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That's $9.5 mill per year. I see Jonah getting less than that. He could be affordable for us if he doesn't get a crazy offer...

Need lots more voices like that... Speaking out loud... and LOUDLY.

Remove the firing pins. Or does that make it too "unrealistic"?

Obviously that's the first priority. Call it "Plan A". But they've been trying to work with him the past couple years to try and help him. Maybe they didn't have the right, or the effective, game plan for him. Perhaps he gets his OPS up to about .750-ish and we can live with any other shortcomings (wild swings, wild throws, etc...) But the question has already been asked: If it's mid-July and he has a low .500's OPS, and his throws are... "less than accurate"... Then how long does the team's patience last? At some point... who gives a **** about hurting his fee-fee's? If he's hurting the team and another guy can help the team: then... "Plan B".

This obviously is a problem. But I just wanted to ask: Would Duren play better at PF, instead of C? I mean, aside from his still lack of range. If We added a stretch-5 just for example... Could Duren work as a PF next to a stretch 5? Just asking for thoughts.... Somehow I see Duren as a Karl Malone in the making... Even if Malone is also out of style in the modern game...

Not if they get their asses whipped every single election.

Vote for the Constitution of the United States. You know what that means...

I don't think she's trying (or don't want to THINK she's trying) until I hear it directly from her mouth. I want to at least "think" that she has some integrity and is done with Trump.

Yes this. Haley game plan.

This was what I took from her statement as well. To flesh that out: 1) In my opinion, she can now go "silent mode", and will. As stated, the onus is on TRUMP to pull back in moderate Republicans. 2) He won't be able to do it... which means he gets clobbered in November. 3) This allows Haley to IMMEDIATELY take the lead on "How do we fix this?" 4) I believe this is her game. To remake the next version of the Republican Party into "not-MAGA". That doesn't EXCLUDE them from the Republican Party. But there would now be a "repudiate Trump" reason (he gets clobbered again in November) to fix the GOP. And the agenda would no longer be to "bootlick Trump no matter what". She should be able to take some of Trump's talking points ("tough on the border") and redefine them as Republican and not Fascist. As long as Trump the "strongman" (hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!) is on the docket, it's all about his fascist cult and not about a two party system under American Constitutional Democracy. 5) She was pulling hard on Centrists (Republican or Indie), moderate Republicans (the few who remain), and right-leaning Indies, specifically. This is where she is going to start efforts on a "New Republican Party". I have no idea where this goes/ what kind of policy platform they might set/ whether MAGA can be roped in, or not... etc. 6) But demolish Trump in November first, and then see what happens. I think this is her game plan.

I do.

Go Liz!!!

The obvious solution is took put him on the bench. If Eddys can handle SS, Baez can still back up... or provide some other usefulness... probably back up 2B too. A WAY overpaid utility guy... But as you say, he ain't taking less than $98 mill so until the team decides to eat whatever remains, he's either the starter or he's an expensive backup 2B/SS...

I don't gamble.

Yes. And that's the correct solution. Kill the rule they put in place to reduce kickoff returns. They want them back? Then take a frickin' step back... and reverse the prior (unnecessary) rule.

So... He's improving? /jk

Go talk to Vegas! Or do you do betting apps?

Yes. No.

Wow. Yes, crazy. Although that may be defensive more than anything. I'm guessing they feel a bit like the State of Israel surrounded by people who don't really like them. Obviously not as dire as Israel... I'm just sayin'...

Just as a hint: Right now: Biden has 53,744 votes in Utah. Trump has 42,580 The swing vote...? Haley has 31,384

Right, so the state stays red... in a normal year. I believe their Trump-hate is pretty crazy high also though, because they are Mormon. So this year, and this year only, the state goes blue and Biden wins there. Everything else in the state stays red... So I'm just calling this as a one-off.

I believe NC, and possibly even Iowa and Montana, have voted blue before... so on a normalized basis, yes. Florida too... but I think they are getting heavy white-retirees from the mid west so it appears they are turning redder the past 20 or so years... I would think they'd also be getting heavy Jersey/ New York retirees and non-Cuban Hispanics to offset that but... I don't know they they are turning so red-fascist in that state...? That makes Texas, Florida, Alaska & Ohio very difficult to turn blue. But I'm guessing this is going to be the "Year of the Never-Trumper Wave" so we'll see how much of an impact that has on all the November races. Biden, Senator & Reps, state races...

No.. they're not turning into Colorado. They'll stay red... This is just pure "we're red, but we're also Mormon and we hate bullies/ fascism/ Trump", so it's a one-off this year. That's my prediction.

That's bull****. Penalize a team for having a good kicker? Gotta be another way... Not this.

If we end up with a top 3 pick after the lottery I see two stretch-4's... (I would really love to add a stretch-4 to this team...) Sarr and Risacher... Does anyone like them?