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I think he’s just saying the US has no “hate speech” exception to the First Amendment (and the Supreme Court has affirmed that time and time again including recently with Matal v. Tam). That said one cannot make specific threats (not protected) or incite violence directly (not protected)...

Huff is an idiot. Putting aside his political choices, he certainly has the right to say whatever he wants (within limits for hate speech and the like) under the First Amendment but that does not mean his statements don't have consequences. He's made some asinine (no cringe worthy) statements...

I really can't stand throwaway statements like that (especially when they are not backed up with specific instances giving rise to any such concern). I do give greater credence to this as Kiley was in our org and knows our system better than most, but still... In Waters' case, his initial...

Rico - hope you get well soon my friend. From another 10+ year poster.

Nonetheless the kid is a great pick on day 3 - take a look at his videos and let me know who he reminds you of body wise... obviously he’s raw but this is the kind of flyer who go overslot for assuming you are able to spread out the dollars prudently across the higher FV round 1 guys.

Well I wouldn't go that far just yet. It's reported that he asked SoftBank for a $7M guarantee - remains to be seen whether he receives that much and in what form (guaranteed vs. non-guaranteed bonuses, etc.). It's almost certain he's going to exceed $2M in guaranteed payments from the Hawks...

While I do agree we should have bolstered the pen this winter, Miller is a bad example - he’s been absolutely terrible this year thus far and he’s turning 34- so it may well be him falling off.

Guyer resigns with the White Sox on a minor league deal. Don’t know the terms but I can’t imagine it’s much on a split contract. Lost opportunity to improve the bench even if marginally.

Is it not abundantly clear that AA is being hamstrung by the powers that be (namely McGuirk) and being told that any available surplus cash is going towards paying down senior debt on the Battery? Yes perhaps AA will get McGuirk to release some modicum of cash to obtain someone like Kimbrel if...

He’s on the list. In fact he’s the highest listed ATL prospect at number 19.

Considering the article was posted a day after Salma's post, I think he's in the right here. But it's a good point in other contexts to obviously cite sources where such sources are actually used.

I'm surprised at the omission of one Ronald Acuna on this list. Blasphemy.

Man. Excellent trade by AA. First time in a long time I wasn't nervous at the deadline. Truly nice to have an intelligent FO in charge.

Even if they did sell, this wouldn't happen. The amount of groundwork necessary for a Harper trade would be weeks if not months (I'm sure the Os spent a long time scouting several different teams' prospects before pulling the triggers on these deals). Unless they were considering selling a...

$5 he says “acuna ma-tater”

Rough, but here you go (embedded within link). Pretty fun article to read too. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-dream-on-cristian-pache/

Hilarious. Enscheff is right- the team has no money left. Even if Mous were to fall significantly, I doubt this team has the current resources to pull anything off.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/braves-nearing-acquisition-of-outfielder.html 1) Confirms Acuna won't open at the MLB level and 2) seems like a depth / short term move - not going to be an impact player from the sound of it

I thought it was solely the fact that Markakis is a fellow Greek like AA? I kid. I think AA will focus on getting up to speed this offseason without making a huge splash unless something falls into his lap. I do think he'll focus on organizational systems like improving player nutrition...

Like most, AA has his strengths and his weaknesses. He is definitely a strong believer in advanced analytics, having built out the Jays first analytics department with Joe Sheenan and then plucking Jason Pare from the Indians and strongly recommended the retention of a programmer to build out...