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Snake Diggity

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  1. This roster is looking like it will be our deepest and most talented since 2009. Ewers still has a wide range of outcomes but the talent and depth in the QB room is there. Replacing Bijan is no easy task but I have a lot of faith in Brooks, Baxter, Robinson, and Blue. With Whittington, Worthy, and Neyor coming back, Cook/Niblett, and at least 1 good portal addition expected, this will be the best WR room we've had in over a decade. TE is set with Sanders, and it's possible they add another dynamic player if they get Duce Robinson. OL is still relatively young but returns 4 starters plus Williams and Campbell who played a lot. We probably can't weather early injuries very well but there's talent and depth there. DL is stacked. Sorrell, Collins, Murphy, and Sweat are all potential All-Big 12 players, and Finkley, Broughton, and Burke played pretty extensively last year. Then there's 8 RS FR and true FR behind them, plus the potential of a good portal addition. I expect Blackwell to break out at LB and Hill to play early. Those 2 plus Gbenda and Ford will make for a really good LB corps and the 5 other freshmen all have upside. Holmes plus another good portal DB will round out this group nicely. Watts, Thompson, Gilbeau, and Barron are all returning starters. Brooks, Jordan, Taaffe, and Crawford all played extensively last year. Then add in Allen, Muhammad, Williams, Brice, and LTG and its a very deep, very high upside unit on part with the 2000-2010 standard. Adding Sanborn is a very underrated move. Special teams will be good. I do think we need a portal interior DL and another DB, but other than that as long as we stay healthy and don't have any major unexpected attrition, this should be a top 8 team next year.
  2. Cause: Cause of the cause Rising wages: demographic trends Oil: geopolitical instability, corporate greed/market manipulation Supply chains: trailing pandemic effects, geopolitical instability Underlying all of that is monetary policy and the idea that inflation can be self-perpetuating
  3. Nice work Crane. Now go sign Taylor Rogers and trade for Danny Jansen, then find a badass PoBO.
  4. Would this be a reasonable expectation for a finish? WR DeAndre Moore TE Ka'Morreun Pimpton EDGE Tausili Akana TBD Portal DB Signing day surprise +1 (Scott?) Signing day surprise -1 (Spencer?)
  5. I gotta hand it to that motherfucker. He is a master at doing shit that is absolutely unbelievable but also totally believable.
  6. If they really didn’t add anyone else I would expect the “everyday lineup” would have Meyers in CF with McCormick in LF and Yordan DH’ing. Hensley/Diaz would probably be on the roster but I think they’d play less than Meyers.
  7. Ramon Laureano and Teoscar Hernandez have been pretty good. Max Stassi, JD Davis, Tony Kemp, Josh Rojas, Jose Siri, Myles Straw, Bryan De La Cruz, Enrique Hernandez, Patrick Sandoval, Vince Velasquez, and Jordan Lyles should all be meaningful contributors next season. But yeah, Hader and Musgrove are pretty easily the 2 who have produced the most since being traded.
  8. I agree with the sentiment of all 3 of these comments. I don’t think raising rates is having the intended effect on inflation and I am not at all sure that inflation receding is due to rate increases as much as due to other factors (oil prices normalizing, supply chains recovering from covid, etc.). However, I am ok with them having raised rates to this point because I think continued super low rate policy was bad, and using this low unemployment environment to normalize things (regardless of inflation) to give them more leeway in changing rates in the future is a good thing. I just hope they prioritize keeping unemployment low (I.e. avoiding/minimizing recession) over continuing to raise to combat inflation. 5-6% inflation with 6% unemployment is WAY better than 2-3% inflation with 11% unemployment. I’m hoping they do one more 0.5 hike next month and then chill for awhile.
  9. I did. Random, nonsensical superstitions are always popping up. Vacuuming at night is bad luck, whatever you do on New Year's Day is what you will do all year (I win on this one, as she always makes sure we fuck on 1/1), etc. She's cool with fans tho.
