SouthSideRyan

Hopefully his odds of going #1 in the draft haven't changed.

I think the big ticket guys deserve their own threads, minor moves elsewhere. I feel like that's how its' always been done.

Stacey King was prophetic.

Morales and Cruz cost draft picks Reynolds and Morse horrific defenders. Hart is a terrible defender, and may not even be an OF anymore. McLouth isn't any good

Sigh. Did Young have injury issues this past year? He posted a -0.7 dWAR despite playing half his innings in the corners. This coming just 2 years after posting back to back 2+s

Watching Golson play makes me think he "kinda" sucks. Don't get me wrong, he's a huge upgrade from what's out there now, but he's more game manager than BCS QB

I havent seen anything. What are they doing/saying? Mostly focusing on how the rape affects his Heisman chances, with constant, "obviously this isn't important in the grand scheme of things...but"

Actually you probably are playing Cleveland in the playoffs, because there are like 3 good teams in the Eastern Conference Right now.

But think of the return we could get on Beachy if he bounces back

They were never going BCS with Rees behind center so who cares, I wrote the season off as soon as Golson was gone. ETA: And Golson kinda sucks

Doesn't this process of team building lead to higher variation from year to year and make it more difficult to build any sort of sustained success? The opposite, I think. If you have stars and scrubs and a star goes in the tank or gets hurt, then you're more or less screwed. With "no bad players" that risk is distributed across a larger pool. Of course, I think there's a little bit of a difference in perception too. No bad players doesn't mean no good/great players. The A's got an MVP season from Donaldson and had 4 players above 3.5 fWAR(Cubs had 0), plus they had an elite bullpen and platooned the bejeezus out of people. I think no bad players allows you to stay in the race every year and prevent horrible seasons. It also allows for flexibility in terms of which players from the outside they can target, whereas black hole positions force you to address specific players. As an end result, yes. Problem is, how easy is it to find 8 averagish-moderately above average players versus finding 2 superstars + varying supporting cast. I get why Beane has to do it. The Chicago Cubs certainly shouldn't have to. When it works as planned, you get the '08 Cubs or the '13 A's. When it doesn't, you get the 1 playoff appearance out of 8 years from the '04 A's - '11 A's. This obsession with winning efficiently when there's no need to is maddening.

Nah, this was neutral, vs. NoCo being in Manhattan. Still, yeesh.

Sorry. But I'm going to need more than just what ABTY says -- who I've learned is right sometimes and not so right a lot of other times -- to be doing a sigh over our front office being very wrong on three MLB players when this might all just be fantasy. Are you offering the same disbelief when he talks about moves we were ready to make that sound amazing. Our front office is badass, but they're capable of horrifying mistakes too.

Sportscenter's coverage of the Winston situation is fairly repulsive

RB2: I assume I'm stuck with Trent Richardson @ ARI Other options are Ellington vs. IND Stewart @ MIA Thomas vs. CAR FLEX: Douglas vs. NO or Holmes @ BAL

lolwut? Okay, I'll give you that one. Headley's OPS+ was very good. 120, vs. Stewart's 97. Didn't look that far... I looked at Headley's .773 OPS vs. Stewarts .781. Stewart's 18 HR vs. Headley's 4. It's very possible the Cubs favored Stewart's power potential and over Headley. Stewart had a .454 SLG in thep revious 3 seasons leading up to the trade. Headley had a .387 SLG. You're using Stewart's 2010. He put up an OPS of about 250 the year before we traded for him. And you're using raw numbers in spite of the fact that Headley played in San Diego and Stewart played in Colorado.

Sounds like improper benefits going round down in Ames

That's...concerning

So now Ilitch is ok with trading him? Doesn't make a lot of sense. Illitch hasn't been doing so well lately, maybe he's no longer calling the shots.

And Kelsey Barlow plays for UIC now apparently.

Well there's a chance Foles winds up as a starter somewhere next year for what i'd imaine would be a dollar right?

I've never done a keeper auction, so I have a hard time opining on that, but obviously as far as this season goes you killed it with that trade. I just hope you structured the trades so you have one of Brady or Luck this weekend.

I worry about a guy who was allowed to walk free 2 years ago, and just became a starter 2 seasons ago

How many cars does a dealership sell in a day? I have no idea, but I have to think that's the best odds to win 25 grand in a contest I've ever seen. I think it's a fairly risky bet on the dealership's part. While the odds are astronomically against any team shutting down the Tide, I can't imagine the dealership surviving this if the fluke happens. There will be enough Auburn fans that will give it a shot just for the heck of it. Can a small-town operation like this get insurance on a competition like this the same way stuff like Pepsi did? Is it worth it to them in a case like this?

Good thing he came home for a little guidance.