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If the decision is between Taylor and Schanuel it is an easy decision and that is Taylor. Taylor plays at a premium defensive position and is a really good offensive player. He made an adjustment this season to try and hit more home runs it didn't go so well earlier in the season for him but as the season went on he made adjustments. The same type of adjustments he would have to make in the minors. Teams are going to see that and put a higher value on him over Schanuel. I like Schanuel but Taylor is the better prospect in the draft. There are questions of Schanuel's power and he may have to make the same adjustments that Taylor has made to be more of a power threat. Taylor has already proven he can make those changes Schanuel has not.

Majority of recycling just goes to the same place your trash goes to. Paper though does get recycled at a higher rate than other things.

Student loans are not going to be as big of an issue as some think it will be. The ones that were going to default on their loans were going to default on their loans anyways. Resuming the payments doesn't change that. The financial institutions that service these loans will be hit hard but after a quarter everything will go back to normal. Now if you say the combination of inflation still being high, unemployment/participation rate and student loan repayment coming back then yes all of those things combined are a cause for concern. Individually other than inflation, these are just blips in the economy. Inflation is still the number one concern with everything else well below.

The Cardinals are currently 11.5 games back for a wild card spot and 9.5 games back for the NL Central. The Cardinals would need to go 21-6 from here on out to just get above .500 by the end of July. Is that possible? Sure but it is not likely to happen that would be a 1-100 chance of that happening. Basically the Giants, Phillies, Brewers and Reds would have to play close to a 72 win pace all while the Cardinals play at a 120 win pace. The Cardinals have dug a hole and they are not getting out of it. They have only one month of winning baseball and that was in May at 15-13 and currently sit at 8-15 for the month of June. If they lose tomorrow against the Yankees that puts them at 8-16 and even a win puts them at 9-15. While the Brewers are 14-12 so far with a game against the Pirates. The worst the Brewers have done so far is in the month of May at 11-16. The Brewers would have to play absolutely horrible in the month of July for the Cardinals to even have a chance at coming back and being competitive in the division. While the Brewers schedule in July looks to be rather brutal they would have to go 8-18 in their next 26 games and the Reds would have to go 7-20 which would be near impossible as the Brewers and Reds play each other 9 times. Lets say it goes 5-4 that means 5 or 4 wins would be the majority of their victories for their last set of games. The math just doesn't work for the Cardinals to become a threat in the NL Central and it makes even less sense for a wild card spot. The one team that the Cardinals could jump in the NL Central would be the Cubs as they play them 8 times. The only easy part of the Cardinals schedule is against the Cubs (8), Nationals (3) and the White Sox (3). The Cardinals would need to sweep the 6 games against the Nationals and White Sox while losing no more than 2 against the Cubs. So the Cardinals would have to go 12-2 against the Cubs, White Sox and Nationals. Then picking up 9 wins against the Yankees (3), Marlins (6) and dbacks (3). Which means they have to sweep at least one of those series and wouldn't and could only lose 3 games total to go 9-3 in those games. Again this is just not probable and no the Cardinals are not going to be trading players from their farm system for a team that is currently 14 games under .500.

Still waiting on that Cardinals run they were supposed to go on………. Wainwright looks like he should have retired and probably should retire by the all star break. The Cardinals like I have said previously are the 2013 Brewers all offense and no pitching.

Sexton's name keeps on popping up in connection with the Bucks. The only problem is that the Jazz haven't really made him available. I think the Bucks would want to put a package that would include two of Connaughton, Allen or Carter but I am not sure that would be enough for the Jazz.

I think Peralta would be someone the Rays would like more than Burnes as there are more years of control in Peralta's favor. If the Rays give up some of their premium prospects I think they will want someone with more than 1.5 years of control so I don't believe Burnes would be a target.

If the Brewers go Schanuel at 18 it is because they believe they can get him under slot. Which means they may have something like an extra $500k to spend later.

Picking in the 2nd round of the NBA and even the later part of the 1st round is like picking in the 6th and 7th round in the NFL sometimes you find a nice bench piece and the majority of the time you find absolutely nothing.

People still believe the Cardinals are a threat to win the division? The Cardinals have shown nothing that they are a threat to win the division let alone becoming a .500 win team.

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I believe Brunson and Barrett are redundant as they fill the same need at guard. But I agree I don't see the Knicks doing this trade. The Bucks would have to do a sing and trade with either Lopez or Middleton. I don't believe the Pacers would have any interest in Lopez and to a lesser extent Middleton. Chris Paul just went to the Warriors for Poole, 2030 1st round protected top 20 pick and 2027 2nd round pick. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37899665/sources-wizards-send-chris-paul-warriors-jordan-poole

Mr. Rodgers, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. One of the greatest movie quotes ever!

