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#1291 |
Im a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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#1292 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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they have been playing uninspired mediocre baseball for most of the year. 6th highest payroll in baseball filled with overpaid, underperforming veterans. At least for the last 15 games they have been playing great in an average division. Got the Astros, Cubs, Dodgers and As coming up. We will find out soon if this was a mirage or a real deal turn around.
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#1293 | |
The Insider
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lake of the Ozarks
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#1294 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Spoken like a Royals fan who doesnt want to see the player who he just bought a jersey for traded no matter how meaningless his future is to the teams chances of competing down the line.
It's the equivalent to the Cubs when they held onto Castro in the middle of their intentionally tanking years. Only it actually made a little bit of sense for the Cubs to hang on to Castro given his age up until the point when they traded for Russell when they already had Baez in the minors. Castro had 1 bad year and bounced back and they should have traded him right then because you knew where the future lied. Instead they held onto him for another year and he crashed again and they wound up with ****ing Adam Warren who they traded back to the same team they got him from 7 months later because he was terrible. Last edited by jd1020; 07-27-2019 at 01:32 PM.. |
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#1295 | |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2017
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#1296 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Its not about sentiment. Its about the value youre receiving back. If the best theyre getting offers for is a package that doesnt even have a single top 100 guy in it, theres no point in trading him 4.5 years out. With that amount of control, you can wait the market out a little bit, at least to the offseason. And if the returns remain marginal, theres just not much point. If youre moving him for scratchers tickets, you can do that at any point moving forward. |
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#1297 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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#1298 |
What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placencia, Belize
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Ponce ****ing sucks.
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#1299 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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#1300 |
Shit
Join Date: Jun 2008
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#1301 |
What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placencia, Belize
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Wacha also ****ing sucks.
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#1302 |
MVP
Join Date: Sep 2007
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#1303 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Of course, but age is against this particular player especially considering he is a speed guy and no one is going to give up 3 MLB ready prospects/players for him. You arent building a team around Whit Merrifield.
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#1304 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Look at what the Indians gave up for Brad Hand and Andrew Miller, neither of whom you'd build a team around.
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#1305 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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And there's always been a premium put on pitching, especially left handed pitching. |
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