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I'd rather wait until after the deadline to talk about the rest but there are plenty of allocations I just don't understand.
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Is Will Middlebrooks good at baseball?
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I'm probably gonna go against the grain on several allocations but am fully prepared to defend my thinking too. Will be interesting if the curtain is pulled back for all teams.
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I'm wondering if it will show which owners allocated which funds when arb ends. There are many, many variables to the strategy for this process so I'm not sure there are wrong answers. But some players seem more obvious targets than others.
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Holland and Kimbrel are probably top 20 players in this format. Not sure who in their right mind is cutting them.
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 13, 2013 1:55 PM
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Uehara was me. Still getting used to it all, but I would have thought he woul be unlikely to get cut at any point next year. Hence, carrying the $1. I suppose I'm still trying to get a grip on the values for everyone.
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I might put the relievers (Holland, Kimbrel, Uehara) in the baffling category. While all three are elite, they are also the most likely to be cut at some point in the next year. Putting $ on a reliever seems like it would have very short term impact
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I find it amazing that 70+ players have dollars allocated to them (though I suppose that may change in the next 48 hours)
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Elaborate. Chances of them being from me are quite high.
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 13, 2013 12:20 PM
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There are some truly baffling allocations.
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Reminder: Three teams have not yet allocated all of their $$$. Running out of time to get on that.
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 12, 2013 7:18 AM
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Kershaw up to $53; Trout up to $72. Wow.
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Pretty amazing -- read the story on this card in the item description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Cal-Ripken-Jr-Charlotte-Orioles-minor-league-card-The-Original-/321244222577?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item4acba5d471
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 11, 2013 10:10 PM
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Who wants David Price?
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 11, 2013 9:58 PM
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sure that's fine, remind me b/c otherwise I will forget.
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can you keep my $25 as payment for next year? I dont want to complicate it though so let me know what is easiest for you
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oh yeah...sorry about that....I got a "how many Altuves" t-shirt from the Astros game
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WGW, I owe you $25. What did you get for your 3rd place finish? And send me your address bill.porter@gmail.com
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Ready to field offers for Price and Beltre...
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 9, 2013 5:28 PM
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Dear Ken Rosenthal - please stop smoking the mushrooms. No chance the Cardinals trade Allen Craig, Shelby Miller, and Trevor Rosenthal for Tulowitski. Not happening...
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Notice: I can be bought if you have a player you would NOT like arbitration $$ assigned to a specific player. Just saying...
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Every day is one step closer to the free market trade offer revolution....!
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Whoa. The Red Sox offered Stephen Drew a $14 million qualifying offer. I guess they like his defense. $14 million!
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 4, 2013 7:23 PM
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WAR Horse's trade block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
November 3, 2013 6:33 PM
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So is arbitration over now?
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Kinda undercut myself by dropping him. But the April injury really looked bad.. Just happy for the Sox right now.
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Shout out to Nate (Crying) who said "Lackey will be good" in 2013...
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Lucky Strikes's trade block has been updated!
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Who wants Holliday or Kinsler?
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 27, 2013 10:23 PM
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thanks so much but apparently it wont work on Android/mobile browser
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You'll just have to copy/paste one more :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clickable-links/mgamelhnfokapndfdodnmfiningckjia
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I'm using chrome... do you happen to know the extension?
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There are extensions for both Firefox and Chrome that do it
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is there a browser out there that will automatically recognize a hyperlink so I can click on it in this format....I'm lazy and hate copy and pasting these links
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Frustrated? Dude. It's $1.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 27, 2013 8:46 AM
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What a crazy ending to Game 3...
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Of all the arbitration dollars I've received so far, this one has me most surprised and frustrated: http://bit.ly/16Dg6Rg
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I'll put some finishing touches on the lineup cards soon and move on to another project. The value in using the lineup cards is plugging in players from all other teams to give a colorful comparison.
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Really like the lineup cards. Maybe we should extend the arbitration period to two months so you can work on similar projects.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 26, 2013 9:32 AM
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I thought about just throwing money around randomly to mess with everyone a little.
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If you're noticing any bizarre / annoying allocations today... Yeah. That was me.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 25, 2013 1:14 PM
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very cool
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New for 2014: Lineup cards (http://goo.gl/Ihrwqs). Plug in your players and compare to other teams.
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Seems like every time Wacha pitches his allocations in arbitration go up - dammit
Caimans 🐊 on
October 24, 2013 11:56 PM
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I would love to initiate some trade conversations right now but without knowing if the players I'm trading or targeting are going up by $1, $5, or $10+, I'm having an impossibly hard time figuring out how to gauge value while considering budgets. Ugh.
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Willing to initiate Price, Lee, Holliday, and Miggy talks before end of arbitration...
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 23, 2013 7:28 PM
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Nope not ringing a bell.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 23, 2013 7:27 PM
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Does anyone get the reference of my new team name? Resposible for some fond baseball memories.
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what do you mean the WS hasnt started?
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are pitchers and catchers reporting yet?
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