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  1. Brownie19
    Like how Oakland got Lester and Shark last year?
  2. Brownie19
    You mean if you acquire MVP candidates / all-stars you should be given a bit of a leash? shocking.
  3. Brownie19
    Why on earth would you try to treat every prospect the same?
  4. Brownie19
    Yeah...You missed my sarcasm...
  5. Brownie19
    Yep - my bad. Ang is the offender. My point is lots of good organizations end up giving PA's or IP's to players who don't produce above replacement level. Their reasons for doing that varies a lot.
  6. Brownie19
    You're ignoring the fact you listed Dickey, Bonifacio (who's had 3.0 WAR and 2.1 WAR season), Izturis (who was consistently above replacement level as a part time player throughout his career) and Esmil Rogers, who actually wasn't below replacement level in 137 innings in 2013. Anyway - I agree, Colabello sucks. He's turned back into a pumpkin and should never have been in LF to start with. My point is it's easy even look at successful teams and cherry pick decisions they have made. I don't fault the Jays organization for giving Dickey, Boni or Izturis an opportunity. I also don't fault them for giving some of their better prospects a chance at the ML level (2012 Drabek, 2013 JPA, Sanchez). That narrows it down to Laffey, McGowan, Goins and Colabello. All of them are 25th roster guys - these things happen. Colabello's still at a wRC+ of 143 on the year - I don't have an issue with him getting some PA's at DH.
  7. Brownie19
    You really are stupid.
  8. Brownie19
    Last year the Royals gave Butler 600 PA at below replacement level (-0.6 WAR). They gave Aaron Crow 59 innings at -1.1 WAR. They kept Bruce Chen beyond his expiry date and wasted innings on Tim Collins and Louis Coleman. They also let Jimmy Parades and Liam Hendrix go for nothing. This year they have given Infante 300 PA and Rios 170 PA and both are well below replacement level. They are the only ones on earth who didn't notice that Jeremy Guthrie sucks and continue to give him innings. Last year the Giants had Cain, Romo, Gutierrez and Lopez all pitch at or below replacement level This year the Giants have wasted 342 PA's on Angel Pagan and have given big innings to Hudson, Casilla, Machi, Vogelsong (who they chose to re-sign), Petit and Affedlt - all who have been awful this year and at or below replacement level. These organizations must be really f***ing dumb too.......oh....wait a minute.
  9. Brownie19
    I'd fire all the coaches and scouts then. One would assume AA simply listened to the people who worked with Gomes on a daily basis in the minors who suggested he couldn't stick behind the plate. Do you blame the Pirates for letting Jose go? Do you blame the Reds for letter Edwin go? Do you blame the Cubs for letting Donaldson go? Sometimes in baseball - you get lucky. Different players "click" with different hitting coaches, or they figure it out at different points in their career. There are situations where there's nobody to blame and the Gomes one seems like it. For all we know, he actually dedicated himself to the weigh room and video room after being dealt to Cleveland, which gave him the stamina to become a fulltime catcher and the knowledge to be a good defensive catcher (look how much Iannetta improved his defense in one offseason).
  10. Brownie19
    Enough with this Yan Gomes thing. Nobody expected him to be a regular.
  11. Brownie19
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/balbino-fuenmayor-from-indy-baller-to-relevant-prospect/ Here's another reason to fire AA - how on earth didn't he see the potential in this guy?
  12. Brownie19
    To the haters - I'd be interested to know who you think are the "good" GM's in baseball and who's the guy we'd be able to get who would obviously be better than AA?
  13. Brownie19
    You're missing out. This has been extremely entertaining
  14. Brownie19
    I agree with this. I find it odd that so many people jump all over the Marlins deal. Hech has put up 0.0 WAR over 2.5 season with the Marlins Alvarez: 4.1 WAR DeSclafani: 1.5 WAR Escobar: 5.1 WAR Marisnick: 1.0 WAR and no longer much of a prospect Nicolino: 0.0 WAR and no longer much of a prospect Meanwhile, Buehrle has put up 6.8 WAR and Reyes another 7.0 WAR. I don't think many if any were sad to see Escobar go, yet he's the best of the bunch so far and I know very few though highly of DeSclafani. I get that Buehrle and Reyes cost a lot - but they've been wayyyy better than the package AA gave up and let's be honest, with the ORGANIZATIONAL restriction on length of FA contracts (which does hamper AA's ability) - it's hard to get FA's to sign here when all you have is Jose/Edwin and a bunch of prospects.
  15. Brownie19
    Right - the GM has total control over injuries (Stroman, Saunders, Reyes, Lawrie, Bautista, Santos, Morrow, Sanchez, etc.) as well as which players under and over perform. TOTAL CONTROL. There is absolutely no chance in the game of baseball - the GM is the only person who control's which teams win and which teams lose. FYSMC.
  16. Brownie19
    I didn't expect you to get it - but that point is, no matter what moves he makes, there are a TON of things that are simply out of his control. Just like a pitcher. I should just put you back on ignore.
  17. Brownie19
    Why wouldn't they consent if they were going to a contender?
  18. Brownie19
    This analogy is like judging a starting pitcher based solely on wins and losses...
  19. Brownie19
    The problem is the amount of money he's owed....
  20. Brownie19
    I highly suspect they'd keep DeGrom over Syndergaard. DeGrom is a beast already. He's what Synder aspires to be.
  21. Brownie19
    While I don't like how Wilner defends Jays player to no end - I do love that he tells fans when they are stupid....which is about 85% of his audience. I'm not sure I'd ever listened to a show that would be so blunt (and typically right) when people phone in with blabbering nonsense.
  22. Brownie19
    What's funny about this is you seemingly put Travis and Donaldson at the same level. These guys are MILES apart.
  23. Brownie19
    You mean that buy low window of the last 149 games where he's been awful? (wRC+ of 85, WAR of 0.0)
  24. Brownie19
    Actually - the thought is Shark isn't going to be enough to make this team a playoff team (let alone a WS contender) and thus why deal a young pitcher for a 2 month rental (even if it's Sanchez). Shark is NOT a #1. He's better than what we have, but he's not a difference maker that Cueto/Hamels are.
  25. Brownie19
    And when we miss the playoffs and that deal sets us back a couple of years - you'll be happy?
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