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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT2| NES Baseball, Best Baseball

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zroid

Banned
Oh, Barves. You better suck just as much when we come to Atlanta in Sept.

Parch said:
That's like how Garrett Richards was having a decent season before he faced the Jays. Starting pitchers can just throw out those game stats against the Jays. It's hard to survive those without looking like a bum.
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Adam Morgan, Yovani Gallardo, and Chris Archer are going to get side-gigs consulting in the off-season on how to deal with the Jays
 
H

harSon

Banned
StudioTan said:
I still don't know why you guys made that trade but I'm very thankful. Dude is a stud.
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They didn't really have a choice. They likely would have only gotten another year or two out of him on one year deals before he outgrew their payroll, and there's no way in hell they would have been able to afford him on an extension. They traded him at what they believed to be his peak value, which unfortunately was not the case - but trading him (at some point) was definitely the right course of action considering the team wasn't going to be competitive while he was still on the team.
 
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Silver Arrows

Banned
harSon said:
They didn't really have a choice. They likely would have only gotten another year or two out of him on one year deals before he outgrew their payroll, and there's no way in hell they would have been able to afford him on an extension. They traded him at what they believed to be his peak value, which unfortunately was not the case - but trading him (at some point) was definitely the right course of action considering the team wasn't going to be competitive while he was still on the team.
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I also think that the loss and collapse in the second half of last season gave A's brass enough reason to completely tear down the team they had.

Of course, Queso disagrees, but still, that's how I see it.
 
C

Cake Boss

Banned
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P

Parch

Member
zroid said:
Man, I really don't like Tulo batting 5th while Revere is leading off. Hopefully this doesn't last more than a few days.
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They can always go back if it doesn't work out.
The problem is that Revere doesn't take a lot of walks and that hurts his OBP. But when he's hot he gets a ton of hits. I like him a lot, and that acquisition didn't get enough love. I think he can be a great leadoff hitter.
 
M

Marz

Member
So the Jays are just not going to lose to anyone anymore?

Looks like the Yankees are gonna have to take care of business themselves
 
S

StudioTan

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Jays are slumping, couldn't even get 10 runs.

bonesmccoy said:
What did Gose do this time?
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Pillar was on first and went past 2nd on a fly ball and instead of doubling him off at first he threw a lazy 1 hop throw back to 2nd base and Pillar was able to get back to 1st.
 
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CosmicQueso

Member
Silver Arrows said:
I also think that the loss and collapse in the second half of last season gave A's brass enough reason to completely tear down the team they had.

Of course, Queso disagrees, but still, that's how I see it.
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Actually I love that trade. And it was completely necessary to pull the trigger on it.

Next year, 2/5 of the rotation and 2B will be covered by that trade, and by 2017 the middle of the infield and probably the #2 and #4 Starters will be from that deal.

The A's weren't winning with Donaldson, so moving him for a package that will get you a legit chance at 4 major leaguers in return is something that had to be done.
 
S

StudioTan

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zroid said:
The defensive upgrade from Reyes to Tulo is just staggering. Has probably saved a dozen or more hits this month.
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It really has made a huge difference.
 
C

Carpe Libertatem

Member
CosmicQueso said:
Actually I love that trade. And it was completely necessary to pull the trigger on it.

Next year, 2/5 of the rotation and 2B will be covered by that trade, and by 2017 the middle of the infield and probably the #2 and #4 Starters will be from that deal.

The A's weren't winning with Donaldson, so moving him for a package that will get you a legit chance at 4 major leaguers in return is something that had to be done.
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This is a pretty optimistic view of the trade and more like a best-case scenario if everything goes right

Easily could end up with Lawrie and three busts
 
B

bonesmccoy

Banned
Actually I'm inclined to agree with CQ about the Donaldson trade. It wasn't a bad deal given what the A's plan was for 2015.

StudioTan said:
Pillar was on first and went past 2nd on a fly ball and instead of doubling him off at first he threw a lazy 1 hop throw back to 2nd base and Pillar was able to get back to 1st.
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My mind's eye wants me to think that Gose had concentration issues last year too.
 
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