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  1. Invader3K
    Seems like a very good deal for the Royals at this point.
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    I don't know...I think in principle, the Yankees should have been allowed to sign at least three upper tier free agents due to all the players they were losing to free agency and retirement...however, when they can just waltz in and sign a guy for 60 million more than his current team was offering (which was already a record breaking offer), that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not sure there's a good solution right now, and I don't think MLB is really motivated to make major changes due to record revenue and attendance they currently enjoy. As far as the NFL comparisons, I think it's apples and oranges. Just take our own state here in Wisconsin...the Packers only have to sell out 8 games, the Brewers have 81 games. There's always going to be more interest in each individual Packer game. Also, for a lot of people out there, the Packers (or whatever NFL team) are their only sports "commitment." There are so many people out there that only care about watching the Packers once a week, but they'll darn sure be watching it, and that's it. Most MLB teams are never going to generate that kind of casual but loyal type of commitment. I think one thing that MLB could possibly take from the NFL is how they market their teams...in the NFL, other than the real bottom of the barrel teams, it seems like every team gets equal attention. People at least know who the quarterback of the Cardinals is. In MLB, the Rays make the World Series and people are like "Uh...who are these guys?" because ESPN and the like continually tout the Yankees, Red Sox, and few others.
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    I agree with that (the part about how the Yankees shouldn't be gaining draft picks). I think the big reason that this salary cap discussion is coming up, is just that this off season has left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, mostly Brewers fans but others across baseball as well. It's like the Brewers are basically being punished for running their team "the right way", where as the Yankees do things "the wrong way" and still seem to end up in a much better situation. Not getting a first round pick for losing Sabathia is pretty much completely ridiculous. Trying to break it down to "MLB needs a salary cap" is an over simplification of the issues at hand, in my view. I guess the more I look at it, I would say again that I don't think a hard salary cap is the answer...but there are things MLB could easily do so that small market teams don't continually get hosed.
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    I think there are plenty of other ways MLB could make things a little more even competitively without instituting a salary cap. They could easily implement an international draft, and also introduce a salary "floor" (something I have no reason to doubt the union would agree to), which would make teams like the Marlins spend more money instead of just pocketing virtually all of their profits. That would create more competition for free agents, at least somewhat.
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    The Sheets ship sailed quite a while ago, in my mind. We used to always hear "Well, at least his injuries aren't arm related." Well, he now has a pretty serious arm injury...I guess I'm surprised he didn't go ahead and have surgery immediately after the season if it's that bad.
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    I don't know...we could probably use an experienced left handed bat, but I don't know how much he really has left in the tank. Also, we're not short on outfielders to begin with at this point.
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    Well, technically it has changed since he had lasik surgery, reportedly, this off-season. I agree that people need to let the Sheets thing go. Are we going to have to put people on suicide watch when he inevitably signs with the Rangers or whoever? Can't wait to hear all the moaning then. As far as Bill Hall, I would rather keep him at this point. He still has value to the Brewers as a super utility type guy, and we don't have any realistic options for a full time 3B going into this season. I'm hoping he turns it around and at least has a decent year. I just think trading him now, we wouldn't get much for him and the Brewers would end up having to eat a lot of money, which wouldn't really accomplish anything.
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    I think the real question is "Who would want to go to Canada in the first place?" I'm kidding, of course.
  10. Invader3K
    You could just as well make the opposite argument and say "What good is a decent starting rotation if you have no closer to finish the games?" I agree that we'll probably see some sort of "scrap heap" type acquisition or two before the start of the season.
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    Well, like it or not, Attanasio has been quoted very recently saying they don't have any money left to add a starting pitcher. We can argue that they do have the money, but I don't think he's lying just to surprise us when they do sign someone...that's not his M.O. I don't like it, but I've accepted the fact we're likely going into the season with the pitching staff "as is." Maybe others around here should start to take a similar view, rather than re-hashing the same arguments over and over, frankly.
  12. Invader3K
    Oh boy...that would actually be a really entertaining combo. Isn't Steiner doing radio for the Dodgers, though? Other than listening to him on XM, I admit to not knowing a whole lot about the guy. (Actually, wikipedia says Steiner is supposed to do radio announcing for the Dodgers again next year).
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    I don't think Molitor was hated here when he left for Toronto...I think more people were mad at Selig and Bando for giving him such a low ball offer that he had no realistic choice but to leave. Molitor got a pretty huge reception when he came back to Milwaukee, actually.
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    A huge amount of downside risk? I think that is an extremely pessimistic way to look at things. You might as well say "Never sign any decent player to a contract for more than about $4 million per year, because they could play well below expectations for some freak reason that no one can predict."
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    Sounds like a pretty fun time.
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    I dread the thought of Kris Benson in the Brewers organization because we'd just hear about his wife non-stop, and that would get old extremely quickly.
  17. Invader3K
    According to MLBTraderumors, Buster Olney says there have been no recent talks between the Cubs and Padres about Peavy, but speculates things could resume with the new ownership being selected in Chicago.
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    Well, hopefully their talk about going all out to win a championship is just that, talk. I hope they end up cutting payroll and sitting on their profits. Only time will tell, though.
  19. Invader3K
    I wouldn't mind taking a chance on Odalis Perez if the opportunity arose. The others just seem like such long shots, I'm not sure if it's worth bothering.
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    How would we not make use of them?
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    I do think we still really need another starter, but I think people really need to let the Sheets thing go at this point. It's almost February, and I think if he was coming back here, it would have happened by now. There are still some serviceable guys out there...Garland, Wolf, etc. Maybe Melvin can put some inquiries out there.
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    Good point, fondy. I tend to agree.
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    If it's only a million, it's hard to complain about this, assuming he doesn't get as much playing time as he did last year...
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    I actually enjoyed the one last night a lot. The Swank debate was amusing, and I liked Dwight at the other paper company's office.
  25. Invader3K
    MLBTraderumors now has a report from Ken Rosenthal saying that the Mariners and Cardinals also have interest in Counsell. If this turns into a bidding war, let them have him.
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