SouthSideRyan
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I think you have too much faith in 2 drafts/IFA periods to provide the basis of a contender. Our front office is probably the best in baseball, but even the best in baseball can have an off draft. It's not 2 though, if we're awful next year. We got plenty of upside out of this past sraft and about the only thing Hendry left us with was some some interesting lower level guys as well. Once you add those guys to go with 2 more high pick and money classes, the system should be rock solid, even with a miss or three. But a top 3 system combined with a 75 win major league team still kinda sucks. Your current plan is counting on a 15+ win jump in year 4.
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They'd probably say no. The Marlins absolutely would (or at least should). They weren't all that close, their season has been a disaster, and their signings disappointing. Adding those players was a transparent attempt to put butts in the new seats, and it didn't even succeed in that. I can't argue with the way the Angels went about things (though I still cringe at that Pujols contract, which is gonna look uglier in a couple years). This is because they had a pretty nice group of players on the roster already. Pujols and Wilson rounded out the team. Pujols and Wilson on the Cubs would have been band-aids on bullet wounds. And then the band-aids would fall off after 162 games.
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I think you have too much faith in 2 drafts/IFA periods to provide the basis of a contender. Our front office is probably the best in baseball, but even the best in baseball can have an off draft.
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Yeah, just think how much better the Angels would be set for the next few years if they weren't stuck with Pujols and Wilson. Because paying him 23 mill a year, plus a mill more each season after is going to be a great deal? Especially with them likely to miss the playoffs on year 1, when he's cheap? No way his deal can be considered a solid investment. Wilson? I guess the jury is out, but again, he's not exactly been great in year 1 of his either. The Angels are 2.5 games out of the wildcard, and would be [expletive] terrible this year without Pujols and Wilson.
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Nope. We'll probably pick high in 2014 too, though. Rodon! Hooray! Hopefully we pick high in 2015 too
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Yeah, just think how much better the Angels would be set for the next few years if they weren't stuck with Pujols and Wilson.
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And that scares the hell out of me.
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Geez, you link one unreputable article and you're an enemy for life. ETA: I wasn't being sarcastic in calling Theo smart.
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No, not at all. But I do think these guys actually want to do what Hendry once said: get good and stay that way. Sure, I think it can be done different, to an extent than what they're doing it. But I think the renovation and the soon to be expiring WGN deal are both playing a major factor in all of this. They won't suck tremendously for both 2013 and 2014, but I totally expect next year to be like this one. And then once the system has a very solid base, to start making trades from it right after that. If I tried pinpointing it, I guess I see 65ish wins next year, maybe 75 in 2014 and hopefully 90+ for 5 of the following 7, with injuries, bad luck, whatever being the dropff for the other 2. Well, I'm sorry but that's just a [expletive] ridiculous plan. Let's be bad for 3 years and assume the rest figures itself out. What would be your plan for putting a 90-win team on the field in 2013? I heard a smart guy use the term dual fronts at some point. I'd go with that.
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No, not at all. But I do think these guys actually want to do what Hendry once said: get good and stay that way. Sure, I think it can be done different, to an extent than what they're doing it. But I think the renovation and the soon to be expiring WGN deal are both playing a major factor in all of this. They won't suck tremendously for both 2013 and 2014, but I totally expect next year to be like this one. And then once the system has a very solid base, to start making trades from it right after that. If I tried pinpointing it, I guess I see 65ish wins next year, maybe 75 in 2014 and hopefully 90+ for 5 of the following 7, with injuries, bad luck, whatever being the dropff for the other 2. Well, I'm sorry but that's just a [expletive] ridiculous plan. Let's be bad for 3 years and assume the rest figures itself out.
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Benefit of the doubt is fine, the rest of it is steaming.
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So davell, you think until this Reinsdorfian lunacy of a CBA expires, the only way to improve a team is to be terrible for awhile or spend 250M on payroll?
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Bartolo Colon suspended 50 games for PED's
SouthSideRyan replied to Banedon's topic in General Baseball Talk
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I kind of doubt it. Crean is already working on a 6 man class for 2013 that would not include a spot for Patterson. Unless of course Austin Etherington goes pro, I guess that could open up an extra spot. :hello: Yeah, Patterson won't be going to IU. Even if he gets his grades up to Indiana's lofty standards?
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I dunno, that guy looks pretty reliable to me.
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Yeah, knock it off GR
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http://www.chatsports.com/michigan-wolverines/a/Former-Michigan-player-Nearly-half-the-team-was-stoned-during-Appalachian-State-loss-10-2-3043
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What exactly is this based on?
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Maybe if he spent less time shooting commercials, he wouldn't get injured so easily.
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Wrigley traffic doesn't double your commute.
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Even with awful Cubs traffic, you could easily do it.
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MICHAEL WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT
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I kind of doubt it. Crean is already working on a 6 man class for 2013 that would not include a spot for Patterson. Unless of course Austin Etherington goes pro, I guess that could open up an extra spot. :hello: Any early word on which of the 6 won't be allowed on campus come August 2013?
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go on
