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Post by burythehammer on Dec 14, 2017 8:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by burythehammer on Dec 10, 2017 10:31:45 GMT -5
"Boras also represents free-agent first baseman Eric Hosmer, who might be the best all-around player on the market. Asked recently to choose between Stanton, Martinez and Hosmer, three talent evaluators said they preferred Hosmer based on his durability, superb defense and reputation as a winner and clubhouse leader." Hmmm, this seems to run contrary to most opinions on here, thoughts. It runs contrary to reality.
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Post by burythehammer on Dec 9, 2017 5:23:53 GMT -5
I'm okay with this if it increases our chances of landing Harper or Machado.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 30, 2017 21:41:10 GMT -5
Mazz would probably trade Mookie Betts for Abreu. And I'm not being hyperbolic. He has no grasp of how the industry of baseball values baseball players in real life in 2017.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 29, 2017 22:02:26 GMT -5
If he's an ace and he can actually hit he'd be the most valuable asset in baseball, period.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 29, 2017 18:40:07 GMT -5
It is amazing that people need that explained to them.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 8, 2017 18:36:40 GMT -5
How awful. His poor family.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 2, 2017 9:35:59 GMT -5
It's Insider Only, but Keith Law's takedown of the LaRussa/Stewart Diamondbacks was pretty illustrative: www.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=5515My biggest issue with bringing on LaRussa in a role like this is his reputation for being openly antagonistic to those who disagree with him. He's never been a "Team of Rivals" type of dude, who can have his professional disagreements without making them personal. On a team with so many big personalities and guys with resumes: Dombrowski, Baird, Wren, not to mention O'Halloran and Romero - it's easy to think having LaRussa's attitude there could make things toxic if things go sideways. Like, why would you want this guy in your organization as a one-of-many "advisor"? deadspin.com/tony-la-russa-invades-pirates-broadcast-booth-during-ga-1778900260He was a good manager, but an extraordinarily bad executive, both as a talent evaluator and in terms of the temperament necessary to do the job well. He's the worst person possible for the job he is apparently getting. Short answer: Because the guy who calls the shots shares his philosophy on baseball. This is what John Henry has allowed his franchise to become.
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Post by burythehammer on Nov 2, 2017 6:42:33 GMT -5
Please let us finish in last place so we can end this charade and bring in a real GM.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 20, 2017 17:11:21 GMT -5
Good news- Sean McAdam? @sean_McAdam MLB Notebook: Red Sox will be among many bidding for Otani. I suppose there will be a few teams that will sit it out for whatever reason but, given the limits on what he can be paid, there's literally no reason for any team to not at least make an attempt to sign him.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 14, 2017 18:56:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm aware of that. They agreed to the rules that prevent teams from exceeding their pool to sign him initially. Nowhere in the rules did they agree to him being barred from signing an extension, at an undetermined time in the future, that is completely in line with his age/talent/and (hypothetically) performance level, which is what we're talking about. If you think the union would just lie down over something like that, agree to disagree Let them investigate. There's no 16 year olds to strong arm and threaten this time around. They agreed to language in the CBA about attempting to circumvent the signing rules (see my post above). Reports are that teams dealing with Otani will have to operate within the rough confines of precedent. Again, this doesn't mean they have to copy/paste a previous contract, but any extension is going to have to roughly follow the format of previous extensions. That has been discussed ad nauseum above as well. It's pretty clear he signs an extension and won't go year-to-year, most likely, but it's not like the extension is going to be able to immediately give him a raise to $20M a year or something. I guess it's moot anyway, because why would any team go out of their way, possibly incurring MLB's wrath, just to spend *more* money than they have to on a player they already control? Even if it involved them reneging on some illegal handshake deal, Ohtani's only other choice would be to go year-to-year, which is terrifying for a pitcher. I suppose he could threaten to spill the beans to MLB but not sure what he would get out of that.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 14, 2017 18:51:18 GMT -5
