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  1. iastfan112
    Pass. Plouffe showed enough last year that he should get a legitimate shot to start. With how much Youkilis will cost, it'd be foolish not to have him starting. Much prefer to see a Mastroianni-esque pickup.
  2. iastfan112
    I'm fine with Salcedo, compared with the others his "stuff" is talked about as being pretty good, that he should get more strike outs then he does thus far. With Hermsen his velocity dipped after being drafted(I saw him in HS, he threw quite hard then) and it's never picked back up.
  3. iastfan112
    Other than Chavez non of the options out there seem like a good fit. I'm thinking minor trade or picking up a MILB free agent or DFA might be the best route. I think Ryan is right to be looking at stocking up the position as the team is short of options should Plouffe fail.
  4. iastfan112
    Vargas(SSS), Hermsen(disappearing K rate), and Wimmers(control, then injury) all feel overrated imo. Hudson Boyd and especially Levi Michael feel low. I can understand the drop with disappointing seasons but mid 20's seems overly harsh.
  5. iastfan112
    I'd be fine with a cheap bullpen option and some scrap heap signings but I don't think it should be second on the priority list. Perkins and Burton make a fine setup and closer combo. Duensing is a great situational lefty and Fien should be serviceable in the 7th(this is my most likely target to regress). Swarzak is a decent option for long relief, despite what his ERA may show, most of the ugliness came from his handful of starts. I'd much rather see the money spent in the infield, guys like Kelley Johnson or Drew are intriguing and shouldn't break the bank. I hear Mark DeRosa is available as well. As it is we have a questionable Plouffe(was that streak a mirage?) at 3B, an aging Jamey Carroll or a no hit Pedro Florimon at SS, and a disapointing(thus far) Dozier at 2nd. It's not as if there is any sort of help coming from the minors for these positions either. Even with a good year Levi is likely a year away.
  6. iastfan112
    Slightly surprised about Waldrop, other than that its pretty much what I expected.
  7. iastfan112
    He's not my top choice by any means. Fastball velocity could get even more scary as he ages.
  8. iastfan112
    Give me a Brandon McCarthy, not a sexy signing by any means but I think A.) He'll come cheap due to injury and playing in Oakland and B.) He seems like a Twins type pitcher. If the Twins had the money to swing it Haren's pretty attractive as well. Pretty close to ace quality typically. If they want to go complete bargain bin give me Bedard.
  9. iastfan112
    I don't understand why I guy who's been found wanting at: Hitting coach, 3B, and Bench coach is still on the staff. Other then that I'm fine with how things shook out.
  10. iastfan112
    Read comprehension not your forte? The new contract doesn't kick in until 2014 as stated in the article thus that isn't realized revenue. Not only that, but, you failed to account for the old contract as well when doing math. Since the article said it was "An over 100% increase", lets keep the math simple and halve that 52 million a year. So 17(increase FSN deal)+5(stadium)+26(Increase mlb deal)= 48 million. Add that to 143 divide by two you get 95.5 million as a base in 2014. Now lets extrapolate at bit. Lets try to find out how much more value Target Field adds per year. Take our base (143+5+17)/2=82.5. Last years payroll was 100 million. Subtract the 82.5 from the 100 x2= ~35 million more in revenue yearly than the Metrodome did in 2007. Seems about right to me. That said, still think the Polhad's are money grubbing cheapskates. I truly doubt that with every corresponding increase in revenue that background costs are doubling as well. Percentage wise they probably are making about the same but I'd be willing to be they're banking significantly more than they were just a few years ago.
  11. iastfan112
    Really really irritating. Auto expands and plays(really loudly) and nice add for The America's cup. Biggest gripe I have here, the intrusiveness of the ads.
  12. iastfan112
    I figured that might be part of the problem. Even before looking at the statistics it seemed like he's taken more called 3rd strikes this year. Someone get the man some contacts!
  13. iastfan112
    Congrats on proving healthy players move thru the minors faster than injured ones? Eaton has an extra 140 games in the minors, it makes sense he'll be at a higher level. Roberts didn't get promoted in 2012 because he missed most of the second half in Beloit in 2011 and then is injured to start 2012. Seems fairly prudent to not add the challenge of tougher competition on top of trying to recover from injuries. If Roberts has manages to put together a healthy, productive season, there's a good chance he'd get promoted midseason, but he hasn't done that thus far.
  14. iastfan112
    If it says BleacherReport I just ignore it. Somehow managed to sell for 200 million though.
  15. iastfan112
    Big fan of what Chief said here, its why I'm not a fan of rule #1. This is part of the site is a forum not a blog and not every post needs to be meaningful and constructive imo. Everything else seems pretty reasonable.
  16. iastfan112
    1. Gonzales is better than Morneau. Gonzales had to play in a huge park and still outhit Morneau over his career. Less injury concerns as well. Gonzales is certainly a long term piece for the Dodgers and Morneau would've been a riskier one. 2. The fact you're even comparing Blackburn and Beckett is absurd. Beckett is a guy who has flirted with being an ace, Blackburn has flirted with being a league average pitcher. Blackburn has no value. 3. Punto can field his position, Nishioka can't. Again, Punto at least has marginal value whereas Nishi doesn't. 4. That's because the Dodgers are clearly in spend mode. The Magic Johnson group pretty clearly doesn't care about payroll at this point. The Dodger's bought low on 3 guys who very well could be All Stars and major cogs in a WS run.
  17. iastfan112
    Sorry, we're not going back to a liquid layout. There are far too many downsides to designing a site based around percentages (which is why the screen would stretch in the old version). If you look around the internet, there are very few "professional" sites that use a liquid design and there's a reason for that. It's impossible to properly control how your content is displayed and make it look good on every device known to man. On top of that, I just don't have the time to continue updating and maintaining two themes instead of one. It's twice the work (more actually, due to how difficult it is to make things look good in a liquid design). I completely understand what you're saying, though. I use a 2550 resolution monitor, which is basically the highest res monitor you can buy for consumer use. I've noted this being a trend for awhile, I don't like it. While sites look very nice on my crappy little 1366 x 768 screen, my 1920 x 1080 laptop has a lot more "dead space" then is welcome. Can't even image how bad it would be with a 2560 x 1600.
  18. iastfan112
    +++++++ Yep, to borrow an old example. Joe Mays> those rollover popup ads. I've just gone back to using Firefox with noscript to avoid how obnoxious they are.
  19. iastfan112
    What no Jason thread for the 7th?
  20. iastfan112
    I realize the deal was much later but the Phillies got 2 of the Orioles top 20 prospects, albeit ones closer to the number 20. Twins should've at least netted one fringy prospect out of the deal last year.
  21. iastfan112
    Plouffe hits another one out.
  22. iastfan112
    For that price I like it. He's had problems staying healthy, but 3.5 million hardly breaks the bank if he goes down with injury.
  23. iastfan112
    Posting for solidarity with my fellow BYTOers. I do miss my bright pink username. So who's going to be the first perma banned?
  24. iastfan112
    Nice to see Tonkin with another good outing. I kept waiting for the guy to really go on a tear and it seems like this year might be his year.
  25. iastfan112
    You do realize both your approximations are off. Butera had 142 terrible AB's in 2010 and significantly less than 234 even worse ones last year(though, it did indeed feel more like 400). He just flat out hasn't hit at any level. Give me Towles and the outside possibility of competency with the bat.
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