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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 9, 2020 14:56:38 GMT -5
Not rescinding the Pomeranz trade when given the option was negligence on Dombrowski’s part in my view. That was a travesty. Travesty? How so when Pom ended up having better health than the guy we traded away?
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 7, 2020 16:40:57 GMT -5
Great news!
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 6, 2020 21:57:25 GMT -5
We have the leverage here, if Bloom wants to play hardball we could walk away. Hope he doesn’t try to act in good faith and accepts damaged goods without being compensated for the risk we are taking. A few ideas I’d be cool with: 1. Graterol goes to the Dodgers and we get May instead 2. Twins give us their competitive balance draft pick and the Dodgers throw in a lottery ticket who we like 3. We get Downs and the Twins send their competitive balance pick to LA 4. Graterol goes to the Dodgers and we get Gonsolin and Ruiz. Something along those lines; we failed in the original attempt and were given a second chance, we need to get it right this time or be prepared to walk away from the table. Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t make. I like the cut of your jib
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 22:58:05 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 22:10:08 GMT -5
Guess that's it
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 21:54:09 GMT -5
If puking is your thing I recommend pulling up the scouting report for Allen Webster and his "hard throwing sinker"
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 21:47:58 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 21:45:09 GMT -5
Hoping for one more piece, but I doubt it's going to happen. Looks like getting rid of Price was more important than getting talent back.
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 21:36:02 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 4, 2020 21:25:18 GMT -5
That's my guess too.... EDIT: and within seconds I'm proven wrong
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 3, 2020 12:31:47 GMT -5
Just a point of information people might not realize, but Jeter Downs is Jerry Downs' brother. This doesn't matter for anything other than a neat miscellaneous note if they do acquire him. TheMoreYouKnow.gif
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 2, 2020 20:36:05 GMT -5
Nevermind
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Post by swingingbunt on Feb 2, 2020 17:01:56 GMT -5
Where would Gonsolin Ruiz and Downs all slot in with the prospect rankings? Yes
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2020 21:49:18 GMT -5
I don't see how that could be the case. Any money guaranteed to the player is already included in an AAV. JD didn't change what is guaranteed to him so his AAV shouldn't have changed.
Also, nothing happens contractually when a player "opts in." They just don't opt out of the remainder of the contract. Again, no part of the contract is changed so the AAV should remain the same.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2020 13:07:57 GMT -5
Keith Law is doing a chat right now. I find this encouraging:
Question: Would Verdugo, Ruiz, and a couple non top 100 prospects get Betts? I'd rather the Dodgers hold on to Gonsolin for a 1 year rental.
Keith Law: No. You're trying to trade the prospects you don't like as much, instead of looking at it from Boston's perspective, where they are fielding offers from other clubs too.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2020 10:15:34 GMT -5
Division rivals bidding each other up is a fun idea.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 30, 2020 8:57:52 GMT -5
Seeing Mookie in someone else's lineup is like seeing your girl on a date with another dude. No bueno.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 29, 2020 17:57:13 GMT -5
I'd be pretty happy about a deal involving Verdugo and one of Ruiz/Gray/Downs. From what I've read, none of the players the Padres have made available come close being as good as those two players (although I could easily be persuaded otherwise).
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 29, 2020 9:11:18 GMT -5
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 28, 2020 10:46:02 GMT -5
Dangled is a weird choice of words here. It’s like dangling broccoli in front of a kid who wants desert. Bah. I can't get the "ThatsTheJoke.png" to appear correctly. I think that's the joke he's trying to make. The idea of dangling Margot in a trade is ridiculous.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 27, 2020 22:21:51 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 27, 2020 14:30:48 GMT -5
Rape occurs every 73 seconds in this country. We can't afford to wait until it's a convenient time to call a rapist a rapist.
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 27, 2020 14:19:16 GMT -5
Don, that case was way beyond "he said she said" if you want to google it. There is a lot of evidence that was collected the day after it happened. It's not like a Weinstein/Crosby case where nothing was said for 40 years. Its a "she said he also said"
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 27, 2020 14:18:06 GMT -5
We do know what happened. Kobe ADMITTED that the sex wasn't consensual. And what do we call sex in which one person doesn't consent? Rape. "Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter." That's what he said, how the fuck is that an admission that the sex wasn't consensual? The part where he says she didn't consent
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Post by swingingbunt on Jan 27, 2020 14:07:22 GMT -5
OMG. Here we go again....
We do know what happened. Kobe ADMITTED that the sex wasn't consensual. And what do we call sex in which one person doesn't consent? Rape.
I'm sorry for his family that they lost a loved one. I'm also sorry for all victims of sexual assault yesterday that had to see a rapist rise to the level of hero.
Kobe was a great basketball player and he should be remembered as one. Kobe was also a rapists and he should be remembered as one.
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