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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Samardzija must've told them to [expletive] off on a contract extension
  2. SouthSideRyan
    Corey Hart could barely play the OF in 2012, and he's had surgery on both knees in the last year. I wouldn't trust him out there.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    85M would put us at 19th to start this past season. With everyone getting free 20M, it'd almost certainly slot lower than that. Pittsburgh has already been mentioned as going up to 100M, Seattle was just a hair under 85, and has been connected to the big names, KC and Cleveland also seem due for bumps. If Arguello is correct, we're looking at somewhere around 23rd-25th in payroll. For the Chicago Cubs. What a [expletive] nightmare.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Erm.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    I don't know how to read that as anything but a [expletive] sandwich 85M payroll.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Because that's impossible to answer without defining the population of comparable players, which could range anywhere from "there's nobody just like him, he's a special unique snowflake" to "every professional baseball player in history." Players with > 2.0 WAR by the age of 21. ETA: I'm not even tailoring it specifically to Castro who put up 2 fWAR at the age of 20 in 3/4 of a season
  7. SouthSideRyan
    What's the ratio of good to bad history? He has two strengths, getting base hits and not looking lost some of the times on defense at a premium position. The problem is that for all the "HE'S GOING TO IMPROVE, HE'S 23" his walk rate has never fluctuated since he debuted and his batting average has never gotten better since he debuted. He basically has "gotten better" at two things since he debuted -- he hit for more power twice, before falling off completely this year, and he's only been a passable defender once. Well that ignored my question entirely
  8. SouthSideRyan
    What's the ratio of good to bad history?
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Has a team ever gone 0-82?
  10. SouthSideRyan
    It's actually pretty huge, it's just that most of them aren't good enough to make it to the majors before that happens so we don't notice when they just stop getting better, a la Felix Pie. Felix Pie was in the majors this season, but your point stands. That is no guarantee players improve just because they are 22. I don't see many signs Castro is going to get better. Ok, the list of people who have had good seasons and then stopped progressing at 22 is tiny?
  11. SouthSideRyan
    If you think it would be cool to have Danny Tambarelli as a facebook friend, you'd be wrong. I don't care about your shitty band update Danny.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    I bet they barely enjoy their world series next year knowing they did it the wrong way.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Mitch Williams knows a thing or 2 about a home run ending a rally
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  15. SouthSideRyan
    And wolf
  16. SouthSideRyan
    It may cost them retroactively though.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Wow, Seton Hall and Providence??
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Has anyone seen that recently. I can't imagine it holds up nearly as well as it did when I watched it last 20 years ago
  19. SouthSideRyan
    As if it's better to somehow acquire him accidentally? Yes, procedural incompetence > stupidity
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Can't describe it, the movies are UHF and The Gods Must Be Crazy.... So we're Stanley Spadowski and the Yankees are the killer bottle from space.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    I've never seen the movie, can you guys dumb it down for me?
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Yankees with a dire need and Dodgers with [expletive] you money=No chance for anyone else. Ya know...we kind of have a dire need too, but...you know.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Yes, what you likely seen from Castro his 1st 3 years is his likely ceiling. This is [expletive] ridiculous. What is he going to develop 20+ Hrs, Obp above .370. Hes only 22 but he has well over 2000 PAs. He won't be as bad as last year but to expect above what he did before last year is foolish at this point. Hope next year, I expect more. If he repeats 13', his value will be close to zero. It's foolish to consider anyone to be topped out at the age of 22.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Hahaha, we won't be dropping that on a bid
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Yes, what you likely seen from Castro his 1st 3 years is his likely ceiling. This is [expletive] ridiculous.
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