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  1. Most teams don't have a below replacement level player between 3 and 5 years of service time on an albatross contract that they're fine getting rid of in April. Teams keep their 40 man full to protect guys from the Rule 5 draft and they don't want to expose someone to waivers if they don't have to.
  2. Yeah, I can read the title of this thread. Others think it means there's an immediate corresponding move which isn't necessarily the case.
  3. Might as well outright him now and see if someone will save Arte $20 million. Hope he figures it out, but we have a roster spot when we need it. I'm sure something will come up. It doesn't make sense for a catcher since DFAing Thaiss would be the corresponding move. Warren or Joyce eventually would not surprise me. Might need to call up a BP arm next week.
  4. I’d be interested in their 3B playing SS for us this season.
  5. Pretty much all players are removed in the middle of spring training games. Was he removed in the middle of an inning?
  6. If he’s anything like me, it’s the Shell across the street from Hooter’s to buy a pack of cigarettes before heading to Fritz’s, but that routine, sadly, will need to change
  7. Sounds like Mayer’s mentality when he was trying to nibble the corners against Shed Long…
  8. All they needed to do was spend 20% more than the 2nd highest payroll in baseball.
  9. Lot of people in here missed that Garlick has been vaccinated.
  10. Hard to grade him now but I’m not really sure what he would have needed to do to get an A+ grade from some people. I think it’s disingenuous to give any grades if an A was impossible to achieve (and save an A+ for pulling a fast one on another GM like the Blue Jays trading Vernon Wells for Mike Napoli without eating money) He didn’t petition the commissioner to make the Angels exempt from the luxury tax and he didn’t convince Pujols to retire. Bauer signed for too much and the aces that ended up getting traded would have completely obliterated our farm system. Was he supposed to convince them to take less money and lesser packages? The Iglesias’ acquisitions look like bright spots that don’t hamper the future but the pitching, especially the bullpen, was still lacking. He really turned it around in the past week by adding 5 bullpen arms. We really just need 2 to be above average. I’d like a better RF than Fowler but with Adell, Marsh, and Adams knocking on the door, we can’t really do anything besides a stopgap for now. Ozuna, Brantley, or Pederson wouldn’t have been much better. The biggest negative I can see is potentially not extending Bundy or tying up Quintana beyond this year. What I like the most is that there is decent depth between the 26 man roster and the alternate site. Bullpens usually rely on guys having a good year so the extra arms give a better chance at having a good bullpen this season. I know that’s the Eppler strategy that didn’t work but at least we aren’t using the strategy of reclamation projects with high spin and velocity dips that ended up being a sign their elbows were going to explode. Perry really needs the opportunity to go through a draft and international signing period to add to the farm. We had some good drafts in the last few years but a lot of talent is in the low minors. Without a season last year, we missed the chance for them to build their value which hurts the overall rating. It would be dumb to trade away those guys when they’re only going to get more valuable. I’m probably too optimistic but I’m not sure what he really could have done better without tying up too much money or trading away too many prospects.
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