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  1. Aaron_Kennelly
    We had to give up enough to make Florida not release him out of spite. "Here is literally a nothing player." "Can't you give us something?" "No, here is nothing." "Ok, screw you. We will just start this waivers process over and hope you don't get him and we will still get nothing." "Fine." "Oh, and don't bother trying to trade with us again." And... Giancarlo Stanton is a Red Sox.
  2. Aaron_Kennelly
    Mendy! He's grown on me so much.
  3. Aaron_Kennelly
    only helps the sample size That's... a great way to look at it.
  4. Aaron_Kennelly
    He's also swung at 66.7% of pitches, though. :-))
  5. Aaron_Kennelly
    75% contact% right now.
  6. Aaron_Kennelly
    Very much so, but Javier Baez also had 40 extra-base hits in 76 games there last year, so it's not like it's impossible to hit for a little power there.
  7. Aaron_Kennelly
    Eh, quality of contact is mostly noise. #kiddingnotkidding The main thing to be taken out of it is that his BABIP is still .000. So until that changes, we can claim that he has just been unlucky.
  8. Aaron_Kennelly
    Well, I am pretty sure they do. But I'm afraid there was less BABIP luck involved in that out than the line-out last night.
  9. Aaron_Kennelly
    Dunston for Turner is an absolute steal, made less of a steal by the fact that the Marlins really have no leverage or choice in the matter.
  10. Aaron_Kennelly
    Im assuming Jackson is gone. This regime has had no problem getting rid of lost causes, even if they have to eat some salary. Yeah, over the next two years, basically the entire roster is either in arbitration or pre-arb (or already locked up like Rizzo and Castro), so eating his salary should be of no concern. If he isn't one of the top five starters heading into next season, then he's gone. I might even just DFA him right now. Let some of Turner, Straily, and Doubront finish off the year in the rotation. If they plan on spending money on at least one starting pitcher in the off-season, then I would have no qualms with Jackson not even being in the battle for a rotation spot next Spring.
  11. Aaron_Kennelly
    He has been taking a lot of walks, so there's that For sure; it's nice not having to worry about a prospect's approach or contact issues.
  12. Aaron_Kennelly
    It would be nice if Schwarber could get an extra-base hit or two the rest of the year.
  13. Aaron_Kennelly
    I'm thinking we might have had a deal in the works already and the Marlins got a wink-wink agreement from the Rockies to let him pass through. Two things don't make sense: 1. That the Rockies would pass. 2. That the Marlins would choose now to do this, in the first place.
  14. Aaron_Kennelly
    He doesn't walk guys, is only 23, has a good pedigree, and gets a lot of ground balls. He is literally the perfect guy to work with Bosio. He might get him to start throwing the cutter more, show him how to be more efficient with it, and show him how to get even more ground balls. If Bosio can work his magic and this kid reaches his potential, then you are looking at a possible elite ground ball pitcher with sterling K/BB numbers.
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  16. Aaron_Kennelly
    If we did get him, could we possibly move to a six-man rotation when rosters expand...? It's not like we have any guys that absolutely need to be out there every five days. Wada and Arrieta have injury histories. Hendricks hasn't thrown over 166 innings in a year and could easily approach 200 total this year. Let's us get a better look at some of the new acquisitions.
  17. Aaron_Kennelly
    I would love to throw him right in the rotation, and would love for him to take Jackson's spot, but I just don't see it happening. Stick him in the pen, if need be. Just get him on the roster and we can sort it out later. I'm so happy the Rockies are taking a pass; I can't believe this guy is being handed over for peanuts at the age of 23.
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  19. Aaron_Kennelly
    2015 and 2016.
  20. Aaron_Kennelly
    Let's just play until Javi gets a hit!
  21. Aaron_Kennelly
    Here we go...
  22. Aaron_Kennelly
    So worthless, Nate. Go away.
  23. Aaron_Kennelly
    Stupid Rizzo... hitting all those home runs all year to prevent us from being even worse.
  24. Aaron_Kennelly
    Here are their options: 1) MLB team claims him on waivers - Either the Marlins let them have him, work out a trade with that team for him, or pull him back and he can't be waived again. 2) He clears waivers - Marlins can work out a trade with any team for him, send him to the minors, or release him. Ok. That's what I thought. But, from the part that I bolded, that means that he would have to stay on the 25-man roster, since he has no options left. Which, it seems like they don't want him on the 25-man. Right, but it's August. Teams will occasionally put the whole team on waivers just to see if nobody notices and they slip through. Most get pulled back right away with little to no fanfare, and players nobody care about will get traded afterwards. Someone put out the Jacob Turner signal, though, and I can't imagine him slipping through. Yeah, but he wasn't placed on waivers... he was DFA'd.... meaning they have to either trade him or lose him for nothing, assuming he doesn't make it through waivers, which he won't. Basically, they picked a terrible time to do this.
  25. Aaron_Kennelly
    Here are their options: 1) MLB team claims him on waivers - Either the Marlins let them have him, work out a trade with that team for him, or pull him back and he can't be waived again. 2) He clears waivers - Marlins can work out a trade with any team for him, send him to the minors, or release him. Ok. That's what I thought. But, from the part that I bolded, that means that he would have to stay on the 25-man roster, since he has no options left. Which, it seems like they don't want him on the 25-man.
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