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Snake Diggity

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  1. Aside from standard brokerage instruments and real estate (residential/commercial/land), I’ve at least looked into crypto currency, foreign currency, art/collectibles, precious metals, and additional insurance products/investments. None of them seemed worthwhile to me. But I am not wealthy enough to feel like I’ve maxed out the reasonable amounts in cash, bonds, stocks, and residential real estate. Not that I’m qualified to give advice, but if you feel like you’ve got more money than you want to put in the standard stuff, I’d do one of 2 things: 1. Talk to the wealthiest people you know/trust and let them know you have some extra capital you are looking to invest. They may let you in on investment deals with big potential payoffs that are invite-only. I have been offered ins to invest in startups but the minimums were always too rich for my blood. But people can make a shitload of money if they do their homework and are lucky enough to get in on the right deal. 2. Spend it. If you are accumulating wealth well beyond what you can imagine holding in the standard instruments then at that point it becomes less foolish to buy luxury items like vacation homes, boats, etc. Same goes for making larger charitable contributions.
  2. Defining the baseball analogy parameters: “Born on 1st base”: You are a US citizen who was raised in a non-abusive, 2 parent household “Born on 2nd base”: everything above plus at least one parent holds a 4+ year degree and/or your childhood household’s income was in the top 25%. You might’ve gone to private elementary and high school. Your parents probably paid for some/all of your college. You probably got to go to Disney World as a kid. ”Born on 3rd base”: everything above except it’s top 10% of household income. Your parents probably own more than one home. You almost certainly went to private school. You probably traveled internationally as a kid. You probably stand to inherit significant money when your folks die. ”Born into a home run”: your parents consistently held a net worth over $10M (likely much more) from the time you were born until the time you became an adult. You might’ve gone to boarding school. Your decisions around career/work never considered money. You might have a trust fund that puts out 5 figures per month. ”Didn’t even have to play the game”: Your parents are on lists of wealthiest people in your state/country. Your family name is on buildings and shit. You are detached from the reality of 99.99% of peoples lived experience.
  3. They were never very high on those lists. But it's not just that Houston does well with int'l signees, its that they do well with low/no bonus signees. THeir track record with the big bonus guys (Nova, Leon, etc.) is actually not very good.
  4. Variety of factors: Houston lost 4 high draft picks (2 1st rounders and 2 2nd rounders) for the sign stealing scandal. Houston has traded away a shitload of prospects over the last 6 years. Many of Houston's other pedigreed prospects (Forrest Whitley, Joe Perez, Korey Lee, Freudis Nova, Pedro Leon, Dauri Lorenzo, Collin Barber) have not had the kind of statistical breakout that was hoped/expected. Because of the pandemic and evaluator laziness, many of Houston's best prospects were widely underrated. I noted in comment earlier today that Baseball Prospectus just had Gilbert, Clifford, Dezenzo, Baez, and Arrighetti in their Top 150, so at least one respected publication is catching up and realizing Houston's system is closer to average than terrible. Houston clearly evaluates and develops pitching better/differently than almost every other team and doesn't target the same criteria that makes pitchers show up on prospect lists. We can safely assume there are dozen arms in their system that are not in anybody on the internet's Org Top 10 who will end up as solid MoR SP like France, Javier, Garcia, etc.. When Houston does have a good prospect, they promote them quickly. Most people expected Brown and Diaz to be in AAA most of this season.
  5. Nightengale saying Mets are sending $54M, that's a lot and makes this a fair deal.
  6. wtf are you talking about. Mets asked for Brown and Gilbert. Astros offered Gilbert and Clifford. Mets blinked.
  7. FUCK! Gilbert and Clifford. Mets better be eating a shitload of JV's salary. Still, it's a significant move so I don't have a huge problem giving up good prospects but Clifford is a really underrated one.
  8. Baseball Prospectus mid-season update has Houston with 5 of the top 150 prospects (Gilbert, Dezenzo, Clifford, Arrighetti, Baez), with Gilbert/Dezenzo/Clifford all in the top 80. I'm lower on Arrighetti but also think very highly of Barber and Loperfido. Houston's farm is nowhere near as barren as people are saying.
  9. Might not be a bad idea to mildly overpay for a Rich Hill type right now so they can just wait out this Verlander situation.
  10. Mets wanting Brown and Gilbert came from a poster on another site with a proven track record of having inside info on shit like that. Astros offering Gilbert is my own inference based on internet rumors and common sense.
