RandyMarsh

Nice to see the bats wake up for a couple innings atleast.

Tork is just like another 1b we took early in the draft Tony Clark, only hits homers in low leverage situations.

The GOAT Clayton Kershaw(grew up with Matthew Stafford btw) had a perfecto going through 7 with 13Ks against the Twins only to get pulled cause he wasn't completely stretched out. He was only at 80 pitches too so if he was stretched out he easily was on track to finish.

That would be nice, Im not writing him off just yet despite the injury cause in recent years it seems that achilles injuries aren't the death sentence for athletes they once were but until he comes back and shows atleast some promise on the field Im not gonna count on him either. To me if he hits his draft day potential or even comes close that would be like found money.

Rams are reportedly in close contact with Stephen Gilmore, I swear they are exhibit A in terms of proving the NFL Cap is meaningless.

As far as Sauce goes, I do like the idea of pairing him Oru and having a potential lethal combo of corners but ultimately I think we have a more pressing need for a pass rusher.

Hock was also labeled by some scouts as the best blocking TE they have ever scouted which is a big reason why he was drafted where he was. I don't know how much he did this past year but I know under the previous regime he stayed home and blocked alot more than your average TE so to just compare his receiving output isn't exactly fair to him when he is asked to do other things.

I don't recall hardly any Burns love but I could be wrong, I will give you the other two but in the case of Sweat it was mainly due to his combine which like Walker this year gave some folks trepidation about him. Oliver was the main guy people were complaining about passing on though

Btw what did you guys think of think of Minny celebrating like they won the championship? I seen them get mocked big time over it and I can understand that view point but I'm ok with it given the situation. This has been a long suffering franchise and fanbase, couple that with the team having a lot of young players that haven't accomplished much in the NBA and I'll give them a pass for the exaggerated celebration.

Mike Schmitz actually had him all the way up to 4 behind only Luka, Tatum and Ja.

Yeah I think it's more somebody that is real familiar with the team like Edwards just trying to read between the tea leaves of things Weaver and the staff say and is just making an educated guess. I will say Id probably put more stock into something he mocks than a national mock that has little insight into the Pistons or their front office.

I know it technically counts the same in the record books but to me the bubble championship doesn't have the same cache as a real one so if that's "all" the Lakers end up accomplishing with Lebron, AD and everything they sacrificed to get them that would have to be seen as a colossal failure. I mean it's not even like they've made deep playoff runs only to lose, it's been 1st round exits or no playoff appearances other than the bubble ship.

Yeah my mistake, I always get confused on whether all pitchers can be wily but only lefties can be crafty or if is the other way around.

Also considering his age and experience is Hill the prototypical "craft lefty", if Moyer is exhibit A he is most certainly exhibit B.

Dick Mountain is right up there with Big Unit in terms of nicknames. Definitely 80 grade.

I cannot believe Rich Hill is still in the majors, he was on my first fantasy baseball team which seems like a lifetime ago.

I think Hamilton was out of the Lions picture regardless of what he ran.. atleast if you want to read between the lines of what Holmes and MCDC said about the importance of pass rushers.

Never forget Chad Ford's post draft take of Darko. On top of this he also said pre draft he had low post moves that rivaled Hakeem Olajuwon.

Our last big pitcher signing Zimmermann threw 7 shutout innings in his first start with the team and we know how that turned out. Perhaps the opposite will happen with Erod since he struggled in his first start.

Speaking of Luka and the Euroleague, I recently saw an interview he did with JJ Redick, JJ asked him about the differences between the leagues and while Luka said the NBA obviously has better players he thinks for him it is actually easier because of the rules. He specifically mentioned the 3 sec without guarding rule that they have in the NBA makes it so much easier for him offensively.

Yeah admittedly I didn't follow that draft or the predraft rankings that closely that year since the Pistons traded their pick to LAC for Blake, but with that said for as accomplished as Luka was and obviously as skilled as he was you'd think even as an outsider that didn't pay much attention I would've heard more hype about him but I really didn't, atleast that I can recall. I watched cball so I was familiar with Trae Young and heard the hype about him so my original thoughts on that trade were that the Hawks made out great. As good as Trae has been he obviously isn't no Luka.