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I wonder how much of it was Avila trusting that a top prospect’s sibling would de facto become a top prospect as well? Josh Jung was the Rangers’ #1 prospect the day Avila drafted Jace first round, and Austin Meadows was the Pirates’ #2 prospect when Avila took Parker second round. Apropos of something, probably, Avila also picked Kody Clemens right after Parker.

I would be surprised, and disappointed, if Harris did not pull off some solid free agent signings and/or impact trades to get us into a solid position to go deep into October. We are now at that point in our trajectory. I would not count on top tier free agents, since Detroit is not a top tier destination for them at this moment. But I would bet this team will not be the same as last year plus a couple of ciphers.

Given his defense and big platoon split, I don't think he'd bring back as much as we'd like. But I'm willing to give Harris a chance to show us what Carpenter could bring back.

You can tell someone is completely fos when they say they used to belong to the "democrat" party.

Gerrymandering is not anything like voter ID. Gerrymandering is explicitly designed to blunt the will of a state's voters through geographical technicalities. And out-of-cycle gerrymandering is intended to be outright hostile to democracy, which is why the Supreme Court should put an end to that. But you can rest easy, pal, because we all know they won't.

It wasn't. It was a compromise to get southern slave republics to join as states. The worst part is where, if there is not clear EC majority, the election gets throw to the House where each state's delegation gets a single vote, and the guy who gets the most state's votes wins. It's wildly antidemocratic, and beyond asinine.

TBF, Trump said he would deliver only concepts of a plan, which is a lower level promise to break.

But what if the people take the money that's supposed to go to healthcare and use it to buy caviar and lobster on Amazon instead?

By bringing the force of the federal government down upon the heads of team ownership, just to fulfill his personal wishes for aggrandizement, Trump will get what he wants.

I don't think states should have the right to practically fix elections through discretionary out-of-cycle gerrymandering at the command of the leader of their particular political party.

I decided a long time ago that if you're gonna guilt me into giving you money, you're going to have to gift me something higher value than return address labels.

Maybe half the league is chase-prone to Longenhagen's liking?

As long as it helps a criminal syndicate, Trump will comply. Birds of a feather and all, dontcha know.

If you mean specifically redistricting, not yet. But they are moving into a position to since a lot of red states already have. I would hope the Supreme Court throws them all out and forces all states to go back to the same map as in 2024. But since untethered gerrymandering will keep their own bed feathered, I ain’t holding my breath waiting for it.

FWIW, Riley was third in slugging among all American League outfielders, and the two guys above him were the other two winners.

Are you wondering that about Anderson after reading this? https://blogs.fangraphs.com/max-anderson-has-been-the-arizona-fall-leaguess-hottest-hitter/ Our lead prospect analyst has seen a lot of him in the AFL, and he provided an updated report on the 40+ FV prospect earlier this week. “Anderson is still a little chase-prone for my liking, but it might be the lone blemish on the face of his hitting skill set,” Longenhagen told me. “He’s much more on time to do pull-side damage than he was a year ago. He has a much more balanced-looking spray chart now than he did coming out of 2024 [and is] better at pulling hanging breakers. It’s made him a more dangerous hitter overall, despite his tendency to swing at everything.”

I assume that the light blue in Texas, Nevada, and Maryland means that whites are a plurality, as opposed to a majority as in the dark blue states.

Interesting how English and German intersperse throughout much of Michigan.

If European Borders Were Drawn By DNA Instead Of Ethnicity

How is it that Finland is so different?

He destroyed the East Wing for a purpose. It's a metaphor.

The horror of Trump on camera having sex with middle school girls is already baked in. It's got to be worse than even that.

I'm not an attorney and I don't even play one on TV, but it seems to me there must be a completely different legal question at hand here regarding the redrawing of district boundaries outside of common redistricting periods with the explicitly stated intent of rigging the election outcome.

Please don't disparage Tim Robinson like this.

Well, Trump has a super low bar with those people, so 42K has been recast as excellent to them.