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  1. Danchat
    Good for Julien getting a chance in Colorado. Not so much for Ohl, but he's at least in position to get another chance in the majors. I'd expect he starts at A+ given all last year he pitched at Low A, not sure if you implied that or not. Or they'll keep a spot open for the inevitable minor league deal veteran reliever to get added so whoever it is can be on the 26 man roster. Maybe not with this opening, but it's gonna happen.
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    Just to be clear, I don't give a rip that Varland is from Minnesota and I am aware of their inconsistent play. The point was more that they ended up taking the best offers they had rather than "waiting to be wowed" like they are supposedly doing now. I get selling Jax when they did but Varland has another 5 years of control and they could have waited to trade him. It concerns me that they could do the same with Ryan / Lopez. Obviously they will have higher value than the relievers we traded but I'm talking relative value.
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    Yeah, last year it was "we have to be wowed to trade Jax or Varland" and they ended up dealing them for Bradley and Roden + Rojas. Not exactly the type of packages I would think of a "we can't refuse this" type of offer.
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    Larnach is a MLB bat, but he doesn't make sense on this roster anymore. As already mentioned, the roster has enough LH OFs and he's a liability defensively anyways. On a one year deal and a FA next year, he's essentially a cheap veteran who is unlikely to be back with the team in 2027 so why not trade him and try out the prospects in his place, Roden early in the year and then Rodriguez/Jenkins later on. I don't see much risk in moving on - like Bader and many other guys on one year deals, if they do have a career year then they're signing elsewhere regardless. This team isn't going to be good so might as well play the prospects where you reasonably can.
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    It's been a strange year for him as he's been great in pass pro but actually has had a terrible year run blocking, which used to be his biggest strength for us. PFF has him ranked 28th out of 42 centers which is overly harsh given his good pass pro. That did match the eye test for yesterday's game, I didn't see him give up a single pressure but he wasn't moving anybody in the run game.
  6. Danchat
    Harrison Bader gets a 2/$20.5M deal with the Giants.
  7. Danchat
    Don't worry Vanimal, we're getting a 3rd round comp pick for losing Darnold! Then we can spend it on a project player just like how we spent the Kirk Cousins 3rd round comp on WR Tai Felton. Oh wait...
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    I dunno, I think the plan is to go Jeffers-Caratini 50-50 split catching. Jeffers and Vazquez split 50-50 even with the latter being a horrid hitter, now with 3 catchers on the 40 man I think they opt to go that route and try to get Jackson to AAA.
  9. Danchat
    I think they want 3 catches on the 40 man roster and were always going to DFA Pereda at some point, perhaps they chose now for the timing. That is assuming a Jeffers trade isn't happening.
  10. Danchat
    I didn't know the "Secret Weapon" was a free agent...
  11. Danchat
    I agree with McDaniel being a good OC, he seems like another guy who is a great coordinator but doesn't quite cut it as a HC. Also, I like the Minter hire for Baltimore, he did really well as the Chargers DC. Their defense needs fixing and he is qualified for that, their OC hire will be a critical decision.
  12. Danchat
    Ohl is very surprising to see DFA'd at this point, I wasn't super high on him but so much for him getting a chance to part of the Opening Day bullpen. I fully expect at least one more veteran reliever to be added to the 40 man. As for Pereda, they were probably going to go back to having 3 catches on the 40 man eventually. Both played well this past September but in very small sample sizes.
  13. Danchat
    The safeties being a bit overrated, Mason only being average, Addison has been seen as below average to average through his whole career, though this season he actually wasn't that good. Skule jumped back to average because his final few games of the year were inexplicably really good, but it doesn't erase how bad he was early on in the season. I don't think he is an average tackle.
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    And he already got a foot in the door with the Steelers as they scooped him up after Miami fired him. That job appears to be down to between him, McCarthy, or one of the two Rams assistant coaches.
  15. Danchat
    He'd be a solid addition as a middle innings reliever, but given how shallow this pen is he may just be the closer. I'd have preferred one of the better (and younger) FA options on the market, but $2M is a nice pricetag.
  16. Danchat
    Flores didn't get a second interview with the Ravens, so it looks like it's just down to the Steelers job. That tidbit about the Raiders wanting Flores must have been false or else he'd have interviewed by now.
  17. Danchat
    Gasper was claimed on waivers by the Nationals.
  18. Danchat
    Fitzgerald cleared waivers, so mission accomplished for LA.
  19. Danchat
    This looks like a bad trade on paper, but for whatever reason Baez doesn't seem to be considered much of a prospect. We have a bunch of minor league catchers that are on the precipice of even being a prospect, so I guess it's not a loss to move any of those guys. I see Baez hit a lot better at A+ than AA, but he is already 25 this year. After some analysis, he's probably not a major leaguer.
  20. Danchat
    I've got a Steamdeck and have been going through a bunch of classic games using EmuDeck. I have a big backlog of Steam games and classic games to go through, and I like being able to not have to be at my computer to do it. I'm making my way through the Batman Arkham games and have been going through N64 and PS2 games.
  21. Danchat
    Dolphins hire Hafley and Titans hire Saleh... not exactly the most inspiring hires there. They're two of the better DCs but Hafley was a run-of-the-mill head coach at Boston College and Saleh's stint with the Jets was about the same as every other coach's with them since Rex Ryan. Sounds like the Steelers job might be Flores vs McCarthy.
  22. Danchat
    Caleb Williams is resembling Josh Allen with all the ridiculously clutch plays, but then inexplicable turnovers.
  23. Danchat
    This drive has been a showcase of the talent the Bears landed in the 2025 draft - Loveland looks like a top 5 TE going forward, Burden has a bright future as a receiver who is incredibly difficult to tackle, and Monangai at worst is a capable RB2. This is what you can do when you have a GM who can actually draft well!
  24. Danchat
    I was begging for the Vikings to take a Day 3 back... in the 7th round alone Monangai and Croskey-Merritt were absolute steals. Ugh.
  25. Danchat
    Williams has a thing for throwing picks on 4th down...
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