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WAR Horse's trading block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 10, 2012 8:14 AM
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Well, since I made Trumbo publicly available, I'm getting hammered with offers. Please note: he is being shopped, can be traded, but won't necessarily. Looking for great package in return, not just good. Just FYI.
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MoPain MoGain's trading block has been updated!
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Billy Butler will be hitting for the cycle tonight. Assuming you call what I just saw a triple...
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Frosted Mini Weeks's trading block has been updated!
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Plus, there's this: Mike Newman: "A contact who I spoke to recently saw Baez and fell in love with the kid. Mind you this contact is usually down on everybody. I'm chomping at the bit to catch him in AA sometime next season."
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 7:12 PM
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I have to bump my OTB posts with all the blabbing you guys are doing.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 7:12 PM
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I feel like I need an app that sends a push notification to my iPad every time Jed updates his OTB page...
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WAR Horse's trading block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 7:03 PM
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ok cool. I don't know what the scoutingbook.com is, and it looks like Newman was repeating a comment not of his, but of some other person, as Newman assessed whether Profar or Machado had a higher ceiling
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And here: http://www.scoutingbook.com/players/p2691
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I was wrong: it was FanGraphs - Machado = Yunel here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mike-newman-prospects-chat-8212/
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Pretty sure I saw the Yunel comp from Baseball America, either on Twitter or the site. I'll see if I can find it. Not making it up...
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Betancourt should be Romney's running mate. To seal up all the votes from the Royals front office.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 4:41 PM
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I figured at least one out of Fister/Kuroda would dominate today. Guess I figured wrong.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 4:40 PM
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he also killed the wife of a laid off worker in Missouri
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exactly. With worse makeup.
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Jim Callis has likened Machado to Yuniesky Betancourt with softer hands and a less swollen face.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 4:35 PM
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or how brittle Yoenis Cespedes is
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Now if we want to survey the question marks around Jedd Gyorko's softball player body, that's another issue
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and how long it takes him to get there, of course
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The entire industry thinks he's a superstar, only question is how high his ceiling is
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Can I see the scouting report that compares him to Yunel Escobar? He's basically been in everyone's top 10 since he turned pro...
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Regarding Machado, I have seen comps/scouting reports ranging from Alex Rodriguez to Yunel Escobar. I'd say that's a pretty large spectrum. Regardless, I hope this works out for the O's. Would love for them to make the playoffs...
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Apparently selling superstars from first place in August is not the way forward.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 12:12 PM
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Welcome, Giancarlo.
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Albert Pujols is on the block. He is not going to be easy to get, but I'm not certain that I will keep him at $53 and I'm feeling increasingly OK with Carter as my 1B in 2012.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 8:08 AM
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WAR Horse's trading block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 8:04 AM
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Pretty limited interest in Greinke. He's going to move. The $34 price tag may look expensive, but ace SP is the single hardest position to buy at auction.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 9, 2012 7:36 AM
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they're terrible, 2nd worst 3rd order wins in the AL, but hell I guess they only have to get lucky now over 50 games, not 162
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its funny that the day he gets promoted to AA (Bundy) and nobody cares now.
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Giving up a year of control will hurt, but just making the playoffs may make up for it. Still don't see the pitching for BAL. Bundy next?
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costs me an extra dollar is what I thought
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Exactly, Trey. Desperation was the first thing I thought.
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at least they theoretically have a playoff shot even though their run differential blows; Myers should stay down just b/c the year of control does matter in KC and they're playing for nothing
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giving up a year of control which seems dumb
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Harper has struggled to put up a 750 OPS and Machado just turned 20 so would expect struggles too, though they've been awful at 3B
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I'm surprised they'd give up on SS until they were forced to by him outgrowing it, unless they plan on moving him back over to SS next Spring
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Wow, that's a big surprise. Looks like he'll play 3B. I'm no scout, but don't think he's ready. Desperate move for desperate fanbase. Never thought he'd make it up before Wil Myers...
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Wow, Manny Machado making his debut tomorrow for the Orioles
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I do hate to see Jackie go, hard to trade a fellow Gamecock.
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Not sure I think Harper is worth $39 next year, but could be a steal for $41 in 2014. Perfect fit for a team like FMW with lots of cash, low payroll
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I'd said that I was looking for MI help, specifically 2B, but I think anybody worth a damn is not getting traded. I wanted in on Kipnis but I missed the boat.
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WAR Horse's trading block has been updated!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 8, 2012 10:48 PM
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Good trade for FMW
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Called it!
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If teams want a $43 Ramirez I would think they could get him. Hanley and Alcides have the same # of points but Alcides is $4 and younger
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I guess my assumption was that teams would vote off players they want a shot at landing on their own team for a championship run. Don't see Alcides as that guy. He could get auctioned at $6 and FMW end up with a better deal with the $5 discount
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I would assume you vote Alcides off before Ramirez . . .
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FMW may want to keep Longo; Hanley the primary vote off candidate?
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