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I'm not offended by it but I certainly wouldn't call it playing the game the right way. It was excessive. I stand by calling it a Chad move.

So you think pointlessly knocking down a defending player is playing the right way. Got it. And I don't know why you bother to respond if you refuse to address the point I am making and are instead just going to complain.

Seems like a fair compromise.

It might depend on if he gets the same level of help Roberts got. Also if they keep using superballs.

The cost driven part was the exact point I was making.

You are the one who went there. If you want to claim he plays the game the right away defend that hit on the first baseman. Stuck me as a Chad move.

I like the Roberts comp a lot more than Rendon.

I never forgot. What does that have to do with anything?

Even if that is the case you could still comp him to someone like Roberts right?

So knocking that first baseman down is playing the game the "right way"? The Oriole way? I'm sure Machado would agree, not sure about Brooks.

I don't recall but Markakis was a signability pick. Of course in this case it got the team the best player in the draft.

You haven't heard? Zoom has had a lot of security issues. I hope Elias was using a burner device. We know at least one team has resorted to cyber attacks in the past. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes

It's why the O's picked Markakis.

I expect him to be on the IL.

But they also haven't gone over. They spend their allotment.

That Elias isn't as paranoid about operational security as he should be.

Come on now, his floor is he doesn't make the majors.

Or they both end up on the IL. Could go either way.

No way Kjerstad comes anywhere near the K/BB rate Markakis has had. He's not the same kind of player.

I'm just saying, so far, everyone that has gone #1 has signed an underslot deal. It is part of what makes me think Martin would have backed down in the end. It's too much money to turn down, particularly how uncertain next season is going to be.

The same Rutschman who signed for under slot?

You still have to make an allowance for it. Maybe Ohtani gets the call out of the pen?

Fans, ownership, teammates. Maybe even a member of the media.

I wonder how that works with Union Membership?

I hope none of them get grief for their decision.