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  1. TruffleShuffle
    at least if lackey turns out to be horrible we don't have to feel bad about hating him because he's a nice guy or whatever
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    and the last one:
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    he misses way more bats than sanchez ever did. not sure if he will put it all together, but the idea of a young kerry wood or chris archer is rather daunting.
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    glasnow "only" walked 3.5 batters per 9 innings last year. and if there's a guy who can survive with an elevated walk rate, it's him. he's only allowed 18 home runs as a minor leaguer and 5.3 hits per 9 innings. the bullpen will see a lot of work when he pitches, though, since he'll reach his pitch limit by the 5th or 6th inning.
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    second yankee game: [tweet]https://twitter.com/hannahsungmi/status/717860413417922561[/tweet]
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    lol, you could hear the crowd ooh and ah just after the ball left the bat, then like two seconds later hawk says "can of corn." what an incredible baseball mind.
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    tyler kolek has had TJ surgery. so now half of the top 6 picks have either had TJ or are still in extended spring training. meanwhile, schwarber signed for under slot, reached the majors a year after the draft, and is a beast.
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    cashner just served up a cement-mixer breaking ball on 0-2 to kenta maeda, who hammered it over the left field fence.
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    that umpire should never do that emphatic pointing motion again, because it sure looks like he was calling the runner out.
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    i wish their second baseman's name was gianni giavotella so that he could be the most italian guy of all time.
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    i left heaney on the bench in my fantasy league. probably going to just avoid using starting pitchers against the cubs all season.
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    didn't even need to sign heyward, what a waste of money
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    [bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J9viOvUbOY[/bbvideo] the first winners:
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    good thing you find at least that much going through your couch cushions at home.
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    these last 6 years of pujols' contract are going to be as fun as a fart in church for the angels.
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    Week 1

    TruffleShuffle replied to Tim's topic in Fantasy Sports

    so i posted on saturday that i was drafting kapralien (sp?) from the yankees, and that post is gone, did someone delete it? was he not available to be picked? or did someone add him after i should have drafted him?
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    i have no idea who to pick, just got back from the bush with no cell phone service. dillon tate from the rangers i guess.
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    dylan cease: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/coachs-video-view-dylan-cease/#TpqgubJIVsYGWZDW.97
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    I'll check again tomorrow. Was pretty sure they added to less. Can I add back someone in place of either Pollock or Shields?
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    they don't let in players like bonds and clemens, but griffey gets more than 99% despite being an obvious steroid user?!? http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/b/be/HatB_-_Ken_Griffey_Jr
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    He's decent and it's a small contract. No need for spin. Please. You can't possibly be happy with that contract. If Duncan was still there, you guys would already have two or three similarly skilled pitchers (even if reclamation) on 1 year make or break contracts. He was a huge advantage for you the last 20 or so years. except duncan isn't there, the cards' starting pitching is pretty thin, leake is generally consistent, solid and healthy, and it's 2015, so those types of pitchers don't get paid $5 million a year any more.
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    i'm 100 percent on board with getting a good pitcher on a short term contract and signing heyward for long term. the opt-out is definitely a bad thing for the cubs - he gets more expensive if he plays really well, and he hangs around if he sucks. but he's a very good player in his mid 20s and isn't likely to decline anytime soon. the i'm not sure where the cubs are right now in terms of payroll capability, but the prospect of having two pitchers in their 30s eating up $55 million of the payroll is mildly terrifying, especially when we will probably need a dump truck full of cash to cover arbitration raises of guys like bryant, russell, and maybe soler and schwarber.
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    yeah, on paper we should certainly be strong enough to make the playoffs as constructed, and there is plenty of depth at SP. i don't think we need to build a theoretically invincible team on paper. probably the only move i think should be made is to deal coghlan for whatever, since there's really not much need for him and he's a lousy defender in the outfield. deal him, make sure you have an extra outfielder who can play defense, then call it an offseason. go into the year with a plan of arrieta, lester, lackey, hammel, hendricks. if guys underperform or get hurt, use depth and prospects to make trades.
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