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Crockett was a very active campaign/fundraising surrogate for Harris, so I guess it’s not that shocking that she’d return the favor to some degree

I am curious about whether this actually helps Crockett

Even his four seam is good now?

Hey @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com give us Connelly Early’s debut against Oakland pls

A ton of this feels extremely astroturfed or at least non-Texan, right

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Is his 2024 number meaningfully better? His *overall* contact rate was the same, and his K% has been steady for three years.

I agree with the general observation, but I am going to quibble a little with the application

It’s two things:

1) soccer is a weak link sport (especially defensively) so the best club teams very actively try to raise their floor at every chance and we notice the weaknesses national teams have

2) there are few elite players at each position, and every national team has a clear weakness

I think that’s right, and I’m expecting all of them to need a stint in the minors to simulate spring training either way. pencilling in April 15

I have always called you the Rankinoceros

It does seem like he’s not having a fun time out there and it’s affecting his play, he’s just been outworked so often this season (when not playing PSG or Frankfurt)

Should have been more specific. I’m wondering if your team is split in their assessment based on how concerned the Dodgers Top 10 writeup seemed to be. I did not read that blurb and expect him to be 18th. I guess I am overestimating the number of 60 OFPs that are handed out?

I’ve seen Hope slide to the 40-60 range on other real-life lists, and the Dodgers writeup says some very unkind things about his z-con%, so 18th surprised me. I guess I’m asking about whether the disagreement is about how concerning the hit tool risk is or about how huge the upside is

Two questions:
- Zyhir Hope is much higher here than his write up would indicate. Is the hit tool concern not something that everyone agrees on?
- Sal Stewart seems way, way underloved here. Has there been any reconsideration of this since December? I can’t gush enough about his batted ball data.

Baylor University could not exist without kids from the northeast seeing their football games on TV and doing way too little additional research

Depends on what you’re watching for. Most of the action is tackles, interceptions, clearances, and stuff that isn’t shots. The English premier league is a very physical and fast paced league, and relatively few teams are currently trying to only play defense, so a lot happens between shots/goals.

The squad’s technical ability has certainly gotten worse as a changing league has applied how essential it is to have good passers everywhere. I’m simply highlighting the second part.

Maybe I’m also underrating how skill Dembele/Winks/Dier were as passers when they were at their best.

Only disagreeing here in terms of how much each ingredient matters. I do think it’s linked. The club’s job was also much simpler when the rest of the league didn’t or couldn’t press. Wanyama was a good signing and he was at least as technically limited as Palhinha is!

Feels to me like a lot of Spurs fans’ nostalgia for Poch is actually just nostalgia for a time when at least a third of league was clearly technically, phsycially and tactically outclassed by the top half (and also some selectively misremembering how simple/stagnant the attack often was)

I get the feeling that a whole lot of people are going to become familiar with Robert F. Williams in the coming months

What did I say earlier this offseason — you win your leagues by setting your lineups, you lose your drafts by valuing players as if you aren’t allowed to

Yordan is the sort of guy that you build that mindset around

You won’t believe how high my model ranks him even after (1) assuming that you take a zero in about 20% of the games he misses, and (2) applying a lower level of replacement production for 15-team leagues

Still telling myself that I bought the Soto City Connect Jersey, not the Washington Nationals City Connect Jersey

Fien is almost certainly a 3B. Seaver King also looks like a fringe SS who may be better at 2B/3B/OF. Willits is probably a SS. On average, you don’t expect all three to pan out.

Even if they all do and Abrams gets extended, Abrams can move to 2B or even CF. Good defenders aren’t a problem.

Hey, let’s start with the CJ Abrams trade that they’ll need to make first (yes it’s bleak)

I like them as signal that they’re trying to change direction more than anything else. Still need the org as a whole to show any willingness to spend money

Like, why have they not traded for Yoshida’s contract in an attempt to get more prospects

Traded Jose Ferrer for Harry Ford and trading Jake Bennett for Luis Perales

I'm much more willing to give the new Nats FO some room to make this kind of trade when Gore regressed hard down the stretch and when they've made other moves this offseason that seem designed to start righting the ship

reserving the right to change my mind if they never spend money again

It feels like this year’s Rays system lacks the upside that previous ones have seemingly had in the pitching department — is that just me knocking them too much for guys like Baumeister and Gill Hill not having good years?

Guys like him are *way* more fun when you have no expectations for them. That said: I don’t blame the Yankees at all for not making a path for him.

The more intriguing choice here IMO is that they’re doing the same for Dominguez. Feels like he has to be gone soon.

We’re much more in alignment than I’d expected, then. I think Jacked Jose Siri or Non-DH Christopher Morel is a realistic hope here, and the error bars are so huge that it’s worth finding out at some point. I’m simply asking folks to adjust their hopes down from “new Aaron Judge”