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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Sal Perez's extension only gave him a minimal pay bump over the existing option years, it mostly just added a few more years.And he also was already 5 years into the deal.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Uh, no, I'm never trading Kiriloff. I meant I'd trade Rosario or Kepler to open a spot for him.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    And trading is the path I'd take, every single time. Even if Kiriloff's bat plays at 1B, it plays even better in RF. I just don't think a team on a budget can afford to throw away that difference in value between Kiriloff at RF, and Kiriloff at 1B or DH.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Some of these guys we knew were unlikely to be good coming into the season though. It's not really panicking to still feel that way.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    See my reply to Mike, it's more or less redundant to how I would have responded to this.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Wade and Cave are 4th outfielders, not starters. The odds say only one of Rooker, Larnach and Kiriloff will develop into a starting caliber player. We (as well as Dman and I) have a fundamental disagreement regarding putting players capable of playing other positions at 1B or DH. I'd never do it. Teams on a budget have to maximize their players talents. Because of that fundamental disagreement, we'll never agree on this topic. And that's fine.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Not one person expects 8 all stars in the pen. There is a wide gap between reliable, capable relievers, and all stars. The top teams have contributors top to bottom in the bullpen, not 3 or 4 then the rest mop up guys.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    I have no interest in signing a starting pitcher that didn't have a Spring training again. Unless there is a way to legally IL him and let him have a 3 week EST and a 3 week rehab assignment.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    What is the point you are making? This isn't basketball, one guy can't will a team to win.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    5 walks in 4 2/3 innings has nothing to do with the defense. Hopefully it's just a blip on the radar, but Thorpe has always been somewhat finesse over stuff, hopefully this isn't him getting to the level where his stuff no longer plays.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Regarding Assange, I knew he was an arrogant jerk, but I didn't realize he was this stupid.If I didn't read it myself from the AP, I'd think it was an Onion article: QUITO, Ecuador — The dramatic end to Julian Assange's asylum has sparked curiosity about his seven-year stay inside Ecuador's Embassy in London that was marked by his late-night skateboarding, the physical harassment of his caretakers and even the smearing of his own fecal matter on the walls of the diplomatic mission. It would've tested the patience of any host. But for tiny Ecuador, which prides itself on its hospitality and spent almost $1 million a year protecting Assange, it was also seen as a national insult. "We've ended the asylum of this spoiled brat," a visibly flustered President Lenin Moreno said Thursday in a fiery speech explaining his decision to withdraw protection of Assange and hand him over to British police. "From now on we'll be more careful in giving asylum to people who are really worth it, and not miserable hackers whose only goal is to destabilize governments."
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Raley and Kiriloff are athletic enough to play in the OF. I'm very much opposed to wasting their tools at first base. As for Rooker, what do you expect his milb k rate to translate into in the majors? I don't see it being better than Austin's. Finally, which of those guys do you think the FO would call up today if needed? I'd be much less irked by this if we actually waited until we had a replacement, rather than dumping him because someday we will.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    I wouldn't put much weight behind milb numbers for a relief pitcher, and I'd put absolutely none behind milb ERA. A lot of guys can get milb hitters out. I don't think Vasquez has the stuff to do it in mlb. Also, I didn't realize we were discussing never giving him another chance. Of course he should get another chance. I thought the discussion was should he have been used in that spot. More than anything though, I just don't agree that any amount of milb experience or success qualifies as a "track record" regarding mlb play.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    He has 6 K's and 1 BB in 3 2/3 innings. You are right, that's not solid, it's excellent.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Is there a way to force a free agent to take way less money and years than they are demanding? If not, then no, they shouldn't have signed him. Signing him to those terms would have been awful.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Who are you talking about? Vasquez has all of 5 career innings, so not only does he not have a good track record, he doesn't have a track record.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Cron already has 5 years and 2000 mlb plate appearances, so while improvement is always possible, I'd say it's less likely for him.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    I wouldn't be opposed to drafting a DE fairly early if one falls. I think Griffen is likely cooked. He broke out relatively late in his career, I think we forget he's 31 already.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    I don't disagree with the last sentence in your post. It's still not an apples to apples comparison, as there isn't one to pro sports. The window installer can always go out on their own and get market value for their services at any time, if they truly are as talented as they think. The government hasn't specifically exempted his or her employer from monopoly laws (mlb), or minimum wage laws (milb).
  20. Mr. Brooks
    I doubt the 3rd round pick has much to do with it. More likely the insane contract he's supposedly holding out for. No other team has signed him either, that should speak volumes about his asking price.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    I didn't say I don't care. I said that it wasn't my point. My point is that with a sample size of 200 PA, we don't even know for sure that he actually will have a platoon split, let alone that he can't improve it if he does.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Not unless he's lowered his salary and term demands significantly.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    You might be right. But if you are, he should be recovering on a rehab stint in AAA, not in big league games.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Do you honestly think the abolition of slavery was a magic wand that ended oppression overnight? Have you really never heard of Jim Crow laws, redlining, sunset towns, segregation, etc.?
  25. Mr. Brooks
    My point isn't which side of the platoon they are on, or what position they play. My point is cementing someone as a platoon hitter because of a 200 plate appearance is nonsense. That small of a sample size hardly goes past statistical noise, let alone considering that improvement can occur. And I didn't ask what Kepler's platoon split is now, after he improved against lefties, I asked what it was after his first 200 PA's, when he was awful against lefties.
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