Laika
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I have an extra closer! None of my three are bad though....
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Very frustrating start to the year for the Butt Ponies. Only 2 or 3 players exceeding expectations, and at least ten guys doing much less than I thought they would. I guess I shouldn't complain though since my division rivals are off to worse starts. Can I get an update on Matt Kemps MVP season, plz?
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Wandy Rodriguez is eminently available for anyone who still believes in him. Pick upgrade type of available.
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Would probably trade Grant Balfour for a front end Holds machine.
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Agreed, Spanky is the worst. I've sent about twenty lopsided offers for Jose and Verlander, and he's never even sent me a counter. Dick cheese!
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Any interest in Mike Olt? He's like a young Moustakas, without the near half decade of MLB level disappointment.
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Sure, Joe Kelly. Get hurt four innings after I trade for you.
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Did you steamroll me last week? Can't remember....
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You sucked farts in this league last year
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Everyone smells funny when you make a habit of sucking farts.
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Also, Wandy available. And LoMo for almost free
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My thoughts exactly. Kelly has like, a 70 grade two seam fastball. It's his only weapon, but he's not some junk swingman. I think some portion of his ERA skill will be repeatable going forward within his current environment. Nobody wanted any part of my young MLB roster excess. I offered Bradley to several guys and was told that they thought he was waiver wire fodder. I wanted to deal Olt, Bradley, or Delgado for someone to help me this season, and Bradley was the only guy Boxy liked. JBJ doesn't have a great chance of making me regret this either, given his toolkit. Even if he sticks and puts of WARz, he might not be terribly fantasy relevant. If anyone has any interest at all in Randall The Handle Delgado, msg me. Obviously rebuilding teams are probably the only ones that might.
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Define "useful"..
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You want some of my s***? I'd be super inclined to trade bulk for 1 guy that I like.
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His true talent OBP is probably well below the fantasy relevant mean for 1B/OF. He has utility still, obviously. I like him more than a couple of my bench pieces but I too am facing a wee little roster crunch.
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Because he can sandbag 2/7 stats instead of 1/5?
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I never saw the message. If people need to say something important it's best to post it in the league and or email a Darrell. Things in this thread get buried pretty past. As such, zeros does not have any rights to Dietrich and waivers / free agency will apply to him as per usual.
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Joe Blanton had some absolutely gnarly xFIP - ERA gaps between 2010 and 2013. RIP Joe.
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Izturis to DL, Kratz to Buffalo, Kawasaki and Happ call up
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
A big part of being a GM is managing people. You don't just get rid of a guy because he thinks he's a starter and there's no room. Massaging this situation and ending up with Happ as the #6 for the time being and interim bullpen long man could end up being important for Toronto. Maybe. Injuries can strike and pile up at any time and I think I speak for everyone when I say that Happ is definitely a better rotation option than Rogers, Romero, Jenkins, and McGuire, probably better than Drabek and Nolin, and possibly superior to Redmond. -
Izturis to DL, Kratz to Buffalo, Kawasaki and Happ call up
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think the thought was probably, Reyes will be back in a few days along with Janssen, so at that time they'll probably let two RP go anyway, bringing the team back in balance. So it's a few days with an extra RP, with Morrow and McGowan starting two of the next three, maybe that arm comes in handy. This is how the Blue Jays braintrust thinks. When the time comes I bet we'll see Wagner optioned back to Buffalo and one of Redmond/Rogers DFA'd. I doubt they DFA Happ but man it would be nice if some other team wanted to take him and his salary on. Maybe Tampa Bay.... lol. And on the CF thing, Kevin Pillar is playing like garbage in Buffalo and I think Gose is still firmly planted in the "developing" camp. I dunno. It's all so weird. Always so weird and convoluted. -
Izturis to DL, Kratz to Buffalo, Kawasaki and Happ call up
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Happ adds nothing to the 25 man, aside from a long man who might be a bit better than Rogers. Gose could have had an impact with Rasmus' slightly tweaked hamstring. It's still egregious roster mismanagement to not have a backup CF on the big league roster. Bautista and Melky getting reps there is crazy. Two injury prone, older COF... but let's just throw them in centre. Ok. -
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Bedard was already called up to be a longman (for Moore going on the DL), he'll slide into the rotation now. Price Archer Odorizzi Bedard Cesar Ramos Enny Romero Nate Karns Montgomery is more of a relief prospect. Hellickson ETA = early June Alex Colome still has 40 some odd PED suspension games to serve Cobb could be out 3 starts, or 15. Who knows.
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Yeah, aside from the regular Longo DL stint, they've seemingly been pretty lucky with injuries over the last several years. There was Cobb getting hit in the head, but he still pitched 140 innings. Different story on their farm where it's already kind of thin, and on top of that they've had Hak Ju-Lee blow out his knee pretty bad, Guerrieri go down to TJS, and a slew of guys get substance abuse suspensions. It looks like 2014 might really test the Rays ability to add wins in the margins.
