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  1. jerichoholicninja
    I'm pretty sure he doesn't have to be on the 40 man for the team to exercise the option. I would guess he would be eligible for the Rule 5 which certainly makes that an interesting situation.
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    Interesting observation. Good catch. I know I’ve seen that before, I think mainly with relievers. But I’m drawing a blank on a good example for a starter. Do you recall any starters who did this for any appreciable amount of time? I’m curious. Darvish. I would guess Chase gives up more homeruns with no runners on because he's just throwing more strikes and attacking without the fear of any old ball in play resulting in runs scoring. His OBP is the same in both situations so it's not he's losing control and walking guys.
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    I think the one thing almost every fan agrees on, no matter who they "side" with, is that most players are grossly underpaid during their first few years. Let's say they change the system so that these guys are paid more in line with their production. Do we really think that the guys in their early 30's are going to say, well I was paid fairly when I was younger so I'm just going to take minor league deal peanuts now. No, they will be complaining just as much as they are now. We'd be talking about a major shift in wealth as the money will be moving from the 28-32 crowd to the 28 and under. I can't imagine the older side of the union would be too happy about that. And I'm guessing that group wields the most power in the union. So I can't see the PA agreeing to anything like that.
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    [sarcasm]Can't believe he didn't have a red tag in his locker before the game was over. What's Stearns doing!?[/sarcasm]
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    At the moment, yes, the players are seen as the bad guys. When you have Machado holding out four months because he's not getting what he wants and he winds up getting the GDP of a small nation (and the same eventually for Harper), the fans have no sympathy. Like I've posted in every thread about this, though, neither side wants anything that's beneficial for the fans or the game in general so as fans choosing a side is pretty stupid.
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    FYR YOST
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    It probably is but the players are the ones who will suffer the most from it. The owners will still be filthy rich with baseball or without it. Any strike is certainly going to kill baseball's revenues for a good number of years and player salaries will face the brunt of it. Especially if they push for things like higher minimum salary and shorted team control. That's even more money going away from older veterans to younger guys. If you thought being a free agent over 30 was bad now, wait until players in their mid 20's are getting paid in the millions with only a couple years service time or getting free agency at 25 or 26 becomes normal. Not to mention, right now, the players are very much on the losing side of public perception. Striking is not going to help that.
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    The Brewers would be in pretty dire straights with injuries if Santana was getting meaningful innings. I'm sure he had a bunch of minor league deals and took the one where he has the best chance of pitching in the majors. No way Milwaukee was high on that list.
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    You must have a strong dislike of Gomez for some reason. I mean Mike Cameron? Carlos Gomez was one of the most electric players for his short stint of greatness. To be quite frank it isn’t close. Not a fan of Gomez at all but Cameron barely outhit him during their respective times as a Brewer in terms of OPS+ 111 to 110. In terms of defense they each were about .5 dWAR every year except for Gomez's 2013 which was off the charts good for some reason. I'd say strictly on stats they were pretty equal. Then factor in Cameron being well above average at everything and Gomez being a hyperactive headcase full of flaws, I'll take Cameron easily.
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    CF is the only spot where I don't think you have at least 1 or 2 guys who are obvious options. I see a lot of people have CarGo who I wouldn't even consider. I suppose Yount would be obvious but there's no other obvious candidate for SS then. My CF would be Mike Cameron. I know he was only here two years but he was all around solid. My other thought was Podsednik. Then I looked him up and he too was only here two years. And his second year was flat out awful. I thought he was here longer and did not remember him being that bad at the end.
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    The whole point of these lists is to get people agitated to sell magazines and get clicks. Couldn't care less what it says.
  12. jerichoholicninja
    The Dodgers are set at SS and 3B for the next few years. I would say that is probably the #1 reason they weren't going to blow $300M on anyone who plays those positions.
  13. jerichoholicninja
    Burnes, Woodruff, Peralta, and Huira are all still in the organization. They are far from "all in".
  14. jerichoholicninja
    Great minds...
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    He still does because a couple weeks ago he flat out said he would sign with whoever offered the most money.
  16. jerichoholicninja
    I read somewhere that the Padres have somehow configured the contract so that the tax difference isn't really that big. They did the same with Hosmer. Not sure what they can do but they have high paid lawyers and accountants that can figure it out.
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    I'd like to think that people don't really have a problem when a guy hits a routine grounder to short that's fielded cleanly and then doesn't bust it down the line. In that situation you're safe or out whether your run hard or not. I think the problem is like in the World Series when he hits a deep fly ball and watches it all the way around first base only to have it stay in the park and get only a single. Or during the Brewers series when he hit that one in the hole and Arcia makes a great play and barely gets him at first when he was clearly jogging his way down the line. Even half an effort and he's safe.
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    I'm pretty sure he's his own boss so he can do whatever he wants. Like last spring training when he would walk around and live broadcast from team facilities and talk crap about autograph seekers. I know his problem is with the people who do it to turn around and sell it but that just seems like such a petty thing for a person in his position to do.
  19. jerichoholicninja
    How is this guy an agent? His default response to anyone who disagrees with him is "moron". And then throw some expletives in there. I think I would be embarrassed if I was one of his clients.
  20. jerichoholicninja
    Manny has no interest in going to San Diego. It's pretty clear he wanted to be a Yankee. I can't imagine he's going to be all that enthusiastic about playing there, especially since they aren't going to be winning anything for a few years. I also think he's going to force a trade to the Yankees in a coupe of years, and the Padres wind up eating a bunch of that contract and getting pretty much nothing in return. Same as what happened with Giancarlo.
  21. jerichoholicninja
    Ned's winning% with the Brewers was .477, it's .483 with the Royals. Basically the same. I understand he won a world series and a division in KC, neither of which he did in Milwaukee, but he was gifted with by far the best bullpen and most complete teams in baseball those years. Outside of those two KC teams, he's only been over .500 once. He's pretty much the same guy he was in Milwaukee.
  22. jerichoholicninja
    He will be listed at the 3B on the lineup card but will play where the 2B (generally) plays.
  23. jerichoholicninja
    It's a common tale, according to Jayson Stark, it didn't just happen to Mark Reynolds. [sarcasm]There must be a google doc out there with the dates that all the teams agreed on for when they will start offering minor league deals to players.[/sarcasm]
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    Alicdes Escobar signed a minor league deal with the Orioles. First off, he's 32. Where did that time go? Second of all, he's been possibly the worst hitter in baseball during his career, yet, Yost gave him over 600 PA's almost every year and hit him first or second the majority of the time. I'm not sure what more mind boggling - how bad of a hitter he is/was or how stupid Yost is/was.
  25. jerichoholicninja
    Herenan Perez 2017 wRC+ 79 Herenan Perez 2018 wRC+ 79 Perez 2017 RBI: 51 Perez 2018 RBI: 29 Check and mate. Good thing we have Tom telling us what to think 2017 slash: .259/.289/.414 2018 slash: .253/.290/.386 career slash: .256/.285/.388 He hit for a little more power in 2017 but his slash for both years are pretty much identical to his career slash. 2017 BB%/K%: 4.37/17.25 2018 BB%/K%: 5.38/22.47 career BB%/K%: 4.01/20.28 Even his BB% and K% were all around career numbers. His wrist may have been a problem but it doesn't look like it really effected his results at the plate. Well, the stuff that really matters. Looks like it really hindered his RBI numbers though.
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