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Peak is probably closer to 26-29 or 27-30.

His contract hurts the future, even if Machado does not stink up the place.

It's obvious. They want to make money just like everyone else, and Machado does not make them money. Machado hurts their future. Machado is a bum and a cancer. Need more reasons?

Too radical. It wouldn't be baseball anymore. It would be like soccer.

If they can "afford anything they want", they'd sign Machado.

I hope the Yanks sign one. Really, I do. It will mean they can't afford to keep one of their better players down the road.

Yes.

Many remember the great O's from the 70's, but that 1966 team was stacked! MVP Robinson Triple Crown winner. Boog Powell .287 34 109 Brooks Robinson .269 23 100 Curt Blefary .255 23 64 Luis Aparicio at SS and Paul Blair in CF- talk about "strong up the middle!" Jim Palmer Dave McNally

First of all, there has never been another Frank Robinson... literally, he's the only MLB player to ever have that common name. He led the league in OPS 4 times- 3 in the NL and once in the AL. He won a triple crown in 1966: .316 49 122. He aged well. He had an .843 OPS at age 35 on. (.954 from age 30-34.) Career: .915 vs RHPs .947 vs LHPs His career numbers at 154 games (677 PAs): .294 33 104 He also won a GG, 2 world series and a Manager of the Year Award.

Me, too, but the Yanks could spend more and still be under the line. I guess they are looking further down the road and want to keep their stars.

We also made a major contribution to the rotation 3 years ago. GS'd in 2015 32 Miley 28 Porcello 25 Kelly 21 ERod 18 Buchholz 11 Owens 9 Masterson 9 Wright 9 RHill,Breslow, Barnes & Johnson Only Porcello & ERod are still in our rotation or have been the last 3 years in a significant way. Additions to the rotation: 2016: Price and Pom (mid season) 2017: Sale, Fister (Velazquez) 2018: Eovaldi (mid season) I think the 3 in red helped more than Kimbrel, but your point is still a good one.

I think a lot of people assumed the Yanks & Dodgers reset their tax last year, so they could go large this year, and that at least one of them would nab Machado or Harper. (They still might, if the price is right.)

FA Signings Year- over $20M/yr, $15-19.9M- $9M-14.9 2019, so far 2- 7- 19 2018: 4- 3- 13 2017: 2- 10- 11 2016: 8- 9- 17 2015: 3- 4- 27

There is some hope for Workman: .747 OPS against career is not great, but... .535 2 outs w RISP .708 medium leverage (.794 High) and Hembree... .746 OPS against, career .654 Med Leverage .734 High Leverage .654 Late & Close Both should only be in medium leverage situations most of the time.

Plus, he was class.

I totally agree, and the charm of Fenway is part of the whole mystique and tradition, despite the uncomfortable seating arrangement. What really gets me is these small market teams that can barely put together a major league roster building costly, new stadiums, when moving to another city was probably a better idea.

He was one of the greats!

The Phillies have announced the trade, acquiring Realmuto in exchange for Alfaro, Sanchez, Stewart and international funds. It seems, then, that the bonus money was the fourth component of the deal, rather than an additional minor league talent. I wonder if this means they may not get Machado or Harper.

Not many can say they had a year like his 3 years ago. We'll see what he looks like in ST'ing and maybe decide by then, which Thornburg he might be in 2019.

Hasn't there always been about 10 teams out of it before the season ever starts? Even before free agency? Before comp picks? Before the luxury tax? Before the harsher penalties started? It's hard to think of a way to force low budget teams to spend more- not that this would guarantee they become competitive, but over time, you'd think they'd have to be good at some point, if only briefly here and there. Raising the minimum pay would help a lot of players. Starting the arb process a year or two earlier would spread the wealth among players more, but teams may trade their arb guys to save money. I think the players need to push for a minimum team spending budget that rises over the term of the agreement. More revenue sharing might help smaller teams, but only if they are mandated to spend the money gained from the share on player salary. (Ex. Let's say the league minimum team budget is set at $65M and team A gets $10M in sharing, then they'd have to have a budget of $75M, or maybe half the $10M, so $70M total. If teams can't make it under this structure, then they should move or fold. Sharing all local TV money would be the great evener, but it won't happen.

Assuming all are healthy, here is maybe the pecking order for our opening day pen: 1. Barnes 2. Brasier 3. Wright (no options) 4. Hembree (no options) 5. Johnson (no options) 6. Thornburg (no options) 7. Workman (no options) Our top 2 RP'ers both have 2 options, but those are of no use to us. If we want to sign or trade for a RP'er, it would mean someone from this list would have to be traded, DL'd or DFA'd. We better get someone better than Workman & Thornburg (or Hembree - Johnson) We also have these as depth, as of now: Velazquez 2 Poyner 2 Brewer 2 Lakins 3 Walden 1 Shepherd 2 DHernandez 3 Josh Taylor 3 D Reyes 3 Not on 40 Man Roster Shawaryn Z Putnam E Ramirez Feltman AA

I get your point, and I don't really agree, but anyways, if you only go by how many runs score, then the ERA or ERA- leader should be the most dominant, right? 2.39 Kershaw 3.19 Ryan Some of his 4.7 BB per 9 innings must have scored.

Best WHIP in the modern era: 1.00 Mo Rivera 1.00 Kershaw 1.03 C Sale 1.05 Pedro H/9 6.6 Ryan 6.7 Kershaw 6.8 Koufax 6.9 SFernandez 12. Pedro 7.1 17. C Sale 7.2

Very true, but to me a 1.247 WHIP is not dominating. That takes away some from the other massive numbers of dominance with the Ks and no hitters.

He pitched like an ace for us in 2016. He had a 2.18 ERA after 15 starts. I'm not suggesting we can expect that in 2018, but something even close to that could be enough to take up the slack from losing Kimbrel.