Spaceman Spiff

Yes. Stras has exceptional command. He will make the transition well from a power pitcher to someone that has to mix it up a bit more. When that fastball backs up into his changeup he might be in a bit of trouble, but thats years away. And the changeup movement is so good, it might not even matter. I saw a metric that Rendon's defense has already started to slip, just a little bit. If I'm a National League team, that might give me some pause. If I'm an AL team, I'd hope that he can perform adequately as a defender and then move him to DH in the later years.

Strasburg has a chance of aging better than Rendon, IMO.

I'm not sure if you thought the 2020 Orioles would be significantly better with Bundy and Villar. This team was going to lose around 100 games no matter what, most likely. What exactly did you expect? If you're complaint is that they're going to be doing it with unfamiliar faces, I get it. But let's not pretend Bundy was a great pitcher to begin with and Villar was a centerpiece for the next winning team.

I want to like Gary Clark Jr. Photographed one of his concerts, he was great. As a straight bluesman, awesome. But his albums...seems to try to infuse R&B, hip hop...I don't get it. I wish he'd cut something just straight blues rather than try to be accessible to everyone.

No.

The thread title was referencing music stars. Don't be coy, TTB. Get it together.

Cool, see ya opening day 2020.

I had beers with @TryTheBeal! this past summer.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/griselda-wwcd/ This does have a good old school Wu-Tang/90s NYC vibe. I'm a fan.

Oh come on. I'm upset that it took this long for someone to post this:

I kinda viewed it as a "welcome back, we're glad you're here. And hey, you're still pretty good" award. A few rungs below a lifetime achievement award.

Slow week in the western conference, apparently.

No, clearly the ones that are doing it in a negative way know what they're talking about.

I gotta say, dudes on twitter who are dicing up clips of incomplete passes and being like OH **** THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD HERE'S WHY are getting really tiresome. I'm not saying they're necessarily wrong but the whole "I've got an eye for nuances and subtleties" act wears thin.