JeffH

One year, a friend of mine went to the Daytona 500, where the bathrooms were equipped with troughs. He was standing at the trough doing his business when he noticed a stream of urine passing him on his right. There was no room at the trough, so a guy located a decent sized gap and pissed through it. Anybody have any "pissing into the trough from the second row" stories?

That's got "Peter Principle" written all over it.

My guess is Seattle. The Mariners were last in the American League in OBP last season. He could play left field for them.

from mlbtraderumors.com I highly doubt they'd do Bradley for Meche straight up but I'd sure have no problem throwing in Marshall or similar I wonder if this would still be a three-way trade with the Mets involved. Bradley and a NYM prospect to KC, Meche to NYM, Castillo to Cubs.

I don't think I could do a better job of being a MLB GM than Hendry. That doesn't prevent me from thinking that he's horrible at it, is better qualified to be setting pins in a bowling alley, and should have been replaced years ago.

The worst organization in professional sports.

More likely, Hendry, giddy from his brilliant signing of John Grabow, will forget to file the paperwork with MLB.

I assume that's a rhetorical question.

Awful. Absolutely awful. Nobody wastes money like our Jim!

I think toonsterwu gave the best reasoning on this in our chat. Basically, Rhee's ranking was comparable to a draft pick/ceiling nod. When healthy, Rhee has phenomenal stuff and the right mindset/grasp for being a top-flight pitcher. He's shown flashes of that in his rehab. If he starts next season at 100%, he'd be a Top 5 prospect in this system. Whether he reaches that remains to be seen. I'm down a bit too much on LeMahieu and Watkins power-wise to rank them much higher than where I've had them. For me, using the "which would I rather trade" method of ranking prospects, it seems hard to put Flaherty or LeMahieu in the top 10. I know I would be much more upset if we lost Burke or Archer in trade than either of those guys. Can I ask why on Archer? I can understand Burke - the system isn't exactly overflowing with power prospects that really project well right now, and when you factor in his general toolsiness with his big season, there's a lot to like. I'd rank Burke higher than Flaherty or LeMahieu. That said, I'm curious why on Archer? As much as he has a nice fast/curve, and while he has shown improvement on his change and command, he's still far away and has a good shot of ending up in the pen. Giving up arms is always hard, but in the right trade, if a team came calling on Archer, I wouldn't mind giving him up. Flaherty, meanwhile, could really become a great 2nd base option. I mean, power and defense alone, and he's intriguing enough. If he can hit for enough contact, that's an excellent option at 2nd. Between Flaherty and Archer, Archer is the only one who has "star potential".

I think toonsterwu gave the best reasoning on this in our chat. Basically, Rhee's ranking was comparable to a draft pick/ceiling nod. When healthy, Rhee has phenomenal stuff and the right mindset/grasp for being a top-flight pitcher. He's shown flashes of that in his rehab. If he starts next season at 100%, he'd be a Top 5 prospect in this system. Whether he reaches that remains to be seen. I'm down a bit too much on LeMahieu and Watkins power-wise to rank them much higher than where I've had them. For me, using the "which would I rather trade" method of ranking prospects, it seems hard to put Flaherty or LeMahieu in the top 10. I know I would be much more upset if we lost Burke or Archer in trade than either of those guys.

"Is This a Great Game, or What?" by Tim Kurkjian.

Robert Whitenack.

I would give Jay Jackson and some lesser pieces parts for Granderson.

The anti-Cubs.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/red-sox-acquire-jeremy-hermida.html

At $3.5? Nope.

Every time you're certain Hendry can't get any worse, he proves you wrong.

Ryan Braun is a good (realistic) "best case" scenario for Vitters. Hits for a high average with very good power. What little patience he has comes from his power and pitchers fearing him, not from good strike zone judgement or willingness to work deep counts. Poor defender at 3B, will have to move to LF or 1B. Wouldn't a best case scenario for Vitters involve him becoming an above average defender at 3B? Yes, but I don't consider that realistic.

Ryan Braun is a good (realistic) "best case" scenario for Vitters. Hits for a high average with very good power. What little patience he has comes from his power and pitchers fearing him, not from good strike zone judgement or willingness to work deep counts. Poor defender at 3B, will have to move to LF or 1B.

Of course. With a coach's option for a fourth year.

I'd move Clevenger to the first group. Otherwise, that's a good assessment.

First up on the agenda? Perform some Aaron surgery. Release Aaron Miles (assuming he's untradeable). Decline to tender Aaron Heilman a contract.

You forgot the player option for the third year. Unfortunately, Hendry won't forget.

Hendry is awful. Really, just a historically bad GM.