1984Echoes

You are not correct.

No buddha, you had it originally correct: $32 mill 2023. Plus either $30 mill team option in 2024 or the $8 mill buyout. 32 + 8 = 40.

With an $8 million buyout that is guaranteed. It vests automatically as you say. But with zero chance of vesting, there is still a team option for 2024 OR an $8 million buyout. $32 Mill plus an $ 8 mill guaranteed buyout for 2024 = $40 mill.

Nor would I agree with that there is ANY good reason to have him in office again. That would be bad. ALL bad. NOTHING good to come of that except the end of our Democracy.

No it's not. Not yet. Although he may need some more AAA time. Or he needs to figure out how to manage against MLB pitching...

Again, he can do that just as easily as a 1B coach as he can as a player. Wave constantly to all the fans, walk over and hobnob with the fans all game when not in the coaches box (not certain if there are less restrictions on coaches versus players where he could get away with that...); yap with each team's 1B'man all game which he would love...

I think Livers is also going to absorb quite a few minutes there... And you can say exactly the same thing about Livers as said about Bojan...

He still has a ton to offer? I get it that bossman has spoken... but... No. He's got nothing left to offer. Nada.

One other thing: We have ammunition range 180 miles for the HIMARS and not just the 50 mile range missiles we've been sending them. I want the Pentagon/ White House to quit F'ing around because of Russian "feelings" and ship the 180 mile range missiles. They'll be used to hit targets in Crimea and all supply lines in Ukraine that Russia is using. Not Russia proper. Maybe the Crimean bridge that Russia built, but not Russian land. Quit F'ing around and get those longer range missiles over to Ukraine pronto. IMO.

It would have to be USA-led... you know that. The UK (Britain actually) was also a party to the Budapest Memorandum so they also should have troops included. Aside from those two, it doesn't matter anymore. But Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Romania would have direct interest as well in participating in the stabilization of Ukraine. It could even start slowly, with the US putting NASAMS and other anti-aircraft/ missile defense teams in first. Followed by air support and then combat troops. Start in the west and up to the Dnieper River... wait to see if Ukrainian troops secure the entire western half of Ukraine at least up to the Dnieper (Kherson included), and start from there. Simply inserting ANY troops/ other into Ukraine will rush Putin to the table to make certain he can keep Crimea. He wants the land bridge... but above all else he MUST be able to keep Crimea.

At this point it should just be Article 4. I don't think they should automatically jump to 5 yet, before going through a process/ meeting/ discussion of all the alternatives. But I am absolutely for putting 90,000 NATO Peacekeepers into Ukraine. With instructions to remove any foreign invaders... But that's just me...

Plus 1. Best idea yet. He loves it over at 1B anyways...

With a lot less grinding on the knees. And if he spends most of his time on the IL, that is a lot more depressing than going out from the dugout every single game in 2023 and waving your cap for 5 minutes to uproarious cheers... before heading back to the bench to take a seat.

That can be done just as easily as an assistant hitting coach/ bench coach/ dugout ambassador as being a lineup player.

It's looking more like it really was Russia that destroyed their own Nordstream pipelines. Not certain what they're thinking... it's an extremely stupid move. Now all we need to do is have Germany call an Article 4 and get the ball rolling to start a NATO discussion on what they need to actually be doing with regards to Russian belligerence.

I know we need defense too... but... We could really use some offense.

Stick him in Grand Rapids. He needs to earn the NHL.

This smacks of: "We just a wanna be really careful with your arm Matt".... As Manning stalks away infuriated: "Are you F'ing kidding me?!?!"

Erie is just throwing this game down the sewer and pissing on it... Losing 9-0 in the 1st on 5 hits, 2 errors, etc...

USA's motto, which makes me think exactly this: "There's money to be made." It's as simple as that...

A puzzle yet to be solved...

I'm pretty certain... Based on USA dynamics... That we will end up with a network of charging stations, not charging roads. The charging stations (massive parking lots with a massive amount of fast-charging stations) will be surrounded by convenience stores & fast food restaurants. People will plan their road trips accordingly. But I'm just guessing...

Plus on pk he's already on defense. He doesn't have the issue of being late/ slow getting back because he's already there... He seems like a guy who looks very gifted to me... but you protect him as much as possible with situational ice time...

At the trade deadline. Don't even care what we get back... (something would be better than nothing however...!)

Regardless of whether we sign Correa or not, or some reasonable facsimile... If they decide they should move Baez to 2B, then do so. Even if it's 2023 (and not "testing" it in 2022...). Just do it! But that also means to me: Schoop is out the door and we hold onto Candy for at least this next year as a stopgap... Which I want anyways because I have a higher belief that Candy will get to a 2.5+ WAR and that Schoop will be 1.5 or (most likely IMO) less next year.