KingKat

I was on the Ubaldo bandwagon. That's the last time I ever listen to Keith Law.

What do you think Tulo would fetch in open bidding in this league?

Didn't Angelos get a raise after turning down the Orioles? Rewarding loyalty instead of demanding it...

He's either a) lying/trolling or too clueless to remember and too lazy to look it up. Doesn't say much for his intellectual honesty either way.

The initial report I read had said 4 million which seemed an awfully low amount for the O's to fail to match. Eight million makes a lot more sense. Still should come under Fowler's arb settlement and they got Straily + to work with.

I wouldn't mind cashing in some chips. I wonder what a package of J. Urias, J. Hoffman and a roster player say oh I don't know... Jake Odorizzi (could easily be someone else) would net me?

Just one or two? How reasonable.

Zaun has genuine insights into the game but no not even the smartest baseball mind can be insightful all the time. My problem is with what he does to fill the rest of the time.

FFS, you don't have to think like that to dislike Zaun. That is absolutely a lazy characterization but since you seemed determined to hold on to it, I don't really know what else to tell you. We're all a bunch of *******s and I guess we're just not decent normal human beings like you.

This implies that people are just natural complainers and would hate any broadcaster and that's just a facile, lazy characterization. Some broadcasters get complained about at lot and some attract very few complaints (Alan Ashby for instance had some detractors but they were few and far between).

I have been watching since the 80s. I don't see what difference it makes what he accomplished in his career or that he's just trolling, that doesn't make his shtick any less annoying.

Petition to have my division changed to Donair Division. Who's with me?

Single game makes sense but the flex blows my mind given how discounted those already are.

I always just type in the URL. It's not like it's hard to remember.

I think that plus a lower level but good prospect is pretty realistic. The problem with it is the timing. It's pretty late in the off season to try to replace Pompey.

For all we know Boras may have brockered a trade to make the signing happen. I remember him doing something like that for the Red Sox when they signed Adrian Beltre.

The thing with JV is that the team seems to be caught in a vicious circle. They don't give him opportunities because they don't trust him but without opportunities there's no way for him to earn that trust either. You would think that in the midst of this losing streat, the team be willing to experiment and try a didn't formula for awhile if only to shake things up especially since from what I understand, JV is still well above replacement value for the position and replacing him with someone better is neither simple nor even likely.

I don't know s*** about basketball but wouldn't the easiest way to address this be to give JV more playing time? Is more Big Guy = more rebounds for you too simplistic of an equation?

Pick 57.

Looks like I got in and out of the Tanner Roark game just at the right time. Got him for a pick from Spanky before the season and flipped him for Khrush Davis before the end.

I don't buy this rationale at all. I think the Jays thought they were getting an ace and not only an ace but a relatively cheap one. A cheap ace is a nearly impossible thing to trade for. If Dickey had the more traditional profile of an ace, younger, more conventional repertoire, it would not have been possible for the Jays to extend him as cheaply as they did but because he is, who he is, the Jays thought he represented a rare opportunity. Yes the fact that he's a solid inning eater gave him a nice floor and that probably factored into the rational but I don't believe they make the trade if they didn't at least think there was a chance he could maintain the success of his previous season. The Jays had tremendous success banking on a breakout season from Bautista. They thought they might be able to do the same with Dickey. It didn't work out as well as hoped but I can fully understand why they sacrificed prospect for what on they thought represented a rare opportunity. It was an aggressive trade made in the context of a very aggressive off-season and though it looks bad on paper, a made a fair amount of sense in context.

That certainly won't make the Rays regret the trade.

Just created an account using the same name I use here.

Raps better not lose.

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