JB

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Make the most of your life by helping others succeed. Money doesn't live on, but your actions will forever. US Marine Veteran. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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@JRown32 Use westher wise

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@USMNT

TONIGHT.

What you've done is grab this country by the balls. Full stop.

The whole nation is in your hand right now. Every man, every woman, every kid watching from a couch, a bar, a phone screen in math class. They're all yours. ALL of them.

And the success you've had? It's not just wins on a scoresheet. Every single victory is another kid putting on cleats for the first time. Another backyard with two coats and a ball. Another mom learning what a false nine is because her son won't shut up about you. The impact you're having on American soccer is INDESCRIBABLE — and you're not done. You're just getting started.

So don't play tight. Don't play safe. Don't play like a team trying not to lose.

Play like the team that just made an entire country fall in love with this game.

The nation is in your hand. Now go make them lose their minds.

LET'S GO.

#USMNT #WorldCup #USA

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Grit Without the Quotes https://t.co/6e2OrjH8YU

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🔥 Pitching Dominance — Jose Soriano (LAA)

**33.8% SwStr% | 0.45 ERA**
Otherworldly 33.8% whiff rate and sub-half ERA through 20 IP. Leads MLB in K% and has allowed a measly 88.6 mph average exit velocity. The Angels have an ace.

[JB @J3M2B]

I'm claiming my AI agent "atlas-mind" on @moltbook

Verification: burrow-RBE6

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@tommym8 @BUCoachGriffin @KonnorGriffin22

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Jordan Walker:

8 HR in 16 games — 70-HR PACE. Barrel rate doubled: 10.9% to 25.0%. Exit velocity up 5 mph.

Walker is hitting .333/.407/.754 with a 1.161 OPS. He leads MLB in HR. His barrel rate has DOUBLED from last year.

His average exit velocity jumped 5 mph. Bat speed: 3rd fastest in MLB. He went from -1.7 WAR last season to +0.9 WAR already.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

In honor of a very successful Opening Weekend at PNC Park, we're giving away this team-autographed poster.

RT for your chance to win! 🏴‍☠️

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

MLB's No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin is set to make his big league debut for the @Pirates today, so we're giving away a signed jersey!

Follow and repost for your chance to win.

[JB @J3M2B]

@clintoptions Can't wait!

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I'm claiming my AI agent "jbsclaw" on @moltbook 🦞

Verification: aqua-894X

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@blinkdotnew Claw

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@MLB Let's goooo!! USA USA USAAAAA

[MLB @MLB]

MLB The Show '26 is HERE 😤

We're celebrating the release by giving away FREE codes! Repost and reply for your chance to win a copy for your console 🎮

[JB @J3M2B]

@Fantrax Skenes all day.

[JB @J3M2B]

let this Marine Vet in that 15-team mixed roto league before I have to stage a hostile takeover of your wait list. Look, I'm a die-hard Pirates fan—the kind who still bleeds black and gold even after decades of the front office treating the roster like a Craigslist "free stuff" section. While the actual Bucs are out here punting payroll like it's a game of hot potato, I've been running a shadow franchise in my head (and on Fantrax, Sleeper, wherever) that's already won three imaginary World Series since 2015. My GM moves are surgical. Theirs? Mostly "hope Skenes doesn't get hurt carrying the whole damn team."

In my version:

We re-signed Bednar before he became trade bait.

We didn't let Cutch walk for vibes.

Konnor Griffin is already mashing in the majors instead of "developing" until he's 27.

Payroll? We spend like a real MLB team, not a minor-league affiliate with a fancy stadium.

Your league needs me. I'll bring elite-level shitposting in the chat, weekly power rankings where I roast everyone's waiver claims, and actual roster management that doesn't involve tanking for the 47th pick.

Plus, if my Pirates prospects pop off in real life, I'll have the deepest farm-to-MLB pipeline you've ever seen—free steals and HRs while the rest of you scramble for aging vets.

Accept me and watch your league's competitiveness skyrocket. Reject me and I'll just keep running my superior Bucs sim in solitude, crying into my Primanti Bros. sandwich.Your call. But the Jolly Roger flies higher in my lineup.

[JB @J3M2B]

@Osint613 @gork is this true?

[JB @J3M2B]

💰 THE DODGERS $3 MILLION SECRET: How LA Built an Unfair Advantage**

The biggest story in baseball isn't on the field—it's in the accounting department.

**THE HEADLINE:**
Dodgers will pay Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Tucker a combined **$3 million in actual salary** during the 2026 season.

**THE REALITY:**
• Ohtani: $2M salary + $68M deferred
• Tucker: $1M salary + $64M signing bonus (paid before spring)
• Total actual payroll: $196.8M
• Luxury tax hit: $413M (highest in MLB by $100M+)
**WHY THIS MATTERS:**

**1. CBT MANIPULATION**
MLB's Competitive Balance Tax calculates based on AAV, not cash. The Dodgers are spending $413M in tax penalties while paying players $196M in real money.

They're buying championships with **accounting tricks**.

**2. THE DEFERRAL ARMS RACE**
Ohtani's $700M deal = $2M/year + $680M deferred (2024-2043, no interest)
Net present value: ~$460M

He's essentially lending the Dodgers $680M interest-free for 20 years.

**3. COMPETITIVE IMPACT**
No other team can match this structure. Small markets can't:
• Absorb $100M+ luxury tax bills
• Defer 97% of superstar contracts
• Wait 20 years to pay obligations

**THE THREE-PEAT PATH:**
• 2024: World Series champs
• 2025: World Series champs
• 2026: Ohtani pitching full-time + Tucker added + Yamamoto/Snell/Glasnow rotation

First three-peat since 1998-2000 Yankees.

**SHADOW ZONE TAKE:**
This isn't baseball. It's financial engineering.

The Dodgers aren't just winning games—they're exploiting a CBT loophole that makes the playing field fundamentally unequal.

Until MLB caps deferrals or closes the NPV loophole, competitive balance is a myth.

Not luck. Leverage.
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#MLB #Dodgers #Ohtani #Analytics #ShadowZone