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Nobody on the roster is projected to have an OBP above .325, so there really are no other optuons.

Doesn't being an asshole and not caring about people make him a good MAGA candidate?

You forgot Matt Wheatland.

I do think the current franchise is in better shape than it was after Smith was done. On the other hand, the general drafting process has a little more certainty to it than it did 20 years ago, so it is a little easier to draft now. I think the difference between Avila and Smith was that Avila seemed to have an overall plan (although executed poorly). Not only did Smith execute poorly, but he never really seemed to have a plan.

Matt Anderson may have been the dumbest #1 pick in MLB history. I remember being excited that they had the first pick in the draft. Then they signed a relief pitcher? Not a starter who might wind up as a relief pitcher, but just a relief pitcher! I couldn't believe it. Now, the Jobe pick was less than brilliant, but at least his upside was not relief pitcher.

Apparently, the baseball gods didn't give Randy Smith many gifts. 1996 Seth Greisinger Right-handed pitcher University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia) 6 [42] 1997 Matt Anderson Right-handed pitcher Rice University (Houston, Texas) 1 [43] 1998 Jeff Weaver Right-handed pitcher California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California) 14 [44] 1998 Nate Cornejo Right-handed pitcher Wellington High School (Wellington, Kansas) 34§[g] [44] 1999 Eric Munson Catcher University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) 3 [45] 2000 Matthew Wheatland Right-handed pitcher Rancho Bernardo High School (San Diego, California) 8 [46] 2001 Kenny Baugh Right-handed pitcher Rice University (Houston, Texas) 11 [47] 2001 Mike Woods Second baseman Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 32§[h] [47] 2002 Scott Moore Shortstop Cypress High School

Yes, it was an easy play, but the somewhat impressive part was that he made i look easy and natural. Most major leaguers can make that play, but some would look awkward playing out of position.

The string of first rounders under Smith was absolutely comical. All he did with Detroit was make one pointless trade after another. As bad as Avila was, I think Smith as worse.

Who is going to be Trump's evangelical straight man VP if he wins?

Fox News fired some of their extremists today including Dan Bongino. I remember a friend on facebook begging followers to read his link to Bongino. I went to the link and it only took me 15 seconds to figure out he was a grifter.

But stock funds, which are streakier than bond funds, have historically done better than bond funds long term.

I think consistency/versus streakiness could go either way. It all depends on timing. If his streaks happen when his team needs them (when his teammates aren't streakng enough!), then the streaky hitter could be more valuable in a given year. If not then he could be less valuable in a given year. In doing projections, you don't know what the timing will be, so WAR is your best guess. Do we even have a measure for streakiness? I did some work on that a really long time ago in other life and then passed it off to Bill Petti who did some more with it, but I don't think it's tracked anywhere. It seems to be mostly anecdotal.

Or maybe he would have made a similar move with another team for players who were equally promising.

which is pretty much where the projection sytems had him at the beginning of the season. I looked up Paredes (the great one who got away) and Candelario just yeterday and noticed they were similar.

I remember that too. I wouldn't vote for him, but I don't hate him. I compared him to DeSantis (who I can't stand) only because he is someone who was the presumed favorite but never got off the ground.

They kept talking about Rubio in 2015-2016 and he never got anywhere. He just got humiliated by Trump and MAGAs loved it because they love seeing Trump humiliate people. DeSantis seems the same to me.

There are so many ways you can use this gif.

It's funny seeing politicians try to be the cntrolled version of Trump because his supporters like that he is out of control.

The current Cabrera contract is pretty bad.

McKinstry can draw walks and get on base (although he hasn't done that much at the Major League leavel to this point) and play defense. Castro didn't really have any assets other than versatility.

It is interesting to hear someone outside Boston describe Rice as charasmatic, as Lynn was seen as the charasmatic one here. Both were awesome in their primes though, even if that didn't last too long. Evans was just the opposite. He was like the lou Whitaker of the Red Sox, really good for a long time, but never regarded as a superstar. I'd put him in the Hall of Fame over Rice.

The gun nuts have already started with their "you can't ban assault weapons because you don't know what an assault weapon is".

I believe he has the athleticism to handle any outfield position, so I don't think CF would be any more difficult than a corner for him. His fielding ability, in general, seems to be the question. I have not been watching on a regular basis and am just going off reputation.

Yes, I have heard gun rights people talk about satefy and responsibility in gun ownership before. I would imagine some of them might not like it when people trivialize gun ownership such as wearing tee shirts glorifying guns or making a family Christmas photo where everyone has a gun. It seems that the country is getting further and further away from responsible gun ownership all the time.

I run/bike on trails like that all the time. I always get a little nervous when it goes too close to a house. 1. I feel like I am invading their privacy (even though I don't leave the marked trail). 2. What you said.