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I did wonder what this means for Magglio, who was a Chavez/Maduro friendly mayor back in the day.

Chris is Barney's grand nephew. There is a relation.

Be careful using Wikipedia. Best to just go straight to the CBA itself.

People realize Candelario bottomed out the last two years, right? The Reds cut him after 1.5 years of very negative WAR production. Granted, the year of control he was non-tendered was pretty productive for the Nats and Cubs. I just want to make sure it is known just how bad he got on his contract with the Reds. Also, not signing Framber isn't some cheapness, do the minimum deal. You've built a team with some kind of special sauce for makeup and team-before-self attitude that should increase the likelihood (By the way, for all we know, this could have been why Candelario was non-tendered). You don't blow that up by overspending on a pitcher who... checks notes.. intentionally crossed up and injured his catcher this year without some extensive assurances that was anomylous.

I am an alumnus of a school with perennial top 5 basketball team, an emerging blue blood, with arguably the best (if not most articulate) head coach in the country that is a legitimate national championship contender. The fan base erupts after a loss or a bad half. The social media algorithm is turned up to 11, I think.

I do think the CBA should be required reading before proposing anything here... Just as a baseline.

This year's South Parks did a great job of satirizing this, turning Jesus into a MAGA bro who dates a plastic born again because that is what Christianity is to so many. I was confirmed Catholic, but there is a separate reason I got disillusioned there.

Maureen Comey this, Maureen Comey that.

Thinking of ditching the second season of Shrinking since they seem to be using dementia as a plot device. Seriously, Wendy Mallick's character's husband has dementia and she's out dating somebody else and not spending every waking moment she can with him? And it appears instead of focusing on the hell she should have been going through, it's being used to add complications to Harrison Ford's character's Parkinsons?

Not all team Top 10's are created equal, though. That is to say Top 10 strengths vary significantly, so saying "This Top 10 failed" doesn't mean another Top 10 will fail. Yes, the odds both McGonigle and Clark become top flight regulars are much smaller than people think, but this snap shot was from a time when the Tigers' farm was pretty weak (preseason 2023?).

??? First and second year college guys are not eligible for the draft ( unless they are 21)

That "urgent" message sounds like a scam. I hope you didn't click on anything inside of it.

In the BA Era, the only Tigers position prospects ranked in the Preseason Top 10 are... 2007 Cameron Maybin (6) 2021 Spencer Torkelson (5) 2022 Riley Greene (4) 2022 Spencer Torkelson (5) By all indications, McGonigle will be 2, and the talk is that he and Konnor Griffin are a different brand of a elite than most 1-2 combos. Every prospect is different. Every prospect reacts differently to failure. Saying that the Tigers shouldn't promote McGonigle because Scott Sizemore flopped shows a lack of understanding of the difference in their pedigrees. And some fan on their couch isn't going to know the ins and outs about whether failure would positively or negatively affect McGonigle more than the Tigers' staff or McGonigle himself. The Prospect Promotion Incentive Draft Pick rules give a big incentive to the Tigers to put him on the opening day roster if he is ready.

Not all prospects are the same.

Regarding Opening Day Lineup, the Padres top three starters are RHP, so it is pretty safe to say we won't have the RH Platoon lineup in that day. Your starting lineup that day is likely 9 of the following barring injury: Greene, Meadows, Perez, Carpenter, McKinstry, Keith, McGonigle, Baez, Dingler, Torkelson, Torres...

Following up, nephew is confused Trump is so nice to Kevin in Home Alone 2.

I came across a fanblog article on Mattison using it as a jumping off point for how cheap the Tigers are. This is no such example. In every case of the non-tender and re-sign, the player is brought back for more on the Major League and minor league split than they would have gotten if tendered. It is why they usually accept. This is not a case of the team being cheap.

Hi. Purdue alum here. Brohm is the only successful coach we had in the years since Tiller retired. I can go on an on about the good and the bad. Some stray thoughts. A supermajority of the blue chip recruits we have ever gotten happened under him. Guys like Moore, Bell, Karlaftis were huge recruiting wins. I don't know where the knock on recruiting comes from. My understanding is he has done well at the portal at Louisville. The team had major discipline issues, a rash of personal fouls after third down. Brohm himself was flagged way too often for going after the refs. The Syracuse game his last year at Purdue was bad. I don't know where this reputation that he is a quarterback whisperer comes from. I believe the most successful NFL QB he has worked with is David Blough. I am betting Louisville would hire Brian in the wake, which will make this palatable to his family that begged him to take that job. That may also shield you from his toxic other brother Greg on the administrative side. The 30 point win over Ohio State in 2018 was the greatest day of my life.

Mattison back an an NRI. Not a big surprise.

I wasn't sure where Ben Sasse having Stage 4 terminal Pancreatic Cancer went... He offered some resistance to Trump1 and deserves some credit there, but folded like a wet paper plate much of the time. Also appeared to have done so drifting and embezzlement as UF President.

4 year old Nephew just saw Trump on TV and said he is on the naughty list. Case closed.

Happy belated

One of the three was a drive thru PCR...

Do tests catch that variant? I tested negative three times.

Malloy's DFA limbo is super long, since the DFA window doesn't count the days between Christmas and New Year's. I bet he is traded for a low level lottery ticket...