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about that... http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2012/2612998.html i meant as a pitcher, lefty, gas, huge breaking ball, 13.5k/9 in AAA as a 22-year-old i just like that he was listed above Mike Trout 3.5 years ago and now we're talking about what we'd have to add on their end to give up .598 career OPS Javy Baez -
about that... http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2012/2612998.html
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you still have to play those 19 intradivisional games, so i could see that at least being a tiebreaker, wanting to avoid a star player you're losing if at all possible
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kyle's credo
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Trevor Cahill returns to Cubs
sneakypower replied to UMFan83's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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i think we have a poster who might have some thoughts on that somewhere. "i like the way snrub thinks!"
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yeah if they didn't even have to part with Jose DeLeon, i'm prepared to be a little bit rankled about this trade
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yet the Lions are all lined up in the back of the end zone like he's gonna just heave it 80 yards There were inexplicably 2 lions on the sidelines at around the 20 yard line and Haloti Ngata on the field like, he could have been left completely unblocked and his slow ass wouldn't have affected the play in any way...oh, that Jim Caldwell
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yet the Lions are all lined up in the back of the end zone like he's gonna just heave it 80 yards
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fwiw James Shields had basically the same HR/9 as Dan Haren this year i could be talked into taking his contract off their hands, but not giving up an actual real prospect to do so
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it was talked about yesterday with price. some posters liked it because if he's good, you get out of 2 expensive years in his mid-late 30's at the end of the contract. if he's bad or just ok, you would have had him for 5 years anyway. But if he's good, those two years theoretically wouldn't be expensive, they'd be a bargain. Right...there's no scenario where the team comes out ahead with an opt out. Tell that to a Yankees team who hypothetically didn't re-sign A-Rod or Sabathia. hypothetically they could have traded either one at the same point assuming they possessed the foresight to see both guys crumbling; they were ultimately valued on the open market higher than what their remaining contractual obligations were
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it was talked about yesterday with price. some posters liked it because if he's good, you get out of 2 expensive years in his mid-late 30's at the end of the contract. if he's bad or just ok, you would have had him for 5 years anyway. But if he's good, those two years theoretically wouldn't be expensive, they'd be a bargain. Right...there's no scenario where the team comes out ahead with an opt out. if a player scales back his asking price to get the opt-out, then sure why not, but just adding it on top to be nice like Hendry was always assumed to do with NTCs is obviously pretty foolish negotiation
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Billy McKinney, Gleyber Torres, Logan Watkins, Justin Steele seems pretty comparable
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that's markedly better than putting a [expletive] $24M AAV valuation on Jeff Samardzija
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who even knows, he about halved his GBs in the 2nd half which is pretty unheard of and put up a .335/.418/.486 slash post ASB (with a .412 babip) he's a pretty intriguing target, but his historically poor D coupled with the corner OF situation we've got makes him mostly unrealistic, i suspect
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we'd be clear division favorites with that offseason unless StL gets Heyward back
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Not if you're Jake. Because turning down contract extensions from Theo turned out so well for Garza and Shark. When it comes to starting pitchers being offered long term contracts during arbitration years, there is absolutely something to be said for the expression "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". Samardzija was awful this past year, and is lined up to get close to the same he would've with the extension, or he'll have the option to take a short-term deal and make bank the following year. Garza lost what 20M? I mean, is the thought process here that extensions from Theo are more valuable than extensions from other FOs? Or just that all pitchers should take extensions? Turning down contract extensions sure seemed to work out well for David Price, Johnny Cueto, Zack Greinke, Jordan ZImmermann, Clayton Kershaw, etc. Chris Sale could be looking at free agency next year and a 200M+ contract. Instead he'll be under control for 3/38 through his age 30 season. iirc estimates were in the 5/90 neighborhood, i'd be stunned if he gets that with the 1st rounder (worth ~$20m) also attached you're also discounting the good fortune he's enjoyed to make it to this point injury-free or he might have been in Justin Masterson territory for striking out on a real payday
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I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale? he's probably a bad fit here because of CF poor defense, but Almora/McKinney & Castro for Eaton doesn't seem like a bad value at all
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no idea what to think of this team right now i love that Beilein pulls a guy out of D-III and of course now he immediately looks like one of the best shooters in the country, and LeVert looks awesome, but post defense is a total mess- we give up like 10 uncontested layups every game and everybody looks at each other confused
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Cueto Thread
sneakypower replied to UMFan83's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
that's kinda surprising, all those but BOS are just about the 3 most FIP-loving teams in the game -
The Zimmermann Thread
sneakypower replied to davell's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
according to The Proclaimers it's within walking distance -
I think you're overrating Soler quite a bit to think you'd do better than Miller and Teharan. Two very good cost controlled pitchers. I'm not even necessarily saying I'd do the trade, but you're not getting much better than that for Soler alone. He's talented but he's flawed. i just don't prize high-end pitching all that highly; Teheran seemed cool to add at the was-bad-at-everything-in-2015 discount the consistent narrative i've been touting is just adding Heyward and having a relatively unassailable lineup that threatens for most runs in the league and even the steady but uninspiring, quality start machines like Hendricks/Leake/Hammel win a ton of games Jason Heyward Kris Bryant Anthony Rizzo Kyle Schwarber Jorge Soler Addison Russell Castro / Baez Montero / Contreras yup, that lineup for sure wins the division like 4 of the next 5-6 seasons
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maybe i'm unreasonable but i think i want a better pitcher than Miller or Teheran if i'm giving up Jorcules (Solercules?)
