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  1. I don't see how the fact that Kimbrel was salary-dumped by Atlanta has any bearing on his market value at the time we traded for him.
  2. The contract we assumed on Kimbrel had 2 more years guaranteed for a total of $24 mill, plus a team option for one year at $13 mill. That was a very favorable contract. How much would he have gotten if he was a free agent instead? Papelbon got $50 million after the 2011 season. Chapman got $86 million and Jansen got $80 million after the 2016 season. I would guess Kimbrel could have gotten maybe $70 mill as a free agent.
  3. Nope, not a double whammy. Contract was good.
  4. It does seem like contradictory points.
  5. What if they all love the spots they're in? I thought player comfort trumped other considerations. I'm confoozed.
  6. I still disagree on the first point, but I understand the opposing view. But I do agree about Richards. He sounds beaten. Maybe he should retire immediately.
  7. Not sure why Cordero will profit from the crackdown more than other hitters, though.
  8. $2.5 mill. Damn, that is a pretty sweet deal. I assume health concerns were why Bloom steered away from him, but right now, yeah, that was a missed opportunity. Hill knows how to pitch.
  9. moon is correct. The AAV is pro-rated when a player is traded in-season.
  10. Ah yes, the dreaded Cavalry/Calvary mixup.
  11. Yes, all the more reason to be pissed at Manfred. He controls the baseballs, and look where we are.
  12. I know it's not much consolation, but apparently Cora was hoping to pencil Arroyo into leadoff last night, Arroyo couldn't go. As for Santana, and Cordero, well, yeah, Bloom is the guy who acquired these guys to play for us. The bad with the good. I do get the frustration, I just don't think it's Cora's fault.
  13. Sawamura says the MLB baseballs are less tacky than the ones used in Japan, and that MLB should consider a tackier ball as the solution to this issue. Can't really count on Manfred for solutions, though.
  14. I think spin rate came into the lexicon around the same time as launch angle and exit velocity. Not really a fan of any of them, myself.
  15. You'll still out-post us all. Safe travels.
  16. It's easy to say when you win, but Cora also did well leaving E-Rod in for 6 more outs after the Franco homer.
  17. The first one is a little strange, but the other 3 are just the usual vagaries.
  18. There's no chance in hell Cora is moving any of the 4 studs in the order if he hasn't by now. Maybe in August Duran will be our leadoff hitter. Santana did get on base twice last night.
  19. Our bullpen pitched 5 scoreless, 2 of them starting with a man at second. That's pretty damn good.
  20. Still scored 5 runs though.
  21. They've been using Kike, Arroyo, Marwin or Santana at leadoff depending on handedness of starter and matchups. Obviously the results have not been great, but that's what they've been doing.
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