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I'm guessing Burnes and Woodruff would be the "window sticker" price on Mad Bum. But no one pays the window sticker price. Time to negotiate.

Well, we could keep Shaw at 2B so Braun could defend (or is that not defend?) his title!

How about a high school coach jumping to the NFL? I saw someone joking about Brett Favre being the next HC. That is wrong on so many levels...

I'm not delving into this any further because I can see where it's gonna go. Agreed. The union discussion is starting to go the direction of political-ness and off course of the OP. Probably best to get back to retirement instead.

3000 hits is still one of the "magic numbers" for making the HoF, right? Granted, AB brings more than just the hits, but that alone should make him a shoe-in.

I think they did Manny a favor by starting him in a 3/2 format with Kratz due to Pina's age. But that also exposed Kratz's bat with a larger sample size. Personally, I thought Nottingham did enough in his short stints to warrant a look in Kratz's role. But if they go for a FA, I'd guess it would be someone that can hold up 2/5ths or 3/5ths of the playing time like they wanted Kratz to do and not a full time starter.

Can I live in your basement?

It was nice not seeing the Bucks panicking after being down by so much in the first half. The continued to play their game and waited for the Bulls to cool down which they did. The Bulls were shooting incredibly hot in the first half especially from the 3. They cooled off in the 3rd and the Bucks got hot in the 3rd. Middleton couldn't even buy a bucket in the 1st and then started to get going in the later part of the 2nd. First game I was able to see all season and I figured they were going to flop. But the 3rd quarter was pretty amazing. They just had their way with the Bulls in that quarter. And it wasn't any one player, but everyone was contributing.

In terms of sharing facts, you should note Eye Black's stats on Woodruff's 3rd pitch. FB and Slider were his heavy two, but he was still throwing 11% change ups. By comparison, Kershaw's third pitch averages about 13%.

So I'm assuming there is going to be a movement of our young MiLB starters/MLB BP arms to the starting rotation this year, but I doubt they move all three of Burnes, Woodruff and Peralta to the starting rotation this year (at least to begin with). I'm assuming Burnes as one spot wrapped up. So if the last starting spot comes down to Peralta and Woodruff, who gets it? Which do you think would be better suited out of the BP? Both players had their good stretches and their warts in starting and both hold a lot of promise too. And to be clear, this question is only for 2019 season. I think long term they will both be starters. Woodruff has the better overall starting profile in my opinion. He has the stronger arm and more MLB pitches (for now). Given his playoff run (and Peralta's minimal usage), I would say he is ahead of Peralta at the moment. Woodruff's weaknesses have been around control and getting exposed the third time through the lineup. But I was greatly impressed by his control in the playoffs. He went toe-to-toe with everyone out there and didn't blink. Peralta relies more on deception (i.e hiding the ball in his delivery), but has good stuff too. He had a very good MLB debut last year and showed he can be a MLB starter. He has two strong MLB pitches (FB and CB), but struggles more with a third (Change-up). He does occasionally have the same control issues as Woodruff (especially with the CB), though not as many bad stretches. I've long thought that Peralta would be a BP arm given his two pitches, but he certainly showed that he could do it with practically one pitch (80% FBs). At 21, he has time to get his CB and CH up to MLB snuff and could be a lights out starter. But I'll guess he starts in the BP this year and is used as a 3+ inning BP arm. Not the traditional long man/mop up guy, but more like Burnes and Hader were used this year.

Tied with T-Buck in 1992 as the highest since Tony Mandarich in 1987. But both of those guys continue to support your point... TJ Watt says "hi". Obviously the higher you are the better shot you have at drafting an impact player, but there are no guarantees. Personally, I'm leaning towards not moving up but drafting two 1st round picks instead. Needs at OL, TE, S, OLB, MLB, and DL make me feel like we aren't one guy away. Even CB could use more guys, especially if Jackson, Breeland, and/or Williams continue to play safety.

Is there all collaboration to TT's diminished mental facilities or just rumor and speculation?

[sarcasm]Oh no... Roco is in on the NFL conspiracy too and tryin to cover it up![/sarcasm] Re: Biegel - I don't understand why they didn't try him at ILB. He actually looked halfway decent defending the run in preseason.

That is true with one big asterisk. TJ Watt. I actually liked the King+Biegel draft over TJ pick at the time of the draft. But Biegel is gone and King just can't stay healthy... and Watt has 7 sacks this year. Ouch that was a miss.

Not that you are still looking, but I did buy the purple mattress (despite my dislike of anythink Viking-esque) and it is very comfortable. I had a memory foam for 10 years and really like the cooler feel of this mattress in the summer. We have had it for two years and no issues.

I'll just start off by saying if they play as well against the Patriot as the did the Rams, they win the game. It will be interesting to see if things improve with Williams at Safety. At worst, its a lateral move.

Didn't help as much as I hoped.

It was still great catching the Cubs. It was still great catching the Cubs. It was still great catching the Cubs.

Yes, it made them very vulnerable against good lefties. That's going to be Job #1 to fix this offseason. Remember when everyone was clamoring for more lefties?

Woodruff has been amazing in the post-season. His control is heads and shoulders better than in the spring. Massive improvements from the big fella. I look forward to him starting next year.

So how in the world does one get his batting helmet covered in black gunk? What is it? Pine tar?

Maybe Grienke could call him and tell him to pick up a pizza for him...

So what or who puts the life back in the offense?

I would've liked him more if we had traded for him a last year.

We need to hit more at Puig...