2023 QB Draft Class:
• 1st Pick… Bryce Young… 14-30 record
• 2nd Pick… CJ Stroud… 3 Playoff wins
• 4th Pick… Ant Richardson… Backup QB
• 33rd Pick… Will Levis… Released
The amount of hate CJ Stroud gets is genuinely insane. This guy has been outstanding.
Kayshon Boutte led all receivers in multiple important statistics via NextGenStats:
EPA/Target: +0.74
CPOE: +20.0%
Passer rating when target: 133.2
Yards per target: 12.0
He immediately becomes one of the best downfield threats C.J. Stroud has had over his career.
I've watched Moneyball a million times and it still blows my mind that they never once mention Barry Zito, Mark Mulder, and Tim Hudson. Three once-in-a-generation pitchers in their primes is kind of a big deal.
THE BEST FRONT OFFICE IN BASEBALL!! THEY NEVER MISS!!
Unless you count:
- Kyle Tucker
- Edwin Diaz
- Michael Conforto
- Blake Snell (Always Hurt)
- Tyler Glasnow (Always Hurt)
- Roki Sasaki
- Tanner Scott
- Trevor Bauer
- Andrew Heaney
- Noah Syndergaard
- Jason Heyward
- Kirby Yates
- JD Martinez
Except for these 13 contracts for $878.5 million, THEY. NEVER. MISS.
Remember, this is the best front office in baseball! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MONEY, ANY TEAM COULD DO THIS
Astros GM Dana Brown this morning on the radio:
“Getting Wesneski back is sort of like adding a pitcher at the trade deadline”
I am begging GMs of MLB teams to understand NOBODY wants to hear this
Apparently the Giants GM called Brian Cashman and said: “Hey, I heard you’re interested in Luis Arraez. You need contact hitters.”
Cashman was like:
“Hmm… I dunno. You got any fat, slow outfielders who strike out a lot and don’t hit for power?”
Juan Soto
Bryce Harper
Manny Machado
Justin Verlander
Gerrit Cole (PIT->HOU)
Cliff Lee (x2)
Tarik Skubal
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Robinson Cano
Adley Rutschman
Cashman missed on all these guys due to poor resource allocation or prospect hugging.
The Yankees are tarnished.
Dodgers gave up their #5 #7 and #17 prospects for Skubal
Red Sox gave up their #2 #4 and #5 prospects for Adley (who hasn’t had an fWAR above 3 since 2023 and is on the IL)
Do not let Tarik Skubal becoming a Dodger distract you from the fact that Shohei Ohtani illegally wired millions of dollars to an offshore bookie and made his close friend and interpreter take the fall for him so he could avoid prison time and continue to bring billions to MLB.
Don’t let anyone tell you the league isn’t rigged. The Padres were told they couldn’t sign Judge because it was a deferred money contract. They have different rules than the rest of us.
Skubal’s agent releasing a report that the Dodgers were his preferred destination in free agency so no other team would offer a huge package and the Tigers would be forced to trade him to the Dodgers is everything wrong with the sport!