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Bonds 162 game average: 8.8 bWAR, 41 HR, 108 RBI, 1.051 OPS Judge 162 game average: 8.7 bWAR, 51 HR, 118 RBI, 1.016 OPS I might have said it before, but you can make the case that Judge is the best HR hitter of all time

Is Carlos Beltran a good comparison? I can't remember how good his defense was, but he won 3 gold gloves.

I had been going back and forth between Loveland and Warren, so I'm fine with the pick. One thing to note is that Loveland is nearly two years younger than Warren. I get the thought of trading down, but if Loveland was their guy, I'm not sure he would have made it past San Francisco at 11. As Tryptamine mentioned, above, Henderson, Emmanwori, Ezeiruaku, or potentially Johnson are who I have my eye on for day 2. I've seen Henderson raved for his pass blocking ability - something that gets overlooked for running backs that doesn't show up on the stat sheet.

The closest I can think in recently memory is Willians Astudillo with 11 walks and 28 strikeouts in 588 career PA's. His career ended with the same amount of extra base hits as walks and strikeouts combined.

The shin guard has me thinking Soriano, but having both hands on the bat is making me think otherwise

I'm not sure how he'd fit with OKC, but that's one team that makes logical sense to me. They have all kinds of draft picks and they have like one guy over 6-8 with Holmgren out.

I'm no expert, but it is interesting seeing SEC schools like Tennessee, Auburn, and Alabama be consistently ranked high and competitive. On the other hand, ACC schools that used to be powerhouses like Syrcause, Louisville, and somewhat Virginia, have struggled in recent years.

I'm not sure if I can share it on here, but there is a solid Bears discord server that live streams each game and RedZone. If anyone is interested, I can try to DM an invite.

They have now had three different 25 game stretches this year where they have gone 3-22 March 28 (0-0) to April 25 (3-22) May 15 (14-30) to June 12 (17-52) Jun 29 (24-61) to today (27-83)

I believe Khalil Mack is a reason why it is used for All-Pro. In 2015 he was both an All-Pro defensive end and linebacker. Afterwards they switched to edge rusher and interior lineman.

I've been enjoying the GoldZone coverage on Peacock (pretty much RedZone for the Olympics). I've always had trouble keeping up with the Summer Olympics, especially the not so popular events, so it's been cool being able to see all of the important action.

You can make a case he is the best home run hitter of all time, and there's a chance he might not make it to 500. His 162 game average is 50 homeruns and he has a 7.2 HR%, which is identical with 93-04 Bonds. His first full season at 25, COVID, and injuries desperately hurt his counting stats.

I know there's probably a reasoning behind it, but it seem a bit odd to me that they have the two west coast teams playing around 4:10/4:40 local time on Thursday, followed by Illinois-Iowa State around 9:10 local time and Alabama-North Carolina around 9:40 local time. Nothing is ideal, but I feel like switching would have benefited the fan bases more.

He followed it up last night with one of the best dunks I've seen in recent memory. Dude is a freak.

Moore - 1364, Allen - 1243, Kmet - 719, Everett - 411, Swift - 214 If you combine their receiving yards from last year together you have the #1 all time Bears leading passer (still under 4,000 yards)

If they were really in on Davis, I'm hoping they'd be in on some of the other bigger receiver names out there. I think Mooney is the only other "big" name that hasn't been re-signed so far. D-Line isn't looking as promising.

Taking a look at 2017 on (the transition from the Butler to LaVine era), I think it really boils down to their inability to develop or sign a solid true point guard, and the one true point guard they signed since then has been injured pretty much his entire time on the Bulls. It's hard even looking back at the picks since then and thinking who they could've picked that would've made a difference outside the 2018 draft since most of the players picked around them weren't much better. 2017 - Markkanen - probably the right pick, better than the next 5 players drafted, but ended up trading for Derrick Jones and a lottery-protected pick that end up being protected 2018 - Carter Jr - a solid pick given the players drafted immediately above and below, but SGA or one of the Bridges would have been the right pick. 2018 - Chandler Hutchison - what was with their strange obsession with this guy? I remember everyone knew he was going to the Bulls. There was actually quite a bit of talent drafted after him (Mo Wagner, Shamet, Robert Williams, Brunson, Mitchell Robinson). 2019 - Coby White - they finally draft a "PG", but he averages less assists per game than Zion. I don't know who else they would have taken here that would be better though. 2020 - Patrick Williams - has never taken that next step, but still young and averages more PPG than the rest of the top 10 after him that year. The obvious answer would have been Haliburton, but he was picked 8 picks later. 2022 - Dalen Terry - not looking so good here, but wasn't a lottery pick I think development is also a concern. Lauri, Wendell, Coby, and Patrick all seem/seemed to have hit a peak in year 3/4 and not take it to the next step. Lauri and Wendell both broke out after being traded, so it makes me wonder if Coby or Patrick would take off in another system.

This is all hypothetical and would never happen, but I've been trying to play around with what would logically make sense while keeping rivalries together. This makes the ACC a basketball-heavy conference with strong rivalries (Kentucky-Louisville, Duke-North Carolina) and all pretty mid for football. The Big 10 is split into the classic schools with the new schools, which are pretty much misfits but still somewhat work together at least academically. I'm not a huge fan of the "Big 10 New", but not sure where else the schools would fit in. The "Big 14" should be another good conference for basketball with some solid football programs. The SEC is then loaded up with schools with a football focus with Clemson and Miami joining Oklahoma and Texas.

His OPS was .724 on August 3, and it hit .800 14 games later on August 19 after going 32 for 66 in that span.

I still struggle to grasp that Schwarber hit .342 in college and .334 in the minors, across 1500 at bats across both so not a small sample size, and ended up being the player he is. I'm sure that's a lot more common though than I'm thinking. Byron Buxton comes to mind.

I completely agree - I had meant to put a note in there about defensive value being the key factor between them. In that same span, Baez had a 5.6 fWAR vs Morel with 2.8. Baez can still continue to provide value just with his glove now that he's a below league average hitter. Perhaps the better comparison for Morel overall is Happ's first few years, considering their defensive "versatility", combined with some Javy swag. 17-19 Happ 1031 PA, 32.5% K Rate, 111 OPS+, 20.62 AB/HR, 22-23 Morel 738 PA, 32.6 K Rate, 111 OPS+, 18.85 AB/HR

Ages 23-24 Seasons (so far) Baez - 958 PA, .316 OBP, .768 OPS, 98 OPS+, 37 HR, 26.3% K-Rate Morel - 738 PA, .316 OBP, .784 OPS, 111 OPS+, 35 HR, 32.6% K-Rate Baez took his big leap at age 25 with 34 homers. Morel has 30 combined between AAA and MLB this year so far. I'm excited to see how a full season for him plays out.

Greinke and Verlander have a chance if they pitch another couple of years, but he might be the last pitcher we see pass 3,500 innings in a long time. Curiosity struck, and I was actually somewhat shocked how similar Zambrano and Sabathia were from 03-09, when both were ages 22-28. Zambrano: 1435 IP, 3.44 ERA, 131 ERA+, 1.278 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 33.6 bWAR (walks were the big outlier) Sabathia: 1499 IP, 3.42 ERA, 129 ERA+, 1.200 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 32.4 bWAR

After I saw I had to match the Yankees and the Braves, all I could think of to match was Run the Jewels and it took me way too long to move my mind past that.

I missed on 3,000 hits/500 home runs assuming Bonds was an easy answer knowing he played forever and had an average around .300 for his career. He was 65 hits short. I should've factored in his 2,558 career walks.