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isn't that a bit silly? The new guy will cost you a few grand. Hardly anything to prevent you from doing anything. Even if they suck in the long run isn't it better to take a chance on those guys instead of holding onto ERod for two months and maybe winning two games then he walks for nothing?

Can't get a pick for him. Red sox gave him a qualifying offer when we signed him, so he can't be given another. So its either trade him for something or let him walk and get nothing.

That is absolutely nuts to me. I'd rather have 1 championship and 100 years of losing, over 100 year straight of falling just short. Nobody remembers who just made the playoffs. Only the Lions hang banners for playoff appearances. And too many of you guys take this idea too literally. It's like building for sustained success and winning titles are mutually exclusive. They aren't. Cardinals and Boston have done it. What I'm saying is that for all the accolades people pour on Billy beane and the rays, they haven't won a title. So it's far to say their model might not be the best to emulate because it hasn't resulted in what those teams are gunning for and would give up their first born to get...a title.

We've been over this 200 times. I like championship. You think just trying your best is fine. No one gives a rats tail if you have the fourth most wins but lose the last game of the year. I imagine all the Rays players would say that too. And everyone builds a team to win a championship, that's the name of the game. For all the rays accolades and people like cruizer lauding over them, they haven't won the big one so it's fine to say 'sure they've had success but.' Or to day they aren't the perfect or only model to how build a successful team

You're taxed based on where the games are played. (So taxes for baseball get complicated because teams play 81 games somewhere else) So trading half the games for ny (high state income tax) for Texas (no state income tax) will be a nice little windfall of an extra couple million.

Oh don't get me wrong the Rays have done well for themselves. But everything cruizer posts its about how great the Rays are and all their success and their model. When, at the end of the day, they've won exactly as many titles as us since 1984.

Your obsession with the rays is bordline Musk/fanboys

Well no duh nobody wants to trade for a bust or aims to do so. You said only flawed players are traded for rentals. You didn't say anything about upper and lower levels you said flawed and that's why they are expendable. That just isn't true. Teams will trade really good prospects even for rentals because the goal is to win today. Being unproven doesn't make a player flawed.

Except they haven't

I don't think that be true. Unproven is not a flaw. Eduardo was highly regarded and went for a rental, plenty of other examples too.

I meant more Baltimore traded him for Miller back in the day so we couldn't get him.

Maybe they want Eduardo back after all these years...

Lol angels just gonna give up the next 7 years to try and make the wild card this year.

You put the good teams on your no trade. No reason to put the bad teams, they ain't adding veterans. And if you want an extension you can make that part of the agreement to wave

Not saying you need a team of Delmons out there. But, comeon are we really gonna jettison a potentially a good hitter because 'Hitting slumps. Defense is daily.'

When was the last time a team won built around defense?!

Offense is way up with the new rules, including nearly half a run more per game

he's hurt

Do you think a condition is gonna be a second round pick? You know it's gonna be a who cares thing

There won't be 15k in attendance

cause its not hte NFL draft. He lost his command a bit this year and that led to his increase. if you turn it around he's the pitcher he was when he was a sophomore and its a decent looking pitcher. All these guys take several years before they are ready at the major level, so its kinda foolhardy to just go by what they did the previous year.

Almost no draft class has ever landed that much. Remember one starter and a reliever is a home run. To put it context, Spencer Turnbull has the second highest WAR of any player drafted in the 2014 second round... and only 8 guys drafted in the first 41 picks (round 1) are higher.

As a Tigers fan, love what the royals are doing.

Even if he can't stay a starter a high 90s lefty fastball with a curve might make a decent reliever.

Nearly every drafted player comes with those questions. They are usually the best on their hs or college team so they played shortstop or center, but that gets exposed when they reach the majors