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wildbillhiccup Hangout Grand Counsel

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19 minutes ago, interloper said:

Brady as GM is a complete wild card to me. He might do some good things like value athleticism and defense, and he did mention needing to do more to lock up good young players at one point. Those would be good things. 

He's also given players like Reimold and Trumbo and Hardy far too much benefit of the doubt. 

Would he still be training with players in the offseason as GM? Would be down in the locker room as GM? Those things are very problematic and invite controversy. 

 

Brady's first move will be to implement a strict no signing players with more than 6% body fat policy. 

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2 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

Not sure what circles you run in, but a lot of people I know were against signing him to a three year deal (with Mancini in the wings). 

Well, I was, but I don’t believe there were too many people on the record with that.

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1 minute ago, wildbillhiccup said:

Not sure what circles you run in, but a lot of people I know were against signing him to a three year deal (with Mancini in the wings). 

I was basically for it since it was cheap and I figured he'd at least split the difference between good Trumbo and bad Trumbo. Spoiler alert: he didn't.

I also didn't know that Mancini would be any good (oops, he's pretty great) or that Davis would be THAT bad, making their 2 contracts seems even worse as a duo (yikes).

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What makes sense to me is that Angelos likes both Buck and Duquette. However, the issue is that Buck and Duquette haven't always had the best working relationship.

If I'm Angelos, I probably wait and see how Buck and Duquette work together this year. If it seems like their working relationship has improved, I'd offer an extension to both. If their working relationship remains what some sports journalists have labeled "toxic" - Buck gets extended and Duquette is thanked for his service.

If you want to keep both - you have to extend them at the same time. Otherwise, it'd make the other feel weird and possibly cause other issues if someone gets an extension first.

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33 minutes ago, weams said:

I thought it was a good value for a league HR leader that played passable right field at Camden Yards. Wall Averse. But Passable that season. 

Passable?    Sorry, but no.  -11 Rtot/yr, -16 Rdrs/yr, -7.7 UZR/150.   That’s pretty awful.    The plan for 2017-19 was/is to limit his time in the OF as much as possible.    They did a pretty good job of it, limiting him to 31 games, compared to 95 the year before.    I can tolerate that if he hits around his career average.

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