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  1. Nuggets were missing 2 starters. Between Finney-Smith and Eason we’re missing two reserves that play 20-25 minutes each and would close games depending on match-up. Going back to that Bill Simmons/Zach Lowe podcast, this was a good example of a team that is pretty good right now but is still figuring some things out and to @ChickenSandwich’s point, the Nuggets are a little more mature (structurally-when you have the best player in the world it’s much easier to know what kind of team you want to be). Also, Durant looked old and cold-he plays 10% better and we pull that out. I put this more on him than Sengun, the latter who has to maneuver around Jokic’s 280 lbs to get to the basket.
  2. Sheppard has (I think) one shot in the 2nd half because he’s getting doubled, which is exactly what you want from him. The rest of the team needs to pick up the slack.
  3. Durant has not had a good 4th qtr.
  4. I feel like our bigs always play like ass against Denver. I’m not sure if it’s fatigue from trying to stop Jokic, the way Denver plays defense, Jokic as an underrated rim protector, etc.
  5. This is my first Amazon game-Candace Parker is pretty awesome, she should be calling the game.
  6. Unrecognized in this Sheppard dominance is Amen has been playing incredible defense on the perimeter.
  7. Pretty crazy, the Nuggets are dominating on the boards. Basically the difference in this game is Jabari playing like a bag of ass.
  8. My favorite play in basketball is a drive to the hoop and Sheppard is looking fearless.
  9. I do, too. It hurts my eyes.
  10. I don’t know, the Ryan’s Steakhouse story, the dude who paid for a Christmas light tour of his own house, and the Mackovic idiot gold investor stories might take issue with this claim.
  11. Non-tendering him was a move, you don’t have to trade him to get rid of his salary.
  12. LCHorn

    NIMBYism

    I read that this morning, thanks for sharing with the board. My favorite part: I can't tell you the number of times I've heard variations of that from neighborhood groups in testimony before the city and it deserves to be on Watson's staff's constituent bingo game.
  13. We’re a long way from Billy Spiers with Nick Allen.
  14. Hmmm...I guess Dubon won the contest between utility infielders who should not see more than 250 AB's?
  15. It reminds me of Castle Rock in that regard. I am digging the focus on Halloran using the shine; I’ve basically lost interest in the kids and I’m considering Halloran the main character (I say that, I’ve never seen Taylour Paige in anything previously and she’s terrific, and I’m hoping we get to see her do more). The show does seem to have taken King’s stated goal of “…I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find I cannot terrify I will try to horrify. If I find I cannot horrify I will go for the gross-out. I’m not proud.” I think it’s more that the clown becomes less scary the more you see him.
  16. Pitcher Team Innings Pitched (IP) Strikeouts per 9 (K/9) Arbitration/Contract Status Note Dylan Cease SDP 168 11.52 Arbitration 3 (likely Free Agent after 2026) Garrett Crochet BOS 205.1 11.18 Arbitration 1 (meets original ≥2 years) Tarik Skubal DET 195.1 11.1 Arbitration 3 (Super Two status) Jesús Luzardo PHI 183.2 10.58 Arbitration 2 (meets original ≥2 years) Freddy Peralta MIL 176.2 10.39 Signed extension through 2025 (Club option 2026-27) Paul Skenes PIT 187.2 10.36 Arbitration 1 (meets original ≥2 years) Joe Ryan MIN 171 10.21 Arbitration 1 (meets original ≥2 years) Sonny Gray STL 180.2 10.01 Free Agent after 2026 (signed 3-year deal before 2025) Hunter Brown HOU 185.1 10 Arbitration 1 (meets original ≥2 years) Logan Webb SFG 207 9.74 Free Agent after 2026 (signed extension) Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 173.2 9.64 Under long-term MLB contract Jacob deGrom TEX 172.2 9.64 Under long-term MLB contract Nick Pivetta SDP 181.2 9.41 Free Agent after 2025 Carlos Rodón NYY 195.1 9.35 Under long-term MLB contract Gavin Williams CLE 167.2 9.29 Arbitration 1 (meets original ≥2 years) Robbie Ray SFG 182.1 9.18 Under long-term MLB contract Here's a table of possible targets I made with Gemini using 100 innings pitched in 2025 and greater than 9 