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That is extremely surprising to me. Colin Barber should be a lock to be taken. I would also consider Whitcomb, Tamarez, and Robaina as prospects that teams will heavily consider taking.

Barber and Corona are pretty much locks. Whitcomb, Tamarez, and LHP Julio Robaina are likely. Melendez is an unknown. I can’t see Dirden, Palma, or Daniels getting protected or drafted.

While I generally agree with your point, the 2020 actual map with AZ, GA, and WI flipping is far from impossible. Trump doesn’t need MI or PA. He needs the rednecks to show out in AZ/GA and then get lucky* in WI. It is probably unlikely, but anybody writing off Trump’s chances probably wasn’t paying much attention in 2016.

He got 323 pa. Alvarez only got 496, so half of those would go to Alvarez if he stays healthy. McCormick only got 457, so the other half should have gone to him. But in an ideal world I don’t think Dubon gets 492 pa and Meyers gets less than 341. So there’s definitely room for a near-everyday OF in the lineup. I haven’t totally written off Meyers, and if they stick with him I will be hopeful that he can put up a career year and finish as a 2.5+ win/yr player. But I am pretty confident that 2023 was peak Dubon and that asking him to significantly improve on that is probably unrealistic.

You joke but if the league rejects their appeal for another option year, then he will have a major leg up on a roster spot to open the year. Stranger things have happened than a dude who throws 98+ having sudden major success in the bullpen after a minor league career riddled with injuries and inconsistency.

Gonna be hard to keep that streak going. Only chance I see is if an OF emerges in the spring to take an everyday spot and relegate Dubon/Meyers to pure bench duty. Loperfido, Barber, and Corona are options there. Otherwise maybe a pitcher like Arrighetti comes up early and is a lights out reliever.

They better be getting a lot more damning shit than that out of those twats. Nothing in that article makes me think the plea deals were worth it to the prosecution.

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Espadas the manager.

I like Talarico a lot but there’s no way he would win a statewide race. If Texas is going to have a Democrat senator in the next 12 years, it’s going to have to be somebody way outside the box. A celebrity (not McConaughey but somebody like him) or someone super wealthy (like maybe an HEB heir).

I don’t water my grass. I drive <5000 miles a year. I put the recycling in the proper bin. I vote for people who support society making sacrifices for sustainability. But I am a sucker for convenience; Amazon boxes litter my home at all times, I drink bottled water when the tap is right there, and I am quick to throw shit away rather than fix it. I also own a home with an in-ground swimming pool. I have a lot of hope for our resources lasting, because of the advancement of technology and pending population decline. But we probably aren’t doing nearly enough to combat climate change and global warming.

It’ll be a problem but it’s not without solutions. Theres PLENTY of water. It just isn’t drinkable and it isn’t where all the people are. Desalinization is easy and can easily solve water shortages in any coastal city. Problem just has to get bad enough to generate the required political will. Vegas and Phoenix should not be a thing. Stupid to build cities in a desert.

Odds that one day the presidential election is between Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow?

Subscribed. I am dealing with insurance now. Company that manages my rental house tells me the roof is damaged and leaking. Roofer says it’s hail damage and I should file a claim. I do that. The fuckers ran me ragged just to get the claim filed. Then they (of course) deny the claim; they cover the interior damage but not exterior. Wtf. Adjuster sends me the pics; there is clear hail damage to the roof, and the roofer the management company sent out had even circled the hail damage in chalk. I have a shouting match with the adjuster and threaten to get a lawyer. Adjuster says they are re-evaluating my claim and will let me know in a few days. Is it safe to assume they’re still going to reject? The enraging thing is I’ve had 5 policies with this insurance company, making payments for over 15 years. This is my first claim of any kind. Fuckers.

OH is winnable for the Democrats. Sherrod Brown is a good candidate. They can win OH and AZ and keep it at 49-51. That would mean healthy gridlock if Biden wins rather than the pure constant unassailable MAGA obstruction (and worse) that would come with a 47-53 senate.

