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Agreed. I overstated it with "I'm guessing that we won't see him much early in the season unless there is a blowout." I think it will be much like Gary's first year. And I could remembering the time poorly on setting the edge. I know there was a number of games when he was poor at it and nearly benched because we were getting run on regularly.
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So, we both list him 4th on the depth chart, but you didn't bury him as deep as I did? 😂 By the way, I don't list Hollins 3rd because I think he is better, but just by how the Packers seem to play them. Hollins plays a few snaps with the preseason starters with LVN. LVN stays in while Engabare replaces Hollins. Then LVN eventually steps out and Engabare remains. I should clarify that I think LVN will get snaps in the rotation. But I see them giving him the Gary treatment where it is limited. But I think LVN will hold the edge as a rookie better than Gary, which I think was his major issue with getting more snaps.
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Production wise, I'd say he is about the same as Gary during his first year. He seems to be in the right place defensively (which Gary struggled with early), good hustle, he just isn't making any splash plays. By judging where he plays in preseason games, he seems to be about 4th in the rotation... Gary, Smith, Hollins, LVN, and Engabare even though Engabare makes more splash plays and similarly has a good grasp of the D, holds the edges, etc... I'm guessing that we won't see him much early in the season unless there is a blowout.
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If you aren't getting laughs with Dad jokes, get better friends! 😂 -
Then pulled pork, ribs, brisket... I often have our church's youth group over (since I have kids that age) for food and hangout. One of the parents and I were talking about the last one. They asked their kids what I made (brisket). They said, "I'm not sure, but since it was the ****'s house, it was something smoked". I have a type...
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Like moderating an internet forum! 😂
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Yeah, I couple times I saw something kind of "meh" from him and had to think... did Rodgers do that last season (i.e. underthrow Watson or throw some contested balls)? And the answer was yes. The key will be how often he does it, but you expect the QB to attempt some splash plays that are semi-risky. His overall play though is very good. His poise, patience, and pocket presence (alliteration unintended) have all been excellent in the pre-season against vanilla defenses. The key will be if it remains that way in the regular season against blitzes and defenses built to stop him.
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I was impressed by Love yesterday. He hasn't seen much pressure this year, but he really was unfazed by it. I absolutely loved the little pump fake that got a blitzer up in the air and then he simply side-stepped and ran past him. BEEE-AAA-utiful. Love has shown enough in pre-season to be at least an average starter at QB. How will he be able to produce against starting defenses that are game-planned against him? How will he be able to adjust the offense, pick-up blitzes and hot reads? How will his accuracy look in tight coverage or throwing WRs open? Those are the things that will determine if he is a decent starting QB or a top-tier QB. I'm looking forward to the season!
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I don't know if the Cowboys will be the best situation for Lance either. Dak is losing favor in Dallas and Lance needs some time to develop. Can MM develop him?
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Forget about the Minneapolis Miracle... Freeman's catch against the Vikings was a true miracle!
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Noting that OPS+ (where he is slightly below average at 94) is a positionless metric. Where WAR considers him playing at 3B (excluding Ohatani and other people that don't play 3B). His current bWAR of 0.8 in 200 PAs would mean he is about a 2.0 bWAR player for the year. Not lights out, but still a tick above average.
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So donuts, obviously! 😂
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I'm a huge grill/smoker guy, but I don't quite get the outdoor griddle thing. What drew you to getting a griddle?
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Well, I think he is up for trade this offseason, so that would be the timeframe. Then Indy would have 2 years of Jones as a return. I would suspect that 1 year of a 30 year-old Jones (and cost) wouldn't be interesting to Indy.
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Just please keep JT from the Bears or Vikings... I think I'd cry to see him in those colors. Probably wouldn't work for Salary cap reasons, but would you trade Jones for JT straight up?
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I'm guessing Toro would be the insurance policy. But I do think it was more than the arbitration number next year. He certainly fell out of favor... whether it was injuries, attitude, or ??
