Bellhorn04
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Austin Jackson is a virtual washout since being traded by the Tigers.
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As has been discussed on here at some length, the Sox did reportedly offer Clay to Seattle in the Carson Smith trade, but Seattle preferred Miley. Once Miley was gone we were down another starting pitcher, so they probably decided they should keep Buchholz at that point.
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Of course my criteria is flawed. But my post is a followup to the Buchholz vs. Fister comparison, where Kimmi focused on the fact that Clay was much better than Fister in 2015. As you say, there are a lot of criteria to take into account.
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What he gave up in the trade for Price was also quite reasonable.
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If you use the following criteria: 1) Recent results 2) State of health at the end of the season 3) Price tag Rich Hill was more of a no-brainer than Clay was.
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That's about as likely as you guys bringing back Billy Martin.
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7-3-16 and "Nice Guys Finish Last"
Bellhorn04 replied to bosoxmal's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Interesting stat, we're 23-9 in Holt's starts. -
You have to at least acknowledge that there were legitimate alternatives to Clay. IMO, all of them including Clay had various levels of risk, factored into their pricing, and none of them reached the assurance level of a 'no-brainer'.
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But how do ballplayers as a class compare to other classes in the same income tax brackets.
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The Mets really kicked the Cubs asses this weekend without a doubt.
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Dombrowski has a rep as a 'win now' guy, but does he have any sort of history of 'gutting the farm for a rental'? None that I'm aware of.
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One more point about Buchholz. When the details of his injury came out last year, I heard more than one more person describe it as 'the type of injury that is often a precursor to TJ surgery'. At this point I'm wondering if he still has some health issues, because obviously he's not throwing the ball as well as he was before he got injured last year. And as we've seen many times there are some issues that tend to get past our crack medical staff.
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Thank you Mariners indeed.
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Squaring up for the individual tax liabilities would presumably be part of the backroom deal.
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Not true. What about Fister? He has better career numbers than Clay and he signed for $7 million.
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But again, said pitcher missed the second half for the second time in 3 years. He's very unreliable, and maybe he was not the best choice considering the overall state of our rotation.
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Personally I think it's a misuse of the term no brainer. A no brainer literally requires no thought at all. I think this required some thought. Clay missed the last half of the 2015 season and he has an extraordinarily erratic track record. And there were some other credible pitchers like Fister available for less.
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I wasn't against it, but it's not a fact.
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"From your lips to God's ears."
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The Cubs are in much the same position we were in in 2004. The weight of expectations is huge. And the Mets are sort of like their Yankees. It ain't gonna be easy for them, that's for sure.
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That was funny, if UN and his poor cat are OK with it.
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Joe K = Joke
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Any way you look at it, there is an aura of buffoonery about the team lately.
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Well, there is plenty of time with 83 games left and 4 games back. But I don't think that's what you're getting at.
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Arguing and ejections slow down the game.
