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  1. davell
    I'm sensing a trade of Russell or Wright, which allows for him to be brought back sooner than 10 days.
  2. davell
    They needed an arm for today, used Ramirez yesterday. Didn't want to use him today. Logical move on multiple fronts.
  3. davell
    He's been injury-prone, which helps the cause a bit. Honestly, it's probably a bit easier to tank now than at the end of the year. Less eyes on it anyway. He may need rest, if so, give it to him. As for starting? No. Just no.
  4. davell
    Really? I think that's a steal. Jake Peavy is utter garbage. I think Peavy will be pretty solid in that park. But I'm not high on Escobar at all. Hembree is a set up guy type......It's not horrible and the Giants don't have much of a system to begin with....Guess I'd have thought the Red Sox could have gotten another semi-solid(which is all Escobar and Hembree are) piece to go with them.
  5. davell
    Marshall doesn't matter. If you're truly worried about Aiken, you offer the minimum and be done with it. Because if that IS the case, the 2nd pick next year is worth more in terms of value than an injured Aiken, plus Nix and Marshall. But no, they kept raising their offer to Aiken, showing how they truly view him. And they did this without even hearing any sort of counter. I'm sorry, but that wreaks of desperation. If they would have kept a hard line stance on their minimum offer, I'd be apt to believe them. It'd SHOW serious concern on their part.But upping their offer continuously after that shows they were satisfied enough in their medical findings that they were willing to take him over the pick the following year. Which says that their findings weren't that serious.
  6. davell
    Escobar and Hembree for Peavy. I gotta admit, I thought the Red Sox would do a bit better than that for him.
  7. davell
    My guess is that it still flares up occasionally but not as often. If we win the WS, I'll still think it sometimes but probably won't feel like arguing it (kind of like how Epstein left Boston in a mess, but it's not worth arguing because they did win the WS the one time they made the playoffs). I hope it never comes to this, but I'm more curious what happens if we plateau out at benign mediocrity. What happens if the following plausible scenario happens: 2015: Finish around .500 2016: Contend for playoff spot all year but finish outside the playoffs, something like the 90-72 2012 Rays 2017: Have one of those "every pitcher gets injured" years that good teams have sometimes, finish 84-78, out of playoffs What will the fanbase's mood look like then? For me, I guess it'd depend on what the team looked like going forward. I'd be disappointed, but still excited for the future if its a pretty young team. If they've sold off quite a bit of youth and the pitching is older and expensive.......Then I'll not be pissed. But I don't expect that to happen.
  8. davell
    You are asking if people will voice complaints about the team when they are good? People complained when the team was good during the Jim Hendry era, fwiw. Unless they reel off a few 100 win juggernaut type seasons there will be stuff to complain about. So, not sure if that's what you want to hear or not. I think he meant specifically if people will be whining about The Plan when/if we're good, and if that is what he meant I'd venture to say that won't be happening. Because if we're good we'll be talking about things happening on the field for the most part. Yeah, I know we'll have current [expletive] to complain about. Andy was right, I'm just wondering if the plan still finds itself into everything going on.
  9. davell
    Whether its with us or with someone else, I'd lay money he has at least 1 40 HR major league season in him.
  10. davell
    I would argue that people that DO follow the minors closely are the ones more likely to understand the percentage of flameouts (take a look at law's lol top 20 from a couple yrs ago posted elsewhere). the people that are like "the infield is going to combine for 120 homers next year" are the ones that don't seem to follow prospects that closely. Because there's anyone here that does that? Get real. david said 100 hr a season from an infield that didn't include bryant. not necessarily next year, but still. So he's a positive thinker? It IS possible. I certainly wouldn't bet the house on it, but it is possible. Serious question: When the Cubs get good(hopefully), is this [expletive] debate going to cut into the board having fun again? Or will everyone forget about it and just enjoy baseball again? I get that everyone is(or should be) sick of losing, but I hope like all [expletive] when things get turned around, this [expletive] stops.
  11. davell
    I would argue that people that DO follow the minors closely are the ones more likely to understand the percentage of flameouts (take a look at law's lol top 20 from a couple yrs ago posted elsewhere). the people that are like "the infield is going to combine for 120 homers next year" are the ones that don't seem to follow prospects that closely. Because there's anyone here that does that? Get real.
