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  1. David
    Exactly. Not sure where the hell he plays with the people we have in the outfield at this point. I was fine with trading Soler, I just don't like it being for one year of an injured (again, very good) closer. That said, keeping our roster mix and the flexibility and injury protection that the depth allows (not that Soler himself is all that flexible - he's just another option in the mix) is pretty great in itself and I think the "where will everyone play?!" question is really overstated. Last year is a perfect example.
  2. David
    Forfeit the #11 pick too, right?
  3. David
    [tweet] [/tweet] I hope he's as wrong as he usually is...though I guess this is better than them getting Dex.
  4. David
    Desmond to the Rockies...wonder what might happen with CarGo or Blackmon
  5. David
    The thread title poses it differently, yes, but the poll's title asks it the way the options are presented the poll's title doesn't really ask anything fix this I knew someone would call me on this. Fixed.
  6. David
    I also just noticed his 2015 numbers even are brought down by being awful in Houston. Maybe it's just something in the water. Or maybe Tal's Hill gave him anxiety and ruined him.
  7. David
    Seems weird coming from you as you seem as willing as anyone to look at arbitrary endpoints/trends on guys and Gomez really only had a really bad 85 games in Houston this year, but otherwise was great in 2013, great in 2014, very good in 2015, and very good to great in his stint with the Rangers in 2016. 97 wRC+ in 2015, 83 in 2016, and his defense has also seen a precipitous decline to the point where it's fair to question whether he can play CF anymore. He's a late bloomer who always relied on extreme physical gifts to be successful, and since those gifts are starting to wane you could see things fall apart pretty quickly. Also he is a literal crazy person and that's not going to get better as he starts declining. I see his Texas performance as a death rattle more than a resurgence. A reasonable position...but at that salary I'm willing to roll the dice when the upside is something resembling his good years and what he did in Texas over Jon Jay at about the same amount.
  8. David
    Also he seems like a fun kind of crazy http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161207/01a02386ecf8ede9b2f0ef9d9de95ef3.jpg
  9. David
    The thread title poses it differently, yes, but the poll's title asks it the way the options are presented
  10. David
    Seems weird coming from you as you seem as willing as anyone to look at arbitrary endpoints/trends on guys and Gomez really only had a really bad 85 games in Houston this year, but otherwise was great in 2013, great in 2014, very good in 2015, and very good to great in his stint with the Rangers in 2016.
  11. David
    Yeah, I would have preferred this risk over Jay. yes, but I imagine he wants a guaranteed starting role to rebuild his value. I would've been fine guaranteeing him CF for as long as he didn't play his way out of it.
  12. David
    I was kicking around the question as to whether Soler as a DH would put up more WAR than Baez with his defense, since he (Soler, duh) won't have a chance to hurt you in the field...but I'm not sure how much KC will use Soler at DH vs. RF, so I'm posing it this way. There's also the question as to how much he'll see the field (er, batters box, at least). As for Javy's side, he posted some insane defensive numbers this year...I'm not saying he can't do it again but doing it that well seems like a big ask. Not sure it's sustainable. And he's likely to be less protected offensively with an increased role (in terms of matchups), and subsequently, there's a good chance he'll start to hurt us more offensively. BTW, here's hoping Javy busts out in a big way next year and gets this thread bumped for all the right reasons sometime at midseason, assuming we don't trade him in a package for Archer or Quintana or something.
  13. David
    UGH
  14. David
    More than one google result tells me it's this: While I'm pleasantly surprised, that seems pretty low key for a closer.
  15. David
    What is Wade's entrance music? It better not be some horsefeathering redneck country BS like Lester and Lackey.
  16. David
    Yeah, that seems irresponsible. Well, I don't think KC has any obligation to allow it. I just don't really like it.
  17. David
    [tweet] [/tweet] GROAN (not that a physical was going to magically tell us his UCL is about to blow up)
  18. David
    Otani is so far off in the future now that it's not even worth thinking about right now. What is it, 2019? Jeff Passan has been making noise that it could be as early as after the 2017 season. Rosenthal since refuted that. [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet]
  19. David
    Holy horsefeathering horsefeathers...how is Darvish 30 already?! I feel so old.
  20. David
    Otani is so far off in the future now that it's not even worth thinking about right now. What is it, 2019?
  21. David
    Not to nitpick, but spending lots and lots of money also fits the bill of "hard to find." Not that I wouldn't spend it too, but a lot of times people talk about FAs like money isn't an asset as well. Money is a lot "harder to find" for some clubs than others though, and for the Cubs, especially coming off of a WS win, it shouldn't be hard to find at all. And the same would remain true when trying to replace Soler's future value. The money will be there. It's not like FA is some magic bullet compared to trades. It's all just value being moved around. This is coming from someone who isn't ecstatic about moving Soler for an injured very good closer.
  22. David
    If this gets done, its time to sign Kenley and just throw poop at the rest of the league. I wish, but that's so not what is gonna happen. We're just gonna pocket the new money and see what we can buy next year or the year after.
  23. David
    Not as hard to find when there are at least a couple of them available as free agents currently though. Not to nitpick, but spending lots and lots of money also fits the bill of "hard to find." Not that I wouldn't spend it too, but a lot of times people talk about FAs like money isn't an asset as well.
  24. David
    Not as hard to find when there are at least a couple of them available as free agents currently though. Would you be willing to bring back Chapman at 90 million over 5 years? Jansen around that value too? History shows that doesn't work. What history? Elite relievers like that are few and far between and today's MLB economy is unlike it's ever been.
  25. David
    Trying to make myself feel better about this by watching this
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