Wednesday Rockpile: Spending the Monforts' Money
by Jeff Aberle on Nov 9, 2011 6:30 AM MST
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PrintIt looks like another awfully boring off-season for Colorado. It seems like the FO is committed to bringing back most of the 2011 gang, while getting spooked off the scent of potential free agents if other teams show interest. Yep, we've gotten used to a pretty tame off-season routine here as Rockies fans. This is some ground I've covered before, but here's Colorado's immediate needs as I see them:
1. Competent starting pitcher (up to 3, most likely 2) -- I really want to avoid the situation in which Esmil Rogers starts another MLB game for the Rockies.
2. Lefty killing outfielder (1) -- say what you will about Seth Smith not being given enough chances against lefty pitching, but under Jim Tracy it's not going to happen.
3. Gap year starting infielder (up to 2) -- I'm not a believer that Nolan Arenado should be playing in the majors in 2012, though he's doing everything he can right now to change my mind.
In addition to these needs, it would be nice to get another impact bat -- but let's not worry about that for now. To fill these needs, Colorado has about $20 million in payroll flexibility (to get back to 2011's payroll), as they have $62 million committed to 12 players that will play on the roster in 2012. If I were in charge, this is how Colorado's off-season would go.
1. Non-tender Ryan Spilborghs -- yes the righty outfielder is great with the fans and the marketing team (I like the guy a lot too), but he's been a terrible player since 2007, especially defensively. He's not even worth the MLB minimum at this point, but his minimum price to Colorado would be about $1.5 million. Boom, that clears a spot for Lefty killing outfielder.
2. Offer Arbitration to Dexter Fowler, Seth Smith, and Ian Stewart -- the first two fellows provide above league average production against right-handers, and they'll do it for under $6 million combined in 2012. Mr. Stewart? Well, he's relatively cheap and he's pretty much the definition of a Gap year infielder at this point. Starting quality is another thing altogether. Talent gets you more chances than you would otherwise deserve. These moves take the payroll flexibility down to $12 million, with 15 roster spots taken.
Then again, if the option presents itself, it might well be worth it to...
3. Trade Huston Street to the Cincinnati Reds for one of their young 3rd basemen -- hey, why not? Rox Girl turned me on to the Reds for this situation, and the idea has really taken hold. Colorado's got a pretty solid bullpen, and the Reds have a penchant for overpaying decent relief arms (see Cordero, Francisco -- who is a free agent). Street's making about $4 million too much for the innings he's producing, while both Juan Francisco and Todd Frazier would provide intriguing options that could be stashed in AAA if necessary. And if Cincy doesn't want to do the deal, no harm no foul. If they do, that takes Colorado's payroll flexibility back up to $18 million, 14 roster spots.
4. Sign/Trade for 2 pitchers on this list (in order of desire):
John Danks
Erik Bedard
Paul Maholm
Joel Piniero
Ricky Nolasco
Chris Volstad
Chris Capuano
Wade Davis
Kevin Millwood
Danks is obviously the prize pig here, and it would require a MLB player plus a PuRP to get him...dare I say Alex White and Tim Wheeler? Nolasco's stuff Bedard's a straight gamble given his history, but he's the only affordable guy with top of the rotation potential -- and my philosophy as GM is that you pay for talent. Maholm is a guy who has quietly been above average the last few years. Piniero's a groundballer with proven MLB competence (but an injury history) coming off of a down year. Nolasco is still young and talented, but the Marlins might ask for a haul in return -- and the same goes for Volstad.
The latter three are going to be better than Rogers, Clayton Mortensen, Greg Reynolds, etc., which is reason enough to bring them in -- I'm particularly interested in Capuano. Let's say that I'm able to convince Maholm and Millwood to come back to Colorado -- that's $4-6 million for Maholm and $1 million for Millwood, payroll flexibility at $5-12 million, 16-17 roster spots.
5. Sign/Acquire 1 of these Lefty killing outfielders (in order of desire):
Andruw Jones
Jonny Gomes
Josh Willingham
Michael Cuddyer
Kelly Johnson
Angel Pagan
Mr. Jones provides the best mix of affordability (less than $2 million), lefty-mashing ability (.286/.384/.540 in 2011), and yes, defensive utility on the market. Gomes is a close second, but he's not a good defender at all. Willingham and Cuddyer are superior bats, but their length of commitment/age ratio (both are seeking 3 years and will be at least 33 on Opening Day) and lack of defensive flexibility (sorry, I'm not buying Cuddyer as a 3B) push them down this list.
Johnson is in the same Type A boat, but he would definitely also be a great addition in the infield (need 3). Pagan is a non-tender candidate who has had success in the past and could definitely fill the reserve outfielder role well. Let's say that we are able to get Jones or Gomes for $2 million, giving Colorado $3-10 million flexibility and 17-18 roster spots.
6. If I've pulled off the Street-Francisco trade with Cincinnati, look to get Frank Francisco or George Sherrill to replace him
Francisco is a guy who always seems to wind up on my fantasy team, and that's because he's shown an excellent K rate. In a crowded bullpen market, Francisco's price demands will be lower than they would have been. Sherrill played 4th banana in the excellent Braves bullpen this year, but he's a good situational lefty if Jim Tracy absolutely has to have one. That's $6 million in flexibility, 18 roster spots
7. If not, roll with the bullpen the Rockies have now -- it's pretty darn good, actually
8. Sign 1 of these gentlemen to play 2nd base (in order of allure):
Mark Ellis
Clint Barmes
Kelly Johnson
Johnson is markedly the best bat of the group. Unfortunately, he's also markedly the worst fielder and will come with the highest price tag. Ellis and Barmes are both wizards at fielding, they're both familiar with Colorado, and they're both on the wrong side of 30. I can see Ellis getting up to 2/10 with a likely amount being 2/7, while Barmes is more like 2/7 and 1/3. Even at the higher cost, I'm more confident that Ellis will be a league average or better player in 2012 than Barmes.
In a scenario in which Street is still on the roster, Colorado has very little payroll flexibility and 19 slots, with the rest being minimum salary players. If Street is gone, the Rockies have a few million to work with. Maybe instead of getting Jones/Gomes they step up to Willingham if the price is right, or instead of Maholm/Millwood they are able to lure in Bedard and Piniero.
Whatever the case, Colorado's payroll would be around $80-85 million, but the pieces would fit a little better.
Summary
No Street Trade: Colorado gains Paul Maholm, Kevin Millwood, Andruw Jones, and Mark Ellis -- loses Ryan Spilborghs
Street Trade: Rockies get Erik Bedard, Joel Piniero, Jones/Gomes, Juan Francisco, Frank Francisco, and Mark Ellis/Kelly Johnson -- lose Spilborghs and Street
If applied correctly, the salary relief from a Street trade can be used to upgrade the team at several positions. I'm sure that there are plenty of trade scenarios that also make sense, so please let me know of any good ones in the comments section!
Nolan Arenado Watch -- because that's totally a thing now
He was given a day off last night, but in case you missed it, Baseball America had a nice article on Arenado's 2011 improvement. Tim Wheeler went 2-3 with 2 XBHs and 2 BBs in the game, while Joe Gardner threw 3 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and punching out 4.
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If Juan Nicasio, Alex White, and Drew Pomeranz all join Jhoulys Chacin and Jason Hammel in the starting rotation next season, Colorado's average starting pitcher age will be 24.8 on Opening Day.
