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Snake Diggity

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  1. Willson Contreras is probably a better fit. An elite bat who could split 1B/C with Diaz to get them both in the lineup everyday. Contreras could probably play LF too if they made him. He’s got a palatable contract at $51M/3yrs plus a team option.
  2. The summary of this season is Jose Abreu fucked them. His contract on its own is why they didn’t advance further. Had Houston saved that money (or had Abreu been the player they thought they were getting), Houston doesn’t have to press so hard to win the division and likely wins enough games to avoid the wild card round. Who knows what happens in the ALDS and beyond, but Abreu is the shortest line to draw to illustrate why Houston’s season is already over. The bummer is that it could totally bleed over to 2025.
  3. Ok so 43% of voters minimum will be pulling the lever for Trump. Who the fuck are they and how can they possibly do that? Here’s my guess: 3% of voters are single issue sexists; they simply will not vote for a woman for president 5% of voters a truly reprehensible human beings. They’re racist, sexist, classist pieces of shit. 7% of voters are single issue anti-abortion voters. 9% of voters are completely ignorant of where either candidate stands on any given issue; they know absolutely nothing and really couldn’t give you a reason why they vote the way they do; this number may be shocking but I would bet it’s actually much higher 9% of voters are single issue personal income tax voters (many of them are misinformed on how each candidate will actually impact their own income tax bill) 10% of voters are single issue racist voters; they vote for the candidate they think will prioritize white interests over the interests of non-whites Those numbers I pulled out of my ass but I’d be interested in how the board thinks it breaks down or what data/research actually shows.
  4. You’d think the GOP nominee’s wife coming out as full on pro choice would be a bigger deal. Welp, throw it on the pile.
  5. Star hitters (3): Altuve, Alvarez, Tucker Good hitters (1): Diaz Below average hitters (1): Caratini Pena is a star hitter against lefties but a below average hitter against righties Singleton is an above average hitter against righties but an unplayable hitter against lefties Meyers is an above average hitter against lefties but a poor hitter against righties Dubon is an average hitter against lefties but a poor hitter against righties Prior to this season, McCormick was a superstar hitter against lefties and an average hitter against righties; this season he was unplayable against both Dezenzo has a very high upside but also a very low ceiling, and he likely will be a below average defender if used at 3B. He would likely be an average defender at 1B, LF, or RF. Whitcomb could potentially be a plus player in LF or 1B. He would be average at 2B or RF and nearly-unplayable at 3B or SS. No other position player prospects should be expected to meaningfully contribute in early 2025, but there are several top prospects who could become key contributors in the 2nd half of next season (Brice Matthews, Pedro Leon, Jacob Melton, Kenedy Corona, Zach Cole, Jeron Williams, Luis Baez). Kessinger, Salazar, Cabbage, and Hummel are DFA candidates you hope to stash in AAA. In terms of lineup, the Astros actually project to have a really good lineup against lefties. But against righties they need 2 bats, 1 who can hit in the top 4 and one who can hit in the 5-7 range. Those bats need to be able to play OF or 3B. Tor SP (2): Framber, Brown MoR SP (2): Blanco, Garcia BoR SP (1): Arrighetti Closers (2): Hader, Abreu Setup (1): Pressly MR (6): Scott, Ort, King, Dubin, Martinez, Murfee Whitley and Sousa are out of options RP who have pretty high ceilings. Gusto, Ortega, Hernandez, France, and Contreras are guys you want stashed in AAA. No other young pitchers should be expected to meaningfully contribute early in 2025, but there’s over a dozen arms who could help in the 2nd half of next season (led by Blubaugh, Ullola, and Gordon). Javier is expected back in July. Lance McCullers passed away a few years ago. The pitching staff is really good as-is. But given the injury risk across the board, ideally there’d be another quality SP added to that mix, one whom you don’t mind starting a playoff game. I like the chatter around trading for Lowe from TB. The OF and SP markets seem deep enough that a team that spends wisely will get good value.
  6. So it currently projects to 49-48-2?
  7. Dude thinks $5M is a number to be calling out as a threshold for the super wealthy.
  8. Vance clearly has a high IQ, he’s Pete Buttigieg with a beard (pun intended). It’s really too bad he’s a piece of shit with zero integrity. The net of this debate so far is bad for Harris but so far not bad enough to make a meaningful difference. Of the trio of bad shit for Harris today, this debate is way down the list from Iran attacking Israel and port workers striking.
