Dipoto has gone for it, albeit in his own way. He has tried to make his team a winner. Regression and the injury bug came for the Mariners in 2017, as they always seem to do, and it may have been the penultimate nail in the coffin. Even if Dipoto did lure Darvish to the […]
Month: March 2018
Bears reach agreement with Aaron Lynch
The Bears have agreed to a one-year deal with former 49ers defensive end Aaron Lynch, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. The terms of Lynch’s deal have yet to be revealed. So he took every snap from an under-center posture, threw a large share of deep passes and switched sides of the field with his […]
It’s official: Kirk Cousins is the new starting quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings.
Cousins met with team officials Wednesday night over dinner and toured the Vikings’ new facility on Thursday before agreeing to the richest contract in NFL history. The three-year, $84 million deal, which is fully guaranteed, makes Cousins the highest-paid player ever, a source informed of the contract told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. In Minnesota, […]
Tom Brady chugged a beer with Stephen Colbert, and there’s already a conspiracy theory
Downing a beer in one-gulp runs so counter to the Brady ethos that naturally Patriots fans lost it on Twitter. I’ll spare you the “that’s my quarterback” GIFs and “GOAT OF BEER DRINKING!” tweets, but they’re there — I promise. Now, for most quarterbacks this would be a fun offseason moment that barely moved the […]
Powerful baseball agent: MLB players ‘outraged’ over slow market, may take action
A prominent baseball agent says players are “outraged” over a dormant free agent market and suggests “a fight is brewing,” perhaps starting with some players boycotting spring training in protest. Brodie Van Wagenen, co-head of powerful agency CAA’s baseball group, wrote in an open letter posted on his Twitter account Friday that player unrest is […]
The Bills signed Taylor to a five-year contract extension before the 2016 season that could have allowed him to earn $90 million.
After Taylor posted a losing record in 2016, he accepted a renegotiated contract last year that eliminated the final three seasons and included a significant pay cut. Taylor began last season with a 5-4 record but was benched by first-year coach Sean McDermott after back-to-back losses to the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints […]
Stat To The Future: UZR, the DRS cousin you didn’t know that stats had
Think UZR and DRS as toddlers playing with Legos to build a helicopter: they both use the same materials and are attempting to accomplish the same goal, but they’re taking different paths to do so. The reason that DRS and UZR function separately lies in the small differences between the two: some sabermetricians prefer the […]
Indians agree to minor league deal with Mike Napoli, report says
The Indians are bringing back Mike Napoli. The veteran first baseman will have a minor league deal with Cleveland and a spring invitation once he passes a physical, according to a report from MLB.com. Napoli, 36, returns to Cleveland after spending a season with the Rangers, which served as his third stint in Texas on […]
The Los Angeles Chargers are locking up one of the league’s best corners.
Casey Hayward has agreed to a contract extension with the Chargers , the team announced on Sunday. Hayward’s new deal is for three-years and worth $36 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports. Additionally, Hayward receives $20 million fully guaranteed upon signing, per Rapoport. The Redskins probably won’t be able to retain leading tackler Zach Brown […]
Marcus Smart injury update: Celtics guard hurt taking a swipe at picture frame
This is basically a safety net to ensure that managers in your league won’t drop a star player who could affect the outcome of your league via collusion or tanking. Any player on our undroppable list can’t be released to waivers. Note that we take players off the list if they are injured or no […]