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Stay away from Bedard...
Unless he is willing to ink for a VERY, VERY incentive-laden Deal! And, no mention of Aaron Hill for Second Base? He’ll probably be the most expensive 2B out there, but he should at least be given some consideration, imo.
Love Prado but...
I worry about his flexibility. Since the Rockies have inexplicably decided to keep Jim Tracy, the roster needs to be simplified. Jim Tracy has proven he cannot handle too many options. Therefore, we need players with only one position to dumb down the decisions for the manager a tad.
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I am excited to see in EY2 can improve his D this offseason
If he can manage a .260/.340/.430 line as a 5th OF with slightly above average LF defense with slightly below average D in CF he would be a valuable pinch runner to any team that has Todd Helton/Jason Giambi on it.
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I have argued the same point but at 2b
he must be a special type of ugly at 2B to not have tried him there, because that speed is worthy and as an everyday player i can see him being quite valuable. But i hate watching him in the OF…
And wouldn’t it be fun to see the comments in the row if Barmey joins the fold again…oh man, the bitter irony. " I hate that guy. Fire his butt!!….Bring em back pls cuz I hate the guys who replaced him more!!"
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by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 11:54 AM MST up reply actions
Definitely a tough spot
I never hated Barmes but I certainly took some shots and was not upset to see him go…but man, perspective is annoying sometimes.
I would love to see the guy prove me wrong
But I’m pretty sure he is simply not skilled enough with the bat to make either that OBP and SLG ever a reality in MLB baseball.
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I <3 Johnson
by SurfaceThought on Nov 9, 2011 12:21 PM MST up reply actions
I love the Hot Stove League/Season...
and love reading articles like these. Almost love it more than the regular season itself.
I would like to see the other writers complete Rockpiles like this. Or heck, see some other regulars comment about the steps they would take, too. I know not everyone has the same views but I would find them very interesting.
Jeff,I am floored you've already forgotten how bad 2011 was
We would surrender a 2nd round pick, not a 1st rd (10th overall) for Kelly Johnson or any Type A
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 7:45 AM MST reply actions
True that, my bad
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Though 2nd round pick for Kelly Johnson is still dubious
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 8:31 AM MST up reply actions
They have been better than our 1st round picks lately
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maybe we pick our 2nd round guy in the first then
and leave the guy we would’ve drafted in the first round for other teams who hate winning.
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by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 11:56 AM MST up reply actions
would have been nice if Wong had fallen to us, but then likely no Story
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We might have done that with Story/Anderson at least
Though Story was actually a sandwich pick
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 12:10 PM MST up reply actions
That's how I've decided to look at it
Story works for a first rounder, and Anderson is a damn good sandwich pick
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Didn't we win the NL West?
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That's how I was writing this article!
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You have to keep reading after april
although admittedly it takes a turn for the Macabre.
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We did in my head
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by SDcat09 on Nov 9, 2011 10:49 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll Take Esmil Rogers over Joel Pinero
iff Rogers can get some more movement on his stuff. I would like to see Rogers spend an entire off season going in as a SP and working on his stuff. If not, I like him as a long man out of the Bullpen as a cheap option
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Rogers has been terrible as a SP
He doesn’t belong in a big league rotation. He may develop into a decent middle reliever, but I think that’s his ceiling. He’s been given plenty of opportunities to show what he can do as a starter, and he can’t do very much.
He needs more time in the minors working on his delivery.
If Rogers could hide the ball better before his release, he would do well as a SP.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
Delivery would be key
if he worked hard I think he could be a decent #5. In 10 starts last year he allowed 4 runs or fewer. Problem is he only reached 7 innings one time. I wouldn’t give up on him yet. He only has 22 career starts in a short 2 year career
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:04 AM MST up reply actions
Not worth keeping
Rogers is a liability. Not because he doesn’t a fine game now and then, but because we never know which Rogers we will see. The decent late rotation performer, or the guy who coughs seven runs in two innings. He has thrown away too many games. No more Rogers — please dump him!
by Real Perspective on Nov 9, 2011 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
Isn't that what Hammel does?
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe ...
But no one’s ups and downs are as severe as those of Mr. Esmil
by Real Perspective on Nov 9, 2011 4:14 PM MST up reply actions
Mr. Greg Reynolds would like a word.
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I'd still say Esmil is more up and down
Reynolds has never had as good or as bad as Esmil has. See Esmil’s start @ Pittsburgh in April and his start vs Atlanta in late 2010
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 6:03 PM MST up reply actions
BANNED!
104 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Sorry, I acutally failed to read # 1 until now haha oops
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
its ok.
102 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I love the idea of Cahill
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:05 AM MST up reply actions
Me too.
I like Gio too
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by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 10:12 AM MST up reply actions
Gio is an absolute stud
seems to be they could pull in a huge haul if they trade him, supposedly Yanks are in on him?
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 10:19 AM MST up reply actions
He was part of the Nick Swisher trade in 2008.
I’ll bet the White Sox would like to have that one back. One of Kenny’s less glorious moves.
A 2B option I think is overlooked
is Thomas Field. That’s the position he played most of the year in AA, with good numbers, especially OBP.
I think the offensive production the Rockies would get from him would be pretty close to what they’d get from Ellis, Barmes or Johnson, and Field is an excellent Fielder. By paying him Major League minimum, $3 – 5 million is saved, a multiyear contract is avoided, and no draft picks are lost.
I really don’t think Barmes is an option, and wouldn’t want to replow that ground even if he was. Shortstops are in such high demand & short supply that he’ll get a multiyear deal somewhere for his defensive SS skills alone. No need to overpay him to play 2B. I’d rate Ellis a wash with Field in overall contribution, at a much higher cost. Johnson’s power would be nice, but it would probably come at too high a price. If he’d do a 1-year incentive-laden deal, OK, but I don’t think he’ll have to do that to get a job somewhere.
I personally don't believe that Field will ever be a hitter good enough to stick in MLB as a regular.
But even so, he’s a guy that probably needs a little more development
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I would be fine with Field taking Herrera's spot if he hits in ST
but I would like a real MLB 2B…..
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He'll be 25 next season & have spent 4 years in the minors
after being signed out of college.
How much more development time is needed?
College signees shouldn’t be limited to one-level-per-year development if their overall performance is good.
The Rockies’ org. needs more of an “up or out” approach to players signed out of college. They hold onto too many of them too long waiting for further development that’s not likely to happen in players’ late 20s.
if Barmes doesn't sign with the Brewers, I'll be shocked.
It’s such a perfect fit for him.
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I bet Pittsburgh makes him a pretty appealing offer.
But yeah, I see Clint landing with the Brewers too.
I don't think Hurdle and Barmes got along well
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2011 7:57 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I hear they're looking at Reyes
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I kind of like the idea of Bedard
He should be going to the DL about the same time DLR is coming off it.
For the curious,
we are holding our PRMLB (the OOTP league) Team Draft today in this thread: http://www.purplerow.com/2011/11/9/2549028/prmlb-team-draft
Bedard and Harden: Let’s Go!
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Somebody has to keep the training staff busy
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 10:19 AM MST up reply actions
If I'm not mistaken ...
Rockie’s 1st round pick is protected, meaning a Type A FA costs us “only” a 2nd rounder.
