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zjcvols said:
I have determined after the Wiley Ballard thing (this is not groundbreaking) that way too many people assume twitter replies is how the world works and how everyone thinks
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And also not everything is about you and your plight. You don't have to Wes Rucker everything! Old man rant over.
 
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raw dog said:
Nico’s dad, you sir, are a moron. Maybe don’t cosplay as an agent for the next son, lad.
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Yup. His dad says it "just business." Well you sir have zero clue how to conduct business.

If you thought Nico could get more on the open market, fine. Let him finish spring ball and inform the coaches he is going to explore his options in the portal when it opens, but Nico remains open to staying at UT. And if you find the market isn't what you think it is, you come back to table with Tennessee and either hammer out a more reasonable deal or you stick it out on your current deal.

The important thing here is to maintain open dialog with the coaches and not just completely burn that bridge. Sure, you run the risk of Tennessee moving to someone else while you are in the portal, but Nico did that anyways with current path he chose.
 
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zjcvols said:
I have determined after the Wiley Ballard thing (this is not groundbreaking) that way too many people assume twitter replies is how the world works and how everyone thinks
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The younger you are, the more likely you are to believe that the internet is real life. If you are a digital native (thank God I'm not), you are more likely to believe that the internet and real life are one in the same (e.g., everything you see on the internet is a genuine representation of someone's real life feelings or views). I really don't think there are that many people in real life who are genuinely offended by the Wiley Ballard thing, but you don't get that impression from reading Twitter.

It's kind of ironic because people who are too online are great at identifying trolling, but they get too wrapped up in trends and ideas that trend online that are performative/virtue signaling. I think many do get "trolled," but in a different way that they don't realize.
 
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TBrown said:
stop these headlines
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That’s hilarious! At least the Astros are paying most of his salary. Low risk move at best. I say that as an Astros fan.
 
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zjcvols said:
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"It's easier to just be honest - that way you don't have to remember what you've said"

The wild thing about all of this is that the original intention, in all likelihood, was to stay at Tennessee and just milk more money out of it. Nico's dumb dad just assumed that it would work.
 
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Still early in the season but some observations from this horrific start:


The (very little) Good:

Ozuna continues to be a beast. Career high EV and BB% so far. Hopefully the hip thing doesn't linger.

Austin Riley is posting careers bests in virtually every power category while playing great defense so far. Maybe my $50 MVP bet will actually win.

Odd year Ozzie is heating up. .925 OPS in his last 50 at bats. One of the few hitters we can't complain about for a change.

Aside from the 5th inning yesterday, Schwelly has looked like the best pitcher on the planet. Excited to watch this kid.

Sean Murphy has a .182 BABIP which suggests he's actually been hitting the ball better than his 1.026 OPS shows. K% needs to come down though.

While you would expect Olson to end up on the Bad list, I just can't justify it. He has a career high BB%, Hard Hit%, and EV to go along with a career low K%. The problem is a crazy low BABIP. He's gonna go on a tear shortly and we're gonna win a lot of ball games because of it.

Nick Allen is sporting a career best EV, hard hit%, LD%, and GB%. While those are encouraging improvements, he isn't gonna maintain a .400 BABIP. Enjoy this while it lasts. Decent chance that we are SS shopping at the deadline


The Bad:

Chris Sale doesn't look the same. Granted much of it is luck with a crazy .404 BABIP allowed. But the HR rate is also up and his velocity has been down. Hopefully just a bump in the road and he gets back on track, but we are going nowhere this year if he isn't an ace level pitcher.

The rest of the SP group: AJ has been meh. Mullet is also meh as a SP. We will probably need to find another SP before the deadline.

The Bullpen: I don't really need to touch this one much. It's been a rough start for this group. AA really failed us here. We're gonna need deadline help here too.

Harris' approach at the plate remains bad, and he's hitting the ball less hard than he was a year ago. He has a sub .700 OPS over the last 365 days. I'm still a believer, but he has me concerned that he mightbe another Jackie Bradley Jr. which would not be fun considering his remaining contract.



The Ugly:

Kelenic looks awful and the underlying metrics support that. 84.0 EV is down 5 MPH from last year and his career average. If he were getting unlucky with balls in play, that's one thing. But he just looks awful. But unless someone gets injured, we have to deal with him until at least August.

Arcia's numbers continue their downward trend from a year ago. If you didn't already know, he is toast as an everyday player.

Elder is not a major league pitcher. Bryan de la Cruz and Stuart Fairchild are notMLB players. Send Elder down and DFA to other 2 immediately. I mean these 2 OFers are so bad they make you miss Eddie Rosario.
 
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