SouthSideRyan
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I think I'd slap somebody in the face if they told me they paid 20 bucks to watch preseason football via stream.
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A top 100ish arm is damn near worthless as a return. -
Why would we pay him to rehab from TJS?
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Worth what? What is being risked? Money that is otherwise not being spent? A modest payroll amount 4 years down the line? No long term assets are being sold off for temporary upgrades, or prospects being blocked for short term fixes. Wouldn't you rather have the draft positioning and IFA money than winning 75ish games, if we're not even adding young, longterm assets to do that? False dilemma, just because 75 wins is the mean projection on that team, doesn't mean they don't have a legitimate chance at contending. Anecdotally speaking, it seems to becoming more common where teams are flying past their pre-season projections (from wherever, BPro or the morons at ESPN) Like you said, you can't keep sitting around waiting to be an 85 win team before moving or else you'll never be an 85 win team.
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Yeah, that was too strong. I got a bit carried away. Out of curiosity, what is our current pace? We'd have to go 19-40 to finish the year with 100 losses, but I'm not sure what we're actually on pace for. 68-94. That pace is probably about to take a pretty big hit. That's assuming you think the pre-deadline team was likely to play at that pace. Arbitrary start points and all, but they first reached 18 games under 50 games ago.
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Yeah, that was too strong. I got a bit carried away. Out of curiosity, what is our current pace? We'd have to go 19-40 to finish the year with 100 losses, but I'm not sure what we're actually on pace for. 68-94. That pace is probably about to take a pretty big hit. I take it you don't think Germano/Volstad/Coleman can match Dempster and Maholm's production. :lol: That's a real knee-slapper.
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Yeah, that was too strong. I got a bit carried away. Out of curiosity, what is our current pace? We'd have to go 19-40 to finish the year with 100 losses, but I'm not sure what we're actually on pace for. 68-94.
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How is that just as good of a team?
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Of course this year's 100+ loss abomination of a team isn't a 100+ loss abomination.
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I hear Ball State's future is looking up.
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TT's going to love the SEC
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And Drew's a free agent after this season.
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Yeah, is it your contention that the new rules make it impossible to build a farm without being terrible?
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Wait, when did A&M join the SEC?
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I bet the recruit is Gary Harris.
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BOY GENIUS needs to stop [expletive] around, and start trying to win games.
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[expletive] STOP
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That doesn't make any sense. You think every team that bid besides the Rangers was just [expletive] around?
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Come on davell, you're better than overly simplifying things like this. If that were all there were to consider, no team would ever retain a veteran player. The risk is that the prospects turn to be nothing (which is always more likely than them turning into long-term pieces). Plus the risk that the expected 3 WAR pitcher you sign ends up being terrible. That risk isn't there with signing Garza long term? There are maybe 2 guys in davell's list who are better bets than Garza(with higher price tags...also Matusz and Porcello?? Still with that??)
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No idea what either of these things mean. Some players don't blend well. It means Theo elected to start from scratch instead of trying to generate success with the mess Hendry left behind. So we won't see true success until everyone that was with the organization in 2011 is purged.
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No idea what either of these things mean.
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I'm with you. I'd rather have a player I know will be good than a 19 year old pitching prospect. If I had a job where I didn't have to do actual work still, I'd go pull up a bunch of wishcasting trades from years past that were littered with Syndergaards and Hutchisons who are completely [expletive] worthless right now. Use Garza's salary slot to get another 3 WAR pitcher while you add 19 year old pitching prospects who actually are valuable assets despite the fact that you can list countless failed ones. Yes, I'll just grab one from the 3 WAR pitcher tree.
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I'm with you. I'd rather have a player I know will be good than a 19 year old pitching prospect. If I had a job where I didn't have to do actual work still, I'd go pull up a bunch of wishcasting trades from years past that were littered with Syndergaards and Hutchisons who are completely [expletive] worthless right now.
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Curt Schilling "tapped out" of baseball money
SouthSideRyan replied to Banedon's topic in General Baseball Talk
He's got a 6 figure pension, he'll have to live like a normal person instead of a rich guy, but his family will be fine. -
Rizzo Wins NL Rookie of the Month for July
SouthSideRyan replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Get back to me in 2015.
