RatkoVarda

what a wonderful self-fulfilling prophecy: this team sucks bad, so it makes sense that we spent no money on free agents to improve it. how is that not the same argument that can be made this winter? we are not ready to spend because - you guessed it - the team sucks bad, in part because we spent no money on free agents to improve it. Harris has a 2023 payroll less than the major league average and is $13M less than last year when they had a historically bad offense. as a a fan, it is NOT my job to correctly identify the players that can help this team in free agency, the draft, through trades, Rule 5 draft or any other way. Harris and Co. are paid - literally - millions of dollars to do that. what would this team look like with Jean Segura, Wil Myers and Brian Anderson? I have no effing clue! solutions are NOT coming from the farm. Through 2024, Keith might be up as a major league starter. but everyone else (Malloy, Meadows, Jung, ...) looks like more of what we have a lot of (outside of Green and maybe Baez): 1-2 WAR bench, platoon, and complimentary guys. I also see you stopped referencing the Rangers pointless FA spending spree in the winter of 2021, now that they are in 1st place.

documents on display like animal heads on a wall, except on a stage in MAL ballroom to make it easier for all the foreign agents to look at

bottom line, its not working basically same results as last year with Coolbaugh, a few more walks, a few less hits, still zero power a consistent theme: very little talent, but clearly very little success is getting the talent they do have to be successful

appears that Judge Loose Cannon, a Trump appointee who erroneously tried to appoint a special master to protect Trump in the initial phase of the the MAL investigation, has been assigned the case.

Lordy there are tapes! he stops just short of adding "and i am breaking the law in many ways here: by showing this to you; not returning it; lying about keeping them; and conspiring with others to do the same"

yep; and DC

More like a damn dirge But funerals are more fun Force Harris to watch

Fetter's voodoo is just amazing. Batter's hoodoo is not amazing.

i think Cody has written this same article 5 times. the answer is no.

Law has his top 100 list out ($); he thinks it is a very deep, talented draft, including 5 potential #1 picks. Crews 1 and Langford 2, who Law thinks might be a better offensive player, but not as well rounded as he has not looked good in LF. https://theathletic.com/4584350/2023/06/06/mlb-draft-ranking-prospects-2023-crews-law/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983

the money is not really relevant; he is the only guy with a guaranteed contract in 2024, assuming ERod leaves and you are not counting Miggy's $8M buyout. I'd rather believe in/hope in Baez, than Rosario or Short or Workman

he has the lowest K rate of his career and one of the best K rates compared to his SS peers in 2023, despite some really funny/ugly ABs he has been incredibly unlucky with BABIP, but that may be related to his power outage; if his power is gone, or he cannot tap into it because the team is asking for something different, then it will be hard for him to be an impactful player he is only 30, and I suspect in better line up he could relax and produce more; he is the team's best (really only) bet to produce 2.0 to 3.0 WAR at SS for the next couple of years. FG:

Avila at least usually had a Hutchison, a Peralta, or a Leiter stashed at Toledo. Harris again doing lots of "observing." Sure hope he decides soon if this team sucks or not.

GQP is so stupid; they constantly lower expectations for Biden, who then exceeds them easily. Biden is the centrist that everyone claims they want. Biden is the competent politician that everyone claims they want. BTW, the GQP's attempt to cut food stamps, will lead to more people getting food stamps.

SSS, but changing training staff has not helped much it seems

Vest-Foley-Lange are pretty darn good. I had tomorrow starred as big transaction day, but injuries have changed that and Ibanez and Schoop may be spared for now Twins play Astros tonight and if they lose, Tigers and Twins will be tied in loss column (again) Rangers must feel pretty stupid offering big money FA contracts the last 2 winters only to find themselves in ...1st place.

This is so dangerously wrong. Trump beat Clinton by less than 80K votes across 3 states; Biden beat Trump by less then 45K votes across 3 states. If the DNC get out the vote was just a little stronger (or if Comey does not kneecap her), Trump is never President. Similarly, if Trump is just little less disgusting in his first term, he would have tied Biden at 269 and the House would have re-elected him. Trump absolutely has an EC path in 2024, narrow as it may be,

nose-dive indeed; yikes!

can we go back to playing the crappy teams again?

Pipeline and Law both have Teel at 6, so not a huge stretch and if you can get him for 7.3M, that gives you 1M to play with later. But Crews and Langford are both having seasons worthy of the #1` pick (Skenes, too).

Trump will use EO to change constitution, just like Madison intended

hate is a strong word, but boy do I hope Carpenter is ready Friday and Ibanez never comes back