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Well, now he's the GOAT colour guy

Who's the crazy ******* doing the colour commentary in the Steelers-Saints game?

This would be fantastic.

I'm of the mind that it's easier to book interviews than one would probably think - maybe not with a Shapiro/Atkins-type, but in general. Getting a writer or someone of a similar ilk from within the industry would likely be a piece of cake.

Best Overall Poster: BTS Funniest Poster: Pendleton and Spanky Nicest Poster: Abomination Best Foreign Poster: Littlemoon Dumbest Poster: wamco Most out of touch poster: saskjaysfan Best Female Poster: vdubmvp Best New Poster/Rookie Of The Year: Littlemoon Comeback poster of the year: LetTheBallFly Most Annoying Poster: tercet Best Troll: Laika Best Mod: TheHurl Best infrequent poster: Dr. Dinger Thread of the year: League of #Despair Best new board meme: Ten Straight Balls Biggest disappointment (decent poster that slipped): silvergun Worst Overall Poster: tercet Worst Troll: BBBB Best BJMB fantasy player: King Favourite poster: jays4life19 Edit: There are a lot of really good posters on this board, and there were quite honestly many options that I considered for each category. Some of my most favourite contributors didn't even get a single nomination on this ballot. I feel like that's indicative of an overall strong group of posters that we have here. 2018 was a solid year for this board and here's to hoping that 2019 is even better.

He said he has room.

Abomination gets: Mika Zibanejad Two Guys One Cup gets: Carter Hart Could someone with the permissions please move Mika to Abom's team?

I don't have power rankings for this (yet), but Jeff Passan is probably a top 3 writer in baseball, imo.

And my Poughkeepsie Plumber account, which was a reference to this:

I honestly can't fathom how and why so many people view this front office in such a negative light. How can so many outspoken people be this clueless and uneducated?

Wow!

On the bright side, Jarry is back to playing really well again for the baby Pens.

Yes, he's owned. Basically, any goalie worth a damn is already owned.

Nothing screams 'starting MLB SS' like a 0.03 BB/K rate.

The Rangers just traded Jurickson Profar to the A's.

Unquestionably.

Daniel Murphy is close with the Rockies.

This is just my personal feeling/speculation(s), but I have a feeling (not quite 50-50% but close to it) that the power rankings would look something like: 1. SRF - highest upside of the bunch and showed some promise last season in a small sample despite exhibiting a lot of warts such as control issues and the like. Pure stuff is that of a #2, though I just can't see that happening. Let's hope he can improve his command and he turns into a #3, but you'd have to assume he could be effective in other, shorter-burst roles if he can't stop throwing (ten straight) balls. 2. Paulino - has the stuff to start if he can stay healthy and off the drugs (mmmkay?). "realistic" upside is #3 SP, or possible dominant late-inning arm. 3. Borucki - probably a #4/5 type SP, but hard to see his floor being much lower than that. 4. Merryweather - he's tough to nail down due to the TJ, but was throwing hard and seems to have good control of his deep arsenal of pitches. possible range of outcomes are #3 SP to what Thornton is below. 5. Thornton - could be a solid back-end starter, or long-man out of bullpen, or used as an effective post-opener. 6. Perez - probably an RP due to control issues, but upside is immense if he were to ever harness his stuff (but he probably doesn't and could end up a late-inning arm instead). 7. Waguespack - probably an RP, but might be a serviceable depth starter. 8. Pannone - probably an RP, as we saw he was more effective in that role last year. 9. Copping - strictly an RP.

Cahill to the Angels. 1-yr/$9M. So who the f***'s pitching for Toronto in 2019?

Very little results? The Jays have a top 5 farm in baseball, bro. They were likely a bottom 5 farm when Shapiro and Atkins took over, as AA had previously traded away basically anyone in the system that was worth a damn. It's impressive that Atkins has added so many promising prospects in such a short amount of time. As an aside, I am thankful to AA for signing our crown jewel and even more thankful that he didn't trade him away.

I third this motion. My nomination for the new Lifetime Achievement award is Spanky99.

Lol

Matt Harvey to the Angels on a 1-yr/$11M contract. He can also make an additional $3M in incentives. I would've liked to see Atkins on Harvey for that kind of deal.