Extreme Sims: Memorial Tournament 🧋
Muirfield Village sticks out due to its long approaches, tough scoring, big penalty for missing the fairway, and faaaast bent poa greens.
🇳🇴 Reitan! The sims continue to adore the Norwegian. He’s an elite driver but not sure I trust him as much as my sims do. Rory should be above him for sure.
💤 Knapp is back. Model does not over penalize injury so I would probably drop him lower if making manual adjustments.
👉Si Wooo has strong course history and great 2026 form. I would say the sims are too low on him.
🫅Spieth has some solid rounds at Jacks Place and he’s a wizard on speedy slopes greens. He’s passed the eye test in recent months and the sims are finally giving him some win equity!
#SFGiants don't have a starting pitcher with an ERA under 4
Landen Roupp: 4.22 ERA
Trevor McDonald: 4.34 ERA
Robbie Ray: 4.45 ERA
Logan Webb: 4.82 ERA
Adrian Houser: 5.59 ERA
Tyler Mahle: 6.04 ERA
Favorite comment from this guy is that he figured they’d offer him at least $1M to cash out and then he could just “double down” and put it all on the Spurs to win anyway. 😂
@JustinMacmahan@nastylep Ok it sounds like we agree that it would be unimaginable for him to sign it once he got onto the top prospect lists. Looked everywhere and can’t find a date other than 2017 when he was 18.
@JustinMacmahan@nastylep He signed the deal in 2017 so I guess it depends on when. If it was during or after that season he was clearly a top prospect — list I posted is 2018 preseason where he was already #8, BP had him #22 mid season 2017.
@JustinMacmahan@nastylep Of course the biggest bust here is a guy whose superfractor rookie card I bought — Brendan McKay. Had Tommy John surgery and his career is over. He made $900k + $7M signing bonus. Gotta get that money upfront if you’re a pitcher.
@JustinMacmahan I fully support that logic for someone that is actually taking a meaningful risk at not making any money. Makes sense for guys who grew up poor where this money would change their family's lives. It doesn't make sense for a kid from a rich family who already signed for $700k.
@nastylep@JustinMacmahan Not even close. I don't think people realize how good the Top 50 are. Position players that highly touted are pretty much locks to become millionaires (if they aren't already from their signing bonuses).
@JustinMacmahan I think it’s very unlikely he did this deal in order to invest the money elsewhere. If he’s like most teenage athlete millionaires, he’d be better off with it deferred. TVM is what the deal is offering, but $1M into $3M a couple years faster isn’t worth 10% in perpetuity.
@JustinMacmahan Not only do they get called up, but guys like him are fast-tracked and aren’t given up on quickly. Once you’re called up you’re making $500k+/year until arbitration. The position player busts are still millionaires. Pitchers are more volatile (arm injuries).
@JustinMacmahan I think it was a very bad idea at the time. If he had good advisors, he clearly ignored them. His floor was nowhere near zero. He signed for $700k at 16 and was a Top 20-50 prospect at 18 when he took the loan. Could make sense for others, but not him.