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Harris seems hard at work offloading the deadwood

Haase is another great example of why it isn't ideal to have to carry Miguel for another year because it would be relatively easy to utilize him as a backup catcher and utilize him as a DH on most days he's not behind the plate. But it is what it is... and I'd be surprised if they didn't bring him back next year.

Wow

They really turned it on at the end... by the time they hit four bombs against Anaheim, it was basically fait accompli that they'd make it to 100

I do think it's possible to criticize AJ's overeliance on certain players while not disliking AJ or wanting him fired. For me, I've been less critical of him since the firing of Al in part because they (finally) called Kerry Carpenter up on the same day... it may be coincidental, but they got more creative transaction-wise once Avila was gone and it was Menzin/AJ handling things, suggesting that some criticism lodged earlier on may have applied more to Avila than AJ.

The caveat on this is how aggressive they may be on guys like Olson or Madden or Flores; all of whom seem like possibilities for debut in 2023 But even with that, I would rather they not be relying on or rushing these guys for the sake of rushing them, which leaves the depth guys mentioned as good possibilities to stick around IMO

The Rule 5 consideration is a decent one... In theory, they could keep a few of the Zack Shorts or Brendon Davis's of the world, but they are going to have to make room for some of these other guys if they want to ensure they stay. And Lipcius and Perez both look like guys who have a good argument to stick around, along with more obvious choices like Parker Meadows. The other thing that hasn't been mentioned as much is trades... it's hard to speculate on who or what guys could be traded, but one imagines there will be trades this offseason that none of us see coming.

Yeah, a lot of pundits keep bringing up (and not without reason) Scott DeJarlais, but he's in a safe district; this race, OTOH, has been close enough where marginal movement can make a lot of difference. There's still a tail risk that Walker can win, but gotta think all of this is pretty harmful to his camp pain.

I'm sure he's paid well for the job, and really it's one of the better jobs in town for a guy in his profession, but no matter how he massaged the reality from time to time during the season (particularly before Avila was fired, I imagine having to follow a team like this grates on him. Probably all of them, as much as we complain about them lol

Oh my...

What did he say?

Georgia has always scared me because, like a lot of states in the south, it doesn't have a huge history of crossover voting - it tends to be more straight ticket voting as opposed to split tickets. And Kemp, for better or worse, is likely to win reelection regardless of the Senate race. Having said that, the state is changing.... it's become more diverse, especially in Atlanta and the surrounding suburbs, and they generally nominate better candidates than Walker. And the Walker stuff, while it won't turn off most who would vote for him, in a race this close and where a runoff was always a likely result, the allegations really could make a difference on the margins and could be the difference between a Walker win, a runoff, or a Warnock win. The margins coming into this week were that close, every little bit matters.

I could go either way with it.... the idea of the wants and desires of a politician (or in this case, a wannabe politician) running counter to the desires of children or family of politicians seems entirely believable. Especially in the case of Walker, who by all accounts seems to be an odious person in real life.

Herschel's son is off the bandwagon apparently

One of the more surprising Scorigamis...

Real coming out party for Hockenson... my goodness

Eric Haase being their best performing regular in 2022 will never be more surprising to me... I wanted to fire him out of a cannon after that play in Minnesota early in the year, but credit where it is due. He has picked it up

Yup lol

Now a 1st and 20... would it be too much to ask???

Wow

110 MPH off the bat

Almost like a Detroit curse at this point haha

On the bright side, Alex Lange is dealing again lol

Lol

There's enough to complain about with this team, just don't understand why we need to invent complaints with a guy who played pretty well in the first half.