strikeouts per nine. Of these, I'm probably rolling the dice on Sonny Gray in a trade because he's likely got very little surplus value and is probably the lowest trade cost option. Pitcher Team(s) in 2024 Innings Pitched (IP) Strikeouts per 9 (K/9) 2025 Contract/Arbitration Status Years of Control Remaining (End of 2025) Chris Sale ATL 177.2 11.4 Signed through 2026 (Club option for 2027) 2+ Sonny Gray STL 166.1 10.98 Signed through 2026 2 Jack Flaherty LAD/TOT 162 10.78 Signed through 2026 (with DET, traded/signed FA) 1 Cole Ragans KCR 186.1 10.77 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Tarik Skubal DET 192 10.69 Arbitration 2 (Super Two status) 2 Dylan Cease SDP 189.1 10.65 Arbitration 3 1 Yusei Kikuchi LAA/TOT 175.2 10.55 Signed through 2026 1 Michael King SDP 173.2 10.42 Arbitration 1 3 Freddy Peralta MIL 173.2 10.36 Signed through 2025 (Club options 2026-2027) 1+ Zack Wheeler PHI 200 10.08 Signed through 2027 2 Carlos Rodón NYY 175 10.03 Signed through 2028 3 MacKenzie Gore WSH 166.1 9.79 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Tanner Bibee CLE 173.2 9.68 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Bailey Ober MIN 178.2 9.64 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Pablo López MIN 185.1 9.6 Signed through 2027 2 Logan Gilbert SEA 208.2 9.5 Arbitration 1 3 Hunter Brown HOU 170 9.5 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Brandon Pfaadt ARI 181.2 9.2 Pre-Arbitration (Arb 1 in 2026) 3+ Sean Manaea NYM 181.2 9.1 Signed through 2027 2 Charlie Morton ATL 165.1 9.1 Free Agent after 2024 0 (Signed for 2025) Shota Imanaga CHC 173.1 9 Signed through 2028 (Club options for 2029-30) 3+ This table is for 2024, otherwise same criteria. I don't know who you chase off this list, maybe Ober and Lopez in a big swing trade? Ober pitched poorly in 2025 and Lopez has the dreaded "misc. elbow soreness" that appears to precede TJ at some point. Otherwise, most of these guys are already on contenders, have age or health related conditions, or are free agents. What these lists also show is that Hunter Brown might be the best, cheapest pitcher in MLB, and Crane should be offering him something that offers him security and pushing his FA years out a bit. Another name that might work as an innings eater but capable of starting a playoff game is Brady Singer, but he's probably not cheap.
  17. I'd just rebut with "Mr. President, we already have that with the Obamacare exchange."
  18. I love your optimism but I'd never hire you for a GM. You need to rely on mean outcomes (or just be realistic) for team building. "If healthy" is doing A LOT of work with post. Just picking on trade candidate Jake, but he's had one season with full health in 2024 and had 1.7 WAR. He's going to turn 30 in June, i.e., we're not talking about projecting a big age-related performance jump (hell, we're probably closer to the decline phase given how reliant he is on his athleticism). You've acknowledged either here or on clutchfans that we need to replace 200-300 innnings between Framber and just not having reliable starters. I'm out on Nooks fascination with Sandy Alcantara, Rasmussen and Mitch Keller aren't playoff starters on a good team, and probably like you I'd love to not surrender a draft pick trying to bring in someone who can give a Cease like performance. Anyway, tacking back to that because I think starting pitching is really where I'd devote the off-season attention.
  19. That seems like a great strategy for appealing to the Hispanic independent voter come 2026. I hope they aren't ignoring the Valley with their gestapo.
  20. I'm down for anything that portends a post-Trumpian pivot from today's GOP.
  21. Projecting our starting pitching to be upgraded simply due to better health in 2026 is pretty risky.
  22. Same, I'm intuiting there's more gossip about Sarkisian's offseason away from the team and more smoke that he's looking for an exit?
  23. I’m a little more inclined to go all in for 2026 and let Pena walk if needed. We’re not getting the Tucker haul for him. I could be convinced to trade him in a soft reboot only if we, errr., strikeout on adding a couple of pitchers of the calibre that they can start a playoff game.
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