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Snake Diggity

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  1. It depends on the market. There’s still 7-8 teams whose deadline approach is tbd, and what happens with them will set the market, especially for SP. As things stand I agree the price of a SP4 like Giolito will be too high to make sense for Houston. Same thing for a bat like Bellinger (who as of now is unlikely to even be available). I do think the RP market will be ok, because the teams already committed to selling each have 2-3 arms that teams will be interested in, and because buying teams evaluate RP so differently. But if 3-4 teams out of the Cardinals, Mariners, Red Sox, Mets, Cubs, Pirates, Padres, and Phillies decide to sell, the SP and rental bat markets will loosen up at which point it’ll make more sense for Houston to make those moves.
  2. Yep very weird. 70% chance of rain, 101 degrees. Wtf. I went outside 4 times today for about 10 minutes each time. I don’t recall ever feeling that hot in that short of a time. What I felt today easily felt as hot as anything I ever felt in the summer I spent in rural southern Iraq. This is fuckin bullshit and it needs to stop. (It’s not gonna stop, cause blastfurnace.)
  3. Deadline shopping list: 1. SP4 2. Above average bat capable of playing 1B/LF (preferably LH) 3. High leverage RP All 3 can be rentals and it might actually be better if they are. Next year’s rotation could be full with Framber, Brown, Javier, France, Urquidy, and possibly Garcia/McCullers. Plus both Bielak and Whitley will be out of options. If they think Gilbert will be ready then the bat they get should also probably be a rental. I wouldn’t want to give up any of their top prospects so I think they should shop in the 2nd and 3rd tier of the trade market. More than outside help, they just need their existing roster to get healthy and produce.
  4. Disagree. There’s definitely a gap. The few guys with high ceilings who started the season in AAA (Dirden, Leon, Perez, Lee) have disappointed. Same for the SP, as Whitley, Murray, Tamarez, Dubin, and Solis haven’t pitched well. But there have been several guys break out who are now in AA. On the position player side, Gilbert, Barber, Corona, Dezenzo, and Loperfido all have ceilings to be above average or even star players. And Kouba, Gordon, and Arrighetti have all looked great on the mound. They are all just another 3/4+ of a season away. But Houston’s current problem isn’t the farm. It’s bad luck with injuries (3 SP plus significant injuries to Altuve, Alvarez, and Brantley, 3 of their top 5 hitters), slumps (Bregman, Abreu, Montero), and poor lineup construction (Julks and Maldonado playing every day over better hitters).
  5. It’d be one thing if they were expanding margins to increase how much cash/inventory they held on hand to have more cushion against future price increases that might otherwise result from supply/economic shocks. Somehow I doubt that’s their plan.
  6. I would definitely take Weaver over Cunningham. I do see your point and it’s not a major contention. But if I’m divvying up playing time, I expect both Shedrick and Weaver to get more minutes than Cunningham for sure, while Onyema’s minutes would be right in line with Cunningham.
  7. Chris Johnson rounds out this roster perfectly. 10 deep and very balanced. A go-to elite level scorer in Abmas. A go-to big man in Disu. Cunningham and Anamekwe are the 9th and 10th guys. This team is a real contender (assuming Johnson is in the bag).
  8. Sykora, Gasparino, and Witt were the only longhorns on fangraphs top 120 draft prospects list that came out today. I still suspect Johnson, Gordon, and Campbell will go in the top 10 rounds, so are heavy risks to go, but it wouldn’t shock me if any of those 3 guys were lured back. Guillemette is gone. But I think all the other underclassmen and recruits that don’t portal will be at Texas next season.
  9. I am not a pro and am curious about this as well. I assume you just slowly move shit from the risky stuff into the conservative stuff. Most of my wealth is currently in stocks and real estate. I will talk to a pro eventually, but I assume when I get to the point of actually stopping working, I will hold 1 years expenses in cash/savings, 1-2 years worth in CDs, then 4-5 years worth in ETFs, and the rest (ideally 7-8 years worth of expenses minimum) in riskier stuff like individual stocks and real estate.
  10. Your wife’s pension really gives you more security than the average person, especially the average person retiring early. I think aggressive investing is fine, but people who do it better be prepared to make moves (reducing expenses and/or going back to work) to mitigate the downside.
  11. Houston is not trading Jake Meyers for Cody Bellinger. Meyers has been Houston’s 3rd most valuable position player so far this season and projects to be a 2-3 win player every year. He’s under team control through 2027. You don’t trade 4.5 seasons of a 2-3 player for 0.5 seasons of a…2-3 win player.
  12. My kids minds were blown when I told them we didn’t have AC in our home until I was in the 4th grade. But I reassured them it wasn’t this hot. This shit is crazy.
  13. $20K seems high to resurface right? I haven't started getting quotes so maybe not. Not sure what modernizing the drain means. My pool is quite old so it has a single drain. Apparently this is not up to current code because it is a safety hazard. Modern pools have 2 drains. This contractor told me that no insured company would resurface my pool without updating that single drain to a double. I am ignorant on all this but the way he explained it made sense to me.
