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Post by badchoices on Nov 20, 2012 20:06:33 GMT -8
FINALLY! The Chone Figgins era is over in Seattle. What a fucking joke he was. Fighting coaches, fighting teammates, not playing well...not even playing bad...playing like shit. good contract M's
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Post by chud on Dec 4, 2012 7:15:59 GMT -8
"Monday, 9:05pm: A's GM Billy Beane met with Marlins officials today, hears MLB.com's Jane Lee. However, Lee does not know if the meeting involved Escobar."
Here's to hoping that the meeting involved STANTON!!!
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Post by wonk on Dec 4, 2012 18:12:07 GMT -8
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Post by badchoices on Dec 4, 2012 18:53:48 GMT -8
So the M's are pretty much throwing their hat in the ring with every player on the board right now. A couple of guys I am not super familiar with and was curious on the thoughts of you all.
1) Dee Gordon
2) Michael Bourn
Any thoughts?
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Post by wonk on Dec 4, 2012 19:11:02 GMT -8
Dee Gordon: May be the fastest guy in baseball. His problem, if he gets his glove on the ball, he has a hard time throwing it to first. He's young and inexpensive, so if he ever figured out how to actually play SS, he would have a lot of value.
Michael Bourn: Speedster who strikes out way too much. He's one of the biggest free agents out there, so it will take a lot of money to get him. He's a bad contract waiting to happen, so he's a perfect fit for the Mariners.
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Post by badchoices on Dec 4, 2012 19:38:02 GMT -8
He's a bad contract waiting to happen, so he's a perfect fit for the Mariners. Haha, for real. I was looking at the people they are talking about linked to the M's and pulling my hair out today. Some of the names included Mike Morse, Shin Soo Choo and Asdrubal Cabrera. Those dudes were all pretty much given away by us within the past 5 years. |
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Post by badchoices on Dec 5, 2012 11:48:22 GMT -8
Jason Bay....looks like the M's are going to the ship...
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Post by wonk on Dec 5, 2012 12:47:44 GMT -8
I can't wait to see how much they are paying him. If it's over 2 million, I'm going to be on the floor laughing.
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Post by chud on Dec 5, 2012 12:57:36 GMT -8
I can't wait to see how much they are paying him. If it's over 2 million, I'm going to be on the floor laughing. Expected to be less than 1M. However, please feel free to go ahead and roll around laughing anyway. Looks like the guy they overpay this time around could be Nick Swisher. |
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Post by wonk on Dec 6, 2012 15:32:32 GMT -8
Bay's contract is $1 million, half of which is guaranteed. It's surprising he landed a major league deal, but I guess Cleveland wanted him too, so the Mariners probably had to guarantee him $500,000 to get him there. Still funny, but I was hoping it would be Figgins Funny.
Mariners are looking at Josh Hamilton for three years. Too bad, I was really hoping they would be the typical Mariners, and offer him five years. A three year deal might not be too bad for them. Five years would be Figgins Funny.
Slusser hears the A's are close to signing Stephen Drew to a one year deal with a player option for 2014. That would be outstanding.
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Post by chud on Dec 6, 2012 15:43:16 GMT -8
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks!
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Post by badchoices on Dec 6, 2012 15:49:52 GMT -8
Haha, I like that term "Figgins Funny"
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Post by wonk on Dec 7, 2012 15:12:10 GMT -8
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks! We're going to need all the hot asains we can get now that Mrs. McCarthy won't be around. |
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Post by chud on Dec 7, 2012 15:30:55 GMT -8
Part of me would prefer taking a chance on Nakajima and giving him the apparent 3 year $15M he's asking for. Worst case scenario he's no better than last years model of Pennington, but the stands would at least be filled with a few more hot asian chicks! We're going to need all the hot asains we can get now that Mrs. McCarthy won't be around. Fact.  |
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Post by chud on Dec 7, 2012 15:32:42 GMT -8
However, I would not have given the oft injured McCarthy 2yr/$15M contract that he scored from the Dbacks. Good for him and Mrs. McCarthy. On the bright side of things, at least he went to the NL.
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Post by wonk on Dec 11, 2012 21:04:07 GMT -8
However, I would not have given the oft injured McCarthy 2yr/$15M contract that he scored from the Dbacks. Good for him and Mrs. McCarthy. On the bright side of things, at least he went to the NL. +167 The A's wouldn't have given him half that on a one year deal, so I agree, good for him (and hot wife). He'll be missed. |
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Post by wonk on Dec 13, 2012 11:04:04 GMT -8
Uh oh. The Angels are about to sign Josh Hamilton. That offense is going to be SCARY.
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Post by badchoices on Dec 13, 2012 11:52:01 GMT -8
Wow. Two years in a row those guys get the biggest free agent on the market. They are two pretty long contracts. I don't want these guys to get hurt but I do want these contacts to hurt that club. Maybe severe drop off in production over the next couple of years. I would be happy with that.
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Post by chud on Dec 13, 2012 12:45:59 GMT -8
Uh oh. The Angels are about to sign Josh Hamilton. That offense is going to be SCARY. Good thing their pitching is going to be worse, and we all know that pitching, not hitting, gets you World Series rings. |
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Post by Drew on Dec 13, 2012 12:49:37 GMT -8
THE LAKERS OF BASEBALL
I just saw that on twitter
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