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Dynasty league update: turns out my SS from last year were Niko Goodrum (meh), Elvis Andrus (who I dropped in Sept), and Carter Kieboom (in AAA now).
I put out a general call looking for a SS. Someone offered me Lindor for Ryan Mountcastle and Alek Thomas (D'backs prospect.) That was a no brainer. One of the co-commishes thought I was conspiring with that GM - who happened to be the person they added instead of Alex. Nope, you picked that other guy's friend and left Alex on the wait list.
Dynasty league update: turns out my SS from last year were Niko Goodrum (meh), Elvis Andrus (who I dropped in Sept), and Carter Kieboom (in AAA now).
I put out a general call looking for a SS. Someone offered me Lindor for Ryan Mountcastle and Alek Thomas (D'backs prospect.) That was a no brainer. One of the co-commishes thought I was conspiring with that GM - who happened to be the person they added instead of Alex. Nope, you picked that other guy's friend and left Alex on the wait list.
how the fuck is someone that stupid
Thomas and Mountcastle *could be good*. Lindor IS good. Unless they're consciously tanking this year, although I have zero clue how dynasty leagues work in that respect. I'd be shooting to win and keeping Lindor
I get how someone could think something is afoot. That is "Ryan Pace trading up one spot for Trubisky" levels bad
On The Athletic, they have a consensus prospect rating based on a few top prospect lists: Keith Law at The Athletic, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN, MLB.com, Baseball America, and FanGraphs.
Thomas was ranked 59th. Mountcastle was 72nd. They weren't even the highest ranked prospects on my roster. (Ian Anderson, Campusano, Madrigal)
C - Posey, C. Kelly, Campusano 1B - H. Dozier, Yuli 2B - Madrigal, Wilmer Flores SS - now Lindor 3B - Rendon, M. Franco OF - Trout, Springer, K. Bryant, Happ
C - Posey, C. Kelly, Campusano 1B - H. Dozier, Yuli 2B - Madrigal, Wilmer Flores SS - now Lindor 3B - Rendon, M. Franco OF - Trout, Springer, K. Bryant, Happ
For an 18 team league, I got a solid lineup.
Only remotely weak spot here might be Posey depending on how the Giants play Joey Bart
C - Posey, C. Kelly, Campusano 1B - H. Dozier, Yuli 2B - Madrigal, Wilmer Flores SS - now Lindor 3B - Rendon, M. Franco OF - Trout, Springer, K. Bryant, Happ
For an 18 team league, I got a solid lineup.
Only remotely weak spot here might be Posey depending on how the Giants play Joey Bart
With such deep rosters, I basically stream catchers based on who does or doesn't have an off night
I don't agree with the GA law but I'd be pissed if it happened to be my state. Kinda messed up to do it this late in the game too.
How is this late, they passed the law a couple weeks ago and this is their response. I guess its the Georgia state legislature's fault for not thinking about passing this back in January to give themselves more time for things of this nature to happen. The NCAA did much more to North Carolina 4 years ago when they removed 7 tournament or title games out of the state over the gender restroom law. This isnt fucked up at all, its a wake up call to states that think they can do this kind of thing and expect to keep on making money without consequence. Im sure Hank Aaron wouldve been glad that MLB did this, he wouldve spoken up if he was still here to do so. This is how you fight these people, attack their wallets and they crumble. I wish the NFL had the Super Bowl in Atlanta next season, they probably remove it and these people would try to cancel the NFL again, lol.
I don't agree with the GA law but I'd be pissed if it happened to be my state. Kinda messed up to do it this late in the game too.
How is this late, they passed the law a couple weeks ago and this is their response. I guess its the Georgia state legislature's fault for not thinking about passing this back in January to give themselves more time for things of this nature to happen. The NCAA did much more to North Carolina 4 years ago when they removed 7 tournament or title games out of the state over the gender restroom law. This isnt fucked up at all, its a wake up call to states that think they can do this kind of thing and expect to keep on making money without consequence. Im sure Hank Aaron wouldve been glad that MLB did this, he wouldve spoken up if he was still here to do so. This is how you fight these people, attack their wallets and they crumble. I wish the NFL had the Super Bowl in Atlanta next season, they probably remove it and these people would try to cancel the NFL again, lol.
I know I'm in the minority in this but that's fine. Imo it just gets to a point where sports getting into the political side of things is counter productive. You can say "well this is an important issue"... OK there are a lot of other important issues too... gun control, immigration, foreign policy, ect. At what point does it become inappropriate for a professional sports organization to get involved? Or is it all fine and dandy as long as they're doing something that you agree with? Like I said I don't agree with the Georgia law but there are a lot of other laws that have been passed by various states that are BS. Will they ban games in Tennessee for this horrible abortion bill they're considering?
And I don't think the other side will "crumble." All they're going to do is boycott MLB now and say how it's "unfair." And tbh I'm sure MLB only did this because of pressure from their sponsors and will probably end up moving the game to Texas who also have similar BS voting laws on the books.
How is this late, they passed the law a couple weeks ago and this is their response. I guess its the Georgia state legislature's fault for not thinking about passing this back in January to give themselves more time for things of this nature to happen. The NCAA did much more to North Carolina 4 years ago when they removed 7 tournament or title games out of the state over the gender restroom law. This isnt fucked up at all, its a wake up call to states that think they can do this kind of thing and expect to keep on making money without consequence. Im sure Hank Aaron wouldve been glad that MLB did this, he wouldve spoken up if he was still here to do so. This is how you fight these people, attack their wallets and they crumble. I wish the NFL had the Super Bowl in Atlanta next season, they probably remove it and these people would try to cancel the NFL again, lol.
I know I'm in the minority in this but that's fine. Imo it just gets to a point where sports getting into the political side of things is counter productive. You can say "well this is an important issue"... OK there are a lot of other important issues too... gun control, immigration, foreign policy, ect. At what point does it become inappropriate for a professional sports organization to get involved? Or is it all fine and dandy as long as they're doing something that you agree with? Like I said I don't agree with the Georgia law but there are a lot of other laws that have been passed by various states that are BS. Will they ban games in Tennessee for this horrible abortion bill they're considering?
And I don't think the other side will "crumble." All they're going to do is boycott MLB now and say how it's "unfair." And tbh I'm sure MLB only did this because of pressure from their sponsors and will probably end up moving the game to Texas who also have similar BS voting laws on the books.
Still all about the money apparently. Im sure MLB is going to go somewhere thats not Texas I will tell you that. And they have their choices which will keep them in a positive light politically. Why not Milwaukee, where Hank Aaron began his career. Thats how you throw a middle finger to Atlanta. Sports was never not political, go back and you'll see that. Wanna tell me Jesse Owens didn't make a political statement in 1936 at the Berlin games? Or even Hank Aaron hitting 716? There are so many other things involved in this that the disruption is what upsets people if the big machine takes action like this. Right now the Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the NCAA and the state of amateurism. You likely mightve seen an article about it in the last few days and didn't look deeper into the issue though. But you want politics and sports not to mix? Well shit, there are 9 justices doing that right the fuck now. In the end, you make enough noise and something will happen, its a start at least.
The Braves didnt do themselves any favors with their statement either. Mike Freeman just threw them in the dumpster.