Mike Sixel
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Not when Daschel was first elected. And, that's a long time ago in politics. Look at the GoP now vs then. No comparison.
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Did the Democrat win?
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And how have the bad guys from AAA that would be their replacements preformed?
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MLR pretty much did.
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The Astros seem to make trades that work, but sure, only point out bad ideas.
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I think you are both right. chief is right that there is a lot of goal post moving, a lot. You are right, that that is the past, now let's see if they fix their past mistakes or not.
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Congrats to them all!
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Not the FO, apparently.
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More stuff: Randy 12:57 I read your article on the Dodgers bullpen and loved it. Who could the Dodgers target before the trade deadline for bullpen help? AvatarJay Jaffe 1:05 Thanks (Randy is referring to this https://blogs.fangraphs.com/powerhouse-dodgers-bullpen-misadventures-s...). I mentioned a few guys near the end of the piece, target-wise. The best trade target will probably be Ken Giles, but he's going to cost a lot in terms of talent. Will Smith (the Giants pitcher) could be hard to land given the Dodgers' lack of trade history with the Giants (the last one was in 2007, and the 1956 Jackie Robinson trade was the fourth-most recent https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1...), though maybe the presence of Farhan Zaidi in SF changes that. Sean Doolittle if the Nationals do fall out of the race for good. Beyond that, there are a few recently released guys worth sifting through based on their track records — Luke Gregerson, Dan Jennings, Addison Reed — because they'll cost essentially nothing.
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None, I'd guess, now that the Detroit owner is dead.....but you can choose to make more or less money.....I think Vanimal's point is clear. From the outside, it appears that making more money is more important than making more wins. Which is fine, but also raises the question, why should we give them our money if they don't want to win as much as we want them to? Among a lot of other questions about fandom vs ownership, that probably aren't a good segue in this thread....
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You think good RPs who are controlled for multiple years, who aren't 30, are going to be traded this June/July? What kind of prospects would that take?
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this is interesting: mike sixel 12:31 Rather than speculate on what RPs might now be available, I'll ask you to speculate when the first one will be traded....I'm guessing in 5 weeks. You? Jay Jaffe 12:33 Now that the draft is over and the Kimbrel domino has fallen, I think the general industry consensus is that the trade market is going to start heating up very soon — remember, there's also no waiver period (August 31 deadline) anymore. I'd guess we have a reliever trade within two weeks and it wouldn't surprise me at all if something went down, like, before this chat even ends.
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On the Fangraphs chat (I think yesterday) one of the prospects guys explained why they won't put a ton of effort into talking / ranking those guys. Nearly all of them have deals in place, and so few scouts have even watched the guys that are about to sign. So, they can't get updated information. They can get information on 13-14 year olds though.....
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there will be RPs available, will they pay the price? Will they outbid the other clubs? Will any of them be as good as Pressley?
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there are days......but no. but there are days. Of course, you are typing with me on a day I feel defeated, and am trying not to give up. So, who knows how that changes what I type....
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You did, but then you said they needed to not spend money to extend players.......so I'm not sure how that works.
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All the Cubs do is win. Even when an individual decision doesn't work out, they still find a way to win 90+ games (and a WS in that time frame).
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so, we're just screwed no matter what? I'm not willing to go there.
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Kimbrel probably isn't ELITE anymore. We'll see. BUT, he was available just for money. No prospects. No finding a team that is willing to trade a good player for a prospect or two. No waiting 4-7 weeks to add a player. And, he's probably much better than all but 1-2 of the RPs on this roster, this year and next. So, we'll see if they add RPs. They needed them in the off season, and didn't add any other than flyers.
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Keith Law has a free oral history of how Trout lasted so long in the draft https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26864123/draft-heist-century-how-mike-trout-fell-angels
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It's clear that some on the left won't. Until we give them power, the only things that change depending on the party in charge are abortion and pollution laws.
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And next year, they'll need to spend money on relievers, because no one is stopping up in the minors. Or, they could punt the bullpen again.
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Given their pitching, they'll be in this same spot next year. This was predicted by nearly everyone here, and not one minor league player has progressed this year to fill this year, or next year. So, sure, they can sign two relief pitchers next year for the price of kimbrel. Odds are, they won't be as good as him.
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So, the Twins were wrong about Darvish too.... Is the point never sign pitchers? Guys the Twins didn't sign, have been great, good, bad.... Does that make those signings all, what? The Cubs have also successfully signed free agent pitchers, what's the point of your post? Is it better to trade players and add to the budget?
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such a tired argument. Clearly the Twins loved Darvish, or they wouldn't have made that large offer. The only way this argument makes sense is if you are arguing never to sign it year for expensive pitching.....
