Palodios
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Ozzie Guillen: "AJ's the kinda guy, when he's on the other team you really hate him .... And when he's on your team .. you kinda hate him a little less..."
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Three cost controlled years of a legit #2 playoff starter for a team's #5 prospect and bench pieces. It still doesn't make sense to me.
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The good news is... Salty is gone ! The pitching staff is going to have a good year in 14.
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Ortiz had two cold Aprils, and a cold May. His OPS was from .900 to 1.100 every other month in 2008, and .850 to 1.060 in 2009. His wrist injury hurt his production, and he got inside his own head a bit. Three bad months don't always scream decline.
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.... and Arod is still a much bigger creep.
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The players coming back just don't make sense. The Nationals give up their #5 prospect, a 2B/OF who has a career .650 OPS, and a rookie reliever with a 4.00 ERA. Fister meanwhile is a cost-controller starter who has averaged 4.3 fWAR over the last three years. The Tigers must be getting ready to sign Scherzer to a long term deal, because it seems like they just traded a 7 million dollar mid rotation arm for very little.
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Great quote I found... "A 31-year-old outfielder recovering from seven surgeries who hasn’t played baseball in two years and hasn’t played anything resembling a full season since 2008 " Seven surgeries. That's a lot. He might be worth a minor league deal, but anything more than that would be a joke.
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Arod tested positive in 2003 for testosterone and another drug. He then admitted to using from 2001-2003. Jose Canseco then stated he was using in 2008. In 2009, one of Arod's trainers was banned from baseball for carrying around a bag of steroids. In 2010, A-rod was treated by a doctor who was tangled in a mess of smuggling HGH into the U.S. In 2013, Biogenesis. Ortiz? Some mystery drug in 2003. I would not be surprised if his 2003-2006 seasons were helped by steroids, but he has gone far too long without a whimper of anything to show he's using now. He's also aged much better than most of the steroid users, and his numbers have been pretty consistent.
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Navarro to the Blue Jays. Catching is the one area that seems to be going very quickly right now in the free agent market... hope the Red Sox figure out their plan quickly.
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I know you love bringing this up, but no one has any idea what drug it was, and there has been no evidence in the last 10 years since. For all we know, he could have mistaken his kid's ridilin for an aspirin. One more time, this was from ten years ago, and no one has heard a thing since.
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How is it unfair? I'm looking at a 6 year sample size-- you're the one cherry picking stats. What if I said he was on steroids in 2011, so those numbers don't count. Without that season, his average bWar per year is down to 2.4 per season. See, that's why cherry-picking career stats is a poor argument.
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Ellsbury's last six seasons were worth an average of 3.71 fWAR, or 3.4 bWar. What happens when you give a 6/120 contract to a guy who averages 3.4 wins a year? As his skills erode, his defense will go fast, with a weak arm won't play in RF, and his bat won't play in LF, and you'll be left with an injury prone mediocre outfielder with no pop. If he averages 3.4 WAR from ages 24-30, it seems unlikely he'll be able to vastly outpace that from ages 30-36 -- which is what he will need to do to be worth 120 million.
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I hope Ben sees the obvious solution here... don't sign either
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Until Andrew Miller gets a little wild, and nicks his funny bone, ending his season.
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Don't make up numbers please. His average bWar is 1.9 over the last 4 years, and his average fWar is 2.5 over the last 4 years.
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Are we still complaining about Dempster? The guy has been consistently a 2-4 WAR guy his entire career, gives innings, and is willing to move to the bullpen. His value should be magnified because of what we saw happen to the 2010 team, and because of the contributions he made to the 2013 playoff run. Vargas for 4/32. Hughes got 3/24. Edwin Jackson got 4/52. Nolasco got 4/49. Dempster's contract is a bargain compared to what some of those guys got this year.
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I was on the fence... until I realized he isn't even going to be back until midway through 2014. I hope this report is not true.
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The thing about Hart is that he is getting tests done on his knees in December, and the Red Sox should take a look at those before signing him.
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Can't they just exercise it now and circumvent that problem ?
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If this is referring to anyone it is salty.
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Twins 3/24 for Hughes. Dempster's contract looks better and better.
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Uncalled for. No one talks to VA like that around here.
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Middlebrooks producing respectable numbers could be a big boost and so could a healthy pedroia. With a reliable closer, th sox won't lose wins at the end of games like we saw with Hanrahan and Bailey early. The rotation is much deeper. They need a first baseman and a catcher but we knew that. Losing ellsbury, and a top notch backup middle infielder are the only pieces that hurts.
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My expensive free agent of choice is Choo. Cano's 6 WAR a year is not worth 150 million more than Choo's 5 WAR a year.
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I'm not arguing for Cano... Just trying to make the case that not all long term deals are "wasted money". Most terrible contracts can be seen miles away... Those are the ones you need to avoid. Well, those and anything longer than 5 years.