Also, interesting take from Dave cameron (of Fangraphs) writing for ESPN Insider on:
5 creative signings that should happen this winter:
5. The Colorado Rockies should sign C.J. Wilson
When the Rockies traded away Ubaldo Jimenez, they created a hole at the front of their rotation that will need to be filled before they can close the gap in the NL West again. Wilson won’t come cheap as the best non-Sabathia starting pitcher on the market, but the Rockies should have some money to spend this winter, and Wilson is one of the rare pitchers who could succeed at altitude.
He’s cut his teeth in Texas, so he’s already shown he can pitch and succeed in ballparks that are built for offense. He’s also a ground-ball pitcher who can rack up the strikeouts, thus somewhat mitigating the park effect on his performance. By not depending heavily on a breaking ball, Wilson’s repertoire is well-suited to pitching in thin air, as he can cut and sink his fastball in order to get opposing hitters out.
His struggles during the postseason may subdue the total number of dollars Wilson receives this winter, and that can only help the Rockies. Wilson would fit in well at the front of the Rockies’ rotation, and with Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez in their prime, Colorado can’t waste time hoping to develop young pitchers internally. Wilson would make the Rockies contenders again, and they should make him an offer he can’t refuse.
I am not sure he would be worth the dollars he would command, and there is a near zero chance the Rox would make this move, but he certainly would make us better.
Hey, one can dream, can’t he?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 8:02 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I dreamt we offered him 4/60
I would definitely make that signing
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I'd probably do that too
Although there is something about Wilson that I don’t like. I can’t quite put my finger on it yet.
He's a #1, but not really an "ace"
nothing really flashy about the guy. I’d love to have him though
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I don't know
Could be the years he spent as a so-so reliever and the relativity small sample size as a top of the rotation starter. I just get this feeling that he crashes back to earth soon.
his last 400+ IP in Texas are nothing short of remarkable
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Yes, they certainly have
That I can’t deny. And I won’t deny the fact that he would look pretty good here in our rotation. But he went from an on again-off again closer to a 200+ inning workhorse of a pitcher over night. It’s a very uncommon occurrence and I am hesitant to toss 15+ million a year over the course of 5 or 6 years to him.
While he may possibly be the best starter on the market, I think Oswalt is going to be the best value on the market.
Adam Wainwright did it.
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Not really
Wainwright was a starter all through the minors, he spent one year as a reliever, and he had Tommy John this year (which is probably unrelated)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 9:36 AM MST up reply actions
Except for the fact
that he is pretty much better than anyone we have.
by quite a bit.
Plus a Wilson, DLR, Pomeranz, Chacin, Nicasio/Hammel/White/Bettis
rotation looks pretty great the second half of the season
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Is Bettis possible this season?
Kinda forgot about him
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:20 AM MST up reply actions
Pretty much my thought
but if we can sign Wilson, that rotation is damn good, and really deep.
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Won't happen ever again in Denver
in my opinion. I think as long as same people are around we will build around position players and go with young pitching, just the way it is at this altitude.
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:24 AM MST up reply actions
Bettis should be in Tulsa in 2012, yes?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 9:34 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
O course
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 9:36 AM MST up reply actions
CJ not the man for Rox
I agree with mkorpal. Don’t think we can rely on Wilson to see the Rox through a good season. I think the list put togtehr above is a good place to start. But even at a discount, Wilson will cost more than he is worth.
by Real Perspective on Nov 9, 2011 11:41 AM MST up reply actions
Such a key point:
and with Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez in their prime, Colorado can’t waste time hoping to develop young pitchers internally.
Not saying that they should be traded but for all their potential, guys like Matzek, Tago, and Parker probably are going to contribute little to nothing during the team’s best years with Tulo and CarGo.
This also probably factored heavily into the decision to draft Tyler Anderson…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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Cargo is signed for 6 more years
Tulowitzki for 9 in Cargo’s final year Matzek and Tago wil be the same age that Chacin will be next year, and Parker will be the age Matt Holliday was when he finished second in the MVP.
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I generally think that though it’s factually correct, this is the wrong way of looking at it – that CarGo is for 6 and Tulo is for 9.
I personally think we need to view the next 5 years as THE window (you could extend it to 6 I suppose). This ensures we still have both CarGo and Tulo and that both are young, healthy, and effective – those last 3 years without CarGo and Tulo being like 33, 34, 35 – they could be real ugly. We also have those two now surrounded by a good core with Fowler, CDI, and Smith as well as a lot of potential in the rotation. I’d rather we go hard for the next 5 years rather than continue this incremental, slow approach so that by the time we fix X, problem Y has occurred, and when we fix problem Y, problem Z has occurred.
Additionally, I’d ignore age for the most part. It doesn’t matter that Matzek and Tago will be the same age in CarGo’s final year as Chacin is now – these are guys who will likely need another 3 seasons in the minors and then probably a year of transitioning in the majors before they’re a total asset in terms of wins. At this point there’s only 1-2 years left of prime core time.
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Great assessment!
You cannot continure to be building for the future. It may never arrive. Go for the goods as soon as you can.
by Real Perspective on Nov 9, 2011 4:17 PM MST up reply actions
But the future WILL arrive
barring the Mayans being right, there is going to be a future for this team, and you’re not going to want them to be terrible then any more than you do now.
I’m not saying that you only build for the future, or that you never trade prospects for guys that can help now. But this idea that this franchise can somehow survive by trading away every prospect for veterans and hitting the FA market in addition simply isn’t realistic either. There is going to have to be a blend, and that’s going to mean waiting for some guys to develop in the minors.
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How much good will Anderson do in the Tulo-Cargo "prime years"
if he’s put on the same one-level-per-year path as other college signees — i.e., Bettis.
A starting pitcher with 3 years’ college experience should move as fast through the system as his results will justify, jumping a level if he’s really dominant and going to the Majors as soon as he shows the control and pitch variety (2 plus pitches, or 3 at least average pitches) needed to be a big league starter.
Technically, anything can happen
but Anderson was supposedly exceptionally polished for a college pitcher – so that while his upside is limited, he should move rather quickly.
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Give me Cahill and Prado
and I’ll be happy
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:05 AM MST up reply actions
I bet we don't end up with any of those guys.
Rodgers will be named opening day starter, street will be the “closer”.
Aaron Rodgers might not be a decent pitcher
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 8:31 AM MST up reply actions
Rox will shy away from cuddyer
now that the phillies have shown interest (I’m ok with that, BTW). This will be a scrap heap off season as usual.
Front office isn’t willing to part with prospects until they have seen them fail at coors field 4-6 times.
Rox have a
mid market budget and a small market mind set
I want the Phillies to make it happen
I want them to sign everybody to 5 year deals.
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I feel like Ruben Amaro is generally incompetent,
but has the inherent ability to cast Summon Ace Pitcher once per year.
by Shoemaker on Nov 9, 2011 9:12 AM MST up reply actions 4 recs
oh god this is amazing
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we are people sitting around arguing what someone we don't know
should pay someone we don’t know it seems a bit hypocritical to attack anyone else’s nerdom
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Skyrim comes out on Friday, but I told myself I wasn’t going to buy it :’(
Not enough time to fully invest the 150+ hours I’ll need to justify the cost
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Oh jeez, don't remind me.
There are so many video games coming out that I want to play and I have to avoid spending that much money.
I still need to get to Arkham City, Uncharted 3, Skyward Sword, Skyrim, etc.
