Not trying to make this political, at all, but I had a message board experience about a 10, 15 years ago that makes me try to avoid the term "Mendoza Line".
A guy with a handle with like "Gomez" or "Garcia" that I'd chatted with over the years in forum discussions, when that term came up in...
Good thing for @Sharkonabicycle that Murphy fell to us and Latu didn't; his guy was off of the Hawks' draft board: 'He was just too good': Why Seahawks drafted Byron Murphy II at No. 16 despite trade offers
Reading back from yesterday... I'm, honestly, shocked that we only have (4) players in any given lineup of ours hitting under .200. If you had asked me to guess and lay a bet, I would have said at least (6).
The Cousins thing makes it really puzzling... maybe his injury is going to linger?
When did they sign Cousins? Maybe before they really scouted Penix and they fell in love when they did?
I agree; only teams I would give a break on that are the SoCal teams, as the added cost really wouldn't be worth it in LA or SD. Everywhere else, just do it... makes it better for scheduling other events, as well.
I have no idea if this is a real quote, as a buddy sent it to me without citation, but it's both hilarious and horribly sad (for Mariner's fans):
"Since 2021, Ippiei has spent $182,935,206.68 on sports betting, in that same time frame, John Stanton and the Seattle Mariners have spent...
I'm in Pasadena for work; was just in the elevator at my hotel with an M's shirt on (around 4:45... hadn't looked at the game, yet) and a guy asked me if I thought they'd win tonight... I laughed and laughed...
EDIT: to be more accurate, I'm pretty sure I laughed and said "No, they suck"... we...
Sweat is my favorite "non-1st-round" prospect.... hope we end up with him, even after this.
Edit: he's the reason I've been hoping we'd trade down for two 2nds
On a separate note, after a few years away from fantasy baseball, I joined a very deep, very detailed dynasty fantasy league this year, and my team had Freddy Peralta on it; bodes well for me, today.