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  1. The Great Hambino
    I would give up the entire 2027 draft for Herbert. And I think he's mildly overrated
  2. The Great Hambino
    A lot of the penalties are because they can't get lined up properly or timing is off, which I feel comfortable putting on the QB without other info He's great at hitting his TE from four yards away from a clean pocket, so I do have to give him that
  3. The Great Hambino
    That's negative pocket presence from Murray, but WTF has happened to O'Neill? He's terrible right now
  4. The Great Hambino
    Cousins, Dobbs, and Mullins were all the best versions of themselves under O'Connell It's been rough sledding since, but it didn't come out of thin air
  5. The Great Hambino
    This is not a good football team. They're gonna be 4-0, but who would you pick straight up against the 0-4 Texans? I think Houston is an easy pick there
  6. The Great Hambino
    This doesn't come close because of the cost. It was a unique opportunity to get a QB that at least had shown himself to be competent at some point for basically free. He's horrendous, but it doesn't compare to giving up serious draft capital for friggin Sam Bradford
  7. The Great Hambino
    That just might be the dumbest rule on the books. The fact that you can benefit from muffing a ball backward is completely asinine. I can't fault the refs cuz they have to interpret the rules as written. But that makes no logical sense at all. They need a VP of common sense to review the rulebook for stuff like that
  8. The Great Hambino
    It's a miracle - Jones caught a ball thrown directly to him Wentz needs to come in as soon as halftime. They can't even get lined up right under Murray
  9. The Great Hambino
    Part of it also depends on what you're able to get elsewhere. For instance, say they get a high quality 2B (much better FA class than 1B this year) and part of the plan is to have Clemens be the regular at 1B. Keep in mind that the premise of the OP is moving Roden to 1B. So in this scenario, he's your 1B depth. So if the plan is to have your top utility option to be locked at 1B because your depth is weak, why not rebalance that depth by acquiring a (preferably RH) 1B of similar (or slightly better if you wanna throw in some lotto ticket minor leaguers) quality to Roden. And while you don't have an excess of good outfielders (though you could develop one if things break right for the young guys), you do have an excess of part-time/platoon/Quad-A corner outfielders that need to be kept on the 40 man. Now you can free Clemens up to be more of a utility man, where I believe he provides the team the most value, and the the part-time/depth 1B is of higher quality. There are ways to improve the totality of the lineup beyond bringing in a premium 1B, and improving your depth there can be part of that equation
  10. The Great Hambino
    I don't think there are any rules stating it must be a 1:1 trade. And MLB GM is not my full time job (I already have a full time job I'm shirking to hang out with you knuckleheads, I don't need another), so I don't know the exact combination it would take. St Louis sure looks like they could use some improvements in the outfield. I'd start sniffing around what they'd want in a package for Alec Burleson. Or maybe you can package an OFer with a young starter (or Joe Ryan just to see if they're paying attention) to start a conversation with the Athletics about Nick Kurtz, who has already apparently turned down an extension offer from them. Those are just two ideas off the top of my head. And yeah, of course they better get it right. But unless you're cool with the status quo of winning 75 games every year, you're going to have to take some risks and be willing to give something to get something. This is a go big or go home organization, after all
  11. The Great Hambino
    I've been advocating for something like this. I can't stand service time manipulation that teams pull - it's intentionally not putting your best team out on the field. Going the age-based route for free agency eligibility eliminates many of the reasons teams pull this type of stuff. As long as free agency is tied to service time, there will be incentive for teams to manipulate it. So instead of trying to craft rules around it (there will always be a loophole to exploit), just divorce it from free agency eligibility completely
  12. The Great Hambino
    Attendance has more than doubled since the ""glory days" of players being paid like high school principals, even though ticket prices were so much cheaper. The explosion of TV broadcasts bringing more eyeballs to the product (showing a game on TV is a great advertisement for getting people to want to experience what they're seeing in person) drove up the demand, and by extension the price, of tickets. All this additional revenue from both TV and tickets, with the combination of free agency, resulted in the increase in player salaries. Revenues dictate player salaries, not the other way around. Anyone rooting for the players to make less money is rooting for the owners to make more money. Your ticket prices won't get touched in the process.