Thank goodness I don’t play FPS’s
I have been forbidden to buy it
Something about playing NCAA Football and Civ too much.
Also, it would probably make my old computer implode.
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make it green
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Or at least watch the prospects get platooned until they have no value
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:06 AM MST up reply actions
That’s worse than ‘Ianetta’ or ‘Ublado’ really
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 8:37 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
With Gyorko tearing the AFL right now
maybe the time is right to try and get the Padres to bite on a Wheeler/White centered trade for Headley
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I dunno why we keep throwing out his name in trade talks
Alex White is not going to be traded this offseason.
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by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 8:39 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Because he is the best of our "touchable" trade pieces
because he could easily become a FOR starter in SD while the chances of that happening here is a lot less.
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12 HR in in 36 innings jump out at me
it depends on whether he is the 56%GB pitcher he was in Cleveland or the 42%GB pitcher he was here
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Extremely small sample size
after returning from a major finger injury. No, it wasn’t great to see him do that, but to write him off this quite is quite stupid, I believe.
Not writing him off at all, I think he can be very good, maybe even in Colorado
but you don’t get Headley for organizational trash
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maybe I see see a switch hitting 3B with excellent defense and career
20%LD and 10%BB rates he isn’t Scott Rolen circa 2003 but we don’t know who he can be untill he gets out of that hitters graveyard.
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Nope I knew Kouz by site when I played legion ball
but I was from Northern Colorado and about 4 years older than Chase
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Hey if we can do it for just wheeler and pieces I would
but I doubt that gets it done
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Adrian Gonzalez was traded for four pieces
two pretty good, two just okay
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The #31 and #75 BA prospects
and fuentes who if you squint can see a MLB CF someday and that wasn’t for 2 cost controlled years of Adrian
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Did you read that as White and Wheeler? I was proposing one or the other
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Doesn't matter.
Imo, Headley isn’t worth either White or Wheeler straight-across. Besides, Rox already asked SD about Headley. They weren’t interested in dealing him. That was then, may change, but doubt it.
Minds are changed all the time
I’d do Wheeler for Headley, given Wheeler’s platoon issues, marginal defense and performance over the last three months and the dearth of quality 3B anywhere in the majors.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 10:55 AM MST up reply actions
The question is would the Padres?
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Depends on how close they think Gyorko is
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Can I have some of what you're smokin'?
Headley is an average Major Leaguer, at best. White and Wheeler still have possible potential that hasn’t been seen yet at the Major Legue level…
Headley is an excellent defending 3B who is relatively cheap
has a type A status, his road wOBA’s for the last 4 years .364, .356, .335, .376 among the league leaders in 3 of those four, and he can move to LF when Arenado gets here
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Don't think DOD will move him
He stuck his neck out for the Ubaldo trade and will do his best to showcase what he got for him
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 9:22 AM MST up reply actions
Disagree.
If DOD can turn Ubaldo into Pom AND headley then IMHO he looks even better while also minimising the risk of a dud in White.
Of course White could just as easily win a couple of CY's in Petco
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We should probably stop
considering free agent type ratings into player value. It’s looking almost certain it’s going to change or go away completely.
Fair enought but untill it does the team trading away a type A
will certainly factor it in.
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Which puts CarGo where? Fowler where? Blackmon? Smith?
No sense in dealing a young SP under Team Control for a backup OF in Headley.
A line drive hitter like headley would be a starting LF here
Blackmon is likely a 4th OF Cargo to RF, Dex in CF Smith traded for pitching depth when Arenado is ready
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I would think 1.5 years at Coors would showcase what he can do
likely returning a Whitelike prospect at the trade deadline in 2013
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Man, why does it always have to be about color......
Oh you meant…… never mind
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 1:58 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
That is whiteish totally different things
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look at his splits dude
Headley could be a huge asset on both sides of the diamond..
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He is not having it he has decided that Headley is no good
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hate when that happens
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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How about this for an idea
The FO drafts every athletic SS/CF that are supposedly a lock to go to collegeandwe invest the Cuddyer money in top tier scouts and hitting instruction
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Cahill, Prado, Gomes, and Broxton
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And Ty Wigginton departs...to..um....anyone that will take him
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 9:31 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Taiwan!
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 10:17 AM MST up reply actions
Taiwan does not produce thai food
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 11:52 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Whats the word on this Cespedes guy?
We are never linked to thess kinda guys and I don’t expext us to be, but just curious about him? Anybody think hes for real? And + or – 3 years the age he says he is?
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A pretty big gamble but if you are getting a five or even 4 tool RH bat for 6/30 i would take a shot
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Cuban players tend to be overrated
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 10:56 AM MST up reply actions
Yunel Escobar, Alexei Ramirez, and Kendry Morales may disagree
not saying there haven’t been contrary examples but I wouldn’t mind having Leonys Martin in our minors
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Man, the whole Hot Stove thing is way less fun....
when you know deep down that pretty much nothing you argue for against is going to happen anyway.
And great line here: while getting spooked off the scent of potential free agents if other teams show interest.
So true. We heard “Cuddayer, Cuddayer, Cuddayer” for months. Now, suddenly, with other teams in on the hunt, it’s “Cuddayer? Who’s that?”
Also, mark my words, Spilly will return. Because it’s easier than going out and getting someone better.
100% Agree
It will be a scrap heap off season with lots of quotes on how Stew & others will need to rebound.
#getthesamefeeling
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
An asteroid passed between the earth and moon last night missing the earth by 201,000 miles.
Scientists have named this space rock the “Ty Wigginton”
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But it didn't even ground out!
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well done
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by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 12:12 PM MST up reply actions
It went halfway to the moon,
but there’s nobody on base.
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! --George Carlin
by J_Stone on Nov 9, 2011 1:07 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
And the earth still loses something somehow.
Is it 2012 yet?
by DAWNMARIE01 on Nov 9, 2011 1:25 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
GREEN!
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If it were Ty Wigginton
It would have hit the earth, bounced off and hit the moon for a life- ending double play.
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2011 8:05 AM MST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Go Berkman?
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Berkman-calls-Astros-in-the-AL-a-8216-travesty;_ylt=AmYH6aWmKrhkXl5F.rQkt78RvLYF?urn=mlb-wp26621
These are comments made by people on Yahoo.
Thoughts on this? move Colorado to AL and have Houston move to the NL west.
Selig has his wires crossed. For starters the Astros have always been in the NL. Now as far as when they were called the Colt 45s im not sure. But thats how long they’ve been around. If Selig wants to move a team to the AL West i think Colo. or Ari should go. Neither have been around all that long. And that said the Rockies would benefit the most with Helton and Giambi both 1st Basemen. Plus they are just that much older than most of the other teams in the NL except SF. All this coming from a Braves fan that lives in Houston.
We are much older? But, then again it is coming from a Braves fan.
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by Roxman4ever on Nov 9, 2011 12:10 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Realignment with current team situations at stake is silly
It should be made from a pragmatic view regarding regional market, loyalties, rivalries, and travel costs.
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I just find it interesting what people think about us when they dont even know who we are.
Us in the AL West? This would make DOD look like a genius for signing Giambi.
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Move AZ to the AL West move the Astro's to the NL West
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what about moving SD to the AL West?
Since all teams would be the coast then.
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But we win 1/4 of our games at Petco. No way.
That’s like our second home field advantage.
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Iforgotabouthat.
