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If the Packers lose Jones I think that is going to be a bigger loss than some may think. Yes he was injured for the majority of the year but I believe he was one of the key factors on their run through the playoffs. Jones is a special RB who unfortunately has been injured. When he is healthy he brings a dynamic to the Packers offense that no one on the Packers current depth chart at RB brings. If there is no restructure and Jones is gone that is going to be a huge loss for the Packers for the '24-'25 season. This draft is extremely weak at play making RB's. I really like Isaiah Davis out of South Dakota State who is probably a round 3 or 4 pick in this draft. I like Davis over Braelon Allen as Davis has better quickness. Henderson is another RB I like but there are questions about his health. Henderson is also a very poor pass blocker but he can catch the ball and do other things extremely well. If you have a need for RB the '24 draft is not a good draft. You have a bunch of day 2 RB's in the 1-10 range.

You will definitely need a Prime account plus the subscription to the games. That is how it works for all of the other premium channels on Prime. Future wise I wouldn’t expect baseball at least locally to be on cable at least not in your cable package. The way cable companies are starting to operate it will be a separate subscription at best. The way MLB is moving they are looking at the streaming providers as that is what younger people tend to use. MLB doesn’t care about the dying generations who only watch on cable. You are not their future and they won’t be catering to you going forward. This is the grim reality and truth.

Again the offense goes absolutely silent for a long stretch. This is going to kill this team’s chances in the tournament. Absolutely ridiculous that this offense goes so cold at times.

I didn’t mean Bobby and Marjon for Murray was just saying in general it feels like those two will be traded for someone.

Probably but I wouldn't be surprised if Beauchamp and Portis are traded. Though I would prefer to see Connaughton traded.

Bucks interested in Murray. Would have to trade Portis plus to get Murray.

That is way too much for a reliever especially one who is best when they are only used for an inning max. I know Hader has said he would be open to pitching more after signing his deal but even at 2 innings that is a lot of money to be paying someone to only pitch 1 or 2 innings max.

I like some of these trades but I don't think the Brewers will make any at least not now. Maybe they trade some of their bullpen pieces during the deadline if they are out of it. The Brewers will be a very popular team during the deadline if they are out of it. There are a lot of pieces available to be traded assuming the Brewers don't trade Burnes/Adames before the season and it doesn't look like they will be.

MLB is trying to get their luxury cap similar to the NBA but are unwilling to share more revenue with the players or put in a salary floor. I am not sure why the owners want to keep on protecting the Orioles, Pirates, Reds, Guardians and Rays so much. The Orioles specifically are still well under $100mm payroll. The Brewers will be somewhere around $100-120mm in opening day payroll while the Orioles and Rays will be around $85mm and the A's right now are under $50mm. The gap between the smallest market in MLB and the lowest payroll team could be upwards of $70mm. How is that even competitive? Your lowest team is not even spending to be somewhat competitive in the league at all. There needs to be a minimum in MLB without it even with a cap on spending it won't make the league more competitive when you have a team like the A's who are just there. A $100mm floor shouldn't be a hard barrier to overcome and it can be done by all teams.

I didn't look up his stats and was just going off memory of the last time I saw him pitch and came away unimpressed. Stats wise you are right he is closer to a #2 at worst.

For the Orioles I think a starting point for them in a Burnes trade would be Norby/Povich/McDermott as one of the headliners and then two of Wagner, Rhodes, Haskin or Fabian. Which the Brewers would turn down before they even finished saying Norby. If the Orioles became desperate then maybe you could get Ortiz from them and then add McDermott to the list of two of. They have Mayo as untouchable.

