Yardball85
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Meh, okay, sure. Better than running Mike Wright out there every fifth day. Can't argue with the $$ aspect. I'd still rather trade Manny, Schoop, etc. and load up on young controllable players, but they are incapable of doing that.
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3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
If they are looking to cut payroll they are doing it wrong.
This. If you are looking to cut payroll, don't sign Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo to stupid contracts.
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14 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:
It seems rare to me that a free agent acquisition ever ends up being worth the contract they receive. Can ya'll remember many that did? Maybe some small ones, but I am thinking the really big ones, like top tier?
Without looking up and comparing WAR, here are some that come to mind:
Manny Ramirez to Red Sox
Vlad Guerrero to Angels
Randy Johnson to AZ
Miguel Tejada to BAL worked well at least the first few years before he was traded
Jon Lestser to CHC is working well so far
If memory serves, Carlos Delgado to FLA and eventually the NYM worked out well.
That's just a few off the top of my head without looking at any numbers. But certainly, there are many awful FA contracts as well.
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8 hours ago, eddie83 said:
Hard to keep Santander around past Mid May next year. We have enough DH types already on this team. Even if Hays struggles some offensively, his glove can help carry him.
That said Santander has a pretty swing and I am glad we kept him. Hope he can be a real option by 2019.
Why would it be hard? They need to keep him as long as his Rule 5 status is effective. Losing him back to Cleveland would be terrible mismanagement.
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Wonder if Detroit has interest in Brad Brach as a secondary piece in a deal.
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I was thinking the same thing. Controllable and cheap arm for a terrible bullpen.
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Get ready for another decade of losing if they trade for Cespedes.
I would imagine they were not trading Gausman, Bundy, or Harvey in a potential Cespedes deal. And dealing Wright/Walker/Wilson plus Lough/Snider, or whatever it would take, does not equate to a decade of losing.
But hyperbole is fun.
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I stick to my guns that he was vastly underrated by fans. Big Simon fan myself.
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I saw a mid-90s fastball and solid breaking stuff. His problem was repeating his mechanics to continue getting strike outs and ground balls. Big man with good stuff, I knew he would find work after being let go by the O's.
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Alfredo Simon getting the ball today for the Reds at Wrigley and has already thrown four scoreless innings. Since he left the O's he's been dynamite out of the Reds' pen and this year has pitched to a 0.95 ERA as a starter (albeit SSS). I've always liked Alfredo and am glad to see him doing well.
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Mrs. Gregg?
Though she must be quote the looker.
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Mrs. Gregg?
Nope, just a fan who is sick of the needless Gregg ragging at this point of the season. His 3.72 ERA, which is inflated by a rocky start, is still nothing to sneeze at. We have him for a few more months, and then he'll be gone and off the books. Can we please just enjoy his solid production since May and think that maybe, just maybe, he is and can be a solid contributor out of the pen from now till the end of the year?
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Bordick mentioned that Gregg went to Buck and offered to be a starting pitcher.
That was a laugher. Anybody else here that? lol
I fail to see how that's funny. Funny that a guy who has gotten ragged on all season and had a nice year trying to help the team in any way he can? When he knows Buck doesn't really trust him, he still wants to find a way to help the team. Knee-slappin hilarious.
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Cashner signing
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I'm very curious (and confused) how he struck out 165 guys in 184 innings in 2015. What in the world happened to this guy last year strike out wise?