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You have to think this will have been the best stretch of Tauchman's career Baseball Reference says this season he is arb elegible. Have to think the Cubs keep him around as the 4th outfielder based on his play. For now I'll just enjoy him being a stud

So you think that Vildor won’t stick as the 4 or 5 corner? I do like Blackwell and Jones. Maybe they trade vildor for something? Pick swap kid of thing? And you think they cut the other DE, Green? I don’t think he’d return anything but I’d be surprised to see him cut for TLewis, though someone may want to snipe him. May not make it to the practice squad

I’m all for zero designed runs for fields, but I think the coaching staff might starting reaching for that if the offense doesn’t click. Sort of a break glass measure that would be great to avoid. I guess I am just concerned that will be the go to play if things stagnate. he’ll definitely get his yards scrambling if it’s there for the taking.

Agree on all the weapons and potential for big jump on offense. I really hope a goal of the offense is to limit Fields as a ball carrier as much as the scheme allows. I understand that his run threat can be used to create lanes/space/mismatches, but we can't have him subject to the hits that come with it. He will get hit late, take cheap shots, eventually it will catch up with him. We have a whole stable of running backs to carry the load. I think if he got 4-5 designed runs to maintain the look/threat, and used his mobility to buy time he'll have the chance at the 50 yard run to the house just like last year, but will also find an open man more than last year on the scramble drill.

I remember being so disappointed that the draft cap started right after Theo came from Boston. We never got to use the big market money to buy prospects like Boston did. Imagine if we had been able to.

This past weekend I managed to break 80 for just the second time. 79 (again) Not a super hard course and the white tees, but still feels good

Ballesteros really is a tank, isn't he

Have to wonder how long he can stay at SB if he keeps this up. I should try to see him while he's here (I'm near SB). It will be like when I watched Javy hit a 450' bomb over the batter's eye

This is eveidence of how massive the gap is between AAA and MLB. Madrigal is a AAAA stud, but horsefeathers at the highest level

I heard some chatter about Sewell as a push rusher/edge rusher on 3rd downs? Someone said that he was good at this in college. I kind of think that is dreaming on limited college production while increasing a skill level. I noticed that TE Kuntz was on the board when Bell was picked. I would have liked him there and think Bell would still be avialable at 258, but that's a small nit to pick and I don't know if they would have liked Kuntz.

They picked up Walker , who I look at as set the edge type guyversus being a pass rushing profile, many because of his bigger size and lesser speed. I've heard that most of his sack production came from DT, so maybe he kicks in on pass rush downs when he's on the field. I looked up the RAS #s on Gipson, Robinson, and Green (other FA vet pickup). They are all pretty similar, roughly 4.7 speed, 33-34" arms, 6'4 ish, Green is a little heavier than the other two. So in my view they've already got their 2 DE vet types. The only way they upgrade is if they pick up a talented cap casualty or work a trade for Chase Young or their other end (name is escaping me). I don't think a trade is likely. We'll see with cap cut guys, but I think we're mostly looking at our DE roster.

I think that Poles and Kahn and trading rumors for each other. "Steelers talking to Bears about trade up to #9 for Jalen Carter" Now "Bears are talking about trading to 32" I get the sense that those two get along and are willing to work together to make markets for each other.

I move for a second DH Already have one for pitcher, go ahead and make one for catcher, too

Also popular opinion that Mr. Biscuits would have rode the defense to a title in 2018

This comment is perfect when your avatar is next to it - I can see that guy saying this

Scrolling right past it felt good to me

I hear about his "clouds" of players on podcasts, and I think if his 7 blue chips are gone he'll trade back. He can do this because the roster has so many holes.

I have it. I thought I would use it a lot more than I did. I don't have cable so I thought I could use it to watch live games or watch them later and plug my computer into my TV HDMI. The live game worked but is subject to all the same blackout stuff (local game only). Watching later seemed to work fine, but if you tried to move the slider ahead in the game it got all f'd up and would lock/lag/drag and it sucked. So if I wanted to go back 10 seconds to rewatch something it took a minute or two before it was right. I have Fiber optic and really good speeds, btw The condensed games were fun, but they don't have many replays and the same lag thing happened on this. If you can stand the lag issues it's worth the $99 in my opinion

I just started to follow the team again after checking out for a couple seasons (hard to believe, right). A lot has changed on the overall baseball landscape, so I’m not sure if the call up is happening when it would have in the past. I guess I don’t see a guy like Canario, Cassie, or Pinango being impeded by this. Davis and PCA can battle it out for CF in 2024. I guess I don’t think this blocks anyone. Suzuki and Happ will miss time eventually and if one of these guys Wally pipps them then that’s a good thing.

