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Mets owners make Rogers look like late-90's Steinbrenner by comparison. They were probably happy to save some dough.
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Chapman suffering from SRF syndrome. His career might be over.
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German couldn't get out of the 4th inning for the Yankees tonight. They are down in the 9th to the Mutts while Boston about to beat the Tigers. I don't think Cashman will get desperate enough to do something stupid, certainly not for Happ, but that AL East lead for the Sox isn't getting smaller. Yankees need a SP.
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The Jays wanted to show how bad they were, and the Orioles said "not so fast".
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Time for a Grandy walk off. Nevermind IBB. Time for Teoscar walk off.
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That's how Gibbons uses his pen for some reason. Everyone has an assigned inning/role. It wouldn't be a big deal if Osuna was still out there, but taking Oh out after 6 pitches to bring in Clippard just for assigned role purposes is stupid as hell. It's 2018, managers should be able to get creative, but Gibbons is old school like that.
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GIbby 1.0 strikes. Oh throws 6 pitches in the 8th facing one batter, so naturally take him out so Clippard can get dat save. I mean, the season is in the shitter anyway so who cares, but this was 2015 Gibby at work right here.
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If the Yankees become a super team again, interest will rise. Maybe not like the late 90's, but the Yankees can bring casuals and get talk shows to talk about baseball. I think Manfred is right to some degree. Fans (the casual ones he wants to attract) don't care about parity. They care about superstars. They care about teams that are so good that they become must-see. They also like a good story, as the Cubs WS run had a lot of fan interest from what I remember. I'm not sure how he can fix the game to make it more appealing to a younger, mainstream audience. He has a really tough road ahead. I didn't mind the Facebook stuff, at least that's some attempt, but he needs to stop toying with the on field rules. No rule change or pace of play change is going to attract more viewers.
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1-4 with a double (0 BB or K) in his debut. Rooting for him to turn into something because F the Red Sox.
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Yeah I think we have to prepare for something like McKinney and a low minors lotto ticket from the Yankees, or equivalent from another team. Rentals are not highly valued anymore.
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I'd prefer Frazier over their pitching prospects too, but if Cashman is trying to "push him" in trades, then I'm kinda reluctant now. Cashman never trades good prospects. He usually trades the overhyped ones.
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Clippard's actually having a pretty decent year. 0.6 WAR, 3.15 ERA/3.89 FIP, 10.64 K/9. Combine that with his vetrin presents and 'closer mentality' and maybe we get a lotto ticket out of it.
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After the Jays got Hernandez for Liriano, I’m not ruling anything out with lefties.
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I don't think they will get anything for Axford so might as well keep him, but Oh, Tempura, Clippard, and Loup should absolutely be moved. Combine them if you have to, but move them. My concern is not enough buyers for the Jays to really unload, but maybe they don't plan on unloading anyway.
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Man, if I were Shatkins I'd be throwing Tepera's name out there really hard right now. Three more years of control. Oh's option should look better too.
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My guess is they don’t think Mejia sticks at catcher. They might feel they are selling high in that case.
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Wow they traded their #1 prospect for a reliever (a really good one, but still). FU Osuna for getting into legal trouble.
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Trade him this time next year (unless the SJWs force him out earlier). If he's not guilty or settles out of it, then no one will remember this a year from now. Hold on to him and let him recoup his value.
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As I said before go with 18-19 year old lottery tickets in the low minors with upside. Contending teams may not value them as much due to how far away they are, and the Jays can afford to wait on them. Samad Taylor was a good return for Smith as he's very young with some upside. Luis Medina from the Yankees for example (if they are willing to move him) would make more sense than a lower ceiling older player closer to the bigs. The Jays need upside and to hit a home run on a trade return. The Espinal types are good depth pieces and maybe they turn into something useful, but he'll never be a star. Go for the home run even if there's more risk.
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True, but this was baseball's time to take some spotlight with no other major sports happening, and one trade (albeit a huge one) completely killed it. There was more talk of Hader than baseball itself (the AS game, the second half, the Machado trade, etc). Mainstream just doesn't care about baseball anymore. That's why I sympathize with Manfred a bit, but he's just the wrong guy to facilitate the changes the league needs.
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Every major sports show/channel has covered Kawhi Leonard going to the Raptors over the MLB All star game, and I'm talking the US media. A mid season trade in basketball when the season doesn't start for another 4 months trumped the all star game for baseball. Baseball is slowly becoming a regional sport, much like hockey. It will be big in the specific areas but mainstream will fade into obscurity. We are already starting to see it. Manfred has the right idea trying to appeal to the younger crowd, but unfortunately he's a moron so he's going about it all wrong (no one cares about the pitch clock, shifts, etc). Market the damn stars better. That would be a good start.
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Apparently the O’s are getting five prospects for Machado. Hopefully none of them are any good.
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We are probably going to end up signing another Garcia or two and hoping for better results. Younger free agent SPs will be out of our price range, so either have to trade for them or get some vet SPs in free agency for cheap. If Happ is willing to come back, then I don't see why we couldn't go 2/30 on him and still rebuild. Someone's going to have to throw innings for this team next year. Obviously if better scenarios become available then go with those, but in isolation, I don't think bringing Happ back hurts at all. It's better than trying to decide which pitcher won't suck between Garcia, Cashner, Cobb, etc, and spending similar money.
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First domino to fall. Hopefully this make Philly turn to Happ next. Man I wish JD was healthy.
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Ehh, if they trade him, then they gets assets back, and then don't lose anything except money by bringing him back. Also they will have to spend money on the rotation in some capacity given how thin it is heading into next year. Even if Happ regresses, bringing him back on a two year deal wouldn't be terrible. Worst case he bombs and you move on (see Garcia). At 2/30, or something like that, it wouldn't hurt flexibility or anything. Of course has has to be willing to come back to a team that probably isn't going to be very good, so he may not even want to if he can get similar money from somewhere else without the QO attached to him.