ron?

Seems to be forecasting an upcoming trade...

Lee has certainly managed to underwhelm even the most tepid of expectations...

When to trade Altuve Bregman Alvarez Tucker? They have to extend at least one of the latter two or totally rebuild around the remains of their starting rotation.

Who was the poster that adopted Lucas Giolito as his cause celebre and also fought with everyone about the Bears? Jack Parkman? He self-banned himself numerous times...

Still stung by Danks and that was only $65 million and five years…and nearly a decade ago. He won’t get anything near what he wants, which is to be treated closer to the 2022 version that 2023. That’s at least a $150+ million extension, if not $175. And all for a pitcher that is clearly being questioned whether he’s actually an ace or not still going forward.

He was basically winning that game with what amounts to his fourth best option starting the year suddenly elevated to WR1. No way you can argue that weapons around him made him even better with Nico Collins out and so many reserves filling holes on offense. It was the exact opposite....in fact one key player lifted the entire team to playoff competitiveness. Granted...that division is far far from the best.

Josh Allen coming out of Wyoming of all places...he had so many obvious physical skills that just jumped off the charts when the combine came. That said, is it possible he already peaked? With Allen, always a question in the back of your mind about competition level coming out. Trevor Lawrence, for example, had a lot of those similar physical skills as Allen, and then the proven leadership pedigree and even he is fluctuating sort of up and down with what was expected out of the Jags this year. Then there's the Jared Goff types who don't take off until paired with the right coaching and system in place that maximizes their talents...instead of forcing players to be something they're not in an inflexible way.

Both him and Grifol saying they dislike their team comes off as disingenuous at best...how would it possibly benefit the franchise for both leaders to echo those ridiculous sentiments that will just lead to more apathy and dissenters in the clubhouse? Luis Robert has to be saying what the F after the season he just enjoyed...

Receiver Heismans are so rare..guys like Howard or Tim Brown who had larger than life college careers. Plus special teams, kick and PR. Even rarer.

Should never forget how many teams missed out on anywhere from $25-75 million in media rights payments due to BALLY bankruptcy... Any of those teams looking to compete for the playoffs but out of the Top Tier FA's (including Japanese posting) would logically be interested in Cease...and fans are waiting to see what those teams will looking like heading into Feb/March before making purchasing decisions on MLB.TV packages (see Brewers, for example). It's the principal reason the Twins are cutting payroll despite their first playoff success in ages...when they could REALLY step on the throats of all the AL Central teams and deny hope to their fanbases, CLE and DET in particular. The Twins have to replace Sonny Gray, Top 3 Cy Young (basically Dylan Cease 2022), for example...and can't afford another $100+ million contract.

Depends what else is out there on the trade market. FA's will be prohibitively expensive, and require 4-6+ year commitments. Cease is perfect for a middle or lower-tier budget organization with at least a Top 15 farm system...think of the Brewers here if they don't rebuild, or one with current cash-flow problems like the Padres or even the Twins (don't really advocate that one, but the White Sox weren't going to be competitive in 2024/2025 regardless). Heck, the Dodgers are another team that immediately comes to mind that has suffered numerous losses for a variety of reasons on the pitching front...(Lynn/Buehler/Urias/Kershaw/May)...and need someone exactly like Dylan that's durable and would figure in anywhere from #2-4 in the rotation. No indications of any issues whatsoever about him as a teammate or clubhouse chemistry (see Clevinger/Bauer) concern.

Neither of those guys move the meter...unless it's simply mediocrity and not total embarrassment. You need basically a 23-25 year old Wong...or at the very least Huira types who could put a 2.5-3 fWAR season potentially.

Makes perfect sense for their window in that division which might close in a hurry if roster is pushed above $120 million or so...and they have to start unloading Santander types. That's probably two years away or so...though. Always depends on health. Catchers don't have infinite shelf lives anymore.

Would you have wanted Cease starting a playoff game in 2023? Surely for regular season...but that 2020 Game 3 starter dilemma still exists to an extent. Cease Dunning Crochet etc. (Just saying this because Dane wasn't featured by Texas, either.) All depends on what the pitching coaches around baseball think about his arsenal and how it could be adjusted to get back closer to 2022...other than rediscovering 1.5 missing on the FB and the crispness of that pitch that everything else starts with...particularly the slider.

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CLE and Houston continue to shock NFL. Baker Mayfield playing decently on a pretty bad Bucs team another big surprise...

Interesting coming off a huge win over Miss St....will go 7-5 or 8-4 if they could knock off LSU in season finale. Heisman: Penix Daniels Nix seem like as good a final 3 as any. Penix might have lost frontrunner spot these past two weeks. McCarthy definitely needs a huge Michigan win over OSU with bigger numbers after pedestrian game at PSU.

Biggest concern has to also be throwing so many pitches just to get out of 4th and 5th innings...that quality in 2022 felt completely missing last year. Then again...whole team collectively lost their WTW and you would think a change if scenery and coaching would/could work wonders.

Hence the reason he was getting punked by Gordon “Alpha Male” Beckham.

But that team was at least respectable/competitive until the end of the season with largely the same cast, minus Benintendi and Clevinger added, and Abreu/Hendriks subtracted.

Quite similar to the petty Giolito fiasco the previous offseason...which probably had something to do with the worst season of his later career after his initial (massive) struggles out of the gate with the Sox.

MVPs/MVP votes for two of them, in fact...