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  1. Vanimal46
    Welcome to 2018. A year where people have so much time and so little to do they comb over people's tweets from 7 years ago.
  2. Vanimal46
    Great job Sano! 20 lbs lost is a big accomplishment.
  3. Vanimal46
    If I didn't know better, I would think you're making up names on the Rochester roster... Who are these people? Kremmer, Wilkins, Graterol, Hazelbacker... None of these names register with me.
  4. Vanimal46
    He signed a 2 year contract with the expectation this was a lost season. The optimistic reports said he may pitch in September...
  5. Vanimal46
    Over the last 2 years at least, rental prices are suppressed. Detroit got very little for JD Martinez who put up MVP numbers in the 2nd half for Arizona. As more FOs become analytically saavy, we'll see even less overpays for rental players.
  6. Vanimal46
    Kinley was an awful decision without requiring hindsight as well. Actually, both of their rule 5 decisions were awful.
  7. Vanimal46
    That's a good 'Remember this guy?'... He's 28 and playing in a league down in Mexico now. I forgot he was once a top 5 prospect in baseball from 2010-2012.
  8. Vanimal46
    Concur. They were years behind other organizations developing power arms. I'm not sure who it was that proposed the idea of transforming college relievers with high velocity readings into starting pitchers. It was a bad idea.
  9. Vanimal46
    Do you get the sense they'll move Sano up the minor leagues like a rehab assignment? I assumed this demotion less about getting his swing back, and more about intervening his life to make better food and exercise choices.
  10. Vanimal46
    As far as who plays 3B this year, does it really matter? They're not contending for the playoffs. As far as who plays 3B next year, they have all winter to figure that out. I'm in agreement with Chief. Signing Escobar this offseason is signing high. I think we're going to see him drop off in the 2nd half this season.
  11. Vanimal46
    I guess you could say they should have Benin touch with Benintendi... (•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■) (music cue) “YEEEEAAAAAH!”
  12. Vanimal46
    They weren't the only movies, but you would be surprised. Quite a few comedies in the early-mid 2000s were filled with a lot of gay jokes. I also thought they were funny at the time, but they have not aged well, obviously.
  13. Vanimal46
    I listened when people like your sister warned us about potential employers looking at your Facebook. I deleted all of my college party pictures years ago. Bad social media decisions aren't made by just kids... I'll always remember this story when I was an executive recruiter. I was helping a fortune 500 company search, source, and hire a Plant Manager for one of their large facilities. One guy had the experience and interviewed well where they wanted to make an offer. Until they saw his FB page filled with scorching hot political takes. "The Liberals aren't going to take my guns!" Because of that they rescinded his potential $175k + bonus offer, and I had to tell him why. He didn't take it well and thought they invaded his privacy checking out his personal FB page.
  14. Vanimal46
    He didn't grow up in that era of movies you mentioned... The movies he quoted are cult classics for kids in their mid to late 20s.
  15. Vanimal46
    If this is a golden age of baseball, why don't people know more about it and the awesome players? I agree that there are a ton of young stars in the league. But we know very little about them compared to athletes in other sports.
  16. Vanimal46
    I know nothing about mechanics, but that arm looks pretty whippy, no?
  17. Vanimal46
    Teenagers really don't understand that what they post on Twitter can spread to a huge audience. At the time he was just a kid who was good at baseball and probably thought he was broadcasting to his high school friends that followed him. Little did he know he would blossom into an all star pitcher and become a public figure.
  18. Vanimal46
    Isn't MLB.com's methodology to value prospects who are close to MLB ready more than lower level prospects? I could be way off base.
  19. Vanimal46
    I don't think I would. Even though that's the going rate now thanks to Sammy Watkins and Brandon Cooks. At this point I guess play out the contract year and see if he's as awesome as we hope with Cousins.
  20. Vanimal46
    Not really much of a debate here. Buxton and Sano and no one else is even close. None of the FAs brought in were supposed to be a franchise cornerstone piece. These 2 have to figure things out quickly.
  21. Vanimal46
    Realmuto is #24 overall on Kiley McDaniel's Trade Value series. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-trade-value-21-to-30/
  22. Vanimal46
    Steep price, if true.
  23. Vanimal46
    Admittedly it's not the best visual article they've written at the Athletic. Could have used some charts and graphs instead of writing out the stats in word format. Still, interesting to read data about past Futures Game players and how they progressed from that point. The TL:DR version of the article. 88% of participants in the Futures Game makes it to the MLB. 50% of those participants are replacement-level or worse. Less than 10% of participants become multi-year all stars. https://theathletic.com/432306/2018/07/15/with-20-years-of-data-to-work-with-what-can-we-predict-about-the-future-of-futures-game-participants/
  24. Vanimal46
    They'll need to shed salary (like Forsythe) to stay under the luxury tax threshold. I see this as them regretting not doing enough to win it all last season.
  25. Vanimal46
    Nothing ever dies on the internet. Kids don't realize this until it comes back to haunt them later on in life.
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