acheron_xl
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Can't be worse than Kotsay.
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MLB Off-Season 2011: Only a few more weeks until the radio talks about baseball again
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Can't be worse than Kotsay.
As a bench bat? Hmmmmm, close
Hey Mr. eznark, just give Aoki to us then. We really need a CF and those qualities you gave him are still better than our options.
Nyjer for Werth, you eat the contract.
Well the Tony Plush experiment was a huge success here... hmmm.
The Frankman
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BigJonsson
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vas_a_morir
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Wait... Aoki... from the Swallows? Nooooooo!!!!! I have an Aoki jersey from my time as a Yakult fan.
I guess I can always sell it to a Brewers fan. You interested, Eznark?
If he signs
vas_a_morir
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Lesson 1 of being a sports fan: Never buy jerseys with a player's name on it.
The Frankman
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An article about Niese and Gio Gonzalez that CajoleJuice can masturbate to.
and another piece Projecting Lucas Duda, "Mike Salfino examines players whose rookie seasons took place at age 25 and produced an OPS+ of 130 or more"
Sign me up for 2006 Chris Duncan!
and another piece Projecting Lucas Duda, "Mike Salfino examines players whose rookie seasons took place at age 25 and produced an OPS+ of 130 or more"
Sign me up for 2006 Chris Duncan!
evil solrac v3.0
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An article about Niese and Gio Gonzalez that CajoleJuice can masturbate to.
and another piece Projecting Lucas Duda, "Mike Salfino examines players whose rookie seasons took place at age 25 and produced an OPS+ of 130 or more"
Sign me up for 2006 Chris Duncan!
yeah but it's also a graveyard of flash in the pan and has beens....
Mr. Enigma
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Mariners and George Sherrill have agreed to a one-year, $1.1 million deal.
Sherrill comes full circle with the Mariners. He originally played for the Mariners before being traded in a five-player package that also included Adam Jones to the Orioles in exchange for Erik Bedard on February 8, 2008.
Sherrill comes full circle with the Mariners. He originally played for the Mariners before being traded in a five-player package that also included Adam Jones to the Orioles in exchange for Erik Bedard on February 8, 2008.
The Frankman
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Duda isn't even a prospect going by past Met reports. I'll take that chance especially now that Duda's biggest knock (defense) will become less of an issue in Citi. The one thing Mets like about him is he makes pretty good contact and the ball jumps off his bat. He loses confidence very easily though.
And we traded Bedard and got back Trayvon Robinson ... a young CF'er prospect (Adam Jones) ... it really HAS come full circle!
Fuck that I love all my old jerseys, it's like a history of Brewers.
Not a thing.
Loving what the Padres are doing out there. They're doing a good job selling high on the guys they have fallen out of love with. I'd be super wary of trading for Rizzo at this point. No one knows him better than SD, and they want to dump him. They should definitely wait until after Prince signs though (unless the Cubs are the main player in Rizzo). It'll be funny when they move Rizzo for Trey McNutt. Wrap up GM of the year at that point.
Sickels has a nice write up of the prospects the Reds dealt:
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011...randal-alonso-boxberger-reds-padres#storyjump
Sickels has a nice write up of the prospects the Reds dealt:
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011...randal-alonso-boxberger-reds-padres#storyjump
Dmncnby2k9
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And they should get a nice haul for Rizzo too. Maybe get some pitching prospects from the Rays.
Supposedly they're interested in Matt Garza with Rizzo going to the cubs.
Ya, that's my point. I think Reds fans are going to be red in the face once they see how much the Padres can get for Rizzo.
Mr. Enigma
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Cubs and Padres are working out a deal that would send Anthony Rizzo to the Cubs and Matt Garza to the Padres.
Yeah, I'm reading that too. Not a bad deal. Get Garza, Volquez and 3 top tier prospects for guys you've given up on.
If they do that though, it makes me really wary of Latos' shoulder, even more so than before.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I don't know if Latos has been Kazmired yet and I haven't given up on Scott either.
