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Corrected.
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Because Drew (.796 OPS), Daisuke (4.40 ERA) and Lugo (don't get me started) were such integral parts of that 2007 championship team. Drew and Daisuke were, at least, average to somewhat above average players in 2007, and had playoff performances that somewhat redeemed them. Lugo wasn't even that. Itt wouldn't really be true to say that any of them earned their salaries that year (the closest is probably Daisuke, who at least threw 200 innings and won 15 games) Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Josh Beckett, Curt Schilling, won us that Workd Series, and 2 of those 5 were homegrown, one was a salary dump, and two were bigtime trade acquisitions. the total AAV for those players at the time was less than $25M. You're a great source of straight lines tonight.
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LOL a little later than I thought, but the rumor has already been taken down.
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Not as huge as it was 2 years ago. I don't really think Greinke's on the marlet. I think kansas City would be insane to deal him. But this is Kansas City, so who the heck knows? If they're blowing it up, I wouldn't mind kicking the tires on Gil Meche. Not the best pitcher in the world, but a solid innings burner and costing enough money to be talent-cheap.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://bleacherreport.com/articles/273811-zack-greinke-to-milwaukee-deal-all-but-done I expect this to be debunked sometime in the next 15 minutes. However IF Greinke is on the move we HAVE to be in on that. Felix might not move at all and Halladay's over 30. The moment Greinke enters the trade market he's the best piece on it. I have to think we could beat Parra, Hardy, Salome and Gamel.
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Teach me your ways, o great master!
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Really? You don't think the Dodgers could use a bona fide ace and have pieces to deal?
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But if they don't trade for and then extend Halladay, they're more likely to disappear than they are if they can do those things. One thing is for sure. Halladay may be past his prime but assuming good health he's going to be effective for at least the next 3-4 years. He's got a combination of power and command that you don't see that often and guys like Halladay rarely just fall off a cliff without an injury to blame it on. I see no reason not to push for an extension. The Blue Jays' only choices aren't "trade Halladay to the Sox" and "lose Halladay to FA." You can bet your boots there will be several other teams making a price check in that aisle. The Cubs spring to mind as a near guaranteed bidder. Which involves putting up a better record than at least one of....
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If we're only dealing for one year of Halladay, there's a ten foot pole I'd like us to not touch him with. We've got to get multiple years out of Halladay for it to be worth any semi-reasonable price in talent. I think within the next 2-3 years the Jays have a legitimate chance. If they can pick up a couple more power hitters and get their rotation healthy I think they'll surprise you. And if they do, certainly having Halladay actively blocking their only route to the playoffs won't do them any favors. An ideal situation for the Jays is for a team from the National League to think big and go after him.
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Realistically, what's the difference between a below average defender (say, Jason Bay) and a "defensively challenged" one such as you label Adam Dunn and Carlos Lee? Is there one?
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None at all? So no player who is not at least an average defender should be on this team no matter how well he hits?
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That argument only works if the non-defense was the lion's share of the reason we got rid of him. Since Manny basically shot his way out of rown I'm not sure we know that. If he'd been a good soldier and continued to hit well and showed effort in the field I suspect we'd be talking about the risks and benefits of bringing Jason Bay or Holliday in as opposed to picking up one or both of Manny's options.
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It's like Winston Churchill once said when dealing with a female critic. First he asked her if she'd have sex with him for the British eqivalent of a million dollars. She said she would. Then he asked her if she'd do it for five dollars, and she basically asked him what he took her for. He replied "We've already discussed what you are. Now we're just discussing the price." This is applicable because we're basically asking the "price" of good offense in left. In other words, how well a guy has to hit in order to be allowed screw us over defensively. Where exactly do we draw that line? Do we use VORP, offensive and defensive? Do we rely on something more subjective? And which players out there are acceptably bad and which are just too terrible to have at any offensive "price" they're likely to be able to pay?
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So good to great offense can make up for bad defense after all? That's nice to know.
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The only reason I thought of him is because he's one of the better power hitters who might be available. It's not like we can trade for Albert Pujols, we have to target guys other teams would actually countenance giving up. BTW I assume everyone's feeling about going after Adam Dunn to play left field is going to play out predictably?
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While we're on as related subject, I don't think any team in the AL East is going to be dealing quality veterans to Boston this offseason. This applies to both Crawford and Halladay. The reason is simple. In order to have a shot at the playoffs the other 3 teams of the East need to break up the "duopoly" of us and NYY. Right now, they do that the most easily if we falter and fail to make the playoffs, allowing other teams in the East a crack at winning at least Wild Card glory. Even if the Rays and Jays trade veterans away, they aren't going to do it in a way that strengthens us and reduces their best chance to be the last team standing. Their best chance involves getting a good return for those prospects without their veterans playing for the Duopoly. That makes us a poor trading partner for any of the other three AL East teams that has playoff aspirations. Which both the Rays and Jays seem to have. Oh yeah, you could probably make a deal with the Orioles, except that they don't have anything.
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Heh. Synchronized swatting.
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carl Crawford has a club option. The Rays would have to answer a lot of questions if they didn't pick it up.
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If we can't get Bay or Holliday, Carlos Lee is going to start looking mighty tempting. So is Carlos Beltran, who might benefit healthwise from a move to the corners.
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Hope Bay's actually willing to re-sign with us. If Holliday actually prefers the Yankees we're in some trouble. We can't afford to lose offense this offseason and even LF isn't that easy to find a true power bat anymore.
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Unsurprising really. This is a team that can't figure out what its identity is OFF the field, much less ON. So yeah, the Yankees are about to prove that spending big sometimes works after all. Blah.
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Why does he have to be? How much do we have to play to the park? It seems to me that one of our big problems this year was our inability to hit on the road. Another hitter who plays to the park probably doesn't do us a lot of good.
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So for some reason there's very few recent examples of a lefthanded power hitter actually getting hurt by the park factors, however we're still continuing to take them as gospel. I'm sure the numbers come from somewhere. They're not meaningless. But the worry seems to me to be overblown based on the fact that the LHH's we've brought in seem not to really be hurt by it that much. Possibly there's a confounding variable in play -- namely, Theo's found a way to figure out who can hit homers at the Fens and who can't. With that in mind, if Theo signed LaRoche it's because he made exactly that determination.
