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Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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Not in any order,

 

Dodgers

Cardinals

Cubs

Mets

Astros

 

And maybe the Pirates. The Indians would certainly be challenging top 5 but would have a few teams ahead of them.

 

 

 

Why?

 

Dumb question....but do all of these teams use a heavy analytical approach?

BTS GOAT

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Dumb question....but do all of these teams use a heavy analytical approach?

 

I don't know how much they also lean on scouting, but all of those teams have excellent analytics groups that they give a lot of weight to, by all accounts.

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There's something up Simmons ass every morning, he's through and through a terrible person, douchecanoe/*******/knob jockey, etc, etc, I feel sorry for his family.

 

No idea how he was as an 'interviewer' up until today and I was baffled by his 2 hostile questions. What a prick.

Grant77 Toronto Blue Jays

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Dumb question....but do all of these teams use a heavy analytical approach?

 

The Cubs probably rely more on scouting, but suffice to say that teams won't be successful without incorporating both approaches on every evaluation they make.

 

To me, the Cardinals seem to have a player development advantage rather than a stats/scouting one, but I can't put my finger on what it is, if it even exists.

Boxcar All-Star

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Good lord I'm losing respect for some of you. Nobody has ever looked good in jeans from Costco. I don't recommend buying jeans for more than $100 (although the best pair I ever owned cost about $150 and I wore them regularly for like 7 years and still do to this day, even though they are wearing out).

 

But you can buy really nice jeans that retail at $90-$140 at certain times of the year for $50-$70 and they are totally worth the investment. I just got 2 pairs of Buffalo's at 70% off at The Bay last week. They fit/look awesome and I won't need jeans now for another 3-4 years likely....and it cost me like $85 taxs incl.

 

I'm 34 if anyone cares.

 

stfu

Trouba95 Dunedin Blue Jays

Trouba95

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Good lord I'm losing respect for some of you. Nobody has ever looked good in jeans from Costco. I don't recommend buying jeans for more than $100 (although the best pair I ever owned cost about $150 and I wore them regularly for like 7 years and still do to this day, even though they are wearing out).

 

But you can buy really nice jeans that retail at $90-$140 at certain times of the year for $50-$70 and they are totally worth the investment. I just got 2 pairs of Buffalo's at 70% off at The Bay last week. They fit/look awesome and I won't need jeans now for another 3-4 years likely....and it cost me like $85 taxs incl.

 

I'm 34 if anyone cares.

 

Lol c'mon now. Are you a fashion model by chance?

Governator Vancouver Canadians

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Really the only thing that concerns me about the Indians is that no one has bothered to change their racist branding in all these years.

 

Lets blame Shapiro.

The Cats Ass Buffalo Bisons

The Cats Ass

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Really the only thing that concerns me about the Indians is that no one has bothered to change their racist branding in all these years.

 

People get too easily offended these days.

 

Are the also going to change the Braves and the Yankees?

BTS GOAT

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People get too easily offended these days.

 

Are the also going to change the Braves and the Yankees?

 

Indians is like half a step away from the Cleveland Porch Monkeys. It's pretty racist.

Dr Negative College Ball

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People get too easily offended these days.

 

Are the also going to change the Braves and the Yankees?

 

I'm not getting offended but I and a lot of other people would be completely embarrassed to wear that logo so eventually commercial reality will dictate a name change back to the Cleveland Spiders.

 

And there is a clear difference between calling a team the Yankees or Canucks and having a racist logo plastered on all your merchandise. It's like if there was some team called the New York Negros out there with a cartoon from Tintin in the Congo as a logo.

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Indians is like half a step away from the Cleveland Porch Monkeys. It's pretty racist.

 

I'm not getting offended but I and a lot of other people would be completely embarrassed to wear that logo so eventually commercial reality will dictate a name change back to the Cleveland Spiders.

 

And there is a clear difference between calling a team the Yankees or Canucks and having a racist logo plastered on all your merchandise. It's like if there was some team called the New York Negros out there with a cartoon from Tintin in the Congo as a logo.

 

Yeah, it's pretty bad.

G-Snarls Cooperstown

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Atkins said during the press conference that TLC would be running the rest of the Jays offseason while he learned the ropes.

 

Sounds like they aren't too keen on anymore notable SP signings. When asked "if they really thought this rotation was good enough to compete" they said that the next step was acquiring SP depth for Buffalo.

 

Atkins seems like a smart guy. Shapiro+Atkins combo is miles ahead of the clown show that was Beeston and AA, so it's hard to complain.

 

Yeah I'm optimistic about this combo. And I suspect Shapiro and LaCava will do the bulk of the heavy lifting for the next 6-12 months anyhow.

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My bad. I'm Spanky deep in a bottle of whiskey. I could see him in the rotation for a year and a half and the pen the last half year of his contract.

 

lol... FU!

Laika Cooperstown

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Are there recordings / video of any of the s*** from earlier today available?

 

I'd like to meet Ross Atkins, through the power of the internet.

Boxcar All-Star

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Indians is like half a step away from the Cleveland Porch Monkeys. It's pretty racist.

 

And Redskins is pretty much right there. I don't see what the big deal is about changing a team name.

Boxcar All-Star

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Thank you very much, you cheap/frumpy jeaned 28 year old young woman you.

 

NJH combed his hair before posting this

Laika Cooperstown

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And Redskins is pretty much right there. I don't see what the big deal is about changing a team name.

 

They could just change the logos to avoid it being racist.

 

The Redskins should change their logo to a potato.

 

The Indians should change their logo to Ben Kingsley's version of Gandhi.

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