"You need superstars to compete in this league, and the playing field for those guys is tilted toward a few big-market teams. They are demanding trades and getting together and deciding where they want to go in free agency. It's tough for us to compete with that. So a high lottery pick is all we have."
For all the crap we give Selig..at least the MLB isnt a total s*** show when it comes to competitive balance. Probably the only league im aware of that teams openly lose games on purpose because building a team the proper way rarely works.
"It is not often that you see a manager make a move, especially in the World Series, that is inarguably stupid.
It’s hard to believe that somebody, anybody, didn’t stop him from doing it."
Referencing letting Wokrman hit during the 9th
Honestly I dont know why people are blaming that on him. Salty pulled a JP..chucked that ball down the line for the loss. Even a perfect throw has no shot at beating him and he threw it into the runner
Well the bar I was at was filled with Boston Haters..fun times. But that loss is all on Salty..imagine what would have been the reaction had JP chucked that ball into left field during the playoffs
Well we actually have a lot of good players to sell of if a new gm came in and wanted to build this team the proper way. That's what makes this team so frustrating, that we dont need to add more all star type players to the roster, just the much needed 2-2.5 war role players that championship teams have to compliment their stars..not f***ing JP and Izzy
This may just be me talking out of my ass and probably is, but it looks like the first base market has rapidly declined recently. Adam Lind's bat was almost a league average in 2011/2012. It just doesnt seem like theres a group of slugging first basemen anymore, while theres decent bats you could just plug in the outfield and they wont embarrass themselves out there. It just doesnt seem like a big deal to put Bautista at first for me because it isnt really stopping a team from going out and signing another big time bat, simply because there arent any out there anymore ( big time FA's not withstanding)
1) Not by much, like I said he doesnt play a preium defensive position, and not well so he doesnt lose much value. He should be shifted to 1st here.
2) UZR over a 1 year sample is a crap stat. He's -2.8 from 2010 to 2013. He didnt suddenly become a much better defender this year
If you re-did that (2009) draft, even with (Stephen) Strasburg, no doubt 30 out of 30 would take Trout one-one every time.
Like no s*** sherlock..glad we need a pro scout to confirm this for us. Baseball scouting and management has become such a joke and it reminds me of goverment employees. You just need to know someone to get in, abilities/skills are irrelevant.
Yes but that shouldnt have added valued to the deal, even though it was included. If so, its pretty stupid to give up prospects for the privilege to sign an upcoming FA in a year to a extension.