Mr. Enigma
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Orioles and Endy Chavez have agreed on a one-year, $1.5 million deal with incentives that could push the deal to $2.0 million.
Ninja Scooter
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Surprised they can only get Garza for Rizzo though, has his stock (Rizzo's) fallen that far? Also Garza isn't exactly a spring chicken, seems like a strange transition move for the Pads, figured they'd want a couple of younger prospects for Rizzo. Pitching in Petco and the NL West could be just what Garza's career needs though.
PantherLotus
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Don't believe the Rizzo rumors yet.
The Frankman
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For the record, Rizzo sucked in MLB 12: The Show.
I therefore declare Anthony Rizzo A BUST.
turnbuckle
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Bobby higginson's rookie season wasnt very good. The one listed is from his sophomore season.An article about Niese and Gio Gonzalez that CajoleJuice can masturbate to.
and another piece Projecting Lucas Duda, "Mike Salfino examines players whose rookie seasons took place at age 25 and produced an OPS+ of 130 or more"
Sign me up for 2006 Chris Duncan!
Were you playing with him? Might've been the problem.....
Well, I think those are probably the core parts of the deal. I'd imagine (hope?) that the Padres would get farm arms too. You have to realize that Buster Olney and Verducci and the like probably can't name more than ten guys in all of the minors, they aren't going to bother naming names on what they consider throw ins.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
DBacks signed Kubel, 2 years 15 million. Awful. The guy was worse than Parra in every possible way. Really don't get it. Total waste of money.
How much money? He can be a PH and play some 1st. I very much doubt they're benching a gold glover who was decent with the bat.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
2 years 15 million with a 3rd year option (not sure if its player or team).
Ken Rosenthal
Source: Kubel will play LF for the #Dbacks, with Parra likely becoming the fourth outfielder
It seems to me that they're probably going to trade Parra, selling high and thinking last year's production isn't going to be repeated. Otherwise I don't really get the move.
Kubel wasn't great in the field, and spent most of his time at DH in Minnesota. Watching him pretty regularly over the years, I can say he looked much more comfortable in the field last year. The advanced fielding metrics say he was better last year as well, but it's definitely a small sample size.
Moving to the NL and moving into a more hitter friendly park than Target Field will definitely help him. I think it's a bit of an overpay for him, but I think he'll put up decent numbers for a couple more years.
It's just a shame his knees got destroyed in the minors, he could've been a pretty great player if he could run better.
Moving to the NL and moving into a more hitter friendly park than Target Field will definitely help him. I think it's a bit of an overpay for him, but I think he'll put up decent numbers for a couple more years.
It's just a shame his knees got destroyed in the minors, he could've been a pretty great player if he could run better.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Gotta say this is kind of garbage. They're going to evaluate and work him out as if he was a 16 year old Dominican kid, as if they did no kind of scouting and evaluation on him before hand. Union or the league office should really put their foot down on this, it's really ridiculous.
Ninja Scooter
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if Aoki had made a musical montage video tape showing all his skills maybe they wouldn't have to do this.
Gotta test his core strength.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Buster Olney
Most folks guessing/assuming Jays have won Darvish bidding. But just got off the phone with an AL exec who speculates smart $ is on Rangers.
Buster Olney
Something else being seen as possible clue that TEX is winning bidder (again, this is speculation): TOR stayed in Latos conversation late.
Most of the scuttlebutt coming out of Japan that it was the Rangers who won his rights and not the Jays. Odd most people assume it was the Jays who won his rights. Either way it all ends in about 7 hours or so.
Most folks guessing/assuming Jays have won Darvish bidding. But just got off the phone with an AL exec who speculates smart $ is on Rangers.
Buster Olney
Something else being seen as possible clue that TEX is winning bidder (again, this is speculation): TOR stayed in Latos conversation late.
Most of the scuttlebutt coming out of Japan that it was the Rangers who won his rights and not the Jays. Odd most people assume it was the Jays who won his rights. Either way it all ends in about 7 hours or so.
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