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unfortunately they definitely have money in the budget for a top starter. max scherzer is from near st louis so i'd expect them to be in on him too.
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Russell Martin
TruffleShuffle replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
did the blue jays get a new tv deal or something? their payroll this year was $55m more than it was in 2012, and next year it will be even higher since they've committed almost $120m to just 10 players. -
if schwarber is able to be an adequate catcher and hits as well as everyone thinks he will, then he'll likely be ready for the big league club by 2017. maybe that played a part in their thinking. i could see them not wanting to go 5 years with martin because they could very well end up trying to dump him within two years, and eating a lot of cash if he hits like he did for most of the past five years. whereas there aren't the pitching prospects blocking someone like lester, so maybe they'll be willing to go bigger on someone like him, since even as he regresses there will still be room for him in the rotation.
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right, but an elite defender generally isn't preventing as many runs as an elite offensive player is producing, unless the defensive player is ozzie smith or whatever.
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has there been talk of montero being traded, or are people just assuming that he's on the block since the d-backs are lousy and montero doesn't have much value to a rebuilding team?
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I think it has to do with expectations many people had for him (that he was going to be an offensive beast) that have gone largely unfulfilled. Defense just isn't as sexy as big offense, especially from a corner. I don't agree with it, but I'd bet that has a lot to do with the negativity. plus a guy with elite defense and average offense is just not that good a player; offense is far more important than defense in player value. the bigger problem is that everyone sees his slugging percentage and thinks he's an average offensive player, which he isn't.
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just no. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fascinating-jason-heywardshelby-miller-swap/
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i'm not going to get bent out of shape about this. the cards get one cheap year of a very good player, and have to give up at the very least a guy who should be a solid mid-rotation pitcher for the next few years. i don't see any reason for heyward to give the cards a discount, so if they sign him long term this year, he's going to be making probably $20m a year for a long time. it's probably a deal that the braves had to make, to get something of value for heyward before he leaves, and a deal the cards had to make, given their massive hole in RF, a very good team right now, and a need to upgrade their offense.
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Russell Martin
TruffleShuffle replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
that's a very heyman-esque update. cubs are leader! other teams are in the mix! -
Fangraphs/BP/BA Cubs Top Prospects List
TruffleShuffle replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Kyle gonna Kyle. -
travis was just named detroit's top prospect, which says more about the tigers' minor league system than it does about travis.
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http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4e987db8ecad04e507000001/mitt-romney-bain-capital.jpg
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i can't imagine a team carrying 3 catchers unless one of those catchers hits well enough to play semi-regularly at another position (probably first base).
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Padres trading pitchers
TruffleShuffle replied to Guancous's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
tyson ross threw by far the highest percentage of sliders in baseball last year. do not want. -
Jordan Zimmermann?
TruffleShuffle replied to gscool89's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
this is what keith law said about masterson: seems reasonable. if he's wiling to contend for a starting job but pitch regularly in relief if he misses out on a starter job, then he's a good target. -
should be named after david eckstein.
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i want to see if someone can go as far back to argue that alex gonzalez booting that ground ball in game six against florida, and mark prior's trek to cooperstown being derailed by a series of arm injuries, were actually good because without those things then we wouldn't have gotten kris bryant.
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Russell Martin
TruffleShuffle replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
the 2.2 WAR doesn't include his pitch framing, which pretty much everyone agrees is terrible. -
Castillo had a higher WAR the last 2 seasons and having Wieters in 2012 would have cost us Kris Bryant i'm sure that has nothing to do with wieters blowing out his elbow a month into the 2014 season.
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would still love to know why the [expletive] we didn't draft matt wieters. i mean he's not been as great as i thought he'd be, but he was a sure bet to be a good catcher, which is something we could use right now.
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thanks, captain obvious.
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Nobody ever thought a four team playoff would diminish the regular season. It's more the 8 team and especially the 16 team that would diminish it. 16 is too much, but I think the regular season matchups between the teams competing for spots would still have a ton of meaning. That aside, I find that the games this year feel like they have more meaning when the field is 4 instead of 2. If we were in a BCS format right now, the only thing that would matter would be MSST and FSU's games until/unless one of them lost. Now we have several games per week that are impactful and important And they all involve good teams. When we get to 8, they won't. you must hate the NHL and NBA playoffs.
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Aaron Judge has gotten that comp for a few years now. it's just weird to hear a baseball player compared to a guy who probably nobody outside of central oklahoma has ever seen play baseball.
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blake griffin?
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first GM in history to wear an affliction t-shirt to his media introduction.