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Not sure what you've hated. Sure, there are weird things about him. His 2-seamer is about as hard as his 4-seamer but the flatter pitch of the two is the one he throws about 50% of the time, as opposed to 5%. Makes little sense. I really think much of his problems are mechanical right now. His curve, change, slider are all coming out at close to 2 o'clock. His fastball (4-seam) and sinker (2-seam) are coming out closer to 1 o'clock. That was never the case before and it not only flattens his fastballs, it tips his pitches.
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He can't pitch in the AL East? Silliness. He's firing flat. He can't pitch anywhere until he rights himself. You wouldn't give $13.8 million to a guy to ensure you keep him, when at least 20 teams would give him $10.5 million or more for next year? And they would.
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You want a serious answer? You absolutely make the qualifying offer and here's why: 1. His history when healthy shows him to be elite 2. His velocity and health have been solid since the triceps injury healed 3. His old injuries have not shown signs of reoccurring and a triceps is not a scare injury 4. His breaking ball movement has been sharp, though his fastball has been flat and this indicates a correctable release point problem 5. He will sign elsewhere if not qualified and while he wouldn't get $13.8 million in 2014, he would get a vested option for the following year in a contract that would make his 2-year average at about the same annual money 6. Good pitchers sometimes have an awful year (Cliff Lee, Bret Saberhagen...)
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Get used to the idea of Bautista retiring as a Blue Jay. Trade value means nothing if you aren't looking to deal.
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It's not just Toronto. The White Sox, Phillies, Angels and Giants didn't make a splash. In the offseason there are healthier pieces to add to trades and more teams trying to win. Top of head the Mets are expected to be free agent buyers and a team willing to deal for bullpen arms with kids. There's a buyer that wouldn't have been ready today and that's just one example.
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Pretty clear message sent by GMs across baseball- you can't buy your finishing touches or improve your pens for air at the deadline. Lets see what that kind of stance does to the price of relief arms in the offseason.
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Hear you but lefties get owned in Boston too and some find ways to survive.
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I mostly agree. I do think that there was a missed opportunity with Cleveland. The Cards jumped in. They have a glut of good young middle infielders and Cecil was a good chip to play. Other than that, I'm with you, though I do feel that Oliver, DeRosa and Bonifacio will all clear waivers and still be moved. The returns will be cash, a PTBNL or kids who would be rule 5 exposed at the Winter Meetings. Might find a diamond in the rough there but unlikely.
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Luis Perez will come off the DL and be ahead of Stilson. Weber, Wagner, Lincoln and (a healthy) Schwimmer are ahead of him too.
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So you throw away players because there's no 40-man roster room for them? And so you can call up a player you want long term but who won't be on the team next year? Oh ya, and you waste an option on him as well when he gets sent down in April.
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I expect DeRosa will be moved in a week or three as well. He'll easily clear waivers and really is a good character guy to have on a playoff team, even if he isn't activated. Also multi position insurance in case of an injury.
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Putting Stilson on the 40-man roster when he wouldn't be rule 5 in the offseason would be really poor asset management.
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Keep in mind that players like Oliver, Bonifacio or Lincoln would have no trouble clearing waivers and can still be traded.
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Perhaps not. The message was sent to me in FB around 9:30 am.
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A friend of mine from Cleveland says that the Indians are talking about moving AA 2b/SS Ronny Rodriguez for a LH reliever. Depending on the reliever, someone would add something. This is a fast rising kid who could be MLB ready next year. Lots of raw power, especially for a middle infielder and his K rate has gone way down this year. Dangle Cecil!
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For a legit difference maker to take a shot at the World Series, they'd trade him and more if the player was more than a rental.
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They're trying to trade Kennedy, with little success so far. Ya know, I sometimes hate Toronto sports media. There's been plenty of mention of Jays players on out of town broadcasts and radio shows. Our lovely print media does nothing with it. Anyway, from just listening, Cleveland has interest in Cecil and Lincoln but none in Oliver. Atlanta likes both Cecil and Oliver. Baltimore likes and have apparently asked on Bautista and Bundy, plus, plus is not out of the question though that kind of move is thought to be very unlikely. Boston like Janssen but nothing is expected to happen there. When Oliver's name got dropped, a PTBNL was considered to be the cost.
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Yep. I was wrong and GMs have lost their minds! The prices are not historically very consistent but next year's FA pitching market stinks. I just don't know. Trying to figure a reason.
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Not sure if my sarcasm detector is functioning or not. Did send you a PM though.
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But why would anyone bother? They could move into the Alamo Dome tomorrow! They'd top 4 million fans easy and with prices well above what they'd charge in Montreal. The city owns the stadium and there's really no full time tenant other than b-league junk. They host 2 bowl games as well. That's basically it. The Rangers played the Padres there recently and all they'd really need to do for full time baseball is spend around $2.5 million or so to turn sections 136-138 into a promenade which would move the right field fence back around 40 feet. It could be ready to go by opening day 2014. New Orleans is game ready within weeks if they wanted and without any major renos. It's not that Montreal couldn't support baseball with a new downtown ballpark. It's that there are better options.
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Hear you, wasn't meant as a lineup analysis, just a compliment to Rasmus. And to all the Montreal this and that people, I asked. Answer- next to no chance! San Antonio also got mention btw. I meant to include the city. I simply forgot.
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I watched that game. Fielder was forced into action at 2b, where he had no business playing, because of injuries. Gruber played 3b v right handed hitters and 2b v left handed hitters. If they were at double play depth Gruber moved to 2b no matter who was up. It was all patchwork. Mulliniks wasn't supposed to play and ended up coming in at DH while hurt. Something like that.
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More on that. The program in its early stages once showed a Greg Maddux pitch to be 7 inches outside. An overhead camera in the Astro Dome showed it to start inside, cross most of the plate and sweep across way outside but splitting the plate. The program put the pitch way outside based on improbability of that much late break. The system is flawed.
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How was strike 2 not a strike? It wasn't up. Ortiz thought it was. It was borderline outside by the time it finished breaking but that's close. Good pitch. And just an FYI to everyone on the on screen zones we see on TV or in the Internet, they use a 3 camera triangulation, with one camera obscured by the hitter when the ball reaches the plate. Probable path based on trajectory is used in part by the program to determine strike or ball. Here's the news flash. The plate is 17 inches wide and the computerized zone can be off by 4-5 inches in, out, up and down.
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Well known as being one of the biggest on field ass holes in the game. Screw him. That said, a big time charity supporter and off field nice guy. Still, screw him! Grow up and behave David!