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Wow Bogaerts played that like an idiot.

Goins versus Sale. This should be good.

Marco Estrada is destroying Mookie Betts.

Oh f*** off Pedroia.

What a sequence of pitches that was.

Damn, Pillar really hit that well. Probably a leadoff triple if it falls.

Estrada just rekt Mookie Betts. He's the best.

Watch more baseball.

Chris Sale is "becoming one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball right now" according to Buck Martinez. BECOMING

Wait, they had lost that lead?

f*** me, looks like another asset which I traded in BBDL is going to break out.

Me neither but it's not looking good for a lot of the Boxy boyz early in the season. Zunino has been garbage too

Eric Thames has literally almost earned his contract already.

*looks at avatar*

Wow, -40 defensive runs. Wtf? Was he literally unable to move while fielding his position?

L I T E R A L L Y cf

Oh I agree. My general point across these two threads is that you either try your hardest to compete while we have him, if the team believes the roster is capable enough, or if possible we sign him to a reasonable extension and make use of having an elite player on the roster for a number of years.

You say this as if him being projected for 5 WAR is nothing. Only a handful of players reach that mark in a season, and few are projected to perform at that level. I think barring any aggravations of current injuries or the emergence of new ones (entirely possible and should be factored in), JD is probably a true talent 4 win player if not better for some years to come. Decline is obviously to be expected for a player his age, but it won't be so precipitous that he's a sunk cost. Remember we had Bautista throughout pretty much the same stage and that turned out pretty well for us. My point is simply that if you have a chance to retain a player this good at a non-exorbitant cost, you do so and figure out the rest later. I don't think anyone saw Pujols falling off a cliff the way that he did (unless you believe the age rumours are true), and Hamilton was a pretty risky player himself. And yes, I do understand the risk of signing a player in his decline phase to a longterm deal, that's definitely a huge consideration to take if/when we decide whether we want to keep JD when his team control with the Blue Jays runs out.

It shouldn't really be either or, but the chances that any prospect in baseball - let alone in our own farm system - becomes as good as Josh Donaldson, are slim to none. When you have a player that good, you build around them if the possibility exists. Building around a player that good does not mean you ignore your farm system, on the contrary, you try to construct a sustainable model of success in which talent is continually being added to the team, be it from your farm system or outside the organization.

We don't know whether or not they want to resign him or whether or not Donaldson has any intention of coming back at a reasonable price. It would be purely speculation at this point. I agree that it would suck to let him go for nothing, but there's just too much information missing from the big picture. Donaldson is still probably a 10+ WAR player in the next two seasons, that's not someone you trade for a few B prospects, especially if you believe the team has a good chance for contention; the return has to be satisfactory for both the short and long term. Is something like Rosario + Conforto a good start? Probably, but is that enough? That's all up to the team's internal evaluations and how likely we are to retain Donaldson past the 2018-2019 offseason.

I think Shatkins are all about retooling. I don't think we'll be seeing a full scale tear down any time soon. Also it's been mentioned before, but when you have a player of Donaldson's caliber, you try to make the most of his time here.

Is this a real question?

I had Bryant, Seager and Trout combine for 0 points, one of my starters get rained out and the other leave in the 4th inning. T'was a rough Sunday for me.

Holy s***, this is a perfectly executed relay. Simply fantastic. http://m.mlb.com/video/v1293254983/nymmia-ozuna-cut-down-at-home-plate-call-stands/?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU

Despite Harper's gaudy 2015, Donaldson was still more valuable in 2015-2016, by over 3 wins! Your dumnerer