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That assumes whomever was hired in their stead wouldn't have been able to succeed.

Looks like the new deal will be better for the Dodgers in 2020.

I think a lot of credit for 2012 has to go to the baseball gods.

And would have probably been as expensive.

Sure they do, they go walk in the malls.

I'm in Pasco. My father is at a three day car part meet in Sumter this weekend.

Sumter county.

Oldest average population in the state.

Sumter county is in Florida. Not far away either.

I think it is very possible ownership didn't like the fan reaction and killed the deal.

Was in the upper 30's in Sumter county this morning.

With someone like McCoy I can see the drive turning into wanting to make the majors and get some of the big league pay and benefits. The ones I don't understand are the college guys that can't get out of short season ball. They signed for 10k, they are 24 years old and still playing short season ball.

The Twins out? Is there still a deal? Red Sox can't keep Mookie after all this can they?

Thank goodness.

Has anyone told Gunnar he's a third baseman yet?

But Dempsey is still around!

Mike doesn't have the same boss as Dan did. Not really fair to compare the two.

Because MLB is worried about making this look good. You suspend the analytics department you have to suspend the players. Easier to just suspend the guys in charge.

I read a quote (and no I won't go hunt for it) that teams spent all of the money allotted to them, as a whole, to spend. Now might that actually mean that some teams left some negligible amount unspent? Perhaps.

He's got you talking about him.

Can't expect him to say "Yea, I'd flip 'em in a heartbeat for a marginal advantage.".

If the O's can get his mechanics worked out they might have something.

He has been quoted as saying that, or nearly that, numerous times to include sites without a paywall. Was that not what you were referring to? Did he say something substantially different this time?

I know what he said. I also know that every dollar that they traded away got spent by teams that had a better 2018-2019 International signing period than the O's did. Unless someone produces actual proof I'm not going to back off of this opinion. Mind you I was asked to go over this again.