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For now I found a model which considers what I'm looking for (and what I'm looking to avoid) and is able to spit out that information about a company pretty quickly in a simple write-up as well as analyze any trends I might be interested in which would effect the company. I've got another one which takes a random three bi-daily and runs them for me if they've hit any targets I've set. I also like being able to just plug in any company I say and I get a rundown. I'm sure it could do more, but that's been the limit of my connections' free tiers as well as the limit of my own knowledge. I've also got another one for crypto which scrapes the Twitter handles I've given it for mentions, social sentiment, trading volume vs. market cap, notes on the developers and scours any reported income. Also any "trim/add" position warnings, though I ignore those. Been liking it so far. It isn't telling me what to do or anything, but it's been a great way to get detailed overviews without near as much hassle.

Also John Smoltz was an absolutely terrific broadcaster and I really appreciated his comments about pitching. I'd imagine he's been broadcasting for longer, but is this a Tony Romo effect that networks are recognizing that fans like a little more detail and don't really want the John Madden "sweat stain contests" anymore?

I'm looking forward to going to bed at 10pm again. Busy season at work, night shifts, six-day weeks working festivals, lots of trainings to attend, full place, hunting season ramping up....and then the Brewers were on most nights on Eastern time. Not that I could ever complain about that. But sorry, Packers, I just want to go to bed.

I hear "run it back" and I think of the Bucks trying to do just that and what that turned out to be. Feelings aside you've still gotta stick to the strategy which got us here in the first place. I can probably understand giving Contreras another year then letting him walk just to avoid a Hader/morale issue, but I sure wouldn't give $25m long-term to a guy who is clearly going to hit a wall hard as much as he plays. Sal and Mitchell are redundant with Lara taking over CF full-time. I'd probably let Murphy decide in which case we'd probably keep Frelick. But he's still better as a Util OF than a starter. That Hamilton is more of a Brewers-way player I could see Ortiz moving on, plus I think he'll be happier starting at SS somewhere else. Not only a more valuable position when he hits FA but happier not getting bumped down all the time.

Since Lara and Pratty already got theirs, safe to figure Made was also offered. Maybe he just declined. If the Dodgers are going to be paying free agents $60m, turning down $15m to hit free agency sooner is understandable. Although even if it's got to be $17m per, maybe that's still a decent buy especially on the chance that maximum-length contracts are put into the CBA. I think it'll take a hefty offer. And what are the chances players hit FA a year sooner in the next deal?

3-0 against the Dodgers I was still nervous because they still had every ability to win four in a row. And the Devil Rays have every ability to win four, themselves. I will remain nervous until it's over. But holy man, we've only had one single game this whole playoffs to relax. I've aged ten years from the blood pressure. Totally worth it, but still.

But we've also got Pena and Jett and lots of 1b/3b prospects. I agree with adding power, but that best comes by upgrading RF.

Obviously everyone here skipped the Brewers game to be sure and watch the Bucks play last night.

I'd rather Ortiz at 3b. The offensive dropoff isn't as significant and the defensive improvement still takes a big jump. I'd otherwise worry about their fast turf, but we're a good groundball-hitting team and I'm optimistic about our infield defense holding their own, too. Hopefully Gasser with yet another great game tonight. Guess the ideal is a big enough lead to rest Ashby more, but I'll take 3-0 any way we can get it.

If that were the case would the Packers have the sudden option to promote Becton first and block the acquisition, or is it an immediate transaction since the Packers already had the option to promote him?

Even accepting Bauers leaves (which I don't think is a foregone conclusion), aren't the Brewers in a better position to just roll with rookies at both 1b and 3b seeing as they have four prospects about ready to come up also with platoon potential? If anything we need to figure out how to subtract. I agree with trading Turang after 2027. It'd be maybe a year too soon, but bring up Pena the second half of the year to acclimate him on the hopes he'll be ready the following year. That way you can trade two years of Turang, and I'd figure you could get a heck of a return to fill in whatever gap we may have.

You can't point to his second-half performance without also pointing to his first-half. He's a one-tool player, and it's sure a great tool, but we're as sell-high a position on Ortiz as we're ever going to be. I don't think he's worth a high-end prospect by any stretch, but with MLB's new fondness for defense and bad teams needing ML-ready players he'd fit really well in a package with somebody else.

I'm pretty close to Wilson. I feel a little shame for not going to a game this season. But I've been right next to the stadium and it's a great spot.

"How to buy crypto" is trending up on Google, though I wonder how much retail interest will be in the space this time around. I think a lot of people are sick of it. Still really tempted to gamble and try to hit on that big winner, but so far been pretty conservative with my % of that. Only Router and NetNet so far, and even those are already in the $2-30M range. Largely just a Tao holder right now. Didn't dodge this current dip but avoided the last one, so small profit so far but nothing of any significance. Last cycle DogWitHat and SPX were popping off and the memes to get, but I just don't see anything right now with much excitement behind it. Qauntum is popular right now, but they were allowing influencers to mine it pre-sale, so it all seems to be just marketing and nothing real. Maybe if Robinhood has another hype cycle I'll jump in for the nonsense, but otherwise whatever.