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  1. Clem Fandango
    A real negative piece on the Red Sox's collapse and internal combustion as the Theo/Francona era comes to an end, pretty much calling out the Sox FO and their players for ruining the image that the last 9 years had within the last month, more or less http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/bryant-111013/mlb-classless-end-red-sox-greatest-glory
  2. Clem Fandango
    Who did we trade that performed so well elsewhere? They counted Hamilton, who had a 15 WAR or so at the time the list was developed, which as he said is unfair to count. David Aardsma 1.4 Carlos Vasquez 0 Jerry Hariston Jr. 2.6 Todd Wellemeyer 0.7 Jon Leicester -0.3 Corey Patterson 2.8 Josh Hamilton 15.7 Greg Maddux 4.2 Phil Nevin -0.1 Todd Walker 0.6 Scott Williamson -0.3 John Koronka -0.3 I'm sure there are some omissions on both ends. The White Sox don't have Quentin listed as a received player in a trade, who would've provided them with a decent bit of WAR It's also only through 2010
  3. Clem Fandango
    8 of their top 10 prospects were drafted by Josh Byrnes. The other two (Tyler Skaggs and Patrick Corbin) came over in the Dan Haren trade that was made a few weeks after he was fired. But all 8 of those top 10 prospects he was responsible for are the results of the draft and not international signings, if that says anything about his drafting acumen (or his lack of international scouting ability)
  4. Clem Fandango
    During his tenure the D-Backs drafted some of the following notable guys... Max Scherzer Brett Anderson Jarrod Parker Josh Collmenter Daniel Schlereth Colin Cowgill Bobby Borchering A.J. Pollack Paul Goldschmidt Matt Davidson And probably several others I'm not keen on who are probably pretty good. Not familiar with the international signings, but I'm sure he got some decent quality guys out of that too (Parra comes to mind) Here's a piece AZSnakepit wrote called "If Josh Byrnes Had Not Happened... An Alternative History Of The Diamondbacks" which isn't really a slam piece on Byrnes (as he states), but it gives you an idea of what they thought of his moves. http://www.azsnakepit.com/2011/2/5/1834512/if-josh-byrnes-had-not-happened-an-alternative-history-of-the
  5. Clem Fandango
    IB4 a Chicago sports writer irrationally ridicules Byrnes regarding his stint in Arizona
  6. Clem Fandango
    John Henry looks like Bill Nighy. That is all
  7. Clem Fandango
    They're gonna deal Beckett? Yeah whatever you say, Curt Schilling.
  8. Clem Fandango
    Apparently that wasn't true...
  9. Clem Fandango
    Nick Cafardo (Boston Globe). And from a PSD poster (not the slamdunk insider who knows all...but a well respected poster): http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums/showthread.php?t=659906&page=83 Good, that's about the max amount of talent in a prospect they should be willing to give up
  10. Clem Fandango
    Brian O'Halloran? HE'S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY
  11. Clem Fandango
    Maybe this is a silly question, I'm not keen on contracts and legal specifics, but... can't Theo just, you know, quit and forfeit the last year of his contract and then sign with the Cubs? I know he's contractually obligated but isn't there some sort of legal recourse he can take to just leave and cut ties cleanly with the Red Sox?
  12. Clem Fandango
    NMA TV is awesome
  13. Clem Fandango
    There was also the report that if CC opts out and becomes a free agent, the Rangers are planning on tossing an assload of money at him. The Rangers are obviously targeting pitching this offseason
  14. Clem Fandango
    I love how people hate the Crawford signing after only one year. Carl Crawford has been one of the better all-around players in the game for almost a decade, and was coming off two fantastic years. His contract may have been ridiculous, but going after him was not. If they want to blame someone for the Carl Crawford contract, blame Mike Rizzo for giving Jayson Werth $126 million
  15. Clem Fandango
    Also this... http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7097874/theo-epstein-boston-red-sox-conduct-business-usual-source-says
  16. Clem Fandango
    http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7097913/sources-chicago-cubs-eye-players-theo-epstein-swap
  17. Clem Fandango
    They are more than welcome to take Jon Jackson off our hands Take any of them but Jackson. Whoosh
  18. Clem Fandango
    They are more than welcome to take Jon Jackson off our hands
  19. Clem Fandango
    Can this guy move to Chicago to cover the Cubs?
  20. Clem Fandango
    Pitching injuries are sporadic, unpredictable, and when it all comes down to it, unpreventable. You can do your due diligence to prevent them by limiting pitch counts and inning limits, etc... but that isn't a guarantee to stop an injury from occurring. Prime example: Stephen Strasburg. It's nice that Wilson's body will hold up because he's in tremendous shape, but it's his arm that's most important, and if history will tell us anything it's that arm injuries can occur regardless of how many steps you take to make sure they don't. Another good example is Jarrod Parker. When I was working for the Bay Bears a couple years ago he was on the team and I'm pretty sure they had him on a pitch count and inning limit. I want to say somewhere between 75-90 pitches and 5 or 6 innings. Pretty standard. Dude was a beast, physically, too. Incredibly fit. Blew his elbow out, got Tommy John. Physical fitness does not guarantee no injuries.
  21. Clem Fandango
    It's a sad state of affairs when a guy with a career 96 ERA+ could get $10 million in the FA market
  22. Clem Fandango
    Have there been any quotes from interviews with Cubs players about this news yet?
  23. Clem Fandango
    Defense has importance but what is "the other way"?
  24. Clem Fandango
    Some brain cells just died a little reading this sequence of sentences by Wojciechowski
  25. Clem Fandango
    Would you trade Castro for him?
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