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Yeah, there's definitely something about the years thing with this market.... even Tucker Barnhart is getting two years lol

The flip side to that is that a big part of their 66 wins last year was an abnormal about of injuries and guys having bad seasons. And they have three guys coming into the next season (Meadows, Turnbull and Rogers) who were non-entities on the 2022 team and one expects they will contribute more than they did in 2022, which on its own makes them a better ballclub. Maybe 2022 was almost the inverse of 2021.... just as maybe it wasn't realistic guys to repeat performances from 2021, water can always find its level in 2023 versus a year like 2022 when nothing went right.

Meadows, Schoop and Baez would be 5-6 wins, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson might be a 4-5 wins. So 9-11.... very rough from looking at WAR. Add in Spencer Turnbull, whose presence is probably worth another win or two if he performs well. Could maybe throw Jake Rogers into the mix, but I'm less sold.

I agree, although I do think the Tigers will make 1-2 additional signings when it is all said and done. Even if they don't satisfy everyone's desires for big names.

I sort of agree, although it's not clear to me that even a guy like Conforto was going to move the win needle all that much for a team that only won 66 games last year. That's a big reason why big named free agents tend to end up on teams on the precipice of contending, and it's not just about money.... similar to the "last mile" problem in transportation engineering and logistics, free agency is the thing that gets you across the finish line and from 80-85 wins to 90+ wins. Versus being something that you can completely remake a roster sub-70 win roster with. There are exceptions, but that's generally not how it works. A lot of the ground is gonna have to be made up from what is on the roster, and honestly I think it can be if a lot of things go right this year.

AJ Pollock

There are still some options out there.... Myers is really only the third guy on the board who I thought they may be in on to come down (after Jace Peterson and Haniger). I don't think he's the greatest player, but I'm kinda warming on Jurickson Profar just due to his versatility in the field and the fact that he seems to fit the need for a guy who knows the strikezone and can take a walk. Also, coincidentally, old LLWS teammates of Jonathan Schoop. But like a lot of other guys, I have no idea what the market for him is like.... but it seems like there should be more interest than he's gotten so far.

I would be surprised if Scott wasn't available for business even on his honeymoon.

The Moose is loose! (I wouldn't do it, just wanted to use that phrase lol)

It's almost like February 24, 2022 never happened lol. Just gets ignored every single time.

He made a lot of sense...

Holy hell.... Decent chance Mario Feliciano will be a more productive player, and at 1/5th of the cost lol

Another way to frame it is that, sometimes geopolitical incentives and moral incentives can be in full alignment. I get that cynicism tends to rule the day in this country, but this is one of those cases, and it is a direct result of decisions made by Vladimir Putin.

But at the end of the day: 1) This conflict started when Vladimir Putin chose to invade. Lockheed or Raytheon or whoever didn't tell Putin to invade, he had agency and made the choice on his own recognizance. 2) The Ukrainians, who SB refers to as puppets, did not want Russia to invade and, when they did, they chose to fight back and solicited the help of the world in the process. In other words, they want our help. I have never claimed that there aren't ways in which the broader conflict might have geopolitical impacts that benefit the United States. But the chain of events that led to this situation originated in Moscow. Full stop. They are the reason we are here now. On another note, I would suspect that so.e folks who have spent years (correctly) identifying how ****ed up The War in Iraq was would be able to identify how similar Russia's role in this current conflict is similar to our role in Iraq. And would calibrate their criticism to conquest and nation-building accordingly, given that Russia's justification for the invasion included all about those things. But maybe it's too much to expect intellectual consistency.

I didn't see an answer to my question anywhere in this screed, so one assumes that you do not care about the fact that Ukrainians want self determination and don't want to live under Russian subjugation. Have a Merry Christmas!

Taking on Ruf or Vogelbach would be more achievable without the $30 million dollar man on the roster, particularly Vogelbach, who would make a decent platoon partner with Tork

Time to sub out McCann for Eduardo Escobar in all those hypothetical Mets deals lol

The Brewers Reddit seems to really like him and think he just needs more chances. Even with Haase and Rogers ostensibly being the top two guys, hard to imagine Feliciano wouldn't get some big league ABs this year, assuming he remains the third catcher on the 40 man roster.

Poland and Romania are members of NATO, Chief. Moldova aspires to be a member. Maybe you are too far gone to remember, but that means that we are all security partners and that, you know, we aren't funding things to blow them up with. All of those countries, in fact, approve of the role we are playing the the Russia/Ukraine conflict. But again, you keep dancing around it, I'll give you another crack at it: They just want self determination and not to live under Russian rule. You don't care about any of that. Just admit it. Any interest in answering at all?

I suspect that SB doesn't care any more about the sovereignty of Poland or Romania or Moldova than he does about Ukraine. But I'll await his answer on that

They just want self determination and not to live under Russian rule. You don't care about any of that. Just admit it. .... When you address this, I'll answer your question

Ding ding ding. Nothing personal SB, but one senses that you do not care about what the Ukrainians actually want in this conflict. And are actually dying for it every single day. Just own it, stand on those beliefs and move on.

I mean, Russia invaded Ukraine of their own accord and wished to decapitate their government back in February 22. I gather you may be too far gone to remember that

They just want self determination and not to live under Russian rule. You don't care about any of that. Just admit it.