GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
He's not 25. He's 32.
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He's not 25. He's 32.
what?
chop2chip
Well-known member
Ultimately, it's unimportant to the grander conversation, but we both know the Football thread is filled to the brim with you taking shots at the Cowboys for signing head case after head case. It's just funny to see the inconsistency here about how you care "zero" about character concerns.
Puig doesn't need a conviction on his record to be considered a horrible person and teammate.
Talk to me when Puig has a conviction or fails a drug test.
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
You know. Cuba, birth certificate, steroids, not really 21 when signed, Furcal, yada yada. I mean, he first tried to escape in, like, 1993. If he was 21 when he came up, he was one grown-ass man.
Like how Pujols is already 40?
FWIW - Puig hasn't even reported to Oklahoma City yet...
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-puig-minors-20160805-snap-story.html
chipchildress
Awaiting a Promotion
speaking of heyward, how is his baserunning this year? we all know he must be the greatest baserunner of all times to get such a contract with such not impressive hitting numbers, so how's he doing? still going from first to third with ease?
For those who can't (or simply don't want to) see this, exactly how would the players look at Puig differently than they looked at Olivera? It was the PLAYERS who wanted Hector gone - management was going to let him continue toiling away in the minors since he was getting paid anyway. They finally found a way to get rid of him completely. Taking on Puig puts you right back into the same soup you just got out of - none of the players at the MLB level want him around, and he's the wrong guy to have taking ABs from impressionable young kids with his *hitty attitude and work ethic.
There's absolutely no question that SOMEONE will pick him up if he's placed on waivers, but there's no reason it should be a rebuilding team like the Braves. If he magically becomes that 5 WAR player before he becomes a free-agent following 2018, many of us hope to God it's with someone else. I, for one, hope the Mutts get him - he'd fit perfectly in their clubhouse with Reyes.
He's 1.2 runs above average for his base running. This includes stealing bases as well. So while not at as good as his previous years it's still impressive considering how few times he's actually reached base this year.
Sounds about right
sturg33
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Who brought up Heyward?
Obviously Heyward lovers
I did. If you're going to bring up Markakis in a thread that has nothing to do with him, why shouldn't someone mention Heyward???
They're both being overpaid, right?
sturg33
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I didn't bring up Markakis...
The braves were ****ing idiots for giving him this contract though.
It's not his baserunning.
First, he was going to deliver tape measure home runs, like had never previously been witnessed, smashing windshields and eliciting camera-friendly bearhugs from Chipper. Since that didn't pan out, we were instructed that other-worldly OF defense was suddenly The New Way. Winning a Gold Glove was then deemed the new Shangri La. During off hours, it could be figured that one of the 4 variations of WAR. Thus, it could support a wacked theory that he was worth a $200MM contract, validating the Know It All posturing of certain Chop Country forum members.
Never would anybody care to admit that Bossman Jr. is having a better season though.
Don't think anyone's ever called Markakis a "great investment". He just happens to have saved the Braves $140 million.
That's unless you think Heyward would've made this team a legitimate contender, of course.
Kinda looks like Inciarte was a better investment than either of those guys, no?
Because we totally had to sign Markakis once Heyward was gone eh? What the heck kinda argument is that?
We were going to suck in 2015 and 2016 no matter how well Markakis played, the signing made no sense then or now. We would have been better off with minor league filler.