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The way I have read it is that it is two two-team trades, not a 3 team trade. One trade is just dependent of another one being completed. They said the Phillies were told Lee wanted Sabathia type money and they refuse to give starting pitchers of his age over a 3 year deal. They weren't going to resign Lee and now have control of Halladay for several years. Plus I would take Halladay in a heartbeat over Lee. And Lee is owed $9m, that's a fairly big amount for any budget. It would be great to keep Lee after acquiring Halladay, but it's not realistic. They upgraded their pitching staff, and partially restocked their prospects. -
They've already gotten 2 very good years from him. I meant to see 2-3 more good years. Yeah, I'm hoping for 2 out of 5, I think asking for a third would be greedy.
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I really don't understand your confusion.
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Maybe. I think he's still behind, as Holliday has had one or two standout seasons to go along with his steadily good overall performance, while Ramirez is about as consistently very good but not elite as you can get.
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You'd have to have Michigan/OSU in the same division.
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Holliday is a step above Ramirez, and I think Aramis has clearly plataued below the elite level. He's been consistently solid, but he's never broken into the elite.
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Sandberg to coach Iowa Cubs in 2010
jersey cubs fan replied to mred's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I think our best hope is they get a better GM, because the talent of the players is much more important than who the manager is. Managers are worthless. I have no idea how Sandberg thinks of pitchers, but unless he's Dusty level reckless, there isn't going to be much difference between him and everybody else. -
Sandberg to coach Iowa Cubs in 2010
jersey cubs fan replied to mred's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
A whole lot of nothing is Ryno's own words. -
I have to agree with most everything, except the part about the suspension. There's no reason why a suspension had to lead to an inevitable trade. Players don't have to get traded after being suspended. There is no such thing as a point of no return. I didn't have a problem with the suspension. I do have a problem with the unprofessional manner with which Hendry has handled the issue since.
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I somewhat agree, but I think were better then mediocre and could be pretty good with a little luck. They won 83 games last year. In what make believe world were they better than mediocre?
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Gammons Leaves ESPN, Joins MLB Network
jersey cubs fan replied to sweetpeteman's topic in General Baseball Talk
And you are criticizing him for that? -
Why is it weird for Seattle? They were marginally competitive without him, and now they can say they added a Cy Young winner. They still have to work to sell tickets. They signed away a bat from one rival that also lost a big pitcher while the other rival acquired a pretty good one. For Philly it looks like they are getting an upgrade as well as cost certainty for the next few years, as opposed to waiting out Cliff Lee's free agent desires. It's also entirely possible that they were getting the message that Lee had no interest in staying there longterm.
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Lackey had to be signed away as a free agent while Zambrano was staying on the same team. Whatever role the economy plays Boston is competing with the Yankees who spent even more on their top of the rotation free agent pitchers in a much more uncertain economic timeframe. I think Lackey certainly compares favorably with Burnett, and while he's not as good as Sabathia, his contract compares favorably.
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Yeah, way too much money for Lackey. But ESPN will somehow overlook the amount and say "Theo did it again." Way too much? He's a better pitcher than Zambrano and it's less money. At the very least, it's overpaying a top of the rotation starter, instead of some schmuck. Is anybody signing better free agent pitchers for less?
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Lackey is a tough guy to judge. On one hand, he's been worth that much for multiple seasons during his career. But he has been a little less high quality in recent years. Was it a matter of too many high inning seasons in his mid-20's? He's still pretty damn good and even his down years have been pretty good. It's kind of like Ryan Dempster but without the unknown of having never done it before 2008. And it's a better deal than Zambrano.
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Week 15: Bears at Ravens, rescheduled for 3:15 on Fox
jersey cubs fan replied to bukie's topic in Other Sports
Their own, I believe. And they were ridiculed because many had them losing 10+ games. -
Bizarre. Philly fell in love with Cliff Lee this year.
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Two winning years. One playoff series win. An average of 33 wins per season. Three fired head coaches (with time still left for a fourth). If I were listing criteria for something called "A Decade to Forget," that's pretty much what it would look like. I don't think you remember how awful the beginning of the decade was. Yeah, they were overshadowed by the Bears and this was another crappy decade for the Bears as well.
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Gammons Leaves ESPN, Joins MLB Network
jersey cubs fan replied to sweetpeteman's topic in General Baseball Talk
You are supposed to give up that bias when you become a journalist, at least in your work. He covered the Red Sox. That was his specialty. He's not Chris Berman cheering on the Buffalo Bills. -
I'd bet he isn't regretting the suspension. He might regret signing him, but I'm sure he's proud of the suspension.
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I don't think you're paying attention to what I'm writing. I want to keep Milton. I see nothing good coming from forcing him out via trade. I just think your "one week on the bench punishment" is kind of silly and I was offering that up as the likely reason for the other posters "Milton Bradley on the bench is the worst option" post.
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somebody start the Ravens game thread, I'm sick of doing it every week, and want to talk about the Bears being 10 point underdogs.
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His arbitration price is going to be skewed by the "closer label" so it makes perfect sense for a small market team (or any team) not to pay extra for a reliever just because his numbers are accompanied by save totals.
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I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with, but I am going to assume it's the statement about stewing on the bench all year being the worst thing. And I'm guessing that is in response to your comment that any bad words from Milton will be met with a week on the bench, which would inevitably lead to Milton being on the bench all year (ie, not playing). So you get all the worst parts of Milton Bradley on the team (Milton Bradley being on the team) but none of the good parts (Bradley playing). I think you say "that crap can't happen again Milton, let's do our best to play by the rules this year and we will make a concerted effort to punish any fan making racial comments to you". He's still going to be a dick because that is what he is, but you have to try and get 100+ games out of him and hope for the best.
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Not nearly as much as the explanation/excuse. Lovie sounds desperate, maybe his job is on the line. Either that or he's so secure about returning that he just doesn't care about trying anymore. I missed the explanation/excuse. What did he say (or where can I hunt down the link)? Most of the papers picked up the quotes. Something about how they were two seperate incidents, they originally called a timeout because "something wasn't right on offense" (something Turner refuted), then he decided to use his challenge because you always use a challenge when you can, and the lack of timeouts didn't hurt them anyway. It was an unwinnable challenge, like most of Lovie's attempts. And it's ridiculous to suggest that the timeout didn't affect them. They were in a rush on offense as soon as they dealt with the sack and timeouts would have been very useful when trying to move down the entire field for a touchdown with a team that can't block and no game changing receivers to throw to repeatedly.
