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Yes, 8,000 horrible and another 2,000 just plain bad. Breaking Bad was their only redeeming value.

WOW! He's the best.

Netflix is bad... real bad. 10,000 bad movies. It's like the Hallmark Channel movies on steroids.

I do mind. I hate the cheating Pats!

No, I don't think it is at all, and I wonder why we can't get (more?) people into our system that can do the same.

Yes, you are right. I was thinking more of those who earner their way into the top 1% vs those who were born into it. My bad.

The Astros know how to bring in a guy and show him how to concentrate on what they do best. They are like the Rays: players have career years after being traded to them.

Are those guys 1%'ers? I think not.

They have a very solid OF, so I'm not sure it's a good fit.

Most of the insanely wealthy are insanely intelligent, at least in some area(s). (Note: Trump is a pretender 1%'er.)

I figured that's what you meant, but I wanted to highlight my support for Henry. He's the best thing that ever happened to the Sox. There is no close second place.

I wasn't trying to imply Henry is a bad guy, but I do know he'll walk away with a heck of a lot more money then Mookie, when all is said and done.

I didn't say I wanted to make the trade. I was just speculating on what the cost might be. Plus, I am willing to trade prospects, if it is for young, cost-controlled players with many years of control.

Mookie is the one stuffing Henry's pockets with boatloads of cash while also driving the team's value up by tens of millions.

Yes, like that poster who pounced on Betts for wanting the most he can get. You are so right!

I know. I was thinking teh same thing. Had he concentrated on his choiceds of spending, he might have had a better point.

I could see including Casas and maybe Duran & Chatham but not Devers.

I say that all the time, but don't confuse that with siding with the owners. I'm just being realistic. The system is designed to allow the owners to make much more than the players, even the highest paid ones. It is what it is, and until Henry shows he doesn't care about a budget, I'm going to assume he does and post accordingly. I'm always on the worker's & player's side.

There's no way the CWS would take my offer. Betts and JD might be gone in 1 year, and they are not going for a 1 year window. My offer was in jest.

Here's something on Theo... MLBTR By Dylan A. Chase | September 21, 2019 at 6:20pm CDT With recently returned Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel having issued another ninth-inning meltdown today–against the NL Central-leading Cardinals, no less–Chicago fans may feel disinclined to read today’s piece from Chicago Sun-Times scribe Gordon Wittenmeyer, which doesn’t pull any punches in evaluating the job done by team president Theo Epstein and his staff this year. In Wittenmeyer’s view, blame for the Cubs 2019 underachievement should be directed at ownership and Epstein’s front office–not underperforming players or maligned manager Joe Maddon. Wittenmeyer writes: “What’s clear is that the onus of this season’s shortcomings falls on the shoulders of Theo Epstein’s front office for free agency and player development failings and Ricketts ownership for failure to exercise the market advantage of franchise-record revenues to increase spending during a seize-the-moment competitive window.” Wittenmeyer leaves little earth unscorched in this column, citing the club’s inability to develop impact pitching, unwillingness to spend beyond ownership-established thresholds, and in-house pressure regarding the need for early-season “urgency” as factors that dragged down this year’s Cubbies.

The Tampa Rays have been praised for their farm and player development, but to me, they seem to do best getting the most out of journeymen players time and time again, and by knowing precisely the right time to trade their high performing players. On their drafts, many feel they draft well, because they suck so often, they get higher picks than us, but this hasn't really been true since 2008. They have not picked lower than 13th but once since then. Some history: From 1999-2008, they drafted first 4 times (Josh Hamilton, Delmon Young, David Price & Tim Beckham), 2nd once (BJ Upton) and 3rd twice (Longoria & Brazelton). Since then, here are their first picks: 09 Levon Washington (30th) 10 Josh Sale (17) Justin O'Conner (31) Drew Vettleson (42) 11 Mikie Mahtook (31) Taylor Guerrieri (24) (Blake Snell 52nd) 12 Richie Shaffer (25) 13 Ryne Stanek (29), Nick Ciuffo (21) 14 Casey Gillaspie (20) 15 Garrett Whitley (13) 16 Josh Lowe (13) 17 Brendan McKay (4) Some more history, we all know how well the Sox gamed the system to gain comp picks back in the day, but the Rays were pros. They broke a record back in 2011 by having 12 picks in the top 89 (10 in the top 60!). They had 10 comp picks! They used to trade for vets late in the season, so they could get a comp pick when they departed via free agency. The problem is, they did not really take advantage of all those picks. True, they got Blake Snell with their 7th pick that draft (#52), but look at the other 11: 24th Taylor Guerrieri (from Boston for Crawford signing) 31 M Mahtook (from Yankees for Soriano signing) 32 Jake Hager 38 Brandon Martin (comp for Soriano) 41 Tyler Goeddel (comp for Crawford) 42 Jeff Adams (comp for Balfour 52 Blake Snell comp for Brad Hawpe 56 Kes Carter (comp for Benoit) 59 Grayson Garvin (comp for Choate) 60 James Harris (comp for Qualls) 75 Granden Goetzman (from A's for Balfour signing) 89 Lenny Linsky

With all the injuries, this is truly an amazing feat. You got some guys back, but winning a ring will be even harder.

Betts, Dalbec, Travis & JD for Moncada, Jimenez & Kopech

These numbers do not support your position- rather the opposite.

130+ PAs 4.8 Bogey 4.4 Betts 4.2 Devers 2.3 JBJ 2.2 JD 1.9 Vaz 1.7 Holt 1.3 Beni 0.0 Moreland -0.1 Leon -0.2 Chavis -0.2 Marco -0.5 Travis 19+IP 3.6 Sale 3.4 ERod 2.3 Price 2.0 Workman 1.5 Porcello 1.0 Barnes 1.0 Taylor 1.0 Walden 0.6 DHern 0.4 Weber 0.3 Brasier 0.2 Lakins 0.2 Velazquez 0.0 Hembree 0.0 Johnson -0.1 Brewer -0.1 Shawary -0.1 Thornburg -0.2 Eovaldi -0.2 Smith