  9. This is me acting like a conspiracy nut, but I actually think Trump is the cause of both events. The head of the port workers union is a Trumper. And Netanyahu almost certainly prefers Trump to Harris, if for no other reason than he knows Trump is completely ineffectual and will do nothing to push back on his agenda.
  10. Port strike and Iran attacking Israel are not good developments for Harris.
  11. Precedent. Not trying to be a dick, just wanna make sure you aren’t going through your whole life making that mistake.
  12. If you mean for today, no way. Singleton and Heyward are awful against lefties. But against a righty I think you’ll see Heyward for Dubon and Singleton for Caratini. If McCormick were fully healthy I’d rather he be in LF than Dubon but otherwise I like this lineup.
  13. Yep. I am pro union but fuck that guy and fuck their unreasonable demands.
  14. I assume that they will Taft Hartley and just waited because they wanted the 90 days to last thru the election and long enough after to make it a non issue at the polls.
  15. Crazy record for 1 run games. Normalize that to .500 and this is a 90-95 win team. Normalize it to their record in other games and they’re a 97 win team. Thats amazing considering the number of SP innings lost to injury and the fact that their $20M/yr 1B died last year.
  16. I will also say that it’s possible Walz’s confidence is shaken because he’s been taking prep against Pete Buttigieg.
  17. This will not go like the Harris-Trump debate went. Walz might “win” but it will not be because he totally pantses Vance or because Vance comes off as a bumbling idiot. There is a lot of downside for Harris/Walz in this debate because they have the momentum and it’s very close to Election Day; Walz could very well cost them the election with a really bad performance, and there’s almost nothing he could do that would widen their lead to the point of making it a landslide. Walz needs to “keep it real” without coming off as elderly or a bumpkin or having an “oops” moment (although that kind of flub won’t bury him the way it did Perry because Walz is so likable). He does that, he will be fine. Do no harm.
  18. That restaurant is a better politician than the GOP VP nominee.
  19. Congrats, but don’t be dismissive of the work you’ve done. You’ve earned an independent child and you’ve earned the good relationship you have with her. My parents loved me, but they couldn’t wait to get me out of the house. I was the baby, so getting rid of me meant an empty nest. They didn’t help me plan for college, didn’t help me pay for anything, didn’t help me find somewhere to live, didn’t help me move. I remember both my roommates’ parents being there on move-in day, and one of them getting emotional. After they left, I remember telling my roommate, “be grateful your parents wanted to be here. My parents are probably having sex right now.”
  20. Comal County is the worst. Buck Burnett country.
  21. This is fucking enraging. Whatever disagreement Trump has with Zelensky, Zelensky is the head of state that has been invaded and had hundreds of thousands of its people (many civilians, many women and children) killed and severely wounded, and Trump is going to make a public spectacle of praising his relationship with Zelensky’s enemy, the head of state of the country that invaded him, WHILE HES STANDING NEXT TO ZELENSKY? Trump is a no class motherfucker. But he’s also a buffoon in every arena, especially foreign policy.
  22. There’s a ton that could go wrong. Either Harris or Walz could have a major health problem or be assassinated. The Middle East could break out into full scale war (Israeli ground invasion into Lebanon, Iranian/Saudi attack on Israel). A terrorist attack on US soil. A black stock market event (e.g. Nvidia found fraudulent, hundreds of billions in value obliterated). A scandal on Harris or Walz (infidelity, corruption). Even though Harris appears to be leading across all the swing states, we’re still talking about just tens of thousands of votes in 3-4 states making the difference. A lot of bad shit can happen in 38 days.
  23. Unfortunately if Harris outperforms the polls across the board that will be concrete evidence that the election was rigged. “Hurr durr how is it that Harris was tied or within 2 pts of Trump in ALL the polls yet she won by 5-6 points?! Explain that, libtard!”
  24. With 39 days to go, WI and MI polling show that without some kind of course reversal, they will go to Harris without much chance of dispute. That puts the map at 251-219 in favor of Harris with NV, AZ, GA, PA, and NC in play. The sum of polls for them have all very slightly favored Harris. Harris needs to avoid anything that can change the trajectory while busting ass to stretch PA to get the margin wide enough to prevent Trump from viably contesting the result. Trump’s ceiling is 287 with another 26 being close enough to contest. Harris’s ceiling is 318 with another 47 being close enough to contest. My current prediction is Harris winning 302-236, with Trump, with no proof, crying foul and trying to overturn results in NC, PA, AZ, and WI, while actual fraud (in Trump’s favor) is found in OH and FL.
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