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formermav43

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  1. Bregman should be leading off. It’s so obvious, which is why it will never happen.
  2. So is repeatedly calling strikes off the plate.
  3. It saved money, too. It paid dividends immediately just to unload him.
  4. Maybe they’ll finally win a game in which Dubon starts today.
  5. To be fair, Chas didn’t ever project to be as good as he actually is (which may be part of why he continues to be underrated, I don’t know), and on the other hand, even top prospects flame out all the time. With so much uncertainty, I’m skeptical that all 3 will be hits. But you don’t really need them ALL to, so I agree in general.
  6. Nah. McCormick will hit free agency at 32, and he’s an above average player (and absolutely should be the everyday CF), but nothing more than that. He’s already on the team friendly deal-he’s never going to be expensive, you’re not going to want him beyond his years of team control, and someone will emerge to replace him internally by 2027 if the farm system even has a pulse. He’s a cog, not a piece you build around.
  7. Your understanding is not wrong, but part of the point was to establish a pure, holy society-that “ city on the hill”-in contrast to the worldliness of Holland. That meant they needed to uphold their covenant with God, which was enforced very strictly, so that he would bless them. That‘s not religious freedom at all.
  8. Marcion was screaming that about 1,900 years or so before you.
  9. You’re telescoping a couple of centuries of development there, though. The only colony advocating separation of church and state early on was Rhode Island-established as a refuge because Roger Williams was expelled from Massachusetts as a heretic, precisely because the Puritans did NOT believe in it.
  10. It’s not a matter of it not being fully developed; they didn’t believe in it at all. There’s a broad misconception that people like the Pilgrims came here seeking “religious freedom.” They already had that in Holland. They came here largely to establish their own religion.
  11. Yeah, if Diaz is not significantly better as a bat, he’s not going to last. That’s the reason he’s here. Edit: And for a bat first prospect who hit well through the minors to then be interchangeable with literally one of the worst hitting everyday players in baseball history would be a pretty disappointing outcome to say the least.
  12. Sure, but that’s never going happen. You could even continue with the fascination of alternating handedness at the top right now and have pretty much the ideal lineup by the book: Bregman Alvarez Abreu Tucker But even if the numbers dictate it, gut instinct finely tuned c. 1975 says you want speed at the top more than anything.
  13. Which is still better than actual Brantley at this point.
  14. At least here, before they switched a couple of years ago, they surveyed parents and it was nearly unanimous in favor of 4 day weeks. So much so that the neighboring town moved to 4 days because they were losing students. And the “losing precious hours of instructional time” is just false. The whole reason they are able to do this is because the school year is mandated in hours of time rather than days.
  15. And if you really want to go insane, compare their defensive metrics in CF.
  16. He has 2 years of data to indicate McCormick should be an everyday player, yet he has taken every opportunity possible to play someone else. I’m not sure why one more game would be a tipping point. They literally have to trade guys away (Straw, Siri) or send them down (Meyers) to keep him in the lineup.
  17. You should have asked for their help on that first sentence.
  18. Umm, once Altuve is healthy, it's the same lineup that just won the World Series except subbing in Jose Abreu for the corpse of Yuli Gurriel. So it's not exactly the same, it's better there. We'll see how the pitching shakes out.
  19. The only hate I have is for this artificial “rivalry.”
  20. Well you’re thinking like Dusty, at any rate.
  21. They insisted Opening Day. But I guess technically they didn’t specify what year.
  22. Well last night, it was because Meyers had a better chance of hitting Cease’s fastball. Because gut feeling. Tonight, I’m sure there’s an equally well-reasoned explanation.
  23. It's a distinction that Christians might be kind of interested in. It's kind of what this thread is all about (at least initially).
  24. I know they have a lot more tools to analyze this than we do, but the publicly available metrics all say McCormick is more than adequate defensively.
  25. Not as open as spots 3-5 in the Yankees rotation.
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