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  1. jimmer
    Oh, it was plenty thick. You did well :-)
  2. jimmer
    when Ryan does it, THAT will be the right time.
  3. jimmer
    except we've seen time and time again that the team doesn't see the effects until the next season. As fans are buying season tickets and thinking all offseason, 'hey we won 86 games last year, we may really be serious contenders next year.' and there is fan interest past attendance too. And, BTW, perhaps if they don't trade for Shields and Davis, they don't win 14 more games in 2013 and they are still sitting there waiting for 'the right time' to improve their ballclub.
  4. jimmer
    I get confused sometimes about the idea that the only time to trade for a proven quality player, when you have a strong farm system, is when you are in playoff contention. Just because the Royals didn't make the playoffs the very first season they traded for Shields and Davis doesn't mean it was the wrong time to do it. They won 14 more games the first season. They were in the playoff hunt most of the season. There is value in that, from a team perspective and a fan interest perspective, to get back over .500 for the first time in a decade. And when I argued for the trade, I didn't expect the Royals to throw Davis back in the rotation, but rather leave him in the pen where he excelled for TB. That decision alone MIGHT have cost them a playoff spot. Maybe. Still, winning an additional 14 games, there's value in that, and doesn't prove it was that it was the wrong time to make the trade. Just like I don't think a team has to be a playoff contender to trade for the best shortstop in baseball who will also be around when we're told the team will be contenders.
  5. jimmer
    PRETTY sure that post you responded to was pure sarcasm. I'm guessing he agrees with you.
  6. jimmer
    Exactly. Just like the Span/Meyer trade. Liked the thinking behind it/ Wasn't thrilled about the player targeted, but still liked the idea behind the move itself. Didn't work out, but that's about the execution, not the thought process behind it. Tulo is a great player. Toronto won't regret this trade. I can't believe we couldn't do better than that with some of the ideas rolling around here. Neither Sano or Bryant would have been needed. BTW, Jeff Sullivan (who writes for Fangraphs, ESPN, etc) says if Reyes hadn't been included, the Rockies would have had to throw money in to cover some of Tulo's contract to get the prospects they got and that was the main reason why he was included. It's a way for them to eat some contract and still get a player (who will likely be moved right away or during the offseason.).
  7. jimmer
    it doesn't have to, in any way, be about just trading for rentals. He didn't do it for players that would help us for that season and future ones either when it was during a time you are saying would be right to go for it..Or do we never do it, period, lest goodness forbid, losing a unproven prospect sets us back 4 years (like what happened to KC when they lost top prospect Myers) and we're seen as 'losing a trade'. And when we are doing really well, it won't be time because we would be winning without said player who would put us over the top.him. An argument can and is often made to NEVER be aggressive (because Ryan isn't aggressive) because we are too far away or we are already supposedly set where we don't need the guy. We have no one for shorstop in the next 4 years. We are, miraculously, still in the hunt. We are supposedly going to be competitive from 2016 on. Be a nice time to have the best shortstop in baseball and a proven leader when that happens. Especially since it's always such a huge hole. Player like that won't be available next year.
  8. jimmer
    I'll believe it when I see it. Like the Lock Ness monster and Sasquatch. :-) And going for it doesn't require getting a guy with a huge contract.
  9. jimmer
    Chief, I'm going out on a limb and say, with very few exceptions, that the ones praising it supports an aggressive approach for our team too and the ones who panned it support Ryan's approach?
  10. jimmer
    OF COURSE we can't put that on Ryan.OF course not. Because contracts were just as huge back then making everyone we could have traded for to put us over the top very expensive...
  11. jimmer
    except Ryan has never done the 'striking when the moment was right' move and it took eight years last time to build a team that had sustained success. And it's convenient that it's never the right time to strike until Ryan does it. Then, and only then, will some say THAT was the exact time to strike. If Ryan doesn't strike, those same people will say it wasn't time to strike.
  12. jimmer
    when Ryan took over for MacPhail it only took eight seasons for the Twins to make the playoffs. Ten MIGHT be the limit :-)
  13. jimmer
    loved that trade from the second it was made. Not that Tampa didn't get something out of it either, but KC clearly got a large boost from it.
  14. jimmer
    yeah, I liked how Gardy refused to give up on Casilla too. liked him SO much that he said before Hardy was traded that Casilla would compete for the shortstop spot because he had all the physical skills. Santana doesn't seem to have the fundamentals down yet. How that is possible I don't know, but it's just like Casilla and the fundamentals of shortstop.
  15. jimmer
    What, a team is going to actually say,'they refuse to make any additional moves because payroll is maxed out.' What do their actions say? plenty of people think you can play and promote the kids but also understand the roster is a 25 man roster not 100 man roster and you can also trade some prospects.
  16. jimmer
    or 99/1 :-)
  17. jimmer
    .817 OPS from a shortstop. Yeah, like you said, still quite good.
  18. jimmer
    he is still going to get paid for the remaining two months of this season, right? Probably push him over 50M.
  19. jimmer
    Plenty never waivered in their support of trade for Tulo. Reyes is still owed over 50M
  20. jimmer
    How is Wil Myers doing? KCs first year with Shields and Davis, playoff contenders and a different culture. Second year, WS participants. and now they got a taste of winning and that changed culture, they are a heavy favorite in the AL.
  21. jimmer
    He blew the 2nd game he was brought in to close then he blew another one two weeks later. How does that make him 16-16 in saves? For 2/3 of the season we lost exactly one game when Rauch was brought in for a save.And we won the division by 6 games, Capps didn't secure anything. The difference between him and Rauch in two months wasn't the difference on anything.
  22. jimmer
    'When people argue against upgrading strengths, they’re really arguing for the presence of diminishing returns, but in baseball, the evidence actually supports the idea that adding a good hitter to an already good line-up actually returns a higher level of value, not a lower one.'-Dave Cameron, today's article on the Tulo trade
  23. jimmer
    141 wRC+ in 2013 171 wRC+ in 2014 2015: 1st 43gms: 3.1bb%, 22.4k%, .136iso, 69wrc+ (after surgery) 2nd 43gms: 10.1bb%, 19.5k%, .207iso, 149wrc+ (as he gets further from surgery recovery)
  24. jimmer
    Turf isn't as bad as it used to be. Also, Tulo has had groin problems caused by steeping on wet grass to plant and then slipping back and extending his groin.That park will help with that and he can DH on occasion if he starts to feel it. On the face of the trade, it was horrible for the Rockies, and great for Toronto, but let's see what they do with Reyes.
  25. jimmer
    Well, we have a low bar for going all in. Getting Hudson, trading for Hardy, and getting Thome that was our go all in. It was also super low risk in terms of monetary committment, I was super stoked for 2010 for doing that and nailed our win total in my preseason prediction. The only thing we did at the deadline was get Capps.
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