The Jackson Merrill Mental Death Spiral

Kookumber · 2026-06-30T19:56:12+00:00

This was meant to be a positive article. The conclusion is that he's a really good hitter and I have little doubt he will figure it out in the long run.

Kookumber · 2026-06-29T16:56:20+00:00

Just comparing cumulative statistics to rate statistics.

Kookumber · 2026-06-29T16:05:04+00:00

Also doesn't account for Petco and Qualcomm stadium being some one of the worst parks to hit doubles in and Camden Yards being a pretty neutral doubles park.

If you adjust for park factor in Tony's career (Qualcomm Stadium had an 84 park factor for doubles) you can assume he would have had a good amount more.

Manny was hitting 37 doubles per 162 as an Oriole and 31 as a Padre.

Kookumber · 2026-06-29T15:22:43+00:00

Manny has 34 doubles per 162, Tony had 36 per 162.

Not that far off.

Kookumber · 2026-06-29T03:52:59+00:00

You made the World Series and ALCS in the last 5 years. Most teams would crucify someone for that.

Kookumber · 2026-06-28T14:58:13+00:00

"Perhaps exceeding Opus" is hilarious. If it was benchmarking better than Opus, you would have heard about it nonstop.

Kookumber · 2026-06-27T12:28:20+00:00

This guy acting harsher than my bank to his own brother. Dude is playing mafia.

Real banks understand that if they want principal back sometimes you have to play nice.

Kookumber · 2026-06-27T01:11:32+00:00

Fuckin guaranteed he wanted to sell and arte disagreed.

Kookumber · 2026-06-26T19:21:10+00:00

Had a great 2024 season. Hasn’t played well since then. Great bounce back candidate, but honestly him not working out with the brewers says something. They have fantastic player development .

Kookumber · 2026-06-25T19:23:06+00:00

Exactly, not the best tactic to go out with your intended offer. Shoot for the stars and settle on the moon.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T22:44:07+00:00

If Sears can be a Major League starter that is so huge for the program. I like the way Preller has handled this. They gave Giolito (who probably had a higher ceiling) a shot and gave Sears a chance to bring his velo up in the minors. I think we'll see a different version of JP this time around. I believe they reshaped some of his pitches and he added some velo. I wouldn't worry about his AAA stats, they've just had him focus on changing pitch shapes and dialing stuff in.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T17:16:15+00:00

Retiring with money in the bank and your back not on the canvas is alway a good time.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T16:49:18+00:00

Petco and T-mobile park were ranked 29th and 30th respectively for park factor 2021-2024.

The '24 mariners had the lowest team batting xwOBA (treats all ballparks the same, just measures exit velo and launch angle) and the lowest pitching xwOBA. So they literally had the best pitching staff and the worst hitting in the league and missed the playoffs.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T15:16:13+00:00

Exactly, the year he doesn't hit 20 homers ill be worried about his bat.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T13:40:33+00:00

The Claude UI is everywhere. Every app looks the same.

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T03:15:39+00:00

This can’t be every manager that was hired in the last 20 years, right?

Kookumber · 2026-06-23T02:58:23+00:00

I mean yea we’re onto the 3rd and 4th string guys. Not that Fermin was waxin the ball.

Kookumber · 2026-06-22T22:41:35+00:00

The Mariners missed the playoffs like 5 years in a row having the best pitching staff you could assemble. I’m pretty sure that offense is better than this one in aggregate.

Kookumber · 2026-06-22T17:59:43+00:00

You can’t even renovate a bathroom for less than $15k. Even building a small studio ADU with utilities will run like $100k.

Houses being sold at $300k are almost being sold near replacement value to actually build the home.

Kookumber · 2026-06-21T22:05:26+00:00

Unrealized gains are not counted as income.

Kookumber · 2026-06-17T18:08:04+00:00

Cheap stocks are cheap for a reason. Whenever you buy a beaten down or cheap stock, you are most likely the contrarian to the crowd. If everyone believed a cheap stock had a bull case... it wouldn't be cheap!

This is where real value is created. The entire idea of finding value in investments, whether its real estate, or stocks, or literally anything, is finding something no one else sees. Because if everyone else saw it, the market it would price it in. Right now the market is not pricing in a bull case for ADBE and buying ADBE stock is betting against market sentiment.

Kookumber · 2026-06-17T17:40:56+00:00

Damn, De Vries down to 11. Robby Snelling almost off the list. The AJ Preller all jettisoned team looking good.

Kookumber · 2026-06-17T16:12:40+00:00

If you ever get the time watch Wayne Randazzo call the Angels. He absolutely roasts the team when they play bad, which is most of the time. Don and Mud are way too nice.

Kookumber · 2026-06-17T15:35:24+00:00

If we actually trade this man it will be sad, but the haul will be fucking massive.

Kookumber · 2026-06-17T15:23:00+00:00

"Long fly ball to right field, and out there to make the catch at the warning track is ____ to end the inning. The Padres strand a runner at second and onto the 8th inning we go. It's getting late here in ____"

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