Could we hang in teh AL West? Would we be good enough?
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I want nothing to do with the AL.
#hatesDHforever
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I'm hurt. Crushed. Devasated.
Or not.
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What's wrong the the DH?
More Giambi dingers and less Tracetegery seems like an overall plus to me.
(This is mostly facetious, we don’t actually have to have this discussion again)
I align myself with you.
Dont like the DH either but nothing we can do about it.
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I'm pro DH
I think the AL West would be great actually. It wouldn’t be so different from the NL West. 2 pitchers parks, two hitters parks, and one neutral. Three teams on the coast, two inland. There would be more competition (Rangers, Angels, and I think the As and Ms are well run even if they’re down on their luck right now), which would force the Rockies to really bear down and improve. They can have a mediocre squad when the competition is the crappy NL West. AL West would be a whole different animal.
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2011 8:06 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
This would be fun!
Move the Phillies to the AL EAST!
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This would mean that we would only have to deal with one of the 3 devil's teams.
Yankees, Phillies and Red Sox
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Awesome swap Baltimore and Philly
Swap the Us and Oakland, Dodgers and Angels, Mariners and AZ then add Houston to the AL West, That would make the NL west Oakland, Seattle, San Diego, LAD, and SF and the AL West Us, Texas, LAA, AZ, and Houston that would be a fun bunch of games to watch. Of course the AL West would have a cumalitive 1.5 ERA
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The Rangers are on a Coast?
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Well, Texas is on the Gulf Coast...
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Greg Stanwood on Nov 9, 2011 12:27 PM MST up reply actions
and we dont have to wait to watch the games that we have on the west coast. I hate waiting also
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If we did move us to the AL
It would provide us an opportunity to get some value out of Wiggy.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
THIS
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I will post it again.
Could we compete in the AL West? Considering what teams are there.
DISCUSS.
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Yes
The Mariners and As would be our subordinates, and I think we can handle our own against the Angles and Texans.
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True, but the NL West is not a good division.
Arizona’s got some serious talent coming down the pipe, but are we in a worse position that any of the other teams for the near future?
So were not good enough in the future to play in the AL West?
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So when will now be then?
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I don't know if that division will be as weak in the future as this one is.
There’s not a team in our division as good as Texas, for one thing.
We'd get destroyed in the AL West
We struggle to compete with the Giants and Dodgers, but we’re gonna win against the Angels and Rangers?
Reality check: we just came in 4th place in an ultra-mediocre divison. We go to the ALW and we’re the Oakland A’s with a nicer stadium.
Could we move to the NL Central and move 2 NL Central teams to the AL
Brewers to the AL and what other team?
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Is there a chance that they just add a team to the AL West somewhere?
But where would they go?
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think they could survive there?
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think they could survive there?
Actually the bigger question is could the Mariners possibly survive?
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by SurfaceThought on Nov 9, 2011 12:38 PM MST up reply actions
Doubt it
When I lived there the feeling of sports Apathy is nearly palpable, then again there are a lot of transplants. They support the Blazers there, and Oregon State Baseball is a big deal/Home of Nike could work
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They love U of O there.
The Ducks have a rabid fanbase.
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis...
True I had forgot how much the Ducks have come up in Baseball
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Nike has it's US HQ there. They would do fine.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 1:56 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Wal-Mart has its headquarters in like Bensonville, ARK
think a team could survive there?
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
Bentonville.
Portland>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NW Arkansas
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 2:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I could see Indianapolis supporting a big league club
Great sports area. Long time AAA town.
Can’t really think of many other good candidates. New Orleans, maybe? Charlotte?
Nashville has been thrown around
I like it.
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Oklyhoma City
or Vegas baby, Vegas
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by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 12:48 PM MST up reply actions
OKC. Tornadoes and earthquakes
They could have a Quakenado
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Man, these are some hot weather towns.....
Can’t imagine many players would be pumped up for a July trip to OKC or Nashville (or Charlotte for that matter) unless they build domes.
Portland would have to domed to.
itrainsalotthere
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They should call them
The Oklahoma City Lightning to go along with the Thunder(dumbest name ever)
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Los Angeles Lakers
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True. But in their defense
I hate them.
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What' wrong with that name?
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It was the "school name" for one of my high schools in Vegas.
And I was arbitrarily picking on it.
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Get well soon Juan.
Ahh gotcha...lol
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To add insult to injury
I was part of a student committee that helped pick that name.
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Get well soon Juan.
LOL that's funny.
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True. But in their defense...
they were a relocated team :)
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Yeah, but they coulda changed the name....
of course, there was so much history and magic behind the “Jazz” name that they couldn’t retire it.
I mean, you had Pete Maravich and, uh….
Well, yeah, you had Pete Maravich.
Gurley Warriors
It’s a high school in Wyoming
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 1:00 PM MST up reply actions
Are you suggesting that Gurls can't be warriors?
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Brush Beetdiggers
Not those who dig beets. The tool with which beets are dug.
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They were in my high school league
I had thought it was a derogatory name for field workers, but that might just have been the rivalry myth
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 1:03 PM MST up reply actions
In the middle of the basketball court, there's a funny-looking stick-thing
Presumably, a beetdigger.
We were a class smaller, but still played them every so often.
(So screw you, Muzia, for saying Brush is small. :) )
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Wray? Akron?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 1:07 PM MST up reply actions
I was a Dragon
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
So one could say you played against
a Dragonslayer
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You can slay dragons all day
But watch out for those Giants, they don’t give a crap how many dragons you’ve slayed.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
I was think of this
/wistful
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Well maybe the players were tools.....
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all 5 of them. It's a tiny school.
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It was about my school's size
comparable to yours, right? Prob smaller by a bit
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 1:06 PM MST up reply actions
we had around 400 in our HS, yeah
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Mine was a little larger I guess
tho my class was only 79
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
my class was 82
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but damn good at Football
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Somewhere in the Carolinas might work.
But there’s no real central location, and I’m not sure if people would travel to see the team when they have a perfectly good A-ball club nearby.
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How bout moving SD to the AL West and the Astros to the NL West?
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No no no. We need Petco! We win at Petco! NO! :)
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I know I know. Its for discussion sake. I like winning at the visitors ball park also.
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And I'm saying no, as part of the discussion.
Seriously. No way.
Astros to the AL West is fine by me.
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I think it would be us or AZ
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Could someone smarter than me put up a poll and see who would like to see what?
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poll question #1
the DH is
A- dumbest idea ever
B- stupider than hiring joe paterno as organizational whistleblower
C- not baseball
D- what’s wrong with Amurica
E- “the end of the world as we know it”
F- Gah, who watches the AL garbage anyways
The Big Purple Machine will make a believer outta you!
by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 12:45 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
not what I was looking for.
Where should everyone move?
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trying to help
sheeesh. Some people dont like a good scientific poll question
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by El Paso Jeff on Nov 9, 2011 12:49 PM MST up reply actions
LOL. I know what you was doing.
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See my sig
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 12:51 PM MST up reply actions
Dinger and cool do not belong in the same phrase.
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technically, they were in a different sentence. But I stand by my position.
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis...
I said phrase. Not sentence. :)
And I stand by my position that Dinger and cool do not belong anywhere near each other be it phrase, sentence or paragraph…or thought process
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Where's the option for "All of the Above"?
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
This
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
I think that's H.
At least that’s how I’m voting it.