  11. Yes it's pretty stupid. The emergence of France and the fact that they should have Garcia back next season does make it feasible to trade a SP but trading Brown has big time long term implications and Verlander is over 40 and has extensive injury history, not to mention has not been that great in the playoffs. I do think 2023 Verlander is better than 2023 Brown but no way I make that swap even if NY eats ALL of JV's salary. Now if the Mets want to throw in Raley and Quintana and McNeil and eat all the money, then maybe I entertain the idea of giving them Brown and Gilbert, hoping the ring in 2023 is worth is and the development team can make it up in the long term.
  12. Mets want both Drew Gilbert and Hunter Brown. Astros have offered Gilbert (and maybe another lesser prospect). I would be ok with Houston trading Gilbert if the Mets eat quite a bit of JV's salary, but giving up both Brown and Gilbert is a non-starter for just Verlander.
  13. I wouldn’t say 200k posts on surly is “regulating your interest levels” but wtf would I know, I’m an autistic lawyer.
  14. Dude you are one negative mf. Such a beating. How can this be enjoyable for you.
  15. 100k posts on fucking surly dude I think you have the time.
  16. Obviously depends on price, but if Verlander, Cease, Eduardo Rodriguez, Snell, Stroman, and Logan Gilbert are not reasonably obtainable, Michael Kopech and Mitch Keller would be 2 guys I hope Houston checks in on, as I think they fit the mold of the type of pitcher Houston can help unlock another level up. Otherwise, they should focus on multiyear difference-making relievers like Barlow, Sewald, Bednar, Carlos Hernandez, Raley, Halsley, Gallegos, Bummer, and Santos. In the playoffs, 2 elite RP are nearly as valuable as one elite SP.
  17. That’s an amazing deal for the Rangers considering what the Astros just gave up for a fringey RP.
  18. Verlander and Raley would be the perfect additions to this roster. I am prepared to see 3-4 really good prospects go out. Gilbert and Clifford would be the 2 I would expect to headline and if NY is laying down significant money on JV’s contract then I’m ok with it.
  19. I wonder if JV is presenting different conditions for the teams trying to trade for him: Astros: “I’m good, maybe gimme a $50k trade bonus.” Dodgers: “My vesting option becomes a player option.” Cincy: “My vesting option becomes a player option and I get a $40M 4th year player option added.”
  20. I didn’t use a pejorative, fuck stick. I described one of their primary tasks. The fact that you turned it into a pejorative is on you. I fully understand the reality that line-level fast food workers are not currently paid enough for that job to be sufficient for anything other than “a ladder into something higher” or a “stop-gap”. My contention is that reality is not right nor sustainable. It’s really sad this is so contentious; basically all I’m saying is that if we aren’t going to actually guarantee a true living wage that social security should be funded well enough such that lifetime minimum wage (or near-minimum wage) workers don’t retire into poverty. Jesus. You also took my $40/hr electrician anecdote out of context. My point in that was just illustrating that there are 2 types of people who lack retirement savings: those that make enough money, but aren’t financial literate enough to save, and those that simply don’t make enough. Fwiw, the only electrician I have ever spoken salary with makes $40/hr working in a small town (he’s in his mid 30s).
  21. My posts about restaurant workers being skilled and deserving a living wage got negged consecutively by @PilotsError. I go looking at his recent posting history, and one of his most recent posts is him whining and posting pics about what a shitty job someone did putting together his Whataburger and taquito that he was about to use his chubby fucking fingers to stuff into his fat fucking face. Something about that made me lmfao. Maybe if those jobs paid better he might get a decent hamburger. Or maybe those skilled workers have a radar and know when to fuck up some piece of shits order. I shudder to think about how much spit some of you guys have eaten with the way you view/treat restaurant workers.
  22. Wtf are you talking about. Rogers has 2.0 fwar, Julks has 0.5.
  23. “Can’t hit”, somehow clubbed 25 HR last season. I bet you didn’t think shit of Jake Rogers. He’s been the 9th most valuable catcher in the league this season. He was not as highly thought-of when he was traded as Lee is now. I am a huge prospect dork but I don’t mind at all cashing them in for good big leaguers. But giving up good prospects for mediocre players is stupid, and that’s what this trade looks like to me.
  24. “Who gives a fuck about some Cuban teenager with bad knees? We needed bullpen help to win it all and Fields has really good stuff.” -Dodgers fans in 2016
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