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That's sort of my point - that they had pretty much lost confidence in the passing game - or at least in a balanced attack, before Goff even hurt himself on that throw. Maybe he was ailing before, whatever. And no doubt it was a good strategy until Nelson went down and Pittsburgh brought everyone up. Under normal circumstance that's when your QB gashes them for some big plays and puts the game away.

Slow start yes, but he OPS'd 994 for his 87 AB in September with a HR per 11AB.

Ah - that's an example where the dance can get complex. If you are ownership and you know you are angling for contract length caps are you going give away in Nov what the league would "make" you keep in your pocket in the Spring?

I think from the teams'. If you are going to give a guy $20M/yr, that's a garden variety contract and the conditions around it probably won't change pending whatever happens in the CBA. But I don't want to be 'making the market' with a deal where a change in the CBA actually could mean I haven't optimized my expenditure. And conversely if teams aren't anxious to bid, the top players are going to hold out till they do. ..Now of course Correa will sign tomorrow!

One last thought about this game though..... The reports out now are that Goff supposedly hurt himself on the long throw early in the game. But they just happened to have a new super jumbo run formation prepped for this game because they *hadn't* already committed to Goff not throwing much?

I guess he's still not actually talking about the injury though, is he? He's just bitching about people questioning him. But he's not going to move that needle with social media posts anyway. This is the case where "shut up and play" is probably the best advice. Going out and re-establishing yourself as a good football player will quell the fans' doubts better than anything he can post on social media

anything is possible but I would put my money on the very top FAs like Correa and Seager and probably Scherzer, not being signed until after a CBA is in place.

The other change was that in the reworked deal there is relatively little buyout money owed him if they terminate him.

sportrac has them at $82M after Rodriguez. Say $25M for the SS and IDK - their arbitration awards might be what - $15M? That would be $122M. The league average last year was ~$128M IIRC. But considering they are going to have to (IMO) start locking up their young pitchers soon they will be well above whatever they spend this year pretty quickly.

Yeah, unless they crash against Maryland, the 10 wins certainly saves Harbaugh's job - assuming he still wants it. I find his whole presentation very strange recently. And yes I mean more than how strange he normally was in the past.

Certainly agree with this. You aren't going to pay someone big bucks to end up your BP swing man and he wouldn't be happy about it either! The 6th and/or 7th guy up has to be either be someone you can reasonably leave at AAA or the Bullpen.

at the immediate moment of the shootings maybe, but what was he doing there in the 1st place if not attempting to project law enforcement as a civilian - which is the common working definition of a vigilante? Whether he was there as a vigilante and whether he killed someone in self defense (or not) are separate questions.

Whether or not that was useful, what is your criteria for excluding Rittenhouse's activity from the common definition of 'vigilante'? i.e. "Self-appointed law enforcer"

I can go either way on Boyd. He's not been any kind of world beater, but he's managed to be ERA+ positive in each of the last three real seasons pitching in front of a generally bad defensive team and until this surgery has been pretty healthy - plus he has a rep for working very hard at his conditioning, diet etc., so it's not like there is nothing to like there. '

can't say I expected Stafford's RTG to be doubled in a game by Jimmy Garoppolo this season.

McCosky is all in on Boyd. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/11/15/idle-thoughts-winning-offseason-guarantees-nothing-tigers-but-man-fun/8627321002/ I think his argument about being on top of his rehab makes sense, but I'm still skeptical. It may depend on what's left in that kitty once they sign a SS.

BTW, we will now have 3 pitchers named Rodriguez on the 40.

Chrome has missed connecting a couple times today, but I've had to clear the cache and create new bookmarks in Safari because it seemed to be stuck hard on a dead link.

yeah - I've noticed that after games as well. I've assumed it was the casino crowd getting more hard core.

Madden was supposed to be a guy who could be fast-tracked. We'll see.

yeah - unless Turnbull is one of the unlucky ones with a less than successful TJ he is a lock to be back in the rotation. But I think the possibility of Boyd being back are shrinking.

A shortstop not named Corea or Seager.

A second line like McCarty, Maltby and Drapes would be to die for for the current Wings. They are not a particularly gifted forechecking team once you get past Bertuzzi. An area where the loss of Glendenning hasn't been made up.

I'm really curious about whether Livers can make in the NBA. He always struck me as one of those players that had more impact than his numbers in College, and I suppose that usually doesn't translate well.

I do. I think they have picked a number and when they get to it they are done. But we won't know what it was until they spend it.