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Unless the Tigers make a move this spring, which is certainly well within the realm of possibility, I think Kreidler has the edge over Malloy because of backup versatility, at least to start the season with.

Which is why their number is completely full of ****, and why the media aren’t paying attention to it. Ignoring the civilian deaths in their reporting is shameful on their part, and embracing the idea they should not be reported is inexplicable on yours.

Yes.

And the best part is that he will say if it weren’t for Biden and inflation he could have sold the sneakers for $99. But if you buy today you will be sending a message to the corrupt Biden that you can’t keep America from being great again …

I assume Lipcius at second and Jung at third, as Keith will more than likely start at second in Detroit.

I don’t know what I’ve been clicking on lately but I sure have gotten an upgrade in ads at the bottom of the site.

Avila might not have ever learned he had the ability to do this. Or, perhaps, he did and concluded it was so complicated he could never have figured out how to pull it off.

Even better: Top 50! I have always respected Fangraphs’ top prospect list far more than MLB’s Pipeline.

Not sure I can even imagine that. It’s such a foreign way of thinking.

Fair point. I was keying off the implication from the clip that the sexual peccadillo was the thing that finally turned him off Trump.

You would hope as much, but as you allude to in your follow on statement, the German industrialists did swimmingly under Hitler, and bonus, even after they were pressured just a little bit after the war, they still got to keep their money and businesses, too. https://watson.brown.edu/rhodes/events/2023/david-de-jong-nazi-billionaires-dark-history-germanys-wealthiest-dynasties tl;dr The moral of the story is: it doesn’t matter what the system of government is, because Money always wins. Bonus: here’s a cautionary tale that relates to what’s going on at this moment in Republican politics. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-big-business-bailed-out-nazis

There’s a chance buyers receive the shoes, but they will fall apart on the wearer’s feet within a month, provided they’re not too uncomfortable to keep on their feet right out of the box.

I definitely think Trump would enjoy a North Korea-type situation here. A country that he owns outright where he can take literally anything he wants, rape literally anyone he wants, kill literally anyone he wants, and the rest of us have to watch him do it and applaud him during and after? What sociopath wouldn't want that? Of course, I have my doubts that he or anyone could succeed in turning us completely into that, given we have a different history as people than 1930s Germany or 1950s Korea, but there are also aspects of it that he could succeed given we also have in our history the keeping of certain castes in a permanent state of terror, degradation, supplicancy, and even genocide. Trump would definitely take a shot at making as much of that happen as he could manage to, although, at age 77, he's running out of time for that. As for the total collapse hypothesis, the world's economy is so interdependent, with the US economy serving as its linchpin, that I don't see any way our economy could collapse and take no other economies down with it, and that includes Russia and China.

Of course, the still-unspoken truth is that Trump won't pay a penny of this or any other judgement, so the ruling may as well have been for $350 quadrillion.

Not from Elon Musk, he won't.

They could sell the logical leap to the red hats that diverting RNC donations into Trump's defense fund is a legitimate campaign expense, since keeping him out of prison is crucial to his ascending to the presidency.

He controls up to 100 million people—who they vote for, what they think, what they buy—so, yeah, a bailout is an attractive proposition.

But overthrowing elections? OK by him.

If the US financial system collapses, the world's financial system collapses. It would truly be Mad Max at that point. Even our state enemies have a vested interest in keeping our financial system going. Only a rogue actor with a nihilist streak and/or a death wish would dare try anything.

We do it to maintain influence, markets, and access to resources. Also, if we don't, the enemies will.

Re-read this post a few times and still trying to figure out how his being African-American factors into the anecdote?

Hiura seems like minor league depth, maybe even if Tork gets hurt or collapses, since Hiura has been playing a lot of first base.

I remember this, and I remember replying that there was no way the Brewers would give up one of the top prospects in the game (#20 on Pipeline, #13 on Fangraphs) for a guy who'd just pitched to a 9-13 record with a so-so ERA who would project as a 3 or 4 in their rotation. Hiura did have a pretty fair rookie season, 2 WAR in just 84 games, and then he just kind of fell apart.

I think there is plenty enough talent for 36 teams, let alone 30. Seeing as how there are so many more international players coming into the majors from baseball-first countries, in addition to there being twice the population in the US there was during the first expansion, and topped by the practically exponential advances in training, nutrition, etc., the talent level in big league baseball today is far greater than it has ever been. The $64 (billion) question is, will Baseball accept lower attendance figures that will surely come with the expansion to 36 teams? Given how high a share their revenue coming from non-gameday sources is, I think they might. Economists within the game can determine the marginal revenue calculus needed to price tickets such that they can make more money selling out 28,000-seat stadiums versus 42,000-seat stadiums. Once they fully embrace that, hell, they could go to 40 teams, who knows. The fun part is figuring out where to put the six teams. Nashville and Vegas/Oakland/Sacramento/San Jose are basically gimmes. Portland and Charlotte should probably get in. Salt Lake could quite possibly make that cut. Indianapolis would be a dark horse but within the realm of possibility. A darker horse would be a third new York team, maybe western suburbs into Jersey, like West Orange or something, but they certainly have the population to sustain a franchise. I don't think Raleigh gets one if Charlotte does. Orlando? I don't know, maybe. Feels unlikely, though. San Antonio is a downscale dump, so that's probably a no. I think Austin would be more likely than San Antonio. I think Montreal loses out even in a six-team expansion scheme, for reasons beyond history and population. Expand to 40 teams, though, and they'd probably sneak in along with Vancouver.

Did I say (Oakland or San Jose) earlier today? I meant Sacramento! https://x.com/EvanDrellich/status/1758616226958397480?s=20