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Skenes was 10-10 this year... I'm sure he'd have love to have been 13-6. Look at flipping Quinn Priester!! Dude was 13-3 this year. If he played on a better offense, he probably would've been something like 17-4. That said, somebody will pay it. He's better than what Snell and Burns were when they signed for 35+.

I know I'm jinxing him, but he's not like everyone else. Skenes has no where near the wear and tear that a bunch of other pitchers do. Prior pitching in minors/pros, he only pitched 240 innings. In high school, was mostly a catcher. I think I read that he only threw 41 innings in high school. He threw only 7 innings in travel ball. Prior to pitching for the Pirates MLB team, he had less than 300 innings pitched in his life.

I can't see the Cubs. They're already pushing close to $200M for 2026 and over that for 2027. Their payroll would be around $260M in Skubal's first year of his new deal. In order for any team to sign him to a 10 for 40 deal, they'd have to trade for him first. The Cubs aren't a good trade partner. If they want to get that payroll down, they're going to have to trade some better paid vets with about 3 years (or more on their deal), Imanaga is the only one that fits that bill. Otherwise, they'd need younger talent with years on their deal, like PCA & Busch. Imanaga, PCA, and Busch may get that deal started... but I don't think the Tigers need Busch when they have Torkelson. I'm less informed on Boston, but yeah, the Dodgers and Yankees don't care about giving up players or paying people, so they'll do whatever needs to be done.

Boras? Yeah, you're screwed. He's going to NY, LA, or SD. Melton did pretty well this year. I picked him up in my fantasy league in August, for depth. He did pretty well. I also followed him a little bit in the minors. Because I watch a lot of Pirates minor league ball, Erie is in the same division as Altoona and Toledo with Indy, I've seen him pitch against Pirates minor league teams. In the minors, his K:BB ration was great. In the major's though, it was half. Will be interesting to see if he can get it closer to 3.5 to 4:1. That will be a great sign.

What sucks for them is that Jobe missed like 70% of the season and will probably miss that much of next season. Not being able to see what he could do to potentially replace Skubal will force them actually make that decision. I think the answer is based on length of the deal. He's going to be 29 next month. Heading into the first year of his new deal, he'll be 30. Last year, Fried entering his age 31 season got an 8-yr / $27M AAV deal from the Yankees. Burns got 6 @ $35. Snell, even older, got 5 @ $36. Seems to me that if Skubal wants $40M, it'll have to be a 6 year deal. Wonder if he would take that. I think the Tigers should. Thanks for making this worse for me though. Skenes won't be 24 until May. He'll finish Y6 at 26 years old. He'll get 8+ for $60M. FOCK!! Let's make a deal now. Skenes for McGonigle, Clark, Olson, and Jobe.

If he gets $40AAV, Skenes is going to get at least $50 to $55M. Ugh. Might as well trade him now.

Even New York can't be that bad. My guess is that it's a fake license. I can believe that of CA, OR, and WA, but not NY. There are actually some people in upstate NY that aren't total morons.

And your side has earned trust?

If they go through with this, it'll be interesting what the ratings are. Personally, if it's music, I'm still not interested. I don't watch the halftime show because who is on, I don't watch it because of what is on.

That's more of a societal issue than a baseball issue. People lived and died by baseball back in the 80's. It was the king of sports and there wasn't a 10 minute news life cycle. Doesn't mean this play was more impactful. It also underscores how stubborn people were back in the 80's.

True True (why not answer my questions???) Either case, the Red Sox didn't lose anything because of Buckner, the Phillies did.

That is clear to me, based on your statement here.

True or false, the game was already tied when Buckner made the error? True or false, there was a Game 7 after Buckner's error? True or false, the Red Sox had a 3-0 after 5 innings in Game 7? Boston had already given up the lead in Game 6, if he Buckner makes that play, the game still continues. Boston also still had a chance to win the World Series after losing that game, because the series was tied and in Game 7, had the lead. This error won the Dodgers the game and knocked the Phillies out of the playoffs. The series WAS over as a result of this play.

You're right. Buckner's error didn't cost them the series, this play literally did.

I'm just happy that I made the right call and traded Barkley in my keeper league in the off-season. Wish I was right when I traded a 5th round pick for Bowers. LOL

Find me 1 bill that was ever passed... that SOLVED a problem, where politicians didn't make out better than everyone else. I'll hang up and listen.

Look, I know you're naïve, but don't add complete moron to the list.

LOL

In my office league, I took Kyler Murray in the 5th round and Fields in the 6th (2QB league). Currently the highest scoring team and 5-0. In my son's friend's league, I'm 3-2 (tied for 1st... 5 teams are 3-2, the other 5 are 2-3), I took Goff in the 13th rd. I'm the 4th highest scoring team, thanks in large part to Henry and McConkey stinking up the joint. In my keeper league (2 QB league), I'm the 2nd highest scoring team and leading my division at 4-1. I kept Burrow. Drafted Stroud (my 3rd pick), Young (8th pick), and Gabriel (last pick).

Depends on how much money the guy has. My guess is that he'll want to get in touch with Panera's people.

If I were a gambling man, I'd bet that Comey was very corrupt in his position. Whether it's for the charges being made here, I don't know, but I'm pretty confident he did something... like 99.9% of everyone who works in D.C.

That's all I needed to see to know the proper answer to the question.

You tell him Tim, it's (D)ifferent!!!

That my friends, is called a "solution"!

AI, colleges, and the education system as a whole, go hand-in-hand. It's what the Democrats want. They want socialism. They want communism. The education system is designed to make kids malleable to leftist thinking. Be soft, be sensitive, be weak minded, be controllable. As they get to college, they're inundated with the far leftist ideology and condemned if they don't subscribe. They promote a utopian society where everyone can afford everything. No one has to worry about anything. In comes AI which over time will remove jobs and create massive unemployment. It's why they're trying to get the country to see the need for socialism. They champion Medicare & Medicaid - 'see, the government will cover your living expenses'. They start with the ACA - 'see, the government will cover your medical expenses'. They champion gun control to lead to gun bans - 'see, you don't need to have access to deadly weapons, there's no bad guys'. Their objective is purely to create a government controlled society where they don't have to fear revolt. The Democrats are trying to create class systems of the elites and plebs so that they can stay safe in the ivory towers with all the worlds riches and power, while everyone else is numb to the world. Convinced that life is great. Right now, Stalin, Mao, Marx, Hitler, and Castro are all rotting in HeII and saying, "Man, those American Democrats are brilliant, I should've come up with that idea".