Around The Majors 2019

Jay212033 said:
I'm not! AA sat on his fanny and did NOTHING after Donaldson and McCann but talk about a 70% done fictitious trade and how this team is already over the 120+ million dollar mark from last season. All we're hearing is BS yet they're taking in more money than they have in yrs! They didn't have to trade all the young guys but they could've traded one or 2 of them and signed more vets. This was a terrible offseason and he knows it!
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He tried and the Marlins held out for an overpay
 
Ozzie Swanson said:
AA has made it clear in pretty much all of his interviews that he isn’t going to make a knee jerk move based on fan pressure. If Kimbrel gets signed it isn’t due to fan backlash.
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The fans pay the bills! You don't need to make knee jerk reaction but make smart moves to improve your club. Signing 2 declining, oft injured players and wanted the fans not to moan and groan is on him!
 
You guys are nuts. I honestly think this off-season was the definition of patience. And brilliance.
We don’t want to screw up and trade away the next Alex Wood or Smoltsie when our window is just beginning to open. We don’t even know what we have - but odds are, it’s a fortune of young talent.
As the old bull once told his son: “you wanna charge down this hill and screw one of those cows? Or walk down there and screw ‘em all?”
 
Hulavol said:
You guys are nuts. I honestly think this off-season was the definition of patience. And brilliance.
We don’t want to screw up and trade away the next Alex Wood or Smoltsie when our window is just beginning to open. We don’t even know what we have - but odds are, it’s a fortune of young talent.
As the old bull once told his son: “you wanna charge down this hill and screw one of those cows? Or walk down there and screw ‘em all?”
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It was the definition of being cheap and burying your head deep in your own ass. We know what we have and that is scary. Neck is past his prime and will be worse than last year. McCann's best years are way behind him and Flowers just isn't that good. Teheran sucks but is somehow starting opening day. The bullpen is in shambles right now and they won't make the one move that is a no brainer. AA and Liberty Media need to go and soon.
 
Hulavol said:
You guys are nuts. I honestly think this off-season was the definition of patience. And brilliance.
We don’t want to screw up and trade away the next Alex Wood or Smoltsie when our window is just beginning to open. We don’t even know what we have - but odds are, it’s a fortune of young talent.
As the old bull once told his son: “you wanna charge down this hill and screw one of those cows? Or walk down there and screw ‘em all?”
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The "window" could close just was fast as it was opened in baseball. Every team in the division except the Marlins got drastically better yet may improve because if Donaldson sucks this is a lost season. You can be patient and still make smart good moves. The BP and Rotation are huge question marks but let be patient smh.
 
Pretty blistering point by CO in that interview: our Opening Day starter is a guy we left off the postseason roster. I get the injuries, but still. Daaaaayum lol
 
Pacheaholic said:
It was the definition of being cheap and burying your head deep in your own ass. We know what we have and that is scary. Neck is past his prime and will be worse than last year. McCann's best years are way behind him and Flowers just isn't that good. Teheran sucks but is somehow starting opening day. The bullpen is in shambles right now and they won't make the one move that is a no brainer. AA and Liberty Media need to go and soon.
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False. Flowers is 4th in WAR among catchers the last 3 years while having significantly less playing time than those ahead of him.
 
Jay212033 said:
That guy name nearly EVERY MLB as being on the verge of acquiring Realmuto smh
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He always had the Braves at the top for a reason. We had a standing offer that eventually got beat. Phillies overpaid. AA had no reason to because our catching doesn't suck.
 
He was after Harper. This is a fact. Wasn’t about to do the years.
Water under bridge. And philly will regret the hell out of it. Starting tomorrow!
 
So...at the time of the Markakis signing "we were working on a really big trade with a really big salary, that didn't get done"

OK, that can't be Realmuto since he doesn't meet the really big salary part (assuming AA is speaking truthfully)

Then who?

It has to be one of a handful of positions, likely an OF or a SP, with SP being most likely.

There aren't a lot of OF who are a. worthwhile in trade and b. have a "really big" salary.

There are a few SP that would probably fall into that bucket.

I'm thinking Kluber.

To move Greinke the D'Backs would have to eat a bunch of his salary.
 
Hulavol said:
He was after Harper. This is a fact. Wasn’t about to do the years.
Water under bridge. And philly will regret the hell out of it. Starting tomorrow!
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Then he was getting played by Boras. It's amazing that people tell you what they are going to do and then everyone is surprised when they do it.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
So...at the time of the Markakis signing "we were working on a really big trade with a really big salary, that didn't get done"

OK, that can't be Realmuto since he doesn't meet the really big salary part (assuming AA is speaking truthfully)

Then who?

It has to be one of a handful of positions, likely an OF or a SP, with SP being most likely.

There aren't a lot of OF who are a. worthwhile in trade and b. have a "really big" salary.

There are a few SP that would probably fall into that bucket.

I'm thinking Kluber.

To move Greinke the D'Backs would have to eat a bunch of his salary.
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Kluber does not have "a really big salary"
 
thewupk said:
Kluber does not have "a really big salary"
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True but it's all relative. For Greinke to be moved, the D'Backs probably have to pay down enough of his salary so that he equals the AAV of Kluber or ~$13.5M.

Realmuto is at $5.9M and probably doesn't arbitrate much above where Kluber is right now by the time he hits FA.

Who else you got?


I'm assuming AA was NOT discussing Pujols, King Felix or Heyward...
 
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