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His name is Bart.

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@DownToBlack Dying to get an in-game graphic showing Gimenez’ crazy March numbers. For his career (regular season games only) in 13 March games, with 162-game pace in brackets:

.392 AVG
.466 OBP
.725 SLG
1.191 OPS
4 2B (50)
2 3B (25)
3 HR (37)
4 SB (50)
14 runs (174)
13 RBI (162)

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@sadpatsfan__ You agreed with a post while deeply contradicting it? Each of the last 7 championship teams has faced a sub-500 team 9 or 10 times all season. Patriots have played 11 already…and far worse than just ‘sub-500’.

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@DanClarkSports I’m not just a dodgers hater either - Rojas having his hardest hit ball of his career there is unbelievable and Pages making that catch with a full grown man running into him is one of the most athletic plays I’ve ever seen.

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@DanClarkSports Some incredible plays, but man did they get bailed out too. Rojas slipped twice on that play and Smith initially missed the plate, which would’ve been the game if IKF wasn’t an idiot. Dean not playing that ball was incredibly bad, as his choice doesn’t impact the call.

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@PhilsTailgate If you have to cherry-pick your WAR stat, it’s not as strong an argument as you think. Burnes had a higher fWAR than wheeler. I thought wheeler deserved it too, but it was a reasonable ‘quality over quantity’ argument, not a huge mistake.

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@brownsonjacob2 @TrolleyDodgahs That’s true, and as a Jays fan I hated the contract for such a 1-dimensional player from day 1. Lots deferred though, only like a 14M AAV. A ‘splash’ isn’t new though - Jays FAs in the last 5 years: Springer, Gausman, Ray, Semien, Bassitt, Rodriguez, Scherzer, Hoffman, Santander

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@DownToBlack Feels like if I was a smart FA pitcher who wasn’t likely signing a long deal…I’d really focus on the Jays. You’re likely playing with three gold glovers on the infield and the second best framer in MLB behind the plate…good OF defence and a park that suppresses homers.

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@_bkuh_ That’s true, but Rosenthal crossed a line IMO to strongly imply it’s because Bieber is hiding arm issues.

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@DMAC_LA Definitely the best free agent signing Eve, but all credit for that goes to Ohtani, not the Dodgers for seeing value that others didn’t. Half a dozen teams offered the same contract, it wasn’t even the Dodgers idea, and he took a 9-figure underpay. He truly is the unicorn.

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@noahcamras Too bad he switched leagues

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@JohnnyGiunta_ Imagine how annoying the MVP discourse would be if Judge and Ohtani were in the same league fighting for MVPs while randos like Perdomo won in the other league.

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@Dunkintern Great call on Murray. Basically Passan for every big name, Murray for the rest. Last year I got smart and muted all other writers, was such a peaceful winter and I still learned about every signing within a few minutes of it happening

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@_bkuh_ Lots of us have mocked DiManno for even having a MoY vote when she barely covers the team. But I only was just realizing how ridiculous it is considering the vote actually requires her to thoughtfully compare all the AL Managers. I doubt she can even name them all!

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@mrbabywhitesilk Not sure why people are treating them as an equivalent choice when Tucker will cost twice as much. Would you choose Tucker alone, or Bo plus one of Cease/Imai/King/Valdez? Might even be able to add a reliever, all for the same cost as Tucker.

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@EricHartman I’d much prefer Bo and one of the elite pitchers for $400M than just Tucker

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@RobWong34 Very curious what they would’ve done with him if he signed. Presumably that means no Santander, but Alonso can’t really play anywhere else. I guess Springer just plays LF/RF almost every day?

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@Bennett_F7 What if the option was Bo plus one of the top pitchers (Cease, Imai, King, etc) or just Tucker? Because those are more equivalent costs than just Bo vs Tucker

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@Damon98_ Equal dollars, sure. But would you pick Tucker over getting Bo and Cease (or Imai or King of Suarez?) I’d take the latter pair in a heartbeat. Tucker is a very solid bat but he’s not Soto.

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@StlllWest Jays probably closer to signing Ohtani and Soto than the Yankees, but Yankees fans acting like that’s something the Jays should be mad about rather than something that should worry them.

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@PleaseTalkToMe1 @PaulHembo @Buster_ESPN @espnpodcasts @danbahl @OverTheMonster @BaseballBros @BigLeagueDigest @GameDayInsiderX @Section10Pod @Bastards_Boston @LO_RedSox I actually agree very strongly with this, and think it’s an important point that people underestimate. 0.3 WAR is just not big enough to be the sole basis of a decision. BUT I find the specific data points he uses for his subjective weighting to be superficial, in this case.