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Post by Coreno on Oct 24, 2017 13:11:35 GMT -5
Mark me down as rooting for the Sox to get major league contributions out of the kid named Joe Elvis.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 24, 2017 12:06:52 GMT -5
I still think Houston was the better team. They won only 1 less game, and their season didn't include any insane winning streaks to skew that average.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 24, 2017 0:07:24 GMT -5
Why does everyone want to trade for OFers??
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Post by Coreno on Oct 21, 2017 22:29:35 GMT -5
Yeah this is hilarious. I think we were some of the few NOT anointing NYY world series champs earlier this week. Houston has controlled home field and is three outs away, but I'm not celebrating until the Yankees book their tee times. I really don't know why people hold grudges over over-reacting. It's really not a big deal. It's good to be wrong sometimes. No grudges. You just don't need to cyber-shout every reaction that goes through your mind. The Yankees lost just like they were supposed to and that's all that matters.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 21, 2017 22:19:13 GMT -5
Dodgers - Astros should be an awesome World Series
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Post by Coreno on Oct 21, 2017 22:10:10 GMT -5
The Yankees are losing this game. Have faith. I’ve had faith the whole time. Remember what you were saying in game 5? Yeah this is hilarious. I think we were some of the few NOT anointing NYY world series champs earlier this week. Houston has controlled home field and is three outs away, but I'm not celebrating until the Yankees book their tee times.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 21, 2017 21:20:14 GMT -5
Dude there's still more than a 3rd of the game left, what are you doing??
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Post by Coreno on Oct 21, 2017 17:06:28 GMT -5
I almost asked who that was behind the plate.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 20, 2017 22:53:11 GMT -5
Again, Miguel Cabrera put up over 7WAR and won MVP as a 30 year old 3rd baseman.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 20, 2017 16:28:40 GMT -5
Eh, I wouldn't be that scared of a move like that in regards to how it effects Devers. Obviously, any contract of that length comes with risks, but I wouldn't avoid it out of concern for Devers. Basically you would be banking on him being able to survive as an adequate 3B until he's 25. If the time ever comes that he needs to move across the diamond, it likely wouldn't be until at least late-20s/~30. Even in the darkest timeline for his defense, there's no Ortiz hogging the DH spot anymore. I feel like we've been through the "bad body" thing as much as the Kimbrel trade over the last few years. Especially after seeing him move around over there on major league fields, it just seems so overblown. He definitely showed flashes that he can be above average at the hot corner, he just needs reps to get more consistency. It's fine to have concerns about how his body will age, but I wouldn't expect any manifestation of those concerns for close to a decade, if ever.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 20, 2017 10:34:00 GMT -5
Miguel Cabrera has been a 3rd baseman for essentially 4 years of his career.
He was booted to the corner OF when he first came up until they could find a taker for Mike Lowell. He spent 2 years as the Marlins 3B before getting moved to Detroit. Tigers broke camp with Miggy at 3rd and Carlos Guillen at 1st until realizing that was a trainwreck just a few weeks into the season and flipping them across the diamond. 4 years later, they got Prince Fielder and moved Cabrera back to 3rd. He spent 2 years there before they decided to ship Fielder to Texas for Kinsler, which freed up 1st again for Miggy.
He won MVP both of those seasons he spent at 3rd in Detroit.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 18, 2017 20:32:45 GMT -5
I feel like I'm in the twilight zone. This Yankee team has no business being 1 win away from the world series.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 17, 2017 18:42:52 GMT -5
And neither of those guys ever wore the green before last season.
It definitely is weird that Marcus Smart is the longest tenured current Celtic.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 17, 2017 18:29:15 GMT -5
Yuli Gurriel is a beast. There is a good reason why I wanted to trade Porcello for him this past trade deadline. I mean he's probably like the 8th best player in that lineup. All things considered (age, exp, salary, position), he's probably one of the last guys I would want from that team.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 17, 2017 16:21:56 GMT -5
I don't mind Velazquez as the 5th starter for the first couple weeks if Wright isn't quite ready out of camp. This is a good thing if it actually fixes the knee problem. Didn't want to trade the only young, cost-controlled pitching we had anyway.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 16, 2017 18:35:50 GMT -5
The numbers do show that Beeks is better, he put up similar peripheral numbers in a more difficult role while being 4 years younger.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 16, 2017 13:23:07 GMT -5
Man, if only we could develop an Anthony Rizzo type
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Post by Coreno on Oct 13, 2017 15:00:43 GMT -5
We came close in 2012 and 2014. We ended up with the seventh pick in '13 and '15. True, but while those teams were close to the top of the league in payroll, they weren't anywhere close to as high as that luxury tax number.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 13, 2017 11:38:55 GMT -5
If you go over $237 million do you lose a pick or is your highest pick moved back 10 spots? Top pick dropped 10 spots, unless it's Top 6, in which case your 2nd pick is dropped 10. I feel like if you have a payroll that high, and are one of the 6 worst teams in baseball... wow. I mean, at that point, your organization should just be given the death penalty.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 13, 2017 11:32:36 GMT -5
I'm assuming Kelly's projected arb is so high because of his history as a starter. 3.6M is quite a bit for a middle reliever. With him entering his final year of control, I could see them trying to move him, coming off a pretty successful season and transition to full time relief.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 13, 2017 0:35:58 GMT -5
Speaking of Hanley, doesn't anyone see a bounce back season from him next year? I mean he was playing with bum shoulders for pretty much the entire season this year, wasn't he Late in the season he had a pretty terrible approach too. It's like when he finally felt better he saw where his numbers were and was trying to crush everything to make up for lost time. The key is definitely staying healthy, but I'd be surprised if he's really toast.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 12, 2017 18:43:57 GMT -5
Castillo won't be exposed to the draft, and there are lots of scenarios where he inherits the Chris Young role, if not right away, at some point in the season. Meanwhile, they'll be over the tax limit anyway, so the question is whether he's worth his salary plus the tax over the next few ears. They're paying him to be a 1.5 WAR player or a bit less and he looks like a solid 2.0 WAR guy right now. Why not, exactly? He had a solid season at AAA this year, but he's 30 years old, with three years left on his deal, at a salary almost double what Chris Young was making these last 2 years. His contract vs. level of play thus far has been such a negative that they had to stash him for the last 2 years. I just don't see a necessity to have him take up a 40 man spot over the winter, even if you think he'll be a solid backup contributor. If someone is really that eager to take that contract off your hands, is that a loss? If he survives the winter, he gets a NRI to try and show that he can be that 4th outfielder. Purchase his contract at the end of spring.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 12, 2017 17:30:45 GMT -5
One thing I always keep in mind with JBJ is that he has 1 year of control more than Xander. I could see a scenario where Bogaerts goes to FA, with JBJ traded for a SS.
I also think moving him this offseason would be selling low.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 12, 2017 13:26:45 GMT -5
He looks like a child over there.
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Post by Coreno on Oct 12, 2017 9:51:25 GMT -5
Making a radical move temporarily sounds like an even worse idea.
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