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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Without a doubt. Apple blundered their way through that situation.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, this is funny... because it's funny. But also, I swore up and down that year by Grossman was a fluke and it was. I mean, he's no GGer but that year (2015? 2016?) was such an outlier that it should be cast away and forgotten.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    To be clear, this isn't actually a real thing. Think of it this way: You buy a 400hp car. You run it hard for 10 years, put 150,000 miles on it, then put it on a dyno. Are you really pissed that it only turns 300hp now? Of course not. Your car isn't expected to as good as it once was because parts wear down and things become less efficient in time. Lithium-Ion batteries are AWFUL at sustaining a maximum charge point, especially when baked into the horrific ways we all use our phones (hot weather, random charging times, no ventilation, etc). Yet you put a Li-Ion battery in a car and it can easily run for a decade, often much longer than that. Why the difference? Cooling. And battery monitoring. All those cells give the opportunity for displacement of use, heat, and power, which can be controlled by a computer. And cooling keeps the entire battery in check and optimizes itself for longevity. A phone? Nah, you just churn and burn them because the money isn't there to attempt that sort of thing because people simply don't give a ****.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    That wasn't actually to slow phones, it was because Apple wrote an OS that over-taxed some of their phone batteries, which would drain a battery on the spot and power down a phone in seconds. The more you read into it, the more it makes sense. It was still a really ****ty decision because Apple was protecting flawed hardware (instead of replacing it) but not because they were trying to force an upgrade. Apple is the only OS on the market that routinely *speeds up* older phones. Once every 3-4 years, they concentrate on a new version of iOS that maximizes efficiency and speeds up all their phones (and, by default, all their older phones). Android, to my knowledge, did that once... like four years ago, and it's because they improved the underlying software and speed on older devices just happened to be a side effect of that improvement. Then again, good luck finding a four year old Android device still getting updates, while Apple only deprecates hardware after five years.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Heh, but that's what Apple does, too... Everyone tracks your movements. But Apple has no financial incentive to sell you on your next decision or let anyone else know what you're doing right now or may plan to do next. It's a double-edged sword. Under this operating decision, Apple will *always* be less effective at predicting your behavior or giving you surprising things that you didn't know you wanted but actually want. But, on the other hand, they will not be selling your data and manipulating you for profit. Choose your poison. A slightly diminished experience or one that attempts to control you (or, maybe more accurately, one that attempts to steer your life in ways that divest you of more money).
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I stick with Apple products because my trust in Google's data mining practices have been swirling down the drain for years. But there are lots of good Android products out there, I simply no longer trust Google. Apple has divested itself from advertising (years ago, actually), so they have no real interest in our data beyond improving their own products, which means they don't sell our data.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    You pay a king's ransom for Trout. You don't pay a king's ransom for Trout and the albatross that is Pujols. It's a terrible deal for the Twins financially and a terrible deal for the Angels public relationally.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    It's starting to feel like the 88 Dodgers...
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    The hockey coach from Letterkenny would have something to say right about now.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, not that I'm sorry, because... **** the Astros after their AGM pulled that garbage but, still... it's madness.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    This is pure madness.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I was pretty okay with the ending but the third season kinda chapped my ass. I think too many gloss over that third season of boring-ass drama and then unfairly bash the end.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Plouffe didn't have Sano's physical limitations holding him back. Sano is an amazing athlete but only so much can be done with a 6'4", 270 lb frame. I don't know if I'd worry too much about Sano manning third in 2020 but I'd be looking for a replacement, and soon.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    To be clear, I said “much over $40m”. I think those other guys come in at $12-14m. Wheeler is maybe closer to Odorizzi money, like $16m a year.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I must be doing it wrong. I’ve tried a few times and while I can smoke beef and pork like a fiend, chicken just never seems quite right to me. Any suggestions?
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Don't smoke veggies no matter what anyone tells you. I tend to smoke with the lightest woods (usually fruit) because I don't like the bitterness of some other woods. Veggies are awful when smoked. And I've never had a good smoked chicken. It's just not a thing IMO. Smoking is about low and slow, burning out the fat slowly and working through the tendons/whatever. Chicken doesn't really have any of that stuff and you can just cook it normally and be done. As for secondary, I often have a hot grill next to my smoker to finish off whatever I need done. It's kind of ridiculous but also quite fun to have two burning hot things going at the same time for very different reasons.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Odorizzi should get $18m as a QO or ~$16m over multiple years. Pineda will be prorated to around $10m. No way those other guys are $20-25m guys. I'd be mildly surprised if those three went much over $40m as a group. Except for Wheeler, I'd pay a bit more for him.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Law seems to be relatively accurate in his assessments but is hardly exempt from missing the mark relatively often, too (a good reminder that scouting is hardly a precise science). We should probably have concerns about Lewis but if we have concerns, Falvine probably also have concerns and possibly a solution.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Ewen, just walk away. You've said you piece and said it well, just let it go.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    True, somehow I missed that Verlander only had 2+ years on his contract when I thought he had 4 left. But the overall point remains that no one else was falling over themselves to pick up that contract while the Astros said "yep", then literally turned a 35 year old pitcher into a better pitcher than he was at 25.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, and I get that. My POINT is that Houston turned him into the best pitcher he's ever been... and the guy is approaching his late 30s. Literally, Justin Verlander, at age 36 or 37 or whatever, *right now* is the best pitcher he has been in his life. That's absurd and says so much about the Astros system. The Twins would not have done that with Verlander in 2017 or 2018 or probably 2019. That's the bar. Get to the point where you can take players no one else wants and turn them into spectacular players because everyone else is missing something.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    When he was traded, Verlander was coming off the worst season he had in years, had previous injury concerns, and was being paid like royalty for the next 5-6 years. There's a reason why no one else even appeared to be interested in acquiring him. But Houston works on a different level than the rest of baseball. They didn't only see that Verlander was still good, they saw how they could turn a mid-30s Verlander into the best pitcher he'd been in his entire career. In his mid- to late-30s. That's the bar the Twins need to set for their goals. How to find baseball's blindspots and exploit the hell out of them. Now, I don't reasonably expect the Twins to be the Astros, they're out-of-the-stratosphere good at this stuff... but that should be the goal.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s reasonable. Given his rough 2019, seeing him in Minnesota late in 2020 becomes pretty unlikely. As for how he starts his MLB career, pretty much impossible to predict that. How MILB skills translate to MLB pitchers is a mystery. See Arraez, Luis.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, I agree. It'd be nice if someone fast-tracked to the majors and succeeded for once.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Wow, you’re drawing an insane number of conclusions about a prospect who had an off season. Yeah, having an off season doesn’t look great. But to say he won’t hit his ceiling or that he’s not living up to #1 overall performance is wildly jumping the gun. Not every player has a neat, tidy approach to the majors, yet that doesn't prevent them from later becoming a star any more than ripping through the minors prevents a player from becoming a bust.
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