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"he doesn't have any power" - BTS

Off of Felix Hernandez. His swing is geared for line drives, but I think his power will stack up to guys like Victorino, Shannon Stewart, Desmond Jennings, if the rest of his game can let him stick in the big leagues.

Enyol de los Santos and Nelson Ward. Looks like a nice little deal for San Diego.

holy wall of text

Leverage dem wins His value is substantial

They'd probably want Pompey. 1) someone for Votto to talk to 2) they need OF help because Jesse Winker isn't particularly good

He's a 26 year old generational defensive player. He could lose a dozen steps and still be a good defender. He'll probably play shortstop until he's 40 and be pretty awesome at it almost until the end.

Scientific proof that defense is still a market inefficiency!

Someone will give him like $5M. Like Kyle Kendirick

Well Chavez isn't a free agent. His salary won't approach $8M. And Colby Lewis is the type of (non) talent that I wouldn't want at any price. Even at only a couple million dollars, I wouldn't want him taking up a rotation spot. Maybe I'm misjudging his talent but off the cuff he seems like a well below average starting pitcher.

Ok, LaCava might as well be from this message board. On Hutch: "We know it’s in there and if you look at his peripherals, his walk rate’s good, his strikeout rate is solid, he’s had success in the past and for some reason it just didn’t manifest itself in ERA."

shocking!

Nice, good thing TRM ignored by legitimate offers for him from a month ago. Why do I own Brad Miller?

Here are the key points from the policy: — MLB discipline is not dependent on a criminal conviction, however, the commissioner reserves the right to defer a decision on discipline until criminal cases are resolved. — There are no maximum, or minimum, penalties. — Disciplinary rulings can be appealed, and appeals will be heard by an independent arbitrator. — The A-Rod provision: The current policy includes a provision that the player and union can be represented "only by in-house counsel of the players' association and/or by outside counsel appointed by the players' association." This comes after Alex Rodriguez elected to have outside counsel represent him when appealing his season-long ban. — Three experts will chair a joint policy board tasked with developing a treatment plan. The confidential treatment could included mandatory counseling and psychological evaluations. Players who do not comply are open to additional discipline from the commissioner. I don't think we'll see anything drastic (like a year suspension, if he's convicted). I think for a case of this nature the suspension length would (rationally or irrationally) be anchored to the prohibited substance (not PED) suspension length regime, which is like ~25 days for a first offense. If Reyes is not convicted criminally then you might see no suspension, just a treatment plan agreement. Certainly interesting.

I can't believe that Boxcar is such a mens rights activist and Bill Cosby apologist. Losing a lot of respect for my idol ITT

There's really no point in treating a guy with that much caution. They would probably cap his innings at some # so that in 2017 he would be prepared to pitch an entire season. So, 160 innings or so. And obviously if he runs out of gas or feels anything weird they would pull the plug. They aren't going to use 3 seasons to get a guy up to speed when they only control him for six. Pitching is dangerous as it is - if he goes pop, oh well. Tap the next guy on the butt.

I think he was a business and foreign affairs reporter with one of the Toronto outlets, and now he's moved to TSN where he does sports but with a business slant. He seems to have some contacts but it's weird to all of a sudden see this new name on the landscape, just throwing around hammer stories and rumours like he's got one offseason to live.

"most coveted free agent" "odds on favourite to win the NL Cy Young" Poohead strikes again

LaCava being pretty forthcoming with some stuff. Already so much different than AA

Legal guilt and factual guilt are not congruent

Ummm. Good?

excuse me, but you are incredibly stupid

RIP Tommy Hanson [clapping emoji][baseball emoji][gravestone emoji][ghost emoji] #gotheeeem

Inverted W strikes again

Throwing down a hand sign in his mugshot