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Plus my daughter thinks Vazquez has type 3 albanism based on his headshot. She also -again, diagnosing solely from his headshot - thinks Seattle RHP Matt Brash has Sanfilippo Syndrome…
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The NBA cap actually permits and creates dynasties, since teams can sign their own superstars for more than other teams can. The NFL doesn’t do that but certainly has ways to promote teams keeping their own, like franchise tags. But unlike the NBA, NFL players seems to hate that. But then NFL salary rules and structures don’t appear to follow rules of any known branch of mathematics. The NBA isn’t much better. The NFL does position itself for more roster turnover than other sports because -Tom Brady aside - careers can be insanely short. Tough to build a dynasty when there will be 40 new faces within 5 years…
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That would run counter if anyone cared about hockey….
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In some respects whoever said that was probably right; Song could probably out-push-up everyone in MLB. The problem is that doesn’t necessarily translate to throwing 100+ pitches with control and command…
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Oddly the cap seems to have had the opposite effect of what was intended. Or at the very least, has made zero difference. Look at the NBA. Since they re-installed the cap in 1984, only 11 different teams have won a title. That stretch covers 38 seasons. In capless MLB, you only have to go back to 2008 to find 11 different World Series Champions…
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I thought the Walrus was Thurman Munson…
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Injuries are not the fault of the medical staff. Do you blame your doctor when you get sick?
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No. His Rule 5 status follows him to any claiming team. Boston doesn’t need to put in a claim at all, since if he clears, he is returned to their minor league system…
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I can see that. So back to what I said the day he was selected - Philly will either complete a trade for him or return him…
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It would be a first if the Sox did that, but I don’t think the 26 man roster provision is enforceable if he were theoretically traded to Boston. If Boston - and only Boston - trades for Song, I would think that ends his Rule 5 status. That said, Boston is far more likely to trade him away to Philly than to trade for him this year…
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… unless he’s already waived by then..
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Maybe he meant the “Incredible List”?
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How many incredibly wealthy people who don’t need more money decide to just stop? Not many people in the USA are wealthier than Mark Cuban, yet he’s still out there every week on Shark Tank looking for more invest opportunities and always basing his decision on the financial status of the candidates’ proposals. As do all the other wealthy sharks on that show, but Cuban in particular stands out because his net worth is greater than all the other sharks combined. He’s wealthy even among the wealthy!! And yet he’s still making his decisions based on dollars and cents! So I’m not 100% on board that comparative pauper John Henry isn’t concerned about the money. He didn’t get rich enough to purchase ownership stakes in multiple MLB franchises over the years by not worrying about money…
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Of course most teams already passed on him once, likely because of his prolonged hiatus…
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I’ve never heard of a team trading to re-acquire a player selected in the Rule 5 draft.
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They might be. They also might not really care. I’m not sure if anyone in the front office has ever seen him pitch. And no one really knows where 3 years of not pitching would place him on their pitching prospect hierarchy. Ward looks to be the bigger loss. Jury is still out on Politi…
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They can also trade him (and his Rule 5 status) to another team. But I’m not sure how appealing Song is right now with all his inactivity and his injury What other options are you thinking about? Teams don’t really have a lot of them with Rule 5 picks…
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Either the Sox counteroffer or the Phillies just try to keep him. There’s not a lot of “next steps”…
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Napoleon McCallum served 5 years, I think…
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Staubach served 4 years as well…
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If Pivetta is the Sox #3, it probably means Sale, Paxton, or both are out…
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Pivetta’s goal today was probably something like 70-90 pitches. Somewhere in that range. You get the idea. What happens with those pitches might not matter at all…
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No. I wanted the same for Brasier. But I never predicted it…
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I will say that I truly believe the chance of Kaleb Ort lasting all season on the Red Sox 40 man roster strikes me as so close to 0 percent that we can call it 0 percent…
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Oh no. Long before…
