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Fales waived? That seems poorly thought out...

What about Cease?

Ummmm...probably not good? It's Italian guy good

I was quite disappointed to see all the threads bumped by one sarcastic comment in each. Hope it was a good night!

Whoa Somebody give me a whoa gif

Anybody concerned about A. Vizcaino's line at Iowa? Maybe it's just the SSS of all RP's?

Here I was worried that the "Castro to 3rd" argument was going to restart. I accepted that Russell can play MLB shortstop based on Law's comments, which were rather glowing.

I wore shorts and sandals (black slides) to my graduation figuring that what was under my graduation "robe" would be all but invisible. As the President Martin Jischke hands me my diploma, he says, "nice shoes."

I don't believe this is the case. Best of my knowledge, tt would be unprecedented in an MLB contract to grant arbitration rights to a player who is less than a Super 2. I'm not even sure how it would work since arbitration relies on comparables, and Soler's 1 year+ comparables would all be making the league minimum(or close to it) He can't just pick arbitration if he thinks his salary would be higher. He has to get to arbitration eligibility and at that point if he thinks he can get more in arbitration, he can file then. Basically, the contract was written the way it was to offer both sides some protection if he completely flopped. Soler gets a decent amount of guaranteed money, but the Cubs didn't have to fork over a big signing bonus because of PTR and they got long term control of him. You're both correct.

It's hard to argue with that. Well done

Boras. And I've never seen anything definitive on Soler's contract, so it could be like Cespedes' contract. Given the length, it wouldn't surprise me. Why would the fact that he has a 9 year deal make it more likely that he gets auto free agency before 6 years? Those clauses are incredibly rare and have only been for guys expected to start in the bigs. If club control is actually a factor (I don't think it is) he would still be under club control for 2021 if he hadn't reached 6 years of service time by then, but at the time of signing the thought was that if that is the case, then he hasn't worked out as well as hoped. He's near this point now, where if he's held back until beyond the arb deadline, that could be the case, but only due to his injuries. I also believe that Soler has the right to opt into arbitration amounts rather than his year to year contract amount based on what he think's he'll make more through arbitration than through his contract. So he could opt into arbitration for 2016 if he thinks he can make more than $2M in arbitration than his current deal. From Cots: Jorge Soler of 9 years/$30M (2012-20) signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent from Cuba 6/30/12 $6M signing bonus (half at signing, half by 1/13/13) 12:$1M, 13:$1M, 14:$2M, 15:$2M, 16:$3M, 17:$3M, 18:$4M, 19:$4M, 20:$4M agent: Praver-Shapiro ML service: 0.000

I think this will make the fourth on my ignore list

Beat me to it

I expected him to go JUCO. Hold it together for another season and still a top pick.

I was at Fred McGriff's

I guess, but, I mean, if it was Ben Franklin's outhouse or something, I'd keep it (or rebuild it). But it's just a crummy old trailer-looking shack.

I had to look on streetview to figure it out. It's this thing: http://i.imgur.com/aH2QOEN.jpg Why the [expletive] are they replacing that shitty ass trailer? If this is part of the landmark commission that's bs.

I recognize you so it's probably a few steps up. There's still at least the dudes with like 200 posts in 10 years. That's me

I had the same thought

*checks Kevin Encarnacion's KC numbers* [expletive], another summer of this [expletive]? I'm sure you found that he didn't do very well in those 16 games. And then didn't bother to check his numbers in Boise. And was then severely injured in a car crash and hasn't played since, making him an awful example. But I apologize for my interest in somebody who isn't marveled over in every thread. SCS, I'm sorry, but you don't get to feel righteously indignant on this one. The reason why people don't and shouldn't care about Roberto Caro as a prospect is because of his age relative to his level, that he is repeating this level for the third time...and the fact that he isn't good. You shouldn't be getting pissed about the response you've gotten. Don't chase this windmill. One can think a 17 year old in the VSL or DSL has a chance of being a decent prospect especially if he's performing well, sometimes an 18 year old if they're doing really well (late bloomers and all). Maaaybe a 19 year old if he's a pitcher and is dominant. And almost always a prospect worth following won't spend more than one season there. Some exceptions have occurred to that rule, but not many. But you just advocated for Roberto Caro who is 20 (will turn 21 in just over two months) which makes him 3 years older than most legit prospects in this league. He has spent 3 seasons at the same level and has never been promoted. His hit tool is lacking, hitting just .254 last year and just .279 this year. Lots of people can draw walks in these leagues because they face so many inexperienced pitchers who lack control, so K/BB ratios are almost always misleading and OBPs inflated. Advocating for him is like backing a 24 year old (who is about to 25) and his repeating Kane County for the third year in a row while only producing okay numbers. Thanks for explaining this so well. If you did this for all of his ridiculous posts I'd read every one. I think I only have three people set to ignore. Anyone care to guess whom else???

Len did say he thought the FO would clear a spot for AA by dealing Barney or Bonifacio. Said he would keep Barney over Bonifacio. Made the Wally Pipp comment in response to B&B claiming that having a baby leads to losing your job, which is just stupid pandering, obviously. Ultimately he thought that the team would make room for AA in the end, but also acted like Barney has been an offensive asset because of a hot streak before paternity leave.

kasper was on the radio and said he thought Alcantara would get sent down in favor of Barney.

I was telling my girlfriend the Cardinals fan the exact same thing last night. If he comes up and is good/great, every other team, especially the Cardinals and their play the game the right way BS, is going to hate him so much. Javy is our Yadi He's got the neck tattoo

Vitters donkey punched that grounder

Thank you for proofing it for me. I corrected Baker/Concepcion. I didn't include buyouts as I believe they are 2014 expenses. If Fujikawa's option is picked up I will add him. Just look at Cots