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  1. USAFChief
    Rogers now hasn't pitched since an inning Jun 8 at Seattle. Thanks, Molly. Sunday is on you.
  2. USAFChief
    Maybe, maybe not, but we'll all be groan at your grammar.
  3. USAFChief
    Old...and mean. Your ban will be over in three days. Sonny.
  4. USAFChief
    You listed six options.
  5. USAFChief
    When they first recalled Berrios he WASN'T better than the crap we had.
  6. USAFChief
    Fans care about many things. In any case, it's pretty difficult to tell most fans that trading away your best pitcher is about winning.
  7. USAFChief
    Fair. I disagree, but fair.
  8. USAFChief
    If they trade Santana while in contention they deserve an empty TF. And then we can hear more about revenue. About how the power arms are just two years away. And start the death watch countdown for Falvine. Lather, rinse, repeat.
  9. USAFChief
    Sometimes. On the other hand, sometimes trading what's working for what you hope might someday work is how teams sustain windows of sucking.
  10. USAFChief
    Just another reason why "don't sign big time free agents until you're already good" is folly. Sign em when you can. They might not be there later.
  11. USAFChief
    No, I don't think so. He was firm about his position on purpose.
  12. USAFChief
    I've said it multiple times, but when I watch Kepler I see Paul O'Neill. Which would be a pretty good thing, if true.
  13. USAFChief
    Well, they're prolly tofu dogs anyway, so who cares?
  14. USAFChief
    Not only can hitters sit on it, it ends up in the middle of the zone too often. Even if a hitter is sitting on a fastball, 98 on the low outside corner is tough to square up. Real tough.
  15. USAFChief
    That's probably from the famous SoCal smog.
  16. USAFChief
    Signing a starter for 4-6 years at 8 figures per year, and signing a reliever for 1-3 years, at 7 figures per year, are not apt comparisons. Complaining about large sums of wasted money, and complaining about not possibly wasting modest sums of money, are not apt comparisons. Even if every single FA signed fails, you have your entire minor league system to count on, putting you in the same position as if you hadn't signed a single one. All you've lost is money, and innings. Personally I don't give a rip if ownership makes a few million less. That ain't my goal, and I hope it's not theirs. The point was, indeed, finding bullpen solutions. Arguing that free agency isn't one route is not supported by any argument I've heard put forth here or elsewhere.
  17. USAFChief
    When you're dabbling in minor league free agency, of course it's a crapshoot. And even that is giving it too much credit, what you're really hoping for is to get lucky. That one of the three AAAA guys you sign has a lucky year. But to say you can't sign quality bullpen pieces isn't true. They exist, you just have to be willing to pay the cost. And BTW, injury is zero reason to not sign anybody, except in the case of someone with a chronic injury. All pitchers are injury risks, including the minor league FAs you're depending on.
  18. USAFChief
    So it's not free agency that doesn't work, it's cost? please elaborate.
  19. USAFChief
    "Free agency isn't the way to build it," yet three of the relievers you mention were added as free agents, including both the "terrific" Kintzler and the "pretty good" Breslow.
  20. USAFChief
    For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would care if the MN Twins were to hand out, say, four FA contracts over the winter over $4M, and, say half of them didn't work out. How in any way would that be worse for anyone involved? if that's too much money, fold up the franchise. Or be prepared to watch 550 losses over six years.
  21. USAFChief
    There should be a new manager in the dugout tomorrow. There needs to be accountability at all levels. Sheer stupidity, and you could see it coming from a mile away.
  22. USAFChief
    OK, will do. Hadn't thought of that. Usually, I consider doing a welfare check on you after I read your game thread intro.
  23. USAFChief
    Well, the post I responded to used "RBI crowd," so... While we're on the subject, a walk may or may not lead to a run, too, but I don't see the OBP crowd saying walks are situational. Mauer's (former) on base percentage is cited as indisputable proof of his value. I also disagree that hitting a fly ball that results in a run is something a player has little control over.
  24. USAFChief
    And the anti-RBI crowd seems to think the object of the game is to avoid outs. That's not how they determine the winner at the end of the game.
  25. USAFChief
    Yup.
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