Slasher9
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I thought Kimbrel was a huge overpay. And lord knows I hated the Pom trade. At least with sale we got something of perceived value for the further gutting of the farm.
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so you dont think DD can win a world series in the next couple seasons? that would be terrible. He has mortgaged our entire future to win now.
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well played.
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wake me up when DD is on a duckboat in October/November.
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Hill, i never said that the boston globe reported that.
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I cannot supply you a link for a reporter writing a story on this. All i can offer you is that i know it is true. yes, he did 100% play for the minimum in St Louis. but his agent 100% told the Red Sox that he would not play for the Red Sox for the minimum. and the Red Sox traded him for what they thought was the best they could get. maybe we over valued Kelly. i think if the front office could turn back the clock they would not have done the trade and called him on the bluff. but at the time it was the right move to make.
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no, Lackey himself never said this. publicly at least. that's what agents are for. and yes, his agent absolutely indicated to the Boston Red Sox that his client would retire instead of playing for the minimum for the Boston Red Sox.
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btw - arent we paying someone $31MM (x 6 more years) to be our "Ace"? oh, nevermind. surely he will opt out and we will have to find a way to replace his #4/5 stuff in the rotation. i hope we can do it for less than $31MM per.....
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a "me, me, me" prima donna. thats who. probably the same sort of guy that gets drubbed in a postseason start.....
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I think we are supposed to wait for the all important Spring Training numbers before we set our rotation?
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3. We already blew extending Lester (thanks LL) so he was going to FA. the smart move was to trade him at the deadline and then try and resign him in FA. 4. Lackey's people already leaked that no way on god's green earth would he play for the Boston Red Sox for the league minimum the next season. the smart move was to trade him at the deadline.
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Or it could mean Price is made out of paper. The stats we have would indicate this.
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It means everything. Well, if you value parades.....
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i think i posted this earlier but: all things being equal (none of the 4 hurt) this is how i start the regular season: Clay & Pom in the rotation. Wright long reliever & pinch runner stolen base threat Erod - AAA i am fine with limiting erod workload early this season. because: WBC.
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the only thing ST should decide for those 4 is if someone gets hurt and DL is required.
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i never said i didnt expect it. thats my point. the day he was hired i fully expected the farm to be gutted. like i have said over and over since the Sale trade...im happy he finally gutted it for a proven Ace.
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and this goes back to my original response to you. you are basing "best player" on Spring Training performance? 2-4 innings pitched vs kids we never heard of and when SPers might be spending those innings working on a new pitch and not working on an "eye test". personally, i want my SPers fine tuning and taking care of their arms during games that do not count. not going full bore guns blazing gung ho to K AAA players so they pass a fake eye test.
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the starting point was when we hired DD. As agent smith always says...it is inevitable.....
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i agree 100% on Erod and his stuff. i fully expect him to be the ACE of our staff in a year or two. that being said...it's 2017. he has options. slasher's thoughts: we traded my favorite minor league SP pitcher prospect in a very long time for Pom. i dont want that trade to be for a middle reliever. clay when he is good clay is ACE. contract year + 2nd half of last season makes me think he will be good clay. why not try and ride him from the beginning of the season. we should 100% do this. if he pitches great and we are front running...keep him out there. if he is pitching great and we are fading...trade him before the deadline for prospects and salary relief (reset tax $$). if he stinks...insert wright in the rotation or bring up erod, put clay in pen. wright - i would also like a knuckler in the rotation but based on my points above he would start the season in my pen as long releif and [pinch runner ]
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why is this even a story. DD blows up farms. it's what he does. walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...did we expect a german short hair pointer? why is this surprising to the author of this article? just be thankful we got sale for that haul. sure beats having RP Pom for Espi.
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Bingo this.
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sorry. then i dont understand your original point in the post i was responding to. did you or did you not want the "best" player to pitch? so you are basing it on last season's numbers? last 2 seasons numbers? career numbers? how are we differentiating Erod, Clay, Wright, Pom in CP176's world? as for pedro, i was being facetious. i realize our top 3 are locked in regardless how they do in ST. i was just trying to comprehend how you were going to decide on our 4 & 5 starters by stating "the BEST player should pitch". again, how are we ranking those 4? by ST numbers????
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if you have 4 guys fighting for 2 slots and everything is equal...you start the guys in AAA who have options / minimum contract $$$ / young guys you want to control innings.
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if everyone is healthy through ST how do you determine the "best players"? are you actually stating that you would base the top 5 SPers based on Spring Training ERA/WHIP/BABIP/KW ratio????? if that is the case, i dont think Pedro would have made our starting rotation in any year he was here......