  13. The Great Hambino
    Every year as we turn the page from the Wild Card series to the divisional round, I get to thinking about the rest vs rust debate - how valuable is the bye in baseball relative to the challenge of picking up competitive games after a weeklong break against teams that have continued playing in games that count? This is our fifth season under the current postseason format. So far, teams that get a bye are 7-1 in the divisional round in the American League, but they're only 2-6 in the National League (the NL East champ is 0-4; maybe the Braves are playing some 3D chess in avoiding the bye this year) In conclusion: I have no idea, as usual
  14. The Great Hambino
    Why anyone would think that cutting salaries would lower ticket prices and not result in the owners simply pocketing more money is utterly baffling to me. Ticket prices are set by what the public is willing to pay. They cost what they cost because people are willing to pay it. The ticket market and player labor market are separate markets.
  15. The Great Hambino
    Every year, there are week 1 results that throw me off for at least a month. Their uncompetitive loss to the Jags is starting to look like one of those results
  16. The Great Hambino
    Instead of trying to convert excess outfielders to first base, would it make more sense to simply trade one for an actual first baseman?
  17. The Great Hambino
    With a QB matchup as likable as this, how could you not?
  18. The Great Hambino
    This doesn't really relate to anything specifically, but in surfing around I discovered that the two biggest individual cap hits for the Jets this year are Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields. I figured that was funny enough to mention somewhere here
  19. The Great Hambino
    ?? is probably Keaschall's best position. I hope he drills it hard this offseason In their best form, I see Clemens filling the Marwin Gonzalez super utility role where he has no defined position but plays mostly every day. If they can build up the rest of the roster to the point where that's where he fits best, they'll have a contender on their hands
  20. The Great Hambino
    No. What? This can't be a serious question. I did enjoy the $2 pregame beers and half-priced Sunday kids meals, so I'll throw them a bone for that. But they are much much MUCH much closer to the start of the journey of earning back trust than to the end of it
  21. The Great Hambino
    Admittedly my understanding of the cap effects of a trade isn't great, but in this scenario the Chargers would be trading Herbert to the Vikings for a borderline-irresponsible draft haul. That would lower the cap hit (more like $50MM per Over The Cap), give them plenty of draft capital to trigger their rebuild, and not require Herbert to stoop to Tua levels of play. Although if they go this route, the Jets with all their first rounders next year might be able to make an offer the Vikes simply can't match As for Stafford, McVay would have to be leaving coaching for this to be possible, which is probably unlikely in and of itself. And Stafford would more likely retire if McVay leaves. But if he feels like he's not ready to be done playing, and the OC he won a Super Bowl with is running a potential contender with a gaping hole at QB ... there's a path forward there
  22. The Great Hambino
    LA provides a couple of dark horse scenarios for the answer to who is QB1 next year, although these would materialize very differently. On the Chargers end, what if things keep going so sideways that they decide it's time to go full-on rebuild? Dealing Herbert would be a good way to start that process. And the cap ramifications aren't as onerous if you're in Dolphins mode (is Mike McDaniel the angel of death?) And what if things don't pan out for the Rams and McVay gets a TV offer that's too good to pass up? They'll have JJ McCarthy 2.0 Ty Simpson sitting there with a year of learning under his belt and a coaching vacancy that could trigger some level of a reset as well. I don't know how likely either scenario is to play out, but I'd definitely take Herbert or Stafford over any of the alternatives
  23. The Great Hambino
    I think this is a terrible offseason to be dealing someone with one year of control remaining. What are teams going to be willing to give up given the uncertainty? Having said that, if they do trade him, I hope they focus on max value over need. In the offseason, there's more time to wheel and deal so you have more time to take the best offer even if it isn't an immediate need; you can simply flip the valuable piece for what you need in a subsequent trade. It doesn't have to be a direct swap. As for the four starters with one year of control remaining, I'd peg Pablo as the most likely to return and Ober as the most likely to be gone
  24. The Great Hambino
    The ABS challenge walk-off -- the best kind of walk-off
  25. The Great Hambino
    Jeez, it feels like Zak Kent pitched here three years ago
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