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  1. Thusly Boned
    I really feel like Arrieta is about to fall apart, and I want no part of him on a multi-year contract. It was a great time, but happy trails to you, Jake.
  2. Thusly Boned
    Well, then he can bugger right the horsefeathers off.
  3. Thusly Boned
    Bingo Yeah, this has to be it. Machado is a fine player, but trading for him doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I really don't like the idea of giving up some of our best young players to acquire a player who may very well prove to be a one year rental and while certainly an upgrade, isn't so at a position of dire need. I'd much, much rather leave the infield as is, concentrate on pitching (Darvish, plz) this offseason and spend on Harper the next. I like the odds of the offense being really horsefeathering good next year as it is. But if the pretense of serious interest in Machado prices the Cardinals out (or better yet leads them to overpay), then great.
  4. Thusly Boned
    Probably gonna claim he was hacked after he wakes up from his sparking cider hangover and regrets his tone Sparking cider sounds like a good time to me.
  5. Thusly Boned
    Angelos is that organization's biggest problem. That guy is the epitome of a meddling owner.
  6. Thusly Boned
    It's hard to tell how things would go with that team. While I don't think there would be a fleecing (I don't think the Cards would allow themselves to be fleeced), if Angelos involves himself, Machado would not come cheap. I think the likely outcome of this is that the demands end up being so unreasonable for a one-year rental that Machado isn't moved at all.
  7. Thusly Boned
    The Cardinals getting Machado would certainly make 2018 a lot more interesting, but it's not something that would upset me all that much because it would cost Reyes/Weaver plus, and the Cards would have a snowball's chance in hell of retaining him beyond next year.
  8. Thusly Boned
    I have a feeling that Piscotty bounces back and that he'll produce well enough to make people wonder why the Cardinals bothered with this Piscotty/Ozuna swap. It wasn't really a pure baseball move. They were shopping him to the A's last summer not long after his moms diagnosis. Yeah, it was a nice move made out of consideration for the player. That said, I have serious doubts that it's a move they make if Piscotty had a 2017 that was similar to his 2016. He was never going to be a star, but settling in as a 3-4 WAR player is certainly a strong possibility, stronger now that he isn't stuck halfway across the country from his dying mother.
  9. Thusly Boned
    If Cobb is going to demand 20MM per, he can kick rocks. I'd rather see if Darvish could be had for ~5/125, or deal for a risk/upside guy like Salazar.
  10. Thusly Boned
    Yeah, the likely motivation for the Sox would have to be flipping him. I just see very little chance of him extending regardless of the team.
  11. Thusly Boned
    Yeah, while Longo would be a defensive upgrade, he'd likely be a lateral move offensively.
  12. Thusly Boned
    This whole offseason has been a snoozefest.
  13. Thusly Boned
    Bruce playing RF in that ballpark would be amusing, at least.
  14. Thusly Boned
    [tweet] [/tweet] The poor bastard
  15. Thusly Boned
    out of curiosity, who is making personnel decisions for the marlins right now? I don't know, but their collective bed is being [expletive] in, that's for certain.
  16. Thusly Boned
    Expected. This definitely makes them better, but not enough so to move the needle much in terms of the division. I hope they paid through the nose.
  17. Thusly Boned
    Please no. Not only does that not make sense for the Cubs, wasn't the rumor that the Indians wanted LH hitting in return? I mean, that idea is just comprehensively stupid.
  18. Thusly Boned
    I don't see a fit for us here at all. There's probably going to be a considerable cost to acquire him, he's a lock to test free agency after this year, and he doesn't play a position of need. I actually kind of hope the Cardinals take a run at him.
  19. Thusly Boned
    Machado, maybe. But not Harper. They're not just going to completely ignore the luxury tax, and they've got their OF (and DH) pretty well covered now.
  20. Thusly Boned
    Imagine how it must feel to be a Marlins fan (they do have a few) today. I'd be sick as hell. For a second after the sale of the team, the poor bastards probably thought they were done enduring these teardowns.
  21. Thusly Boned
    This is fine. Takes our biggest competition for Harper off the board (ostensibly).
  22. Thusly Boned
    I wasn't expecting him to.sign with the Cubs, but the Angels? That just seems ill-advised. OTOH, with the way this has played out, it's fitting that it was the least expected outcome that actually occurred.
  23. Thusly Boned
    It would, and it absolutely would. It's fun to dream on, but Stanton and Harper are an either-or proposition, for any team. And if we're choosing, I choose Harper all day.
  24. Thusly Boned
    And if true, Stanton being willing to accept a trade to the Midwest, but not to St. Louis, is horsefeathering delicious.
  25. Thusly Boned
    Sure, but I am becoming irrationally confident that Harper is a Cub in 2019.
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