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  1. notin
    I think Kyle Gibson might be harder to get than DeGrom. That extra year of control has proven to be very pricey with pitching. The Red Sox can probably get Shields for next to nothing and might even be able to get the White Sox to pick up some salary. This still doesn't necessarily make it a good deal.
  2. notin
    Someone clearly hacked his account and is using it for actual journalism...
  3. notin
    Why? If you're not going to be able to keep him anyway. It's not like we awould ever blame a guy for taking a lot of money and then going on the DL..
  4. notin
    Or maybe the going rate for it. Maybe I'm alone in this regard, but I worry more about the years thsn the money. I don't have to pay any of the latter but I have to watch all of the former. .
  5. notin
    The organization may have also felt that even with his decline they weren't going to get a better pitcher for that kind of money on a one year deal. ..
  6. notin
    And from a fifth/sixth starter, isn't that acceptable?
  7. notin
    You didn't put that notion forth, but the post I originally responded to appeared to. Whether or not Cora mishandled Wright in that one game shouldn't be an indictment of his abilities to handle a knuckle baller. He does have more insights on the matter than many give him credit for. And he very likely takes more matters into account as well...
  8. notin
    The deal did wind up not working out, but it was a worthwhile gamble given thst it was only one year and not an outrageous price for a declining pitcher given the contracts given to other free agent pitchers at the time like Yovanni Gallardo and Mike Pelfrey, both of whom signed multi year deals. Given that $13mill want really elite pitcher money at the time, I would just as well assume only take the risk on the one year deal in that case, rather than saddle the team with a declining pitcher for multiple seasons....
  9. notin
    I believe it is the only professional all star game to still receive network coverage, so they must think it has some value...
  10. notin
    When you consider this game was originally started to create a retirement fund for aging and former players, the reasons for still having it become less and less. Especially given the current salaries and the MLBPA. It's not like any former players are struggling financially as there were in 1935. The only reason it continues is tradition. I'm fine with that and I'm fine with fan voting for players. As long as no one ever tries to attach any significance to this game again. The whole "home field in the World Series" was about the dumbest idea ever in MLB history...
  11. notin
    Makes we wonder about how it went on as the year progressed. Earlier in the year, he was facing more team aces. but as the year goes on, he plays a lot more games against the next guy in the opposing rotation however that plays out with off-days, injuries, days off and rain outs....
  12. notin
    When they acquired him, I figured he would be useless. He has actually been a pleasant surprise the past few seasons. Plenty of other more traditional pitchers also turn into pumpkins at times, but with non-knuckleballers, that does seem to be more acceptable...
  13. notin
    It's a Chicago thing. Those 12" leagues also wear gloves, but all men's softball out here involves 16", bare hands, and mangled fingers..
  14. notin
    There has been a few injuries to contribute. But then Hanley turns 35 this year and isn't likely to get healthier and certainly not back to what he was 5 or 6 years ago...
  15. notin
    What is men's softball like in NC? In Chicago, it becomes slow pitch game with a 16" softball and the players do not wear gloves; it's all bare-handed. Male softball players typically have very gnarled fingers if they have been playing for any length of time. Women's softball is always a faster pitch game with a smaller ball and the players wear gloves...
  16. notin
    It may have been a situation where Cora basically decided not to burn out he bullpen chasing a win. In this case, it worked out. Usually it doesn't. But if a manager decides to sacrifice one game to make the next 2 or 3 a little easier, that isn't always a bad idea...
  17. notin
    I do need to verify these things about Flores; he is a RHH. He isn't a bad player, but I wonder if the Mets would prefer to move the older and more expensive Asdrubal Cabrera. As both players have the same control remaining, they might be open to moving Flores, but which one would be more difficult to acquire? Even with Flores being only 27, he isn't a long-term solution, which might be what the Sox want at the position. No one is really sure if Dombrowski is targeting 2b, although I think he should be. If he is, it seems like, given our trade fodder, a pending free agent to finish out this year would be the target...
  18. notin
    You do realize that post was more in support of your point about professional softball for advanced ages, right? That players at even the highest level of softball in this country are all in their early 20's...
  19. notin
    That knuckle ball pitchers seek each other out has nothing to do with in-game management of them. And to say he doesn't know how to manage them because he doesn't know the intricacies of the pitch is also BS. Managing the starter also means managing the bullpen. Maybe Cora left him in because he didn't want to use his relievers so early? If he did retire Cruz, was it right or wrong to leave him in? Maybe he is starting to lack faith in his bullpen? I do completely disagree with the notion that he didn't know how to mange Wright because he is a knuckle ball pitcher, and certainly that us fans know more about it than he does...
  20. notin
    If the price is set by the Herrera deal, Britton might not be so unattainable. Baltimore will probably start out looking for some sort of Andrew Miller/Aroldis Chapman package at first, but should eventually have to settle. It could depend on how paitent Dobrowski is, which can also backfire if he it doesn't work and he has no plan B left by then
  21. notin
    It wasn't a good decision, but I think it's premature to say he doesn't know how to handle knuckleballers. And even sillier to think any of us do...
  22. notin
    That was in response to the notion that he wasn't familiar with knuckle ball pitchers. He is...
  23. notin
    Except Brinson is an excellent defender and only a rookie with plenty of time and room to grow. Davis is one of the worst contracts in MLB history and only still occupies a roster spot through the sheer stubbornness of the Baltimore front office who has to realize they'd be better off paying him to play elsewhere...
  24. notin
    I take my daughter to Chicago Bandits' games on occasion and those players are all part time with other jobs or still in college.
  25. notin
    Agreed. I have extensive experience watching baseball and I would count zero seconds of it as scouting. I don't even think I know what those guys look for sometimes...
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