Alex Hampl

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Maybe not but… I do kinda buy into the school of thought of “you have to optimize your contention window in Judge’s late prime, efficiency be damned.”

Right, are they still trying to cut payroll? Dumping Seager from ages 32-37 turns that into a 4-year, $135M deal, during which they won a WS. Not bad!

Volpe aligns better with the Langford/Carter/Jung core timeline too.

Would NYY sign Seager to a 6/189 contract as a 32-yo if he were a FA?

This is a dumb sports talk radio fake trade, I know, but who would say no if the Yankees offered Volpe for Corey Seager straight up?

The CW is that you simply can't trade the 24-yo elite defensive SS w/3 arb years for the worst 6 years of a big FA contract. But no idea what Volpe's trade value is

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How did the Seattle Seahawks sack Trevor Lawrence *seven* times last Sunday?

It wasn’t by blitzing, I’ll tell ya that much

A look at how Mike McDonald tore the Jaguars OL apart:

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Congrats man! That's huge, very well deserved.

this should have more likes

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I thought they reset it with the 2024 Draft? They're eligible for the lottery for two years consecutively and next year would be their second?

You could listen to all those talking heads yapping about Tyrese Haliburton needing to be more "aggressive."

Or, you could watch Eric Nehm smartly explain what's actually going on here.

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I think the takeaway is that a manager's impact is best measured over the long term, with the understanding that even the best managers are subject to the year-to-year variance inherent to baseball.

Saquon shotgunned that beer in an instant 😳

what was the cutoff date you used for that? Like 6/27?

...Falcons?

Justin Herbert a 19-yard touchdown with almost the exact same form you'd use to throw a dart. Chest was square to the wrong sideline, wrong foot in front, absolutely zero torque behind the throw. Absolutely preposterous throw

Bottom right, for sure

Costco has produced an upper mid quality pizza product at truly one third of the market price by rejecting the "have it your way" mentality that has coddled the American consumer. Shut the fuck up; pepperoni or cheese. That is the path to the society of the future.

I thought it looked like it wants to be Kingsmen, but more self-serious and without the whiff of camp

[Mike Meyers doing his DA BEARS accent]: Lars Nootbaar

My million-dollar pitch for Expendables 5: All three of the SmartLess guys join the cast

Yeah RS is the current worst for my money, but USA Today/any Gannett site is also right up there.