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  1. TheLeviathan
    Jordan Schafer is the point at which we throw up our hands and see we can't do better until then?
  2. TheLeviathan
    In fairness though, Bailey signed his extension coming off a season significantly superior to anything Porcello has done.
  3. TheLeviathan
    It seems to be commonly accepted by some here that places should be held for top prospects up to three years in advance of their readiness. The notion that the best we could do in three years for that position was a waiver claim on Sam Fuld seems highly unlikely. I don't know what the trade or contract prices would've been to address the situation better, but I know this is about as bad as it could have possibly been managed.
  4. TheLeviathan
    The CF situation still makes my brain hurt. For the third...straight...year!
  5. TheLeviathan
    I'm with you tobi, my first thought when I saw that was it was an absolutely preposterous amount of money given his track record. It literally puts him as being paid as a top 20 player in all of baseball. The Red Sox situation is relevant to it and makes it at least minimally understandable, but this is a guy with a lot of mileage on that arm for his age and now being paid open market value for considerably less value in actual production. If I were a Sox fan, I wouldn't like that deal at all.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Unions are most effective when there is true competition in the market for their work. When you have too much leverage over the employer and there is a union? That's when stupid stuff becomes common. See teachers, police, auto-workers, etc. (And I'm a teacher)
  7. TheLeviathan
    Given some of the absolute whack jobs the Tea Party has elevated, that's who they SHOULD be wary of.
  8. TheLeviathan
    How are we 5 posts into this thread without a Duensing reference? For shame.....
  9. TheLeviathan
    That is one of the funniest things I've read in awhile. Awesome.
  10. TheLeviathan
    You totally should have left that "exhibition part" for your first comment and let the HR title tease. It's a juicy little nugget to enjoy for sure.
  11. TheLeviathan
    See I couldn't disagree more. Libertarian is considered a dirty word in many Republican circles. They consider it in the vein of Rhinos or Blue Dog Democrats that can't be trusted.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I think there is reason to be suspicious of his PED use last year given the injury and I'd venture to guess there have been many career year, soon to be free agents that likely had similar benefits. I understand your concern with how teams might react to having the power to void contracts, I agree that shouldn't go unchecked. Step one needs to be more testing and I agree that drug testing should be a part of every FA physical. Those are good first steps.
  13. TheLeviathan
    That would be an awfully hard thing to do and it is a little far-fetched to be taken seriously as a flaw with the argument. It's far more likely that many players are deliberately orchestrating situations like Santana's where they dope up knowing they won't be tested in order to cash in big time at the expense of their team and other players. I think one of the things that might help avoid the unlikely situation you're talking about, though, is more frequent testing. If players are tested more frequently by independent agencies they'll be better able to narrow the window in which their test was dirty, thereby allowing them to raise a grievance if they think there was some Belicheckian plot with a towel guy in the weight room. And, going further, even if there was a sudden pile of aging, bad contract guys magically testing positive - that would raise the red flag the other direction. But right now that's not the problem, the problem is we have guys knowingly cheating their way into contracts that hurt the teams they sign with. There needs to be something teams can do to counter that to punish those offenders.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, the Republicans will reject him precisely for the reasons they should embrace him. His beliefs on marijuana, crime, prison reform, war and military spending, and many other issues is a breath of fresh air. He's also the rare politician in either party willing to stand up and denounce his own party for hypocrisy or stupidity. He has some issues that I don't agree with him on and I'm not sure he'd make a good president, but dammit we need more people on BOTH sides willing to stand up for some of the things he has made part of his platform. So in that respect I hope he hangs in there as long as he can.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Well it could be fairly easy, a failed drug test is administered by the league so the league is in charge of the entire process. It's not like a team can dig dirt on a player and use that against them, but there could be a rule in the next CBA that all contracts are subject to being voided in the event of a failed drug test. It'll never happen because the players association talks a tough game about drug abusers but has fought the process tooth and nail despite many of their own members agreeing with changes. But I think the option should be on the table for teams in an event like this. Other than preposterous conspiracy theories there is really no way for a team to know, with certainty, a guy is cheating but for league drug screenings. There should be some sort of protection on the backend against that risk given that players aren't screened nearly as regularly as they should be.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Maybe it's just me or maybe it's opening day traffic...but is anyone else having trouble with the site loading slowly? I'm also unable to view my notifications when I click on them.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Their value isn't merely a function of their profit margin. Yes, they're making money, but that doesn't mean you want your seats empty and your home market becoming indifferent to your product. They should be driven by improvement to keep fan interest, but it's certainly arguable that they've gone about doing that poorly.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I think we'll see better baseball, but in one of the toughest divisions in baseball so the record might not reflect the improvement.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I hope we get a nice, long look at a variety of our impact talents to come. We've got some in the lineup already, but hopefully more to come. (The sooner the better if they're ready)
  20. TheLeviathan
    Well, at least you don't have heart worms!
  21. TheLeviathan
    I was behind the signing at the time, but man this story torpedoes my optimism simply because of the injury angle.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Man I'm so behind this. Vargas has quickly become a favorite of mine, i hope he maintains his trajectory the last year or so.
  23. TheLeviathan
    It's also ridiculously rare for this organization right now.
  24. TheLeviathan
    True, but it would then wrap the team more in the mess than they currently are.
  25. TheLeviathan
    And players a route to accuse the team trainers of sabotage.
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