  12. davell
    wasn't one of the descriptions "barry larkin with more power?" I always considered Larkin a 10-15 HR type, which he mostly was.(the year he hit 33 notwithstanding lol)
  13. davell
    This power is a bit surprising to me. He's considered to have 15-20 HR pop by damn near everything I see.
  14. davell
    I was just making a statement honestly, not singling either of you two out. Whether we're on the same side of the eternal debate at hand or not, I don't doubt you two being very knowledgable(and entertaining as hell). If I were going anywhere with that, is that there ARE a few guys on here that don't follow things whatsoever and are far, far more worthy of being labeled "insane guy from other teams forums" than a guy like David, who is also certainly knowledgable as hell too.
  15. davell
    The folks that don't follow the minors that closely honestly aren't going to appreciate how loaded we are at this point. There is extremely legitimate reason to be excited. Not all these guys will be stars, but one or two likely will and others can be used to acquire more ML talent and still leave a few to inevitably flame out.
  16. davell
    They preferred him AND Nix to the 2nd pick next year. No Aiken = No Nix, No Marshall. I don't understand why that is so hard to comprehend. They already HAD Nix if they signed Aiken. So, they decided Mac Marshall(their version of Carson Sands) was the make or break point of a draft? They let their rep take a humongous hit for THAT? No. Just no. . Wait, isn't that exactly what you're arguing? No, my point is Mac Marshall is a nothing. And if the Astros actually thought Aiken was messed up, adding Marshall wouldn't be near enough to warrant taking that option over the 2nd pick next year. Showing they valued Aiken quite a bit and didn't want this to happen. They got greedy, pissed off Aiken and Close, and for all we know, may have wound up taking their original offer. They just weren't given the chance because they had pissed them off badly enough to where they weren't given the chance.
  17. davell
    They preferred him AND Nix to the 2nd pick next year. No Aiken = No Nix, No Marshall. I don't understand why that is so hard to comprehend. They already HAD Nix if they signed Aiken. So, they decided Mac Marshall(their version of Carson Sands) was the make or break point of a draft? They let their rep take a humongous hit for THAT? No. Just no. Close and Aiken told them to [expletive] off because they even tried it.
  18. davell
    Pretty low. But if you change "extremely" to "reasonably," I'd say better than 50% if Epstein really wanted to. I certainly won't argue the first, but the 2nd is impossible to do without starting to name moves and naming off where we'd have drafted each year. I tend to think you're high on the over 50%. I'd say 35-40% and in that thought process think we were better off going the direction we did.
  19. davell
    If the Astros were truly of the opinion that Aiken's injury was a concern, why wouldn't they just offer the minimum to him to insure the future pick? Because that way, they would have not had to worry about having "damaged goods" accept their offer. But no, they raised their bid quite a bit and may have gone even higher, thus proving they preferred him to the 2nd pick next year. "Injury" and all. They got greedy, by trying to get more than they originally thought they could, pissed off Aiken and it blew up in their faces. Not sure why this is so hard to comprehend.
  20. davell
    What was an actual percentile chance that the team inherited could have been turned into a current contender that also had an extremely bright longterm future and doing it while dropping payroll?
  21. davell
    Both the Indians and Reds under .500 in 2011 and were lower than us on this list: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/1/23/2728027/2012-baseball-farm-system-rankings-prospects and have since made the playoffs with a payroll under $100m in their playoff year. Good God. I'm sure glad we had our Votto, Latos, Chapman, Cueto and others already in tow.
  22. davell
    You're right, he's had an excellent 3 year run after missing the playoffs for the 5 previous ones. But circa 2011, they had a bad MLB record and a low-ranked farm system. It should have been impossible for them to make the playoffs by 2013 without massive payrolls. Yes, on occasions, things fall perfectly. A Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss develop into All Stars out of no where. And you grab the right scrap heap pitcher like Colon. So yes, ONE team out of 30 put things together perfectly and it wasn't us.
  23. davell
    You're right, he's had an excellent 3 year run after missing the playoffs for the 5 previous ones.
  24. davell
    If voluntary means they had no choice, then yes, it went down voluntarily.
  25. davell
    http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/rob-dibble-has-some-eloquent-thoughts-on-sabermetrics.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=rob-dibble-has-some-eloquent-thoughts-on-sabermetrics The meatballiest meatball in the history of meatballs.....
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