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NHL season and Playoffs seem way too long. It would be nice to have the Stanley Cup wrapped up by the end of the May or beginning of June, but that's pretty much impossible given the amount of off days and scheduling. Heck even this season in April I was asking myself when the Playoffs start and the Leafs still had regular season games on April 11th and 13th and their first playoff game was on April 18th. Crazy! They need to try to start the Playoffs earlier at the beginning of April. By time the Cup finishes mid-to-late June, then you have the NHL draft, free agency begins July 1st and by time September rolls around training camp and exhibition season begins.

Who is ASS?

I only own him in BORED. Send me a wise offer.

Never said he sucks lol geez. I just said he never matched up to the high expectations and hype when he was drafted and when he was coming up as a prospect. His 2015 and 2021 seasons he was one of the best players in baseball. Take away those two seasons and yeah. Still a very solid career but nothing spectacular as he was built up to be. Harper's WAR excluding his 2015 and 2021 seasons: 4.4 4.1 1.6 2.7 4.2 3.0 4.0 1.9 2.4 0.6 (so far this season) Still very solid, but don't consider those numbers as one of the best players in the game.

Yup I don't think anyone would complain. He's had a tremendous and real solid career to date. All I was saying was that he never met the expectations as being one of the best players in baseball. He looked it in 2015 and 2021, though never was able to string together consistent 8-9 WAR seasons.

I never said Harper has had a disappointing career. Where did I ever say that? He's definitely had a great career to this point and has solidified himself as a top player in this game. All I was saying when he came up, he had very high expectations as the next baseball phenom, kind of like LeBron James level in the NBA as you just alluded to, though those expectation consistently over his career were never met. Yes he looked like the best player in baseball in 2015 and 2021, though outside of those years, while still very good, he didn't look as one of the best players in the game. Then I compared Trout's career WAR saying it was almost double his over the same timespan to show how amazing Trout has been during his career and that Harper wasn't even close. So I don't understand why you're trying to pick an argument here and trying to prove a point. I also agree Harper should get in the Hall if he stays healthy until his mid-30s. He's had some injury concerns over the years, so yes that could possibly impact his chances if he can't stay on the field. Is he a first balloter? Depends on the class, but if he keeps up his pace and does have a couple 4-5 WAR seasons, he should be or at least inducted early.

Yeah BA's 2011 rankings had Harper ahead of Trout. Montero and Brown were both 3 and 4 lol. Teheran was No. 5 haha. Hellickson, Chapman, Hosmer, Moustakas, Myers rounded out the Top 10. Geez!

Yeah Harper still needs to play into mid 30s and put together a couple more 4-5 WAR seasons. I don't think we'll ever see Harper being a 9 WAR player ever again like he was in 2015.

At the time when they reached the Majors, both Harper and Trout were pretty much considered two of the best future young stars of the game. Trout obviously went to another level and lived up to those expectations as one of the best players all time in baseball whereas Harper has had a solid career, though never lived up to the lofty expectations when he was coming up as a prospect. Was using that comparison showing how good Trout has been over the last 10 or so years and how Harper hasn't even come close. You probably had some scouts and baseball writers back in 2011/2012 think Harper was going to be better than Trout. There was definitely more hype surrounding Harper when he made the Show. Harper is definitely trending towards the Hall if he stays healthy and produces a couple more 4-5 WAR seasons. He's had a real solid career. Though don't think he lived up to all the hype when he was coming up as a prospect.

That's the NHL for you. At least the Stanley Cup won't be played at the end of June!

Kyle Dubas hired as President of Hockey Operations in Pittsburgh. Wow!

You must have got a bag of chips and soft drink with that as well.

Sign KK to a 5 year extension! Lets do it!

Could have used those two points damn!

Interesting debate: would you consider Bryce Harper HOF worthy or as a first balloter? He's had a solid career to date, but looking over his career numbers, he's definitely been overhyped and overrated. Trout almost has double the career WAR over the same timespan. Crazy!

I got Gausman in a parlay for strikeouts. Need 6 or more. Luzardo and Bibee with 5 or more.

Posey was the best catcher in baseball over the last 10-15 years. He put up a 10.1 WAR season in 2012 and won 3 World Series with the Giants. He was just above and beyond everyone else at that position. Sucks he retired early at 34. Like you said, he probably could have strung together a couple more 3-4 WAR seasons. Might have got close to 70 WAR, especially if he never was part of that home plate collision in 2011 which he only played 45 games.

Given the Jays looking to contend, putting Manoah on the mound every 5th day and waiting till he figures it out is hurting them more than helping. As well, if you say its a confidence issue, let him go to AAA and have some dominant outings. Might help him when he gets back up here. Otherwise, he is hurting the Jays more than helping and the goal should be to get him right to being a No. 2/3 starter again. I'm sure the Jays could use an opener for a couple turns then go with Richards or Pearson to follow afterwards.

A Big Mac combo used to be like $6.99 about 10 years ago. Now any combo at McDonalds is over $10.

I'm shocked they're still around. For chain restaurants, Joey's and Earl's are the best for drinks and small bites IMO. Haven't been to Cactus Club in a while, but they're more upper scale but pretty decent. If you want a nice meal, the Keg is still very solid.

Defensively, he provides no value at all. Offensively, he still has solid K/BB ratios (.341 OBP despite a .226 BA). Needs to be an .800 OPS or better bat to at least be productive.

June 1 Bichette - 1 Point Vladdy - 2 Points - LetTheBallFly, Omar, mphenhef, JaysBlue Chapman - 2 Points Varsho - 2 Points Springer - 2 Points Biggio - 5 Points Merrifield - 5 Points Kiermaier - 6 Points Heineman - 7 Points Off the bench: 10 Points

It would just be better to send Manoah down to work things out and hope he can return after the All Star break. In the long term, Jays are a better team if they can get Manoah back to being a 2/3 starter. I don't think Manoah's replacement would be any worse right now. Heck, even use an opener and a bulk reliever if you have to when it's Manoah's turn in the rotation for a couple of weeks.