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Yes and no. A mid-market team might be willing to do that at the trade deadline, knowing that if things fall apart they can trade Burnes in the off-season for 80% of what they gave up. However, as long as the Brewers stay in contention (and as bad as they've been they still have the 4th most wins in the NL), they aren't dealing Burnes at the deadline. The beauty of waiting until the offseason is that the Brewers can agree to a trade in principle first and then let that team negotiate an extension with Burnes as a contingency of the deal. If a team knows that they can for sure extend Burnes, that eliminates some risk which increases the return for Burnes. -
Job searches - at least when you're a later-in-life career switcher without a lot of experience in your field - are anything but a vacation. This is my fourth job search since 2015 and each of them has taken at least five months.
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This is part of the issue - that seat is designed for players to be able to see over the railing onto the field. I'd argue that players need to see what is going on. Perhaps they can pick up on pitchers tendencies and/or tipping pitches, what runners do before trying to steal, defensive alignments, etc. But they certainly want to see what is going on. In the dugout the fencing/netting makes it hard to see details. Thus why they stick their head over the top. The solution is to make the railing higher and replace the netting with plexiglass. Plexiglass works for hockey pucks that are coming at 100mpg; it can work for baseballs AND give players the ability to clearly see what's going on..
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Article: Personal Cheeseballs: First Basemen
LouisEly replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
Good call on Vradenburg. Hasn't hit a lot of HRs, but with some pro coaching and development could turn some of those doubles into HRs. Certainly has the size for it. Big strike zone with that height so won't draw a ton of walks, but more walks than Ks. Wouldn't at all be opposed to him in the 5th round or later. Schanuel at #33 would fantastic if he's still there. The SBs suggest that he might be able to play corner OF depending on arm strength. If the Brewers believe he can play OF it wouldn't be a surprise to see him at #18. -
I didn't lose my job in the economic downturn of 2001. I didn't lose my job in the recession of 2008-2009. I didn't lose my job during COVID. But I lost my job three other times. And I lost it a fourth time today.
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Then how come he was available for 1 year, $3.5M in late January? Two months isn't going to convince any GM to give him $11M/year for multiple years if none were willing to give him more than $4M for one year a couple of months ago.
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That, and because there is no other big-four pro sports competition. MLS is the only other pro game there. Round Rock has a AAA baseball team. San Antonio is 75 miles away.
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They also have to stock the Brewers' vending machines
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One big difference between now and then is that back in 2008, league-wide the QBs were much better than now. Teams are so desperate now that anyone who has a strong arm goes top-10 in the draft. There are a lot of other mediocre QBs in the league now - Love won't be worse than most of them. In 2008, Anthony Richardson is a 2nd/3rd round pick, not #4 overall. Also, in 2008, Aaron Kampman was the Packers best pass-rushing threat followed by Mike Montgomery and Johnny Jolly and Ryan Pickett were your interior DL. There's a reason why the Packers took Raji and Matthews in the first round in 2009. They were 5th in the league in points scored in 2008, 22nd in points against. By the time the schedule gets tough, Gary and Stokes should be back. A front six of Van Ness, Wyatt, Clark, Gary, Walker, and Campbell with Alexander and Stokes at corner will give the offense a lot of opportunities to score.
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You need to become more familiar with this because the driver of the SUV, a recruiting coordinator employed by the athletic department with a history of multiple speeding tickets, was allowed access to a university-leased vehicle. SHE was the one driving the SUV that Willock was in. As someone who once had a company car, having four speeding tickets over the course of six years would have gotten someone fired from the company I was working for. The company that leases the vehicle is liable for the actions of the driver. The legal term is "deep pockets".
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As expected, the father of Devin Willock, the former University of Georgia football player killed in a crash in an alleged street race with former Bulldog Jalen Carter, has filed a $2M wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Georgia's athletic department. Some interesting information that I wasn't aware of: The group had gathered at an Athens area strip club prior to the incident The driver of the SUV, which was leased by the University of Georgia's athletic department, had four speeding tickets over the last six years A bit surprised that they're only asking for $2M if they think that they have a legitimate case. But I'm not sure how you don't have a legitimate case if someone with four speeding tickets over the last six years is given access to a university-leased vehicle. And the statement made by the Athletic Department... not exactly the tone that I would use when referring to an incident where a student died.
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Nope, Illinois still has them. Particularly in school zones. I got a warning letter for going 6mph over in a school zone about six months ago. It's on a municipality basis though, not state; some cities have done away with them, and the concerns were more about kickbacks/bribery for installing them than anything (imagine that in Illinois). I wish they'd use them for people blocking an intersection. That's a problem here - people think that they can push their way through and that they're more important than anyone else (imagine that in Illinois).