One vote for “H. All of the above”
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
Rec'd for truth
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 9, 2011 1:44 PM MST up reply actions
Nolan Arenado Watch
Yep, another HR.
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I hope someone is forwarding all these updates...
to Ian Stewart.
A little motivation can go a long way.
is he batting .420 yet?
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a measly .411
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by Muzia on Nov 9, 2011 12:50 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for measly.
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and that is over how many games?
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About 100 PA right?
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95 at bats through 23 games so far
He had a 1.111 OPS coming into today’s game
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Pssht
Slappy McSingles can do that with his eyes closed.
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Get well soon Juan.
interesting choice of arbitrary batting averages to choose
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by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2011 8:09 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
That guy hates baseballs
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Here is to hoping this is like Ackley or Lawrie last year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Let's move the Dodgers to the AL west...
to me it’s the same stupid logic as moving the Astros. NEVER SHOULD HAVE MOVED MILWAUKEE OUT OF THE AL #$%&^&^*&^%$##$!
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there is already an AL West there.
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Agree Milwaukee should have stayed
but Houston moving makes so much sense. Divisional/geographical rival in the Rangers, and it balances out the divisions to 5 each without any other move.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 1:09 PM MST up reply actions
It doesn't make any sense to me. Nor does moving Baltimore to the NLeast when the already fight for Market share with the Nationals.
While All of Texas likes to put on the wild west idenity; Houston has always wanted the Cardinals as their rival. Houston used to be a AA Cardinal Affiliate. Texas fans all over the state were raised listening to Cardinals broadcasts before the Colt .45’s were invented. Dallas and Houston have always hated each other and niether give the least amount of respect to the other. You’d think it would make a good rivalry on paper. I know it would be a very toxic affair. As much as Boston fans hate the Yankees for seemingly stepping on their neck all the time; most Boston fans do respect what the Yankees have achieved over time. Houston and Dallas would be a blood fued in comparison.
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Would Salt Lake City or Vegas would be a good place for a pro team?
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I don't think Vegas is that good of a sports town.
Too many transplants, too much other stuff to do, to flippin hot. It’s a lot like Phoenix in those respects, only smaller and without the Spring Training history.
SLC is an interesting suggestion, though.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Nope. Vegas is not a good sports town. IMO
And Utah….meh. They love the Jazz. And BYU. and that’s about it :)
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A bit small metro areawise still as well
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Ok, what other city west of Denver would be a good spot for another team.
Besides Portland.
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No where really.
Maybe Sacramento…but highly doubtful….
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thats what my buddy said also
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This would be great if they didn't move all their other sports franchises out.
every 5 years :(.
I think Seattle has that market already. Only 3 hours between the two.
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How far between LA and SD?
SF and Oakland?
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this is true.
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2 hours between LA and SD
and like 15 miles between SF and Oakland.
The population of the Bay Area and SoCal can more than support multiple sports franchises.
I think Vancouver and Seattle are around 3-3.5 million each. And the Bay Area is around 7 million. LA, OC is around 12 million people. San Diego is 3-4 million and struggles especially in a down market.
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Fresno
Just because they don’t have one and they are a pretty big metro market.
But not really. Not a lot of sky box action in Fresno.
Between Denver and the cities along the Pacific coast?
Las Vegas, Edmonton, or Calgary?
/blame Canada
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 2:43 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
How do the Bees do?
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Who?
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The PCL team there.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Oh right.....
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Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 9, 2011 1:48 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
You think the guy with nearly 13000 posts is gonna rec the comment of a guy with barely 3000?
Come on!
(I actually rec’d it. I’ve made a huge mistake.)
They don't allow you to have bees in here.
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 9, 2011 1:57 PM MST up reply actions
They both have pro teams already
I don’t think MLB would do well in either though
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JFK
it can't get here fast enough.
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That's less than two Kardashian marriages.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
The Kardashian Scale of Doom
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Kim for 2b...
She will bring her own $5m salary and think of the endorsements!
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She could break the Gender barrier!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
She's gotta be better than Uggla, right?
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I snark because I care.
by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:54 PM MST up reply actions
At 2b she could even throw like a girl!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Nah... Wrong advertising demographic!:-P
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Wow!!!!! I just.
Are you okay?
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I think you should drop the "but" from your sigline.
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I thought she needed to add a second "t" !
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
read my sig....Updated today
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Slacker
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A shoemaker?
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Cherry Cobbler>Peach Cobbler>Apple Pie
amirite?
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Oh man. This reminds me of a weekend in Vegas
that no one else would think is a funny story but it involved references to cobblers. I actually used the word cobbler in this exact sense and you’d think the people I was with had never heard the term before. I was relentlessly teased about it til the end of the weekend.
I"m just laughing away at the memory.
What a weekend that was…
/smh at self and drunken friends.
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You're showing your age by using a word that hasn't been used since 1963
And even then, it was used to mock the 1890s.
Slacker?
Could be I guess. Im sitting here on my ass until 9AM tomorrow morning and nothing to do except bug everyone on here. The overtime is looking great since I will be in it before Im done in the morning and then I still have 2 more days to go. All OT.
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I was joking. I was just saying you were slacking off at updating your sigline nothing more...:)
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well, I wasn't even online yesterday. I was at home. LOL
So, it may get updated every other day. 102 days is a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time to go without baseball.
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so by the time Sunday morning rolls around. I'll have 100 hours for the week.
Rent is due and my honey told me to work as much as I can.
Could be looking at 100 hours next week also.
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Oh, but I want it now!
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:59 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
By the way, How is Arenado doing?
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I saw that. Has he done anything else?
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What more does he need to do :)
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get his average above .420
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You know what he is....a slacker!
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
DFA HIM!
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TRADE HIM FOR
A bag of un humidored balls
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Get well soon Juan.
Platooon HIM!
MATCHUPZZZZZZ
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by waterboy31321 on Nov 9, 2011 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
His home run is Salt River's only hit
Popped out in his other AB.
Casey Weathers came in and gave up the lead. Single, Double, wild pitch, walk, pop out, walk. Yuck
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 2:07 PM MST up reply actions
he's almost gave up the cycle, leave him to do it!
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on the plus side, Tim Wheeler hit a double
on the “ouch” side, Rob Scahill had a bad day.
0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 1 BB
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Don't like this part
“Trade Huston Street to the Cincinnati Reds for one of their young 3rd basemen — hey, why not? "
Because we only need to buy 0.5 to 1.5 years of third base before Arenado. Why bring in a youngster who blocks or competes with him?
DOD’s challenge is to trade for the competent placeholder.
That's why the "placeholder" should preferably be a good player capable of switching positions when Arenado arrives.
Such as Martin Prado.
Prado is the one we NEED and HAVE TO acquire.
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who is the exact opposite of Prado?
that is who we will get.
/sigh
probably Ty Wigginton
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hivemind
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saddest hivemine ever :(
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Then we MUST sign Wiggington to a long extension
:ihopethisantijinxworks:
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
BANNED for the 1st line
2nd line works
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why you say that?
Because Im a dumb ass
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No, because it's Ty Wigginton
and he makes everything sadder
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Can you hive mines?
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thats a lot of honey.
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Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Wait, you get honey from mines?
Now I get why so many nerdy guys want to go to the School of Mines.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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thank God PiP isn't here. LOL
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why?
Do you really think nerdy guys have secretly figured out how to get honey out of mines?
