Bellhorn04
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Here's my thought process: 1) Did the champ have one of the best regular season records? 2) If not, did they have one of the best second half records - like Washington in 2019? 3) If neither, then it was a crapshoot year.
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You're right. I think it's because things have been so slow so long you start thinking the players will be signing for deep discounts.
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moon, I think you need to go back and remove the multi-quote checkmark from your post #3495.
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Kyle Schwarber gets 1 year/$10 million from Nats. Wow, that ain't much of a bargain price.
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What might be interesting would be to go through the postseason games of the past 10 years, say, and look at the results of each game, and see how many games were won/lost by the team with the better regular season record. If the teams had identical regular season records you would disregard those games. It would be a primitive method, but the results might show something.
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Whatever you're trying to say there, it's not quite the same as 'the playoffs are a crapshoot' LOL
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If you really believe that's how it went down, you've probably been brooding about the trade a little too much.
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You Magoo'd my post. Read it again.
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I believe the news is going to start picking up very soon. Maybe the Sox are waiting to see Kluber pitch to start executing their real plan. Let's hope.
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RIP Tommy. Great baseball man.
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Probably at least 2/3 of major league pitchers have question marks of some sort, using that term the way we use it here, which is that you can't guarantee they'll be healthy and good in 2021. Go ahead and run through the starting rotations of other AL teams as they stand now and see what I mean.
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They can be relevant in 2021, seriously. Sign Kluber, Odorizzi, Hand or Bradley, and the best bargains for CF (maybe Pillar) and 2B. Plus a few other smart discount acquisitions. Still need a lot to go right, but it's certainly in the realm of possibility.
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Think this could bite Bauer in the ass too?
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Or maybe even 2022.
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Gerrit Cole may be in a sticky situation. See New York Post for details.
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Kluber is reportedly going to have a lot of teams watching his workout. Assuming he looks good enough, I would think we're talking about an auction situation. We just don't know exactly how high teams will be willing to bid.
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That'd be fine with me.
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Ha, yes, I wouldn't be complaining.
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The last 5 years have been pretty good for the 'non-crapshoot' side of the debate. And I'm including Washington because of their second half record. I think after best regular season record, that's the next thing that should be looked at. Maybe there's a trend in that direction for some reason?
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But no rings since '48.
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True, but if we were to sign Odorizzi, Kluber and Hand or Bradley, that would put a big dent in the budget room. It's going to be interesting. Let's hope, anyway.
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How are the Braves 'awfully vulnerable'? A little short on details.
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Sure they're different. Some teams are obviously better positioned to make big acquisitions with prospect capital. And those generally involve taking on salaries that are lower than free agent prices. The Chris Sale trade for example. We couldn't do a deal like that right now even if we wanted to.
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It's just that every GM in baseball who's looking for players has to be thinking this exact same thing. It's pretty obvious by now.
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Or is it like in that song by Frank Sinatra: "Life keeps runnin' in cycles..."
