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The more information that comes out about the Astros' cheating - the worse Manfred looks.  I mean 10-12 teams filed complaints with MLB?  Clearly, he only really investigated them when Fiers went public.  It's a bad look. I hope this thing continues to blow up in all of their faces. There needs to be real reckoning, a scorching of the earth type deal here. Carlos Beltran is a real POS. I hope players, fans, whoever overwhelm the courts with lawsuits.

I love his response as I feel the same way about all this. These were adults and they weren’t a bunch of children. Stop acting like kids. 
 
I wanted to hit a “loved it” reaction to that!

*loses

*losing
*lose 
 

I love his response as I feel the same way about all this. These were adults and they weren’t a bunch of children. Stop acting like kids. 
 
I wanted to hit a “loved it” reaction to that!

Much respect. Go get em, Heaney. 
 
 

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This would mean discovery, players being subpoenaed and forced to testify under oath. If they’re found to be lying then they could face jail time for contempt of court. 🤔 this could be awesome if it is allowed to proceed past the objections of the players. 

I don’t know I see an easy fix for service time issues. It needs something but I haven’t seen a suggestions that really changes it that much. I would love to see them trading draft picks and I can’t find one reason why that shouldn’t happen. I can’t believe it hasn’t happened already. 

He will pitch in the PCL but we won’t lose his bat.

Right, just like any Astros fan expecting great things from McCullers as their #3 starter should not be expecting much.

This would mean discovery, players being subpoenaed and forced to testify under oath. If they’re found to be lying then they could face jail time for contempt of court. 🤔 this could be awesome if it is allowed to proceed past the objections of the players. 

@True Grich The Wilpons are still looking at the medicals and they are holding it up. Until then the trade is on hold. They don’t believe my arm will hold up. 

This would mean discovery, players being subpoenaed and forced to testify under oath. If they’re found to be lying then they could face jail time for contempt of court. 🤔 this could be awesome if it is allowed to proceed past the objections of the players. 

@True Grich The Wilpons are still looking at the medicals and they are holding it up. Until then the trade is on hold. They don’t believe my arm will hold up. 

What this means to me is that Arte is the real GM. It doesn’t matter how the team performs this year Eppler deserves an extension. He works hard to come up with creative solutions that benefit the team. Unfortunately Arte gets in the way of some of these. Vernon Wells? Maybe that was Arte and not Reagins. Pujols? Almost certainly Arte and not Dipoto. Not sure how many more ways he’s interfered but I’m sure those aren’t all of it. Eppler is a good GM and he is doing the best he can with the owner he has. My 2¢

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
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This is great.  

Completely agree with this. I think, especially in light of how this trade didn’t happen, that Eppler is creative and a smart baseball mind. He has probably had other solutions nixed by the rea power behind the org, Arte. 
 
In the last press conference we got a hint of this. Arte watched Rendon since college and once he became available Arte wanted him no matter what. Arte may not be as foolish as the 1980’s Steinbrenners but he has shades of that. 
 
Eppler deserves an extension no matter how the 2020 season turns out. 

@True Grich The Wilpons are still looking at the medicals and they are holding it up. Until then the trade is on hold. They don’t believe my arm will hold up. 

What this means to me is that Arte is the real GM. It doesn’t matter how the team performs this year Eppler deserves an extension. He works hard to come up with creative solutions that benefit the team. Unfortunately Arte gets in the way of some of these. Vernon Wells? Maybe that was Arte and not Reagins. Pujols? Almost certainly Arte and not Dipoto. Not sure how many more ways he’s interfered but I’m sure those aren’t all of it. Eppler is a good GM and he is doing the best he can with the owner he has. My 2¢

@True Grich The Wilpons are still looking at the medicals and they are holding it up. Until then the trade is on hold. They don’t believe my arm will hold up. 

I think Eppler has done his best work this off season. I was impressed the way he was able to pivot after not signing Cole.  I appreciate the fact that he hasn't traded away any significant minor league assets. I think he has improved the rotation over all and the offense looks incredibly dynamic.
The telling thing will be if he stays in Anaheim and I'm not necessarily talking about Arte giving him an extension. I will be curious to see if he wants to stay and doesn't take another job. If he's frustrated with Arte at all, he hasn't shown any signs of it, but I wonder. I hope he stays because I like the way he navigates the turbulent waters that is Angels baseball with Arte.