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  1. max silver
    One shouldn't underestimate how deep Gruber's hatred of Atkins runs. It's on par or greater than Grant's completely irrational hatred of Boston and the Red Sox.
  2. max silver
    Hell no man, I value my life too much for that.
  3. max silver
    In my experience it was my wife that let herself go.
  4. max silver
    If the Padres financial situation is as dire as reported they aren't exactly in the driver's seat when it comes to the eventual Soto return. They have to fill out most of their rotation and simultaneously make a sizable cut to their player salary budget. Most of their long term contracts are basically unmovable given as well so the only tangible asset they have to move for real cost savings is Soto.
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    I agree the reported asking price from the Padres is absurd, nobody is paying that kind of price a single year of Soto. He's an elite hitter but is essentially a DH masquerading as an outfielder at this point of his career. The one other guy I think would really hurt to see moved would be Enmanuel Bonilla.
  6. max silver
    I have Frenchsoup on ignore so I would have missed the context of that conversation entirely.
  7. max silver
    I specifically recall a comment where you declared he should be pitching in the KBO.
  8. max silver
    That still leaves an opening in the rotation, as needing to rely on the likes of White and Francis as regular rotation members instead of depth options has a lot lower upside compared to what Manoah can offer assuming at least a partial level of bounceback. I'd guess that Chad Dallas could be considered a pretty realistic depth option compared to Macko who has yet to taste baseball above high A up to this point.
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    You seem to think that Alek Manoah is completely ruined and therefore 100% expendable, yet at the same time are saying that he could be the frontliner in a Soto package. If he's as bad as you are claiming why in the world would the Padres be willing to take him in a Soto package?
  10. max silver
    What exactly is hilarious about it? You have a really weird sense of humor.
  11. max silver
    I saw it mentioned elsewhere that the deal the Nationals offered Soto was very heavily backloaded, so he'd be relatively underpaid for much of the deal. Perhaps he'd accept a similar deal total value wise over a shorter term so the AAV would be quite a bit higher.
  12. max silver
    I'd guess the club wouldn't be terribly motivated to move Bassitt as that reduces the team's starting depth a great deal, and opens up a rotation hole which needs to be filled by another pitcher likely outside of the organization. I would be really surprised if another team was willing to offer any kind of value in return for Springer given the season he just had. I think he will bounce back at least somewhat in 2024, but he's seen his numbers steadily declining since signing with the team. He managed to stay remarkably healthy last season, but perhaps he would benefit from actually playing a bit less in future seasons to keep his body fresh as the season progresses.
  13. max silver
    Ricky Romero foolishly pitched through knee pain and ended up ruining his career as his knees were completely ruined. According to the club there was nothing physically wrong with Alek this season, but he and his representatives seem to think he was dealing with shoulder/arm issues so who knows what to believe.
  14. max silver
    Yeah you have to give something of value to get a player like Soto for sure. Aside from Manoah and Tiedemann I don't think the club has pitching assets that would be of interest to the Padres who have so many rotation holes to fill. Between the two I'd certainly prefer to move Manoah as I think Tiedemann offers more upside, but just like Manoah Tiedemann also has his own set of question marks as a long term rotation piece.
  15. max silver
    I'm in the same boat in that I think it's far too soon to give up on Manoah and ship him out for a mediocre return relative to what he can provide if he returns to form. It's maybe not realistic to expect him to continue providing top of the rotation results as his toolset is more indicative of a mid rotation starter, but having a cheap rotation member like him is key to a team that's worked it's way up to the luxury tax if they want to continue adding established talent.
  16. max silver
    My daughter is still only 10 so I have a lot of remaining years before I have to worry too much about her long term future, but thankfully she is wired differently than I am with regards to motivation and drive to really push herself to succeed.
  17. max silver
    It seems we do share some things in common. I eventually built a comfortable upper middle class lifestyle for myself, but had I been more motivated in my school age years I had potential for a lot more than that. I was simply too much of a procrastinator to qualify for any kind of scholarships, and my parents would have really struggled to help put me through an expensive university education so tech school ultimately made sense for me. A nice benefit of that was the ability to step into the workforce after only a few years of extra education without having to take on massive amounts of student loan debt I recently worked my way into the top 10% of Canadian earners as well, but it wasn't necessarily due to underemployment in my case. It took me a prolonged time of putting in my dues working my way up the chain over the years.
  18. max silver
    I've seen Soto projected to earn $33 million for his last season of control.
  19. max silver
    If they aren't moved out in trade I could eventually see the likes of Barger and/or Roden taking over for Springer in the next few seasons. Ultimately I don't think either of these guys are ready for prime time yet so moving Springer would ultimately just open another hole on a team that already needs to replace 4 regular offensive contributors.
  20. max silver
    Get outta here with those weaksauce insults man, I'm sure you can do better than lame Trudeau jokes. Show a little creativity instead of recycling other people's material. You know absolutely nothing about me aside from the fact I like to trade barbs with Connor (as does everyone else for that matter), and especially enjoy giving Mr. "some posters here" a taste of his own medicine. It's sweet that you've taken it upon yourself to white knight for Connor, I'm sure he's especially touched.
  21. max silver
    All jokes aside is that what it costs to send a kid to university in the US nowadays? That's a crazy sum of money for a single year. On a semi related note my brother in-law sends both his kids to a pricey private school which costs over $20k a year per kid for grade school. That's a lot of dough by the time the kids are both finished school.
  22. max silver
    What are you on about this time? Manoah had a single bad season in his professional career and is a single season removed from receiving Cy Young award votes. Soroka has pitched 45 innings COMBINED in the last 4 seasons. If Manoah shits the bed for another 3 full seasons then he'll be a great comparable, for now it's nowhere remotely close to the same situation.
  23. max silver
    I have a hard time envisioning a school that costs $60k per year admitting you in the first place. This would likely be more up your alley: https://www.theclownschool.com/specialtyclasseslosangeles
  24. max silver
    You seem to be missing how transformative signing a player like this would be for the franchise. It would instantly catapult the organization upwards in world wide popularity, would add an elite bat (best is MLB last season) to a lineup desperately in need of offensive firepower, make the team much more attractive as a destination for other potential free agent signings, and if Ohtani is able to fully bounce back after surgery adds a top of the rotation talent to the team as well.
  25. max silver
    Jesus man the team has a legitimate opportunity to sign the greatest free agent in the history of the sport and you're still f***ing complaining. The Blue Jays would be surrounding Ohtani with a very good core of players, unlike the Angels who largely employed a stars and scrubs type of roster construction.
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