Laika
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You sir, are a mess.
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Nonis 5 year extension Because spending 60 million on Tyler Bozak and David Clarkson, and trading for a redundant goalie = good GMing
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Beltre-Andrus are besties
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There's a problem though. MLB wants to suspend these guys without positive tests. They don't have the tests, but they do have a mountain of convincing evidence and witnesses to bring out. I'm not sure what the language is in the CBA, but it's probably hard for MLB to suspend a player without a positive test, which is why they are trying to get the players to agree to a suspension in light of everything else that they can hang on them. But that begs the question of, on what ground would MLB be able to suspend ARod for life? If they can't just justifiably slap a suspension on him for the Biogenesis stuff, because of the current CBA language, then how could they justifiably slap a lifetime ban on him? It all seems kind of weird. Seems kind of like a purposely leaked bluff by Major League Baseball. If I'm ARod, I'm saying "fine, you got me, give me my 50 games and we'll settle this issue". -
No. Consider JPA to be a professional baseball player, not just an MLB player. Compare him to everyone in the entire world who gets paid anything to play baseball. He's in a very small percentile, even if he's a replacement level MLBer.
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TheSensationalist
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I don't think we explicitly addressed that in the rules. It might make sense to have the waiver draft snake, since the s***** teams already get the top picks in every round of the minor league draft + the top picks in the waiver draft (where all the big ticket guys go anyway). So it might make sense in the waiver draft to throw the good teams a very tiny bone.... I don't really care though; whatever the people want.
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The drafts from here on out are definitely not snake drafts.
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Jesus F'ing Christ. You just wrote an essay because Andrew Stoeten called you an insufferable sour puss. Get over it? p.s. this is exactly what an insufferable sour puss would do when called out as an insufferable sour puss. They would write a brief yet insufferable composition full of sour puss, all over the place. The Blue Jays suck and AA isn't the franchise savior. Blah blah blah. Now go outside and get some sun.
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Meh. Trading good/decent big leaguers and building org depth is the easy part. The payroll flexibility that they'll have on the upswing will definitely help though.
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If only I had a nickle for every time that kirksaw tried to sound smart/informed and failed...
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The Marlins will call up Jake Marisnick
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Does it even count though when more than half the league gets to dance? The 2nd round is where they hand out the ribbons. -
The Marlins will call up Jake Marisnick
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Agreed. At least you don't live in Toronto. The Blue Jays are only 1/3 of the suckage iceberg. -
The Marlins will call up Jake Marisnick
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That's what he's said publicly, since the trade. AA would never lie to the fans and pay his own players lip service, right? If AA even likes Gose that much, he probably gives him the LF job rather than signing Melky. -
The Marlins will call up Jake Marisnick
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Or maybe Miami/New York simply insisted on the right guys. -
The Marlins will call up Jake Marisnick
Laika replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
When does MLB.tv normally drop down to ~10 dollars or whatever? -
Ryan Braun auction? I'll bid one whole Brandon Belt and half of a Jon Niese.
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The Yanks have an insane amount of players/money coming off the books this winter. Cano, Robinson $15,000,000 FA Granderson, Curtis $15,000,000 FA Kuroda, Hiroki $15,000,000 FA Pettitte, Andy $12,000,000 FA Youkilis, Kevin $12,000,000 FA Rivera, Mariano $10,000,000 FA Hughes, Phil $7,150,000 FA Logan, Boone $3,150,000 FA Hafner, Travis $2,000,000 FA Chamberlain, Joba $1,875,000 FA Overbay, Lyle $1,250,000 FA TOTAL = $94,425,000 They'll give Cano ~25 per and still have a f*** ton of cash to throw around.
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7/10. 8.5/10 given the context
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Absolute robbery.... and I don't like Mike Olt very much at all.
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Fangraphs' updated projected standings predict that Toronto will go 80-82. Tied for 13th last with the Phillies.
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They're overrated at baseball ops due to some very lucky world series titles. Not saying they've been s*** long term, but IIRC they haven't even won a division title? And they've only made the playoffs twice? In other words, normalize their playoff luck and they're a 20 year franchise with little more than a couple of 90 win seasons and early playoff exits followed by optically displeasing firesales. I don't think the organization's reputation as a "shrewd cycler" is necessarily well deserved. I agree that if they had a better figurehead and PR team, they could be in a decent spot. Unfortunately they have a terrible, slimy villain art collector at the helm, and apparently not even a PR intern.
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Like when they irreparably alienated their entire fanbase?
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It's almost like they did it on purpose.... market inefficiency? Or simple ignorance (chasing gas instead of K's. i.e. chasing grades instead of production).
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Miami has some weird starting pitchers now. Henderson throws mid 90s and doesn't miss ANY bats. Nathan Eovaldi sits 96 and he doesn't even K 6.0/9. Jacob Turner has always had good stuff and good velo, but he didn't even miss bats in AAA. Aside from Jose Fernandez, Kevin Slowey has the best strikeout rate in their rotation, and he sits 89.
