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I would argue free agency isn't a place to patch a bullpen, and that the 2025 Dodgers are Example A in that regard.

Why is "college boy" being used as a pejorative?

What does he know about breasts? I've been binging his wife's sitcom, and hers got noticeably more synthetic in the later seasons after they got married.

That is spoken for (Drew Anderson).

I doubt the Tigers dabble in the Rule 5.

Yes, Trammel was on this panel. I know Jayson Stark and Tyler Kepner were too. I forget the whole list off hand. A few years ago I stopped caring about the Hall of Fame. There's too much to get upset about, why waste emotion on who does and doesn't get in?

Thought I had earlier today... If you had to rank the worst or five worst things Trump or his admin has done this term, what would they be?

The reveal at the end was the kicker for me. Using the supposed safety risk of abuse by trans athletes as the reason to go after them was effective, but she was silent on her coach's actual rape scandal. There is an actual safety problem, given the thousands of predators in this databse: https://cdd.uscenterforsafesport.org/ If she was serious about female athlete safety, she would speak out there. This reminds me a lot of the autism deal. Attention and funding is being driven from autism toward antivaccine crackpot theories.

I missed the postscript to this story. Worth a listen. Here it is in written form: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/riley-gaines-anti-trans-lia-thomas-ncaa-trump/

I am just going to make a note and remember that contributions for players acquired after December 1 don't count.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Dirty little secret about pitchers is that signing one to a multi year deal doesn't guarantee they will capably fill the role you signed them for through the duration of the contract.

Major league deal means he gets a 40 man spot and if he is out of options (I haven't confirmed yet), he would have to clear waivers to go to Toledo. Also, he would have the right to declare free agency if he is outrighted. Some of these deals, like Margot, last year have an automatic consent deal in it where they don't exercise that right. I haven't seen the terms, but "split contract" means he gets a lower salary in the minors, so if we see that it may signal that is the plan.

I have looked into prompt engineering as a way to learn how to better use AI. I still don't really use it because I just don't trust it. I have a feeling society at large will misuse it and there will be catastrophic consequences.

Act Blue does more harm than good, imo. The ads that show up on Twitter by Act Blue cause me to block the candidates in them.

This should go about as well as HawkTuah Coin.

No... It would be the Tigers' 3rd rounder. The pick sacrificed isn't the same as the 4th rounder the Padres gained. It is the Tigers' third pick, but their third pick is actually the competitive balance pick which is ineligible to be forfeited. If, however, they acquire a competitive balance pick in a trade, the acquired pick becomes forfeit eligible and the sacrificed pick would be either that acquired pick or the second rounder depending on which pick is acquired. That is to say... probably their 3rd rounder, but I wanted to explain the scenario it is another.

I am curious. Is there a study out there that shows off-season acquisitions earlier in the off-season are more succesful?

Can you imagine if the Chair Company didn't get picked up for a second season and it ended the way it did? I love a finale that opens up more loose ends than it ties up.

Glad BTC is citing sources now instead of just ripping stuff off.

To me, McGonigle shouldn't keep you from Bregman. He's at the tier where you make it work. Polanco, Suarez, Bichette, etc would qualify as blocking McGonigle though, and you at least have to factor in that opportunity cost.

That Sportskeeda site has really gamed Google's SEO of late. They've popped up here a few times, and atop my google search a time or two. It appears to be an AI Slop site, though.