I don't think it is a mess for the White Sox. They need to add a lot of talent to their minor leagues. They have Cease who is a good #3 or #4 type pitcher with a reasonable amount of control and cost. They should be getting a lot back for Cease. Baltimore is the best fit for the White Sox but unfortunately for them that means they will have to take a lower deal than they would be comfortable with. I have heard none of the Orioles top 5 prospects are available in a trade. One person familiar with the White Sox has said they got absolutely no where with the Orioles and a deal died before even exchanging names for Cease. The White Sox also had a discussion with the Braves and that went no where. They also said another team talked with the White Sox but that is as far as it got for Cease. Teams were also told no on Robert and he is not available. He also said the Brewers checked in on the White Sox to see if they would deal Jimenez and that didn't go anywhere either. The White Sox will not give their players away and have high costs for Jimenez and Cease. They didn't say how high but they don't believe Cease or Jimenez will get moved. They put the chances at 10% that either gets moved and less so for Cease than Jimenez. Take this with a fine grain of salt. I have known this person for a long time now and they have been right about other White Sox moves in the past but some of these may just be rumors and they were just repeating what they have heard. Though the Cease stuff they are very confident in.

It is neutral because the Brewers also have the same high asking price for Burnes. I posted an article from the Athletic previously about a Burnes trade to the Red Sox that went absolutely no where.

This would probably get more traction in the minor league forum where I think this should have gone? @Brock Beauchamp

Yes and we have an abundance of oil in the US also but we see how well that has worked out. This is what a lithium mining operation looks like: Lithium mining is going to be like oil refineries NOT IN MY BACKYARD! So we can find all the lithium we want but there is no way the EPA will allow for anything like the above in the US. We will be dependent on other countries for this mostly from South America and Asia. So the cost for lithium will more than likely rise than it will go down. Also mining for lithium uses up 500,000 gallons or 1.9 million liters of water per metric ton of lithium. I think that is more than what it takes to mine for gold.

I still don’t believe a coaching change will do all that much. The team needs some more youth at C, SF and SG. Probably won’t see it as the team doesn’t have any draft picks to make these changes. Also the Bucks aren’t trading any of their key veterans to get these players either.

Quero comes in at #3 in the top 10 for catching prospects. https://www.mlb.com/news/top-catching-prospects-for-2024?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share

Unless I missed an announcement in that article it also states Gord Ash is retiring, when was this announced? Or am I just getting old and forgot about this?

Thank you captain obvious.

Anything that would impact FA would be a concern for the players union. The luxury tax is not something the players union likes. In the last round the players union wanted assurance there would be a minimum to go a long with a more restrictive tax. I believe the top cap would have been more like the NBA and the players union wanted there to be a minimum which the league rejected. Having a smaller or more restrictive top doesn't really do anything competitively when there is no floor cap.

I don't think the players union and the large market teams will agree to any changes unless there is a salary floor that increases with the cap. Even making a slight change to the rules on the accounting side will need some other changes like this. The owners as a whole weren't all that keen on adding a salary floor in the last CBA. I don't believe the owners will make any changes to the luxury tax rules because they are unwilling to do anything about the floor. I still believe a $100mm floor is perfectly achievable by all of the small market teams. There shouldn't be a single team under $100mm in MLB. If a team can't afford that as a minimum then it is time to remove them from MLB and become a AAA or AA team.

Lower emissions of fully ICE cars. They are also lower in cost you can get more people to buy thus lowering emissions more. If you can move 30% of vehicles on the road now to hybrids it will have a higher net positive than the current 1-5% of EV’s.

The rebate for EV's should be going to hybrids only with no rebate or government subsidy for EV's. Actually there should be no government subsidy for anything. But if you want to help the environment then giving the subsidy to hybrids should have been the go to option and not EV's. This would have made hybrids more affordable to lower income drivers. Lower income individuals tend to have older cars with worse emissions. Higher income individuals tend to have newer cars with better emissions. The government once again got it backwards not surprising as our politicians sure love to stick it to the middle and lower class.

Can never go wrong with a generac. That is all I know.

MLB Pipeline has Misio ranked 5th in their top 10 RHP prospects. https://www.mlb.com/news/top-right-handed-pitching-prospects-for-2024?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share