SouthSideRyan
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I said I hadn't made up my mind ya spaz. More than anything I'm not really sure what Liriano's contract will look like, at least compared to other FA. There's also some trade possibilities that I might prefer to Liriano. But why would losing out on it give you pause? Because it matters, and because receiving a QO indicates that my expectation for what Liriano would get may be too conservative, to the point where he's no longer my #1 choice for the 2nd SP added. Well I guess that's where we differ. I don't think it matters. Additionally, Liriano being the 5th-6th most desirable pitcher having that millstone makes me think he'll get less than I expected (something like 3/39) -
And I think that's really dumb. You can think that, and I'm not saying I agree with it. But they have repeatedly said "we don't have to get all out starting pitching in one offseason" or something similar. I don't agree with holding back to wait for a particular player who may or may not be available, but unless there is a wave of extensions, next offseason's FA SP pool is going to be really deep. I just think Price is going to be the guy. No I get where you're coming from, I've been fearful of "well hopefully we compete this year, but really we're all in for 2016" ever since the "next 18 months" talk started up.
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If you take straight up WAR for WAR(which I pretty much despise[HEY keeping Kris Bryant down for half the season will only cost you 1 win when you figure in whos ABs he's taking, so what's the big deal????]) wouldn't we miss the playoffs in '07? And do the last 3 years really matter since we weren't trying? And if we filled Drew's spot with somebody more valuable, might that have cost us Kris Bryant?
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love it! Tim who are we trading to get Puig in your dream senario? He said Castro. I feel like that's a little light for Friedman.
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And I think that's really dumb.
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And if Masterson doesn't get fixed, you've thrown away a season trying to fix a 3/4 guy for what reason exactly?
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Becuase teams with gobs of available money usually have several clear openings to fill. Assuming we're riding it out with our position prospects, we do not.
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I said I hadn't made up my mind ya spaz. More than anything I'm not really sure what Liriano's contract will look like, at least compared to other FA. There's also some trade possibilities that I might prefer to Liriano. But why would losing out on it give you pause?
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Or have a son named Houston
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My ideal offseason. Sign Scherzer Sign Lester
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I'd throw up everywhere.
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You shut your lying mouth. Personally, my dream offseason involves Maeda + Liriano on the SP front, not sure if Liriano getting a QO has changed my mind on the latter. Who gives a [expletive] about QOs? I really wanted Liriano, but then I learned we'll have to give up our 25th ranked prospect and probably sign him to a cheaper contract, so passssssssss
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You and a lot of other people who don't care about winning in 2015 for some reason.
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Russell Martin
SouthSideRyan replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
There are like 20 of those a day on there. But they're commenters on a blog. Arguello is a real live person who people actually cite in conversations. -
Here Yankees, take our garbage
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It was? I seem to recall loving him at that price.
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Well the Angels should finally be done paying Vernon Wells now right?
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Unless there are deferred payments, they should be done. 8 year contract ended with the final out of the 2014 season. I'm a little surprised that wasn't more celebrated. Why? Presumably, because he thinks most Cubs fans are really dumb. I'm actually pretty surprised Kaplan didn't have a countdown on his Twitter or something.
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Nah. He just spent years at the one place that's actually worse. And Wrigley is in the process of getting a lot better, so he won't have to suffer with many of its shortcomings for long. That presser was brilliant. That Maddon is intelligent, articulate and seemingly insightful is a welcome departure from recent managers. Not hearing a bunch of tired, predictable baseball tropes was really refreshing. He was capable of walking too.
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Yeah, I bet he cries a lot
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Where's wexy when you need him
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I assumed Hendricks already had a spot.
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Wood has to be gone, right? It seems odd that they would sacrifice the ability to trade Wada over a million dollars. Perhaps I'm being dense, but how did they sacrifice their ability to trade Wada? Maybe they still can, his is a somewhat unique case so if he technically never reached free agency and it's actually a 1 year extension they may still have the right. Otherwise since he wasn't under contract or team control yet, one could also infer that he signed as a free agent, and can't be traded til midseason. The other thing that makes this a bit better is that Arizona Phil says that Wada still has 2 options left. If they're able to keep them at Iowa if they like, that's a lot more palatable as a depth move since Turner and Doubront don't have options. It could also be an indicator that they're going to spend a good deal of cash this year if they're committing 4 million to a guy not guaranteed an MLB roster spot. Wada has to approve of being sent down though.
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Wood has to be gone, right? It seems odd that they would sacrifice the ability to trade Wada over a million dollars. I'd have to think so regarding Wood. I'm just surprised because I figured they'd hold out the 5th spot for our heap of AAAA guys. Adding Wada to that mix seems excessive, and giving 2 spots to that group would be disappointing. ETA: I'd previously had Wood/Jaxon as insurance in case they didn't land a 2nd starter, I mean Wada could (hopefully)fill that role, but those guys were already on the roster.
