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  1. User Name
    Says the guy who spends all of his time talking about how he's a "scout" but goes on diatribes like this one at the slightest provocation (as in, being called out on his s***). A scout needs two things you certainly don't have: Restraint and patience, so save me the stories. You spent the last two years s***ing on Salty, and immediately jumped on his bandwagon after a decent, but not-repeatable season. Please. Really, get over yourself. Oh, and as a side note, my nuts may be "numb", but they still work, along with the rest of the equipment. I'm sure you can't say the same, lostnuts.
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    Back on the Tanaka/Salty will regress topic: http://irfast.blogspot.com/2013/08/masahiro-tanaka-scouting-report.html This is a very interesting (though not from a reputable source) write-up on Tanaka that i'm sure mark will appreciate.
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    No one on here is as full of s*** as you are. Jumping bones is all you did until the team started winning. Get over yourself. a700 talking about others being annoying. My irony-meter is about to explode.
  4. User Name
    I don't think you know what a true rebuilding period for a team entails.
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    That's a load of bull. How can they put out a competitive team while actively trying to trade their MLB assets for MiLB assets? Please stop.
  6. User Name
    What do you want them to provide him with? That team had nothing at the ML level. All they can do is draft and wait. Stupid contracts is what got them in this position in the first place.
  7. User Name
    More pitchers juicing than hitters may actually be the answer to the question.
  8. User Name
    That's not funny.
  9. User Name
    Yeah that wasn't it at all. He was showboating because a Braves player showed him up after hitting a HR.
  10. User Name
    This is a sensible position. I mean physically tough. Like returning from shoulder surgery to hit 20 homers and play in over 100 games tough. And Fernandez was show-boating, and it's the catcher's obligation to protect his pitcher.
  11. User Name
    Two words: Josh Beckett.
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    You can also be certain that a fair amount of those doubles were also aided by the BABIP God. He also walked a whopping 5 times more than last year in the same number of games, and struck out the same 139 times so i don't see the fantastically improved approach that is mentioned around here. They don't have to spend big on McCann (i like the guy not because he's "The best at the position" but because he plays good D and is tough). They can go the cheap route with a guy like Ruiz, see what they have with Lavarnway and wait until Swihart's ready. What i don't want to see is them paying Salty big bucks only to watch him regress massively.
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    You're contradicting your point, because you don't know what impact Tanaka would have on team chemistry, and because he hasn't thrown a single pitch at the MLB level, you don't know whether he'd be a marginal upgrade to Dempster. Can't have it both ways.
  14. User Name
    Thunder, remember the posting instructions? Think this through. If the team's farm system and roster both suck, what other choice do they have other than rebuild for as long as it takes? On another point, who says the process will take ten years?
  15. User Name
    The Cubs aren't even the worst team in their city, and they're in the middle of an announced rebuilding period.....
  16. User Name
    Are you really comparing a team with as much talent and as good a farm system (but with chemistry problems) as the Red Sox to the flaming turd Epstein received in lieu of a team and farm system? Please GTFO.
  17. User Name
    Upped his average because he had a .372 BABIP. When (not if) he regresses to his low-average, sub .300 OBP, you'll be the first to jump his bones.
  18. User Name
    So pitchers don't juice?
  19. User Name
    The shorter the contract, the higher the AAV. And Pedroia very much signed a team-friendly deal (given the current value of offense in positions of scarcity in the current market). He'll probably get something in the vicinity of what Bellhorn and i are betting on. He's the premium FA on the market, with the biggest financial colossus vying for his services. He'll get his years/money.
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    Not on McCann, but rather with solid defensive catchers. I'd also be content with Carlos Ruiz on a short contract, while waiting for Swihart to be ready. And as i established above, WAR (neither Fangraphs' nor BB-Ref) doesn't have fleshed-out defensive components. But fielding bibles from years past love McCann's defense and hate Salty's, so in reality, pertinent stats do agree with my assessment.
  21. User Name
    On what do you base these ideas? McCann will get more money, but how much more given his age and this year's strong catcher market? Also, Atlanta has his replacement in Evan Gattis. There is no reason whatsoever why the Sox couldn't sign McCann if they wanted him.
  22. User Name
    I see you're still adept at spouting nonsense.....
  23. User Name
    9/220. I think the problem won't be the Yankees bidding against themselves, but rather the presence of the Dodgers and their near-infinite money pool driving up the prices for his services. I think it's the Dodgers that end up signing him unless A-Rod is suspended for all of 2014.
  24. User Name
    Don't get me wrong, i think Salty's cool and i like his hair. He can also hit, but he's just terrible defensively. I won't cry to the heavens if they re-sign him, but i strongly disagree that McCann is just a marginal upgrade.
  25. User Name
    What makes you doubt Cano gets 200 mill? That's probably the least he's going to get with how the market's shaping up.
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