David Vauthrin @davidv2001

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

a week ago

@Dust_Vikings Load management in the NFL is silly. 17 games decide whether you make the playoffs or not. This is a divisional game that you’ll want for potential tiebreakers later in the year. Plus, players can get hurt on any snap. You can’t control most injuries.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Duck34532 @michaelschwab13 If Smith will take peanuts to buy out his arbitration years like Ozzie Albies did years ago (7 years, $42 million), go ahead. Otherwise, I’d wait until he posts an .OPS in the mid to upper .700s.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Duck34532 @michaelschwab13 No, it doesn’t. Jim Crane just needs to be willing to pay good players what they are worth instead of signing old, cheap guys like Christian Walker. It will not be that hard to extend Smith next year if he finally breaks out at the plate.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Duck34532 @michaelschwab13 Peña wasn’t worth extending until last season, anyway. I’d much rather pay for performance than unrealized potential.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Duck34532 @michaelschwab13 No, it’s not. And we will see what happens with Peña. I don’t think he’s going to get what he wants in free agency. Unless the new CBA blows up arbitration, the Astros have Smith for four more seasons. If he makes strides at the plate next year, they can discuss an extension.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Chandler_Rome No thanks. Sanchez is only a DH and the Astros have Yordan for that.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@Duck34532 @michaelschwab13 Ask the Red Sox if they like their extensions for Brayan Bello or Kristan Campbell. The Phillies gave Scott Kingery an extension when they called him up, and he had a short cup of coffee and flamed out. If Smith puts it together offensively next year, extension talks can begin.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@c12568ww @michaelschwab13 The new CBA might completely change years of team control, but right now the Astros have Smith for four more years. Make him prove to be an above-average hitter before you extend him.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@c12568ww @michaelschwab13 Doesn’t matter. I’m not extending a guy until he’s proven to be an above average player. Smith isn’t there, yet. I hope he gets there and think he can, but he still has a lot more to prove at the plate before you hand him an extension buying out his arbitration years.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 weeks ago

@BenVerlander This Astros’ team lacks depth and has plenty of holes, but they compete.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

a month ago

@MusicalWhiskey @MNVikingsGM @isaiah_usher @JoeA_NFL There were games in college where McCarthy started, and Michigan ran the ball nearly 50 times and asked him to throw it roughly 20 times.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

a month ago

@MusicalWhiskey @MNVikingsGM @isaiah_usher @JoeA_NFL Because a lot of these “Vikings” fans are either Michigan fans or McCarthy fans. J.J. McCarthy was a game manager in college that also had the benefit of knowing defenses. He never should have been drafted that high. His Michigan coaches also ran the ball as much as possible.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 months ago

@JeremyBranham Gerrit Cole was healthy the first four years of his nine-year contract and pitched like an ace. He’s lived up to his contract despite needing Tommy John Surgery.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 months ago

@JeremyBranham Sure. If you can convince Boston to trade Franklin Arias or New York to give up George Lombard Jr for however many 2027 games of Jeremy Peña they might get, that is interesting.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 months ago

@JeremyBranham I also understand you typically get a lot of surplus value at the front end of these contracts knowing the player is likely to decline at the end of them.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 months ago

@JeremyBranham Gerrit Cole has most certainly lived up to his contract in New York. He was an ace before needing Tommy John Surgery. His worst ERA and WHIP in a Yankees’ uniform is 3.5 and 1.13.

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David Vauthrin @davidv2001

2 months ago

@JeremyBranham Correa’s hasn’t aged well because of injuries. Bregman is in his 1st season with the Cubs so it’s too early to judge, and he had an .820 OPS in Boston last year. Springer posted .OPS’s of .800 or higher in 3 of his 6 years and has been a league average hitter two other years.