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    Noah's Arc: Song back, assigned to GVL.

    I was curious if anyone had been selected twice via the rule 5 draft, Shane Victorino is the only example I could find.
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    Pick #38- Jordan Walsh

    I’m betting on Carl Anthony Towns, three series, four wins, career earnings of 145 million, with five years and 250 million remaining.
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    Pick #38- Jordan Walsh

    I saw that post, to me it looked like the last rep of the set. Given he weighed 204 at the combine, I don’t think functional strength is an issue.
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    The Celtics Offseason

    He also doesn’t know much about basketball, per Michael Pina at the ringer: “There were 49 players who averaged at least 15 shots per game last season, and VanVleet’s 39.3 field goal percentage ranked 49th. Out of 77 players who drove the ball at least 500 times, his minus-1.82 quantified...
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    Kristaps Porzingis to Celtics!!!!!

    Isaiah Thomas was better than “good for about a year”, he played 32.2 minutes a game over 179 games, averaging 24.6 points and 6 assists, played played with passion, even while hurt.
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    Kristaps Porzingis to Celtics!!!!!

    It’s not a given that it is two late firsts, a significant injury to Thompson or Curry, potentially combined with Green opting out could make the Warriors pick a late lottery pick.
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    As one of the old timers who watched him in college and the pros, Walton’s defense, shot blocking, and rebounding were better.
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    Round 4 • Pick 10 (112) • K Chad Ryland

    NE had a touchback percentage of 42.06% in 2021, and 36.47% in 2022, good for 30th place, hard to do worse than that.
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    Your top "forgot he was a Red Sox"

    Also pitcher Steve Crawford, from 1980-87.
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    Pats Round1 Pick #17: CB Christian "The Steal" Gonzalez

    Tony Gonzalez https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nfl/players/full/1231.png
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    Kyrie is dirty rotten no good and we have schadenfreude…?

    Reggie Jackson had a Hugh ego, but he produced, he played in and won five World Series, while hitting 10 home runs (three on three pitches in 1977) and batting .357.
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    2023 PGA Tour

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fQV4A9dGrA Off topic but Rory’s clip and all the talk of equipment and rolling back distances got me thinking about Arnold Palmer driving the green on the 346 yard first hole final round of the 1960 US Open at Cherry Hills, where he started seven shots...
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    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    335 to the corner, not a Pesky special.
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    Noah's Arc: Song back, assigned to GVL.

    Per MLB.com, IL has no effect on pay, players are paid and receive Major League service time for each day spent on the 26-man roster or the Major League injured list.
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    Celtics acquire Mike Muscala

    I didn’t know it until looking up, but despite playing college ball for Kansas Wilt Chamberlain was a territorial pick of the Warriors, by virtue of having been born in Philadelphia.
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    Matt Barnes DFA'd, traded to Marlins for LH reliever Bleier

    Also noted in the article is that Barnes is second in Red Sox history in both relief appearances and relief strikeouts.
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    Trevor Story had surgery on his right UCL and is expected to miss time

    Statcast has Story with 416 throws in 94 games in 2022, and 769 in 142 games in 2021. In the same years Nick Pivetta threw 3082 and 2785.
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    The 5 Dumbest Moves in Franchise History

    Cecil Cooper to Milwaukee (31.1 WAR as a Brewer) for George Scott (2 WAR) and Bernie Carbo (2.8 WAR).
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    Kyrie is dirty rotten no good and we have schadenfreude…?

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Ime decides chilling out at half pay for a year is a better option than the Nets at this point
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    Offseason Rumors/News

    If I recall correctly the reporting was the Celtics offered Schröder for DiVincenzo, the Bucks said no to Schroeder and asked for Grant Williams instead