Like, let's say in their presentation to Ohtani, a team briefly shows a list of all MLB teams ranked by payroll, top to bottom (and the presenting team is highlighted near the top) without any comment or suggestion made. Is that enough to be considered breaking the rules? All I'm saying is enforcing something like this is a lot harder than it sounds.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 14, 2017 15:30:54 GMT -5
The office of the commissioner approves all contracts, and MLBPA agreed to this CBA a year ago when they knee Otani was coming over soon. Yeah, I'm aware of that. They agreed to the rules that prevent teams from exceeding their pool to sign him initially. Nowhere in the rules did they agree to him being barred from signing an extension, at an undetermined time in the future, that is completely in line with his age/talent/and (hypothetically) performance level, which is what we're talking about. If you think the union would just lie down over something like that, agree to disagree Let them investigate. There's no 16 year olds to strong arm and threaten this time around.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 14, 2017 8:03:01 GMT -5
I really don't see how there's anything MLB can do once he signs with a team. Can you imagine the MLBPA's reaction when the league says, "No, sorry, you can't sign that 200m extension because we believe it was a pre-arranged deal designed to circumvent our rules, although we have no actual proof of that, of course." The absolute worst case scenario is they would declare him a free agent, in which case he gets the massive contract anyway, which is what the rules are designed to prevent.
Now, no team is dumb enough to give him the extension before he at least goes out and has a good year (and btw, it's in their interest to do so anyway), but I don't buy this "It has to be in line with previous extensions" thing. There's just no way to enforce it and if they did try to it would open up a much, much greater can of worms for MLB.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 14, 2017 7:02:39 GMT -5
The thing is like, if he's willing to forgo literally hundreds of millions to come over a couple years earlier, is giving him a wink wink promise that you'll sign him to a massive extension really going to be the deciding factor in who gets him? I was dead wrong about this but clearly he's not concerned about the money, figures he'll get paid eventually anyway. I think it's really going to come down to which team can make the best pitch to him.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 13, 2017 9:05:29 GMT -5
By the way, I'm sure those handshake agreements will hold firm if he blows out his arm in his second year here.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 13, 2017 9:00:10 GMT -5
I don't believe a kid from such an honorable culture would be okay with circumventing the rules like that.
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Post by burythehammer on Sept 12, 2017 17:21:51 GMT -5
For the Japanese culture, honor is important, maybe the single most important thing. The sign stealing charges are going to have bigger implications than we think. You did it. You created the worst take that's ever been posted here.
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Post by burythehammer on Aug 13, 2017 22:04:01 GMT -5
I'd just like to take this opportunity to dunk on all the people who said he wouldn't/shouldn't be called up this year. They'll never learn.
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Post by burythehammer on Aug 3, 2017 11:26:21 GMT -5
Can you blame them? What they deserve criticism for is hiring him in the first place.
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Post by burythehammer on Aug 2, 2017 9:41:40 GMT -5
It is both true that David Price is (and always has been) an annoying douchebag and that people are now bending over backwards to turn him into some kind of super villain caricature.
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Post by burythehammer on Jul 10, 2017 5:25:29 GMT -5
Is this the thread where we discuss Kopech's 55 walks in 78 innings? Is you-know-who still around or was he finally banned?
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Post by burythehammer on May 28, 2017 15:36:32 GMT -5
Speak for yourself all you want there was a lot of hate towards him though, saying there wasn't is revisionist history There was hate last year when he had struggles. There was little to no hate towards his abilities when the trade was made, which is what you're implying. You are both revising history and moving the goalposts. Have fun though if it makes you feel better about this objectively awful trade.
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Post by burythehammer on Mar 13, 2017 15:56:14 GMT -5
Those Espionza ratings hurt.
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Post by burythehammer on Jan 23, 2017 10:12:57 GMT -5
Superstar laden talent at all 3 OF positions. Top 5 SS in the game. Arguably a Top 5 1B in the game and a SP Staff with arguably 3 Aces. Everyone is ? The GM. This must be Boston He inherited almost every player you're referencing. And the two he didn't were acquired with resources he inherited.
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