These conferences are so corny, but he really seemed excited about being a Blue Jay.
The fans are ready. If you're going to have attitude, might as well make it a winning attitude.
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MLB '12-'13 OffSeason OT: Magic is the New Market Inefficiency
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The fans are ready. If you're going to have attitude, might as well make it a winning attitude.
Dominican Power
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Venezuela has a nice squad.
that's crazy. He isn't a fulltime catcher. Play 120+ games ONCE. It closer to 4/50M than X/100M.
Mr. Enigma
Member
He would have made a TON of money after his performance in the 2011 World Series. He was the MVP if the Rangers hadn't choked.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
I'd like to think that no GM would be stupid enough to double a guys contract because he got hot at the right time. I can't think of any good examples of this happening. Jayson Werth maybe?
My exact thoughts right here. Don't even really care if we get him or not at this point.
ConradCervantes
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Didn't Beltran sign his big deal after getting hot in the playoffs with Astros?
ZackusMaximus
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I think the 4 seasons he had with the Royals where he had a combined 25 WAR had a lot more to do with that contract than his godly playoff run. To put that in perspective Napoli is much older than Beltran was when he signed with the Mets and he has a career WAR of 20. Napoli's best season was an average year for Beltran, who was on a HOF pace until he caught a minor case of the Mets.
Mr. Enigma
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But you're crazy if you think Beltran's domination in the playoffs didn't earn him extra cash (especially with Scott Boras as his agent). Beltran was a good player, but let's be honest: no one really looked at him as a top-tier player mostly because he played for the Royals. Beltran was probably looking at an $80 million deal until he single-handedly beat the Braves and almost single-handedly beat the Cardinals in the playoffs, which no doubt allowed him to get that extra push to $120 million.
Poor Jason Bay also caught this
ZackusMaximus
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I have to disagree about the extent the playoff run had on his contract. And about Beltran being underrated because he was on the Royals. Sure the casual baseball fan might underrate him due to being in KC but that had nothing to do with the reality of how great of a player he was at the time. He was a consistent 30-30 threat every year with a great bb/k ratio, a historical stealing success rate, and legit gold glove CF skills. He finished that season with the Astros 2 HR away from a 40-40 season. There is no way to really know how much the playoff run had an effect on the contract unless there is an interview out there asking the GM about it.
It's like baseball purgatory.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
Jason Bay caught a MAJOR case of the Mets. That contract was terrible. He was a product of Fenway at that point of his career.
Dominican Power
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Not only Jason Bay but countless other stars from other teams. The Mets love to sign other teams' left overs for a premium.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
It's almost as if they are a New York team. :O
Dominican Power
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Beltran would of been gdlk on The Yankees with the porch.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
The Yankees signed ARod the year before Beltran hit FA. Pick your poison I suppose.
Mr. Enigma
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They didn't sign him, they got him from the Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.
endresults
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Mariners continue miserable offseason
Some pretty convincing arguments in here that Jack Z has Bavasi blood in him.
Some pretty convincing arguments in here that Jack Z has Bavasi blood in him.
Dmncnby2k9
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Any of the three pitching studs from the Mariners ready for this year?
ZackusMaximus
Banned
Hulzten should be up as soon as he shows he can be effective in AAA. Walker/Paxton might see a Sept callup if they have a solid season in AA-AAA. I wouldn't count on them to be MLB effective until 2015.
The Dominican roster kind of sucks. What happened to Pujols and Ortiz?
ZackusMaximus
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They're old.
They're better than the corpse of Miguel Tejada.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
The difference is if Tejada gets hurt in a borderline meaningless game it's addition by subtraction for the Royals. Poo-holes and Papi are too valuable to their teams to risk it.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Theres space for Pujols if he gets better by Feb. 20th. Ortiz said he wont play. Starters fucking suck though.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Lol he's actually kicking ass in DR. He's in shape and trying to come back.
M's should give him petty cash like Bay and hope for the best
Do it!
Worth noting that the Rangers passed on Robinson Cano in that trade and instead picked up Joaquin Arias
evil solrac v3.0
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*whew*
No one should be playing then.
What's the team's best starter, Wandy? That team might not make it out of the quarterfinals.
Every 15 minutes? I was checking it the other morning in a meeting. On my phone. Every 10 minutes. FOR GODS SAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN ALREADY.
Mr. Enigma
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What's silly is that the Diamondbacks don't even have any leverage. After signing Cody Ross, they have four outfielders and teams know they have to get rid of either Justin Upton or Jason Kubel. The package of Randall Delgado, Eric O'Flaherty, Nick Ahmed, and Zeke Spruill is the best they're going to get.
Also, the Astros signed Rick Ankiel to a minor league/spring training deal.
Also, the Astros signed Rick Ankiel to a minor league/spring training deal.
That in itself is a difficult task for Towers.
He'd be an upgrade over Mike Morse. Manny can probably out run him and actually takes a walk.
The Frankman
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Fuck.
Lee Chaolan
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Any Indians fans on here? What's everyone's thoughts on the moves they made this offseason?
ZackusMaximus
Banned
No matter how sour his relationship with Dbacks management is it can't be worse than being part of the Mariners
Here in reality the huge contract these guys signed trump any sentimental patriotic feelings anyone might have. The timing of the WBC combined with the sheer length of an MLB season make participation a luxury, especially for pitchers. They're not exactly MLB quality games either since a vast majority of the players are not in mid season form. Hell I'm just happy that there will be extra baseball to watch this year.
Cause them Dbacks are going anywhere soon? They are marginally better than the Mariners.
Here take Trevor Bauer .... give us this Didi guy! Yeah!
You added 2 K monsters, thats something.