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A Rendon/Castellanos tandem has been traded twice for big boppers. Along with Stanton, I also traded that duo for Miggy. Rendon is great, but Miggy was critical for me last year and will be again in 2015
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I feel like with an excellent draft, half the teams could be big time contenders
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Rendon is a $$ magnet so far. Making me feel a bit better about trading him for Stanton last offseason.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 22, 2014 7:48 PM
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Official league curses will be handed out in February. These are precursor curses...
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Didn't think I would get the Trey curse before the World Series is over.
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I suppose it would make sense for the allocations to be spread more broadly year over year. Fewer mega-bargains as a league progresses.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 22, 2014 7:04 PM
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I can't beat that, but amazing to see that over 60 different players have been allocated to so far (and all teams haven't allocated yet). I need to go back and look last year how many different players received $, but 60 seems high
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Who has the most different players allocated to so far? I think I may have the lead on this one (9).
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 22, 2014 6:36 PM
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Extremely early, no-real-analysis gut feel off-season power ranking predictions for 2015: Durham will yet again be the team to beat out of the gate. With an excellent draft, Knights could also be a big time contender next season.
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So...arbitration is boring. We need some controversy. I propose each team cuts their best prospect outright. I'll be happy to start with Casey Kelly...
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From 538: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/world-series-royals-giants-best-two-teams-baseball/
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It looks like Cashner is $1 gooder at baseball than Doug Fister
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is andrew cashner good at baseball?
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I'm not. They're kingmakers. Every dollar you add to them makes them more likely to be cut or dealt.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 20, 2014 6:57 PM
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A little surprised to see guys like Kimbrel and Chapman attracting $
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Maybe, but those will very possibly be 170 elite innings. He is underpriced.
Caimans 🐊 on
October 19, 2014 3:11 PM
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Surprised at the Matt Harvey allocations. He is going to be about a 170-inning guy next year.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 19, 2014 8:16 AM
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Was wondering when Richards would get some $$. Probably the best contract on my team.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 18, 2014 7:10 AM
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Four of the five players on my team with allocations were picked up as free agents during the 2014 season.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 16, 2014 7:51 PM
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Randomize them often, just as long as the roulette wheel lands on Billy Butler
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I plan on allocating mine at random at least four times, just to throw everyone off.
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For those few teams left to allocate arbitration dollars, please hurry. You only have 28 days left...
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I'm still in mourning.
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I don't think Roark and Wright are apples to apples this season...
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If someone can add to Tanner Ro-ark, then someone could have just as easily added to Wright.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 5:44 PM
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Message from my wife: "I think your jersey just arrived in the mail." 😃
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Get real. Nobody was adding arb money to $35 David Wright. Was cutting him unnecessary? Yes. Does it matter in any way? No.
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Right, very slim odds of allocation for Wright and Upton, but just in principle, doesn't really gain you a whole lot, could conceivably hurt you.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 4:22 PM
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Probably a slim chance David Wright would have attracted $...but you never know
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That's why I was a little bewildered at the pre-arbitration cuts. Zero upside to cutting a player, and there is always the off chance that someone will add $$ to him rather than a player you plan to keep.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 4:03 PM
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Over 10% of players (50+/480) have received at least $1 in arbitration so far with five teams left to dish out. Who knows how it ends, but that's a good argument for not cutting players until after arbitration.
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Somehow a roster as shit-tastic as mine has allocations spread among five players already.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 3:32 PM
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Agree. You have to add your own to the list at the bottom. Only other way to see it is to look at each team individually, which is also annoying
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I find it really irritating that I my allocations are broken out from everywhere elses. Am I missing something or is the only way I can see total allocations is go to the bottom, look at the list then add in whatever I've dropped on top?
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Pence was the clear target for me. 2014 was likely a "down" year for him, in his prime...
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 1:09 PM
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I'm ok with this. I'm resigned to 7th place...again. I suggest the 48 year old VMart.
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Hardest team for me to allocate to is easily MoPain. It's like asking, "Which of the Phillies players deserve to be paid more?"
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His power breakout is coming. Or something.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 11:42 AM
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Very surprised Billy Butler hasn't gotten hit yet...
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Somewhat surprised that Abreu is leading the way in $$. He's a bargain but not a steal. Was not the Chief I chose to allocate to...
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 11:02 AM
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Tanner Ro-ark? Really?
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 10:42 AM
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I had kind of tuned out of my team in September, only now realizing that J.D. went absolutely bonkers. 7.6 for the month bringing him up to 6.2 for the year. #warhorsewaiverclub
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 9:44 AM
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Jed is going to be pretty happy this winter if J.D. Martinez siphons some of the arbitration coming his way...
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He is pretty good at baseball
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I'm keeping Rendon even if y'all add $25 to his salary. Add away!
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And $3 to DeGrom. Love it!!
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 9:11 AM
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And $3 to DeGrom. Love it!!
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 9:11 AM
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Yeah I wish we could manually choose our own end date for this.
Eckfords ⚾ on
October 15, 2014 7:33 AM
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Looking forward to arbitration tomorrow. Not a fan of dragging it out 30 days, but should be fun nonetheless. Always some surprises.
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Clearly KC took some pointers from the Strikes this year on how to build an incredible bullpen...
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