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51 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

With as much as I've been finding myself agreeing with SG in recent days, I'm wondering if the apocalypse is going to happen soon.

First of all, you weren’t here for SG 1.0. It was like trying to debate a badger with rabies.  
 

SG 2.0 is a lot gentler, if you can believe that. A lot of what he posts is well thought out and informed. Just because he shows his teeth every once in awhile doesn’t mean he’s wrong. 
 

 

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First of all, you weren’t here for SG 1.0. It was like trying to debate a badger with rabies.  
 

SG 2.0 is a lot gentler, if you can believe that. A lot of what he posts is well thought out and informed. Just because he shows his teeth every once in awhile doesn’t mean he’s wrong. 
 

 

Age softens us all. 

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25 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

First of all, you weren’t here for SG 1.0. It was like trying to debate a badger with rabies.  

SG 2.0 is a lot gentler, if you can believe that. A lot of what he posts is well thought out and informed. Just because he shows his teeth every once in awhile doesn’t mean he’s wrong. 

How long was SG away for again? They say it takes half the length of your relationship to get over a broken heart... and Casey Kotchman had a 10 year career. 

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18 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Hal Steinbrenner's price-sensitive New York Yankees, ladies and gentlemen.    One of the MLB talking heads this morning reviewing Snell/Montgomery mentioned new "investments" by Yankees would be taxed 110%.

96% jokingly, we should see what they'd give us for Dean Kremer.    I'm sure other Orgs with cost-controlled Arms are getting excited to arbitrage.

 

Kjerstad, Stowers, and Norby, are the definition of spare parts. The CWS want more, but that package might buy another SP in July/Aug. 

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The Os need to be getting into this Cease stuff. The packages being talked about are relatively underwhelming. The Os have a rotation issue this season and they sure as hell have a rotation issue in 2025.

There is still some thinning out the herd stuff that can and should happen.  

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55 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Even old ladies get their turn on the Chapman train.

Kimbrel is on his 8th team.  Lee Smith played for eight.

I don't think it's unusual for a relief pitcher with a long career to jump around a lot once initial period of team control is over.  Not many of these guys get long term extensions even if they are on the top of their game.

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11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Kimbrel is on his 8th team.  Lee Smith played for eight.

I don't think it's unusual for a relief pitcher with a long career to jump around a lot once initial period of team control is over.  Not many of these guys get long term extensions even if they are on the top of their game.

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29 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea probably not…I don’t think the would want Mountcastle.

Kjerstad, Norby and Povich likely could get it done…and the Os should do that.

It is funny how before spring training Kjerstad was untouchable and Cowser was available, a few weeks into ST and the stance has flipped.

Either way I agree with you, I would pull the trigger on this trade as much as I want to see Norby have success in Baltimore. 

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1 minute ago, RVAOsFan said:

It is funny how before spring training Kjerstad was untouchable and Cowser was available, a few weeks into ST and the stance has flipped.

Either way I agree with you, I would pull the trigger on this trade as much as I want to see Norby have success in Baltimore. 

I would have traded either and went back and forth on who I prefer. I think Kjerstad’s power is the best trait either has but I also think Cowser is the better all around player.

I would trade Cowser instead of Kjerstad to get Cease though.

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The Rangers report as a new name yesterday does make me think they're a favorite as they've been the most assertive for more top talent than anyone else recently with the cash infusion of their second new ballpark since OPACY opened, and are World Series champions.

They traded Cole Ragans for Aroldis Chapman as part of making that happen, and something like Justin Foscue, Dustin Harris, Jack Leiter gets them near Elias' range.    Cashman in desperate need of innings clinging to Spencer Jones, but could still go like Everson Pereira, Oswald Peraza, Chase Hampton.

I think fair chance there is something better than Dylan Cease behind Door #2 by July, but of course its always nice anytime investment in the MLB roster occurs.

Kyle Bradish's genuine health status a chaos factor now, and of course tradecraft if Mike Elias knows the real scoop, few others do.

White Sox board probably popping today after Cease shoved last night in maybe his farewell.

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52 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

It is funny how before spring training Kjerstad was untouchable and Cowser was available, a few weeks into ST and the stance has flipped.

  

Having been on here for a long time, it's not surprising to see that the stance has flipped.  People were so quick to get down on Cowser, so quick to hoist up Kjerstad in extremely small sample sizes last year AND ACKNOWLEDGE they were basing everything off said small sample sizes.

What happens in meaningless* spring training at bats?  Cowser is now a favorite, Kjerstad is looked at as somewhat expendable.  Which way the wind blows, so does the opinion of prospects on here.

*As I've learned earlier this spring, ST at bats are meaningless for veterans no one cares about and certainly don't mean anything for a veteran on a heater that no one particularly likes.  But they mean EVERYTHING for prospects that people are interested in.

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