SouthSideRyan
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That is the very definition of tampering. Except that it kinda isn't. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tampering.html You aren't familiar with sports are you? You aren't familiar with reading, are you? Yes, the Cubs didn't strong-arm a witness, alter a document, or put out false results to make their testing look better. This is all quite relevant.
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That's my main concern. I don't see enough of a notable upgrade with Martin. A stud pitcher is going to make a huge difference over whatever 5th starter gets tossed off. An impact OF is going to eliminate some crappy guy from dragging down the team. Martin is going to be better than Welington, but I do not see it being by a wide margin. Right, replacing Felix Doubront is a lot more important than replacing Welington Castillo competent replacements for felix doubront are a lot easier to find than plus position players who have a positive impact on the entire pitching staff (especially compared to the guy being replaced). Isn't that begging the question? -
That's my main concern. I don't see enough of a notable upgrade with Martin. A stud pitcher is going to make a huge difference over whatever 5th starter gets tossed off. An impact OF is going to eliminate some crappy guy from dragging down the team. Martin is going to be better than Welington, but I do not see it being by a wide margin. Right, replacing Felix Doubront is a lot more important than replacing Welington Castillo
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What does he mean "already"? Well, relative to last year.
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Olt, Lake, Szczur, Wood and Wright ought to be enough on their own.
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That's, like, your interpretation man. I don't see that in there at all. Although it is blatantly obvious that all the leaks about "now is the time" are due in part to the timing of the tv deal. They have a product to sell and that product has been poorly rated for a long time. If I read anything into that it is that the tank job was due in part to force wgns hand to bail. But that's a stretch. Force WGN's hand? The Cubs had the opt out.
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It's not like they didn't try, they just sucked at it. I don't know if you could say they tried very hard. They didn't seem to care about acquiring players just to get draft picks like the Red Sox did and rarely overslotted (Samardzija is the only one I can think of). Or maybe it's just the awful development that's clouding my judgement. Josh Vitters will haunt my dreams forever. They had at least one draft where they did some overslotting but everyone was terrible. Josh Lansford and Drew Rundle stick out in my memory
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Rox get the 15th overall pick, and don't have to pay Cuddyer? I think he loves Colorado. They get a sandwich pick. The 15th pick just disappears.
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So did the Rockies just want the pick? Or did Cuddyer hate Colorado?
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I would hope so because otherwise, that's silly. It's like a throwback to the Hendry days if that's their biggest signing of the offseason. How can you value a top 15 pick so lightly? What is it exactly that you think the Hendry days were?
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Holy [expletive]
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Because he does/didn't have a regular minor league deal. His call up date had/has no effect on when he hits FA. He's still subject to service time rules. Since it's a near absolute certainty he'll opt into arbitration, at that point his original contract is pretty much ripped up. I suppose it's remotely possible that somehow he can be arbitration eligible and still subject to his 10 year guarantee, but I've never heard of that happening and it's pretty illogical(arbitration by definition means you don't have a guaranteed deal). It's not even that, it was a 9 year deal. There's this prevailing thought that Soler would get auto-free agency after the 2020 season no matter how much service time he'd accrued and it's never made any sense to me. Even if somehow he never opted for arbitration, if he only had 5 years, 60 days service time when his original major league contract ended, he'd go to arbitration just like anybody else would. I've probably asked, and gotten an answer, this question a dozen times but wasn't the "automatic" free agency assumed based on what would have to be his final potential option year? Wouldn't the inability to be sent back down result in the inevitable service time? Soler gets a 4th option year.
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Because he does/didn't have a regular minor league deal. His call up date had/has no effect on when he hits FA. He's still subject to service time rules. Since it's a near absolute certainty he'll opt into arbitration, at that point his original contract is pretty much ripped up. I suppose it's remotely possible that somehow he can be arbitration eligible and still subject to his 10 year guarantee, but I've never heard of that happening and it's pretty illogical(arbitration by definition means you don't have a guaranteed deal). It's not even that, it was a 9 year deal. There's this prevailing thought that Soler would get auto-free agency after the 2020 season no matter how much service time he'd accrued and it's never made any sense to me. Even if somehow he never opted for arbitration, if he only had 5 years, 60 days service time when his original major league contract ended, he'd go to arbitration just like anybody else would.
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Soler can opt out of his contract, it was not a moot point.
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Russell Martin
SouthSideRyan replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I think Castillo and Valbuena are the only guys in your list with any trade value -
Geaux Tigers
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Yeah, I'd prefer the safety and free kick with a FG to lose to punting on a 10 yard snap and a FG to tie
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Jesus, he actually had the defense beat on that overthrow How do you let that happen if you're ASU?
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Russell Martin
SouthSideRyan replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I can't remember is Steamer garbage or not? -
It looked like he lateraled it to him live. Heinous
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At least Bama was universally regarded as great when this happened. This is Tulsa painful.
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That's not fair UCLA's QB probably wasn't handing the ball off to them all game
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The different circumstances Graham referred to being playing the #10 team in the country
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that's why i said "assuming." if they don't have better options then it's stupid, but if Law projects them to be better, it's a perfectly cromulent opinion. Klaw is a dork. i don't know how that separates him from anyone anywhere that knows anything about baseball. pitchcs is pretty much the coolest guy in the world...but oh. Yeah.
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Russell Martin
SouthSideRyan replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You don't think he'll be worth 1/10 in 2018?
