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  1. The Epstein Era: Love it or leave it! No one is saying you can't criticize things, but when you [expletive] all over every single thing he does it gets old.
  2. As was mentioned on PSD, I'd love to get a package of Haren and Bourjos.
  3. It would be more realistic if we looked at No.1 rated farm systems for teams that actually have money to spend. Looking at teams like KC who suck even after having a loaded farm system is a bit misleading because they don't have the means to supplement it with FA talent.
  4. So given that the Dodgers have locked in their outfield for the next half a decade, can the Cubs get Puig? They obviously like him as they were in on the bidding and he's completely blocked now. What does it take to land him?
  5. We don't really have a 2014 draft thread so I thought I'd post here. The more I read about Rodon the more I feel like he's a must have. His level of talent exceeds anything we've seen in the 2012/2013 draft and he has the making of a guy who could be a franchise changer. Am I wrong in valuing this guy enough to be completely okay with a tank job in order to land him?
  6. For Reddick? Absolutely not. For Cespedes, yeah I'd be game.
  7. The worst part is that this [expletive] is just going to keep happening when they restock next year with the best hitter in the minors, Oscar Taveras.
  8. [expletive] everything. Pixie [expletive] dust every god damn year.
  9. Seriously, Daniel "who the [expletive] am I" Descalso goes ape [expletive] in game 5. Some random Cardinal scrub does this every year.
  10. Oh you just know this little [expletive] Descalso is going to tie this up.
  11. I still think Garza+Vitters for a Package like Olt+Buckel is the way to go. The Rangers don't have any place for Olt to go unless they shift him to 1B where his above average to plus 3B defense is wasted. I just can't see Olt or Andrus being with Texas when the 2013 season starts.
  12. 15 minute drive to watch a game now; I may actually look at season tickets.
  13. He wasn't able to locate anything. I believe he also had 3 wild pitches to go with the 3 BB and HBP.
  14. KC pitching coach goes to the mound and the next pitch hits Soler in the back.......
  15. Oh good, Olt will have company on the bench.
  16. Based on the O's production of pitchers, I feel that's a pretty safe bet that he never approaches his ceiling. Outside of a couple year stretch with Bedard, have they even had a good pitcher since Mussina?
  17. I feel bad for Baltimore fans; it's like their FO is intentionally sabotaging both relations and performance of the best pitching prospect in baseball. I have no problem with it when he is in the minors as it will cause him to work on other pitches. But if they call him up, they better let him use his best pitch. Of course. I have zero issues with them having Bundy work on his other pitches in the minors, but to completely scrap his best pitch forever is completely ridiculous. Especially given the moronic excuses they use for disliking the cutter.
  18. I feel bad for Baltimore fans; it's like their FO is intentionally sabotaging both relations and performance of the best pitching prospect in baseball.
  19. i was a bit surprised they started him at AA this year, but his performance (almost .800 OPS in a pitcher's league) has certainly justified their decision. it's kind of dumb calling him up at this point, but i don't think a month and a half in the majors before he's ready is going to ruin him. the angels called up mike trout as a teenager last year, he sucked in his trial, but now he's the best player in baseball history. Trout was also destroying AAA before he was promoted; Machado is doing just OK at AA.
  20. Wake up, Hanley Ramirez is good. Not particularly. He's on pace to finish around 2.5WAR this year after 1.3 the year before.
  21. The fact that Wil Myers is still in the minors while Francouer continues to occupy KC's roster is an example of the fact that not all GMs are baseball smart. Wil Myers AA and AAA combined: .310 AVG .389 OBP 1.031 OPS and 33HR.
  22. 2013 is going to be pretty similar to this year, but with a lot more of the younger players like Vitters etc getting the playing time. I wont be at all surprised if Theo brings in a young impact type of player this off season. 2014 is the year I think this team because decent enough to hang around .500 thanks to a few FAs. 2015 is the year I expect this team to be a legitimately good 90 win type of team. If all goes well this would also be the year that guys like Baez, Almora, Soler etc can help out the the team at some point during the year.
  23. It has to take years because that is how the front office has decided to go about doing the rebuild. While I won't even attempt to argue that, there were a few comments alluding to a lower payroll over the next couple of seasons allowing for the renovation process. No clue, but maybe Ricketts NEEDS the extra money for that? Considering the mayor wasn't even taking his calls, I'd say that's a pretty good assumption.
  24. Getting extra pair of pants ready just in case.
  25. If Theo can get Vizcaino for Johnson and Maholm, I wonder what he can get for Garza........
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