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
you never know with technology nowadays.
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In that case we should define "honey"
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
I heard that!
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Nov 9, 2011 9:53 PM MST up reply actions
oh there is the response I've been waiting for. LOL
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school is tough, yo.
I should hang on PR during Earth lecture though. T’would help the drowsiness.
And then I could reply sooner when you guys talk about my school.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Nov 9, 2011 10:01 PM MST up reply actions
it wasn't bad. Just seeing if its possible to get honey out of mines
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It is very very rare.
And there’s no time to pursue honey mining.
But it’s possible, I guess.
Bees are very good engineers.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Nov 9, 2011 10:04 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Harrison right?
I would tend to agree with you on the drowsiness aspect of that class
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
Naw, Duncan.
I hear Harrison’s kids really know there stuff, so I guess she’s pretty tough.
And then today I read my friends test from Shorey who had
e. "All the wittle fishies die :( "
as an exam answer.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Nov 9, 2011 10:07 PM MST up reply actions
*their stuff
The Mines grammar is setting in.
I thought 2011 sucked pretty bad. I have nothing to add to that.
by prettyinpurple on Nov 9, 2011 10:07 PM MST up reply actions
She's aslo the assistant Provost of the school
Whether you learn something in her class is up for debate, I had learned most of what she taught my sophomore year of high school (and still only managed a B because I never tested well).
On another note: I loved tests like that.
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
Well, for the girls...Odds: Good
Goods: Odd
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:38 PM MST up reply actions
I see you got my message.
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I do take requests sometimes
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:40 PM MST up reply actions
is this how RtC got the way she is now? LOL
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A gentleman does not kiss and tell
In other words…yes.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:41 PM MST up reply actions
this is true.
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I will never be confused with a gentleman, ever.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:46 PM MST up reply actions
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar and there are DAMN few of us left.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Hee hee...thanks.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:53 PM MST up reply actions
talking with yourself again?
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Huh? What?
LOUD NOISES
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:57 PM MST up reply actions
I reject your reality
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
we already have him
HIS NAME IS WIGGINGTON!
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his name is Ty Wigginton...
…his name is Ty Wigginton…
…his name is Ty Wigginton…
But we call him Wiggington
Because he makes us wig out whenever he is on the field.
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
or with men on base
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At least people think he is
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That has collapsed
And I see the event horizon
Avalance 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
Hey, a black hole's a kind of star.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Maybe in the California Penal League
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:38 PM MST up reply actions
Whew, I'm glad I checked the spelling there.
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He's Two-Face!
I just had a mini-marathon of those movies the other night
Goodbye 2011, hello uncertainty about 2012...
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Nov 9, 2011 4:36 PM MST up reply actions
If we were to acquie Prado, he's got to go to 2B.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 2:35 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah, but he technically COULD play 3B
in the event of Ian Stewart’s Awful Collapse Part II: electric Boogaloo
PRAIS TEBUS
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:43 PM MST up reply actions
*PRAISE
Stupid clumsy fingers
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:44 PM MST up reply actions
I thought maybe it was the ancestor of the Prius
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
speaking of a Prius
Watching Jeff Dunham right now
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Speaking of a Prius
RtC and the kiddos should be arriving any moment now
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:57 PM MST up reply actions
Wow... that was eerily close to being PriusMind
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looks like you and RtC have a busy night ahead.
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I ain't touchin' that line.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
He's already done that so go ahead. LOL
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Ain't touching that one niether!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Well, yeah...lots of people coming over to her folks' house tonight.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:00 PM MST up reply actions
oh, it'll have to wait then.
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Well, we ARE in the most wretched hive of scum and villainy...
You know it as “Philadelphia”
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:02 PM MST up reply actions
BURN
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Ze truth
Eet hurts
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:03 PM MST up reply actions
banned? When was he banned?
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I think it was a joke
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:04 PM MST up reply actions
some of the things he says though.
Goes over the PG rating for this blog. LOL
Kidding
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SOME??
Try “almost all”
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:06 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
this. I'll rec'd it for truth
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by Roxman4ever on Nov 9, 2011 3:06 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
And by "almost all"
I assume you mean “all”?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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No ban that I know of. Just life getting in the way.
Pregnancy is going well so far. If only her energy would pick up.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:03 PM MST up reply actions
Will do. She should get here any minute.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:13 PM MST up reply actions
And Tony Soprano just across the river too!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Bada bing, indeed
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:05 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe Dex is trying to get Prince to come to Denver?
Anyone else want Adam Jones in Denver?
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Bonilla is just thankful for how hard he was able to fleece the Mets.
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 2:39 PM MST up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:
The Mets agreed to pay out the remainder of Bonilla’s contract by deferring the $5.9 million that he was due. The Mets will pay him 25 equal payments of $1,193,248.20 every July 1 from 2011 until 2035, assuming an annual interest rate of 8% during the period 2011-2035.
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:12 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
The Mets are gonna be bowlegged for a while
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by Paleface Destro on Nov 9, 2011 3:13 PM MST up reply actions
O/T: so I just got an email from a buddy back home in Tulsa.
He tore the MCL and ACL in his left knee in half.
/Because he was running on the sidewalk in the rain and tripped
//alongside his wife’s car
///in his undies
I grew up with some dumb people
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:30 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Wow.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
The man was never the sharpest knife in the drawer.
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:39 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
If I grew up with Will Ferrall
I would’ve killed myself way before now.
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If I grew up with Will Farrow
or Will Farrall, I’d be wishing it was Will Ferrell.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I trade him in for Jack Harkness.
Because Captain Jack Harkness is better than Captain Jack Sparrow.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
No way. But I will take Captain Jack Harkness and a bottle of Captain Morgan:)
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
With Jack Sparrow, and Mia Farrow, learning to shoot an arrow, at marshmallows, near Point Barrow?
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:51 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
/works on Barrowman joke........
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The odds of your joke succeeding are probably quite narrow
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 3:55 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
The question is
now narrow is the Barrowman?
ahah!!!
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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This question thrills me
right down to the marrow…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
You have a funny way of spelling........
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Wouldn't I like to know..:)
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
farrell. or sumthin like that
dang it. shut up el paso jeff
/logs off in self banned
The Big Purple Machine will make a believer outta you!
Renck tweets
#Rockies’ Ian Stewart’s left wrist heals. He has begun working out, but not swinging: bit.ly/siqkuY
Slacker
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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/wants to make inappropriate joke
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Positive: difficult to Tweet with an injuried wrist. Fewer distractions.
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by Greg Stanwood on Nov 9, 2011 4:43 PM MST up reply actions
How did you injure your wrist? Hope it heals faster than Stewarts .:0
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
or ten.
/wut?
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 5:52 PM MST up reply actions
Not a comment at all btw
But my scout in OOTP 2012 describes Ian Stewart as “a highly intelligent and hard-working player”.
So that settles it.
LOL. cheers!
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I actually injured my wrist while Tweeting.
Funny how that works.
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by Greg Stanwood on Nov 9, 2011 4:54 PM MST up reply actions
Broke my wrist bowling.
Needed surgery. So yea, you can hurt your wrist in many ways.
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oh man.
@rafaelrojasc Rafael Rojas C
#Nationals C Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped at his home in Maracay, Venezuela. Situation developing
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 5:49 PM MST reply actions
why in the hell would you want to kidnap a baseball player?
