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Jed, here's another way to look at Billy Butler: http://bit.ly/19UyIBl
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You might be missing the fact that there was another guy I traded for?
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So Enrico just traded for a guy he said should be cut 48 hours ago? Maybe I'm missing something...?
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Enrico Palazzo's trade block has been updated!
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Billy Butler may be available. Sort of waffling on how OK I would be at 1B without him.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 29, 2013 11:33 AM
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WAR Horse's trade block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 29, 2013 11:03 AM
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apparently it is actually his second arrest this year
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Yasiel Puig arrested for what I predict is the first of many, many times.
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Enrico Palazzo's trade block has been updated!
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"paid big" meaning moved a $13 closer
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I've now paid big for two pitching prospects this offseason. I hate myself.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 8:25 PM
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I tried 😃
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its like he's trolling me for closer variance tirades. Not submitting this time
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I just rented a $13 RP for one of the best SP prospect contracts in the league...and I'm thrilled about it (until we get to 2015, of course...)
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Lucky Strikes's trade block has been updated!
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I think the default should be to allow it; have been allowed the past 2 years, so unless a majority want to change that, it should probably stay the same.
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Are we allowing trades to occur after the keeper deadline (between 2/1/14 and the draft date)? I think we've done this in the past but we have a new owner, etc. I'm ok either way, just need confirmation for the league.
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I think he is probably worth $9, but I don't know that I want three $9+ closers. Farquhar is less established but has way better stuff.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 1:36 PM
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Maybe, but I'd probably take my chances.
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That's dangerous and bold thinking. But don't established closers routinely go for $8-11 at auction?
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 1:20 PM
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+1
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Neither?
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Who to keep? $8 Ruf or $9 Janssen? This is an existential crisis.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 1:01 PM
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I've decided to make Casey Janssen available. Anyone interested? Would need a decent piece in the $2-3 range. Minor leaguers OK, but would prefer a cheap MLB arm.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 12:47 PM
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WAR Horse's trade block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 27, 2013 9:38 AM
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Really difficult to tell until everyone's cap situation is totally clear... I'd take the over at $17 but $30 would surprise me.
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$30
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Plus not a lot of other options
Caimans 🐊 on
December 26, 2013 10:24 PM
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Over - I think a lot of people regret not going in more on Darvish
Caimans 🐊 on
December 26, 2013 10:24 PM
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It's time to play the annual pre-season "Over/Under" game on auction day prices. Jed brought him up, so let's start with Tanaka. I'll set the over/under @ $17. Thoughts?
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there are definitely a couple players that I might cut "for" Ruf; but I don't know that I'd keep Ruf at $8
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This debate has pushed me to keep Ruf. I've opened my own eyes to how great he is through selective reasoning.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 9:02 PM
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I just counted 19 players rostered between WAR & EP I'd cut in favor of keeping an $8 Ruf.
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you can't beat an OF of Ackley, Franklin, Saunders, Morrison and Hart
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OK let's name some of these talented Seattle OF or OF-in-waiting. And do not say Gutierrez.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:15 PM
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Butler averages 5.7 P/G over last three years, still in his prime.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:14 PM
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ouch. My conscience is not clear -- poor Ryan Ludwick
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SEA has lots of OF talent, in that they have lots of talented hitters that they will ask to stand in the OF
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Country Breakfast was only 5.08 and is more expensive. Sell Sell! Ruf for 1B!!
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Ludwick will be traded or cut, Blash at $2 is a shakier but less risky investment at $2, given that he just dominated AA and Seattle has no outfield talent.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:12 PM
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I like him but he's not better than my 1B, UTIL, or any of my 5 starting OF, so I can't spend $8 on a #6 OF.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:10 PM
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You have Ryan Ludwick and Jabari Blash. Cest la vie guys, welcome Darin Ruf of the 2014 Repeat Champs WAR Horse.
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The frustrating thing about him as that he doesn't kill lefties, oddly, so he's somewhat hard to match up.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:07 PM
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Final standings are determined by total points, but not necessarily by the sum total of a bunch of 160-game seasons. Ruf gave me 3+ months of 5.2 P/G AB's during a tight race. I wasn't arguing.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:07 PM
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if he's truly a 5.3 P/G OF, then you can easily give him $8, as a ton of your other players can be replaced more easily than his 5.3
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I think Ruf is absolutely worth $8, I just don't have $8 to give him. Literally.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:04 PM
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The same could've been said about Matt Carpenter 12 months ago.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:03 PM
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You're kind of saying "he hasn't yet played a full season so therefore he is a bad player."
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:02 PM
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Well if you're into penalizing Ruf for his playing for the worst prospect-handling organization in MLB, I could understand devaluing him. He's sitting on 5.3 career P/G, so when the playing time comes, you're looking at a viable #3 OF for under $10.
Eckfords ⚾ on
December 26, 2013 7:01 PM
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