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He would "act" in disbelief. Trump has no intellect, but he knows how to get people riled up.

Didn't he make Ben Carson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development because he needed a Black for the urban job? I think I stole that from oblong.

What if you have a bone spur?

He would be blocked by Maton.

He was also one of the first players to make a presence on social media which the Tigers might not have liked.

They could point to his lack of strikeouts prior to his injury.

Arbitration is part of the business of MLB, but the very nature of the process has the potential upset a player peronally and thus it's something that both players and management try to avoid. Dombrowski and Avila, for example, made a point of it. Most players likely get over it quickly, but I don't think the notion that some player might get upset by it should be brushed aside so quickly.

That's all he has wanted his whole life - a show where he is the primary actor. He is getting what he asked for.

Juan + Juan = 2

It might get him more votes.

I wanted him on the team last year. Not sure if I wanted him for four years starting at age 30.

Another thing about Chafin is he is a reliever. Relievers don't usually have long shelf lives, so teams build bullpens year to year. There is no sense getting upset about the loss of a non-dominant 32 year-old reliever. Candelario...They should have kept!

Wasn't there a case several years ago where a player filed for less than the team offered?

At least we now have a better idea of who the five starters will be at the beginning of the season.

I doubt that happens given his health.

I can see that. In my line of work, speed and efficiency, while good to have at the micro level, are probably less important than willingness to completely redo an analysis which you spent weeks putting together or the experience to know how to look at a problem from a bunch of different angles because there is no best way to do anything in research.

My experience is that younger people tend to learn things faster, but lack of experience often causes them to get frustrated with the many redos required in research.

Yes, I have noticed that some of the jobs specifically ask for a college student or very recent graduate.

That is really surprising. Perhaps, they don't want to lose their social security.

Christie has dropped out of the race. If his votes go to Haley, the New Hampshire primary could be interesting.

I have always assumed that these baseball analytic jobs don't pay well since there is probably a large pool of qualified and interested candidates.

I am probably in the minority but watching over the hill players chasing counting records doesn't do anything for me especially when it comes at the expense of lifetime rate stats. Verlander is still good though, so it wouldn't bother me (at least not yet)

I think it's more because they don't stay in games long enough to accumulate large win totals. It will eventually get to the point where pitchers realize that induvudual wins are not meaningful anymore. I think a lot of them are already there.

There will be more players reaching 500 homers than ever. I agree 300 wins is the only milestone that is going to very rare.