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Im exxcited for the Knicks to be in the finals....and by excited I mean annoyed cause MSG is next door

Hey at least the 2027 draft is looking loaded

Didn’t the pacers do literally that?

That’s true for marginal type players. For top guys even short you can get a haul. In skubal case he is a difference maker with multiple starts in a short series. if your say the padres he can be the difference that get you passed the dodgers

Your playoff loathe of Duran is clouding your thoughts on where he ranks as a free agent, who else is available and what other nba teams will do. Nobody is gonna offer him this ridiculous low ball, the bulls aren’t going after better free agents cause there are few that are better and a bad playoff is a small sample for a young player.

or he’s Meada and continues to suck not every starter who moves to the pen is magically fixed and we need to stop thinking it

https://www.theringer.com/2021/03/15/mlb/pitching-mound-move-distance It’s understandable that pitchers would be uneasy about the mound moving under them, and no athlete with a limited time in their prime is eager to be treated as a guinea pig. To assess the real risks, MLB approached Fleisig and ASMI in February 2017 about studying the effects of lowering the mound, and again in January 2019 about studying the effects of moving the mound back. The resulting MLB-sponsored studies, published in January 2019 and February 2020, respectively, reached a couple of counterintuitive conclusions. Fleisig and his colleagues found that lowering the mound might “slightly reduce shoulder and elbow kinetics, possibly reducing the risk of injury.” But no significant differences in ball movement were detected at the lower elevations. “Dropping the mound, to me, is not as radical an idea, but our study showed it might not give the advantages you’d think it would,” Fleisig says. Although it’s commonly believed that lowering the mound from 15 inches to its current 10-inch height played a part in reviving offense after the anemic 1968 season, the more robust offensive environment of 1969 may have had more to do with the strike zone returning to its smaller 1961 size.

A) that tweet is awfuly written. B) POD described it better in the comments

Has any NFL team is gonna have four week away from home? And isn't the bye after the Europe game?

That a waste of a question when you get one

We gave up a fourth. 98 percent of fourth round picks amount to zippo. I wouldn’t be worried about losing that

And collapsed

You know how I know you've never seen David Wells?

Would be Detroit sports without a collapse

Be nice if they would miss one or two

was more just pointing out teh silliness of the response to your statement.

Its really beneficial to both sides. For teams they get these superstars on cheap deals. Sure a few end up in clunkers but the money now a days is silly so even if you have to eat 60 million in five years its not a death knell. For players, it might delay free agency by a year or two. But your still getting there around 30 and you get insane amount of guarenteed moeny and are set for life.

Ok, thanks. But do you think if he came and said I'll sign for 300 million the Tigers be like 'sorry we dont have an offer, come back some other day?"

Teams have a remedy though to end contracts early - and teams frequently refuse to pay players under the contract. It's called a cut. What's the players' remedy?

Ok, Guess scott felt differently. Those guys at the bottom of a roster a dime a dozen. Smith was just victim of adding good guys at the top and needing to protect others. Smith hadn't shown much so we wasn't gonna bring anything useful back, especially being DFA'ed

It was unlikely to ever be much. Limited history as a relief, got squeezed off 40 man, so no team was going to give up anything for him. Those guys are out there. Some find a career as reliever, most don't.

Dont think losing a journeyman with a 7 era will be that hard to swallow

I just am trying to get to the mindset that 'you gotta establish the run' is driving this thinking. Its very 20 years ago. Its hard to be good at everything so you have to pick and choose. But i dont think a guy being good against the run is more impactful than a pass rush specialist. Both offer pros and cons. You just have to pick which one you are gonna do, but that doesn't make you more impactful

Ok on the same hand teams only run a handful times a game, especially on a players side or not. Why does stopping the run create mroe impact?

Why? All but one team threw more than they ran