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Good god my offense sucks. Why am I talking about trading bats for arms?
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 27, 2013 5:42 PM
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FMW has to be pretty happy tonight after just trading for an SP that K'd 17 against ATL
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Sorry, crazy day at work. Will respond to all trade emails at some point tonight.
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 26, 2013 8:17 PM
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Shoeless Joes's trade block has been updated!
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Not really getting floored by the Castro offers I'm seeing so working mainly on matt carpenter stuff. Just FYI.
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 26, 2013 8:22 AM
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Not really getting floored by the Castro offers I'm seeing so working mainly on matt carpenter stuff. Just FYI.
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 26, 2013 7:44 AM
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In the market for a SS or 2B for next season. Just about any non-Harper player available
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Since that .gif of Yu early today, I've been looking at how awesome he has been this year. This is a chart of his release point for every pitch he has thrown this year. Just more amazing stuff: http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5064
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has anyone noticed that Budweiser commercial where they are preparing for the baseball game? Every shot is of Wrigley until the final shot from Busch stadium with the arch and flyover. Just thought it was random and interesting
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Would probably move carpenter Hanley or Castro for elite closer and a lesser bat.
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 25, 2013 5:22 PM
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I will be pouring one out for the John Lackey era tonight
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I guess it is finally time for John Lackey to get on with his life's work
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especially after throwing 97. I hope an arm like that can have some durability
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wow, 61. That's just sick.
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And the pitch Enrico alluded to earlier (61 MPH to Trout): http://i.imgur.com/NIc02ck.gif
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Here is a 'labeled' version of that gif: http://i.minus.com/i8wZg3tXXrAm5.gif (which pitch is which)
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yeah unreal for sure
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I can't stop watching it. Seriously. How freakin' awesome is that?!
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to top it off last night, he threw this like 72 MPH lollipop curveball to Mike Trout, who took it for strike 3 and sort of stood there incredulously deciding whether to laugh or cry
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This is ridiculous - http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-coolest-baseball-gif-of-all-time/
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On this day last season: Joan Bonifacio nominated for auction.
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The Crying of No. 49's trade block has been updated!
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MoPain MoGain's trade block has been updated!
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Shoeless Joes's trade block has been updated!
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Enrico Palazzo's trade block has been updated!
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MoPain MoGain's trade block has been updated!
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Today in Baseball History: Durham Tobacconists v. Duke -- http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_24
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Justin Upton has already accrued 27% of his points scored from 2012. It's only April 24th. Stay hot.
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We Got Wood's trade block has been updated!
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If you have a shot to win, trading prospects, even great ones, for veteran talent, regardless of price, is the cheapest way to acquire the talent you need to win
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Not sure I understand. In the one trade example given (Braun/Kershaw) it shows you have to trade more than prospects to land premium talents, which to me suggests other teams know prospects alone are inherently risky
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Just catching up on the Enrico/Lucky prospects v. veterans saga part 34. Have to say, Enrico walked away from the bench saying, "I rest my case, your honor." Lucky hung his head in defeat. Haha! #lawyered :-)
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The Crying of No. 49's trade block has been updated!
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I would like to nominate Brandon Belt for a big "Eff You" for hitting his first HR on *my* bench... coming *off* the Giants' bench. Geez.
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not exactly the "you need to sell prospects for estalished vets" kind of trade
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http://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/52/viewtrade?id=1727&pending=1
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you gave up Kershaw/Luebeke/Story for Braun/Middlebrooks/Santana
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I wish I could remember what I gave up for Braun but I don't.
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That and the fact that Carlos Gonzalez had like 8 hits after the ASB...
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 23, 2013 10:32 PM
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I honestly believe that the move that sunk me last year was declining to match Trey's offer for Ryan Braun. Pretty sure I was in 1st at the time, was still skeptical about Braun post-roids.
Eckfords ⚾ on
April 23, 2013 10:31 PM
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lots of things "could" be the difference maker. What the good teams are doing is trying to set up a team that is built to compete not just for one year
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I guess the point is that I don't entirely buy that exchanging a top prospect for a proven veteran is in any way a premium b/c there's no guarantee the prospect pans out at all. I'd say it's a small price, not a big one (in most cases)
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The difference is even greater when you're trading a player that isn't going to help you (Sano, Lindor, etc.) for a guy like Braun or Kershaw. Cashing in those chips is more valuable than holding onto them (if you believe you can win, of course)
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...but the difference between you having Braun and another team you're competing against having Braun for those last 60 games could be the difference maker.
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That's how it would probably work (and how it worked last year). You have to use your chips not only to win the race, but to stay in. The difference between Taveras and Braun could be small over 60 games...
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The reality is that (hypothetical) Kemp has been traded to Syndicate, AGon traded to Durham. Braun can be traded to you or to another contender. It would cost you one player - Taveras. That's how it would probably work - you have to use your chips to n
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Let's say your team stays as it until the All-Star break and you find yourself 300 points out of 1st place. You're offered Ryan Braun ($52) for O. Taveras. If I told you that trading for Braun would guarantee you the championship, would you do it?
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who knows who you would have played if you hadn't had Dunn, for instance, but you're just ignoring the possibility that you would have gotten equal production and wouldn't have to move whatever you moved
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over 30-40 games, the difference between Stanton and say, MIke Cuddyer, is much smaller than over 162. Paying a premium for a delta that may now show over a month makes little sense
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just saying the cost is less doesn't make it so; acquiring non-keepers that are priced to cut severely inhibits your ability to compete year over year; that is a huge cost of Otto just like "real dollars" in MLB
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