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  1. Terminator
    Maybe Shatkins thinks Melvin Upton is better than we are giving him credit for? If he plays more like he did when he was with the Padres and puts up a 90 wRC+ (he was 109 and 99 in two different seasons with them) to go with good baserunning and defense he'd be a perfectly fine option as a full-time starter and #9 hitter. That'd get him north of 1.5 WAR which would be fine. Perhaps the Jays think he can do that and are willing to risk 0 dollars on it instead of paying Brandon Moss 10 million or so for the same value.
  2. Terminator
    s*** Lou Whitaker fell off the ballot yet IMO Vizquel has a legit shot. Whitaker was far better.
  3. Terminator
    I've been saying this all offseason. Nothing they were doing or saying was indicating that they were going to get another OF. It's kind of infuriating too because it's such an easy way to upgrade the team. I guess they just don't have the resources anymore or they are comfortable with what they've got compared to what's on the market. I'm still hopeful one of two things happens as it appears that a trade for Puig or someone big like that is a pipe dream. (1) They sign Moss to a Colby Rasmus type deal or (2) Pompey shows up to ST and impresses and wins the job and puts up 1.5+ WAR. I guess my one other hope which seems like a longshot is that Upton's tenure with the Jays last year was just a blip on his road to being a useful player again as he put up 3 WAR in roughly 180 games as a Padre. The projections hate him but it's not unfathomable that he could put up 1.5 WAR.
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    What does everyone think of next year? Only 3 guys this year so that doesn't do s*** to clear the current logjam. Next year will be even worse. Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Scott Rolen, Andruw Jones and Omar Vizquel join the ballot and will get consideration. Chipper is a lock, Thome should get in eventually. Rolen should probably get in but I don't know if he will. Andruw Jones is an interesting case. 98-2006 was a great period but he fell off a cliff fast. Vizquel shouldn't get a whiff of the HoF but my guess is that he gets in eventually. Not really sure.
  5. Terminator
    Never underestimate the amount of frivolous legalese that a room full of contract attorneys can come up with.
  6. Terminator
    Don't we need to see it first?
  7. Terminator
    You're preaching to the choir. Zeke sucks. But what I would do and what I think will happen are two different things.
  8. Terminator
    Yeah he's probably right. I think Smoak probably gets a lot of AB's in a platoon with Pearce at 1B as well. Will 800+ AB's from Upton, Zeke and Smoak sink our chances at a WC?
  9. Terminator
    For Walker to have a chance we need to clear the logjam. The sooner Hoffman, Bonds, Clemens, Schilling, etc. get in the better the chance he has.
  10. Terminator
    I wish Hoffman would have just gotten in. Get it over with and clear the logjam some more. The writers who submitted blank ballots may have sunk his ship.
  11. Terminator
    So would you vote for Billy Wagner then too? He's the Larry Walker to Hoffman's Vlad Guerrero IMO.
  12. Terminator
    Heyman's ballot predictably sucks.
  13. Terminator
    Wait 5 years and Ortiz will get in.
  14. Terminator
    Vlad a first ballot HoFer and Larry Walker isn't even getting close. What a joke. Hoffman is horrible. Is he the worst Hall of Famer? He's got to be up there.
  15. Terminator
    Yeah you basically just restated what I said (I just restated what ECJF said anyway) and got all the likes for it. lol But I'll challenge the notion that he's a perfect fit anyway. I just mean that to begin the season with no injuries he's slotted in as the starting 1B, a position he should be fine at but one that he doesn't have much experience at. It also pushes the old and oft-injured Steve Pearce to his worse position in LF (with 1B being his best). I don't think everyone should be so gung-ho about Pearce in the OF as they appear to be. Especially with Bautista back in the fold.
  16. Terminator
    Travis Injury/Day Off: 2B: Valbuena
  17. Terminator
    Yeah on paper Valbuena isn't the perfect fit but between Bautista, Tulo, Travis, Pearce, etc. there are plenty of ways to get him AB's.
  18. Terminator
    Yeah well Alford just finished up A-Ball so be prepared to ride that platoon until 2018 at the earliest. lol
  19. Terminator
    Yeah I'd be all for adding guys like that to the team to compete for the backup spot. All the big league names right (guys like Conger, Clevenger, etc.) are just slop anyway.
  20. Terminator
    Well said on all counts. If Pompey beats Zeke out he'll win the job. Zeke isn't good enough for his lack of options to be the ultimate concern although that probably does give him the tiebreaker should it come to that with Pompey. I also agree with you on Pearce and the OF. I do not understand people who think moving Pearce to the OF and Bautista to 1B is the right move.
  21. Terminator
    I'm all for signing Valbuena. Between injuries among Bautista, Pearce, Donaldson, Travis, etc. there will be plenty of AB's for him here. Holland is a no-brainer as well. Mediocre lefties are going for 20 mil in this market and that's ridiculous. I'd rather have the guy with the potential to be a lights-out late inning guy.
  22. Terminator
    It was partly in jest but it does highlight a point in that a lot on this board are pushing for spending resources on guys who are projected to be marginal improvements (and in some instances worse) instead of using a cheap 24 year old who has the skills to be an okay player for us.
  23. Terminator
    More than Pompey who is a similar or better player.
  24. Terminator
    Well, everyone's gotta eat. My guess is this hot take will get the writer enough clicks for groceries this month.
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