  10. In a vacuum the logical move would be to sell off players for cash in this overvalued environment and save it for when prices come back down, which could take years. But the Astros can’t do that because the rules prevent it (and because they are firmly in a contending window). So the next best thing is to focus on the trade market (particularly on acquiring unproven yet unheralded young players who you can quickly enhance), since all players’ values are appreciating together. In a world where Chris Bassitt is getting $60M+, Luis García or Jose Urquidy should carry a shit ton of value. My move would be to try to flip one of those guys for an underrated catcher or OF.
  11. When I went and bought one for myself, guess what I bought? This too.
  12. When that kind of stuff happens, I just fix it. Thanks dad. Good for you.
  13. The circular white electronic appliance in the pic is a sound machine used for white noise to help drown outside noise as a sleep aid. They are often used for baby/kids rooms but adults use them too. That particular model is made by a company called Homedics, and is, as I said, a raging piece of shit. DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF SHIT: https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Relaxing-Soothing-Charging-Auto-Off/dp/B00A2JBMRE/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1YNNC5UOFG4VJ&keywords=homedics+sound+machine&qid=1670773475&sprefix=homedics+sound+machine%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRzNWWVlENVhRUkpQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODkzMDU2Mlc1OUZVNU9JUkQxRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzU5NTgyMkVVOVFDSFlTMkZNUyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU= Homedics also makes other products my wife has purchased (humidifier, room air purifier), and they are all pieces of shit.
  14. That sound machine is a RAGING piece of shit. My wife has bought 3 of them and all 3 had the volume/power knob go out within 6 months. Fuck Homedics.
  15. Just now: “Does the microwave use 60 seconds for a minute?” She has a Master’s in Accounting.
  16. I make my Korean wife keep a separate mini fridge for kimchi (and any other associated stinky ass foods she likes).
  17. Javier and Abreu look fair to me. I would not make that offer to Garcia or Framber or Urquidy although they look reasonable. Tucker’s looks reasonable but I don’t think he would accept. The Pena offer is way too low, add at least $50M.
  18. Javier should be the primary target for an extension. Abreu and Pena would be next although likely harder to gauge. It’s a shame Meyers didn’t take charge of CF last season because he’d also be a prime extension candidate.
  19. Short term it will serve them to keep beating the fear drum. Boomers will keep that model viable over the next 5-15 years. I consider it likely that if the GOP runs anyone other than Trump in 2024, they will take back the presidency and probably also control congress. Medium term they will have to do something different. Espousing actual fiscal responsibility (I.e. balanced budget amendment) and actual border security (I.e. presenting an actual plan for immigration reform) along with legalizing drugs would be a place to start. They are already doing a good job of outflanking the Dems for the Hispanic vote and they should continue doing that. It is hard to see the current version of the GOP being a successful party post ~2035.
  20. Not even close. He’s 3 years away from $300M+. And he’s gotten big money from the draft and from this seasons new bonus; he doesn’t need the money. Yep.
  21. I worked at RadioShack in college and one Christmas they made us play a DVD of boy band types doing Xmas music, so I had to listen to/watch Aaron Carter almost every day for 90 days. I was not a fan. But even then I remember thinking he probably lived a pretty depressing life, and that was at his “peak”. I just went and read his Wikipedia page, and it’s sad as fuck. Sounds like his parents probably weren’t great people. He found out his parents were divorcing an hour before he filmed his Cribs episode, which is hard to watch for a lot of reasons: RIP.
  22. $68M/4yrs is about the top of what Contreras should be worth. I’d be fine with that deal depending on what the terms were for the 5th year option. But it certainly would not look like a bargain.
  23. My first car (1996) was a 1987 Pontiac Parisienne. What a piece of shit. Wire poking out of the back seat. Drooping headliner. Zero acceleration. Rusted hood. Mediocre A/C.
  24. Varsho is an insanely good fit for this Astros roster due to his hitting profile and defensive versatility. I can’t think of a single attainable player I would rather Houston add.
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