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Post by pokeyreesespieces on Dec 19, 2015 16:51:50 GMT -5
I'm so curious to see what Salazar will cost if he gets dealt. Same here. Before we signed Price, Salazar was the guy I really coveted. His stuff is filthy. He's the same age as JBJ. The peripherals scream burgeoning ace. As far as I can tell the cost for Salazar should be a ransom. And is certainly a much more attractive talent than Shelby Miller. Am I wrong? We'll see. Anyway - the Indians should not be selling these guys off frankly. They have a dominating young rotation that can carry them in the postseason. Why not build around that? Trading Salazar for anything less than a serious impact bat is robbing Peter to pay Paul imo. Like how someone else described the CWS. The impact is in place. Chase depth and improvements that can nudge them from 81 wins to 89. Then when you get to the playoffs let that pitching take over. Yeah I'm not familiar enough with their system to know what other pitching depth they have. For a while we saw the Rays trade away pitchers and come away with better teams, though we've also seen them burn themselves out (as any team that builds through the draft with little to no payroll eventually does). I certainly wouldn't be quick to deal Carrasco or Salazar, then again, I don't think they are either. Would assume the package would be pretty nice.
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Post by freddysthefuture2003 on Dec 21, 2015 13:44:19 GMT -5
Big news Former IF Freddy Sanchez, who had contemplated a comeback in recent years, filed his retirement papers today. He turns 38 today.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Dec 21, 2015 17:21:50 GMT -5
Big news Former IF Freddy Sanchez, who had contemplated a comeback in recent years, filed his retirement papers today. He turns 38 today. Might be time to change your handle to freddysthepast2016
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Post by ibsmith85 on Dec 22, 2015 11:56:14 GMT -5
Mike Leake has agreed to a 5yr/$80m deal with the Cardinals ESPN.com
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Dec 22, 2015 13:07:45 GMT -5
Still don't hate the Porcello contract.
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Post by grandsalami on Dec 22, 2015 13:28:24 GMT -5
“@martinonydn: Sources: Verducci and Reynolds out, John Smoltz in a Fox lead baseball analyst. t.co/mRhzQb5AZG
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 23, 2015 1:41:27 GMT -5
That is a big upgrade. I was actually in the minority who thought Verducci was pretty okay, save for the times when he thought what he had to say was overly clever/funny and he'd get really giddy and start talking too fast and repeating his jokes. I think part of that is just getting used to calling a game and staying conversational.
Reynolds is the worst national commentator. He is wrong with such incredible consistency that the casual viewer would know less about baseball after watching a game called by Reynolds than they did when they turned on the television.
I am excited to hear Smoltz's insight but wary of the lack of chemistry he'll have with Joe Buck.
Now we just need to get Schilling out of the Sunday night baseball booth and we are golden.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 23, 2015 7:20:27 GMT -5
Hopefully this means no more Reynolds draft coverage.
"Well Ortiz announced his retirement, so the Red Sox could use a big bat here." Brilliant analysis.
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Post by rjp313jr on Dec 23, 2015 10:31:56 GMT -5
I'm so curious to see what Salazar will cost if he gets dealt. Same here. Before we signed Price, Salazar was the guy I really coveted. His stuff is filthy. He's the same age as JBJ. The peripherals scream burgeoning ace. As far as I can tell the cost for Salazar should be a ransom. And is certainly a much more attractive talent than Shelby Miller. Am I wrong? We'll see. Anyway - the Indians should not be selling these guys off frankly. They have a dominating young rotation that can carry them in the postseason. Why not build around that? Trading Salazar for anything less than a serious impact bat is robbing Peter to pay Paul imo. Like how someone else described the CWS. The impact is in place. Chase depth and improvements that can nudge them from 81 wins to 89. Then when you get to the playoffs let that pitching take over. Yea with the top 3 they have, there is no way they should be moving any of them right now. They need to take the next 2 years and give themselves a chance to sneak into the playoffs and possibly do damage with those guys in a series. Who would want to face them? It's teams like this that are frustrating pay roll wise. I get not spending huge year after year because of the market (Cleveland really is a sad city), but there's no way the owners can't afford to make a timed run when you have a young cheap core like they have.
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 23, 2015 10:38:37 GMT -5
Hopefully this means no more Reynolds draft coverage. "Well Ortiz announced his retirement, so the Red Sox could use a big bat here." Brilliant analysis. His draft analysis is so bad as to be comical though.
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 23, 2015 21:25:25 GMT -5
John Jaso just got signed by the Pirates for just two years/$8 million. Is this the best bargain of the offseason, or the best bargain in the history of baseball?
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Post by nomar on Dec 24, 2015 8:09:00 GMT -5
John Jaso just got signed by the Pirates for just two years/$8 million. Is this the best bargain of the offseason, or the best bargain in the history of baseball? It's insane. I guess nobody has faith in him staying on the field.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 24, 2015 13:16:27 GMT -5
John Jaso just got signed by the Pirates for just two years/$8 million. Is this the best bargain of the offseason, or the best bargain in the history of baseball? It's insane. I guess nobody has faith in him staying on the field. What position is he going to play? He played a total of 49 innings in the OF and 0 at catcher last year. Surprised an AL team didn't jump at the chance.
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Post by jmei on Dec 24, 2015 13:47:14 GMT -5
He'll be a platoon starter at 1B, with some LF time as well. Good signing.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 26, 2015 11:50:13 GMT -5
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/12/23/0702000000AEN20151223006300315.htmlSouth Korean baseball club Samsung Lions said Wednesday their contract talks with second baseman Yamaico Navarro have broken off, saying they will pursue other options to replace the Dominican slugger with questionable work ethic. ... KBO clubs can each have three foreign players on their roster, and at least one of them must be a position player. The Lions last Saturday announced their acquisitions of two American pitchers, Allen Webster and Collin Balester.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Dec 26, 2015 16:30:27 GMT -5
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/12/23/0702000000AEN20151223006300315.htmlSouth Korean baseball club Samsung Lions said Wednesday their contract talks with second baseman Yamaico Navarro have broken off, saying they will pursue other options to replace the Dominican slugger with questionable work ethic. ... KBO clubs can each have three foreign players on their roster, and at least one of them must be a position player. The Lions last Saturday announced their acquisitions of two American pitchers, Allen Webster and Collin Balester. Two guys who really should have had better careers. Webster at least might still have a chance to figure things out against weaker competition.
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