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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.

I probably missed this elsewhere, but Soler is having quite the season. Tied for 3rd in the MLB in homers (20), .919 OPS, 148 OPS+, and looks to be on pace to come close to his 2019 stat line. He's built up quite the resume - 2 world series, a world series MVP, and a home run title with a chance for the second. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with more career home runs than Bryant.

Moved to the Des Moines area earlier this year and took advantage and decided to take a long lunch to watch Hendricks. Didn’t need to make it as long as I thought though as he couldn’t make it through 2. A lot of hard contact. He was sitting 85-87 though, which is for him, is encouraging maybe?

Mastrobuoni is definitely going to be a guy I won't be able to remember when taking the Cubs opening day lineup Sporcle quiz in five years. If I do remember, will probably take me 3-5 tries to spell it right

Please add me to the Old-Timey group as well. Thanks!

I am wondering if some of the money left to be spent will be acquired via trade over free agency, especially with the extra draft capital that has been built up. Not sure who would be available (Buckner? Tunsil?) but might be the route they need to go if they want to get some more high impact players on the team.

As feared, the Commanders have tagged Payne. Not all that surprising, but I know he was a favorite of many mock off-season posts I have seen.

It's crazy how stacked that 2011 draft class was. Watt was probably the most dominant defensive player in football for a good 4 year stretch before the injuries, but there's a good chance he may have the fifth most sacks in that draft class if he retires early and Quinn plays few more years. Watt would probably be top 10 all time if he wasn't injured for a good portion of his prime. 1. Von Miller (drafted 2nd overall) - 123.5 sacks 2. Cameron Jordan (24th overall) - 112.5 sacks 3. J.J. Watt (11th overall) - 111.5 sacks 4. Justin Houston (70th overall) - 111.0 sacks 5. Robert Quinn (14th overall) - 102.0 sacks Also up there on the leaderboards is Chandler Jones at 112 sacks drafted a year later. Still can't believe McClellin was drafted over Jones. Possibly could have changed that 2012 season.

Hah, looking at his stats last year, he split time at short with our old friend Addison Russell. As comparison: Kim: .304/.396/.521/.917 27 HR in 554 PA, 11 errors in 84 games Russell: .262/.329/.340/.669 1 HR in 231 PA, 8 errors in 11 games Not sure how Korean League typically translates to MLB, but by that, looks like he'd be an upgrade over the piece of horsefeathers Russell.

Holy horsefeathers Ross Ohlendorf is still around?

I'm just going to stop watching games. The only games this trip I was able to watch was this one and the loss against the Padres. The six game winning streak was while I was on vacation. Really can't remember the last time I sat down and watched a win.

I grew up playing baseball with their left fielder Ryan Nagle so that's pretty cool. This is the first time I've tried following a college baseball team somewhat closely.

Drop Springer, add JD Martinez

The good news is that the Cardinals offense has been slumping too, scoring 7 runs in 35 innings against the Pirates, so under 2 runs per nine innings. That being said I fully expect them to BABIP luck their way into a bunch of runs this series. Cubs are also averaging about a run and a half better during night games. I remember somebody mentioning we seem to hit better during the night.

I thought this game couldn't get any worse, then I realized Denorfia has a Nickleback song for his walk-up.