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You literally bolded the words "without the velocity of a pitch" He was thinking bp style tossing compared to real pitching So even if we go with 1 foot added per mph, he’d be adding 80-100 ft with live pitching. 480-500 ft bombs. Dude is a beast.

Chili fixes Heyward THIS SEASON. Book it. A little disappointed. I was expecting at least one “user name checks out”

There may be a big market for RFs who play great defense and hit like 160 lb. middle infielders. Chili fixes Heyward THIS SEASON. Book it.

I think the line of thinking is, 1. Cubs were “out” on front line high dollar and years FA pitchers this offseason, 2. Cubs are now “in” on dervish, Ergo, Darvish’s years or AAV must be down. That’s not the only reason the Cubs could be in now. I didn’t say it was a good line of thinking. :)

I am not sure Jake is going to get more than Darvish but i think Jake has not given signs of coming down from his asking price and Darvish may have. That is why the Cubs are after Darvish now IMO. I think Darvish is the better pitcher going forward so if it were me i sign Darvish. I still haven't seen any indication that Darvish "may have" reduced his asking price. Darvish is obviously the better pitcher going forward, but if the numbers end up (not that they will) with Darvish @ 6 yrs/$160 mil. and Arrieta @ 4 yrs./$90 mil. it might be a tough decision. I think the line of thinking is, 1. Cubs were “out” on front line high dollar and years FA pitchers this offseason, 2. Cubs are now “in” on Darvish. Ergo, Darvish’s years or AAV must be down.

He claimed that Darvish was signing with the Cubs because his source was the doctor who performed the team physical on him. Great way to lose a source.

Longoria getting 15M AAV probably wasn't going to sink the Cardinals at any point in the future. If anything the net positive is that taking on his money wouldn't lower the cost of going after someone like Archer. The Cardinals can trade for all the Longorias and Colomes and sign all the Addison Reeds and Dexter Fowlers they want. It's the Archer/Donaldson/Machado tier of players they truly need to be a persistent threat to the division. Isn’t the theory that a team of 25 guys at 2 WAR beats a team with 5 ten WAR guys and 20 replacement level players? I have no idea what I’m talking about, but I feel like I read that recently.

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Why would a team in the Dodgers system want to help us?

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lmao its a schtick, right. surely its a schtick.

I dont care what his WAR is if hes an abuser, I dont want to root for him. Trade him for Archer if he so valuable. an unsubstantiated instagram comment from his wife's friend is all we have to go off. not saying it's not true that something happened, but regardless, am i misunderstanding the reason you made your edit? Its nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.

I'm a little slow, but I'm not following. How does trading away a middle infielder make more sense if followed up by a trade for a starting pitcher (whom you'd likely need to use a bat to trade for). It seems it would make it less likely.

Lee's butt was much higher.

Remember when we were upset about giving a 31 year old reliever with a 171 ERA+ 3years/12million? Its a good time to be a reliever.

I really should have put a watermark on that picture.i took that picture sitting 3 rows behind swastika guy in St Louis. Posted it here and on my Facebook.

Good thing our organizational philosophy is changing to "throw more strikes"

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If you do that you can let him start in RF a couples time when his spot is skipped. Drunk Joe's willingness to be creative is an ace in the hole.

Grichuk > Bryant Grichuk is also definitely getting moved this offseason. I think Piscotty might get traded too. What will Cardinals fans say then lol? That they'd rather have Giancarlo than Heyward.

Missing the matador slide.

meh, the original post by Sammy said ABs and I didn’t feel that I needed to provide any more info to make my point. None of the numbers you threw out were 100+. And “don’t lie. Don’t say no” is ridiculous. The man sent questionnaires out asking how teams were going to integrate him both pitching and hitting. You really think the way you “didn’t lie” to your parents in high school works here? What? I said PAs and you tried to correct me using a wrong number. I don't understand your 2nd point at all. He asked how teams will use him so we should lie like a 16 year old trying to get drunk and laid? He wants to know how teams will integrate him to pitching and hitting...I don't know, maybe tell him how you plan to do that. If the dude wants to get 300 PAs and start 25-30 games as a SP like he did in NPB, then let him do that. There are going to be other free agents. If you promise him the chance to hit and immediately go back on that everyone will know you don't negotiate in good faith. For a team that has had guys come here for less, stuff like that matters. His agent has other clients. Other GMs need to have some level of trust in you to make trades. You can't just be a scumbag and keep operating like it didn't happen. I took your "Don't lie. Don't say no." to mean "Don't lie, just don't tell the truth." Which is why I was accusing YOU of suggesting we lie like a 16 year old. I'm glad to realize you think thats as stupid as I think it is.

maybe jake will come back for cheap if we bump up tommy la stella’s salary it’s a seal at twice the price Can heart mean "groan?"

So say we all.