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  1. max silver
    Any time I go out to eat I generally have my wife and daughter with me, and I'm hard pressed to avoid ordering a few tasty adult beverages to go with the meal. It's hard to get out of a restaurant spending less than $75 even if it's a less expensive place like Denny's.
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    With a burger press and round parchment papers to avoid sticking it's a total breeze to get nice consistent patties.
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    I make burgers a ton at home on my grill. I have a nice recipe that I perfected over time, and the Mrs. makes homemade buns as well a good amount of the time and that just can't be beat. There is a middle ground that's still fast and higher quality available with the various delivery services that are available now, as well as alternatively popping into the restaurant for pickup of the order on the way home. Unless someone is so pressed for time that they literally can't get out of the car for a few minutes to go pick up an order there's very little advantage to eating s***** fast food anymore.
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    The price of fast food has increased to the point where I'd infinitely rather just get a burger from a proper full service restaurant.
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    You're welcome.
  6. max silver
    He would certainly be burning a lot less calories through activity in the several months of downtime.
  7. max silver
    I think Ernie rushes his damn throws too much at times. Nearly all of the errors I've seen him make at third base are a direct result of rushing his throws instead of setting his feet and getting more on the throw. He tends to bounce a lot of throws in this nature.
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    I'd guess that it would difficult to perform much cardio when you are sitting around resting up a leg injury.
  9. max silver
    I've seen reports that suggest Roden is an average or even better than average defender in a corner outfield spot so I it's possible that Horwitz isn't a good comparison in the field.
  10. max silver
    I'd infinitely prefer Walker over Alonso as he's a far more balanced player who offers similar overall offensive output except with an elite glove at first base.
  11. max silver
    Buck Martinez was carrying on and on about how important pitcher wins were and that Jose Berrios contract was a total bargain. It's not like he's stuck in the past or anything of the sort. I still generally like Buck as a color guy but he can be extremely grating at times when he's complaining about catchers catching with a knee down, or griping about pitch framing being overrated, or bitching about how bad strikeouts are for hitters/whining about how overrated strikeouts are for pitchers and how much better it is to pitch to contact (pick a lane dude, strikeouts are bad for hitters and also bad for pitchers to emphasize) etc.
  12. max silver
    I'm not particularly worried about Green moving forward. He's not as good as the miniscule ERA he ran for most of the season would suggest given the reduced strikeout rate and substandard quality of contact allowed but he's nowhere near as bad as the recent struggles would suggest either. His stuff and command metrics are both very solid and I fully expect the recent struggles will be more of a speedbump than a sign of things to come.
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    Berrios has been getting by recently largely on the strength of improved command and increased stuff on the slurve. I tracked his Stuff+ results over his recent string of effective starts and the various fastballs are all still below career norms in terms of stuff but he's been locating a lot more effectively. He has rediscovered the effectiveness of his slurve recently so hopefully this will allow him to continue outperforming his FIP values if the strikeouts don't return.
  14. max silver
    I also fully expect that some of the surplus of MLB ready prospects will be utilized as currency for relief help. I still expect the team will need to spend some money in free agency for leverage help.
  15. max silver
    I certainly feel a lot better about Berrios based on the strong finish to the season as he's fired off 7 very good starts in a row and 8 of 9 being very solid. All of Gausman, Berrios and Francis are finishing well which bodes well for next season.
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    Probably not unless Rogers agreed to increase payroll a bit. The team has the need to add two bats with thump, 2-3 bullpen arms and some rotation help. I've seen estimates of $50-60 million to spend and paying the rotation option a third of that just doesn't leave a lot leftover to fill the other holes.
  17. max silver
    There are 3 certainties in life; death, taxes, and Jonn saying stupid s*** on BJMB.
  18. max silver
    Don't look now but Vlad is suddenly an even 0 defender at third base by both DRS and OAA. He's making a pretty strong case towards rewarding him with a bunch of starts at third base next season.
  19. max silver
    Maybe something similar to what Bassitt received from the Blue Jays would be a good starting point. Kikuchi certainly has more upside but he tends to go in slumps in recent seasons even after the turnaround that has a sizeable effect on the overall numbers. He's 33 years old this season and I'd expect this to limit the overall term of his deal, although if there ends up being a bit of a bidding war maybe he could garner himself a 4th year.
  20. max silver
    Gausman has flashed good velocity early on but he's getting killed by softly hit singles.
  21. max silver
    It's certainly not all bad luck as his quality of contact metrics were basically Santiago Espinal level for the first few months. He's swinging harder (up nearly a full MPH) and barreling up the baseball at rates approaching triple the early season results so it appears as though some mechanical adjustments have unlocked a bit more power.
  22. max silver
    His last 3.5 months have seen the results line up much more closely with the expected stats so hopefully this is something that can carry forward. Springer has posted a .334 wOBA vs .347 xwOBA (-0.013) in this period after May 26, as compared to .243 wOBA/.300 xwOBA (-0.057) until May 25.
  23. max silver
    Barger has been much better in his most recent callup and Roden is destroying AAA pitching in recent months so each of those guys have a good shot to factor in next season.
  24. max silver
    Yeah I think it's a mix of fatigue and needing to dial back a bit to maintain a starter's workload. Rodriguez is another guy who I think will likely maintain his stuff better next season with a full offseason to work out with the team in Dunedin.
  25. max silver
    Francis has an almost perfectly matching 3.50 ERA/3.56 xERA this season. He's a very interesting story as he's been tossing out top of the rotation performances despite greatly diminishing stuff as the season progresses.
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