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Agreed. I kinda want to see where the last couple of drafts pan out, but while the system seems kinda top heavy, I don't think it's barren either at the moment. Particularly pitching wise, especially if guys like Wentz, Brieske, Olson, Faedo can become contributors, Madden and Jobe turn out, etc. We've talked about it some within the context of them bringing in Pineda, but one can sort of see viable depth in the Minors to shore up the big club this year... that's not a small thing considering how last year went, let alone the rest of the rebuild years Its definitely a little more touch and go position wise tho... Campos, Santana and Sequera all look intriguing, but along with Pacheco, Keith, Workman, etc., they seem a ways away. Plus guys like Meadows and Cabrera who haven't lived up to potential - them turning it around would help. I'm cautiously optimistic with some of the new changes, but we'll see

Local story of interest... I'm glad to see this, even though the President doesn't have a ton of options given where we are with Russia at the moment.

Yeah, grain of salt for sure

Wow.

I believe I saw what you were referring to and was floored by it... NYT Pitchbot material

I now understand why the front office has been talking Kreidler up.... kid can win some gold gloves if he becomes a regular

Man, Kreidler can play some defense! Wow.

Dictator's Dilemma...

Already there....

Riley Greene continuing to make Lynn Henning look like an idiot

Baez! 4-0 Tigs

Nice bounceback in the 2nd inning...

Reminds me how "mental health" is used whenever there is a school shooting in this country. It's easy to blame a nebulous subject that cannot really be legislated than it is to address problems that actually can be legislated. Its really a perfect strategy for today's GOP on any number of issues given how little interest they seem to take in actually legislating.

So, countries having a worse view of the United States POTUS makes us less of a laughing stock? Up is down, left is right, we have always been at war with Eurasia, etc. Alice in Wonderland stuff

Should have chosen a different career lol

True to form, you don't answer the question.

You think, in that moment of "asking for info" from Putin, Trump could have spared a word or two for the innocent Ukrainians that Putin is currently slaughtering?

To be clear, I think people have been somewhat harsh on Mearsheimer, there may be a discussion to be had about how we got to this point, even if I don't agree with his view that it's all US driven.... but, contrary to the "this guy was right the entire time" line, he's been pretty wrong on the actual invasion and everything that has transpired since. Putin did do a full scale invasion, Putin did try to take Kyiv, Putin's aims went beyond theoretical NATO membership for Ukraine, and the cultural and linguistic ties to Russia didn't cause Ukrainians to lay down arms... if anything, from what has been reported, it has only caused Ukrainians (particularly those in the east) to reevaluate their views on Russia. EDIT: And on the last point, Yaroslav Trofimov (who has reported for WSJ on the ground in Ukraine) was asked about that question on a Reddit AMA yesterday, and, IIRC, he seemed to suggested that the damage that Russia has done will take multiple generations to fix.... on top of Putin needing to be gone.

Considering Archie's feelings on negotiation with Iran, if he's comparing Trump's actions with that of negotiations with Iran, it stands to reason that Archie now believes that Trump is weak and not patriotic.

"Our partner"

That must be some of that "strong leadership" that certain folks keep talking about

It goes without saying, but the only thing anyone should be asking of Putin is to stop murdering innocent Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, this guy.... I'll be honest, this take sort of defies logic, at least based off of how Greene has looked and carried himself on the field.