RatkoVarda

not surprised at all that Spanberger won, but an easy 10+ win, with a clean sweep with both LT Gov and AG, and a super majority in the House of Delegates, and every county moving Blue - that's an ass kicking.

Looks like the entire county has one message: F*** Off MAGA!

Trump's lockout is killing Americans

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Yup. This is such a stock pro forma denial from Trump it isn't even worth talking about. But it is one of Trump's most interesting techniques. He has figured out that appearing dumb only hurts him with people that don't vote for him anyway, and he's shameless enough not to care how dumb he appears to his non-supporters. It turns out to a be lethal combination.

Aggressively Ignorant.

37 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Athletic writer Tim Britton projecting  Flaherty receiving a 4 year $78 million dollar package. Putting him between Edwardo Rodriguez and John Gray's pay....

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6774254/2025/11/04/mlb-free-agent-contract-projections/

It just seems a bit steep for me...

hmm. that could happen, I suppose

he seems to be taking the Over for all of these deals, which might be correct

Dylan Cease at 6 years, $174 million? yikes

Bregman at 6 years, $171 million, makes sense

I do not think Pete Alonso gets 5 years, $140 million

Michael King at 3/75 I would support

Edit: he has Torres at 3 years, $48 million, which would mean no 1st round comp pick

4 hours ago, sagnam said:

I’d be ok with ending the Morton experiment today. I think he’s shown he’s just not good enough to be in charge of an offense like this and he is holding them back.

so who calls the plays than? Dan Campbell? Brunell? Montgomery?

wonder if a Dingler extension is on the table? he started a bit late; he is 27; 5 more years of control has him hitting FA at 32 in 2031. catchers take a beating so who knows where the bat is then. 7-year deal buys out 2 FA years and sets him up for life

8 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

If the Tigers win the WS, I like their chances of extending him. If not, then not. So odds are, what, 15%

if they win the 2026 WS, it would be much, much easier for both sides to move on

I don't think I would ever see a team hit with injuries like the 2024 Lions, but this Commanders team probably has it even worse

10 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Dan Dickerson's thoughts on this matter

 

Dan Dickerson shares what Detroit Tigers should do with Tarik Skubal https://share.google/XoA7vGrsfz6qB1ftn

Dan gave a fan's answer; at the end of negotiations, the Tigers will blink, and the Dodgers will not; that's the ball game.

2 units played like crap, and they were just a Monty fumble and a FG "block" away from pulling it out. still a really talented team. Morton is going to get sidelined if he cannot figure out how to use these weapons.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/sports/tigers-tarik-skubal-will-have-to-bridge-massive-contract-offer-gap/

this story is hard to believe, that the Tigers offered Skubal less than 80M over 4 years. there's no way to do that math. I cannot see how this is accurate in any way.

if that's 2024-2027 it would be

24 10

25 20

26 20?

27 25?

if that was 2025-2027 it would be

25 18?

26 20?

27 20?

28 20?

i think there is some truth to the idea that Boras regularly uses Heyman to leak all sorts of nonsense; if so, then Boras is laying the groundwork for Skubal's guaranteed departure

they're gonna be able to field 2 teams with all these great players!

SFG signed Willy Adames last year for 7/182; Bregman/Bichette will land in that neighborhood/neighbourhood

6 minutes ago, chasfh said:

OK, that's plausible.

Now the question is whether we want him back even for another year. With top prospects knocking at the door possibly as soon as March, I'm not sure he would be worth the twenty-two five.

having him walk for nothing, or signed to long-term deal, both sound not ideal

but having the 35th pick, or getting him for 1 more year at a bit of an overpay, both sound good

he did have i think the 3rd best bb/k ratio in baseball

i think minor leagues would play, but guys on 40 man roster cannot play

Tucker at 400/10 is the safer bet, as pitchers break down. but that is probably the floor for him.

Bezos has gone full MAGA.

All that is missing from this "survey" is "Do you want your daughter to be raped by a tranny? yes or no."

16 minutes ago, chasfh said:

You don't think anyone signs Torres for more than a year?

with a QO attached, nope. He can bank the $22.5M, get rid of the QO, and hope for a healthier season in 2026. he was not good the 2nd half of the season.

I think Torres is coming back under the QO, which is fine.

They need to add a RH bat and it will be in CF or RF if they are looking to get playing time for McGonigle, Anderson and Lee in an already crowded IF.

need to sign 2 SPS and 2 RPs - none on the Cobb or Maeda level

division is there for the taking if they want it

6 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Maybe this was posted and I missed it, but I just noticed that the Freep did a fan poll about the Skubal and more than 60% of the respondents said to trade him this off-season. Not what I would have guessed.

that's surprising.

the heart says keep him, make a WS run, and maybe Iitch makes, and Skubal accepts, a $400M deal

but the heart is dead wrong, and the head says trade him before he walks for (almost) nothing

success in better than failure in the AFL, but McGonigle and Anderson are continuing to hit really well, just like Liranzo and Briceno did last year

18 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think we owe it to ourselves to give Harris a chance to constitute the team next year around Skubal that can and will compete for the ring, keeping up our forward momentum, instead of giving up on the idea that he could ever succeed at it and advocating shipping off what is far and away our most valuable piece, and essentially quitting on the idea of winning 2026.

At least that's the way it looks to me—unless Harris can pull off the magic trick of trading Skubal while more than making up for the wins he would have provided us next year, through the trade return, other trades, free agent signings, and propitious promotions of our top talent. If Harris could do that—boy, he'd be a lock for Executive of the Year, would he not?

Harris said there is no Skubal window or Skubal timeline that is influencing his decisions

note to Brian Branch: did you see how effective a bunch of guys were - all a lot less talented than you - when they played smart, disciplined football?

refs were awful. but mostly helping Detroit. Wheat tripping Mayfield was a horrible miss.

18 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Cohen will offer 10/400+. Mets fans know it, and they are exploding their minds on social media right now. 

10 years and 400M are the conservative estimates. I won't be surprised by 11 or 12 years and 440M or more.

need a couple of more teams to join the Phillies and Mets in a bidding war, and then Harris should trade Skubal this winter before he walks for a 2027 comp pick who might turn into a Top 100 prospect in 2032.