dgalehouse
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Ryan was probably the most dominant pitcher of all time. Not necessarily the best , but the most dominant . His strikeout , no hitters , one hitters and two hitters totals are phenomenal. -
Anything that gets people talking about baseball is probably good . When the hot stove league talk is dominated by the business / financial side of the game it does little or nothing to promote interest in the sport. ( Granted , some fans do enjoy discussing and analyzing the finances . ).
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Yep . I'm going to go check and see what Steamer has to say .
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Nate Eovaldi was an excellent acquisition last season . I was happy to see us get him for a somewhat mediocre prospect. And he did a great job for us . But let's not go overboard. Some of the people who are counting on him are the same ones who usually preach against small sample sizes . Eovaldi is 29 . Seven years in MLB . Five teams . Two Tommy Johns . 44 - 53 with a career ERA of 4.16 . He is not Tom Seaver .
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The luxury tax discourages the few teams that might be willing to spend from spending more . But many owners do not want to spend. They have " wised up " to the fact that they can make a nice profit without spending to put a good team on the field. And it will lead to labor problems.
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The owners could not get a salary cap . But they did slip a few things past the player's union . The luxury tax and some of the other restrictions serve as sort of a de facto salary cap . They discourage spending . And some owners just don't seem interested in spending to put a contender on the field for their fans . I think the players are getting more and more disgruntled with the way things are going . The next labor negotiation will not be easy . I think a strike would be very damaging to all . But it could happen .
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I meant other , cheaper options for closer or just late inning relief . For example : The Yankees signed Ottavino for three years at 9 mil per . The Mets signed Familia for three years at 10 mil per .
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Nick , Were there only two choices here ? 80 million or nothing at all ? No other options?
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Yo-yo Kelly ?
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I don't think our bullpen last year was all that bad . We don't win 108 games if it was . I do like the Yankee's approach to building a strong pen . It is very important in today's game . They did win 100 games last year despite some serious issues with their starters .
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His career ERA is 3.87 . Consistency has been his problem. He seemed to figure things out toward the end . I have never been as high on Kelly as some have , or as low . I see him as a useful part of the bullpen .
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The good stuff , or the more economical store brand ?
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The bullpen probably has to cover three or four innings . We have gone from Kimbrel , Kelly , Barnes and Brasier to ( most likely ) Barnes , Brasier , Hembree and Thornburg .Basically , we are replacing Kimbrel and Kelly with Hembree and Thornburg . And sometimes we will be replacing Hembree with someone else . Is that a dropoff ? You decide .
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There is a classic case in the NBA , where the Knicks are tanking like crazy . But in the NBA it makes more sense . Just one or two top free agents and a top draft pick and you are right back in business . Not that easy in baseball .
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Absolutely . You don't want to be making panic deals if you find yourself trailing the Yankees by seven games in July . I'm trying to understand all of this , but it sure seems like an odd way for a championship team to be doing business .
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I'm okay with it too . Keeps things interesting.
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Maybe not the smartest troll on the Internet. He needs to go to troll graduate school.
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If the plan for Pearce is to primarily play first base against left handed pitching, it seems like an odd choice of priorities.
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No limit , but be prudent is pretty vague . D. D. has passed on just about every quality reliever out there . Some with seemingly reasonable and prudent deals . People gripe about trading prospects. Well , it would take pretty good prospects to acquire a better reliever than what he has already passed up . I guess I'm missing something.
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For the umpteenth time ; It is not just Kimbrel. D.D. has passed on Britton , Ottavino , Familia , Miller and just about everyone else between the levels of Robertson and Ellington . It is pretty clear to me that he has been limited in what he is allowed to spend. Nothing else really makes sense .
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Absolutely. Ultimately, it is John Henry's call . Which is only right . It is his money .
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I don't see that . It is the G.M. s job to put a winner on the field , within the budget constraints of the owner . It is not his job to manage the owner's checkbook. If he has no spending limit , why would he impose one on himself ? I am pretty sure that John Henry has the final say here . As well he should.
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I think if John Henry gave D.D. the green light to spend what it takes to win another title , D.D. would surely do it . Why wouldn't he ?
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Everyone wants a bigger slice of the pizza . It' s like that with most things in life . Baseball is no exception.
