Orioles closing in on deal for Nelson Cruz

[GD]

It might already be my favourite board meme ever.

 

If it doesn't get overused it'll certainly be mine. Kalfus was okay until 49 and the bots started doing it and posting it in the main forum.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Weren't there rumours a couple months ago about Cruz asking for like 100 M?

 

It would be fun to start trolling players on Twitter for s*** like this and hashtag it from this forum

[LunchBox]

It might already be my favourite board meme ever.

 

If it doesn't get overused it'll certainly be mine.

 

Despite being genuinely funny at first, the despair meme has already become so frequent that it's becoming despairing --> MetaDespairing

[G-Snarls]

I'd be ok with not extending Rasmus if he starts hot and someone wants to buy high.

 

I like him a lot, but it's eerie how similar he was to 2010 with the bat last year:

 

2010: .276/.361/.498 (130 wRC+) with a BABIP of .354

2013: .276/.338/.501 (130 wRC+) with a BABIP of .356

 

His periphs however aren't as nice (11.8/27.7 in '10, 8.1/29.5 in '13,) his value on the bases eroded, and he also put up two pretty damn bad seasons in between there (while suffering from a bad BABIP.)

 

If we want to pay him as the average of those 4 years fine, but I'd be cautious about paying him as a 4-5 win player going forward..

 

Yeah I think this is his ceiling. And he seems legitimately prone to half-season long hitting slumps. As I mentioned above I'd value him somewhere between his 2 good years and 2 mediocre ones. If he signs now for something you're happy with, great. If he won't then trade mid season or QO/draft pick, whichever you think gets you more value in return. If we knew Gose was good to go, then trading Rasmus last year would have made more sense. These two have NOT made it easy to know what to do with them I'll tell ya.

[Boxcar]

My god, I love that Cruz got a little over half of his QO and less than 10% of his original demands. What a dumb prick, how about you put a little thought into how much you're worth.

 

Also, LOL @ RIPEXPOS aka JPArencibia#1Fanboy aka RomeroFan preferring Cruz to healthy Melky Cabrera.

[Abomination]

He'll then spend all offseason despairing Gardner and Aoki before giving the CF job to Gose and LF to Sierra.

 

Man would it be sweet if he DID land Gardner and Aoki though. Perfect fits imo. He's going to have to address outfield somehow next year, because I can't see him actually running with Gose AND Sierra.

[G-Snarls]

Whoops, I should've multi-quoted?!?!

 

Nah. You're too close to being the second person to 10,000 posts. Rack 'em up!

[GD]

Nah. You're too close to being the second person to 10,000 posts. Rack 'em up!

 

Wow, I've fallen off.

[G-Snarls]

Holy s***?!?!

 

King was there WAY ahead of anyone else.

 

You, me and GordieDougie are poised to hit it next

 

Rock on

[TwistedLogic]

A forum where moderators encourage post-padding

 

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[G-Snarls]

A forum where moderators encourage post-padding

 

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LOL come on gimme a break LOL

 

We're also "one of the guys" when we post on here

[G-Snarls]

Post padding

 

It's a thing