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  1. Rob
    A guy like Jazz Chisolm isn't appreciably better than Tauchman. But I think you'll find their markets will drastically vary based on age and perceived upside. Right or wrong, teams are going to look at Tauchman as a good fourth outfielder but bad starting candidate. I don't see us getting much for him. Best case scenario is maybe a post-hype sleeper. Maybe a guy like Brett Baty?
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    I had a similar longshot hot take about Julio Rodriguez with the Mariners. The power has evaporated this year but he's otherwise a very similar player to what he's done previously. Went from two seasons of 5.7 and 5.6 fWAR down to 0.9 fWAR this season. He's two years into a 12 year, $209 million contract. They need a guy like Hoerner and we can send Bellinger too so they don't lose CF production right now. More pieces would need to be involved, obviously. But I wonder if it's feasible.
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    We probably aren't clawing our way back in this season, but a controlled sell-off doesn't do anything but help our draft position. Instead, we should be buying on long-term pieces. But if Jed insists on selling, which he probably will, we might as well eat bad contracts in return to help teams like the Braves deal with the luxury tax threshold. We should have room to play with for next year. Hendricks, Smyly, Neris, Bote, Mancini, Gomes, and Barnhart are all coming off the payroll. That should free up about $55 million. Aside from Steele, there's no big raises on the horizon. We can take some bad contracts if it increases the potential return and gets us something worthwhile.
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    Yeah, this take is even sillier than average. We agree with most of Tom's political leanings, at least to the extent that they can be rationally discerned. But they show up in the weirdest and most inappropriate places. They're almost never relevant to the issue at hand -- as was the case here where I said his posts were frequent, irrelevant, and unintelligible -- and he responded by saying it's because of politics. And I'll be honest, I'm not thrilled at the insinuation this board is full of semi to fully retired old white guys. I figured we were all mostly in that late-teens to mid-30's range when we all joined the board 20 years ago. I'd kinda figured the average user of this site was probably mid 40s and nowhere near approaching retirement.
  5. Rob
    He has Mojo's posting rate, with Da Bum level commentary in every post, and HCCF's level of unintelligibility. If you were to create the most perfectly imperfect poster (non-swastika division), you couldn't design him a whole lot better.
  6. Rob
    Living players in the all-time top 30 by fWAR Position Players: Barry Bonds Alex Rodriguez Mike Schmidt Rickey Henderson Cal Ripken Jr. Albert Pujols Wade Boggs* Mike Trout Pitchers: Roger Clemens Greg Maddux Randy Johnson Nolan Ryan Bert Blyleven Steve Carlton Pedro Martinez Justin Verlander Mike Mussina Fergie Jenkins Curt Schilling John Smoltz Tommy John Kevin Brown Clayton Kershaw Max Scherzer Things are looking a little slim on the position player side of things. Steroids and general douchebaggery have taken their toll, as have injuries. But the pitching side has legends to spare.
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    Between 2013-2014, Yan Gomes put up 9.3 fWAR. But that ended up being more than half his career value. Still, he managed to stick around another decade and put up numbers that kept him a good backup option that was often ill-suited to his role as a primary catcher until the wheels finally fell off this year. All things considered, he's had a solid career. He strikes me as the kind of guy who might give it a shot to latch on elsewhere, but this feels like The End even if he hasn't recognized it yet.
  8. Rob
    Pretty rough week across the board.
  9. Rob
    Drop: Mookie Betts ($150) Add: Nolan Gorman ($75)
  10. Rob
    I just noticed Evan Carter is gonna be out for a while. Time for a bench move. Drop: Evan Carter Add: Rhys Hoskins
  11. Rob
    My sentiments precisely.
  12. Rob
    Honestly, given the amount of work you put into this every year, I'm okay with you cheating a bit since it was an honest mistake.
  13. Rob
    His 10/5 rights could be relevant around the deadline. If we are adding (and we ought to be), we will probably need to cut salary somewhere. With Hendricks looking awful so far, he'd be a prime candidate to get moved away. Trade A brings in a couple relievers that take us over the luxury tax threshold. Trade B has us sending Hendricks to a team willing to eat his salary, alongside a couple solid prospects enticing them to do so. But it brings us back under the luxury tax threshold. Or in a bigger deal, he could just be included in the main deal to offset salaries. Hendricks may well get DFA'd immediately on getting to his new team. But he's looking like a guy who could be on the move.
  14. Rob
    I don't envy you the effort it's going to take to get this board to abandon megathreads.
  15. Rob
    For the record, I enjoy the articles. And I have no strong opinions about their location.
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    rawdog's random reappearances are what make him so beloved. If it was a daily thing, he'd be an annoyance.
  18. Rob
    Damn. Yup. Drop: DH - Mike Trout ($50) Add: DH - Ryan Mountcastle ($50)
  19. Rob
    Baseball has always been the place where facial hair trends are often at odds with real life. If mustaches go out of style, you'll probably see more ballplayers with mustaches. Just sayin'.
  20. Rob
    Doubt we get much there. But a few bucks doesn't hurt.
  21. Rob
    It's possible that the swear filter is fucked up.
  22. Rob
    If it helps you sleep at night, Trevor Bauer is almost guaranteed to be paying most of those trolls to post on his behalf.
  23. Rob
    Yeah, I'm not convinced spending on a bullpen is usually a great idea. Like, sure. If we're one piece away from being the top contender -- go out and get your Aroldis Chapman. But I can't think of many times in my life where the bullpen has been the only glaring weakness of the team. Given the volatility with relievers, you're generally going to get more bang for your buck using the money to upgrade elsewhere.
  24. Rob
    The 27th man doesn't count for that purpose. However, I wonder if optioning him on the 17th is relevant. We're still within the 15 days from that one.
  25. Rob
    I'm curious how the rule is written. Do we need two IL stints to bring back two players within that 10 day window? Or does a single IL stint make both eligible if it's within the same transaction? Edit: The Rule "Upon being optioned to the Minor Leagues, a position player must remain there for a minimum of 10 days before he is eligible to be recalled to the Major League roster. For pitchers and two-way players, the minimum is 15 days. If a player is serving as the 27th man for a doubleheader or replacing a player who has been placed on the injured list, there is no minimum number of days for which the optioned player must remain in the Minors." So it looks like it has to be an actual 1-1 replacement. Also, the 10 day window I referred to was just position players. It's 15 for pitchers and two way players. But since Little was the 27th man in the doubleheader, it doesn't apply to him.
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