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I mean, there are concurrent peace negotiations ongoing. I guess I'm not clear what the complaint is here when the only complaints we are hearing from actual Ukrainians is that we aren't doing enough.

Just to add, I find the sidelining or disregarding of what the Ukrainian government (and seemingly it's people) want in these conversations to be wildly chauvinistic. And yeah, this is something I see on both sides of the debate, not just from the Gabbard/useful idiot side of the debate. As long as the Ukrainians are willing to fight and die for their country, I don't see an issue with supporting their endeavor to the best of our abilities given that the lines are pretty clear on who the aggressor is here.

Where do the Ukrainians fall into this equation? Ultimately, they are the ones who are choosing to fight being subjugated. And they are the ones asking for the sanctions... frankly, they are asking more than the West has been giving.

Agreed... it just seems that there are more teams than available pitchers at the moment which is complicating things.

That was my read as well... managing expectations and all.

Here's something for people to read into lol

MREs?

This is true to an extent, but even if not as drastic, it's doesn't seem hard to envision there being negative economic consequences that would leave China in a worse position than the status quo. At the end of the day, that seems to be what China cares about... protecting their business model. Much like Tony Soprano used to allude to, you aren't making money if you're in a war.

Pretty high praise for Brieske....

I still don't understand the logic pre-lockout that the Rangers overpaying Seager made Correa getting in excess of 10/325 inevitable.... it may have just said more about the Rangers (and their playing fast and loose with payroll) than it did about the shortstop market or other teams' desires to match that. In order for Correa to get that kinda contract, there has to be another team out there willing to give him that.... maybe there still is, but as you suggest, there's a lot of signals that he may be back in Houston next year. I wonder how much they know about Boyd's recovery from injury since non-tendering him or if there have been any discussions with him. With as thin as the starter market is getting, it may not be a terrible idea to bring him back if they feel Alexander can hold down the 5th starter slot and feel good about Boyd's trajectory.

It looks like a salary dump for the Twins. Yanks are picking up $50mil of Donaldson's contract per Heyman Still, seems like a trade perfectly designed for both fanbases to hate

Bizarre...

Not at all, although Minnesota is still pretty weak at the moment in the starting rotation department

I would have to imagine China has concerns about their relationships in Europe and how they are being impacted by this conflict. Their response in general has been incoherent... on one hand amplifying a lot of the Russian propaganda on social media, on the other hand (AFAIK) not doing much in terms of physical or financial aid for Russia since the beginning of the invasion. Which probably reflects them trying to calibrate where to go from here.

Yes, and it is really frustrating in a situation like this where "owning the libs" starts to mean taking sides against the United States. I'm not even saying that the Administration is above criticism (I think they've handled this well but criticism that is lodged in order to improve the response or correct whatever problems arise is welcome)... but when it goes beyond that and into spreading Russian propaganda about biolabs, you are abetting the enemy and are not being patriotic. Full stop.

Its a start lol

They really need bullpen help as well. I know people don't love giving free agent contracts to bullpen arms, but this team has a lot of question marks out there. I'm open to the idea that guys like Lange/Funkhouser can graduate to reliability status, but even so, its the Achilles heel of this team

I tend to be in the starter and reliever camp. The OF is more potential than established at this point, but pitching depth is a necessity if they have any designs on competing this year.

Seems like a big deal

The dictators dilemma in a nutshell