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MLB 2016-2017 Offseason |OT| At Least Next Year is an Odd Numbered Year.
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Frozenprince
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The next DBS episode is actually a baseball episode.
And Yamcha STILL loses.
Only Yamcha.
Silver Arrows
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find what's wrong with this picture!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
He'll also probably cost more.
Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes players get value added for their name power. But yes, Archer is more valuable so he'd probably cost more. Cost isn't the point on its own.
Frozenprince
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Archer also doesn't have the looming threat that his arm is going to fucking explode at any moment.
Silver Arrows
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Well, if you are a pitcher, chances are that threat still looms, albeit very much faded into the background.
But I see your point.
Silver Arrows
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Chris Creamer: Excited to announce I'll be at the @WinterMeetings in Washington, DC next week for what's expected to be a major MLB uniform announcement.
Speculate away.
Speculate away.
In before D-Backs jokes!
Dmncnby2k9
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Under Armour taking over for Majestic as maker of uniforms for MLB.
BFIB
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NY Yankees to lose the pinstripes.
PROh1bited
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Jays to go back to angry Jays uniforms
Silver Arrows
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I would not be surprised if this were the case. Especially considering how close DC is to Baltimore....hmmm.
Sherman: Encarnacion's agt Paul Kinzer said talks have intensified since CBA agreed upon, says likely deal gets done at Winter Meetings.
CheDominik
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Sale's mechanics aren't something you would teach to a youngster, but they are repeatable and he has been healthy. So who really cares what it looks like.
Dmncnby2k9
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NY Post said:
Reported a few montha ago.
Silver Arrows
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I wouldn't be surprised then, Dmn, if what Creamer reported is simply an 'official' reiterating of what was done up in the NY Post.
Or it could be a logo change, I dunno. If it is uniform change that eventually ties back into branding, I nominate the Brewers going back to their 80's gloved M logo.
Or it could be a logo change, I dunno. If it is uniform change that eventually ties back into branding, I nominate the Brewers going back to their 80's gloved M logo.
Dmncnby2k9
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When are Padres gonna return to brown unis?
Frozenprince
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Repeatability isn't the issue, the immense torque he puts on his elbow to break on his slider is.
Silver Arrows
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Considering they just changed the design of their home and away uni's, not for a long time.
Mr. Enigma
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Bud Selig and John Schuerholz have been elected to the Hall of Fame through the Today's Game Era ballot.
I'm okay with this.
awe come on... the white sox farm isn't very good, they need some help
you have to give up something to get something.
obviously 3 years of one of the 5 best left handers in the game isn't gonna be cheap
Dominican Power
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One year to DH in a hitter friendly YS and AL East. I'll take it.
But it's not something I want. The fuck does a bad team need an ace for?awe come on... the white sox farm isn't very good, they need some help
you have to give up something to get something.
obviously 3 years of one of the 5 best left handers in the game isn't gonna be cheap
Mr. Enigma
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Probably won't be bad in 2017. No way they contend for the division, but I could see them maybe in the discussion for a Wild Card spot. They were 50-47 in their last 97 games in 2016. The lineup and bullpen became pretty good in the second half. Starting pitching was atrocious.
Also, remember they are opening a new stadium and need to sell tickets for the games Bartolo Colon won't be pitching in.
The flaw in the logic is that we don't actually want Chris Sale.awe come on... the white sox farm isn't very good, they need some help
you have to give up something to get something.
obviously 3 years of one of the 5 best left handers in the game isn't gonna be cheap
I'm not really sure why you wouldn't want chris sale.
I assume you also don't want mike trout then and you just enjoy watching your team suck? (yes mike trout is the better player, but sale is still one of the best starters in the game)
I can get not wanting chris sale for the asking price he would require, but outright not wanting chris sale.... that makes no sense.
awe come on... the white sox farm isn't very good, they need some help
you have to give up something to get something.
obviously 3 years of one of the 5 best left handers in the game isn't gonna be cheap
But I don't want Chris Sale though.
Honestly, not sure I even want Archer at this point.
Just doesn't make much sense to me to trade for an ace when this team is still more than a few pieces away from legitimately contending imo.
I'm willing to trade Albies because his lack of power means that his hit tool really needs to play up, and if he's limited to 2B for us, then his value isn't *that* high. And his recently fractured elbow isn't great.
But I don't think they should be moving multiple high talent players yet. Just wait one more year.
But I don't think they should be moving multiple high talent players yet. Just wait one more year.
It doesn't make sense for teams like the braves and Yankees to trade for Sale. Both teams are in the middle of a rebuild and aren't one player away from contending.
Go fleece the red sox please.
If the braves were a piece away from being a world series contender then sure, but the braves are not in that position.awe come on... the white sox farm isn't very good, they need some help
you have to give up something to get something.
obviously 3 years of one of the 5 best left handers in the game isn't gonna be cheap
given how the braves finished last year, if they can continue that production and add in an ace, there is a good chance they finish 10 games over .500 next year which would likely be enough to be in the running for a wild card spot until the end.
once you get to the playoffs the series are basically a coin flip anyways so as long as you can get there you have plenty of a chance to win it all.
really you would be best just holding onto your talent, and waiting a few more years, but most front offices don't typically have the patience they get close and they pull the trigger.
really, I wouldn't like seeing sale on the yankees anyways even if they paid a ton for him
quite frankly I hope the yankee's rebuild lasts a while and replaces the cub's record for longest time between world series wins
I'd totally be up for fleecing the red sox though
BigJonsson
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No one wants Edwing?
Second half was a fluke. Kemp probably won't hit that well again. Inciarte was going crazy. Adonis Garcia was hitting way above his talent level. Hell, as good as Freddie is, it's pretty unlikely that he's as good as he hit in the second half. I'm gonna say he won't have a 200 wRC+ over an entire season. Tyler Flowers played way above his talent level in the second half. For some reason, every starter on the team except for Jace Peterson decided to start hitting like an all-star in the second half.
Don't let the second half fool you. This is still a bad team with some major holes on offense.
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