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I hope we get him too, the dude looks awesome. This year is the year to do it since we went after Baldoquin.

It's actually not a bad thing imo, they are not giving them less money, they are just changing the benefits to something they employees have more control over. 

Also, employees with pension plans will get to keep them.

Who is Sum Yung Gui? An Internet search did not provide answers.

We only have to keep Featherston.  The others were selected in the AAA phase, so they would be heading to SLC.

Not the guys selected in the minor league phases.

Great! That seems more reasonable. I think we can make room for Featherston.

We won't keep all of them. Maybe 1 or 2 tops. 

 

EDIT: Featherston is a steal, and the only one I see with a real shot. 

Angels official twitter just commented on him, and not the others, so I'd wager you are right. 

Thanks!

So wait, are you saying that we have to keep all these players we acquired via Rule 5 draft on our 25 man? That doesn't seem possible...

We acquired Pedro Ruiz, Kentrail Davis, Chris Curley and Taylor Featherston.

Nice work Houston! Do it again!

Fangraphs posted an article today on him after his game against the Phillies:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/garrett-richards-whos-making-sense/

Was a good read, in particular the shift on the mount.

Yep, great pitching tonight by the BP. Bravo!

I'm sure he'll be up with the Angels. Positive actually. 

Good to hear. I guess that means he's on the 40 man?

Jeremy Berg looked really good out there, any reason he didn't make the cut?

No lmao. You are so wrong it's hilarious. Nobody cares about baseball but EVERYBODY knows about the Yankees. I bet you've never even traveled the world. The Yankee logo and name (specifically their hats) are the most well known team product from North America globally. I've visited many places in Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia. People probably know Kobe (loved in Europe, Asia and Africa)/MJ (loved everywhere due to his shoes and obvious fame) more than they know the Yankees, but the Yankees name and logo is the more well known than the Lakers/Bulls.

 

Strict in Yankees terms, they did try to avoid the CBT in 2012 and 2013, successfully doing so in both. Obviously the Yankees don't have more money than both combined, but it's probably pretty close. That team rakes in more money than you can imagine every year.

Funny, considering I lived abroad for close to 20 years of my life, but believe what you want. It's not an argument I'm willing to have.

Is he wrong? Do you know how much the Yankees are worth? I mean there is no American team (in all major sports) more well known around the world than the Yankees. The past 2-3 years they've been pretty strict with their cash, for god knows why; either way they're back to being the Evil Empire. 

I wouldn't go that far, considering most of the world doesn't care about Baseball.

I would wager the Lakers and Bulls are more well known around the world as far as American Sports teams are concerned.

Are you sure about that? 

I did some more digging to be sure, as I was basing this off of something I read this morning. They are actually under it currently ($151 million), so my bad there. But they have several players under arbitration and if they pay Tanaka anywhere close to what people think he will receive, it's unlikely they will stay under it.

Tanaka isn't getting more than 25m a year. More than likely he gets around 22-23m a year without the posting fee, a 7 year/181m contract (including 20m posting fee) which is 25 AAV. I think they can work some restructures if they want to shed 500k'ish. It will come down to the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Mariners & the Cubs.

Yankees aren't under the CBT yet, even after the 25 million they save not paying A-Rod. Paying Tanaka and being under the CBT is not possible for them.

I like the comment that said Fangraphs would make a new stat called Wins Below Trout. lol

ESPN reporting that in the unveiling of Choo by the Rangers, they said Tanaka for them is unlikely.

"We're probably comfortable where we are in terms of financial commitments, and Tanaka would be a tough thing," Simpson said. "I guess I should never say never, but at the moment, we're more interested in just rounding out our team [rather] than marquee players."

That's one less team to worry about.

I'd like to believe we'll offer a competitive contract, but I don't see us outbidding Yankees or Dodgers. I think we'll settle for Garza, but I hope I'm wrong!

Here's to hoping! 

New user here, been a lurker a while. Finally found something worth posting...

Keith Law claims the following reason for Skaggs drop in velocity.

Still just 22 years old, Skaggs took a step back in 2013 as the Diamondbacks shortened his stride, resulting in a higher release point that cost him several miles per hour on his fastball and depth on his breaking ball. Lengthen him out so he finishes out over his front side again and he should be back to 90-94 mph again with the hammer he had as recently as 2012, when he projected as a potential No. 2 starter and was the best left-handed starter prospect in the game.