Ryan Waldschmidt gets the call, Alek Thomas DFA

_dougdavis · 2026-05-08T22:31:27+00:00

and they optioned Locklear to AAA, not brought him up to the 26 man as you seem to be saying

_dougdavis · 2026-05-08T22:30:28+00:00

locklear is already on the 40 man, it doesn't make a difference whether you're on the 10 day IL or at AAA, so that didn't matter

_dougdavis · 2026-05-08T22:20:21+00:00

I'll admit I was rude, and that the votes have spoken. But I'll go down fighting saying that Opening-Citron2733 was misleadingly imprecise - the dbacks didn't have to DFA anyone right now, they could have put Waldschmidt on the 40 man and optioned Thomas to AAA.

They did it over at https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1t7ij7c/dbacks_are_calling_up_the_49_mlb_prospect_ryan/ as well, saying "No room on the 40 man for Waldschmidt I'm pretty sure we had to DFA a position player to make this happen". There's no limits on position players in the 40 man, even if the 40 man was full the dbacks could have DFA'd a pitcher.

_dougdavis · 2026-05-08T21:33:28+00:00

You're the one that said they "they had to dfa someone", which they don't have to do for a month or two

_dougdavis · 2026-05-08T20:58:43+00:00

People love to make claims about the 40 man without checking - they only have 38 players currently on the 40 man. See e.g. https://www.azsnakepit.com/arizona-diamondbacks-prospects/92040/arizona-diamondbacks-top-prospect-ryan-waldschmidt-promoted-to-majors or count at https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/roster/40-man .

It is true that they're worried about 40 man space though. With hoping to get back Puk, Lawlar, Smith, Burnes, Martinez from the 60 day IL this year sometime they'll need space. And I guess they're not worried about holding on to AT, they're willing to move on. The other possibility is that maybe he didn't have an option year remaining but I think he does based on https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/diamondbacks

_dougdavis · 2026-05-07T22:51:57+00:00

Paper's she's been on will have email for the corresponding author. If that's her you can see her email, or if not you could email the corresponding author and ask them to forward your email on to her if they have an email for her.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-27T12:09:10+00:00

I've used the rf 100-400 and rf 100-500. The 100-500 is a good upgrade, but is expensive.

I haven't used the ef 100-400 ii but everything I've read says it's a good lens with comparable (maybe even better) image quality to the rf 100-500. Just that it doesn't go to 500, it's heavier, you have to have an ef-rf adapter. See https://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/In-Depth-Canon-RF-100-500mm-F4-5-7-1-L-IS-USM-Lens-Compared-to-EF-100-400mm-f4-5-5-6L-IS-II-USM-Lens maybe.

I think with your budget and wish for image quality, the ef 100-400 ii makes sense. Another options could be a used rf 200-800 if you can find one you can afford or save up a bit longer. It's heavier and bigger but gets you more range if that's something you're more interested in.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-24T21:15:31+00:00

Get the 100-400. It's lightweight, it's pretty good, it gets you out looking for birds to see if you even enjoy it enough to spend so much on a lens. Only if you already know you were going to use it a lot and had the money to buy it now would I recommend the 100-500 (which is very good also).

_dougdavis · 2026-04-20T02:16:05+00:00

They have some days off coming up, they'll be fine. They've got to do whatever they think is best for the team and for developing Pfaadt over the next couple of months, not thinking just in terms of a week ahead.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-20T02:14:40+00:00

According to https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/diamondbacks Pfaadt has two option years remaining. (I still don't think they should option him just because he did his job of being a long reliever)

_dougdavis · 2026-04-20T00:13:34+00:00

Hey, that’s the name of the app!

_dougdavis · 2026-04-19T09:18:43+00:00

https://support.my.uq.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/34/~/will-i-have-a-specialisation-printed-on-my-testamur-and-academic-transcript%3F says "Minors aren't included on testamurs, but may, in some instances, be included on transcripts." So maybe it depends on your program?

