Fear The Chorizo

If Giannis were healthy I think the Bucks win this series in 5 games - their length across the board would give the Suns issues scoring, and I think the Suns' backcourt could be taken advantage of when the Bucks were on offense over the course of a series instead of random regular season games. With him not 100% and frankly questionable at this point as to what impact he can provide, I think the Suns would be slightly favored and take it in 6 or 7 games. If Giannis can make an impact, I like the Bucks.

LeBron is easily one of the 5 best basketball players in the history of the sport. As with many other people who are savants at a particular activity/skill/topic, once they are seen in a setting where their best skillset doesn't benefit them, it becomes very apparent that they are far from experts in everything.

People forget when Hader was a multi inning fireman, the Brewers had prime Knebel and other relievers with closer experience in the bullpen ( Soria, etc) that could take the 9th inning. Who in the current pen becomes the 9th inning guy if Hader is taken out of that role? Williams maybe, but I prefer him in his current role as a setup guy. He's in the best role for this team as the closer, with the occasional option to get more than 3 outs and being able to pitch in more ballgames - especially with the extra inning rule changes that makes a hold through the 9th inning very impactful.

At the time then, $6m was the equivalent of at least a $30m lump sum payment now. The Mets opted to kick the financial can down the road using anticipated excess funds from can't miss investment returns over time instead of a onetime lump payment that likely would have hampered their day to day ops negatively. Not a good decision, but even worse once they realized the investment returns they were promised were a farce.

Didn't it have something to do with the can't miss returns Madoff promised?

Had they known that Ashby would be as inconsistent as he's looked, I imagine they wouldn't have made the decision they did. This is kind of the ultimate "benefit of hindsight" strawman argument. If you look at Ashby's minor league numbers related to walk rate, inconsistency is kind of obvious with him at this point in his development

While this probably becomes true, you just don’t know until they get their opportunities. Those guys you named had to be developed and given opportunities to show their stuff just like this next wave or arms. Yeah, all three of Barnes, Woodruff, and Peralta were viewed as highly available to trade by the Brewers 1-3 seasons ago by many on this board. Ashby has the same type of arm, stuff, and familial pedigree that could make him a very good mlb pitcher no matter what his first start or even first couple seasons look like.

I sorta get the idea of keeping starters well rested and giving Ashby a shot at getting some innings for a bullpen game....but not against your main division rival and definitely not starting that game. Why can't they have started a different long reliever and then brought Ashby in midgame, instead of basically turning the game into a forfeit before the Brewers got up to bat?

If Young isn't lightning quick because of a bum ankle, he's no good and the Bucks walk to the Finals.. Sure he can gut it out and play, but it would be the equivalent of a hockey player not playing with a stick and trying to score a goal. Ankles to undersized NBA guards are like hands to a hitter....if they aren't 100 percent abilities are severely diminished.

Sometimes the best value a team can get out of a young, stud reliever during a period of time you hope to compete is to simply let him pitch for you until his free agent year, then see if you are in it at all come July 1 of that season before deciding whether to deal him for prospects at the deadline. Hader has proven to be more valuable to the Brewers than just about any theoretical trade return they could have gotten for him the past few offseasons, and I'm glad they've held onto him. The one mistake I hope the Brewers don't make is giving Hader a huge extension before he hits free agency. If they lose him to a team offering the moon, so be it. If some team offers the moon in terms of trade value in the 2023 offseason with one year left of team control, I'd be ok with a trade because its unlikely they can or should give him a market value longterm extension.

You were probably at a higher risk of dying in the daily 40 miles of car rides to/from school with your carpool partner all through 2019 than from covid 2020-2021, vaccinated or not. You're fully vaccinated, so don't worry about it - i'm sure she isn't. Also, ask yourself if you are just as worried sharing an indoor space for an entire school day with many more people who aren't vaccinated...or a grocery store...or anything else you do indoors. After that, stop worrying about who is and isn't jabbed yet. For what its worth, both of my fully vaccinated parents have now had covid since they were arbitrarily deemed vaccinated - one was totally asymptomatic while the other had mild symptoms similar to an annoying sniffle. Anecdotal yes, but neither would have ever known they had covid if it weren't for contact tracing requests for them to get tested.

