BTS

You only get to use a DH as long as your starting pitcher is still in the game.

Plan the parade

Both FG prospect guys are actually kinda dumb.

Biggest fantasy boost of the offseason?

Sanchez to the Nats for 2/19

I really hope the team is respectable this year, because I don't want ownership either firing him or forcing him to expedite timelines. There's no doubt in my mind that Shapiro will build a powerhouse if allowed to do so.

Cahill would have been a good get at that rate. Still some interesting names on 1-year deals who would likely be attracted to the opportunity afforded by our lack of depth: Shoemaker Buchholz Anderson Hellickson Holland Sanchez Santana Pomeranz I’d take a flier on any two of those guys.

I have not seen anyone articulate a single valid reason for regulating the shift. Drop a goddamn bunt down the opposite field line if you're tired of grounding into the shift.

Resisting the pressure to continue pushing chips in an effort to continue to compete with the ageing core was huge. We could be the Tigers. Instead, we're two seasons from having no bad money on the books, a loaded farm, and deep 40-man.

I don't think he's Statman.

Yeah, this is an option. I would like to at least see if Jim (or anyone else) can dig up interest from another site. It would be fun to add new players to the league, and if they suck we can revisit next year.

lol, that’s kinda fun

Go ahead and try

I still have no idea how we’re going to handle this. It will be nice when the Jays aren’t awful and this forum is more than the same 10 people shooting the s***.

wow!

By all means

So my three finalists for best poster were Boxy, J4L19, and P2F. But J4L19 has just quit the forum for the 13th time, so I guess it's a two-horse race.

Wow, even Mrs. Boxy thinks Boxy is racist. I'm not surprised.

I'll be waiting to submit my ballot. Some of you will surely piss me off over the remaining two weeks of the year.

Spanky is MAD that someone doesn’t like the leaves

Drugs are bad, kids

I’m not sure what to tell you man. I saw last night that he was Canadian and it surprised me. Maybe I’d read it before and then forgot because I didn’t give a s***?

Caught me. I often lie on the internet about not knowing things.

I literally just now realized that Jordan Romano is Canadian. It all makes sense now.

If either of those guys had trade value they would have been traded by now. And I understand his point, I just don't think it makes any sense. There's currently 1 spot open on the 40-man. So the team has 39 guys they like more than Romano/Bergen. As soon as they make one more acquisition, which is going to happen, someone is getting punted off the 40-man. Obviously in a case where they had added Romano or Bergen, they'd be be the first to go when a 40-man spot was necessary. I still think we see 2-3 guys on the current 40 get DFA'd before April. The team is going to dip into free agency for a few players. There was clearly no chance in Shatkins' eyes that Romano or Bergen were making it through the offseason on the 40, whether they were lost in the Rule V or via a DFA between now and April. It all makes sense if you just assume that the team thinks Bergen and Romano suck. Bergen's numbers actually look good, but I can't believe the bellyaching over Romano. This guy was just a league-average pitcher in AA at 25. He's the kind of fungible replacement-level arm you can find on the scrap heap at will.