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I'm not saying to go in and intentionally hurt the guy... and hope Hoskins wasn't doing that. But you can't just stand there like a statue either. First thing I was taught on DPs is to get out of the way and off the bag

He did slide late, but he was right on the bag.

Really? McNeal wouldn't have been able to play defense 10+ years ago. That seemed pretty innocuous

In a suit with a badge on... maybe?

Any more left or right and that could've been a hit. He really crushed it... just right at the SS.

Turang should bunt more...

Old buddy Jorge Lopez.

And proud of it! 😃 I'd just give him a solid 6IP and leave it at that. I wouldn't push it to much this early.

I would assume Perkins sits at that point. Generally, I don't have much issue with that...except that it is the season opener. I don't think Perkins should be out there regardless.

The Three of us should get together in March. If ST was in Florida, it would be perfect... but at least we'd have the sand in AZ. 😂

I had the scene from the MIB flash in my head where the NY Met OFer is staring at the UFO and the ball drops.

Me too!

Dude just got a HUGE contract with 0 MLB WAR last year...I'm not convinced!

Chourio with his first hit!

I've never had MLB.TV do that to my Roku. But Amazon Prime does it too often. Hulu on occasion. I think it is more a Roku issue than MLB. TV. I've read that uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling fixes it, but I've not tried it yet.

He explained it in the post. So essentially the math is something like 90 pythag wins in 2023, minus 4 wins from SP, minus 6 wins from RP and plus 6 wins from offense comes in around 86 wins in 2024. Frankly, last year wasn't projected to go over 90 wins either but we did. This year's variation is going to much higher too given all the youth we have playing this year. Anything between 75-90 wins isn't all that unlikely.

Yes, this is the main point people miss when looking at W/L and our starting rotation. Yes, pitching will be worse. But our offense will be better. And 84 wins is pretty significantly lower than last year. So it isn't like people expect this rotation to match last year's either.

Fresh, clean air with lots of oxygen. Remember that last year's rotation rarely included Burnes, Peralta, and Woody. It was often in shambles and held together with spit and bubble gum.

As will the Brewers themselves. For those with MLB.TV, I noted that last year (or maybe the year previous?) they added the feature of watching the game, but listening to the Radio broadcast instead. They sync it up pretty well even though the graphics and discussion don't match. But it is totally worth it to listen to Ueck call the game.

Agreed. Just a nice bonus if you are already on Tmobile.

I think us arm-chair GMs types have our "ideals" of what we want to do (e.g. my preference for drafting premium positions in the 1st round), but then there is the reality of running a draft live and being able to execute things under pressure. If the Packer's draft Cooper or Wilson, I guarantee you will see many fans jump out and complain they could've traded down an gotten that player 4 picks later (or whatever number, but I saw someone complain like this while wanting to move down 4 spots 🙄). But the reality is that often the team can't figure out a trade partner and are left drafting a player half a round (or full round) higher than some random online rating board simply because we knew he wouldn't last until the next pick. And we felt they were the best player in the next 32 picks. So you draft him higher and people complain they are a "reach"...which often they are not. Sometimes you simply don't have the option to get them a few picks later.

For those like me struggling to visualize it... here you go: https://x.com/ChrisVannini/status/1772613847473365036?s=20

Yes, I think Tom is actually better suited (size wise) for LT. So unless you plan to grab Alt or some other prototypical LT, I'd have Tom compete with Walker at LT and compete with a rookie at RT. Then pick the better pair. I tend to prefer picking the key spots in the first round: CB, WR, EDGE, OT, and QB. Picking a S, LB, DT, G, C, TE or RB in the first typically means the person has to be "special" to bring back the same value at that position. Surely, a DT with heavy pass rush capabilities will do that. Or a TE that moves like a WR. But those are pretty few and far between. It is much easier for people at those other spots to produce immediate value. So our need at those spots looks like: QB: almost nothing. Certainly not a 1st rounder WR: Could use that "#1 stud" type, but we have great depth and young talent Edge: Have 3 strong DEs, one good one on IR, and one decent development candidate. Hard to spend another 1st round here. CB: Alexander and Valentine is a good starting tandem. Assuming he can stay healthy, Stokes provides more upside than Valentine (or at least competition and a quality backup). You can always use more CBs, but we have decent depth. And last first round CBs (Kool-Aid and others) look pretty strong too. OT: We have Tom and Walker. Tom is pretty set at one position. Walker was good last year and may continue to grow and develop. But he is replaceable. And there is zero quality depth (some development pieces that might hit, but odds are low). So of those "key spots"... if I'm going to spend 4 draft picks to move up to the top of the draft, I'm going after someone like Alt.

I heard (but can't confirm personally) that they block you completely if they detect a VPN. So I suppose you need a VPN that can randomize their IP addresses so they aren't obviously a VPN. However, even without a VPN, you should be able to watch away games on MLB.TV.

This isn't an ad as I don't receive anything from T-mobile. More of a service to our forum to alert you to a good deal if you use Tmobile. You have from March 26th to April 2nd to claim your free season of MLB.TV. This can be claimed in the "T Life" app. Enjoy!