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  1. RockCoCougars
    It also might be a harbinger for free agency as a whole - which means big deals for the top players. Exactly. This is a bad omen. If Boras can get this for Madson, what will he get for Prince?
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    Good God. Does he have pictures of someone in a compromising position or something?
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    I liked the Marcum deal at first, because I thought Lawrie was overhyped. It's looking bad at this point, but I'm not going to call the talk radio shows complaining. Hindsight is 20/20. It will probably take another 5 years before we can pass final judgment on this trade.
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    From what I recall, it used to be back in November. Now it seems that everything is pushed into December. Over the past 20 years or so, the Winter Meetings seem to have shifted from a trade cavalcade to agent/GM meetings.
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    Selling high on players is talk for the fringe element who doesn't understand sports and/or baseball at all, it's much better to be constant buyers at peak value than it is to replenish the talent well. Of course it's not possible to be sarcastic without blue either so I should probably just give up now. The Brewers should absolutely explore trading both Braun and Axford this off-season according to this logic. Based on their production, age and salary, it's pretty likely that their 'value' has peaked. I do understand your logic, but to me, it implies a state of rebuilding. When you have an opportunity to compete, sometimes you have to depreciate your 'current assets'.
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    I'd give anything to see the books. As for revenue streams, I have to assume that ticket sales/suites top the list, but you also have to consider local/national TV money, concessions, merchandising, 'corporate partnerships', and it appears that the team even has a hand in parking revenue. All of these things have to be at their absolute peaks right now, but I'm assuming that the team still has some refinanced debt from the turn of the century. Retiring this debt would technically eat into the profits on 'the books'.
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    I'm not buying that for a second. Well, I guess it depends on "barely." Is 10-11 million "barely? Should have put that in blue. No one is going to see the books anytime soon, but if they aren't making money, something is wrong. For the record, I'm not complaining, this is simple supply and demand pricing.... at the same time, they had better not be crying poverty. I'm not so sure that the major goal of owning a sports franchise is to make big profits year in and year out. My guess is that the current regime may still be retiring some of the debt from the 90's. Bottom line, if you are in it for the profits, you will likely end up like the Seligs on a shoestring budget, because things ebb and flow (we are in a definite 'flow' now). The real money is in the appreciation of the franchise value. When is the last time someone has sold a franchise at a loss?
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    Didn't know that he was getting back in the game. Judging from my MSP friends, Twins Territory is probably overjoyed right now.
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    Either way, it would be a sick team down there. They'd definitely have the covers of the '2012 Fantasy Baseball Annual' magazines monopolized.
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    In my view Saito deserves just as much as Hawkins- more in my view. I'm not giving either of them $4 million though. I'd give each of them $2-3 million on a one year deal. As for Loe, either he takes about $1.5 million, or goodbye. No way would I pay him $3 million a year. Heck, with a decimated bullpen, it might be best to let him walk so Roenicke isn't tempted to start using him in the 8th again.
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    If you are a Heisman candidate then you are most likely going to be drafted into the NFL. OK, for argument sake, let's change that to the '1,000 yard rusher likely to go undrafted and signed after the draft as a free agent'. I use to be more on your side before the coaches and schools started reaping insane amounts of money from the efforts of some young kids who don't get paid. I'd guess that maybe 2 percent of all NCAA Division 1 football players will make any substantive money from the NFL.
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    I'm going to guess that Reyes gets 7 years and Prince gets 6. Rightly or wrongly, I think that Prince's size will be held against him, not to mention that he is represented by Boras, and he plays relatively poor defense at a 'common' position. Reyes on the other hand plays at a 'rare' position and is considered an 'exciting' player. His injury history may hold him back a tad, but I think that people are underestimating the interest that he will draw. Simply put, Prince is 1B to Pujols, and Reyes is 1A to Rollins (who is close to done in my view, and wants way too much money). I fully expect the Mets and Nationals to get into a bidding war for Reyes among several other teams.
