Abomination
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Yeah, I'd keep those two over him also. Romo second half of the season was pretty damn good though. 10.35k/9, 7.67 k/bb, 0.85 whip, 2.89 xFIP. He should be closing somewhere.
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Ah, I missed that part of the question.
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Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to the Red Sox for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Jesus Delgado and Harvey Garcia.
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Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay to the Braves for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Beau Jones?
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I'd be all over it if I was in the league. Good buy low opportunity. I'm protecting him on my BBDL team.
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Of course there's other things that could be done with possible better result. The interesting debate was about the merits of giving up three young potentially high end guys for a controllable and still relatively cheap elite player.
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Anyone interested in Hjalmarsson? Lots of blocks, not looking for a big return.
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It is an interesting question, isn't it? I think it's worth keeping in mind that those 4 arbitration years (especially the last 2) could be pretty damn expensive also (although still worth it). If we had essentially an unlimited payroll, I'd say absolutely. If they stay healthy though (big if), those three guys might be capable of putting up 10+ WAR next year, at ~3M. We saw what happened this year when we were forced to plug a bunch of holes with scrubs. In some ways, I think we might be better off having multiple above average players than one star and a bunch of scrubs (yes I realize the two choices shouldn't be mutually exclusive, but they probably are given recent history).
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I might have some minor interest
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The financials say the following:
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Lol @ Jones and the pigeons.
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We seriously need to get Gose a batting helmet that actually fits him.
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The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread
Abomination replied to theblujay's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
More like monthly, and the announcers daily lol -
Wily Peralta with 9 k's in 4 innings, only 63 pitches.
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We should start calling those slides by Pillar the "safeplant".
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Yeah, I agree. I really think we need to develop our own pitchers, and pay for hitters. Getting any FA pitchers to come here is going to be a nightmare.
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Getting back to the spirit of the thread, I'll throw a crazy one out there. I wonder how much the Yankees would be willing to eat of A-Rod's contract to get rid of him? If they were to cover, say, half his contract, plus the bonuses if he reaches them, and take back Romero and Izzy (which would free up money next year for us)... They'd get Izzy plus save about 23M and the headaches, and we can plop him at 3rd and move Lawrie to 2nd. He probably earns roughly the 10M / year we'd be paying.
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AA knows baseball just fine for the position of president. Half of it is liaising with the ownership anyway from what I understand, with the other half coordinating everything that isn't related specifically to players. It's far less critical than it is for the GM who actually signs the players, and having someone as President who was actually a GM can only be an advantage.
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Maybe the best approach is to have Beeston retire, and move AA up to President. That may be a better fit for him anyway. Then pay a bunch to lure a proven great GM away from someone
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What do you think the budget will be in 2015
Abomination replied to kgm1's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Actually I wasn't thinking straight. He's worth more than the option, so it'll be picked up regardless. The question is whether he'll still be on the team or traded. -
What do you think the budget will be in 2015
Abomination replied to kgm1's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I really have no idea what they'll do in terms of payroll range. If the tv ratings really are much stronger this year, I would expect they would want to keep the trend going and at the very least not DROP the payroll. Lind might be an interesting case to help us determine the direction. -
Maybe we should roll with 2 outfielders next year and 5 infielders... (kidding, mostly)
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I think the only way we're dumping Romero's contract next year is if we take a big, long one in return. The Dodgers would probably take him if we traded for one of their albatross outfielder contracts. Outside of that, it seems like we're definitely stuck with it.
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No he hasn't been. He hasn't missed many games, but he has/had a big shoulder problem that was apparently causing him issues when throwing the ball, and a leg issue that's made it difficult for him to move laterally in the field or steal many bases the second half.
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That's the spirit! As much as we laugh, if he stays fairly healthy next year he actually COULD be.