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  1. bjkrautk
    I thought the entire team was vaccinated on Easter Sunday? Tom @Haudricourt · Apr 5 Asked if team hit 85% level mandated by MLB, Stearns said he won't get into specifics but added there was "a good chunk of our roster vaccinated." He said players were educated and took the matter seriously. Said he is very pleased with initial turnout. Team got one dose J&J. --- No guaranty as to whether everyone on the team got vaccinated, FWIW.
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    ESPN's Rob Demovsky (formerly of the Press-Gazette) says his source claims there was no call. That was in response to another tweet from Bill Michaels, referencing a specific trade package...but call vs. no call, it sounds like a dead story at this point.
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    Apparently, there's a long snapper named "Cheeseman" (not 100% on the spelling, and I'm not going to look it up). Put me down for GB-native Cole Van Lanen in the 7th round over a writer having fun with a name (if that's the LS named in the mock draft, of course).
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    Laughing, because my Mom used to do the same thing, until I asked her to silence the app when I'm watching with the parents. One of my favorite things to do is pause "live" TV sports and try to sync it up to the radio call of the same (mainly Brewers and Badgers). That also means staying away from social media & any online box scores while watching that way. Lamenting that I can't do that right now, since my TiVo died last week....which is how I found out the hard way that Spectrum's app hasn't been available on Roku since December. (Fortunately, I have a Samsung Smart TV, so I can use that app for live TV.) Thinking about switching to TDS, which is a smaller Internet provider in my area that also bundles some version of what I assume is streaming cable (and I know has packages which include Bally Sports & BTN). They just rolled out fiber networking in my neighborhood last year. Anyone have experience with them?
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    Given the Packers' recent history of moving around in the 1st round, I opted for "Someone else." I could see them going for either the DL Barmore from Alabama, or the Center Dickerson from Alabama, or they could drop out of the 1st round and grab one of the undersized WRs that fall to them. My only expectation is they do something I don't expect.
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    The floodgates opened on the base paths, at least!
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    Someone update the injury thread.
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    For all of the negative buzz around Arcia, he was coming off his best offensive year in 2020 (in his age 25 season), and the team is now giving up his projected peak years (the ones where he's potentially good enough to be a major-league regular, rather than a guy the club promoted too early because of a need) to hand the shortstop role over to another 23 year old. That being said, I have high expectations for the two pitchers acquired from the Braves, based on the team's track record in recent years. They did not have a "need" to trade Arcia now, nor to sign him to a contract in the off-season, so the team at least believes they got value out of the move.
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    I think it's more of a case of bird in hand versus bird in bush - Moser's season hasn't ended yet, and they may have felt that Smart was good enough to not risk waiting on Moser, or perhaps Smart said he didn't want to wait and if you wanted him you had to get him now. I think DePaul is going to go all-in on Moser, with the pitch that he doesn't have to move his family. Maybe Marquette felt that was too much risk to wait and then if they didn't get Moser there wouldn't be anyone good left. Moser is going to Oklahoma, according to news reports this afternoon, replacing the retired Lon Kruger.
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    Bo Boroski is calling the Michigan / UCLA game...this will end badly.
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    I look at the Shaka Smart hire as an acknowledgment they weren't going to get Porter Moser. I can see him pitching pace of play with the in-state kids, but the real question is whether he can bring in talent when the Dukes, North Carolinas, and Kentuckys come calling (since we know Coach Gard cannot). Other than that final four run a decade ago, he's won a total of 2 games in the Tournament since. Granted, that's 2 more games than Wojo won...but those wins both came before Wojo was even hired as Marquette's head coach (in 2012 and 2013; Wojo was first hired in 2014).
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    Potter posted a farewell on his twitter account. Can't say I'm surprised; he should be playing professionally (either in the developmental league or in Europe) next season.
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    Didn't see that one coming, but it's not a terrible price for King & allows the Packers to go in another direction in the first round of the draft (WR? LB? OL?).
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    Looking at the box score, Purdue’s 7-4 Center was held scoreless...having seen him as basically unstoppable against the Badgers, that leaves me scratching my head.
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    Illinois over Gonzaga, plus Ohio State & Alabama
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    I remember when the network’s idea of hilarity was to send Bob Brainard out to the bleachers for hi jinx. Hopefully Dillard can outdo that very low bar.
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    Because of the Brewers' history over the past decade, we've seen a number of shortstop prospects rushed to the majors and put up less-than-stellar offensive numbers in their low-to-mid 20s. In the years after trading him, Alcides Escobar's wRC+ improved significantly for his first four years with KC, before falling back down. Jean Segura has posted a 92 or better wRC+ in every year since leaving Milwaukee, despite being brutal in his last two seasons here. Arcia was a mini- bright spot in 2020, as he was closer to mediocre from the plate (96 wRC+). It was the two years before when he couldn't hit (55 in 2018 and 62 in 2019). While I do think the club needs to see what Urias can do when in the lineup on a regular basis, I also can't help but think they might be giving up on Arcia at exactly the wrong time.
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    Nice to see them make the big stop at the end to pick up a win. That first half was the best I've seen them look in 2021; here's hoping finishing one off will give this team some confidence for the Iowa rematch.
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    It's hard to look at how bad this team has shot the ball over the course of the last month and feel much differently. The team is so bad right now, that it's hard to believe they're the same team that faced Loyola and that non-conference schedule earlier this season. ...at least the end of the Illinois game showed signs of life, but it's been tough sledding as a fan.
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    You're terminology is inviting confusion. The salary floor is the lowest amount teams can spend on their roster under the CBA. The Salary cap represents the maximum the team can spend. The League has indicated the cap number will be no lower than $180m (up from the projected $175m being suggested during the 2020 season), but might be higher than that.
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    Guilty as charged. Regarding your spoiler
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    Part of the hometown discount argument is Watt asking to be released from a contract which would have paid him $17M to play in 2021. Without insider knowledge, we do not genuinely know whether Houston was asking Watt to take a pay cut, or whether they would have released him at the start of the new league year. (I am at least open to the argument they would have kept him, or looked to trade him, if only to avoid the negative perception of cutting him, particularly in light of the goodwill J.J. generated in Houston.) As-is, the Texans will not have any dead money from the Watt release. He's not likely to get $17M per-year at this point in his career, especially given his injuries, so asking for his release at least creates the perception he is willing to make less money next year, while looking for a better situation to win now.
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    The question is whether Watt wants to come to Green Bay vs. playing with his brothers in Pittsburgh.
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    Deguara, the TE/FB they drafted last year, is basically this....has anyone heard an update on his injury recovery?
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    Low risk, decent option for that spot starter / bullpen long guy if he has a good camp. Nice story for the Wisconsin guy getting a chance to play in his home state.
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