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  1. Palodios
    This would be the final nail in the coffin for the Yankees if it were true.
  2. Palodios
    I'd bet that the unpredictability of drug screenings increases because of his time off. If there is a guy who is familiar with how to get around the drug screening process, and/or has sources within that part of the MLB, wouldn't Scott Boras be that guy?
  3. Palodios
    From 2005-2010 he hit 30 home runs combined. In 2011 he hit 32 home runs. In 2012 he's hit 4 in 70 games. In peewee, high school and college, he never hit that many home runs. He's on the Red Sox, so I'll cheer for him all the same, but come on, don't be naive.
  4. Palodios
    Take out his steroid year and he has a career .730 OPS. Call me unimpressed. If we could trade Ellsbury and end up with Johnson and Victorino, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
  5. Palodios
    Is anyone else seriously rooting for the Dodgers to crash hard?
  6. Palodios
    Center field is the deepest position in free agency this year. There are a lot of solid-- but not great-- options, and all of them are probably to be had for cheap. Bourn, Hairston, Victorino, Upton, Melky Cabrera. Trade Ellsbury for some key pieces, and pick up one of those guys to replace his .700 OPS? I'd do it in a second.
  7. Palodios
    Who said the White Sox won't excercise the option? After the season Peavy has had, and the huge amount of prospects the White Sox traded to get him, I think they'll continue to put faith into him, or at the least excercise the option and get value back for him.
  8. Palodios
    Verlander, Felix, and Halladay aren't going anywhere. Cliff Lee would cost an elite prospect, and to pick up that ugly contract. We're more likely to see a guy with ace potential than one of those guys on contending teams. However, the three best options I see right now are Josh Johnson, Jake Peavy, and Lincecum. All three have gone through their rough patches, but all three have trended upwards recently. They should be relatively cheap because they have only one year left before they hit free agency. Maybe Doubront + a mid-tier prospect gets it done?
  9. Palodios
    In all fairness, the down year has nothing to do with why I don't want Cliff. Its the 26 million per year:lol: For that kind of serious money, why not save the prospects and go for Greinke? The big Red Sox deal set a precedent that deals for talent require prospects, even if it is a salary drop-- and the Phillies made it clear that they aren't just going to waive Lee. Picking up Cliff Lee would mean paying 4/100 for a Cy Young caliber pitcher at ages 35-38. Picking up Greinke would mean paying 7/160 for a Cy Young caliber pitcher at ages 30-36. Say what you want about Greinke, he has been very healthy throughout his career, and his worst ERA in the last eight years has been 4.12. If it weren't for the rumored anxiety issues, he would be a thumbs up for any club in the league based on his track record. And yet, Greinke's contract-- much like Lee's contract at age 35-- is what scares me.
  10. Palodios
    Tickets are cheap on Stubhub. That's the best of the online ticket agencies, by far. But seriously, if you want to go, just go down there and scalp. Most people can't give away their tickets this season.
  11. Palodios
    This is a hilarious blooper from Josh Beckett in LA. Baseball doesn't deserve players like him. http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/thebuzz/2012/09/josh_beckett_th.html
  12. Palodios
    I want a discussion. What I don't want is someone bashing my favorite players based on stats that are unfounded and/or don't exist. I've learn to coexist with your unfounded opinions of players, but I'm far less tolerant of using unfounded statistics. His ERA in 2010 was 3.25, not 2.71. See my above statement.
  13. Palodios
    Stop pulling things out of your ass please. His K/9 saw a small dip from the previous year when he had a season high, but were still around his career averages, even at the end of the year. His walk rate in 2011 was actually lower than his walk rate in 2010.
  14. Palodios
    But he ISN'T on the 40 man roster.
  15. Palodios
    He was probably an 18 year old kid with no credit... a 20% downpayment is pretty standardfare. The fact that people are arguing about this is downright silly, is everyone here living in third world countries or something? And I have no idea where the 78k came from. The reports I've read say its 2k a month, before taxes, which is pennies in the big picture.
  16. Palodios
    You do realize that he pitched 200 innings in 2011, and 200 innings in 2010, right? Sure, he's had injury issues this year, but that just means that he's going to make less money in 2013, possibly a good fit for a pillow contract. He's a pitcher who has show success in the AL East that can be had without killing the farm or the bank.
  17. Palodios
    People say this like its gospel, and actually have absolutely no idea how Lester pitched at the end of 2011. He essentially had one terrible start that skewed the whole month. Without it, he had a 3.41 ERA in the month of September, pretty close to his career averages. Without that start, his ERA for the year drops from 3.47 to 3.13. How is it that a guy like Papelbon who has been the absolutely middle of the pack the last three years is defended so ardently and erectively by so many people here, but a guy like Lester who has been the very core of this rotation for so many years has one bad start in 2011, and an off season this year when the entire team had an offseason, and suddenly its off to the glue factory for him?
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    Taxes and agent fees would probably take 30-40%. The down payment could cost anywhere from 20-100 thousand. Divide the rest by three years. I'm not sure what evidence you're looking for.
  20. Palodios
    Don't get ahead of yourself. Basically, he went pro, likely paid huge taxes and agent fees, put a down payment on a house, and has lived off 50 grand a year. Real big spender.
  21. Palodios
    Did anyone else just get aroused?
  22. Palodios
    The team built itself around Lester Buchholz, and to a lesser extent, Lackey. There is no getting rid of them, no matter what negatives you want to throw, they're here to stay, and there aren't better replacements available within ruining the farm. The next two spots however, can make a very big difference to the team if they pull in a guy like Peavy or Johnson with a big trade, and then sign one of the mid-tier #3 type pitchers available in free agency. Picking up a #3 would slot the team like so: Josh Johnson Clay Buchholz Marcum Lester Lackey Buccholz has been very impressive the second half of the year. Lester as a #4 is pretty sweet, especially with his upside. And even if Lackey falls apart, they can fill the spot with someone like Aceves, Morales, Tazawa or any of the other options on the team who could possibly be a solid fifth guy-- pieces who you know will never pitch for you in the playoffs.
  23. Palodios
    I read something about this yesterday. Alex Wilson, who is doing fairly well in AAA, and will likely see time as a 7th inning guy next year, is not on the 40 man roster. He won't be added until next year. Apparently he said that he's going to have to be stocking shelves at Lowes this summer for minimum wage to pay the bills. Seriously, this team needs to learn how to take care of its own.
  24. Palodios
    I see the salary dump simply as a very smart baseball move. Sure, it helps them sell the team, absolutely. But I doubt they'll sell it, unless they fail to rebuild over the next year or two.
  25. Palodios
    Sure, but John Lackey wasn't a minor league pitcher before TJS. He'll likely have around 20 months to recover from the surgery before he starts for the Red Sox next year-- assuming he'll be the #5 starter next year.
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