Dojji
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YES!!!!! EAT IT HATERS! 3-0!!
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Hey now. Defensively, sure, he has not been good. Offensively, Lowell has been the old Lowell.
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Uggh.
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Jeeze, what's up with all the at 'em balls.
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I think Lester's angry.
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This is the Cubs we're talking about. So, yeah. Yes but if they have the choice between Jonathan Papelbon in exchange for 3 prime prospects, as well as having to sign him too, or Jose Valverde for Type A compensation, you can make an eloquent argument for diminishing returns.
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They believe in Marmol eventually securing the closer's role. A good candidate, but I suspect they'll go FA rather than surrendering a lot of talent. Depends on how they actually feel about their chances to contend next year. off hand I'm going to say no. They might be that deluded, but I wouldn't guess they were. The Angels don't believe in making deals for someone else's big names. What they can't sign off free agency (which they use VERY well) they'll try to develop themselves. Teixeira was an exception born of desperation. They won't do that very often. lol right maybe in 2-3 years. Not next year. Likely as not their next closer is already on their roster somewhere. Detroit doesn't emphasize the closer's role. I don't think their management really believes in it. The only reason they'd go for Paps is if they think they can stretch him back out.
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Visiting bullpen in deep right center. It was an incredible shot for a righthanded hitter, especially one not known for monster power.
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Vintage Papelbon there.
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This is delicious. Keep it up!
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Well, he got it deep enough
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I don't suppose we can really hope for a flash of the Nick Green of May...
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Alright, cool. For a second there I thought we'd actually lost him.
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That's shocking. He must have really ticked off the wrong person. As much as he and I were at each other's throats, I'm a little disappointed he's gone.
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OK so what are you talking about specifically here? You talking about picking up Wagner's option and trading him? because that's a possibility. As long as he wound up where he could close I doubt Wagner would mind that much. As to your actual question I'd say it depends on a ton of factors. The age of the closer, the state of the market, the state of the league, how in vogue the "position" of closer is among baseball minds at the time, and perhaps most importantly, how much potential buyer teams believe in their current idea of who should be their closer. Right now I'd say that a good closer type won't fetch top dollar because most of the teams that need a good closer have one and most teams that don't aren't the ones that believe in trading for well-remunerated veterans
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I'm not particularly enamored of the Cubs farm system to begin with. Their track record is not good. Other than Ryan Theriot they haven't really had that many players live up to the hype for a long time. If Paps was going to the Cubs, I'd want Aramis Ramirez coming back. Probably Ramirez+.
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You'll forgive me for not wishing them better luck next time RWTP, because "next time" is Joe Mauer.
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You can't judge any pitcher just on "lately." Relievers are just about the streakiest things in the known universe. Delcarmen has been a consistently above average pitcher in this league since his rookie year. Even with his struggles this year that hasn't changed.
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Oh come on now, RTP, don't be so melodramatic. that's an average bullpen. What it isn't is the elite shutdown cadre of relief pitchers we're used to. Granted. Delcarmen has had to pitch around too many mistakes this year, but I think it's much like the thing with Papelbon, they've gone deep into the last two consecutive postseasons and I'm not shocked to see the workload start to pile up on those two in particular. That's one of the reasons Theo jumped on RR in the first place. We needed that third righty workhorse to take pressure off Paps and MDC.
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I don't disagree. I just took your premise as a challenge. I don't know why people don't trust Delcarmen though. I think he would have the ability to be an average to somewhat above average closer. He's not any real threat to render Papelbon redundant, but if he had to get the job done himself he probably could.
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Delcarmen, Ramirez, Oki, are all still under contract. Closer's role settled between those three, there's a few FA's we can go after to fill out the rest of the pen. Maybe Bowden and Tazawa can fill in long innings leaving 2 holes needing to be filled from the FA pile. Probably we keep hold of Saito and hope he's got one more year in his arm and look for a half decent LOOGY to fill the last spot. My guess is Manny Delcarmen would wind up as closer. He fits the profile better than RR or Oki. Delcarmen Oki RR Saito Grabow Tazawa Bowden It's a little thin on the top and a little thin at the end, but not the worst in the big leagues by a long stretch -- and arguably better than our bullpen in 2004.
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We get a supplemental rounder and the team's top remaining nonsupplemental pick. In other words, if a team has signed another Type A and already forfeited its #1, we get a 1s and a 2.
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Both teams should be fired every time they play a game, for putting such a miserable product on the field. -
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