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  1. adambr2
    Hopefully they can parlay that into a Super Bowl berth for once. I just appreciate you not spelling it "birth". This seems to be the time of the year fans like to see their teams clinch "playoff births."
  2. adambr2
    Damn, we kind of suck all of the sudden.
  3. adambr2
    Knebel was going to be non tendered anyway. This is exactly the type of return I would expect for a PTBNL for a player that was going to be non-tendered.
  4. adambr2
    Do you guys like Cam Akers as a dynasty/keeper guy?
  5. adambr2
    Keep in mind that the Rays have about as good of a batting average in trade valuation as a team can have, so if they don't see Lowe as an adequate MLB starting 1B in what they've seen from him so far in their organization, I trust that that valuation is probably accurate.
  6. adambr2
    https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-says-hes-not-focused-on-supermax-extension-ahead-of-dec-21-deadline/ Anyone else think it's probably not a great sign that Giannis hasn't signed his supermax? It's been available to him, and if his mind was made up about taking it I can't think of any reason he'd wait, and saying "my agent is in charge of that" seems like a good way of shrugging off the culpability for the decision when he declines it. The offer is what it is, it's not like there's really anything to negotiate.
  7. adambr2
    They are both professionals. If it actually was going to happen (which I highly doubt it would), my guess is Giannis is going to welcome it, not stand in the way. They would figure it out immediately and get along just fine.
  8. adambr2
    Yeah, that is a pretty good summation of why I think the odds of Hader getting moved this offseason remain pretty low. If I was a fan of a rich team in the market for relief help I'd prefer Hendriks at 3/30 (MLBTR & FG estimate), then Hand at say 1/7 or 2/12 or whatever, over Hader at like 3/26 (Arbys estimate) plus a prospect haul. Yeah, if we keep Hader which I agree we will that is fine with me. I don't think the likely return justifies the loss. Frankly, I'd double down on the pen, sign Hand or Hendricks, and try to win in 2021 with one of the best back end bullpens in baseball and hope for positive regression from Yelich, Hiura, and Garcia.
  9. adambr2
    That's precisely the reason I think there's logical reason to assume the trade market for Hader is going to be lukewarm. Even a team acquiring Hader is going to have to pay -- 6M? Maybe? For 2022. And that's just the first year. It's only going up from there. So on top of that, they can't just have Hader for nothing, they have to give up prospects, too. So the guys that are available for free (trade-wise), what's their market? It almost by default has to be less than 1/10 for Brad Hand, right? I don't know what the market for Hendricks is, but it's probably pretty similar given his age and other comparables. Now if you want to argue that Hader is better than both, that's fine, but if he is, it's not by a lot. It's not like we're comparing Hader to Alex Claudio and David Phelps. They are all high end relievers. So a team that didn't want to give Brad Hand 1 year and $10M while giving up nothing to get him is going to jump at the chance to give us their more valuable prospects AND pay Hader 6M for this year? How is that logical at all?
  10. adambr2
    The Brad Hand thing baffles me too. He's been the definition of a shutdown reliever since 2016. Sure, some years have been more shutdown than others, but that kind of consistency from a reliever is rare. Why someone would deem Corey Knebel worthy of a flyer for over 5M and not just spend a few million extra for Hand is flabbergasting to me. I can't figure out how the Indians even waived him for 1/9, let alone how every single team in baseball took a pass on him at 1/10.
  11. adambr2
    It's probably near the trade deadline of a "normal" season when teams aren't afraid to spend again and some contender with a rich farm system needs some serious pen help. Maybe July of 2022. But it's impossible to predict for sure.
  12. adambr2
    No team wants to give up their young guys. But there are no Josh Haders on the free agent market, either. There's a Brad Hand.
  13. adambr2
    We've already passed it. Hader had immense value a year or two ago when his control was higher and his average cost per year remaining was lower. He's worth something, but it isn't nearly what it was and isn't nearly what an average fan is going to like. I think they're going to hold onto him for that very reason. Yelich is the same deal in a different way. A year ago was the optimal window if you were going to trade him, he was one of the most valuable trade chips in baseball. His rough year to a lesser extent, and his extension to a greater extent, have significantly and negatively impacted his surplus value since that time. They're all-in on keeping Yelich for the long haul now and he'll not be dealt, IMO. In some way, I think this was more of a "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario. If someone was offering an amazing package a year ago, Stearns would've pulled the trigger already. The fact that Hader is still with us likely means that the market was just never there, and had Stearns pulled the trigger earlier, we still may have been underwhelmed by what we got. Yet at the same time, the longer we continue to hold on to him, the less return we may get. Right. I agree with this too. Just because Hader was worth more a year or two ago, doesn't mean that teams were offering enough for us to take it.
  14. adambr2
    We've already passed it. Hader had immense value a year or two ago when his control was higher and his average cost per year remaining was lower. He's worth something, but it isn't nearly what it was and isn't nearly what an average fan is going to like. I think they're going to hold onto him for that very reason. Yelich is the same deal in a different way. A year ago was the optimal window if you were going to trade him, he was one of the most valuable trade chips in baseball. His rough year to a lesser extent, and his extension to a greater extent, have significantly and negatively impacted his surplus value since that time. They're all-in on keeping Yelich for the long haul now and he'll not be dealt, IMO.
  15. adambr2
    https://dairylandexpress.com/2020/12/08/green-bay-packers-special-teams-unit-rapid-decline/?utm_campaign=apple-news&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=apple-news Edit: It is about issues with our Special Teams.
  16. adambr2
    Holy smokes, that 2013 QB draft class ... EJ Manuel, Geno Smith, Mike Glennon, Matt Barkley...these are the GOOD ones.
  17. adambr2
    I'll put our lineup issues this past season more on Stearns than Counsell. The options for our playoff series were horrific. The struggles of expected lineup studs like Yelich and Hiura were nobody's fault but their own, but the supporting cast wasn't good.
  18. adambr2
    Isn't it all by this point? Hulu Live just gifted me my annual Christmas 10 dollar price increase. By the time you add in an add on or two, pretty much paying what I was paying for Dish Network a couple years ago.
  19. adambr2
    Having a HOF quarterback and some skill players doesn't hurt either.
  20. adambr2
    I wouldn't retain either of Pettine or Mennenga for 2021.
  21. adambr2
    Got to figure we are starting to think about a Davante Adams extension. He is a FA after 20-21 and is woefully underpaid relative to his peers.
  22. adambr2
    Which in past years would look pretty good to be staring at a 2 seed. But unfortunately you gotta have the 1 for that bye now.
  23. adambr2
    Holy hell please fire Shawn Mennenga after this game. It's long overdue.
  24. adambr2
    There's the dagger.
  25. adambr2
    Not at all. Defense not really the problem today, at least so far.
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