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I am no prospect expert. I also am not thinking Morel is some super stud just because he hit a HR in his 1st ab. But I have been wondering for a bit why he isn't more highly regarded as a prospect. Really good defense at multiple positions, solid bat, and still rather young.

I bet both Texas and Nebraska go 8-4 or 7-5 this season also I am in my upper 50s and I only remember Texas being really good in the mid 2000s. I am sure they have had a few years here and there that they were Top 5. But I have no memory of Texas being some football super power for a sustained period of time. Not like Nebraska, who I am sure has won the 2nd most National titles in my lifetime

At this point, I think we all know I'm a bit of a traditionalist with baseball, and that's mostly manifested itself by hating all the new rules they're putting out there. But if the end result looks more like the baseball I remember, I'll consider the whole thing a net positive. That's why, of the new rules, I liked largely-invisible changes like deadening the baseball, and the larger bases making stealing a bit easier and encouraging some emphasis on aspects of the game other than strikeouts and home runs. I would love to see more changes in that vein. For that matter, I think getting pitcher roster limits tuned correctly could potentially alleviate some of these other annoying rules, like the three-batter minimum. If a team has just a handful of relievers, I think the tactical and strategic decisions of whether to roster LOOGYs, and how to utilize them, could be a lot of fun. When can we get back to half the pitchers in the league being big fat tubs of goo. I need role models, who I identify with, playing pro sports again

Probably any other year I would have been rather Meh about him trasferring. But MSU if very thin down low now. I dont now the Aggies current situation but Marble will be an okay rotation piece who will score points. However, he is not a good rebounder and looks lost on defense at times. Though he seems athletic enough to be much better at both. I have no numbers to back this up, but my perception was that he looked really good against lessor bigs and very soft against the Kofis and Dickenson types.

I think if it helps keep players like Dickenson in college it is cool. He has little chance of NBA success at this point. So if he can get paid to stay as opposed to go to the G League or foreign ball. The college game will get better with more experienced players Might also slow the exodus of high schoolers going straight to the G-League or overseas. Will be really interesting to see how this plays out over the next 1-3 years. College sports has changed dramatically. After this whole covid thing, I think it would be cool if the NCAA made the red shirt rule more liberal or just give a 5th yr of eligibility. It obviously is not going to make players stay in school, but let none future pros play another year could make the game better overall.

I think if it helps keep players like Dickenson in college it is cool. He has little chance of NBA success at this point. So if he can get paid to stay as opposed to go to the G League or foreign ball. The college game will get better with more experienced players

It's amazing how many Cubs fans think we gave up huge value

Look around at some other Cub sites

Yeah I am not cool with the Ortega/Frazier platoon

I am married to a Phillies fan. We are taking our Grandkids(she made them Phillies fans somehow) to the weekend series in Philly against the Cubs. I am a bit jealous and also kind of cheering for them this season as I was always a big Schwarber guy and really like Nic Castellanos in his brief time here.

It's not just the Cubs are off to a 2-0 start. It's against the Brewers, who it seems like we didn't win a game against last season

My hope is that someone - Davis, Hermosillo… someone - plays so well that it becomes too obvious for Ross to ignore. I hate to bring up the past, but the Heyward thing reeks of Dusty type thinking

I think they will just blame it on Lil Penny

B1G won every game today, but except for Purdue it felt like a bunch of losses

We should start a Cubs sign another reliever thread

I don't see the pun in this post. Disallowed. Are we human

I think this signing sucked without me coming in here and reading the smart guy takes on this

Don't know what happened today, looked very good for about 3/4 of the game, Indiana played good D but, quite a bit of the loss is on Michigan. Really did want the Illini playing an improving Michigan team thought they'd be a tougher match up than Indiana. Although I believe the Hoosiers are going to be a big challenge for the Illini tomorrow. They imploded like they have all year in the 2nd half. It's an ongoing trend. Once they start imploding they cant stop. Just ask North Carolina, UCF, Seton Hall, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio State. There was like a 10 minute stretch in that collapse where they had more turnovers than shot attempts (all missed). And many of those turnovers were like dribbling off their foot, slipping and falling, passing to a cutting player that doesn't cut, etc. I mean for sure give Indiana credit, their season was on the brink and they responded but I do tend to feel like once the ball started rolling Michigan basically collapsed. I do think Devante Jones twisted his ankle right before the collapse and that played into it. He was regularly getting in the paint before that but couldn't do anything and had a couple of bad turnovers because he couldn't plant his foot correct. All I'm saying is that Phil Martelli coached Michigan team had literally 0 problems in the 2nd half of games. JH is back and whoops, 36-9 collapse. (this is the part I expect sneaky to torch me over lol) Take this with a huge grain of sand since I only watched maybe 5 MIchigan games this year. I think they will be a better team if Dickenson leaves.

And what does Dolphins owner Stephen Ross get for trying to pay Flores to tank? I'm sure there will be some evidence, nothing conclusive, and nothing will happen, but hearing Goodell talk about the sanctity of the game if this is true is quite the double standard. Of course. Goodell is paid to represent the owners not the players. There's no way that story goes anywhere IMO. I am sure the NFL's investigation was calling Ross up and asking if this was true.

I bet $1500 that there are several more Pro athletes using Draftkings and such and betting on their own sport

Yeah, Howard's is fine, though I could see an argument for being out the rest of the year, not just regular season. Gard could have got one and it not been egregious, but I think 0 is right for him. But dudes throwing punches and only getting a game is nuts. Don't understand, a couple of years ago Alan Griffin got two games for stepping on someone, Kofi gets three for selling t-shirts, should have been at least two games. I wonder if Howard' anger was the result of what happened earlier in the game. Davison threw an elbow into Dickinson' gut, officials reviewed and deemed it a "basketball" play yeah, in prison rules basketball, it was a cheap shot. Wisconsin always seems to have a player pushes the boundaries a bit

Of course. They have to. He slapped an assistant coach in the head. I don't care what excuse he has, nothing can justify his actions. And I'm sure there will be some player suspensions too. Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk Didn't him and Turgeon havea dust up last yr also?

NHL announcing that they are indeed a bush league

More like Alan Page, Joe Greene, or Reggie White than LT. There isn’t a list of defensive GOATS that doesn’t include LT. Reggie White was incredible but LT was on his own planet. Personally, I’d put Donald there with Reggie White, Ray Lewis and Mean Joe. I can’t speak at all to Page, Butkus, Nitchke, etc. LT, Reggie and Ray Lewis were the biggest personalities on great defenses. I am not saying they suck or arent great, but I think they all get a bit more credit because of that

Can I just rant about Michigan fans being upset Harbaugh is leaving? 97% of you guys wanted him gone at this time last yr But to answer your question, I think Bill O Brien would be a great get at this point. I am sure he would keep most of the current coaching staff, be able to land a decent DC if they don't promote within, and have a good enough reputation to keep current recruits and players in place. Edit I am drinking and reading some other stuff on the webs. I think a real out of the box bold move would be Brian Flores I don’t think it was anywhere near 97%. It was maybe half the fan base, though a very vocal section. Also the Dolphins owner Ross is a gigantic Michigan booster and has given hundreds of millions to the university. I’m not sure how he’d feel about Michigan hiring Flores lol. I said a real out of the box bold move:)