Brock Beauchamp
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Okay, it turns out I was on the right path. One of our server instances (of four) was pegged at 99% CPU usage. We've added more instances (now six) and told the offending server to stop being naughty. Let me know if things are still slow in an hour. It takes a little time to spool up the new instances and properly redistribute users across them. -
Be careful, they're petty af over there. 😁
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I'm getting reports of slow load times across all three sites. We're looking into it, I think one of our server instances (we run 3-4) is really slow right now.
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Jon Morosi has reported the Yankees and Marcus Stroman have had "productive conversations", leading to him speculating the elder New York club is the most likely to sign the 32-year-old righty. Stroman opted out of his contract with the Cubs at the conclusion of the 2023 season, hoping to build upon the $21 million he was set to earn in Chicago in 2024. With the Cubs agreeing to terms with Shota Imanaga on Tuesday, their immediate need for help at the top (or mid, depending how you view Imanaga) has lessened but there are still question marks surrounding the North Siders' rotation, which would be helped enormously with the return of Stroman. -
Jon Morosi has reported the Yankees and Marcus Stroman have had "productive conversations", leading to him speculating the elder New York club is the most likely to sign the 32-year-old righty. Stroman opted out of his contract with the Cubs at the conclusion of the 2023 season, hoping to build upon the $21 million he was set to earn in Chicago in 2024. With the Cubs agreeing to terms with Shota Imanaga on Tuesday, their immediate need for help at the top (or mid, depending how you view Imanaga) has lessened but there are still question marks surrounding the North Siders' rotation, which would be helped enormously with the return of Stroman. View full rumor
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Article: Matt Mervis Made Changes...But is He Better?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jason Ross's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
By the way, expect to see a lot more deep-dive stuff like this. We're trialing TruMedia's data service program and so far, I am beyond impressed with what people are doing with it across our three sites. Really excellent work, @1908_Cubs! -
Shota Imanaga's signing deadline is a little over 48 hours away (5pm Eastern, January 11th) and teams are dropping out of the bidding, according to Jon Heyman. Imanaga, 30 years old, has been rumored to receive upwards of $100 million but teams have balked at that price point, possibly due to physical concerns. According to Heyman, the Cubs and Red Sox are still in play and possibly the leaders to sign the veteran left-hander. -
Shota Imanaga's signing deadline is a little over 48 hours away (5pm Eastern, January 11th) and teams are dropping out of the bidding, according to Jon Heyman. Imanaga, 30 years old, has been rumored to receive upwards of $100 million but teams have balked at that price point, possibly due to physical concerns. According to Heyman, the Cubs and Red Sox are still in play and possibly the leaders to sign the veteran left-hander. View full rumor
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Shota Imanaga remains unsigned but his posting deadline now looms. The Japanese lefty needs to sign by 5pm Eastern Time on Thursday, January 11th. The Cubs have been linked to Imanaga in several reports, along with the San Francisco Giants. What is causing the delay? While it's somewhat unclear, there have been rumblings that teams are wary of the 30 year old's medicals, possibly his shoulder. Once assumed to be a near-lock for a $100 million deal, with the deadline approaching and no solid rumors linking him to specific teams, how much Imanaga will sign for and where is up in the air. View full rumor
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Shota Imanaga remains unsigned but his posting deadline now looms. The Japanese lefty needs to sign by 5pm Eastern Time on Thursday, January 11th. The Cubs have been linked to Imanaga in several reports, along with the San Francisco Giants. What is causing the delay? While it's somewhat unclear, there have been rumblings that teams are wary of the 30 year old's medicals, possibly his shoulder. Once assumed to be a near-lock for a $100 million deal, with the deadline approaching and no solid rumors linking him to specific teams, how much Imanaga will sign for and where is up in the air. -
Houston outspends the Cubs by a lot, though. The past three years the Astros have outspent the Cubs by $50m, $32m, and $49m.
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For the time being, I've again enabled the Old-Timey Member promotion group. You have to be in the Old-Timey group to see the social forum. Anyone who registers is able to see that forum after six months.
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Way to get in under the wire.
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Anyone.
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WSI is definitely not the vibe we’re striving toward, that’s for sure. But your point at large is valid in the sense that if a person’s general demeanor is contrarian to the community, that person may not be a good fit. We’ve had to ban a few people over the years not because they were breaking rules but because they kept banging drums negatively against the community and in favor of another organization. It will shock absolutely no one here that one prominent example was a Cardinals fan, though you might be surprised to learn they were banned from Twins Daily, of all places. They were banned under the newly-placed rule I created just for them, the “dude, just shut the **** up already” clause.
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You don't have to worry about this. We've been navigating this problem on Twins Daily for years now. If push comes to shove, community integrity trumps page views. We've taken various stands at TD over the years - the most recent being Covid and George Floyd - and seen temporary drops in traffic as a result. We're fine with that. We welcome all creeds and colors but draw the line at misinformation and/or extreme troublemaking, particularly if it's intolerant of entire classes of people. The only thing to be intolerant of is intolerance, you probably know the spiel. But because I don't really follow the off-topic forum, I'm going to miss stuff. If anyone has input of any kind, I cannot stress enough that they should PM me anytime. One of the tasks I hope to accomplish in 2024 is that as the community grows, we start to build out a little more robust moderating staff to handle the inevitable influx of bad actors that will register and try to cause trouble.
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I need long-time user opinions on this, I don't actually use the off-topic forum. I saw some comments mentioning an influx of new users who may not share the core beliefs of the existing community. Is this a problem that is bothering some of you? We need to attract new users but also find a way to integrate them into the existing culture. So consider this a sounding board for things you're concerned about and things you see that could be improved. The site is going to continue growing so this will not be a temporary problem. I'd like to enact measures to protect certain aspects of the current community where possible.
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Welcome to NSBB!
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You're welcome. Little stuff like that is hard to track down unless I just dedicate myself to using dark mode for a few weeks. If you know of more stuff like that, please speak up.
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And I should have scrolled a bit further. Okay, I'll look into it.
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Okay, thanks for the notification. Anyone else?
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Welcome to NSBB! I think the assumption is that these trades are not a replacement for signing free agents but a supplement to additional moves. If the Cubs get Bieber and then Chapman or Bellinger, then follow up with a lesser free agent for 1B/3B, they're in decent shape. That's a lot of tasks to accomplish, though.
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I've spent the past couple of weeks with dark mode, identifying and fixing small display bugs along the way. If you see display errors while using dark mode, please share them here.
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Cubs Expected to Be In On Shota Imanaga Sweepstakes
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think Bellinger likely outperforms Chapman but if Chapman can be had for four years at lesser money instead of 6+ years and $200m for Bellinger, I might prefer Chapman.
