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Yordano Ventura has passed away after a car accident, RIP
BTS replied to fatcowxlive's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I'm sure he had life insurance too. -
Would still like to build a deal around Asdrubal Cabrera for a SP.
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Yordano Ventura has passed away after a car accident, RIP
BTS replied to fatcowxlive's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Dinger, you'll appreciate the honesty of this title: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/yordano-ventura-and-andy-marte-have-died/ -
As I understood it, the intent of the rule was to give owners some hope of not being set back years in the event that a franchise cornerstone died tragically (which I agree with - we do this for fun, and losing a Fernandez or Taveras is crippling, on top of being very sad). I never thought those decisions were precedent for attaching a compensation value to every player that dies. It sucks that it happened, but if we're being realistic, it's not crippling catsass' team to the point where he's set back by it. Most likely outcome is that it doesn't hurt his team at all.
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I dunno, if Ian Kennedy was killed in a hate crime against gingers I wouldn't expect compensation, and he's better than Ventura. I always saw the compensation as a way to help people who suffer a franchise-crippling loss.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think mediocre assets require compensation. Yordano playing to projections makes him a borderline keeper. I think compensation should only happen for hugely valuable assets.
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Still no financial details on the Valbuena deal?
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Got pretty much the same offer from another team, and a third team that sniffed, but I'm just going to keep him and see if he gets traded. He projects decently.
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Another solution: sign Austin Jackson for 1-2M. Tell Smoak to GTFO.
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I'd be in for watching 40 CCC bombs this year. It's actually an efficient upgrade. Probably 5-6M to add 1-1.5 wins to Smoak.
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I have no idea what any of this means.
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I can't imagine spending more than a couple minutes with Stroman and not wanting to bail the first chance I got. Guy acts like the successful athlete version of fatcow.
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Can someone ban this pedantic fool?
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Colabello might be the worst outfielder we've ever seen, in any uniform. My god that guy sucks at baseball.
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Who gives a s***?
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Also, lol at Ryan Goins acting like he's part of the team.
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Man, Steve Pearce is thick in all the right places.
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Upton might be a better player than Carrera, even vs. RHP. He's a very good runner, and is going to provide excellent LF defense.
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When someone reports a home to first time aren't they filtering out plays where the player isn't running hard? I'm just reporting what was said, and I don't have any interest in defending it, but it seems silly that they'd report every contact play if the player is slowly jogging out of the box.
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Even so, Pompey has slugged 0.362 in 734 AAA plate appearances. He's probably going to hit like Kevin Pillar, maybe worse. Defense will have to be his carrying tool, and we've seen conflicting reports about how competent he is out there.
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Nice move for Milwaukee. They'll be able to flip him at the deadline.
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If you can't leave the box quick on a ground ball from time to time for fear of injury, how can you be expected to play the OF, which requires you to sprint in short burts?
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I really hate the inclination this org seems to have to gift roster spots to incumbents with replacement-level talent who happened to finish a few runs above replacement the previous season. Colabello and Goins last year. Carrera this year. Ezequiel Carrera should not be any more than a 5th OF on a team with designs on winning. If he's the strong side of a LF platoon... god help us all.
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No bites on Kazmir?
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At least he's cooled on Hosmer.