Nba refereeing plus all the replays is just clown college in these games...

This game is the end result of Durant having to play all 48 minutes in game 5 two nights ago to get them a W, too...he was really good tonight, but not great. Game 7 will come down to whether the Bucks make enough 3s to offset the difference in free throws based on how games are officiated in Brooklyn compared to Milwaukee. Also, the offense should continue to run through the post, because the Nets have no good answers down there.

The problem for the bucks in the playoffs the past few years has consistently been the fact they don't have a guy on the roster capable of going off offensively when opposing defenses make life difficult for Giannis and Middleton. Jrue gets his, but he's not a streaky scorer and that isn't his role. Losing Divincenzo really hurts them in that regard this postseason. Hes not the ideal volume perimeter scorer, but nobody else on this roster is a better option in that role right now. They just don't have enough perimeter creators on the roster who can hurt a defense off the dribble. Doesn't help that the bucks can't play good pick and roll or pop offense because that isn't Giannis' game at all offensively.

Most spray-on sunscreen is actually a little tacky once it's applied onto skin - it's not necessarily the sunscreen compounds themselves but the aerosol additives that attempt to make spray on sunscreens water resistant that gives the effect. adding in powdered rosin to that application winds up making fingers feel like they have sandpaper coating them.

Glasnow's just venting frustration that he injured his elbow and he's looking for a cause aside from his own physical anatomy. Even if there's a shred of validity to it, the solution to no longer having excessive ability to grip and spin the baseball with goop shouldn't be to strangle it with a tighter grip that puts unnecessary strain on your forearm - a pitcher should make the adjustment by sacrificing a fraction of effort/velo in order to keep the same feel/command. If your stuff isn't quite as sharp because of it, well you never should have been that dominant in the first place but you're still going to be pretty good and you're not pitching in a way that is more likely to cause injury. I actually don't mind the midseason change - to me it really helps show just how pervasive this problem has become in the sport, and it's very obvious what it's done to tilt the scales in favor of pitchers.

So was there any specific question Murphy was answering with the Rodgers is complicated quote, or is context just being rammed down his throat assuming he is referring to him being difficult to deal with from a front office standpoint? All indications are that Arod never had a bad word to say about TT through it all, and Murphy was referring to how TT viewed Rodgers....can't being complicated simply refer to the fact he has alot more interests than football and has a different perspective than most NFL players? Like maybe hosting jeopardy, golfing, dating movie stars, taking interest in many off the field causes? I mean, Rodgers whole persona comes off as actively trying to be complicated...IMO Murphy is just doing for the Packers what owners do for all the other teams - awkwardly putting his foot in his mouth but trying to provide cover for team management during a contract dispute. Both sides come off looking foolish, bht I doubt what Murphy says or doesn't say has any impact to how this situation ultimately shakes out.

Does that position player ever stop to think that 95 would probably be 90-92 without pitchers having the benefit of being able to unnaturally grip the baseball if they wanted to be able to consistently throw strikes? That combo allows for pitchers to throw with max effort because their command is dramatically more consistent with the added substances - but now to control those type of breaking pitches and even fastballs overall pitch velo will decrease, giving hitters a better chance to hit the baseball. I think the safety concern with not having spidertac or pine tar available for pitchers to glob on their gloves is overblown, particularly now that we currently don't have games being played outdoors where it's 35 degrees. I do think an exception could be made to add a pine tar rag for pitcher use on the mound if game conditions (cold temps or rainy conditions) warrant. Guessing the initial result will be an uptick in walks until pitchers fully make the adjustment of using the rosin bag only to grip a baseball and sacrifice velocity to get back to locating their pitches instead of being able to just throw everything through a wall with no sacrifice on control.

With a healthy Kyrie and Durant (even with Harden out), Milwaukee was best suited to slow the game pace down and try to grind out wins against the Nets. With Kyrie out leaving Durant and a gimpy Harden, I think the Bucks need to get into a track meet type of game to test how much Harden can go - I can see him making it through a game and having an impact offensively playing iso ball in a low possession game, but if he's having to run up and down the court there's no way Harden's good for heavy minutes in Game 5. Durant may go off for 40 in high possession game, but the Bucks are better suited for that type of pace with Kyrie out and should be able to outscore Brooklyn right now.

