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Nonsense, despite my tone, my point was a valid one that, should you fail to address it, apparently pokes a good hole in your previous assertion. I see you'd rather quit and blame it on me though. Not surprising, this is a common tactic.
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It's not trolling. It's confronting your current inanity with some of your past inanity to prove the point that....sometimes you say inane things.
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Are they worth $31M / season? When you consider that at the time of their signing the Yankees were already over the LT threshold, that is what they are costing in terms of $$. The thing many people forget is that when the Yankees got north of $200M, it's really also at 40% on the amount over the LT. Last year the LT was approximately $160M, so a $200M budget for player salaries really costs $216M, which the Yankees are fine with, and futher illustrates the inequity of the system.
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The White Sox were no powerhouse? They lost 1 game in the postseason that year. They had the best record in baseball. And they had the best rotation in baseball. Is this another one of those "buzz" factor moments? They were a very good club, and I'm skeptical replacing one SP makes the difference.
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Bad first impression but I have to let it out
ORS replied to GoBruins2011's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Overall, good stuff, but the team did terminate the never-ending option with Wake last offseason and signed him to a two year deal. -
Bad first impression but I have to let it out
ORS replied to GoBruins2011's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Bad first impression but I have to let it out
ORS replied to GoBruins2011's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Right, because a weak petty insult suddenly makes your broken record BS suddenly more credible.
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Turning down 3/48 in favor of 4/50, regardless of which Sox team it came from, is stupid. The 3 + whater his next contract offer is would beat 4/50. Must be a "respect" factor in there for being offered a 4th year.
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Cargo? I thought the hybrid first/last name fad died awhile ago.
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Weaksauce. That's not a snarky question. You pontificate (your words "Ballpark Pontiff") about all the mistakes being made, so it's a legitimate question to ask for your methods of avoiding a bad bullpen. Don't cop out with a bologna accusation. Let's hear it.
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LOL! It's not hindsight once the results start coming in. I went to bed last night when the Eagles were up 21-0 after the first 8:00 of the 1st quarter because I said the game was over.....but that doesn't make it a prediction.
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But, would anyone have predicted that would be the case? Probably not, which is why bullpen construction is a daunting task for pretty much every GM. Save a few guys, you can't count on year in year out consistently good performance....and they pretty much all want to close, so you are probably only signing one of those guys. The best way to build an effective BP is from within, as you will control a good relief pitcher for his first 6 years, so he can't sign with some team offering him the closer's role. After that, you are left rolling the dice with the guys who have a lot of variance from year to year. Some of the better bullpens over the last few years (Giants in 2010, Tampa in 2008, Philly in 2008) featured some reclamation projects that performed very well to make them so good. We get it that you don't like it, but you not liking it does not invalidate it as an approach that, while certainly not guaranteed (nothing is, not even signing "proven" guys - who regularly tank), is one that can work.
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Or unicorns, we could throw those out there for discussion. Like Pujols, they are awesome, magical creatures, and like his chances of becomming an FA, they are pure fantasy.
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Man, they are really pimping the Baseball America 2007 top prospects list lately. Hermida, Saltalamacchia, and now Miller. Who's next, Maybin?
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Where exactly do I go to read the buzz meter? Anyway, to suggest there are "no...none" position prospects to get excited about is ridiculous. For all the "buzz" that is being misremembered about Pedroia and Youk, there were plenty of questions too, could Pedroia's lack of physical ability hold him back as a big leaguer, would Youk ever hit for enough power to play a big league corner position, etc. There is similar buzz with some questions about the likes of Rizzo, Lavarnway, Anderson, Iglesias, Tejeda, and Middlebrooks. And the player who this thread is about, Kalish, started looking like he would be a better player than Jacoby Ellsbury, at least he performed better in the minors at the higher levels at a younger age. Too much hand wringing over something as arbitrary as "buzz".
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I'd offer him arb. If he accepts, I see what he has in camp, and cut him if he can't make the team. It's not a lot of money, so no harm in the risk. And, if he looks good in camp, which could happen, his career is a roller coaster of performance, I'd probably shop Lowrie as part of a package deal and make him the utility guy.
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Dude's 21 y/o. What's this tiring out nonsense? You don't get tired when you are 21. It's like a mantra of excuse. It's just as likely that the kid got figured out and couldn't/hasn't adjusted yet.
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Not only that, but she's wrong in stating I said Rodgers would be better statistically. I said he looked like he was ready to enter the "elite" status. The stats were already there, with the only thing missing being leadership of the team deep into the playoffs, like a trip to the SB deep.....which still could happen.
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Yards. Points are scored regularly when the defense isn't on the field, so they are misleading when you are interested in defensive quality. However, if you must know, they are #21 in PPG against.