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  1. Bertz
    Same, Rosati's was much more a part of my life than Giordano's or Malnati's. Art of Pizza is definitely the way to go with deep dish though. I don't know if it's the best, but the ability to order by the slice instead of committing to a whole pie is really great.
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    While acknowledging all caveats about how NFL stats are way worse than MLB ones because it's really hard to isolate performance from teammates and scheme...Mitch is currently the 4th best QB in the league by QBR, and 8th by DYAR when you combine rushing and passing (DYAR is basically DVOA turned into a counting stat). https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb
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    Parkeys had a bad SEASON. its not one game like Crosby. And Crosby is about the worse kicker out of all of the cold climate open-air stadiums across the NFL, so not a great example. I'd love to see him turn it around, but when I hear he doesn't want to practice at Soldier Field (a place he HAS to be able to kick in) and he has every opportunity to do so, he just doesn't inspire optimism in me. It looks like the Bears are going to make him do that so we will see how it affects him. He was 13/16 on FGs and 28/28 on XPs before yesterday. Those numbers are perfectly average. There's only like 4 really good kickers out there, and like 15-20 meh guys. Parkey's in that latter group, and guys in that latter group are prone to having days like yesterday. If it becomes a trend, cut him, but until then step off the ledge. It's like a closer blowing a big game, it looks bad when it's happening but it's not some indictment of him as a man or some horsefeathers.
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    I posted this in the Lions thread but it bears repeating: Mason Crosby is 8/8 in FGs and 12/12 in XPs since his similarly disastorous game against the Lions. Bad days happen, unless it's still happening next weekend and we think he has yips of the leg, there's no reason to freak out.
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    Mason Crosby is 7/7 in FGs and 8/8 in XPs since his disaster game against the Lions. Bad days happen. I wouldn't cut Parkey this week, but I'd certainly start the process of looking for a replacement.
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    I think the Saints are beatable outdoors, but yeah I don't know how anyone's going to go into the Superdome and beat them. Therefore we all need to adopt the Panthers as our second team for the rest of the season.
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    A Bortlesian performance if I've ever seen one
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    Welp, that makes a lot more sense
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    A bunch of the guys who I'm pretty sure don't live here year-year round were seemingly at the field this morning There could be plenty of reasons, but a Bryce recruiting contingent is as reasonable an explanation as any.
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    I like Merrifield the player well enough in a vacuum, but he'd be a pretty infuriating acquisition in our current position. Why would the team go get him when they could have used those same player resources on a starter cheaper than Hamels, freeing up that money for a run at Harper. Plus, since he's not a viable backup SS, he doesn't actually fill any hole on this team.
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    This is almost surely nonsense. The only two ways it makes sense to trade Bryant are if the team believes his shoulder is borked, but in a way that would not show up in a post trade physical, or if his lack of clutch is a real thing and not just dumb noise. Both things are exceedingly unlikely. It would make the offseason really interesting though in a nerdy baseball mogul kind of sense. Freeing his salary would probably let you afford Harper/Machado even if we're poor. On top of that you could get back essentially anything you wanted in exchange, so you can address the cracks in the roster in a much more targeted way than FA typically allows. And Epstein is maybe the only guy in the league with the cachet that an owner would allow him to do something like this.
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    I swear if they spend any more than like a million on a backup C and this "we've got no money!" nonsense ends up being true I'm going to have an aneurysm
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    Yeah but he actually plays pretty solid defense at multiple positions. I'd also assume the Mariners would pay down his salary to move him. Or take Chatwood back. Yeah, if our goal is to a bad contract swap with Chatwood, Gordon's a good fit. Money's essentially the same, seemed to be a passable backup at SS last year, and has the speed and contact you like to have in a bench guy.
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    Maybe PTR wants Joe to quit instead of firing him to save the $5m?
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    Yeah I'm pretty sure Epstein has to say these sorts of things about Russell if for no other reason than to avoid ugliness with the Player's Union. I'd like for the team to non tender him, but they'll trade him somewhere, probably San Diego.
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    Seattle's a very good Tyler Chatwood destination. They have the money that they'd probably be cool eating his contract for prospects. Or if we preferred more of a bad contract swap, Dee Gordon's making basically exactly the same salary and is a really interesting option if the scouts liked how he looked at SS last year.
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    I'm starting to wonder if people aren't buying it because they don't want to buy it. Sort of like Trump supporters getting facts thrown at them and just choosing not to believe them. Also, I'm not comparing these Cubs fans to Trump supporters on any other level. Yeah it's totally the same. Dave Kaplan and David Fahrenthold are basically interchangeable.
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    Sharma in his latest article says that the payroll limit is 246, and that we chose to keep Hamels because Chatwood and Darvish were such busts. Still not sure I buy it, but that's what he's putting out there.
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    The Vikings have five wins, but only seven games left on their schedule. Four of those seven are on the road including @Seattle and @New England. Not to mention two games against the Bears and another against the Packers. Absolutely brutal schedule.
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    Luckily, the schedule is still pretty light. The Lions, Giants, and 49ers are all in the bottom quarter of the league based on DVOA. And looking at everyone's remaining schedules, I think 10 wins is enough for the division. Like you said, split the NFC North games, and beat the Giants and 49ers, and that should do it.
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    Is he? I feel like that was true under Hendry but not really under Theo. Another question I have about the no money theory, why not just backload the deal? The luxury tax affects draft penalties and taxes paid, but in terms of dollars in and dollars out you can still get creative with a contract. I can't see why they would keep Hamels when they very easily could set it up so they only pay Bryce $20m this year. The practical cost would likely be having to build next year's bullpen on a shoestring, but Bryce Harper is worth that.
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