Any team trading for Rodgers would also want to cut him a new deal instantly as part of the trade to improve what it does to their cap situation - I don't think a new contract would be a hangup for either Rodgers or the team trading for him, as they would both have no problem with a windfall upfront signing bonus with a new 4-5 year deal that won't have the first two years of the contract taking up roughly $40M in cap space.

From a trade value standpoint all the above is true, but then again how many 37-38 year old QBs were traded right after they won MVP? As for Rodgers' trade value right now vs 1 year from now, I'd actually argue it will be higher in 1 season because more teams could plausibly set themselves up to swing that kind of trade, both from a draft pick/player compensation standpoint and from a salary cap standpoint. Right now there's maybe two teams (Broncos, Raiders) that come up frequently when speculating trade partners this offseason - but with all the young QBs that will be making starts in 2021, there's a good chance a few flame out or at least fall on their faces, and then GMs are going to be scrambling to try and get a quality veteran QB in the fold to try and 'win now'. I'm thinking additional teams like the 49ers, Giants, Eagles, Dolphins, Redskins. Plus, you'll also have a few teams who may be looking to replace their own veteran QB's next offseason due to retirement or discontent if their season goes poorly (Seahawks, Steelers, Texans, Titans, Falcons). That winds up being roughly a third of the league possibly in the market for a 38 yr old but still great quarterback instead of a couple - that along would drive up trade value even after Rodgers got a year older and sat out a full season with teams knowing he isn't going to play for Green Bay in 2022. The one thing really working against a 2022 trade value would be the salary cap hit his current contract would remain on the Packers, who will already be hardpressed to resign some key players (Alexander, Adams, etc) in the next year without Rodgers counting almost $40M against the 2022 cap and not playing.

Stating you skipped involuntary workouts to be with your 8 month old daughter for a couple days sounds better than saying he skipped out because he didn't feel like flying to green bay when he didn't have to, I guess. Beside the point I'm trying to make because Adams was in town practicing when he was required to be despite being on the last year of a contract he's underpaid playing within.

It is truly amazing how much he keeps opening his mouth and commenting on the whole Rodgers thing. I don’t know what his goal is, heck, he probably doesn’t even know. Well, he's right and he's been around the Packers pretty much throughout Rodgers' days as starter for the Packers so he probably knows him better than most anyone else in that front office....and he is the team president so I have no problem with him commenting on the current situation with Rodgers.

As in Davante Adams? The guy that lost thousands not showing up to OTAs? Pretty sure, just like Rodgers, Adam’s had $500k+ bonus he gave up to skip. Maybe that’s being misinterpreted, but everyone said Rodgers lost $500k and everything I read said Adam’s had the same bonus in his contract. There are tons of star players across the league who skipped those voluntary workouts - it was a coordinated effort as part of players union cba negotiations. Specifically to Adams, he showed up for the mandatory minicamp to avoid any fines, and the 500k workout bonus he gave up will more than be made up for within his next contract. Honestly if there's any player who currently should be sitting out demanding a new deal on this roster it's probably Adams.

I say, let other teams reach - and we scoop up the value that fall to us. I say, once you get into round 3 there's no such thing as a reach in the NFL draft unless teams are picking players who were projected UDFAs in round 3-4. Round 3 is typically the point where teams' draft boards are all widely different because of both who's already been picked and what positional needs each team values the most in terms of filling remaining roster holes. So to look at where collective predraft mocks had players positioned in the mid-late rounds of where they are going in reality just doesn't carry much value, IMO. That's more using hypothetical mock draft ratings as ammo to either state a GM is smarter than everyone or terrible at ID-ing personnel depending on individual opinions of them, when the reality is whether most of those mid-round picks become good NFL players or flame out of the league before they get started depends entirely on those players individually and luck with injuries/system fits through any coaching changes early in their careers. Pointed out a bit earlier, but after the Packers' round 3 pick in 2020 they had to wait 81 more choices until their next draft pick - if they valued Deguara but also didn't want to blow through more draft capital by trying to work a trade back into round 4 to try and grab him, why not just use that round 3 pick as they did and then see how round 4 unfolds to sort out if there are other players they covet falling to a point where they could jump in via trade and take them?