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Giolito to Bos; 2/38.5; can make 40 w/incentives; brutal finish to 2023 I like Maeta and Flaherty at their prices a lot better

that would be a great move; we are still waiting for an impactful trade from Harris

Payroll has dropped from 17th largest to 19th to - for now - 23rd. Even signing Chapman would NOT give them an average ML payroll. the idea that young guys Greene-Tork-Carpenter would be aided by 2 rookies - Meadows and Keith - early, and 2 more rookies - Malloy and Jung - later, and that team will win in 2024 is a fantasy

They should of course sign Chapman. He would almost certainly have the highest WAR on the team in 2024. A genuine two way player. Front load a 5 year deal with the goal to get him to opt out after 2 or 3 years.

there's a reason she does not mention that

Payton is doing something no one thought possible - making people root for Wilson.

kudos to Lynn for not including any released players in his top prospect list this year! FWIW - 11 of the team's 2023 draft picks made the list (including some who have not played yet) as well as 5 more guys acquired by Harris maybe that reflects some access bias, or Harris & Co are pretty good at talent identification, or both

Pack suspended him 1 game for that

unless they are decimated by injuries in ST, some talented pitchers are ticketed for Toledo to start the season. no idea who will start where, but the April staff will be different than September staff. overall talent level appears to be good, with legit possibility of very good. overall depth appears to be very good, with legit possibility of great.

The triumph of low expectations!

from what I can tell, people a lot smarter than me are arguing that Trump is properly barred under the 14th amendment and people a lot dumber than me are arguing that Trump is not

these Muslims are idiots, only helping shove Biden more and more into the middle - both in reality and in perception. probably does not hurt him at all and may help him a bit.

Michigan court said issue was premature because Trump not yet trying get on ballot for president, just on GOP's ballot. argument is that if GOP wants to put someone who is 32 year old, or Canadian-born, on their primary ballot, they can do that.

No person shall ... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath ... as an officer of the United States ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same ... so, the 14th amendment requires no convictions. Confederates who were booted or barred from fed government did not get a trials where they argued about Northern aggression. any conviction of Trump does not hurt the argument he engaged insurrection or rebellion, but conviction is both 1) not needed under the 14th amendment and 2) not relevant without the 14th amendment.

Flaherty signing official

I see that Danielle Hunter will be an URFA. Wonder what contract he will get.

DC/BH said that Montgomery was great with yards after contact and always falling forward. Now, I cannot unsee it on every DM run - YAC and always falling forward. He's been great.

didnt he get gameball after Changers game? brutal

amounts are the bonuses they just got for their 2023 performances

second year of the $50M pre-arb pool money was paid out. Balt and Det lead with 7 players each. Skubal ($408,478) Greene ($364,464) Rogers ($364,212) Carpenter ($327,659) Foley ($280,922) Holton ($268,895) Vierling ($257,176). Last year, all earned some version of ML minimum 720 to 740K.

Haley, who BTW has never lost an election, I assume would be somewhere within the "normal" range if she was POTUS

speaking of the Athletic, good but very long article about how the Giants never were able to pull the trigger on a big transaction over the last few years and now they are floundering to even keep the LAD at least in sight. NL West is a great microcosm of MLB. Colorado - poorly run team with no clue and no chance; SFG - trying to outsmart everyone while finishing 5, 4, 3, 3, 1, 3 and 4 in the division; SD - spending $ just to spend it with absolutely no plan; AZ - lots of young talent and now spending FA $ to keep it going; LAD - incredibly well run franchise loaded with almost unlimited resources (except the cheat code for post season success)

Mariners just bought last 27% of their RSN that they did not own. Not connected to Bally bankruptcy, but interesting that Ms are one of the most profitable franchises already. Still think that Tigers+Wings gives Ilitch 2 ready made content providers if they go that way. Could promise to not carry any Pistons games as well.