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For the Nick Swisher example, there were about 3 - 4 of them at Scout. Should be a fair question to ask somebody to explain the thought process in his own words? To be fair, most of them hardly post here. As for the others, they're very much around.

Not unique to him. It's all of them. This is basically a copy & paste job from FG and then it enters into groupthink here with whatever the flavor of the month happens to be at the moment, but it dates back to Scout days. When you press for answers, you never receive them. Nick Swisher was...

If he duplicates it next year, he cashed in with multi-year deal after.

If Lucroy only goes for one year too, then it delays the inevitable.

Well, here's what you can do, since you apparently have all this free time! How about researching posting history and showing when these projections were anywhere close to accurate. By the time Albies has been in the majors for 4 years, this thread will have long been forgotten. At the same...

Remember when Kelly was going to be 1.000 OPS!

If somebody feels ambitious enough to search, bet that most of the comments were positive/approving toward retaining Snitker. For those if you who that he's there because of Cox and 90's nostalgia, get real. He got the job mostly because of reputation for being player-friendly from Freeman and...

An occasional Ephus pitch carries tremendous entertainment value.

Current MLBTR article expresses pretty much the same opinion as mine and some comments by other posters (power won't hold up) and obviously speculates on the names that you cited.

Yeah, they're going to suck for at least the next 3 years. Unless the FO wises up and first consults the think tank here, they might have a chance by 2025.

It'll surprise me if he does become a regular. Certainly that's a potential option but just bet that they're going to be looking externally. Some of those developing starting pitchers will be with other organizations in the very near future. The ones who won't stay will be trade chips.

Responding back in the form of a question suggests that you're maybe not entirely sure yourself. Message board groupthink doesn't make it any more impressive. Doubt that Carmago is somebody who'll do much to help make the team better. Rio Ruiz is little more than a place holder. 3B is...

Despite the other banter, still trying to figure out why several people think that Carmago is even some kind of short term solution.

It goes against the grain here, but Maddux said (and paraphrasing slightly) that the most important consideration was "Did your team win when you pitched?"

Ortiz was valuable for providing 200+ innings even up to the point of being acquiring. So anything that he did above and beyond should be considered gravy. That should be looked at as asset management with Damian Moss coming off a 15 win season (if not mistaken?) and then nothing after...

Was this here, at Scout or another board? The uneducated part was an emotional reaction, but Schuerholz was probably right about the poster being a shallow baseball thinker. Possessing a PhD only means that there was additional research done and qualifies that person to teach at the college...

Jaret Wright

Not exactly surprising news.

What's Eddie Haas up to these days? ; D

Would be curious to know why you think Marakakis would be more likely to be dealt than Kemp. Just glad that Lucroy has had a sucky season to finally kill off the board fetish with him. Nevertheless, would expect a couple of areas to be addressed for improvement by trade or FA (3rd and another...