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  1. SouthSideRyan
    But it's not like we went out and signed a bunch of placeholders to keep spots warm for those guys that are coming up next year. We just didn't do anything.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    I don't think other teams will have an aversion to Scherzer just because he's 30.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    It's not something to ignore, but you're overstating things a bit. Of the top 10 FA contracts from last season, guys signed with Seattle, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Baltimore, and the Mets. In the case of Seattle at least, they blew away the competition in the offer, sort of negating the point. And the Orioles won 85 games in '13 and went to the playoffs in '12.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    They're not going to do that. They have too many guys under team control that are at least somewhat worthy of a roster spot starting next year, so something will have to give. Remember, keeping Samardzija in any capacity is counted there. So pulling a Garza and holding on to him, signing another pitcher like Maeda(who fits their age bracket but isn't the prize SP of this class like Tanaka), adding an OF for stability(I like Markakis and I'd bet they do too) and maybe another smaller move(which I won't attempt to predict because we're 125 games away and guys like Lake/Arrieta/Olt/AA/Baez/Bryant/Soler could have very different 2015 expectations by October) would approximate the same spending commitment as signing Masterson, Rasmus, and going to arb with Shark. I'm somewhat concerned that you and I had this same discussion last year (so few spots to fill, so much money freed up, and I agreed) and we wound up with nothing, and apparently only "tried" on one player who we fell woefully short on.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    And Max Scherzer isn't signing for 20M/Y
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Bonifacio probably accumulated all that pace in 2 games.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    It sure does sound like 2019 now, and it's going to drive me bat [expletive] crazy waiting that long to behave like a big market team. I would wait until we hear about this slate of WGN games before coming to that conclusion. I still think the big Fox deal with the local bridge makes the most sense. The fact that we haven't heard a word about it in the past 4 months is mildly disconcerting We don't even have the radio deal in place that was supposed to be announced prior to Opening Day. The large Fox deal? The conjuring of an active imagination from someone who hasn't been right nearly enough to take seriously at this point. This is going to wind up like the 2002 Expos where we wind up without an English language TV isn't it? Going to have to watch them on WGBO
  8. SouthSideRyan
    It sure does sound like 2019 now, and it's going to drive me bat [expletive] crazy waiting that long to behave like a big market team. I would wait until we hear about this slate of WGN games before coming to that conclusion. I still think the big Fox deal with the local bridge makes the most sense. The fact that we haven't heard a word about it in the past 4 months is mildly disconcerting
  9. SouthSideRyan
    The Dan Lockhart thing was so bizarre.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    And Chris Young was 26. Otuska was 33. It was a hilariously bad trade for the Rangers, and I still have a hard time accepting Daniels as a good GM because of it 8 years later. I just hope we can dump the aging Rizzo and Wood for Mike Adams this offseason.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Forbes talking about sports is the blurst
  12. SouthSideRyan
    +1 Part of the idea when they were going for Tanaka was that they'd "go for it" and sign Shark too. I never saw any indication of that, and was actually operating under the theory that they'd trade Samardzija in order to afford Tanaka.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    NFL draft is the independent variable there, not winning or losing. I am not an NFL guy, so I may be missing something...but why do people love to watch the draft? We were able to watch the game and switch over between innings and catch all that was actually happening. Cannot imagine listening to Boomer, Lewis, Gruden and Kiper blather could be that insightful. People like blood sausage, people are morons
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I'll blindly throw out Randy Wells
  15. SouthSideRyan
    We'll I'm sure it's not what he was going for but the few years part would be sad
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Photoshop, no way Jay cares what he's saying
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Lol is that Junior Lake? Yeah he'll be plummeting through the mystery spot with Ozzie Smith for all eternity
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Or maybe the swag of 1970s dad with the unbuttoned shirt in the Coldwell Banker ad? Explain. Did you see the ad that ran before the video? Lmao. Some of us (like jersey, CC, and me) can't afford to pay for nsbb premium
  19. SouthSideRyan
    I can't wait til Vitters hits a walk off to win the World Series off of Rick Porcello can we get cargo 2.0 and arrieta in on this? I don't get the cargo 2.0 reference but Arrieta will be an out of work Gary tailcoats pitching coach by this point having been replaced by rob zasrtyszny
  20. SouthSideRyan
    I can't wait til Vitters hits a walk off to win the World Series off of Rick Porcello
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Nah we were 14-18 before
  22. SouthSideRyan
    what was he saying? Reminds him of Yaz
  23. SouthSideRyan
    lol wtf oh, it's arguello. he probably heard that he added 5mph to his fastball but that was actually to the 6 he had lost in the offseason. You idiot! It doesn't make a difference what baseline he's adding the 5 mph to.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Theo cut the transmission to keep spirits high.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Just now. Are you following the game? Before that. Do you get hit a lot when interacting with people face to face? "Oh you're hitting me now?"
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