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I'm sure that any attempt to buy the buildings out would totally not result in those assholes asking for a billion dollars. And if that fails, I'm sure that the attempt to buy out the contract would totally be met with reasonable requests. If those were really options, they'd have been done by now. These are billionaire businessmen being held over a barrel by some [expletive] bar owner and a windsock alderman.
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Offseason Rumors
USSoccer replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If Jimenez asks for that same deal, do you sign him? -
Offseason Rumors
USSoccer replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
LOLZ all you want; that team actually signed someone of value. I'd be thrilled as [expletive] if our broke assed team called a presser, signed Grant Balfour and called it "significant" -
Mata is exactly what that midfield needed.
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i like the your name or your brains thing a lot. that said, the real argument is probably that this is why it's stupid to put your whole offseason on the hopes that you can sign one guy, especially if you've turned yourself into a hilarious joke team that no one wants to play for given any other options. This really is the thing.
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That sucks. Unsurprising, but it kind of sucks that he's starting to sound like Angel Guzman.
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The problem is that our plan now is all-in on hoping that most of them at least hit the upper quarter of their ceilings. As promising as those guys are, it's not a sure thing, and if it doesn't work out, then where are we?
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$25 million/yr should buy a pretty good FA pitcher next year. Doesn't have to change the timeline. We also have #4 draft pick this year which could be turned into a better pitcher than Tanaka as well. Sure; that #4 pick will be ready to contribute maybe in 4 years, so we've got that going for us.
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If you really feel that way (which I don't necessarily disagree with), then adding a 3-4 win pitcher over, IDK, Paul Maholm at 2 wins or something, probably wasn't going to make much of an impact on those top 5 draft pick chances. It obviously would've been a lot more fun to get him, though (that's not sarcasm). I was being sarcastic. I'm just aggravated .
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And the Cubs traded away a bunch of players with 1/4 of the year or so to go. Players nowhere near the same caliber as the ones NY lost. Unless you think Mark Texieria is on a similar par with David DeJesus. I get what you are saying, and again, I understand NY isnt a good team. But they are a lot better than we are.
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Happily, we can pencil in a top 5 pick now that we don't have to worry about being competitive. Plus if we sign 4 mediocre guys for the same money we'll get similar production.
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Man, if there was some sort of participation trophy for effort we'd have it on lock. Unfortunately who gives a [expletive] if we "finished second". Stunning that a terrible team wasn't able to convince a guy to play here instead of in NY for the same money and a somewhat decent team. Apparently our wave after wave of prospects pitch wasn't convincing. Do you realize that the Yankees of 2013 were a much luckier and only slightly better version of the 2013 Cubs (and that's with a sell-off at the deadline)? I also realize that they had 3/4ths of their team injured. I'm not saying the Yankees are awesome, but if the money's even, less bad + NY is going to trump dumpster fire+maybe we'll have some rookies be good in 2015.
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This opens up a rotation spot for Pierce Johnson in 4 years, though, so at least there's that.
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Man, if there was some sort of participation trophy for effort we'd have it on lock. Unfortunately who gives a [expletive] if we "finished second". Stunning that a terrible team wasn't able to convince a guy to play here instead of in NY for the same money and a somewhat decent team. Apparently our wave after wave of prospects pitch wasn't convincing.
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Don't you understand, though-it's better to not spend money on talent because it might look like someone got overpaid maybe after 5 years.
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I'm sure we'll come up *just* short again there too, so whats the point?
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But at least we tried. And failed. Again.
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I keep meaning to watch that show. All snark aside, the first 2 seasons are pretty fantastic. That's what I've heard. Is it true that it tails off pretty hard after that? I think I watched like 10 minutes of season 3 and it was awful. I took that to mean that everything everyone says about the nose dive it took was accurate.
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I keep meaning to watch that show. All snark aside, the first 2 seasons are pretty fantastic.
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I have this mental image of CT as the weird kid in Misfits.
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Either by Friday or last Wednesday or whatever Looper [expletive] someone wants to tweet next.
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But you are talking about putting up the average Joes in typical bare bones condos, while Tanaka will probably be put into a unit that would rent for $25k/month or even much more. True. But so far as whatshisnames point was, it's not an unheard of arrangement, and MLS is a hard-capped league run by former NFL guys, so it must not be a big deal in terms of rules.
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There can't be any way MLB would let them get away with that. The IRS certainly won't. That should be perfectly legal. Tanaka personally saves on taxes associated with the penthouse, but the Yankees would be on the hook for whatever taxes would be tied to it. So it's not like the IRS is missing out on anything, just getting it from the Yankees and not Tanaka. I would think housing arrangements similar to this aren't all that uncommon in sports. Then it has to count against the cap. There's a reason we don't see NFL and NBA players living in team-owned housing, driving team-owned cars, etc. I don't believe MLB's luxury tax rules are written badly enough to allow it. FWIW, this is very common in soccer in general, and with MLS in particular. Usually the low end earners end up living in apartments or condos subsidized and/or provided by the team. Its considered similar to how they look at a per diem.
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I dislike waiting. One way or another, it would be nice to have a final outcome here so we can all decide to either melt down or get optimistic.
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Hahahaha Sherman. I think he scared Erin Andrews.