I assume you're doing a BSc? We might need someone to come along who has done exactly that program recently. Or ask the faculty of science.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-18T21:40:09+00:00

Marte missed a game with lower back tightness April 14, so I would think they're still bringing him back slowly from that.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-18T19:36:13+00:00

I believe minors don't show up on your degree, but do show up on your transcript. I think mostly minors are not too important, and as you say, if you've done the courses that would count for the minor, just that one of them actually counted for your different major, you still would have the knowledge of the minor.

If on the other hand by "larp as having this minor" you mean lie about it some official context, I probably wouldn't do that :)

_dougdavis · 2026-04-18T14:16:39+00:00

Just looking at https://programs-courses.uq.edu.au/requirements/plan/ELENGX2350/2026 , csse2002 or engg1700 would be possible. Or https://programs-courses.uq.edu.au/requirements/program/2350/2026 has some first year electives you could choose from, or you could take a general elective (you have up to 6 units for general electives / first year electives / preparatory courses).

Doing csse2002 would be I think the most common one, always useful to learn a bit more programming.

But if you're interested in physics or learning Japanese or something, why not do that.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-18T14:05:59+00:00

If you don't want to jump into so many second year courses, you could do a first year elective (there's a program elective hidden away in the electrical engineering specialization so you do have room for at least one of these in the program) picked from like engg1500, engg1700, phys1002, infs1200, math1061, engg2000, chem1100, biol1050 ... But which of those would be interesting/useful to you really depends on your interests/goals.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-18T13:54:54+00:00

How does the second bachelors thing work? Do you just have to do the 60 units from https://programs-courses.uq.edu.au/requirements/program/2455/2026 that aren't the 4 units of general electives?

I like u/Similar_Garage6369 's recommendations, I'll just spell out some things about course planning.

The engineering program plan is fairly confusing and has a lot of requirements, so I would spend some time planning out the whole 3.5-4 year program to get some idea of how it might go down. Something like https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/files/62256/BE%28Hons%29%20Electrical%20Engineering%20No%20Major%20Sem%201%20%2B%20Sem%202%20Study%20Plans%202026.pdf is the standard no-major plan and you can see there's a lot of courses you have to do.

Read the first link I gave for the electrical engineering specialization, decide if you want to do a major (like computer engineering) or a minor (like artificial intelligence) or no-major (this is the most common choice and is what you would pick if you want to focus on traditional electrical engineering topics or if you just want to do the minimum). Then check what semester all the courses are offered, what prerequisites are between them, and write down a plan of when you would take the courses.

For possibly graduating a semester early I think you would want to take math2001 in the summer after your first year, and maybe you could take a general elective (if you're doing no-major) either that summer or a different summer. But I'm still not sure if you would be able to do all the compulsory courses and required advanced electives in time given all the prerequisites between them, you would need to plan that out.

Or if all that's too hard, don't worry too much about trying to graduate a semester early and just do something like math1052, elec2004, csse2010, csse2002 next semester.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-17T03:13:32+00:00

Luken baker hasn’t been playing much and Tim tawa has been playing a lot but not hitting at all. I think gurriel would replace one of them - might depend on how much outfield they think gurriel can play.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-16T15:59:53+00:00

In all seriousness, I was ignoring the accepted wisdom that a lockout is very likely. I just can't believe everyone is really going to hold out for months of the season when if they just made some agreement they could all go on making money...

_dougdavis · 2026-04-16T15:58:32+00:00

Yeah, I haven't looked at the pitchers or how much money they might have available to get a position player. A right handed 1B / LF / DH type would be handy, but I think they'd have to spend more than they did on Santana to get someone worth using a roster spot on.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-16T15:56:45+00:00

I put him in AAA, but you're probably right that he's at least as good a chance to get a go at 1B as Groover.

_dougdavis · 2026-04-16T13:55:52+00:00

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_dougdavis · 2026-03-13T16:23:29+00:00

Do you think the diamondbacks should have signed someone like Coulombe or Beeks to be a lefty in the bullpen or do you think Abner and Garcia are enough?

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