TruffleShuffle

hr brett jackson. can't believe torreyes is hitting below the mendoza line with 8 strikeouts in 150 plate appearances.

right, but i dumped pretty much everyone i had that was worth a damn. i remember wanting tim to throw in kipnis in the halladay trade (the main pieces were shelby miller and jacob turner, plus a first round pick) - he did, and now kipnis is a top 5 second baseman. i got avila and goldschmidt for victor martinez. i think i got a 4th round and 6th round pick for markakis and ichiro. not big upgrades, but you've got some players (norris, santana, reddick) who would be upgrades for contending teams, and if you can use them to improve your draft position then go for it. i'd be targeting guys like kipnis who are just about major league ready and may not be stars (although kipnis is exceeding expectations), but at least provide average to above average production as a free keeper for the next 2-3 years. i like castellanos quite a bit - nice work picking him up in that deal.

we usually give some leeway with injured players coming off the DL, so if you have a guy who comes off the DL today and you still have him on there, we don't judge your team as illegal right away. if he's still on your DL next week, that's another issue. it helped that i had halladay, but just take the pieces you have that are worth something and get what you can for them. i didn't really have needs at the positions you offered to me, but your asking price for norris/reddick (both rentals as they've used up all their exemptions) wasn't really reasonable. just try to upgrade your prospects and then stockpile a bunch of picks - you'll have a lot of early picks for next year, which can either be used to have a good draft, or to acquire really good keepers before the draft.

thanks for taking care of that juan; should be better having someone actively managing a team and trying to improve it for next year rather than taking over a team that wasn't managed for months.

it's up to the ump's discretion to eject a pitcher he believes is throwing at a batter. the pitcher was obviously trying to hit the batter. hawk is such a fool. i don't understand how white sox fans could even want to listen to his nonsense.

i should have some cheap keepers since my entire gd team is determined to miss at least a month this year.

nsbb receives scioscia's tragic illness' 4th round pick.

swapped napoli for avila (just acquired... plus avila is dinged up). also added ogando to my lineup (again, just acquired)

If your point is that Hendry would have been good if not for injuries, then you really aren't conceding any weaknesses on his part, and thus you shouldn't be listened to. Every GM has injuries, every GM makes several good trades (in ten years! I think I saw FIVE trades listed. Give him a medal) and every GM makes good and bad signings. Hendry's strengths were less and his weaknesses greater than a "good" GM. (And this is not to mention his reactionary attitude toward sabermetrics.) I only listed 5 trades to prove a point, but obviously he made many more. As for the injuries, the Cubs had more than their share including Wood and Prior. There aren't many teams that could absorb the loss of their 2 top pitchers and two of the most dominant pitchers in the league. Hendry had weaknesses which I stated in my post, but far too many posters refuse to admit his strengths. Let's not forget the condition of the team and the minor league system when he took over. As I originally posted, Hendry's situation is completely different than what's going on now. Hopefully, Theo & Co. will get us a World Series Championship. When Hendry took over, he had the best farm system in the game and some of the best young talent in the game (Prior, Wood, Zambrano, Patterson, etc.). Theo started with Starlin Castro. How about Samardzija, Barney, Soto, LaHair, Marshall (netted us prospects), Russell, Cashner (Rizzo), Colvin (Stewart), plus the prospects that netted us Garza. Of course Theo won't be counting on Brett Jackson, Vitters, Lake, Baez, McNutt, etc. Another example of a poster not being able to look past the "Hendry hate" (or "Theo adulation") to see the facts. this has to be a joke.

This from the guy who thinks every player who used to be good 5 years ago is worth a flier.

starlin castro for mike trout straight up, yes or no?

in other words, you have no information whatsoever but you posted because you had to reach your self-imposed goal of 100 posts a day.

although maybe wsr speaks a regional dialect where "a few" actually means "zero or one"

I like how soriano might possibly fetch "a few decent prospects." and maholm too.

Well there you have it folks. Any ideas on what to do?

someone make me an offer for Kelly Johnson, I need to clear roster space

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mike smith also tried to slash richards in the midsection after the penner goal. and then he acts like he's going to decapitate the ref. i barely knew anything about him before the playoffs; now i consider him a complete douche.

In all the organization, Len & Bob are two who will definitely be earning their salaries this year. and roast

dolis could end up being good if he can figure out how to throw the ball close to the spot where he's trying to throw it.

other problems: posting like 75 days a day, and constantly posting on topics while providing no useful insight whatsoever (see: amateur draft thread)

still don't know who jd martinez is.

who the hell is jd martinez?

drop logan morrison add hunter pence

after i read meph's blog.