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  1. Ola cannot be our seventh best OL. I don't believe it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. The former does nothing for our issue at hand. The latter- I don't know if we can monetize the same as an actual TV deal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. I decided to just sit Charles. Even if he's active I can see him going out early by tweaking it. Went with Thomas which already looks good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. I think I'd go Lamar miller. I have Jeffrey in a league but il going with him and picked up Holmes as an emergency if he can't go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. So Charles is a game time decision and I don't have Davis as the handcuff. My backup for that slot is Turbin or I cut my losses early and go Riley Cooper, DeSean Jackson, Terrance Williams, or Pierre Thomas at noon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. Just one 568 foot bomb to match his ops and I'll be content. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. Even if you aren't a big fan of him, he's #2(!!) on our depth chart right now. But projection wise he's really just Dubrount/Strailey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Would you say the same thing if his FB averaged 92 instead of 90? Difficult hypothetical as his projection would look better probably. I'll go with yes though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. Even if you aren't a big fan of him, he's #2(!!) on our depth chart right now. But projection wise he's really just Dubrount/Strailey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. http://i.imgur.com/bDfYoZU.gif Let's set his FIP at 4, I'll take the over on it. So back end for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. I don't disagree conceptually(I prefer to think of Hendricks as a '4 at best' when constructing my rotation), what I'm trying to articulate here is that with so many guys in that group with no options, there isn't an opportunity to wait on injury/performance attrition. So you sign a 2nd starter(let's call it Hammel for simplicity), and then you have this group heading into spring training: FA#1, Arrieta, Hendricks, Hammel, Turner, Straily, Doubront, Wood. So now you have until the end of ST to narrow that to 5, and Straily/Hendricks are the only ones that can go to Iowa. Hendricks appears to have a stranglehold on a job, so even if we get 'lucky' and Straily isn't that great, now you've got 4 guys for 2 spots and none of them have options. Maybe someone gets hurt, maybe a bullpen spot opens up, but even then you're likely only postponing the same decision a couple weeks. You have to get rid of a couple guys, likely for little/nothing, and now your depth is down to your starting 5 + Straily, maybe one more if you got 'lucky' and someone is hurt longer term. And the only new information that we have to go on is Spring Training, which will be helpful but not irredeemable proof either. Bottom line, adding a 2nd SP isn't bad, but if he isn't really good, the impact is muted quite a bit because you're going to be forced to cut bait with at least one, probably two guys who have a similar profile. EDIT: Right off the bat, our current RP stalwarts cut out a lot of the available spots(Rondon, Ramirez, Strop, Wright, Grimm). Realistically that's two more spots and looking at other relievers, Schlitter, Parker, Rosscup, Vizcaino, I can't think of a significant one without options. So there seems to be the required flexibility that pitcher loading would require. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. Well assuring a spot to Hendricks is one of my main issues then. If we're taking Hammels for simplicity I'll cut Wood and or Turner for him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. I think most of our bottom end RP have options too.
  13. I don't like Hendricks either which may be part of it. He's with the back end group for me and has options. With injury and performance attrition I don't see an overloading problem with a top end pitcher and another mid to back end option.
  14. Someone else will end up on the DL by mid April too. We're talking about [expletive] pitchers. Is it a failure to not get two SP? No but there's no reason not to try, certainly not Dubront/Turner/Strailey/Wood. We have Arrieta and a bunch of other stuff. We don't need to spend big on the second guy, but they should look at that next tier and absolutely bring in another arm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. I could justify any of the defensive positions today based on development so I'm not gonna get any more annoyed about Valaika's defensive spot that I generally am annoyed about him being in the lineup at all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Yea I think two is necessary. Someone will start the year on the DL at the very least. One of our back end guys will suck and I'll also put money on a BP arm starting on the DL opening another spot. I mean, the money isn't going to do anything otherwise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. What $40 QB would you not want to start? It's Bree's but looks like Ryan will out score him again this week (although maybe Bree's will go off and make me happy). Actually Ryan had a bad week two but bookended by two awesome weeks. Bree's has yet to dominate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. Rant/question when do I start choosing my $2 QB over my $40+ QB? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Hopefully I got my annual bad week out of the way, but most of my RB/WR are questionable so who knows. Charles and D Jackson for 1 pt last week was cool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. All that's missing at this point is for someone to start a #NotAllRB campaign on Twitter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. Silver Foxes and Eli Whiteside as the mascot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. Not punished enough I suppose.
  23. He and Jay have 25 inches between them You mean average rite
  24. I'm not sure what happened at half time but I like it.
  25. Find a discounted Hester and rip off the name plate.
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