Some Twitter stuff out there about Steelers wanting to trade up and that they’ve talked to the bears about it, among other teams. jimmy johnson chart says 17+49 = 1360, #9=1350 I didn’t look up the others. Getting 32 back would be slick but not likely.

Just posting this cuz I keep thinking about how the draft will go... A few scenarios In general, assuming the player grades and availability are equal, in my view the picks would ideally land like this from a needs/positional value point of view: 9 - T (day 1 starter type) 53, 61, 64 - DT (3 technique ideally), DE, CB (boundary corner, Gordon to nickel) 103 - C (given the positional need spectrum this could be a starter this year or next) 133, 136, 148 - BPA with and eye towards depth at OL, DL, TE (very deep class), RB (very deep class), WR 218, 258 - BPA/flyers, maybe get your RB here I don't know all the players well enough to know which is a scheme fit/etc., so this is as close as I'd get to a mock draft projection. A couple other scenarios are Carter dropping, in which I'd take him at 9, then package the two seconds to get to the end of round 1 to pick a T (I think there are 4 or 5 who will go in that range). Another scenario is Carter does not drop and the Bears can snag a medium trade back, Washington's 16 and 47 for example, something along these lines. I would still go with T in Rd 1, but you can take a luxury pick with that extra pick or just stay focused on needs. Anyway, nothing new here, just waiting it out until draft time comes.

Say Carter drops to 9 and is the pick. What do we think it takes to get to pick 27-28 and pick a T? Would the two seconds get it done?

It should be a multiple value judgment, BBA + current needs. You could have a player at the spot you are picking who is clearly the best player on your draft board, but he isn't the best fit for the current needs of the team. In a perfect scenario, you would be able to trade the pick and get some extra value and get the player who at that pick, is the BPA and meets needs. That perfect scenario doesn't exist in the NFL draft due to other teams' needs and values. I want them to draft the best player available that meets the current needs of the team. A wide receiver who is BPA is great, but it doesn't appear to fit the needs of the Bears. So you overdraft a guy who might be available at some later pick that you don't have, what is the problem? Agree I think of it as a matrix of grades, positional value, and existing roster. Each team grades each player against their ideal version of that position. Obviously scheme impacts this, hence the Bears not chasing Orlando Brown. He wasn't on their "board" for FA because he didn't fit, or his grade would have been very bad in their scheme compared to a power running scheme. They won't be selecting a "0" type 3-4 NT because of scheme fit/impact on grading. So you have your draft board constructed from 100 down to zero, allowing you to see who the most talented player is at any moment. If you were building an expansion team you'd just pick from the top of the list every pick except for positional value. I think of it as a multiplier against the players grade. For example, QB is so incredibly important you would put the higher factor/muliplier against that position. Then you'd follow with the next groups, loosely T/Edge/WR/CB, then the next group, etc. Scheme/philosophy of course affects this, too. Finally this is all set against the backdrop of your roster. Some of your players are locks and you aren't going to pick that position. QB is an easy example, but all positions are affected by this. The other extreme is an obvious hole, such as Bears RT and DL at the moment. Other positions have a placeholder that you could replace or create competition. You all know all of this, but it's clearly a blend of all these factors when assembling a roster. A lot of the BPA yelling on Twitter and such is either someone who has no clue or someone making an intentionally dishonest argument.

nah, I think when people are talking about BPA, they are talking BPA in a position of need or fit for the organization. What it isnt is fixating on a certain player and going all in to get them. And I think every year certain players drop. Justin Fields is a perfect example. This year for example, one could see Carter dropping to the Bears at 9, and he would certainly fit all the definitions of BPA Well said

while being as careful as I can not to read his posts too closely, he said mooney isn't an outside guy Use the "mute" tool, that's what I do