  14. For information sharing purposes only, I had someone from Blue Haven pools come out to give me a quote on remodeling our pool. We are in SW Austin. He gave me back of the envelope quotes as follows: $45k to add a spa (includes adding propane gas line/tank/service) $20k to resurface the pool (includes modernizing the drain) $5k to add a tanning shelf $5k to replace my equipment and the shed covering it $15k to add a basic covered area on top of the existing patio slab next to the pool. That was in range of what I was expecting (even tho still probably north of what I am willing to spend right now), so I asked for a firm quote. He said he would get me a formal quote by the end of last week, I followed up on Thursday and got no response, so I assume he ghosted me. The hot tub cost is the only thing that was a lot more expensive than I expected. It sucks that shit I want costs so much.
  15. Inheritance is a big deal, and lots of people rely on it, but for me it’s too hard to predict all the factors that go into it to make any promises or count on it. That’s true for me on both sides; I believe my parents may have some assets remaining when they die because they are extremely frugal people and my dad saved well enough, but I am not counting on them leaving us anything at all. It just feels evil/morbid to think otherwise, and I really do hope they live long enough to spend everything they’ve saved/earned. Just the same, I fully plan to have enough wealth saved to be able to leave a significant inheritance to my kids, but I’m not going to promise them anything, because I’m not going know how much will be left until it’s too late, and I think it’s better for it to be a surprise than something they’re counting on.
  16. Ok here would be a hypothetical contributing lineup/roster for now: RF Thomas DH Powell* LF Brown* CF Cummings 3B Borba* 1B Sweeney 2B O’Dowd SS Flores C Galvan Bench: C Sanders, C Schuessler, OF Belyeu, IF Constantine, IF/OF Duplantier, IF Ardoin, IF O’Hara, OF Kennedy SP: TBD*, TBD*, Hurley, Sthele, Whitehead, Harrison, Tumis RP: Boehm*, Tole, Duplantier, Shaw, Morris*, Lummus, Selvig, Hamilton, Walbridge, Minchey, Grubbs
  17. Can Jared Thomas play the corner OF? That could fill an OF spot while opening up 1B for Sweeney.
  18. I think we finally catch a break in that Sykora and Gasparino are going to be the only recruits we lose to the draft. The infield and bullpen are going to be very good. They will be able to sort thru returning guys to find weekday/Sunday SP. If Porter Brown comes back they should be ok in the OF although I imagine they’ll be looking for 1 OF in the portal either way. Friday/Saturday SP is the thing that will determine how far they go; the portal will make or break next year’s expectations.
  19. LMFAO told that chick she could only ask a question about Israel if she let him run her over. My man.
  20. One thing I have been thinking more about as I age is how different things are for older people trying to re-enter the workforce. It’s the real risk underneath retiring early; you think “I can always go back to work”, but if you are 50+ I don’t think that is universal. I do think there will be a shortage of workers for at least the next 20 years, so being able to find some source of income is pretty likely, but I do think there’s quite a lot of jobs (sales, professional services, technology, many others) that if you are over 50 and have been out of the game for 5+ years, it might be very difficult to find even part time work in the same role/field. I am in that type of role, so as I prepare for early retirement, I am preparing as if there is no way I will be able to go back and make big salaries ever again if things don’t go as planned. My worst case scenario backup plan will involve proactively finding part time work that is easy to get but doesn’t pay near what I am making now. But I am setting my number high enough so that outcome is incredibly unlikely. It’s just become more of a concern as I see people treating me differently as I transition from up-and-coming young gun to established middle aged resource.
  21. I don’t understand how anyone thinks that the shit being decided in the state where he has the most ardent supporters by a judge he appointed has any chance of resulting in a relatively bad outcome for Trump. I don’t see any chance whatsoever this prevents him from getting the GOP nomination and I don’t at all see this being the deciding factor in whether or not he wins the general election. Once J6 happened and he survived politically, it was clear that truth and morality are no longer playing a role.
  22. My wife: “Try this chai pudding I made.” Me, trying the pudding: “Not bad, what all is in this?” Wife: “Milk, cocoa powder, chai seeds, sugar. That’s it.” Me: “Chai seeds?” Wife: “Yep.” Me: “Chai seeds? Like, C-H-A-I seeds?” Wife, laughing, like I’m the dumbass: “No, like C-H-I-A seeds.” Me: “Hm. Cool. Anyway, it’s not bad.”
  23. I was out of town this past weekend. I intentionally don’t take much time away from my family, maybe 4-6 days (2-3 weekends) each year since my 7 year old was born, so my girls are not used to me being gone. On Monday when I walked into daycare/summer camp to pick them up, my 4 year old was for some reason not expecting me (even though I told them before I left that I would pick them up on Monday), and reacted as if I was a military homecoming surprise after an 18 month deployment. Screaming “DADDY!!!” and pushing kids out of the way and shit as she sprinted across the room to jump into my arms, then holding my face in her hands and smothering me with kisses. Being a parent often sucks, the stressburger that comes with it tastes like shit. But those moments bring emotional highs that I just can’t believe you can get anywhere else.
  24. We can’t live in fear of Russia firing off a nuke because they lost a war they started by invading another sovereign nation. Yes, it is a major risk. But it cannot force the world to capitulate to Russia. That would be never ending. We just have to hope that the knowledge that firing a nuke means the end of Russia and everyone in it works as a preventative even for really stupid/crazy mf.
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