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Your point being?

PBO is the GM and the GM is the PBO. The PBO is used to mainly promote and to deny other teams from interviewing other front office execs. Arnold was already the GM and didn't really get a promotion. The only thing he is taking over is all of Stearns responsibilities.

Position player is the keyword here. You would have to remove pitchers from the equation in 2021.

I think Click was going to reject any offer from the Astros. The relationship between the owner and the front office in Houston is completely broken. After the cheating scandal the owner took full control of the front office and everything that the team did had to go through him first. This included just about everything and anything the front office wanted to do. Stearns is probably someone the owner would be comfortable with giving that control over to.

I am going to assume this means Caratini and Henry will be the catchers with Feliciano getting a look in ST.

The article that is linked doesn't really say all that much other than their names have been floated around which is kind of a duh statement.

My brain read the title as Lauer to Front Office: "Time to purr up or shut up".

Yeah no thanks on Jansen especially if it involves Mitchell or anyone else. Maybe for Ruiz but it would be Ruiz and a lower level prospect. I just don't see Jansen having the value that some think he has. At best going forward I think he is similar to Narvaez. Plus the years of control for Jansen don't justify giving up Mitchell at all. Maybe if Jansen had another year of control sure then that makes sense but he doesn't so I wouldn't pay the premium to get Jansen as it is just not worth it. The only catcher that the Blue Jays have that I would be willing to let Mitchell go for is Kirk.

The problem with Bell is that he is either good in the 1st half of the season and then bad in the 2nd half or bad in the 1st half and then good in the 2nd half.

The FED still has a planned 50 BP scheduled for December. Rumor has it that CPI will show a sharp increase in December’s report and it maybe a financial shocking number. We could see another 75 BP in December instead of the planned 50 BP increase. This will all depend on the December CPI reports. Should be coming out of the recession sometime in 2024 or 2025. This is definitely a FED caused extended recession. The FED missed getting inflation in check by a whole year.

I believe the Orioles think they have a shot at winning the AL East next year. Adding someone like Burnes who has been relatively healthy and still young yet would be someone that they would trade Rodriguez for. The Orioles have something like $90m that they could spend this offseason. Will they do that? I am not sure they will but if they wanted to they will. As recently as 2018 the Orioles had a $148m payroll. The only year where their payroll starts to get expensive is 2024 and some of the players who would be getting expensive probably wont even be on the team anymore and it only comes up to about $102m. If the past Orioles payroll is any indication then the Orioles have about $40-60m left. I think the Orioles are going to be extremely aggressive this off season spending and trading for players. The Orioles definitely need starting pitching which in trades gets really expensive to acquire. They are either going to have to trade Rodriguez and Holliday for someone like Burnes or trade Westburg, Hall and others for a #2 or #3 pitcher. For a #1 pitcher like Woodruff you are looking at Holliday plus others. I believe the Orioles are looking for that ace pitcher that they can matchup with Cole. In free agency the only two options are DeGrom and Rodon. I don't think either will sign with the Orioles so that leaves them with a bunch of one or two year contract players. I don't see Verlander leaving the Astros so that leaves the Orioles with Syndergaard and Manaea as the other options. I don't believe the Orioles will get a FA starter and will instead trade for someone like Burnes or Woodruff. Burnes will cost a lot more so maybe Woodruff is the more likely option for them. I think Holliday is someone the Orioles could see as expendable for someone like Woodruff. I don't think there is a deal for Burnes without Rodriguez in it at least on the Brewers side. If the Brewers really like Holliday then sure something like Holliday, Westburg, Hall and a throw in could work but I really do not like Hall at all.

I think he may become a good rotational piece and the Bucks desperately need someone at SG.

Beauchamp with a good game tonight.

Quero, Uribe and Warren make it to the All Star roster. https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league/fall-stars-game/national-league-roster?adobe_mc=TS%3D1667585317|MCMID%3D17426725515882183655597566382457388986|MCORGID%3DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44@AdobeOrg&rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation&partnerId=mlbapp-ios_referral

I wouldn't be against that but I think the Braves would want to trade d'Arnaud as he has the higher salary.

I wouldn't be against that but I think the Braves would want to trade d'Arnaud as he has the higher salary.

It is easier to get to the Wisconsin Center plus there is more to do around that area along with it being bigger, indoors and built specifically for events like this. I believe the Brewers prefer having at the Wisconsin Center as it is easier to funnel people in and out of the event. Also you don't have to worry about weather. AmFam on the inside is a horrible design and doesn't give you all that much room to do something like this. I believe one of the reasons they want to renovate and improve some of the parking areas is for something like the On Deck event.

I am guessing it is cost that is the reason they are canceling it. Usually it is held at the Wisconsin Center but that should be on their calendar already if there were going to be one by now. I am fairly confident there won't be one again.

Super 2 status set at 2.128 Years for 2022. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/super-two-status-set-at-2-128-years-of-service.html

Simmons is just all around bad. He may give you some points on defense but offensively he takes all of that away. It has only been 6 games but his box plus/minus is currently sitting at -3.8.

Just wait for 2 more years it is going to be worse then.

Steve Nash has left the Brooklyn Nets. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/brooklyn-nets-and-steve-nash-mutually-agree-to-part-ways/

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That is a confusing answer. You can play 1 cornerback or both cornerbacks in man and then everyone else in zone it has been done plenty of times. Deion Sanders and a few others have done this. When the Cowboys had Sanders he was the only one playing man at times while everyone else was in zone coverage. Sometimes the other cornerbacks were in man coverage and Deion would play zone. Even in cover 2 a lot of the times one or both of your cornerbacks are going to be playing man while others are in a zone defense. Has defense really become this dumbed down that the players can't play multiple techniques in a scheme at the same time? You have to take advantage of the players you have and if you have a cornerback who can shut a WR down by playing man then you better be playing that CB in man defense the majority of the time. If the situation calls for a zone defense run a zone defense but to say this it is just dumb. I wonder if LaFleur knows you can use a spy on a mobile QB. This would then force you to put Alexander on their main WR. You now have two players normally your MLB and your #1 CB taking on the two biggest threats. If you see Allen as one threat to run the ball you put the MLB on him and have your #1 CB on the #1 WR. That essentially takes two options off the table or the QB has to gamble and either take a small gain if the MLB is doing their job correctly or forcing a throw to a tightly covered WR. Your safeties then will have to take away receiving options 2 and 3 on mid-deep balls. It leaves you exposed in the short game but if they are going to dink and dunk all game I think you take that over the explosive plays.

The Yankees were the team I was thinking Stearns will go to. Maybe the Yankees give Cashman one more year to win a WS and then they go with someone new. It has been a long time for Cashman in New York. I just don't see Stearns taking the job away from his friend Eppler on the Mets. It would be a demotion for Eppler if Stearns were to become the POBO of the Mets as Eppler would then become the assistant GM with the GM title.