Abomination

On the bubble would be an improvement for me!

You need to tone it down a little. If someone doesn't understand a stat (and isn't just trying to stir up trouble), try explaining it to them so they learn something.

I guess it's possible, but we'd basically be substituting one guy who can't hit lefties for another (and pay more to do so).

I THINK in league 3 the deadline was 3am est, but it may be different for you.

Alomar with 3 and Sandberg with 2 in that first one. Rough game to be an elite 2nd baseman.

That is one pissed off manager

This lack of ability to bunt is getting stupid.

Omar Vizquel

He kind of reminds me of Orlando Hudson as well on defense, and definitely more like Alomar on turning the DP. It's especially impressive since he basically hasn't played on the turf before and has only played a handful of games at 2nd in the minors.

I think it's all about command right now for JJ. His HR/FB rate is just stupid right now and probably a bit unlucky, but one number that really jumps out for me is the drop in percentage of pitches thrown for strikes the last two years.

JFaS, I think Thole is 1.25M next year, and Kawasaki is 750k. Kirksaw, yeah I don't know if Garza at 12M is a possibility or not, but it's 2 years in a row now where he's had some injury issues and I think that could weigh down his salary a little. If not him, could go with JJ there.

Here's my current offseason plan: Sign McCann, Halladay, Garza, and re-sign Davis. Trade or otherwise get rid of JPA, Morrow, Lind, Happ, Rogers, Lincoln, Izzy. Trade for Dozier or Wong if possible, otherwise perhaps Ackley or Infante. C: McCann (14M) 1B: Edwin (9M) 2B: Dozier / Wong (500k), or Ackley (1.7M) 3B: Lawrie (500k) SS: Reyes (16M) LF: Rasmus (7M) CF: Gose (500k) RF: Bautista (14M) DH: Melky (8M) Bench: Thole, Kawasaki, Davis, DeRosa (combined 5.75M) SP: Halladay (10M) (if he comes back healthy, and early signs are encouraging) SP: Dickey (12M) SP: Buehrle (18M) SP: Garza (12M) SP: Fill from within (Romero, Drabek, Hutch, Jenkins, Stroman, Nolin, etc) RP: Janssen (4M) RP: Delabar (500k) RP: Cecil (2M) RP: McGowan (1.5M) RP: Santos (3.75M) RP: Loup (500k) RP: Wagner (500k) Other: Romero: 7.5M Total of about 138M (139M if Ackley) Minor league starting depth in Stroman, Drabek, Hutch, Jenkins, Romero, Nolin, Redmond, etc Minor league position depth in Pillar, Goins, Jiminez, Sierra, etc The signing of Halladay would boost ticket sales again big time, and McCann and Garza are bigger names that would get people excited as well (not to mention how absolutely perfect a fit McCann is).

Wow, this thread exploded in a hurry... The one thing I like about Goins is that he's tended to improve every year (except AAA this year obviously). I don't think he'll ever be a star, but from the limited games we've seen him in I could easily see him basically clone Izzy's career offensively while playing better defense. I have no idea if that will turn out true or not, but this remaining month is the perfect time to get an extended look.

I take it you mean the black hole in the middle of NGC 4889 rather than the energetic galaxy?

Wow, how the hell did Gose get THAT???

LMAO, JPA with the 2 run strikeout! Only him...

Redmond hitting 93mph early on, which is kind of interesting.

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King Felix got destroyed today!

They likely have significant stadium debt they're paying down (although I didn't check), along with all the other front office salaries and stuff. Still, even with all that I wouldn't be surprised to see them clear 50 - 75M. There really does need to be a firmer salary floor.

Put us out of our misery lol

It'll be interesting to see what the voters do if Miggy doesn't get the triple crown this year, but has superior numbers to last year. With Trout putting up similar numbers to last year, will Miggy still win it?

Sierra almost looked like he lobbed that ball, and it was a bullet.

I think Dickey is now 6th in innings pitched, and could be 3rd or 4th after tonight. He IS going reasonably deep.

Well, Kawasaki and Goins at least appear to be capable of putting up positive WAR just on their defense alone, which is a big improvement over what we've seen with Izzy and Boni most of the year.