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Brad Johnson

2:01

Seems like a good time to call it quits. See you guys next week. Maybe it'll even scroll in the right direction this time!

Quarantino Martinez

2:01

(Thanks, btw, for these chats and all the advice!)

Brad Johnson

2:00

Yes, I would. Either redraft or dynasty tbh.

Quarantino Martinez

1:59

Mountcastle is interesting. I worry about what happens when Hays comes back with the OF rotation, though maybe they could try him at 3rd again at some point. Would you offer Beni for him?

Brad Johnson

1:59

pitchers are a little harder. I think Bumgarner and Ross will have their uses eventually. Already talked about Quintana a bit. Keuchel. Luis Castillo seems fine to me. Manaea tends to start slow, though I never have enough confidence to roster him. Minor.

always plenty of hitters to be found over any 19-day period

1:57

Ryan Mountcastle, Joc Pederson, Tommy Pham, Cutch, Hicks, Stanton, Cron, David Peralta, Alec Bohm, Albies, McNeil

Quarantino Martinez

1:56

Favorite buy-lows? I just traded for Myles Straw without realizing how low I'd bought him. Stephen Piscotty is on my list as someone whose chase numbers are improving. Sounds like you're out on Beni.

Brad Johnson

Said the same about Gallen's injury, and he came back fast

1:55

some stress reactions are basically permanent and debilitating, some are permanent but easily supported by musculature, some heal quickly

1:54

I honestly don't have any info on what to expect with fibula stress fractures

geoff

1:54

how worried about bellinger's injury are you?

Brad Johnson

1:54

Last Crusade.

1:53

I guess I am partial to the original Star Wars trilogy.

1:52

So... back to movies I guess. Probably will wrap this soon.

1:51

There has to be a way to unlock more, but I don't see the way

1:50

He's extremely entertaining, but they're probably right to consider him a neat all-over backup

1:49

The Twins view him as a curiosity of sorts. With Garver and Jeffers on hand, there aren't any catching starts for him

Astudillo

1:48

what's my upside? am i even still a catcher?

Brad Johnson

1:48

For the entire movie, it's kind of wryly funny as they build it and build it and build it. Then for 5 minutes, it's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Hot Fuzz has my favorite "Jenga" sequence

1:47

(btw, queue is empty if you'd prefer I stop rambling about movies)

That can't be a top 5 movie for me, but it's probably the biggest positive gap between expectation going in and actual experience.

1:46

We assumed it would be horrible (empirically, it was), but there was some serious energy in that movie. Like Alien on steroids.

1:45

Doom probably requires some explanation. Went with my college friends to a haunted house thing. Line was 3 hours so we said fuck it and went to the movies. The ladies went to some rom com and the guys had nothing to choose from except Doom

The scene where Sean Connery flattens San Francisco with a hummer is too good.

1:44

Weirdly, the movies that fired me up the most at the time were The Rock and Doom.

1:43

I saw Jurassic Park a good 100 times growing up. So that has to be on the list.

1:42

Hmm, that's difficult for some reason.

Top 5 favorite movies

1:42

Brad Johnson

Gimme Edward Olivares at this point

1:41

If I'm running the Royals, I'm optioning him to Triple-A as soon as their season begins.

Especially without any apparent reason. This isn't Gregory Polanco's shoulder exploding.

I can scarcely think of another peak-aged player who has declined harder

I think the word now is disgusted

1:40

Entered the year worried about Benintendi

Quarantino Martinez

1:39

Worried about Benintendi, recently dropped in the lineup, making crazy low zone contact. Not really much to do with him, but curious if there's daylight on the horizon.

Brad Johnson

Hopefully they'll bring me back some day. They opted for (mostly) new blood with the most recent recruiting job.

1:39

Me too!

Fangraphs Fan

1:38

Wish you were here :(

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