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01-30-2018, 04:35 PM | #1141 |
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01-30-2018, 04:48 PM | #1142 |
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Enjoy the shithole that is Oakland, Brandon. You deserve each other.
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01-30-2018, 04:51 PM | #1143 | |
Like I woke up in Wonderland..
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KC fans had a similar reaction, dick.
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01-30-2018, 04:53 PM | #1144 |
Would an idiot do that?
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So, he likes Oakland...
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01-30-2018, 04:54 PM | #1145 |
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01-30-2018, 04:55 PM | #1146 |
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I mean, no harm in him being happy about going back to where he played his best baseball.
Funny thing is... I've read they are going to ship him out again before the season.
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01-30-2018, 05:07 PM | #1147 | |
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01-30-2018, 05:19 PM | #1148 | |
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01-30-2018, 05:43 PM | #1149 | |
Herm is the worst...horrible
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Pitching. Lot of "if's" in both directions. IF Kennedy regains his change-up, look for 2016 version as a rebound. If Junis continues to develop, then those two with Duffy aren't a bad 1-3. Not close to "100 loss bad". But no idea what to expect from 4 and 5 spots. A lot will depend on Karns recovery and whether this Oaks kid becomes a ground ball machine in the bigs. No expectations for Hammel and really hope he's traded. But I suppose he could be average at best if he stays. Really, if the rotation can just be average, their season will go the direction of what becomes of an unproven and possible dumpster fire of a bullpen.
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01-30-2018, 06:54 PM | #1152 |
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No offense, but it was the exact opposite. Most people were excited the Royals were going for it, and figured Alex would provide solid seasons early on in the deal, with the potential we were overpaying toward the end. Your memory is failing you here.
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01-30-2018, 06:55 PM | #1153 | |
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There were some who thought he'd decline on the back half and maybe hurt in year 4. I don't think many if any wanted to keep him for 5/100, what his market was originally thought to be, but that came back to the pack eventually- and he did leave money on the table to stay here (10-12 million and another year, from what I was told). But I don't remember anyone thinking he'd be this bad and fall off the cliff right away. Concern was all about years 3 and 4.
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01-30-2018, 07:41 PM | #1155 |
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I was practically yelled at for saying to let him go. It's revisionist history to say people didn't want to go 5/100 on him, most did. I do agree tho that 4/72 wasn't seen as that bad, and he should've produced 72M of value. Even 50M is ok, it's no problem shifting some value to Alex for the contributions he's given this franchise. And, we still had a 2-year window with our roster where Alex' 2-3 WAR seasons (before falling off the cliff) could've been quite valuable.
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