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I think you're geting the two Orioles players confused. Roberts is on the list, Markakis is not.

Rasmus and Bryan Anderson probably get it done. I wouldn't do it if I were the Cardinals, though.

Nick Markakis, then.

With what?

Glad these one-run games are starting to go our way.

Masterson will be better than Fuentes for the rest of the year. Besides, Masterson is the headliner in a Sabathia-like deal.

Varitek calls a great game.

Should be Giambi, Dye, or Longoria ahead of Lowell.

I doubt it. I think Masterson is going to be too valuable out of the bullpen. Call Billy Beane and see if he wants to trade Huston Street.

I see the Red Sox using him as the centerpiece of a deal at the deadline.

Pretty nasty slider. Why the f*** he didn't use that instead of throwing a fastballl to Manny is beyond me.

This is why overreacting to one AB is bad.

Moss is hitting .400 in July. He's been playing better.

ERA's a pretty misleading stat, too.

Ask JHB if he thinks wins are a good indicator of how good a pitcher has been.

Agreed.

Really? Which one is it? You're pretty slow, so I'll have to help you. I don't know your friend's dad. I'm sure no one here knows your friend's dad. I'm also certain that if you were to ask around MLB, no one would know who he is. To summarize, why would I seriously consider the opinion of your friend's dad as valid? Show me something we can use. You advocated the following over Jose Reyes: J.J. Hardy (career .324 OBP) Derek Jeter (34 years old, and the worst defensive SS in the AL) Stephen Drew (sub .300 OBP in 2008) Ryan Theriot (lol, and you thought Minaya would trade him straight up) This is laughable. Sorry, I will not take opinions of people who advocate this seriously. Go ahead, delete this. I love it how you can dish it out, but you can't take s***. s***, did you forget your emotional "BASH KSUSHI THREAD" after several members of the board called you out on your irrational behavior? Looks like we're heading down this road again. lol

Team chemistry.

I love these one run losses.

That was Cora.

The Mets should downgrade defensively at SS to enhance the value of defense up the middle? July 6th July 6th June 24th http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playerpages/player_previousnews.aspx?sport=MLB&id=3449 Oh, your friend's dad said it? Awesome. OK, you're right. lol lol lol

You called Michael Bowden a "future ace" in the Bowden thread. Now, you want to trade him for a 31 year old shortstop whose numbers are slipping? No thanks, I'd keep the guy who'd probably OPS the same that Young could, and for about $11 million less.

Nomar was really bad defensive SS in 2004, and 99.9% of great baseball men had no idea that Nomar told Theo that his achilles was not going to hold up in August. From Theo Epstein: Besides, what the f*** does this have to do with anything? Increase the awareness that a deal like that happens .0001% of the time? If you're talking about the Erik Bedard who was Cy Young award material in 2007, you'd have a point, but Bedard's value is way down. He's not even healthy right now. According to FRAA, and defensive win shares, Jose Reyes is considered the better defensive player over the last year and a half. 2007 + 2008 WS Reyes - 7.8 Betancourt - 7.3 http://www.hardballtimes.com/thtstats/main/index.php?view=winshares&linesToDisplay=50&orderBy=field&direction=DESC&season_filter%5B%5D=2008&league_filter%5B%5D=All&team_filter%5B%5D=All&pos_filter%5B%5D=SS&Submit=Submit If you look at FRAA, the margin gets even wider. 2007-2008 FRAA Betancourt - -20 Reyes - +12 I haven't even mentioned that Betancourt has a .280 OBP this year. Making a trade that makes the Mets worse, will help them this year? Where does Reed play? Beltran is firmly entrenched in CF, and Reed doesn't have the bat for a corner. In fact, his career OPS .688. This is a substantial downgrade offensively, and at best a wash defensively. They upgrade the rotation, but it isn't enough to justify trading Reyes away. 2008 WS - 12 (3rd) 2007 WS - 24 (5th) 2006 WS - 29 (2nd) Wrong. Jeter, Hardy, Theriot, and Stephen Drew? lol

That's too much for Young.

If you think the Mariners are going to land a top three shortstop for one of the worst shortstops, a oft-injured pitcher whose trade value has plummeted, and a fourth outfielder, you are insane.