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    I'm not sure about that. I'd guess that Sanchez will get about $6-$7 million this year in arby. He's Oliver Perez to me. One good season with good stuff, but poor control. Basically a rich man's Manny Parra.
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    In season, these athletes basically have a full time job, with the expectations of maintaining academic standards. This means that if you are a college football (bowl team) or college basketball player, it's pretty much impossible to get even a part time job to buy Christmas presents for your family.... not to mention pizza/beer money. As far as I know, the NCAA only allowed student athletes to work at all relatively recently- when I went to school, they were forbidden to get jobs. For the guys who generate huge revenue (football, basketball, hockey, etc.), that doesn't seem fair to me. If you are in a 'non revenue' sport, you have nothing to complain about really, but if you are a Heisman candidate, that's got to be a little rough to swallow when ABC/ESPN, etc. are getting fat (not to mention the schools) while you are risking life and limb. Look at the sweetheart deals that the coaches get with all the shoe/camp/endorsement perks.
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    RockCo if Prince & Reyes are going for similar prices then I agree to sign Prince, but I will be shocked if they are close in price unless you consider $5-$7 million more a year plus 2-3 extra years close. I actually think that Reyes may get a year longer than Prince. I'd say you are pretty much on the button that Prince will get an extra $5-7 million. I think that all told, Prince will probably get an extra $25-30 million than Reyes. I know that it's not my money, but I'd up the ante for Prince given the choice. In the end, both are probably unrealistic options though.
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    One of Bando's underrated blunders was non-tendering Matheny because he was moving Nilsson back to catcher.
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    If you are going to undertake a huge risk like signing Reyes, you might as well take it to the limit, kick in the extra money and just resign Prince. Sign your own guys. You always hear about the Stubbs, Hammonds and Suppan deals, but you rarely hear about the Higuera deal. Heck, even Robin was one of the highest paid players in baseball for a year or two after '89. He wasn't very good anymore after that point, but I don't really remember anyone complaining. Bottom line, Prince has brought millions of dollars in revenue to this team, goes out there to play every day and seems to be a good teammate and a apparently good role model. Why bring someone new into the situation with a high risk of things exploding in one's face? I say this because I honestly don't believe that Reyes will go much cheaper than Prince.
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    Should college football and men's basketball players receive a 'stipend' tied to the revenue that these sports bring to the school? Absolutely. Will they? Absolutely not.
  19. RockCoCougars
    And then moved Braun to RF.And then lured Jermaine Dye out of retirement to platoon with the newly acquired David DeJesus in left. Trade Morgan and Gomez for young arms, get Coco Crisp for CF- and that's an outfield.
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    Say what? He was 2nd among NL SS last year in RBI. I know nobody looks at RBI as meaningful anymore, but it is a measure of production. The 146 RBI's he's got in the last 2 seasons are more than Mike Cameron had in his 2 years as a Brewer. But Cammy had better at bats. He generally swung and missed 2 or 3 times and could coax at least 3 or 4 pitches out of the pitcher. Yuni often makes contact on the first pitch.
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    I like the concept, but all three of those trade proposals would be laughed at.
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    I would have traded Cory Hart for him.
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    I doubt that the Brewers have anything close to what the Mets would want in return for Wright. Nor would I want to give that up.
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    Sure there is sentimentality involved, but everyone here watched Sheets at his peak. Only three years ago, he started the all star game. It's probably less than 50/50 that he will even try to play again and even then maybe a ten to one chance that he will pitch effectively. That said, if he's willing to come to camp for little or no risk, why not give him a shot? You may catch lightning in a bottle. If nothing else, you bring him back to the fold and allow him to retire as a Brewer. I wouldn't throw away money like the Rangers have done with Brandon Webb, but if Sheets is willing to take a non-guaranteed NRI, what is the harm? I'd give an NRI to anyone with Sheets' track record.
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    I'd be tempted to do that deal, but I'm not sure if the Nats would part with Clippard. I wouldn't be surprised if he snatched the closer role from Storen at some point in the near term.
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