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That's not a problem with the technology though, it's a problem with how the technology is used/programmed. If used/programmed the right way, it's very useful.
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They left out the part about the increase in carjackings and car thefts. I'm guessing the increase in reckless driving is covered in the increase in speed and increase in claims parts. On that note, to what extent is everyone seeing vehicles crash into buildings where you live? I swear that in Chicago it's on the news every week.
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What is guaranteed is salary. Teams only get ~$170k each towards UDFA signing bonuses and, historically, that's been the only thing that has been guaranteed. Of that $260k, it's likely that not more than $50k is signing bonus and the rest is guaranteed salary. That way it goes against the cap this year if they have cap space.
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I think I see why the Packers aren't getting any exciting UDFAs - last year 27 players got over $100k in guaranteed bonus/salary. Being up against the cap restricts how much if any part of a UDFAs salary they can guarantee. And of the ~$7M in net cap available (factoring in rookie draft pick bonuses/salary), I'd rather allocate that to enticing Amos to come back than guaranteeing $100k in salary to a couple of UDFA.
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I watched one of their games, I think the bowl game, and he is very agile for a player his size. Looked very natural standing up on the edge and moved around very well. He's not explosive or strong, doesn't have a great body type, and needs to spend some time with the strength & conditioning team.
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A couple more notes on Clifford. Gutey said that they weren't sure that Clifford was going to be available when they picked. He said there was a run on QBs they liked less than Clifford before they picked him (assuming he's referring to Jake Haener, Stetson Bennett, Aidan O’Connell, Clayton Tune, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson who were all drafted in a 14-pick run late in the 4th and early 5th). Based on that list, I'd prefer Clifford to Bennett and O'Connell, maybe DT-R, so it's reasonable to think that Clifford might not have been around much longer. (Fun fact - Bennett will turn 26 his rookie season.) Generally speaking, any player who is still on the board in the middle of the 5th round is not thought of very highly by any team so it doesn't really make a lot of difference who is picked at that point.
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One thing I like about Malik Heath already - he had the stones to transfer from Mississippi State to Ole Miss. Yeah, leave your school for your in-state rival.
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If he’s still available – Luke Musgrave, TE, Oregon State Don’t be surprised if it’s: Dontavyon Wicks, WR, Virginia If the Aaron Rodgers trade is completed before the draft: Sean Clifford, QB, Penn State UDFAs: Lew Nichols, RB, Central Michigan Not a bad year. More picks so more bites at the apple. I had Karl Brooks in my first couple of drafts but after his pro day performance I took him out; almost added him back in after he had a top-30 visit with the Packers. The one WR I overlook - Jayden Reed - is the one who comes back to bite me. (Probably overlooked him because of an irrational hatred of his first name.) Looking at him more, I wish I would have seen that he has a career punt return average of 15.3 with three taken to the house. I don't mind that pick at all even if I would have preferred others (both at that position and at #45). Regarding Clifford, people have been wrong about QBs before (Brady, Romo, etc.). He was a 4-year starter for an upper-eschelon team in the Big Ten with over 10,000 career passing yards. Over the years he was there he beat out two four-star QB recruits plus a third by the name of Will Levis. Backup QB is a need. One thing I think this clearly signals is an intent to shift to four DL using traditional DEs with the drafting of Van Ness, Wooden, and Brooks (who played as much standing up on the edge as with a hand in the dirt in the game that I watched). Hopefully that's more in Barry's wheelhouse instead of a 2-4-5.
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A true DE-sized player (5/6 tech, not an OLB) such as Van Ness (or Keion White, etc.) is where I was expecting the Packers to go at some point. I seem to recall reading/hearing something that Joe Barry prefers a 4-DL alignment, not the 3-4/2-4 that the Packers DL was built for. DE's big enough to hold up against the run and quick enough to rush the passer. He wants to rush four so that he can drop seven into coverage. Hopefully Van Ness still has a little growth left and can add more muscle/strength. Hopefully having true DEs on the roster helps Barry's defense execute better.
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Color me surprised. Wouldn't be surprised if they package a 2nd and a 3rd to move up to get a TE.
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Request - please don't spoil it before they announce it on TV
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Not that surprising to me: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqTxPx3X0AI8JUP.jpg:large
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Looking at the list of players attending the draft, Keion White is one of the 17 but Lukas Van Ness is not one of them. All of the other 16 are projected to be top-20 picks. None of the TE's are there.
