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Feels like a Chacin signing with the slider and sinker combo. Though I think Chacin was slider and fastball but I could be remembering incorrectly about that.

Expensive but the Innings festival and the extra innings festival are fun. I think Yount was there last year. https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/07/innings-festival-2024-lineup/71487727007/#:~:text=Innings Festival 2024 returns with,performance by Jimmy Eat World. I like the Dbacks park the best.

I don't think this works but. Brewers get: Bryan Woo and River Ryan Mariners get: Gavin Lux Dodgers get: Devin Williams and Willy Adames Probably need something else going to the Mariners.

The thing with Belichick is that he will take your team backwards. It is like hiring Tony LaRussa in baseball. Forget any kind of analytics at all for your team as he won’t even listen to them if he will even allow them in the coaching room at all. Also your coaching staff will be a lot smaller as Belichick will only bring in guys he trusts which is a small handful of guys. If they suck they suck he won’t hire anyone else outside of that small circle. Belichick may still be a great defensive game planner but that is all you are getting from him. If you want your team to be more analytical or bringing in more coaches to up skill your other players then Belichick is not who you want. Dallas and Philadelphia are not places where Belichick would thrive. It would be one season max and I doubt he makes it a full season at either of those teams before he is fired. The Colts are probably the team that would hire him and probably give him the GM role also.

Probably the only league he will coach in again.

Apparently no one wanted Belichick as a HC. Maybe he can become the greatest HC in another league now. Unless someone gets super desperate next year Belichick is done and thank goodness.

Not sure why some want Clevinger. He is just a guy and would probably be just average to below average as a #3 or #4 type starter. He had an xFIP of 5.15 last year. That is not someone I would want the Brewers to spend money on in FA. The Brewers already have Clevinger signed and his name is Wade Miley. Just say not Clevinger like the DARE program taught us!

I would rather just sign Trevor Bauer for a 1 or 2 year deal.

I think the Brewers would prefer Cabrera over Rogers. I don't believe the Brewers would have any interest in Groshans or Zubia. Would need to replace them with something else that I don't think the Marlins have.

Doug is that you?

Yes Wilken to 1B or a corner OF spot if Wiemer or Mitchell don't pan out.

Now that Burnes is going to the Orioles lets trade Peralta to the Twins. I would do this trade in a heartbeat but not sure the Twins would agree to it. Brewers get: Lee (3B), Soto (SP) and Festa (SP) Twins get: Peralta This would give the Twins a starting pitcher they need after losing Gray in FA. A big plus is that Peralta is not all that expensive. The Brewers get a MLB ready 3B. Lee could probably start right now for the Brewers and probably put up close to AS level production at 3B. Soto is a the long term project and then Festa would be a really good add. I came away impressed seeing him pitch a few times in the minors. He looked to do better in AAA than he was doing in AA. He has developed some really good command recently and he has a nice slider. He has also bumped up his velocity on his FB going from low 90's in college to now throwing consistently in the mid 90's and topping out around 97MPH when I saw him pitch. I think a trade like this would really help both the Brewers and Twins. A lot of the help for the Brewers would come in '25. Festa could be a nice pitching prospect to put between Misio and Gasser. Festa probably tops out around a #2 or #3 pitcher but he could be an ace if everything goes correctly. In '25 you could have an IF of Turang (SS), Lee 3B, Black 2B and Ortiz Util. That only leaves 1B as a spot to upgrade at in the IF. Defensively Turang at SS should be good while Lee and Black provide at least above average offense at their respective positions.

Probably not enough years.

I just don’t like the players coming back. Value wise it is correct. I just don’t like Hall or Ortiz.

But I was told countless number of times that Burnes would cost at least one top 30 plus more!

You do know that MA was the one who reached out to Hoskins agent to get the deal done right? Right?

Horrible deal. I am not a big fan of Hall and Ortiz is just meh.

I have an old PC that I wasn't using and I have turned that into a media server. About 1,000 songs and about 150 movies all on my media server. Netflix, Amazon and other services are not needed. The only thing I actually need is electricity for the server to run. Also extremely easy to watch a movie by just selecting which movie I want to watch. If anyone is interested this is what I am using: Streaming: https://jellyfin.org/ You could also use Plex which is nice but the premium features are behind a subscription. Server config: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hkMB7R I went a little overboard with the PC but I didn't want to replace some things down the line. I am using windows as the video card I choose (Nvidia) is not that good on linux. If you want to use linux then use AMD as AMD has better driver support for linux IMHO.

Yes was more referring to digital movies. If you create your own media server you can put all of your movies on a hard drive and watch them. Good thing right now is that physical hard drives are extremely cheap and even SSD's are extremely cheap. So you could easily build a media server with an old PC. All your movies and music in one place and no changing discs or tapes if you still have those.

He is someone that I have heard mocked to the Bears in the 3rd round if he lasts that long. I think he goes in the mid to late 2nd round. If he has a good combine he could jump up to a late 1st or early 2nd round pick.

That is because you didn't have access to porn 24/7. You would think the opposite would be the outcome but as the great dinosaur park naysayer said "Change Is Like Death. You Don’t Know What It Looks Like Until You’re Standing At The Gates."

I don't think you can access the cloud with the boxes. Though you could possibly do that with your TV via a USB. You may be able to do this through one of the cloud services but you would need to use a web browser I think or if you want to be really adventurous you could use an old PC and make it into a media server. Then you can basically use your TV as a monitor and play your movies off of that.

I probably should have put that in blue.

This team is just an absolute mess right now.