Gameday Thread: 8/12 Pirates @ Angels: No David Fletcher

[Claude]

6 minutes ago, Waybackman said:

Angels will get nowhere near the post season as long as Pujols is on the roster.

He will be on the Opening Day starting lineup cards in 2020 and 2021. 

 

 

[Claude]

The Pirates aren’t done torturing us. 

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Calzone 2 said:

He will be on the Opening Day starting lineup cards in 2020 and 2021. 

 

 

sweet.  we should trade him to the cards.  

[Claude]

9 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

sweet.  we should trade him to the cards.  

I know that won’t happen but I bet they could arrange something in his final season. I think it would be a win-win for both organizations and it certainly wouldn’t be disrespectful to Albert. 

[fan_since79]

Glad I missed this disaster, as I was working.

Were the Pirates really 4-24 since the All Star break?! 

 

 

[Claude]

22 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Glad I missed this disaster, as I was working.

Were the Pirates really 4-24 since the All Star break?! 

 

 

not anymore. 

[Jason]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Glad I missed this disaster, as I was working.

Were the Pirates really 4-24 since the All Star break?! 

 

 

About to break out of their slump in a big way

[Jay]

I was watching "MLB.tv Free Game of the Day" last night, bottom of the 7th. They showed the crowd at Angel Stadium.

Pretty sparse.

 

[yk9001]

Att: 33,527

[Claude]

8 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Att: 33,527

no shows

[Claude]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

About to break out of their slump in a big way

They’re Nasty

[Angel Oracle]

14 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

Greinke got 6/206M plus an $18M signing bonus. Boras is going to be very aggressive with this client. He’s a top 5 MLB pitcher. 

But you missed what Strad said in the post you responded to.   That was several years back.   Contracts have stabilized for ace pitchers, from when Greinke and Price both got over $200 million.   Ace pitching is admittedly very hard to come by, and Cole has pitched like that for two seasons now following mainly decent to solid seasons.   If six seasons is the deal for Cole, I'm guessing around $175 million will get it done.   If for seven seasons, I'm guessing around $205 million will get it done.   The signing bonus for either may be around $10 million.

[Angel Oracle]

13 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Glad I missed this disaster, as I was working.

Were the Pirates really 4-24 since the All Star break?! 

 

 

O's, Tigers, Pirates (combined 2-6 record against them since late July)

Red Sux must be fuming after only taking 2 out of 4 at home from the Halos.

Two solid starting pitchers, come on down in 2020, you are the much needed stabilizers in this rotation. 

[Claude]

8 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

But you missed what Strad said in the post you responded to.   That was several years back.   Contracts have stabilized for ace pitchers, from when Greinke and Price both got over $200 million.   Ace pitching is admittedly very hard to come by, and Cole has pitched like that for two seasons now following mainly decent to solid seasons.   If six seasons is the deal for Cole, I'm guessing around $175 million will get it done.   If for seven seasons, I'm guessing around $205 million will get it done.   The signing bonus for either may be around $10 million.

They discussed Cole on MLB Network and Mark DeRosa says he’ll get 8 / $256M

[Angel Oracle]

Signing Cole through his age 37 season guaranteed, in this age of teams being a little more cautious with pitching?

Personally, if someone wants to do that, it is a tough decision for Arte to make on whether to stay in the negotiating. 

[Dick B Back]

53 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

They discussed Cole on MLB Network and Mark DeRosa says he’ll get 8 / $256M

[Claude]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Signing Cole through his age 37 season guaranteed, in this age of teams being a little more cautious with pitching?

Personally, if someone wants to do that, it is a tough decision for Arte to make on whether to stay in the negotiating. 

I completely agree with you on this. Maybe DeRosa works for Boras. 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

On 8/12/2019 at 6:08 PM, tdawg87 said:

Did you even read my post