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well besides that. Cargo better stay the hell out of his own country then.
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Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Remember when Torreabla's son was kidnapped?
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yea I do
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Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
What other reason would there be to kidnap someone?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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Obsessive love, delusional fantasies, desperatio....
um, at least that’s what I read somewhere….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Then I realized he’d just outrun anyone that is after him
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 6:05 PM MST up reply actions
If you hadn't put that 2nd line. I was going to.
102 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I was just going to post this....so terrible
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thine enemy has new threads:
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 5:51 PM MST reply actions
huh?
102 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
have no idea what you are talking about
102 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I bet you can't see the image
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 5:58 PM MST up reply actions
damn company filter. It won't let me access it.
102 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Which one is new?
The gray is nice
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JFK
the dark blue and i think the piping is a different color
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Nov 9, 2011 5:58 PM MST up reply actions
The Dark blue is pretty cool too
I almost wish the Rockies would bring back the solid gray road uniforms. They were different than everyone.
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"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
I like the gray pinstripes myself.
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I like these much better.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
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that sand color
had to go. I like these a lot more.
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JFK
Wilson Ramos, the catcher for the Nats was kidnapped in Venezula.
Hmmmm… We need extra body guards for CarGo…
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He has a Lazor that will protect him
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Hey look
Rockies contact Braves about Prado
Although baseball is full of teams suffering setbacks, it’s also full teams overcoming them. All I ask is for the Rockies to be defined by the latter category.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 9, 2011 8:10 PM MST reply actions
Following my advice. ;)
The Rockies scouted Prado extensively last season and view him as a starting second baseman who could occupy a run-producing spot in the lineup.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 8:53 PM MST up reply actions
effin' awesome
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It's like they read the site!
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I went over to talking chop
And was horrified at the fans idea for a Prado Trade….
Fowler
Arenado
Brothers
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
All of them???
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
That was for Prado and Jurrjens though.
Obviously, DOD isn’t going to trade Arenado. Maybe Fowler in the right deal, but I don’t think this is the right deal. We’ll see how this unfolds, but I can certainly see the Rockies acquiring Prado
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 8:57 PM MST up reply actions
Even for Prado and Jurrjens
It’s still way to much. Smith is a good fit, and I would be ok adding a bit more as well… but Arenado and Fowler should be off limits.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
For Prado and Jurrjens
Smith, Nelson, Wheeler, Friedrich and Weathers.
Thoughts?
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
That's a platoon OF and a bunch of failed high draft picks.
Wheeler is the only real intriguing name in that bunch. I’d be okay with that deal, but would ATL bite? Hm.
But I’m against Jurr in any circumstance.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 9:03 PM MST up reply actions
I agree with you, it's too much.
Personally, I don’t think Jurrjens would be a good fit here. And he scares me (look at the numbers, you’ll see what I mean).
I hope the Braves settle for Blackmon + lower tier prospect for Prado. I think that’s fair. . . But I think ATL will want more.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Nov 9, 2011 9:02 PM MST up reply actions
They will...
Because that’s not enough. You’re not trading for 2011 Prado, and the Braves are well aware of that.
You’re trading for him because you think he’s likely to recapture his past performance…which, if you actually take a look at the circumstances surrounding his 2011, a bounce-back season is incredibly likely.
Blackmon, despite his excellent MiLB numbers, still projected as a 4th OF with some upside prior to 2011. He didn’t do a ton to change anyone’s mind last season, even without taking the injury into consideration.
In the end, I think Wheeler’s got to be the guy to get moved, or else the Rockies will be short one Prado.
And, as most of you have noted, there’s no way Arenado gets moved…some folks just latch onto names and don’t know how to value prospects.
Since I’m also a Rockies fan, I’m kind of ambivalent to the idea of moving Prado. He’s a great player and I’d rather not see him leave Atlanta…but, if he’s going to go, might as well be here.
-C
It’s rough to sit through these games and not have someone that can’t hit a Ball?
What about Seth Smith?
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Smith makes a lot of sense for them
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I think so too
and yet it’s not a price I can’t live with from our side.
I was curious what a Braves fan thought of him…
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I disagree...
I’m not sure he’s a fit at all. Really good player, I like him well enough, but I don’t see the need for an OF that would essentially create an entirely left-handed outfield on a team that’s already really left-heavy.
In the end, the upside in the package for Prado is going to have to exceed Prado’s upside. His versatility alone affords that.
The problem with Smith is that his upside is comparable, although you haven’t seen that realized in the past couple seasons. Smith’s versatility isn’t there, and that’s an important consideration that I feel causes Prado’s overall value to exceed Smith’s by a fair amount. Doubly so with a guy like Chipper on the team. Gauging how to fill in the difference between the two is not an easy task.
The handedness shouldn’t matter too much, but the Braves currently have one starter that’s RH and one that is a switch-hitter, assuming Prado leaves. That’s a huge problem for a lineup that gets killed by lefties.
I think Smith should be a fit for most teams, but I just can’t see it here. I’d love to see another year of Blackmon to be sure that the upside is there, but I just can’t see it yet. That, more than anything, is why I feel it falls to Wheeler. It may be too much, but you’re going to pay a high price for a player with as much upside and versatility as Prado.
-C
It’s rough to sit through these games and not have someone that can’t hit a Ball?
Sounds a lot like the Rockies problems
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I'd be okay with Wheeler
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 10:25 PM MST up reply actions
Heck, I'd much rather trade Wheeler than Blackmon
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Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
Oswalt on Rockies’ list for starting help
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Need to rename that headline
“Oswalt on Rockies’ list for starting help, until another team shows interest in him, at which point he will be deemed to expensive and not worth getting in a bidding war for”
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
Oswalt and Prado would be pretty sick
though Oswalt isn’t the best guarantee for innings… but whatever.
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For the love of god NO ANDRUW JONES
no, no, and no. In the ideal world I’d like to see the Rox sign Carlos Beltran and CJ Wilson but since that won’t happen I think we should try and sign CJ Wilson or trade for Trevor Cahill and trade for Bryan LaHair. Also in my completely not even close to reality world I’d like to see Prince Fielder, CJ Wilson, and David Wright in a Rockies uniform next year. Sigh.
Care to elaborate on Andruw
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 10:30 PM MST up reply actions
He has no work ethic
and he doesn’t have enough power to be worth the risk that he could just sit around and do NOTHING and then lapse back to hitting 158.
by Matthew Culley on Nov 10, 2011 8:14 PM MST up reply actions
Everyone can relax now, according to Renck...Dexter not available.
Dexter Fowler not available..not going anywhere RT @Tim_Engquist @TroyRenck would the Rockies trade dex? Or just smith or blackmon
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I don't know how I feel about this
I think he would be an excellent use in a trade and we have players that are more than capable of playing center field (Carlos, Blackmon and Wheeler if they’re not traded). I like him a lot but he should not be untouchable.
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JFK
I really feel he is just coming into his own
I want to see a 30 3B season in my lifetime!
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That would be fun
no matter what team the guy plays for
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JFK
I don't think he is, but he's not going in a 1-for-1 for Prado
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2011 11:18 PM MST up reply actions
that's probably more like it
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
For those unaware
There’s some serious crazy talk going on over at Talking Chop re: Martin Prado to the Rockies.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
yes the righty outfielder is great with the fans and the marketing team (I like the guy a lot too), but he’s been a terrible player since 2007, especially defensively.
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