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04-01-2019, 07:24 AM | #106 |
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Tanking on purpose? I wish they were tanking on purpose and go the route that Houston and Chicago Cubs went, but this isn't that. You don't sign losers like Hamilton, Duda, and Owings if you're tanking on purpose. You trade away Merrifield if you're truly buying into a tank and rebuild.
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04-01-2019, 07:27 AM | #107 | |
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04-01-2019, 07:27 AM | #108 | |
Herm is the worst...horrible
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04-01-2019, 07:30 AM | #109 |
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I'm not sure what they have that has any value.
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04-01-2019, 07:38 AM | #110 |
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True. Most of this trash is here just to get us to the all star break - I think after that you shed all the corpses and start to see some guys like Lopez, Staumont, Lovelady etc.. I think merrifield is a bridge player for us between waves... but the point is that the future of the team is in Wilmington.
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04-01-2019, 07:41 AM | #111 | |
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04-01-2019, 07:42 AM | #112 | |
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04-01-2019, 07:50 AM | #113 | |
Herm is the worst...horrible
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04-01-2019, 08:31 AM | #114 | |
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You absolutely do add some veterans if you’re in tank/rebuild mode, with an eye on flipping them at the deadline. The key is not blocking any young players who are MLB ready. Duda does that, Owings does that, if they’re taking ABs away from O’Hearn or Dozier. They would trade Merrifield if someone pushed forward the right offer, but I don’t believe it came. With the way teams now hoard prospects, it is going to get harder for teams to justify trading players with lots of control just because the window is still several years off. The lack of success of recent tankers like the White Sox also offers a cautionary tale. What they got for a player very similar to Merrifield has not really impressed. |
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04-01-2019, 09:12 AM | #115 |
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04-01-2019, 09:30 AM | #116 | |
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04-01-2019, 09:47 AM | #117 |
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It’s just great out there. We were behind the 1B dugout when Zimmer came off, really nice ovation. He exhaled very noticeably when he hit the steps.
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04-01-2019, 10:06 AM | #118 |
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Boston Red Sox 2019 opening day salary = $225 million.
KC Royals 2019 opening day salary = $100 million. https://www.royalsreview.com/2019/4/...from-last-year |
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04-01-2019, 10:10 AM | #119 |
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Meh on Finnegan’s return.
He didn’t do a good job staying in shape after his initial debut, he chafed at being relegated to the pen, and his stuff regressed. He also trash talked the Royals on the way out, then fell flat on his face. If he’s willing to apologize and accept being a bullpen guy, cool. Would have to show some change to get this front office believing again, though. |
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04-01-2019, 10:33 AM | #120 | |
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