moonslav59
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Yes, almost double- which matches up with two years for one.
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Yes, Nunez is like Holt with an OPS 75-100 points higher. A Jack-of-no-trades who carries a big stick.
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Yes. It would have taken me three paragraphs to say this!
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It seems like you finally have my position correct. I was against trading away so much of the farm, but I was fine with trading some of it. I loved deals like Chris Sale, but not 4 prospects for a RP'er making close to top dollar (at the time). I hate "playing it half way", so now that we have gone for broke, I am NOT for keeping the status quo. I want us to win a ring in the next three years, in order to justify trading away so much of the farm. Bringing us to the edge and then stopping makes less sense than tanking it for a few year (like the Astros did). As much as I know we may regret signing JD, I want us to acquire a player of his hitting skill set. With no QO or need to trade more of the farm away, JD looks like the best option right now.
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I think agents top players on that. They have more practice at it.
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I agree. It would be very surprising to see Bogey have a better year, even just offensively. When you factor in defense (like using WAR), Machado should blow Bogey away.
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I think that was a big part of it, and the numbers support this view: Batters' OPS against .791 1st PA as starter (90 PAs) .701 2nd PA as starter (82 PAs) .897 3rd PA as starter (only 67 PAs) (8 PAs 4th time around for an .875 OPS Against) However, a strange thing happened that kind of countered this view. He had a 9.00 ERA in the first inning, which, in theory, should have been like a RP'er inning. 5.59 ERA in 2nd inning 3.00 3rd inning 1.00 4th inning (Some of these innings may have been as a RP'er.)
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The National Anthem.
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Yes. All agents have conflicts of interest. BorA$$ has more, because he has more clients.
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Is this writer, Scott's dad?
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My family is nearly all teachers, including my wife. I volunteer teaching ESL 4 days a week at a title 1 school nearby. Here in the Houston area, we can't find enough teachers, let alone good ones, even with a starting pay of $55,000 a year. There's never enough ESL, SPED, Math and Science teachers to fill the needs. Some districts have been given the okay to use non-certified teachers to fill the holes. Others use permanent subs. It's a mess. I could go into the many reasons why it got like this, but funding for public schools has not gone up in Texas since 2005, and they have such archaic laws that communities can't up the taxes to pay for the needs.
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I totally agree, but why pay baseball players peanuts while the owners make even more "sick" money than they make now? Do you want to mandate they lower ticket prices and sports cable packages, so all in baseball make less? I'm not sure how workable and fair any "solution" to lowering player salaries can possibly be. If you think restricting salaries will lower ticket prices, I think you are mistaken. Owners will always charge what people will pay.
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So many people are overpaid in our society and around the world. It seems the most bitching about comes over "common people" who make it big via sports, entertainment or some illegal manner. I'm all for a fairer way to even out income disparities, but I would not start with sports and entertainment industries. Their work brings billions of dollars to many people. They happen to share in those profits at a higher percentage than the average person, but the problem is not with the percentage entertainers make; it's with the percentage the average worker makes.
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Look what Oprah Winfrey makes. If she makes that much, every baseball player deserves every penny they make.
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I'm not saying he doesn't have a good track record of getting his clients top dollar. I'm just saying some GMs shy away from dealing with him over past experiences. Others have listed some players who avoid BorA$$ as well.
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Although Damon did well for the Yanks, we were right to let him go. We've actually had a very good track record on big- named we let go to free agency-- just before the sucked or got hurt. Beltre hurt, but we did get JBJ and Swihart as comp picks for letting him go.
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If they ask, why not? (Unless another team says don't tell anyone what my offer is.)
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There are several teams, I believe, that will not do business with Bore-A$$. I'm not sure his "reputation" with GMs/owners is all that high.
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I was not happy with the Moreland signing, but in all honesty, I would not have signed Hosmer to half of what he is reportedly offered. Comparing Moreland to the Santana deal is a little more difficult, and there's little power difference between the two.
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What if he has several offers better than five years and $125 million? Should Scott Boras play those teams off against each other? What if he has none, and we're just bidding against ourselves. How much can you trust Boras to be honest about what other teams are offering?
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I'm very curious about the idea that maybe no other team has offered more than $125M/5 or $130M/5. I'm not sure I'd rush to offer $150M/6 or set any deadline. I'd try to ask Boras to give us the opportunity to match or top any offer another team presents to JD, but I'm not sure that is always something an agent will agree to do, especially if another team asks Boras not to tell any other team about an offer they give. It's probably best to just give what you think he is worth, knowing full well you are overpaying with the market rate. Don't set a deadline, until you feel your option B or C is about to disappear, and you're not happy with plan D.
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Several teams "can afford" him, but for many paying him over $130M/5 would be a huge portion of their entire payroll. They could do it with the idea that they might trade him later, but I haven't heard much about any other teams being seriously interested in JD.
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I'm not sure how that "increases interest," since teams needing an OF'er already know he plays OF and about how much he will cost. They have not bid already, because they either don't need an OF'er or they do not want to pay what it might take to get him. So many teams usual high-bidders are looking to reset their tax this year. I'm wondering if any other team would even offer $125/5, or would if they knew the price was dropping.
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I know Hosmer is younger, but if he gets $147M/7, I have to think JD will get more than some of us are hoping he has to settle on. I guess it comes down to what another team might offer him, or if there is even a second team.
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I mostly fast forward between pitches. I've got it down to a science. It's all the commercials that kill me.
