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I feel like I fall into this over and over again when in it always seems they follow up 4 wins with 5 loses. Like nando said. I'm not starting Skaggs in Texas on my fantasy team. #cantdoit

#humblebrag (Malibu style)

Before I even clicked on it I thought based on the title of this thread "This must be a Sam Miller article".

It will never be totally cleaned up. Medical technology continues to progress as so ways to cheat continue to progress.

My fantasy keeper team just got hosed

Have you seen my cable bill? This is cheap.

Yeah I was looking at a couple of years from now with Cabrera's contract.

great article but I think they may be overvaluing free agents. $30 million for WAR?

With Mike Illitch passing away the Tigers are most likely going to be looking to dump salary. Justin Verlander is under contract for $28 million for the next 3 years and a possible $22 million in 2020. He was almost worth it last year with a 6.6 WAR but certainly not the previous two years. First question, how much would the Tigers need to cover for it be worth it for the Angels? The primary premise is that it wouldn't cost us prospects if we took on salary. Second question, how many seconds after seeing Verlander's name did you start working up a lame and predictable comment about Kate Upton? 2017 34 Detroit Tigers $28,000,000 2018 35 Detroit Tigers $28,000,000 2019 36 Detroit Tigers $28,000,000 2020 37 Detroit Tigers *$22,000,000 $22M Vesting Option 2020 option guaranteed with top 5 finish in 2019 Cy Young vote

Seriously if you're going to post to tell everyone you are leaving make sure it's a YAGE to remember http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=YAGE

The US vs Dominican game was perhaps one of the best games of baseball I've ever seen.

If it is truly a "personal reason" I think it's because his fiance is moving out to live with him for the first time throughout the season and he's giving her as much time as he can before they get married next Fall.

Personally I think the team is being slightly over looked. Most commentators I've heard are guessing they'll win fewer than 81. Pedro Moura gave a pretty good prediction on the Effectively Wild podcast: 81 wins - but it won't be 81, it will either be five games better or five games worse depending on the health of the pitching. So 76 or 86, but 81 is the baseline.

This is why I think he might be a potential. Because it would be a salary dump and wouldn't cost more than a few Rondons.

The D-backs are going to be looking to do a salary dump specifically on Grienke's contract. If the Angels are hovering for a playoff spot in July him up? What percentage chance to you give to seeing Grienke wearing a halo again? I say 23% chance.

I bet it's all the vaccines that are tearing up peoples elbows too.

Sadly. Yes.

Tell that to this guy

CRAP!

Tell that to Big Papi, Country Breakfast, and King Felix

Over on my fan page's Facebook page I encouraged people to come up with a new nickname for Mike Trout (because no one calls him Millville Meteor). Here are the ones that I thought were the best. Here's the poll I'm running on my site too. Choose your favorite

When the Tigers start their salary dump expect the Angels to be first in line on Cabrera.