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That was really mean of that old man to scream at that 12-year old boy like that.

There's been some long stretches for me since last evening where the board is REALLY slow to load. Anyone else?

horsefeathering shave seems like an option.

It's impressive how every choice he makes in regards to his physical appearance is disgusting.

I am genuinely stunned I hadn't picked Trout. Phew.

I think OMC was saying he was just doing the math in his head which is immediately what I was doing. But could be wrong. Oh, I was just responding to the original post that was seemingly making it sound like it's really weird/nuts/whatever that Gooden could be a great-grandfather at 56.

I mean, if someone became a father at age 20...then became a grandfather at 40...and then a great-grandfather at 60...that doesn't seem really all that unbelievable at all? This isn't that far off from that.

I disagree, a ton of value was tied to his contract situation. He was making like $8-9 million on average for the next half decade (through age 30-31 IIRC) when they acquired him. Given his durability, contract, age, and production the trade made sense for a team that at the time had 3 guys they'd comfortably start over him in a playoff series but needed certainty and innings behind those guys. They gave up a pre-injured SP prospect drafted outside the first round out of HS and an oft-injured COF/DH prospect (not that Eloy can't and won't mash, just like fellow giants Soler or even Cruz to some extent it might take a while to both stay healthy and mash), it's not as if teams would be falling themselves to give up a potential rotation lead for those guys. The optics of that trade suck most because "top 5 prospect" is a phrase that carries alot of weight and counts as analysis these days Not that I'm not annoyed he didn't come in and deliver nearly 10-15 WAR his first 3 years like Lilly did, but the signs were all there that he was more towards that 3-4 starter than a Lester just as the signs were all there that Jimenez and Cease weren't going to light the world on fire immediately. Quintana's best years came during that little deadball era at the beginning of the 2010s, his numbers were climbing with the league's offense (still fine)...This guy was just supposed to be a part of the puzzle, same with Davies, with the offense and more tested guys on the pitching staff taking the lead Lotta words Honestly, this reads like a lot of damage control to try and paint it better than it worked out. Based on his track record to that point and what they gave up, there's basically no chance the Cubs weren't thinking/hoping they just made a move for a top of the rotation starter. The Theo years had a lot of bad pitching moves or ones that didn't pan out, and this falls into the latter. I don't fault them for it; almost everyone thought it was a great move at the time, myself included. But they most definitely were not trading for what they thought would just be some mid tier working slob-type. Lumping him in with the same intentions behind getting a reclamation project guy like Davies is pure revisionism.

Given Quintana's track record (in terms of both durability and pitching ability) to that point AND what the Cubs gave up for him, to try and dismiss those sorts of expectations/comparisons as absurd is, well, horsefeathering absurd.

..Voit returns today! Yeah, thanks; I saw it, too. I'll probably regret it, but I felt like he was gonna take a while to get going. Which means everyone should probably hop on the Voit train.

I mean, I definitely didn't enjoy the Curt Schilling Whines on National TV era. I'm always kinda stunned that John Rocker never emerged as some kind of pundit making the rounds on all the usual conservative media outlets. They're always so desperate for some kind of conservative celebrity to parade around, and that dude never shut the horsefeathers up about everyone was trying to silence his right to insult people.

And we get 3 transactions, right? If so... Drop Happ (-25) Add Castellano (+75)

I think my team budget is $950 So drop Voit (-75) Add Jose Abreu (+100) Drop Torres (-150) Add Semien (+100) Bench: Drop Lewis Add Stanton Thanks!

I would even settle for the public and (especially) sports world at large stop pretending we care about it for the triple crown races. Also why does Bob Baffert look like Justin Theroux's dad in that screenshot, it's unsettling and I don't like it I keep thinking he's from a new season of Eastbound & Down.

Man, that guy is really worked up about a failed bookstore chain.

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Man, I gotta look up this team of weak nerds I apparently drafted.

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This rocketed up into the top 10 weirdest things posted here. Nah if you don't like this broadcast team or think it's just okay, you have objectively bad taste and I'm not sure if I want to be your friend Look, there's only so many Derwood or Cynosure or HCCF posts you can leapfrog, so pump the brakes a little.

yep the lukewarm responses by some have me judging people really hard. This rocketed up into the top 10 weirdest things posted here.

Let him hopefully go to a team that has an actual chance, you selfish bastards.