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The fact that we needed to pick up another starter at the deadline, and shouldn't have had Elder starting a playoff game, does not preclude the other statement that the offense sucked in the playoffs from being true. Regardless of who we had on the roster, if you had asked anyone on here 100%...

Our horses were all cheap claimers, so there wasn't big money to be made even if they had been elite for their level. But we learned really quickly that those horses running with a $5,000 tag cost just as much to feed and had just as many vet bills as the Derby contenders. But I have some...

You would probably be surprised at how many in that industry are living hand-to-mouth, relatively speaking. Not so much the owners, as almost all of them are doing it for play money, a tax write-off, or both. But many of the big name trainers are one down year or major suspension from...

Your ideas make sense and I would be on board. Unfortunately, when given a choice between distributing money more equally among a greater number of players or focusing on maximizing salaries for free agent stars, the MLBPA has chosen the latter nearly every time.

Admittedly I don't know anything about the last three Orioles prospects you listed, but Kjerstad is going to be a freaking star. If I'm the White Sox I take the O's offer over the Braves' simply because of HK's upside as a hitter.

Smoltz was much better on the local broadcasts than he is working the national games for Fox.

What the Braves do each year is exactly the opposite of playing the lottery. They have the best overall roster in baseball, with most key players signed to team-friendly conrtracts. The biggest lottery ticket philosophy in the game, outside of maybe paying big for an international player...

Elder should never start a playoff game unless the team is up 3-0 or thereabouts and trying to line up starters for the next series. I wouldn't particularly want Lugo starting one either. He's probably marginally better than Elder, but not enough that I want him starting in a clutch situation.

Honestly by the time the Dodgers will owe Freeman and Betts their deferred money, the $14-16MM will likely be the going rate for a middle reliever or bench bat.

Our kids will be making fun of the Dodgers every July 1st the way we currently do the Mets for the Bobby Bonilla deal.

What kind of sick freak do you have to be to turn down more money (or AAV at least) to stay in Philadelphia over pretty much anywhere else?

Part of that is probably because they were locked into a below market rate for the broadcasts. It was likely profitable for Bally since they were paying 2008 rates.

Thirty years from now all our kids are going to be invoking the name Austin Riley any time there is a talented prospect with critical flaws coming through the system.

This is my optimistic take on it. AA wouldn't be spending this kind of money on decent bullpen arms, knowing the other needs the team has, if he didn't have available funds to competently fill all those other positions.

The blackout rules are a major part of the problem. Where I live, I am blacked out from watching local broadcasts from four different teams, the closest of which is a 4 1/2 hour drive from me if traffic conditions are ideal. As a Braves fan with a satellite TV subscription and Extra Innings it...

Wasn't it some cultural thing on Kawakami's end? Like, he'd rather stay and play out his contract in the minors than be released, go home and lose face?

Bochy is a gotdang playoff ninja.

I was going to try to catch a game in each venue had that matchup happened.

But do his advanced stats a one-time jump in performance, or will he regress to his more usual poor hitting? I'd bet on the latter. The WAR comparison is skewed by Heyward's one good year offensively, and by his defense. If I have to bet on one to replicate his current year's performance I'm...

If we're selecting our platoon LF based on defense we're doing it wrong. Heyward seems much more likely to regress to the sub-.700 OPS guy he was for most of his Cubs deal than what he showed last year in LA.