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Sydin posted:My favorite part is that a lot of fans defended it on the grounds that okay yeah, maybe Quintana wasn't that fantastic overall for the Cubs, but his contract was so good that Theo had the flexibility to go out and sign Darvish! The Ricketts are garbage, but that doesn’t mean the trade was awful at the time. Quintana was a good #2-3 starter and his contract did make him more valuable. He just sucked at pitching and doing dishes. In hindsight yeah the whole premise was bullshit since the Ricketts decided to take a few offseasons off before the ‘rona gave them an excuse to burn it all down to pay down their Wrigleyville amusement part debt, but the deal itself at the time wasn’t an egregious overpay. Eloy is/was a stud but Cease at the time, and maybe even today still comes reliever risk on top of the teenage TJ on his resume.
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bawfuls posted:i swear to god if the Dodgers biggest offseason move is signing Trever loving Bauer I swear to god if the biggest thing one of the greatest rosters ever assembled does is add the cy young winner, might as well call the entire offseason a bust
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Intruder posted:I swear to god if the biggest thing one of the greatest rosters ever assembled does is add the cy young winner, might as well call the entire offseason a bust Let me cheer for quiet, closet chuds like Justin Turner and Corey Seager instead please.
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Happ might get a dead cat bounce from facing Cleveland, the Royals, and Tigers a whole bunch but holy hell is he gonna get shelled against the Sox
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I'm sad that we lost the most likeable Astro but happy we kept the second most likeable Astro Lots of Astros fans seem to be pushing for Jackie Bradley Jr which, ugh, I guess. Such a downgrade from Springer
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If the Astros can get Bradley for a couple of years I'd be cool with that. Nothing wrong with a Brantley - Bradley - Tucker outfield at all. It sets us up to compete at least next year.
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Kirios posted:It sets us up to compete at least next year. [citation needed]
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If Verlander were able to pitch I'd say the Astros were still an 85-90 win team if they sign Bradley, likely to get in via the expanded playoff format (which would require bouncebacks from Altuve and Gurriel and a healthy Yordan) That's assuming Framber's evolution is real. A Framber/Greinke/McCullers/Javier/??? rotation on the other hand is below average. If Framber falls back down to earth and Javier has a sophomore slump.... maybe a 75-78 win team?
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Royals continuing their reunion tour, giving Wade Davis a minor league deal
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I can't wait until the Yankees face him. It will be very cathartic.
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Happ is fine for the back of the rotation. Also the Twins will be spending more, they always wait out the market. It's a little murky how much they'll ultimately end up at. Re-signing Cruz is a priority but nobody wants to do poo poo on that front until the NL DH is firmly decided. They could be a surprise buyer on the SS market, moving Jorge Polanco to a utility role.
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Intruder posted:I'm sad that we lost the most likeable Astro but happy we kept the second most likeable Astro JBJ is still an extremely good defensive CF, and there's usually a 6-8 week stretch where he hits like Mickey Mantle. It's just that he can't hit at all outside of that 6-8 week stretch. You'll enjoy him.
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Milovan Drecun posted:Also the Twins will be spending more, they always wait out the market. It's a little murky how much they'll ultimately end up at. Re-signing Cruz is a priority but nobody wants to do poo poo on that front until the NL DH is firmly decided. They could be a surprise buyer on the SS market, moving Jorge Polanco to a utility role. Specifically the Twins have made a couple offers to him but he and his agent are refusing to sign anything until the NL DH is actually decided for sure.
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I’d be fine with JBJ, I just don’t expect Click and Crane to actually do anything else this off-season. Tbch, I’m shocked and flabbergasted that they actually handed Uncle Mike a contract instead of letting him walk.
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We're talking about a team that went to the ALCS last year - they aren't that far off.
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Kirios posted:We're talking about a team that went to the ALCS last year - they aren't that far off. It was a 60 game season where half the league made the playoffs.
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Which should make it more impressive that they got as far as they did. Hell, they were one win from the World Series! Lets not act like the Astros are garbage or anything.
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Slimy Hog posted:I heard somewhere (a podcast) that the MLB is considering rule where each team gets a DH until the starting pitcher is removed from the game, has anyone else heard this? The Athletic had an article about it and Jayson Stark says it's "an idea that has come up in baseball’s brainstorming sessions behind the scenes" but there's no source or an indication that anyone is seriously considering this. https://theathletic.com/2321909/2021/01/14/mlbl-dh-idea-starting-pitcher/
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Jackie Bradley Jr sucks, the only reason the red sox were able to carry his dead weight was the rest of the lineup hit the poo poo out of the ball
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I feel like Jackie Bradley Jr would suffer some terrible injury trying to recklessly steal home runs in that park. Either that or his value drops a ton since he can't. Or he just keeps trying and does something insane like scale the chain link fence.
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I found it, the best HOF steroids/Civil War take https://twitter.com/zackattack922/status/1352293652014526473?s=21
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bawfuls posted:I found it, the best HOF steroids/Civil War take lee was a colonel before the war (civil war history dunk)
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Weren't the White Sox on this list earlier in the offseason?
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Sydin posted:https://twitter.com/Adams_Steve/status/1352056891673870338 If I recall correctly, I think it was the Cubs insider blog that mentioned when a deal like this goes down, the NPB team will send a million dollars or so to "buy" the players rights. Which actually means they sold 2019 PCL Pitcher of the year (I know, lol PCL) and at the time probable 5th starter Colin Rea for a million bucks.
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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1352254445644636163 maybe Javier Bracamonte wants to retire after 20 years?
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GoatSeeGuy posted:If I recall correctly, I think it was the Cubs insider blog that mentioned when a deal like this goes down, the NPB team will send a million dollars or so to "buy" the players rights. Yep, it's just a quick cash infusion for Tom. As for Rea yeah our pitching depth is shot to poo poo but he was also pretty terrible across the board in a small sample last year and has never really looked like more than at best a fringy fifth starter type for his career so I'm not shedding too many tears. At this point 2021 is looking like a punt anyway, so might as well bring up guys like Miller, Abbot, etc from Iowa and see what they have to offer.
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The Braves have supposedly "expressed interest" in Realmuto but there's no way they're matching the Phillies on a nine figure deal for a position that (unlike third base or the empty corner outfield slot) actually has an answer already on the roster, so I think it's just kicking the tires / irking a division rival. It would be loving funny, though.
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The Pussy Boss posted:Remind me who the Braves have at catcher that would mean they don't need Realmuto? It's not that they or anyone else couldn't use Realmuto and obviously d'Arnaud is going to regress, it's more a matter of whether they spend the money they rip out of Liberty Media's begrudging hands on a catcher rather than a corner outfielder or third baseman.
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