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  1. BTS
    You're going to beat me. I just hope it's by a win or two.
  2. BTS
    Obviously we're a long way from making that decision, but if everyone performs as we reasonably expect them too going forward, I hope Donaldson is made into a long-term priority even if it means walking away from Bautista or Edwin. Four years of control taking him to his age-33 season. There's potential there to have a franchise type of talent for 7-8 years without ever really breaking the bank the way you typically would have to for a player of his calibre. Donaldson not hitting free agency until 33 gives the team a lot of flexibility. There will be no $100+ million guaranteed mega-deal for him.
  3. BTS

    NHL Thread

    BTS replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    I was about to make a joke about how he'd enjoy playing with Perry, Getzlaf, Nash, Richards, and Stamkos in a couple of years. Then I stumbled on this: http://www.thestar.com/sports/the_spin/2014/01/stamkos_figures_to_be_leiweke_s_long_term_target_for_leafs.html The Leafs media is shamelessly pathetic.
  4. BTS

    NHL Thread

    BTS replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Can Leafs fans really not help themselves from suggesting horrible lopsided trades in their favour? They're not getting Draisaitl for Phaneuf.
  5. BTS
    So?
  6. BTS
    The Rays led all of baseball in positional fWAR in the 6 years from 2008-2013.
  7. BTS
    V-Mart got 4/17 entering his age-36 season. Edwin (34) and Bautista (36) should be able to get at least that if their performance holds up over the next two years.
  8. BTS
    That's more because they decided to go all in with 11ty holes and couldn't possibly fill them all without increasing payroll by 70 M in one offseason.
  9. BTS

    NHL Thread

    BTS replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    Leafs suck lol
  10. BTS
    It doesn't really get more 'all in' than they were going into 2013. The farm system was depleted and payroll was taken to top-10 in the league with a roster of expensive veterans.
  11. BTS
    They've been all in for two years now.
  12. BTS
    That's probably more desirable. Pence + Worley and no Papelbon contract.
  13. BTS
    I doubt there's a single team in the league that would prefer their team's 2011 BA projected lineup. Possibly the Phillies.
  14. BTS
    lol @ Minnesota entering 2013: Minnesota: Diamond, Worley, Correia, Pelfrey (if he’s healthy), Hendricks, Duensing, De Vries (maybe Gibson or May? ). Harden on a reclamation project.
  15. BTS
    Actually, this is kind of fun: http://www.nationalsarmrace.com/?p=5447
  16. BTS
    I dunno, take any team's projected rotation entering 2013 and see how many of the protected 5 are legitimately solid starters now. For veteran proven rotations you might have 2. If two of Norris/Stroman/Hutchison/Hoffman/Osuna look like valuable rotation members (or like they will soon be in the case of the last two) the team has done well.
  17. BTS
    More likely is that by 2017 Hoffman and Osuna have both turned into pumkins, one of the Norris/Hutch/Stroman trio sucks, another went down to TJS, and the third is awesome. I really wish the team's best prospects were hitters.
  18. BTS
    This is exactly the path that lead to the current day Mets and Phillies and Cubs of two years ago.
  19. BTS
    I think you're misunderstanding my point. I wasn't saying that the team will be full of albatross contracts in 2017. I was saying that maintaining this roster into 2017 is going to be impossible unless payroll is going up 20-30 M, and that's without a Shields contract on the books. The only players expected to contribute in 2015 that won't be on FA contracts (or making 10+ M in arb) in 2017 are Pompey, Norris, Hutchsion, and Stroman.
  20. BTS
    That's the way I see it. The team looks legitimately good this year, and will probably still be good next year. But given age and projected salary of their best players, 2017 looks rough. A backloaded James Shields contract doesn't help at all.
  21. BTS
    Sure I can. Competing in 2017 will require payroll to blow past 150. You can let Bautista/Edwin walk, but the team will suck.
  22. BTS
    Yeah. It just isn't feasible to commit another 20+ million in 2017 right now. As things stand we're already probably going to lose Edwin or Jose if payroll is staying under 150.
  23. BTS
    2017 is already looking brutal: Reyes (22) Martin (20) Bautista (20+ if he's re-signed) Edwin (20+ if he's re-signed) Shields (20+ if he's signed)
  24. BTS
    "To sign Shields, the Jays likely would need to back-load his contract the way they did with free-agent catcher Russell Martin, who will earn just $7 million in the first year of his five-year, $82 million deal." Christ almighty things could get ugly a year or two from now. I'd like Shields, but backloading all these free agent deals is going to make it impossible to compete after 2016.
  25. BTS
    You're asking how much the Detroit infield has helped Porcello?
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