I agree with Portis and Beauchamp but I don't want to see Connaughton back at all or Allen either. They would need to do a sign and trade with Middleton to do this. Maybe a Brunson for Middleton, but I am not sure the Knicks would do that.

Celtics trade Smart to the Grizzlies: https://www.spotrac.com/news/kristaps-porzingis-marcus-smart-traded-in-three-team-deal-1928/ Celtics Acquire Kristaps Porzingis, #25 pick in 2023 Draft, future Golden State Warriors first-round pick Grizzlies Acquire Marcus Smart Wizards Acquire Danilo Gallinari, Tyus Jones, Mike Muscala, #35 pick in 2023 Draft I wonder if a sign and trade is in the works for Middleton now? Would have to take back a salary in the deal but a pick would be nice also.

Angelos has been on record saying that he won't raise payroll unless more people start coming back. I doubt the Orioles ever get back to a $120m+ payroll. https://www.camdenchat.com/2023/1/21/23564904/baltimore-orioles-news-mlb-trade-rumors-mike-elias-john-angelos-2023

There was an article I read about people missing money and one was for recommendations for jobs. So even if I don’t know someone I will recommend them. I will put anyone in the system as a recommendation. The only people I can’t recommend are people connected with a government so I can’t recommend Hunter or one of Trump’s kids or close family members cousins, uncles, brothers, etc….. Random people I meet perfectly fine.

Their owner has recently commented that they see themselves more like the Brewers and the Rays. I doubt they will be spending all that much.

The Cardinals are 4-11 in the month of June. They have 9 games remaining this month and have to go 8-1 just to be .500 for the month of June. They have 3 @ Nationals, 2 vs Cubs in London, 3 vs Astros and 1 vs Yankees. Will the Cardinals be able to go 8-1 versus those teams? Maybe they get 5 wins versus the Cubs and Nationals but that means they can only lose one of the final 4 against the Astros and Yankees. That is asking a lot. In comparison the Brewers already have double the wins the Cardinals have in June. The Reds have a recent winning streak that is double the Cardinals win total in June. Are the Cardinals out of it? No they are not out of it yet but if they don't start winning and soon they will be out of it. For the Cardinals to catch the Reds, Brewers and Pirates they would have to hope for those teams to lose the rest of their games. The Brewers have 11 games left in June, Reds 10, and Pirates 11. So far the Brewers are 8-8 in the month of June. If they continue to play like they have they probably finish 5-6 or 4-7 in their final 11 games in June. The Reds if they continue playing how they have been playing probably go 7-3 or 6-4. Then you have the Pirates who are not really playing all that well either lets say they match the Brewers at 5-6 or 4-7. If we take the worst for each that is 6-4, 4-7 and 4-7. The Reds would be up by about 2 games at the end of June. If the Cardinals go 8-1 they only pick up two games and are still 8 games back. They are currently 10 games back as of today (6/18). Going into July the Cardinals would have to go 22-4 or something like that to be back in the race for the NL Central. I just don't see this as probable for the Cardinals.

I will have to find the article again but Adams wasn't going to sign with the Packers and he let the Packers know this early in the off season. It was all about Rodgers not wanting to commit to more than one year that Adams didn't want to stick around. So Rodgers had to commit to more than one year and he never did that last off season. So it was far before this that the Packers had their answer on Adams and they knew he was gone when the Broncos trade was nixed.

Somewhat official now: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bradley-beal-trade-suns-land-wizards-star-as-chris-paul-heads-to-washington-in-blockbuster/ Suns receive Bradley Beal Wizards receive Chris Paul Landry Shamet Multiple second-round picks Multiple pick swaps

Beal to the Suns according to Woj…..

The Packers knew Adams wasn't coming back before this.

The Bucks don't have the assets to get Beal and the Suns and Heat are already the top contenders for Beal. Dame is also not a possibility as he wants to go to the east coast if he is traded so that means the Knicks, 76ers, Celtics or Heat. I think the Bucks will trade two of Connaughton, Allen and Portis.

The O's since trading Machado and Schoop away have been extremely cheap. They didn't spend at all this past off season. I don't see them adding much if any salary this deadline and if they do add it will be someone like Peralta. They will be seeking players who don't have rather large salaries so that excludes Burnes. Yuck on DL Hall. At best he looks to be a reliever and probably just a AAAA one at that. Hall has about a 6 ERA in MLB and it is about the same in AAA. He is not a good prospect and would be someone I would want to stay far far far far far far away from. The Orioles won't trade Rodriguez for Burnes so that is out of the question. At best you may be able to get Holliday but then that is all you are getting from the Orioles. If you want Westburg then you need to subtract out Mayo in a Peralta deal as they are about the same value wise and in your offer you have about $60m in value going to the Brewers and only about $50m in value going to the Orioles. If you want Hall or Mayo you would have to drop Povich. Again I would stay clear of Hall as he is not a good pitcher.