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  1. Thurston Fluff
    Somebody get Ponce de Leon on the phone.
  2. Thurston Fluff
    He'd probably spend it all on a pitching coach.
  3. Thurston Fluff
    That might be why they hired him. The ultimate decision on how much to spend is determined by the person who's money it is.
  4. Thurston Fluff
    Is it Hoyer or the Ricketts doing so?
  5. Thurston Fluff
    If a team wants a guy they'd be willing to trade a lottery ticket to make sure they got them. LosisELy pointed out multiple teams that might be interested. If one of them wants to make a minor move that doesn't upset their farm too much that is exactly the type of move you make. Given a lot of teams are on the fringe one would imagine the moves they'd make would also be on the fringe. While it wouldn't make sense to make a big splash on a rental for an outside shot it would make sense to make a small move on a player and see what happens. To your point that losing clubs are unlikely to take on payroll that's just not true. Teams often take on payroll to facilitate a trade. That's especially true for non impact players and/or rentals. What they don't want is an average player with no future on the team staying on the team the whole season and get nothing for them. Given those players are less in demand they have fewer options. Thus if evening out the money is not prohibitive.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    The only finale that might come close to that one might have been Breaking Bad.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    That whole era of comedians was incredible. Time Conway, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Betty White. Some of the best ever and their comedy still works today.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    He said almost the exact opposite of what you were saying. Chafin got his original team a prospect even when he was struggling based on his history. You said nobody would want someone with a similar profile. Milner would be even more attractive because there isn't a buyout if he struggles and is under control for another year if he does get it together.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    There are a lot of reasons a team may accept a veteran reliever as part of a trade package. Teams often trade players simply to even out the money. They also trade when they don't want to push a prospect too fast. Especially teams looking at total rebuilds or know they're more than a year or two away. They may also hope a reliever who has a year or more of control with some record of success gets hot in the second half and creates some trade value. Take Milner for example. A team like the White Sox can offer him arbitration, shop him around to see if there are any takers. If not they can cut him or keep him and see if he rebounds for next season's deadline. If he doesn't, they weren't going to contend anyway. All they lose is a few million. For them it's not a big deal. What is certain is the only way to squeeze another player out of the original trade is to have him on the roster.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    It's hard to imagine messing up the national anthem so bad that you need to check yourself into rehab afterward. Hope she gets the help she needs.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    Even if nobody wants them might be willing to take them as part of a trade to get a prospect they like. The other advantage for a bad team trading a starting pitcher is they'd get some stopgap pitching in return.
  12. Thurston Fluff
    I just want to know what a country mile is in metric.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    So trade bait? Guess that makes some amount of sense. If I was another team I'd probably just wait until they DFA him but I guess it doesn't hurt to keep him until they can't anymore.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    Why? They're about to need roster spots and now they'll have to expose someone to waivers for no reason I can see.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    I could see a couple of our relievers being added to a trade for a starter. Not because the team wants them but to even out the money and roster situation. A, if you really want one our minor league players you have to take one or two of our excess relievers, type of thing.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    It is for a team that has no chance of winning. It's a good spot for him to be. He gets a shot at regular playing time and the Angels might catch lighting in a bottle and get something of value in return over the next year or so. I'm happy for him and pulling for him to succeed but I don't think he's every going to be a cornerstone for a winning team. That's what I thought he had a shot to be coming up. There's nothing wrong with a guy carving out a career playing on subpar teams who hope he gets hot and build some trade value for free. That's about the best he can hope for now IMHO.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    Yes it backfired but that doesn't mean it was the wrong decision to go with him over Hiura. When presented with two struggling players, one with no excuse for his struggles and one who is coming back from injury it makes sense to think the one who had a reason for his lack of production would eventually come around. The other not so much.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    You missed the point. I used Yleich as an example of how hard it is to project when someone will come back from injury. That Winker has returned to form only lends credence to the reasoning behind playing him over Keston last season.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    I think what Winker is doing now shows why they kept trotting him out there last season. It's hard to know when things will click after injuries. Look how long it took Yelich to return to form for example. His return didn't start until part of last season was played. While it didn't work out with Winker can you imagine what we'd be saying now if we'd have traded Yelich in January 2023?
  20. Thurston Fluff
    I thought Bonilla got $1.19 million per year but I just read it's actually $1.2 million. I just sent him a bill for $.07 with a note saying a 2% late fee will be added after 10 days.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    He either just threw off the mound for the first time or is about to.
  22. Thurston Fluff
    I sent him a check for $1.19. Just doing my part.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    You forgot to lather.
  24. Thurston Fluff
    If ever there was a time to see what Frelick can do at third it's now.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    The Brewers have 12 fewer wins than both Chicago teams combined.
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