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Errrr, how was that a travel??
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And 66% of them were idiots.
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At least Sonnanstine won't be around long to keep Sosa's # locked up. And if Garza's here for awhile we won't run the risk of having Grace getting his number retired the same way Maddux did.
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abuck just chose Iowa State for their uniforms.
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How many of those 17 had drops in WAR due to injuries? How many of them had circumstances other than throwing more breaking balls leading to these injuries? How many of those 17 were on the back half of their career? What % of all 3.5+ fWAR guys decline the following year? -
SECOND i vote that his name start with d and rhyme with mingus and be dingus i don't get it Dringus and me lingus
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I know the team acquiring him would get 1 less year of him than we did, but considering the respective years he's coming off in each trade, I'd be disappointed to get the same level of package. ETA: I certainly wouldn't do trade-backs with Tampa right now.
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WHY DOESN'T HE HOLD IT AT CHURCH??
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what the hell Now THAT'S inspiring!
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We got Paul Maholm. I don't know how much more you want on the MLB front than that. Heck, he's only averaged half a fWAR less than Garza the last four seasons. That certainly seems like an intellectually honest thing to say. A rather uninspiring post if you ask me.
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I'm just a huge fan of acquiring talent for nothing but cash. It's why I'm pissed about the draft rules. It's why I want us to sign Cespedes(who i'm not even that enamored with), Soler(who I am) and any other big ticket foreign FA while we have the chance. You can't build a team through free agency, but it certainly helps you build a team because you don't have to part with any of the prospects who will be cost-controlled talent for you. If we have the great talent evaulators that we're supposed to, it shouldn't take dealing young quality talent to make our farm elite. Hell, signing Cespedes and Soler would put us as a top 10 farm system. You go through this season and you trade Dempster, Byrd, Marmol to get a couple pieces who could be interesting some day, and you keep building the farm through the draft and signings. All the while, you already have a #2 starter(I hate those classifications) on your team.
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The owner came in, talked a ton about building the farm system, and threw a bunch of money at it. Then he went out and hired a bunch of guys for the front office who have a history of excellent drafting, and he said that's why they were hired. So yeah, that's kind of the plan. Dual fronts. I think it's pretty clear by now that future>>>>>present in Theo's mind. The whole "dual fronts" thing probably had more to do with keeping fans interested until we're actually good. Most fans thought we needed to burn down Wrigley with the team inside and play nothing but minor league players for the next 3 years. (Maybe Barney would be spared)
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God, we better wind up with the best farm system ever if we're planning on using much of it to acquire expensive players.
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I said I was fine with a Turner package. Re: Trading the prospects we get for an elite player, you're once again counting on a guy becoming available at just the right time. And if he's not available, well I hope those guys become better than Travis Wood.
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[expletive], Kyle really?
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Maybe it was dressed up in women's clothing. I thought it was the cat to get the dog. It starts with the smallest(fly) and works its way up(horse). Perhaps we should break this intense debate off into it's own thread like the price haggling one. Think about what you said again. It starts with the smallest, and then sends in the next biggest to get the previous one. He was thinking like a Tiger or something
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A staff full of Travis Woods is great when you're not really trying. Somewhere down the road we're going to need very good players, so why are we in a hurry to trade away one of our very good players for uninspiring packages of guys whose best case is the guy we just traded away?
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So we sit around and wait for Lincecum and King Felix to never hit free agency then?
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"Don't like" is the wrong term. I like it just fine. Just not at the cost (in dollars, of a market-price extension) and the opportunity cost (compared to what we could get in a trade). He's exiting his prime years, he's never had a season like the one he just had, and he's suddenly relying on a ton of breaking stuff. Classic sell high candidate. But what we could get in a trade from Toronto or Boston sucks. ETA: Same with Detroit if they won't budge on Turner.
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Other than being Kyle, what is it you don't like about Garza's performance going forward.
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Maybe it was dressed up in women's clothing.
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Does everyone who battles an addiction have to do it under the spotlight of news organizations pointing out each slip up? When you author a book, detailing your triumph over addiction, are not you at least partly responsible for part of that spotlight? http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Belief-Finding-Strength-Come/dp/1599951614 At least he can write part II now. Mabye he'll write it with his solid gold pen, on diamond-encrusted paper. Because he's very wealthy from being a phenomenal baseball player.
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But...Josh Hamilton is a phenomenal baseball player. That's what you get for being a phenomenal baseball player.
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I think so, that's why he DES all the stuff for ESPN. To help with recruiting, how else do you think they locked up Kendrick Nunn? They got Nunn? That's a HUGE deal for a program like Texas Western. He'll be associated with the city of Beaumont for a long long time.
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The 2nd one that ended up on deadspin, doubtful it's just the 2nd one at all. They're vultures. Daulerio probably had someone following him around offering him coke every 10 minutes.
