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    Smart's Value

    Don't get me wrong. I really like him as a player. But even he admits he'll be better at 220 than 240. Here's what Smart told The Herald: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/celtics/2017/09/trimmed_down_marcus_smart_works_to_improve_defense
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    Smart's Value

    Then just watch the video from around 25 seconds through 40 seconds. That is not the body of an NBA guard. Smart is going to be MUCH better this year now that he's in NBA shape.
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    Smart's Value

    Tommy Heinsohn called him overweight last May: Or check out this video from a year ago, specifically the last 25 seconds. Smart looks more like John Bagley (right before he ate himself out the league) than Jamie Collins.
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    Smart's Value

    I'm glad he's lost the weight. I got pummeled in this space a year ago when I suggested that Smart looked fat — which he was. There are no good NBA guards who weigh 240 pounds. Maybe less heft will make it a little harder for Smart to defend big men, but it should help his quickness and his...
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    Too Much Pitching? The 2017 40-man Crunch

    Agree. Also, Marrero had elbow surgery in November. Not saying that explains all of Marrero's hitting woes in 2016, but it's still worth seeing if he can rebound.
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    Celtics Preseason

    Watch the end of this video. Smart doesn't look ripped. He looks pudgy.
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    Celtics Preseason

    Is it just me, or does Marcus Smart look like he's been on the Jared Sullinger diet plan?
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    Red Sox Get Brad Ziegler from Arizona

    I'm really impressed by how little Dombrowski has had to give up for a closer and a starting-quality 3B. Makes me wonder how much of being a successful GM is just being perceived as trustworthy and a good guy by your peers.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    It's not a small effect at all. Have you ever left the gym still wearing a soaked-through t-shirt versus a dry one? If it's cold outside, your body will lose heat much less quickly if wearing a dry t-shirt.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Someone should ask Goodell if his investigators have compared the pre-game, mid-game, and post-game PSI numbers from Colts-Pats to the same data that the NFL recorded for every other cold-weather game played in 2014-15. Obviously there is no way to judge whether the deflation in the Pats game...
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    Heyman says Lackey/Corey Littrell to Cardinals for Kelly/Craig

    It's sort of amazing how few of the Cardinals top prospects ended up succeeding after being traded to other teams:   http://thebaseballcube.com/prospects/?T=27&Page=Team
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    Heyman says Lackey/Corey Littrell to Cardinals for Kelly/Craig

    Yeah, just because Lackey said the right thing about the 2015 option doesn't mean it's true.   It's pretty obvious that agents in all sports are advising players to say they love wherever they're playing, that like Lester they'd "definitely" give a hometown discount, etc., etc. It's smart...
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    Heyman says Lackey/Corey Littrell to Cardinals for Kelly/Craig

    In terms of the roster move, it's certainly possible that Craig has been playing injured because the Cards are in the playoff hut, and the Sox and Cardinals knew that. If that's the case and Craig requires surgery, perhaps he gets put on 60-day DL.
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    Heyman says Lackey/Corey Littrell to Cardinals for Kelly/Craig

    Maybe they're going to send JBJ down and try either Victorino or Cespedes in CF? Cespedes has played 75 games in CF, and the metrics show him to be a league-average CF.
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    Passan reporting Lester/Gomes to the A's for Cespedes

    If only I'd left out the emoticon   Snodgrass'Muff, on 30 Jul 2014 - 4:04 PM, said:   Cespedes  :)
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    Trading Jon Lester (news and speculation thread)

      Cespedes :)
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    Trading Jon Lester (news and speculation thread)

    Jon Lester is not entering the prime of his career. He'll be 31 next year. I love him, but it's hard to think of this season as anything other than a  outlier. He's giving up more flyballs than at any other point in his career, yet his HR/FB rate is at a career low. He's good but not this good...
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    USA Today: NE Patriots Best Drafting Team in NFL Past 5 Years

    For me, the takeaway from this is less about the Patriots than the rest of the league. We tend to put our blinders on when talking about various Pats draft picks that didn't pan out. The reality is that every team makes lots of mistakes.
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    The all-new should we trade for Mike Stanton thread

    I'm not sure that the Marlins could trade Stanton for minor leaguers and low-cost players. While MLB doesn't have a clear-cut minimum payroll, there does seem to be a de facto floor for teams receiving revenue sharing money. (See: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4819982 ) Stanton is...
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    Mookie Betts

    I hope Speier is right about the Sox giving Betts a look at SS and OF once he gets to Pawtucket.
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