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When they acquired Cabrera, he was already one of the two or three best hitters in baseball at age 24. So, there was every reason to believe he was on a Hall of Fame career track. I was shocked that they were able to obtain a hitter of his caliber and my only question was whether they would be able to sign him long term.

I remember somebody (it may have been Bill Ferris) thoroughly went through every trade made by Dombrowski and concluded that Dombrowski won the vast majority of them.

Cabrera third on the team in OBP.

Rogers is pretty good too. Buggy whip.

Eduardo Rodriguez is pretty good. Late movement.

I miss the NY Penn League. Two of my favorite ballparks were in that league.

I thought Beckman was a pretty good broadcaster and he seemed friendly when I met him in Lakeland once. I saw the rumor here a long time ago that he might have been the the reason for Harwell getting fired. If it's true, then it's very disappointing.

That's how I felt most of my life and I still think politicians have very little effect on my life. However,as I have gotten older, I have grown to understand that they have an effect on other people's lives and some day I might be one of those people.

I'm sure he impressed his mother.

I think Maton is safe. Calvo is probably next in line.

They could but he'll cost a lot more this time.

I don't think he'll get over 100 million, but he'll most likely get a lot more than 3/49 from some team. I'm expecting him to opt out. The Tigers will probably offer one year deals to pitchers coming off injuries or sub-par seasons. They'll hope for another Lorenzen.

I have gone left with age. The more I have learned about life, the more left I have become.

Money or players? I think he is worth more than the 3/45 remaining on his contract. In terms of players, I'm not good at that. It always seems to me like the teams getting prospects don't do as well as they should. However, I think once the option is removed his value would go up quite a bit.

Rogers is fine for now. There is no need to move him, but he's 28 so I don't think he is someone to build around either. We'll probably never know who was was coming back in the trade, but Roriguez and Rogers really should have brought back a couple of top prospects.

That is fine. Fans don't have to like all the same players. I disliked Pudge Rodriguez after he quit on the team a couple of times. I don't care if he opts out or gets traded. What I disagreed with was the idea that he would be traded for below market value if he does opt in. I don't think that would be a good outcome.

He's a solid left-handed starter. That is one of the most valuable products in sports. I really doubt he is damaged goods. If he continues to pitch well and the option is out of the way, he won't be difficult to trade for market value.

I also doubt that move would be unanimously supported within the organization. Trading him at market value at the next trading deadline would be a different story. Settling for less because you feel disrespected seems like a loser move. Ultimately, I think he'll opt out.

If he does well the rest of the way, opts in and then gets traded for less than market value, I will be one of the people criticizing Harris.

Trump's anti-intellectualism and lack of self control is an essential part of the show. Take away that and a good chunk of his base will get dis-interested which may offset gains from the moderates.

Enough with the Immaculate nerdery. There was a baseball brawl tonight. "Down goes Anderson! Down goes Anderson!"

I have always appreciated roster flebility. I just don't want the whole team to revolve around it.

It better not be the Tigers! He is still below replacement level for the season. I think if he really wanted to play and was willing to do so for minimum salary, some team would give him a shot.

I don't know if it's as high as 90%. There aren't a lot of players where they would worry about service time. It's just that the 100 cutoff seems arbitrary to me. If they genuinely want it to be an incentive, just make everyone eligible. As others have mentioned it's probably not a significant incentive in most cases which is probably why the union didn't push it all the way. They would just be giving up leverage on more important issues.

No, I never said anything remotely like that. I asked a simple question and kept asking it a different way until people got it. Not surprisingly, you weren't one of the helpful ones.