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  1. Rex Buckingham
    I don't have any hard numbers... but anecdotally, Kyle is right. Hendricks has often (in my recollection) gotten a long leash and had a blow up inning near the end of his starts that it seemed like you could see it coming. He starts giving up line drives and loud outs, but gets another inning and gives up a couple dongs before getting pulled.
  2. Rex Buckingham
    The Saints are still like $40M over the cap, lol
  3. Rex Buckingham
    PCA flying around the bases... liked the swing he put on the ball too. And the one Shaw just had. Lettering on the uniforms is way too small. CF camera sucks
  4. Rex Buckingham
    Getting both of them would likely make the Cubs division favorites. However, it would also take them over the CBT line, so I doubt it happens.
  5. Rex Buckingham
    https://twitter.com/SonRanto/status/1760707941441916953?t=ioSUBxTNf_kkTiDUK_mYVg&s=19
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    like a dang fire hydrant
  8. Rex Buckingham
    I would expect any Fields deal to include a conditional 2025 pick
  9. Rex Buckingham
    proposed trades for 1: WAS (2, 40, 2025 1st); NE (3, 34, 2025 1st), ATL (8, 2025 1st, 2025 2nd, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd) proposed for Fields: PIT (51, 2024 4th), ATL (43), LV (2024 3rd, Hunter Renfrow) Field Yates with all the proposals... I think the deals for #1 all suck... the Pittsburgh and Atlanta deals for Fields I would do... not the Vegas deal
  10. Rex Buckingham
    What are you suggesting? I genuinely have no idea what you mean by this
  11. Rex Buckingham
    my wife knows nothing about hockey... i rewound the game to show her that goal and even she could tell it was awesome
  12. Rex Buckingham
    OPS+ leaders for players who primarily played 3B in 2023: Jose Ramirez 131 Isaac Paredes 131 Austin Riley 128 Rafael Devers 126 Gunnar Henderson 125 Alex Bregman 122 Jake Burger 120 Jeimer Candelario 119 Manny Machado 115 Max Muncy 115 Burger put up 2.5 WAR (BRef) and Jeimer put up 2.9 - both of those guys (I think) lost value from their time at DH and 1B... both played around 140 games... I think Morel can easily provide that value, and if Morel is playable at 3rd like those two (not good, but not a butcher) it allows greater flexibility at the DH position because you no longer HAVE to use it to get your best power hitter in the lineup
  13. Rex Buckingham
    Goal and an assist so far today against Ottawa, had an awesome go-ahead 3rd period goal that (rightly) got called off for offsides
  14. Rex Buckingham
    who knows if he thinks Morel has a real chance... but there's no reason not to try. It's not like taking ABs from Wisdom and Madrigal is a bad thing
  15. Rex Buckingham
    https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/arizona-florida-complex-league-schedules-changing-for-2024/ I don't have a BA sub, but from the free part of the article it seems that drafted players basically won't be available for complex leagues this year
  16. Rex Buckingham
    Cabrera seems too risky to give up Morel AND Brown... I know that's probably his value, but he just hasn't thrown many innings, and add in that shoulder injury and I'm out on him... Scott on the other hand seems to fit the Cubs like a glove - and if that value is anywhere near what it takes to get him, I'm making that deal yesterday.
  17. Rex Buckingham
    pretty sure Wieck had a heart issue... and this is not good news for my "Horton breaks camp with the team and wins ROY" prediction
  18. Rex Buckingham
    https://twitter.com/BN_Bulls/status/1755696505992741083?t=CZxiCTpWxtKOqcILblTiXQ&s=19
  19. Rex Buckingham
    You know who doesn't care enough about this Bulls season to discuss? Anyone in charge of making decisions for this franchise
  20. Rex Buckingham
    my issue with trying to place a proper value on defense is that I think it is more context-dependent than offense. If you're not the pitcher, you can't determine anything until the ball is hit to you. You can be a great defender in the outfield, but if dudes are hitting 100+ MPH into the gaps, it's still a double or more. PCA could be the best CF defender in baseball, but he can't do anything about a 450 ft tank given up by Taillon and he's less likely to produce a run on offense than a dude who slugs .500. Even the best infielders can only make the plays on balls hit to them, and the harder a ball is hit the harder it is to make the play. Hitting is simpler to understand - for most guys, hit the ball hard and normally good things happen. The harder you hit it, the better the results tend to be, no matter how good the defense is, especially if you hit it in the air and not on the ground.
  21. Rex Buckingham
    Of course... Reinsdorf wants that chance to squeak into the playoffs and get a few extra bucks edit to add: they need to start over this offseason. Billy, AK/ME, the roster... the whole shebang.
  22. Rex Buckingham
    How much leash do we think Tauchman has? Dude was solid last year, but would anyone be surprised if he turns into a pumpkin again? The only year he has ever put up an OPS+ above 100 was 2019 with the juiced ball. His career averages outside of 2019 put him in Hosmer/Mancini (last year) territory
  23. Rex Buckingham
    The Bulls' biggest problem with wanting to make any trades this year is that this year's draft class seems awfully underwhelming
  24. Rex Buckingham
    Must be nice to have a free almost 1st round pick to trade
  25. Rex Buckingham
    None of those guys will win it, because Horton will break camp with the big league team and win it.
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