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In regards to the premise of starting your best defender first... I think the point is the loss of flexibility. If Monastario is clearly the better overall player (O and D combined), you want him in there the most. Then you replace him when his offensive contribution is minimized (i.e. late in the game when it is unlikely for him to hit again). If you do the opposite, you are forcing an early switch (i.e. 3rd inning when they come to bat) and lose a player for the rest of the game when you might want to use them for the best situational play.
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Monastario's current season is nearly a cookie cutter of Urias' MLB norms; both in batting and fielding. Urias: .235 .333 .390 .723 98 Monastario: .258 .340 .365 .705 94 94.8% vs 94.6% fielding percentage at 3B and similar D-WAR. Yes, not the best metrics, but I was too lazy to look up the advanced D-metrics. Plus, the eyeball test seems to say the same. Feel free to prove me wrong with your favorite D-metric. 😉 Both turned 26 years old this year (4 days apart even). Given the aforementioned upcoming arbitration and Luis' injury history, it seems smart to me to go with Andruw over Luis.
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Maybe you are in the wrong cults? 😂
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Both Black and Chourio have far too great a chance of starting next year at AAA for them to be added to the 40-man roster now. When they force the club's hand at playing they will be added, but not before. Less of a problem for people that probably aren't longer term prospects - Huira or Dorrian
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Superficially, Contreras has still been very good since the start of July--better than earlier in the season, in fact. He's hitting .324/.389/.500 over that span. Some of that production has merely been a matter of picking on bad pitchers in blowouts, though. In reality, he's making less frequent high-quality contact, and in addition to his expected statistics being much less pretty than his actual ones, he's running a negative Win Probability Added during this month and a half. A functional playoff-caliber offense can't get so little meaningful production from a vital player. The Crew's young slugger has to lock in on something that will allow him to actually slug. Feels like this paragraph needs more explanation. You state he is making less frequent quality contact while slugging 500 with an ISO if .176 ( a tick below his career average (.193), but still raising his season ISO (.169)). Would be nice to see the details on the advance stats you are mentioning to back up your hypothesis.
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A little bit older of a movie (2010), but my wife and I watched "Knight and Day". A pretty smart RomCom that is pretty fast moving. With Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, it feels like Mission Impossible crossed with the better parts of Charlie's Angels (the movie). Going further back to 2003... "The Rundown" with The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken and Rosario Dawson. Felt a lot like Rock's version of Jumanji, but less smolder. Almost Paradise put out another season on Amazon Prime. If you are a Christian Kane fan (The Librarian series or Leverage), it is a light hearted, feel good cop series set in the Philippians. Nothing earth shattering or new... just a feel-good, easy to watch and unwind type show.
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Energy storage is the key to what we are talking about. Gas is a natural "storage" device. Electric takes batteries; Hydrogen takes fuel cells. The main EV problem is the scalability of electric (on the grid) and battery manufacturing. Oil drilling isn't great for the environment, but it has less impact being underground. Digging out ore tends to be more strip mining. I've long been a hydrogen supporter as the cycle is theoretically cleaner (production of hydrogen being the only issue - clean supply + clean "exhaust"). There is no reason why you can't produce hydrogen at your house either. But even if people don't want that, fueling it at a service station is still a legit possibility. I can't see charging a vehicle in minutes... that is a LOT of current you are talking about. As was said above, it seems fairly easy to turn public transportation - planes, trains, and busses into hydrogen driven opportunities.
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Newman looked good (for a rookie) the first year, but he certainly couldn't pick up a stunt to save his life... I had hopes that was a rookie thing and he'd get stronger and smarter, but it certainly seemed like he is stuck in neutral. Only highlights I've seen of him so far is of someone running him over.
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Article: Is Brice Turang's Breakout for Real?
CheezWizHed replied to Jake McKibbin's topic in Brewer Fanatic Front Page News
Well, holding the bat high got him noticed by his manager and clearly was the reason he won a job out of ST. But holding it lower and more normally seems to have helped his swing also.
