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Ichiro, per JAWS (which may underrate him a tad, because I do think you need to bake in his pre-MLB Japanese stardom in, if only for the posting restrictions), is a only a few players above Bobby Abreu and below the average HOF-er. I'd vote for him, but I don't view him as the should-be-unanimous-slam-dunk that contemporaries like Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre are.

This is a stupid question, but when does the 35 year age limit kick in. She turns 35 between election day and inauguration day.

One time I would like McCosky to learn roster nuance. One time. Trey Wingenter was not non-tendered, and the non-tender deadline is not November 6.

I agree but not as large as we think at a glance. Ditto Kinsler.

By JAWS, Granderson is honestly borderline.

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Not really. I was trying to avoid guys who started with Super 2, and since that cutoff changes every year, that's why I was trying to stay under 3.100. Super 2, obviously, makes every subsequent year more expensive.

Dane Dunning got 3.3M, Arb1. Average/healthyish SP. Closest comp with between 5 and 5.5 years of service I could find was Adrian Houser, 5.1M. I think the person you are describing would get more, so 6-7M?

Up until Sunday I was looking forward to the two-bagger voting against Trump and DeSantis. Unfortunately in 2016 by proactive pragmatism hadn't kicked in by primary season so I didn't vote in that primary, but it is a goal of mine to vote against both those ****ers as often as possible.

I don't know off hand. I would look around the league at similar players.

Likely at least $50K, which is the cost of a waiver claim.

"Bigbie had a huge season and his underlying batted ball data is ridiculous. He is deceptively strong and had a hard-hit rate over 50% despite his skinny build. Bigbie looks beatable inside, around his hands; he sprays a ton of doubles-worthy contact just inside the opposite field foul pole. I came away from his Fall League look skeptical that he’ll continue to hit this well, and am pretty resolved that he can’t play center field. This is me leaning heavily on my eyeball look; Bigbie’s underlying Statcast-style data is so strong that I’m sure some teams value him as a prospect solely for that."

Media conflating men's and women's basketball records. Nothing at all against the women's game, but the winningest women's coach is an apple and the winningest men's coach is an orange. Stop comparing them on the same scale.

I kinda feel like the Bucs should have gone for that one. The Lions can ice this.

Agree.

4th and 1 punt into the endzone is a favor.

I registered with the GOP last week so I can vote for Nikki in a closed primary in March. The day after, I will go back to NPA until evaluating the general primary in August. I do not plan on voting for Haley in the general, but I do wish the Republican Party can excise the crazy for the good of the country.

If they decline the option, he goes to arbitration. In other words, if he has a good year and would get more than 3.1 without an option, he's getting 3.1 If he pulls a Turnbull, they decline the option and go to arb to get a 1.5ish deal.

Keep this one saved for when people complain about Biden losing it.

He tied it to capping his salary next year, and therefore 2026 as well.

File and trial has spread significantly the last few years. It used to be only a few teams, but others have caught on. Likely just stuck an intern on to study and found it was worth it. Throw in some front office cross-pollination, and here we are. Regardless, the discourse around this whole deal has been frustrating. So many making the assumption that they were $25K apart when the deadline hit and getting their shots off without taking the step back to understand, and no authoritative media to dig around and find that Mize changed his offer to set them straight.

It's a philosophy teams stick to in order to squeeze players, basically. It's not legally binding, but certainly kills your leverage if you cave.

File and trial doesn't rule out long term deals, which this technically is.

The world ending whenever there are media layoffs.

Gym related pet peeves peek in January. I assume the timing here is not a coincidence.