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[connorp]

Even the best aren't infallible.

 

- Rasmus trade for Moz was crud.

- Loney re-signing was poo for Rays. GB signing was weird as well.

- Doesn't Beane trade Pena for Rincon in Moneyball?

- I'm a fantasy baseball superstar but even I don't win every trade.

 

I'm not a Loney fan myself.. but they got a good look at him and if they are projecting him as say a 6 WAR guy over 3 years for $21m..

I will give them the BOD over a fan's opinion until proven otherwise.. as you mentioned, they cant all be good but you get a leash

[connorp]

1/5? I'd probably do that. But, I'd need the payroll space and nothing more efficient to spend it on. So if I had five mill to spend, buying a reliever would be way down my list.

 

I'm not an absolutist. General rules here.

 

My argument was framed about the assumption you had the money to spend without neglecting other areas... not what the most efficient way to spend money is..

[Jimcanuck]

For anyone who didn't get the reference

 

 

 

 

My kind of woman.... Stand By Your Man

[connorp]

Considering replacements and other needs, no.

 

Ok.. so tell me what you'd do as head of Jays FO if you only had $5m (total) to spend this off-season on the FA market thats better than DR at 1/5.. don't forget that signing any SP looking for a rebound is highly unlikely to pitch in the RC.

[DuckDuckGose]

My kind of woman.... Stand By Your Man

 

I wouldn't call picking pointless fights on Twitter (which she has done on numerous occasions) sticking by your man. I would call it attention whoring.

[DuckDuckGose]

Chris Capuano

 

Why can I thank everyone but you?

[DuckDuckGose]

Then clear Happ, Janssen, Santos, and Izturis salary, and look at Infante and Drew. That's if I can't make a trade with Seattle for Franklin or Ackley.

 

Should be using Happ and Santos/Janssen to bring in a starting 2B.

[connorp]

Then clear Happ, Janssen, Santos, and Izturis salary, and look at Infante and Drew. That's if I can't make a trade with Seattle for Franklin or Ackley.

 

lol.. now we're getting more in-depth so I give up on my side (I agree to all of that).. but in terms of CC.. as I said, he's prob going to be living on a year-2-year contract at this age.. pitching in TOR wouldnt be wise move if he can find something else

[connorp]

Is JC hot? I cant tell from the small pic and shes not worth looking up

[DuckDuckGose]

By your standards no Connorp.

[connorp]

By your standards no Connorp.

 

I just googled.. for most people's standards.. she's fat..

[DuckDuckGose]

Well apparently she was pregnant. She wasn't fat a few years ago.

[connorp]

Well apparently she was pregnant. She wasn't fat a few years ago.

 

Oh.. yeah I wasn't considering that.. some chicks balloon right up.. my wife just had the belly

[G-Snarls]

HardballTalk ‏@HardballTalk

The Mariners are "cautiously optimistic" they will also sign Nelson Cruz

[G-Snarls]

[Dylan]

I like that deal for the Mariners, they will be an interesting team to watch if they make 1-2 more moves

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Rodney is so overrated. Guy has two good years over the last decade. He'll blow up like he always does. He's the poster child of why teams should not overspend on relievers.... So volatile year to year.

[Laika]

My argument was framed about the assumption you had the money to spend without neglecting other areas... not what the most efficient way to spend money is..

 

That's a very specific argument supporting nutshell.

 

Give any team in baseball five million bucks and there would, hypothetically, be a way to spend it that trumps buying a reliever.

 

Any team. Ever.

 

Good GMs sometimes buy relievers, but probably not before exhausting an extensive list of other options. Maybe you run Tampa Bay and you have a few bucks for some weird reason and the off-season is almost over and your manager keeps telling you how much he loves grant balfour, so you just say f*** it and swallow the bitter pill of inefficiency.

[Dylan]

White Sox To Sign Mitchell Boggs

[Sammy225]

Sounds like Baltimore is out of the Burnett Sweepstakes. Just read on TradeRumors that they are unlikely to Sign A.J.

[Dylan]

Sounds like Baltimore is out of the Burnett Sweepstakes. Just read on TradeRumors that they are unlikely to Sign A.J.

 

Phillies out too?

 

Maybe Tampa or Seattle?

[Sammy225]

No way will it be Seattle. He will want to stay in the East. I would say Pittsburg is the likely target but who knows sounds like he is open to anything.

[jaysfan2014]

Baltimore also missed out on K-Rod.. he's resigning with the Brewers for 1/3.25M. Man, Burnett, Colvin, Balfour, now this.. free agents are avoiding the O's like the plague due to Peter Angelos and his management continuously reneging on deals by finding phantom injuries. They could've had a closer, a starter and a bench bat right now.. but Angelos won't sign anyone.

 

Makes you wonder if Jimenez and Santana will go elsewhere, including Toronto.

[G-Snarls]

ARod stops his lawsuit - multiple sources http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/a-rod-withdraws-lawsuits-to-overturn-suspension/

[G-Snarls]

Rosenthal - Arroyo signs with DBacks

[Angrioter]

Rosenthal - Arroyo signs with DBacks

 

50 dingers season

[Laika]

Kevin Towers is a buffooooooooooooooooon

[TDotttt2005]

$9.5M in '14, $9.5M in '15 and $11M option ($4.5M buyout) for '16 is the Arroyo contract. Min $23.5 mil over 2 years. Max $30 mil over 3 years.

 

Does this help value out the Santana/Ubaldo contract at all? ie. if Arroyo is worth $11+ mil a year, Santana/Ubaldo is worth...xxx?

[z3r0s]

$9.5M in '14, $9.5M in '15 and $11M option ($4.5M buyout) for '16 is the Arroyo contract. Min $23.5 mil over 2 years. Max $30 mil over 3 years.

 

Does this help value out the Santana/Ubaldo contract at all? ie. if Arroyo is worth $11+ mil a year, Santana/Ubaldo is worth...xxx?

 

 

WHAAAAAAAAAAA? How the f' does Arroyo get that?

[Angrioter]

Kevin Towers is a buffooooooooooooooooon

 

Delgado ~500K: 2,0 WinsAR

Arroyo ~10M: 1,6 WinsAR