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brjones

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1935 on: December 17, 2015, 08:24:07 pm »
Brandon Phillips ‏@DatDudeBP
513 to 202 ✈️ #PapaPope #OnDeck

Speculation is that Brandon Phillips has been traded to the Nationals--513 is the Cincinnati area code, and 202 is Washington DC.
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CUBluejays

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1936 on: December 17, 2015, 11:51:31 pm »
Iwaki a resigns with the Mariners.
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goblue007

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1937 on: December 18, 2015, 12:02:46 am »
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JR

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« Reply #1938 on: December 18, 2015, 01:27:26 am »

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CUBluejays

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« Reply #1939 on: December 18, 2015, 09:19:54 am »
Iwaki was all my phone. I spelled out Iwakuma. Force Awakens was great though.
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brjones

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1940 on: December 18, 2015, 09:32:12 am »
The Reds and Nationals have apparently agreed to a deal for Brandon Phillips, but they're waiting on Phillips to decide if he'll waive his no trade clause.  Rosenthal says Phillips wants a "significant benefit" if he's going to waive it.
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1941 on: December 18, 2015, 02:15:07 pm »
Henderson Alavarez is close to a deal with the A's.  $4 million with incentives.

Blue Jays claimed Junior Lake.
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brjones

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1942 on: December 18, 2015, 02:38:23 pm »
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Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 
Source: A's deal with Henderson Alvarez should be done soon. Going to be for one year, $4M+, big incentives. @jonheymancbs had them close.

I've got to say, I'm really starting to wonder if Billy Beane has lost his edge.  I really don't understand a lot of what he's done over the last few years.  The Russell trade seemed ill-advised, and then he didn't get back anywhere close to the same value from the White Sox.  The Donaldson trade was brutal.  And then he's been throwing a lot of money around to players who just aren't very good--$10 million per to Billy Butler last offseason; 3 years, $22 million to Ryan Madson despite his injury history; $6 million to Rich Hill; and now 4 million to a guy whose shoulder may be shot.  For a small market team, that's a lot of money thrown at Butler and three lottery tickets.
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« Reply #1943 on: December 18, 2015, 03:05:07 pm »
I wonder if this is the losing small-market plague.  Hard to attract good players at good prices. 

Cubs have this fun manager, great young future, holy grail to pursue, a passionate fan base.  What does Beane have to sell? 
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« Reply #1944 on: December 18, 2015, 03:09:24 pm »
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1945 on: December 18, 2015, 03:10:22 pm »
Quote from: craig on December 18, 2015, 03:05:07 pm
I wonder if this is the losing small-market plague.  Hard to attract good players at good prices. 

Cubs have this fun manager, great young future, holy grail to pursue, a passionate fan base.  What does Beane have to sell? 
A mid-season trade to a contender?
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1946 on: December 18, 2015, 03:16:09 pm »
I think it's kind of cool how the Cubs, with their century-plus failure to win a World Series, are now selling that as the last great pursuit in sport.  No more "Cubs are cursed" negativity; instead it's the coolest, funnest pursuit in sports. 
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Chris27

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« Reply #1947 on: December 18, 2015, 05:30:13 pm »
Quote from: craig on December 18, 2015, 03:16:09 pm
I think it's kind of cool how the Cubs, with their century-plus failure to win a World Series, are now selling that as the last great pursuit in sport.  No more "Cubs are cursed" negativity; instead it's the coolest, funnest pursuit in sports.

It helps when you have young talent, a charismatic manager, and resources you're willing to spend. Course, they had these things after 2003 too. It netted them Hawkins and Maddux.
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #1948 on: December 18, 2015, 07:57:57 pm »
LOL
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« Reply #1949 on: December 18, 2015, 10:13:54 pm »
Junior Lake claimed by Toronto. So I guess we can pencil him in for 25 homers and an .850 OPS next year.
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