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  1. John_Havok
    Jack Z, come on down!
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    Yankees Open To Trading Ichiro Suzuki By Charlie Wilmoth [December 8 at 10:14am CST] The Yankees have begun discussing Ichiro Suzuki in trade talks with other clubs, Chad Jennings of the Journal News reports. Jennings notes that this does not mean an Ichiro deal is imminent. The Yankees now have a surplus of outfielders after agreeing to terms with Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. Since the news of the Beltran acquisition, it's also emerged that the Yankees would be open to trading Brett Gardner, who would make a far more attractive trade candidate than Ichiro would. Jennings notes that other teams are likely to view Ichiro as a bench player. The 40-year-old outfielder hit just .262/.297/.342 last season, although he was effective defensively. Ichiro will make $6.5MM in 2014 in the second year of a two-year deal.
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    Ex-Mariners Manager Eric Wedge speaks out on dysfunction in Seattle. Very interesting read. Sour grapes? Or legitimate look at how Jack Z and company are running things out west?
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    John_Havok replied to GD's topic in Other Sports

    That's horrible, Slew-foots him first sucker punches, then I think the linesman falls on Orpik's head trying to get Thornton off...
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    They also said Shane dawson was drafted out of Drayton Valley High school, when he was drafted out of Lethbridge Community College. Some pretty basic factual errors.
  6. John_Havok
    THe night before Cano signed with Seattle, I had a dream the Jays signed him for 10/261. I woke up in a very cold sweat.
  7. John_Havok
    According to COt's Contracts, Angels are paying 18.6 million of Wells salary this year, Yankees 2.4
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    This is why I will never support a system that allows teams to get out of contracts if a player tests positive for PEDs. There'd be way too much incentive for teams to sign huge contracts, then if the contract starts to go albatross, spike the guys powerade and make a call to the drug test office, slips few bucks in the right pockets and boom, money off the books. Letting teams void contracts for PED use should never, ever be part of a deterant
  9. John_Havok
    How Amaro expects to move pigf***er McGee, and get anything back without paying a significant chunk of that ridiculous contract, in a closer rich free agent market is beyond me.
  10. John_Havok
    Then unless they pretty much stand pat with their current rotation, they're most certainly out on Choo barring some significant trades to free up salary
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    It's a very old team. There's talent there, but there's a lot of risk there too
  12. John_Havok
    Well obviously you can't sell high on everyone all the time, but you also have to be open to the idea of trading certain players at their peak if there's enough evidence to support that a player falling off a cliff offensively is probable. Right now, the Jays have Edwin at his peak, Jose having already peaked and starting the downward trend, but still very usefull. Rasmus is very likely at his peak unless something drastically changes with his K rate. I don't think it's a stretch to have the opinion that a guy with a 30% k rate might not be a 5 WAR CF consistently going into his late 20's and into his 30's. So when he's at that peak, entering his last year of control and IF you can make a deal that allows your team to gain valuable pieces in return and you can find a suitable replacement for him, then you still have to be open to it. You can't keep all your players all the time any more than you can trade them all at their peak, all the time.
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    And the only person who suggested Rasmus and butler in a trade is clearly as sharp as a spoon. You've built and torn down so many strawmen in this thread and attributing 1 person's ramblings as a majority opinion. It's laughable. Butler vs Lind is not a true comparison. You'd have to compare Butler + the bench player he opens up to Lind and the other half of the Lind platoon. And there no way in Hell I'd trade Rasmus for butler, that's just stupid.
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    Comparing players over 1 season is a fools errand. Career - wButler's platoon splits are nothing to worry about, Lind is a pure platoon bat, but admittedly better against RHP. Butler strikes out less, and walks more, has similar but slightly less power, they're a wash defensively since both are pretty bad, but since both would be DH the vast majority of the time, that's really not a concern. Overall Butler is far more consistant, and the contracts are similar. Plus since you could DH Butler every day and stick at 1b to give Edwin a day off or two, you wouldn't have to worry about finding a lefty killer platoon bat which would allow for additional flexibility on the bench. If you can find Lind a legit lefty masher with real defensive usefullness, then yeah that's fine. But if you just compare 1 player to the other Butler is the better option all day, every day
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    I don't think so at all. They simply aren't getting these kids to the point where they can be quality everyday big leaguers on a consistant basis. I don't expect multiple guys every year, but if you're not graduating at least 1 average major league player very year in addition to 1 or 2 part time position players or relievers that can fill in adequately for injuries without being a sinkhole, you aren't succeeding as an organization in player development.
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    He'd be a much better option than Lind. If AA could trade for butler and ditch Lind, the Jays would be much better off.
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    3/45 according to Rosenthal
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    True, but I'd rather they develop one or two that didn't flop
  19. John_Havok
    Well of course that's where I got the reference. My iPod is full of country.
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    I would be in favour of re-signing Rasmus, provided A) he puts together a strong first half and shows improvement in his K rate, it's only for 4-5 years max on a team friendly rate, and C) there's nobody showing they could be a better CF option and Rasmus shifs to LF if they do.
  21. John_Havok
    Nobody south of the Mason-Dixon Line does the Dougie. So sayeth Blake Shelton
  22. John_Havok
    Prospect development still leaves a lot to be desired
  23. John_Havok
    They already have, Ellsbury and McCann were both qualified FAs. GRanderson was too but the mets first round pick was protected so the mets would lose this second round pick, and the Yankees would gain a 1st round comp pick. So far though, since the Yankees have signed 2 qualifying FAs, the would lose their first rounder and their first round comp pick, while keeping their second rounder, unless of course they sign another qualified FA, in which case they'd lose that too.
  24. John_Havok
    AAV is fine, length is silly for the Mariners. I don't blame Cano at all, all it takes is one GM to feel like they need to overpay and ... This is the result
  25. John_Havok
    Yup, or if they get awarded a comp pick for one of their qualified FAs signing elsewhere they'd lose it instead of second round. At least that's my understanding.
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