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  1. Cubswin11
    I wonder if we could see Samardzija to the Diamondbacks soon, now that this is settled.
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    Probably right around there, give or take $5-8 mil
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    I'm telling you, it's his wife's fault. It very well could have, and probably likely, came down to subjective reasons for him. But I wonder if the opt out played a role, maybe we refused to offer one.
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    Trading Samardzija seems more likely than adding a SP of significance (Ubaldo/Garza).
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    http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsyqreJ4pD1qck8j0.gif
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    Playing Indiana and Purdue doesn't hurt either
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    I think we've officially entered the peavy/Roberts zone
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    I wouldn't mind keeping the rules as they are now for PAT's, but for the 2 PT conversion you have the choice to go from the 2 like it is now with you offense or kick a FG from a distance say 60 yards to also get 2 points (go off of historical data on what FG distance roughly has the same conversion % as the 2 PT conversion now).
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    He's starting in AAA, right? May is way to aggressive. I think late June/early July is the absolute earliest for him and that would probably take him to be absolutely crushing AAA along with an injury or Barney being Barney. I'm hoping he's up sometime in August and given a chance to start at 2B for at least 30-40 games for the duration of the year.
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    So you would expect something to come out tomorrow, Thursday at the latest on this if he has to take/pass the physical by then on Friday? You'd figure he'd need a day to work out travel plans, etc. that it couldn't be a down to the deadline type deal.
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    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/late-union-head-weiner-be-honored-bat
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    There can't be any way MLB would let them get away with that. The IRS certainly won't. That should be perfectly legal. Tanaka personally saves on taxes associated with the penthouse, but the Yankees would be on the hook for whatever taxes would be tied to it. So it's not like the IRS is missing out on anything, just getting it from the Yankees and not Tanaka. I would think housing arrangements similar to this aren't all that uncommon in sports. Then it has to count against the cap. There's a reason we don't see NFL and NBA players living in team-owned housing, driving team-owned cars, etc. I don't believe MLB's luxury tax rules are written badly enough to allow it. I meant it being perfectly legal from a tax/IRS standpoint. How MLB or other sports accounts for it I have no clue, but there's probably a way for teams to include stuff like this without having cap implications. Players get stuff like this thrown in their contracts across all sports all the time, stuff like club memberships, suites on the road, airfare for personal use or fam/friends use, cars, etc. Do the value of those things typically count as payment to player and go against a contract value/cap, idk? Like if it's in a guys contract that he gets a $300k Ferrari does that count as additional $300k for his contract or is there a way that teams can give it to him without it being considered against a cap?
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    There can't be any way MLB would let them get away with that. The IRS certainly won't. That should be perfectly legal. Tanaka personally saves on taxes associated with the penthouse, but the Yankees would be on the hook for whatever taxes would be tied to it. So it's not like the IRS is missing out on anything, just getting it from the Yankees and not Tanaka. I would think housing arrangements similar to this aren't all that uncommon in sports.
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    HAHA, we are entering the Peavy/Roberts zone. But at least we know this one has a definitive end point.
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    I say keep the PAT, but the player that scores the TD has to attempt the kick for the PAT.
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    Everyone. Tanaka doesn't get stuck in long drawn out negotiations and the teams both MLB/Japanese get to move on with their off seasons to plan and make the necessary moves based on his decision. It gives Tanaka a monthish to get to the US, acclimated with whatever team signs him, get familiar with the US city he's going to play in and ready for Spring Training. The MLB teams that lost out on him, theoretically, still have time to make other moves to try and supplement not getting him with players still available through FA.
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    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19d5t4p8ielxcgif/ku-xlarge.gif
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    Holy [expletive], CC. I suppose we are getting to that time of year where everyone is "in the best shape of their life." But this appears to be true, for CC. http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusmlbexperts/ccsidebyside012014.jpg
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    Jeimer Vogelbach
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    Yankees
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    You really have to think about that after that sequence of events by Sherman?
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    http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbc6c1749911a2a7f6e63aada006ae54/tumblr_mlh1lnckTq1qh8erdo1_400.gif
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    That's the worst rule in the history of rules that, that's not reviewable
  24. Cubswin11
    How in the world is that not reviewable?
  25. Cubswin11
    This game [expletive] sucks
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