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Capn Vivi Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Good luck. The Luke Scott fallout made twitter very difficult to sift through today. Hopefully it won't be so messy tomorrow.

I decided to keep my distance from the internet in general after that mess, but yeah, I think Facebook/Twitter is teaching us all to filter out certain irrelevant things we read. Though at the same time, it's only giving us more irrelevant things to read. :scratchchinhmm:

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I feel unusually confident that the O's can get this done.

With Koji back in the fold, this should be MacPhail's #1 priority, might be able to get it done by tomorrow afternoon.

Ugh, I'm going to be on my phone checking twitter during all of my finals.

I feel like the O's and Twins came to terms right in the middle of the Bartlett negotiation...and that it's dependent the O's Rule V pick. I think it's basically already done, just the second player being conditional on who the O's get in the Rule V.

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I feel like the O's and Twins came to terms right in the middle of the Bartlett negotiation...and that it's dependent the O's Rule V pick. I think it's basically already done, just the second player being conditional on who the O's get in the Rule V.

I agree completely. Now hopefully it gets done tomorrow and we can high five each other and glower about 1B.

Edit: Ironically, that would make 2 years in a row the O's send a Rule V pick in addition to a BP arm to another team for a 1-year rental.

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I feel like the O's and Twins came to terms right in the middle of the Bartlett negotiation...and that it's dependent the O's Rule V pick. I think it's basically already done, just the second player being conditional on who the O's get in the Rule V.

I think you're right about that. Honestly if they get the trade done for Hardy and get one of Laroche/Lee for !B and another relief arm. I'd feel very happy about this offseason.

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I feel like the O's and Twins came to terms right in the middle of the Bartlett negotiation...and that it's dependent the O's Rule V pick. I think it's basically already done, just the second player being conditional on who the O's get in the Rule V.

I sure do hope you are right, now upgrade 1B and I am happy. I think we should let the rotation be, give Tillman another shot, if he isn't doing well in the first 2 months, give Britton his shot. The only other thing I could imagine us in need of is POSSIBLY a bullpen arm, though I am confident with what we already have now that Koji is resigned and possibly another bat for DH/LF. I have no issue letting Scott play LF and Reimold DHing, but Reimold is nothing more than a HUGE question mark at the moment.....

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Yeah, it's just a feeling. I don't want to put the cart before the horse, but it seems like nobody else is really in on Hardy right now.

I'm less confident at 1b, but I actually do have some confidence that LaRoche/Lee are the types of players attainable by this FO. I feel less confident about a guy like Crawford. He sure would be a sweet toppint to a Reynolds/Hardy/Lee offseason.

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Yeah, it's just a feeling. I don't want to put the cart before the horse, but it seems like nobody else is really in on Hardy right now.

I'm less confident at 1b, but I actually do have some confidence that LaRoche/Lee are the types of players attainable by this FO. I feel less confident about a guy like Crawford. He sure would be a sweet toppint to a Reynolds/Hardy/Lee offseason.

The Pirates were in on Hardy as well.

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Yeah, it's just a feeling. I don't want to put the cart before the horse, but it seems like nobody else is really in on Hardy right now.

I'm less confident at 1b, but I actually do have some confidence that LaRoche/Lee are the types of players attainable by this FO. I feel less confident about a guy like Crawford. He sure would be a sweet toppint to a Reynolds/Hardy/Lee offseason.

Pittsburgh is. And the Bartlett-to-San Diego deal didn't get finalized. It might be a matter of hammering a few details out or it might have stalled, but they're still not out of the race.

I'd have to consider us the front runners at this point, though.

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The Pirates were in on Hardy as well.

You know, they can't afford him. I think that they were done once he was tendered. I could be wrong, but that is why we are the right home for him. MacPhail just saved enough on his closer to pay a little much for a rental shortstop.

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You know, they can't afford him. I think that they were done once he was tendered. I could be wrong, but that is why we are the right home for him. MacPhail just saved enough on his closer to pay a little much for a rental shortstop.

You may be right. I'm sure Pitt is less interested now that he's been tendered. But, they have definitely been in talks with MIN after the non-tender deadline. They've spoken with the club at the winter meetings. So it's not as if they bowed out.

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You know, they can't afford him. I think that they were done once he was tendered. I could be wrong, but that is why we are the right home for him. MacPhail just saved enough on his closer to pay a little much for a rental shortstop.

Unless he has something unexpectedly pricey in mind, MacPhail ought to have plenty of payroll room for Hardy and a couple more Koji if he wants.

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Gotta think the Red Sox are going to be a lot more eager to move Scutaro after the Crawford signing. They've got to be about to burst. Wouldn't be surprised to see Papelbon on his way out, either.

They screwed the pooch on that one.

I doubt any team will trade for him with the intention of paying him $10.5M. He would have been non-tendered by everyone else after the season he posted last year.

They will probably look to trade Cameron and/or Scutaro.

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