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  1. Joshv02

    Trick formation - good thing they didn't try this last week

    Volin has the pre-snap screen shot. He is also covered by Mitchell, which (b/c of his number) would make him ineligible [in addition to being undeclared and in the 50-79 range).
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    Chandler Jones traded for G Jonathan Cooper & Arizona's 2016 Rd. 2 pick

    The Pats are only on the hook for the annual salary (675,000) and any not-yet-paid bonuses, like the roster bonus he is due (~1.7m). The signing bonus he was already paid is included in AZ's salary cap. So, its a savings of about $5mm. Or what the much more reputable Miguel already said.
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    Watching the Jones: Dazed & Confused

    The drug testing policies are here : https://www.nflpa.com/active-players/drug-policies For PEDs, in addition to the 10 random ones per team per week, including the playoffs, additional testing is available for any player for whom there is credible, verifiable documented information providing a...
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    Blair Walsh, Zodda, ITP and USA Today

    It's a really excellent itp article.
  5. Joshv02

    Yankees acquire Aroldis Chapman

    Thanks. You are right - the joint agreement (also here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CM9aheDUkAAi8wh.jpg:large ) includes that language. I glanced over it when I read it. (Though, not to get too into the weeds - that only applies to those that "are upheld." If the suspension isn't challenged...
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    Yankees acquire Aroldis Chapman

    Pretty sure MLBTR is wrong. The CBA expressly says time on a suspension counts towards service time:
  7. Joshv02

    Winter Meetings/Rumor Thread

    The Padres are spending about $100,000 to get four guys free tryouts (its 50k per player, but you get 25k back if the original teams takes them back), or about 1 month of ML salary for a pre-arb player. Its not a real expense. Burning the hypothetical 25 man spot isn't a big deal in December...
  8. Joshv02

    Tigers sign Jordan Zimmermann

    He is only 27 and in 2014, he had a lower ERA than FIP/xFIP predicted. In all events, regardless of quibbling with the word "consistent," the way you under perform your xFIP is when you cluster hits or allowed higher percentage of HRs with MOB then expected. Given that LOB% has a very weak...
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    Tigers sign Jordan Zimmermann

    xFIP Ages 23, 24, 25: Porcello: 3.89, 3.19, 3.68 -- wtd average: 3.55 Zimmermann: 3.92 (31 IP), 3.78, 3.78 -- wtd average: 3.80 Ages 26: Porcello: 3.72 Zimmermann: 3.48 My money is still on Porcello having the better (measured by xFIP or fWAR) next five years.
  10. Joshv02

    The Game Ball Thread: Wk 6 at Colts

    Right, but the point is that they practiced it and still every single player on the right side was 2 yards off the LOS (possible the far right winger was not).
  11. Joshv02

    NYT: Scandal Erupts in Unregulated World of Fantasy Sports

    Its a bit of a fools game - lots of fishes, a few whales, and sharks (that are now using automated trading functions).  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-10/you-aren-t-good-enough-to-win-money-playing-daily-fantasy-football 
  12. Joshv02

    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Baltz said the same thing back in (roughly) February on OTL (that's the Naqi story, by the way). This is not new; just recycled.
  13. Joshv02

    SportsCenter & OTL Bringing Back Spygate (live, 9AM)

    Its also was not illegal to look at the other sideline that is in the view of 80,000 people and write down what you see or hear - including signals. I can hire someone to read your lips, write down your hand movements, etc.  I just can't videotape them (from certain locations, etc.). There is...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    It was mentioned in the briefing earlier and in this proceeding.  Relying the specifics of what Feely said would be a no-no, but it isn't really isn't new - the gist of it was already in the record.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Huge if true.
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    Rick Porcello: What's Wrong?

    (1) He doesn't say he came to the realization on his own, he says he came to the realization.  He does not tell us the process of realization. (2) You should want people to think they came up with solutions on their own, because that way they own them.  That is kind of management school 101...
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    Anderson Espinoza

    23 SO (1BB) in his last 16 innings.  And the ball rarely leaves the infield.  He's turned it to another level recently.
  18. Joshv02

    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Of course. That just has little to do with what I was responding.
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Kessler is the nflpa attorney. Brady hired Tulumello, expensive is his own right. He only represents Brady, not the nflpa.
  20. Joshv02

    Sons, Sam, and Horn, L.L.P.: Brady Case LEGAL ISSUES Only

    ? The NFL is saying that the Court cannot overturn the decision that the arbitrator made pursuant to the CBA; and the NFL is asking the Court to agree. I don't see why that would piss off a Court.  Depending on the Judge's starting point, that could be the type of thing that lends itself to...