On what little I have read, it seems like this product is addressing the real inefficiency of the market: the huge disparity in relative cost of providing care in person, especially in rural areas. It seems like to me, providing primary care (and even specialty “office visits”) to people in major cities should be pretty cheap, especially if it starts with virtual visits. The majority of healthcare visits are made up of checkups and routine illnesses and injuries which should be able to be treated without all the infrastructure costs of traditional doctors offices. Prescriptions seem like they would work the same way; economies of scale should make medicines cheaper in major cities than in rural areas. It is great to know that if I lose my insurance coverage there’s a product out there that can get me affordable access to a doctor when I need it. If there was a truly affordable “catastrophic event” health insurance plan out there that covered ER visits, hospital stays, and surgeries, that combined with One Medical and Cuban’s prescription product seem like it’d have all the bases covered to make healthcare reasonably affordable.

I don’t see how Reynolds will be in the mix in a post-MAGA GOP. She has a long history of adhering to MAGA principles. Didn’t recognize Biden’s victory. Botched the shit out of COVID response. Multiple DUIs. Hardest core anti-abortion stance. I could be deadass wrong but I think a Hogan/Rubio ticket would destroy Biden/Harris.

I am not sure about that. If Trump loses next year, and especially if that loss is combined with widespread rejection of MAGA in congressional and statewide races, I think it’s possible the movement fades pretty quickly, in which case guys like Vivek will be totally ignored and guys like DeSantis will have to either dramatically change their tune or be pushed deep into the background. Less shittastic candidates like Rubio or Sasse or Hogan will become the face of the GOP if it even survives. There’s no guarantee of that outcome but it’s hard to see the GOP doubling down after a 6 year losing streak. Of course, if Trump wins then all bets are off and these assholes will suddenly have a fuckload more contestants joining their race to the bottom.

If that’s directed at me, meh. I wouldn’t label Urquidy (1 MLB season out of 5 with >107 ip) or France (136 career MLB innings) as “reliable”. If Houston can get really good trade value, they have the depth to absorb the loss.

Traded/Out: one of Dubon or Meyers, one of Urquidy or France In: a backup catcher, an 8th inning RP, a LHH prospect to play LF and hit 9th (Loperfido, Hamilton, Wagner, or Barber), a high-ceiling young bullpen arm (Whitley, Sousa, Gage, Arrighetti, Tamarez, Dubin) Opening day roster: 2B Altuve 3B Bregman DH Alvarez 1B Abreu RF Tucker C Y Diaz OF McCormick SS Pena OF Loperfido/Hamilton/Barber/Wagner Bench: Dubon/Meyers, Kessinger, TBD catcher, Singleton SP: Verlander, Valdez, Javier, Brown, Urquidy/France RP: Pressly, Abreu, TBD, Montero, Graveman, Martinez (holding Garcia’s spot), Bielak (holding McCullers’ spot), Sousa/Whitley/Gage/Arrighetti/Dubin/Tamarez

Prayer is 1 of 2 things: A form of meditation Soothing superstition Either way, it’s a mechanism people use to cope with the powerlessness they know they have over most aspects of their lives.

The graphic previously posted ignores that possibility. Were the payments made on existing debt ever to exceed new debt taken on, there would then be less notes in circulation (and hence those previously borrowed notes held by the Fed), rendering that “USG cannot pay back…” step as nonsensical.

Draft pick penalties don’t start in until a team goes $40M over the threshold. Going over by $20M would cost Crane an extra $4M. It’d be a pretty bitch move if Crane held up fielding the best team possible over $4M, especially when the team is so close to the limit because of his own ineptitude as acting GM last offseason If they really are gonna stay under, then flipping Urquidy for a good pre-arb 8th inning guy and signing a 2nd tier free agent backup C is all we are likely to see, although it’s worth noting any extension for Altuve or Bregman could be structured to not impact this year’s CBT amounts.

I am very surprised that wasn’t a lot worse. It was not good, but not nearly as bad as expected.

Yeah they should have at least required the Sox to eat most of Graveman’s 2024 salary. But at least Graveman’s contract is very close to being market value. McCullers, Abreu, and Montero are a combined ~$25M underwater in 2024 AAV compared to their current value. Crane is responsible for the latter 2 deals. His dumb ass needs to pony up over the tax to make up for it.