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    I mean, do you blame them bro?
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    The point that the "global" interest a team generates has nothing to do with the classification of a team's market size has been proven several times. This is the main leg his argument stood on and it's not accurate.
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    Funny, apparently you don't know the actual definition of talent. Seems like "wrong" is the only street your GPS ever has you driving in. Get over yourself, your opinion (and your subjective definition of talent) is not nearly as accurate as the opinion of those who do talent evaluations for a living. Or the "people who do this for a living know more than posters at Talksox" line only apply when it suits your argument? Be consistent.
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    Doubront is not an average talent. He is lazy, but talent evaluators like his potential as a lefty with above-average velocity and good secondary pitches. And of course, talent evaluators know a lot more about talent, however subjective the term is, than us members of Talksox. And it's DOUBRONT, for the love of God.
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    So your opinion (one of someone who has barely watched and evaluated Doubront, if at all) is more accurate than that of the talent evaluators who argue otherwise: That he has a great amount of talent but little discipline. Noted.
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    Strongly disagree. A good portion of current MLB starting pitchers have gone through the bullpen before becoming full-time SP's. David Price, Scott Baker, Johan Santana, and Clay Bucholz come to mind off the top of my head. It is done to let them acclimate to MLB caliber hitters without the strain of starting games. The only one to blame for his lack of success is Doubront himself. His conditioning has been questioned several times, and until he fixes that issue, success is probably not on the horizon for him.
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    And this is why people hate Red Sox fans.......
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    Absolutely incorrect. After a player has been offered arbitration, his contract is guaranteed pending the actual value of the contract. The only way you can cut a player is by proving to MLB that he is unable to perform as a baseball player. Good luck with that one.
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    Now, here is the second problem: The fact that you don't know a player from any given team is not a proper indicator of lack of interest in building a winning team. Some teams (like the Astros and Orioles) were competitive but made several erroneous business decision and are now rebuilding. These teams, along with teams like KC, the Pirates and the Marlins (pre-2011) actually sinked most of their benefits from the revenue sharing program into the draft and international signings, and they have done so because MLB oversees the program, as they should. The whole idea of owners pocketing revenue sharing is a sensationalist misconception.
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    163.
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    The one caveat to the Cook not being able to pitch in the AL East argument, is that he had spent his whole career successfully pitching in the launching pad that is Coors Field. Otherwise, i agree with MVP that Padilla has the best arm and stuff of the bunch. He was hitting high-90's in Winter Leagues and kept his lunacy to a minimum. Maybe he can do the same in Boston.
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    They don't, because as i said before, all of the revenues from international broadcasting deals and merchandise sales are distributed equally amongst all teams. He disputed that point by saying i "misconstrued" his position. Um, no i didn't.
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    Yeah we kinda took the discussion in the wrong direction.I Apologize about that.
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    Let's just say the Nats aren't a "small market" team and call it a day. Because they're really not a small market team.
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    Because you keep confusing market size with popularity. Therein lies the conceptual problem.
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    Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meet pot. On a side note, i'd take Lester long term.
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    A lot of Cardinals and Rays games go on National TV on a yearly basis. Are they large market? You are confusing market size with popularity. You can't make an incorrect point any clearer. He doesn't need to, because everyone knows Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
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