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Mate, for Robert-Cease, Cowser is a throw-in

Yeah if they don't want to give up Mayo for Cease, they don't want to start the Cease-Robert talks.

We're building a winning culture.

This is like when my company did layoffs, but kept senior VPs of departments that were cut.

Depends on the inflection

I feel like keeping Eberflus makes it more likely that Fields is staying. Also, there's no "trading down" to get MHJ and getting Williams. You either get Williams or trade down to get MHJ or take Williams and give New England a ransom for MHJ

The bag-head emoji has such unexpected range

I give it two bad starts max before Stroman tells Yankees fans/the New York Post to f*** off

Very successful former GM Jim Bowden gave them a B, idk what you're talking about.

As Balta pointed out in another thread, we hilariously have more starting depth than the competing window. Now, is it good depth? Eh. But...I'm gonna list everyone. * means they'll certainly have some sort of innings limit. Cease Fedde (I guess he's OD starter if Cease leaves) Kopech Touki Soroka Flexen (I honestly forgot him until I hit post, truly looking forward to him) Shuster (L) Scholtens Nastrini Martin* Crochet* (L) Burke* Mena Eder Bush The big irony here for Hahn is that he acquired all but Fedde, Soroka, Shuster and big Flexen

If there's any silver lining to the 2023 disaster regarding players, I guess it's this

We've already compared him to Nicky 2 Strikes in this thread

The twist is that the above conversation is between Gordon Beckham and Brooks Boyer

To be fair, he is doing that at the moment. But that can also just...be his job.

Cancel culture is why Rick Hahn doesn't have a job!

Right? Cancel culture was the whole "DINGER" fiasco a few years ago with Marcus Stroman being knob. When a broadcaster draws too much negative press because they said a slur and it was clearly meant to be an insult, what team is going to want to keep them around? It's not like Glen Kupier, where he fucked up, gave an apology that didn't read like "my pocketbook!" and had the Negro League Museum back him up. Glen Kupier tried to make amends for what seemed like an honest mistake. Brenamen's was said with purpose and he made no attempt to make amends.

I can tell you right now that JR would never let Kyrie Irving near the Bulls. If by some wild chance he did, I'd end my Bulls fandom until JR and every front office member was gone.

How dare you call me out like this Jason

I mean, if the hot mic was "cops are a bunch of lazy shitbags," I'm sure you'd be 100% supportive, right?

Castellanos hit it into the judgement free zone, so therefore we should not judge Brenneman.

They can offer plenty. Do something around any of Gilbert, Baty, Houck, Jett, Mauricio, Acuna, etc. I'd love to buy low on Baty.

According to SSHM, it is a Mickey Mouse ring (which doesn't even make sense as terminology since it wasn't played in the bubble like the NBA)

Oh no, Dodgers fans have merely had to endure meaningful baseball every single year. How they suffer. And we've argued your point about 2020's legitimacy repeatedly. Every team had a level playing field. It's legitimate. Otherwise, you can start playing all sorts of dumb games like Aaron Judge's AL home run record isn't legit (not in 155 games!), the 2005 World Series isn't legit (had a steroid user), etc.

This is it y'all

I somehow have to keep reiterating this point: Friedman's big FA before Freeman was A.J. Pollock. He made big trades and signed extensions, but he didn't sign big ticket free agents. He kept his powder dry for this offseason. This s%*# was calculated, unlike the Padres/Mets spending.