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  1. 17 Seconds
    So paying $9M for 1 year is smarter than paying $4.9M for 2 years. Fascinating. wtf are you actively try to be obtuse with every post you make now? i mean, seriously. assuming you're a rational person, there's no way you can make a post like that and not understand how pointless/irrelevent it is in regards to the post i made before it. but to answer your question, yeah. paying 9 mil to an above average player is better than giving 2/5 to a crappy player. (not that any of this has anything whatsoever to do with my original point.... which was all about contract length and risks). Hey you're the one that drew the comparison to Aaron Miles. I just pointed out the unintended hilarity in your "logic": <$5M spread over two years is apparently a bigger risk than $9M spread over one. Just stop and let that resonate for a moment, and maybe you'll crack up too. obtuse obtuse obtuse Which would be a bigger risk to you..... -signing albert pujols to a 4/40 contract -signing carlos delgado to a 2/20 contract Pujols is getting more money, so he's a bigger risk... right?
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    So paying $9M for 1 year is smarter than paying $4.9M for 2 years. Fascinating. wtf are you actively try to be obtuse with every post you make now? i mean, seriously. assuming you're a rational person, there's no way you can make a post like that and not understand how pointless/irrelevent it is in regards to the post i made before it. but to answer your question, yeah. paying 9 mil to an above average player is better than giving 2/5 to a crappy player. (not that any of this has anything whatsoever to do with my original point.... which was all about contract length and risks).
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    False, especially regarding Brendan Ryan. Skip is pretty average, but Fangraph's had him valued at $5.4 last year, with a salary of $0.8. He's getting a raise this year in arbitration, but I'd expect his value to still be a bit more than what the Cards are paying him. Ryan, on the other hand, was worth $14.2, making just $0.4, making him an excellent value based mostly on his stellar defense. hooray for more fangraphs figures. i don't believe that brendan ryan was worth 14 million dollars last season. also, that same formula had him as worthless before last season. so is he 2009 brendan ryan? i just don't like how it's now commonplace to look at a fangraphs value figure and say "_____ was worth ______ dollars last season" like it's a fact oh well, maybe saying they suck was a bit strong. my popint was just that i don't think you can look at brendan ryan and skip schumaker and say "well, we're tying up a ton of money elsewhere, but we're set at these positions for a while"
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    nobody is saying it's a great move or even that kotchman is good. he's just a lot better than bill hall. hall is worthless. it's just a solid trade
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    I don't mind the idea of small ball like the M's are setting up, but you still need to have that threat to go deep. And without Branyan they have nobody that scares you. i'm saying that with their defense and their potential pithcing, they probably won't have to score a lot of runs to win games.
  6. 17 Seconds
    the sedins are insane this season
  7. 17 Seconds
    this team is so annoying. they always stay right in the area or the standings that doesn't help them in any way. they'll probably hover around 5-10 games under .500 all season, flirt with a playoff spot in the comical eastern conference, and all it will do is keep them from a lottery pick and save VDN's job. these jokers can't even tank a season properly
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    schumaker and ryan suck when pujols banks next offseason, the cardinals are going to have half of their payroll committed to 2 players every year. that's never good. and what if carpenter goes down again? then you have about 55-60 million going to 2 guys when your payroll is usually around 90 million. i'm not necessarily saying it's a bad move, but it definitely is going to make money really tight pretty much every season and basically takes you out of the running for any premiere free agent over the next several offseasons
  9. 17 Seconds
    of course. only your teams
  10. 17 Seconds
    thats a great call by the ref
  11. 17 Seconds
    best sports teams i've rooted for in my life 1. 95-96 bulls 2. 09-10 hawks 3. 2008 cubs
  12. 17 Seconds
    hossa is starting to get comfortable... and that's a scary thought
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    the key is that it's a one year deal. if you have money leftover and have nothing else to spend it on, you might as well. there's not really any risk involved with a one year deal. this is why it's hilarious that aaron miles got a 2 year deal.
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    that's wayyyy too extreme. we have no idea what each team is going to end up looking like in 2010, let alone the next 2 years after that. the cardinals had everything go right for them last year.
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    glad he could gut it out enough to get to 300
  16. 17 Seconds
    there's no way to know with those 2 guys.
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    His last 4 years outside of Coors... 2009 - .909 2008 - .892 2007 - .860 2006 - .819 I'm seeing a trend. yeah, madd dogg is just looking bitter. there's no doubt that holliday is a great player. he's not as good as his numbers while in colorado, but i think his overall 2009 numbers are pretty accurate
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    this better not be one of those games
  19. 17 Seconds
    they won't really need to
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    isn't cameron going to play left with ellsbury in center, or did boston wise up?
  21. 17 Seconds
    Seriously... those guys have 2 starters at like 5 different positions. Beltre + Lowell Scutaro + Lowrie Youkilis + Kotchman Martinez + Varitek 4 OFs (Drew Ellsbury Cameron Hermida) Not to mention, Ortiz tying up the DH slot just about every day. a lot of the guys you just named suck
  22. 17 Seconds
    i might be going with all 4 road teams
  23. 17 Seconds
    Fukudome Byrd Lee Ramirez Soriano Soto Theriot Baker/Fontenot looks fine to me
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    NFL Week 17

    17 Seconds replied to bukie's topic in Other Sports

    -2 total yards for the bengals so far
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    NFL Week 17

    17 Seconds replied to bukie's topic in Other Sports

    i'd be about ready to murder the entire cincinnatti organization right now if i was a texans fan
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