The Hot Stove League Thread
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The real disturbing thing is the Red Sox had to go this route because if they hadn't, someone would have paid Ortiz that amount anyway.
Baseball GMs. I would never have them manage my money."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Kosuke Fukudome back to Chicago. To the southside team this time aroundComment
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I'm an outsider, but it seems that this could be a very big sign that they'll be moving to San Jose, and with it a newer park and more revenue to use.
I wish they could have done something to stay in Oakland. I grew up a Tigers fan, but remember when the A's were killing everyone. It'd be a shame to see them move.Comment
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They couldn't sign him for 7 million, that's not how arbitration works. Once he accepted arbitration it effectively became impossible to sign him for anything less than what he made last season. There wasn't any "overbuying" involved.
You can question whether they should have offered him arbitration in the first place, but not what he signed for once he accepted.Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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They couldn't sign him for 7 million, that's not how arbitration works. Once he accepted arbitration it effectively became impossible to sign him for anything less than what he made last season. There wasn't any "overbuying" involved.
You can question whether they should have offered him arbitration in the first place, but not what he signed for once he accepted.Comment
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I would have thrown my hands (and much more) in the air if I saw Ortiz sign for three years with a middling small-market team."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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Do you really think so?
I'm an outsider, but it seems that this could be a very big sign that they'll be moving to San Jose, and with it a newer park and more revenue to use.
I wish they could have done something to stay in Oakland. I grew up a Tigers fan, but remember when the A's were killing everyone. It'd be a shame to see them move.Steelers | Seminoles | A's | Rockets | Avalanche | Wildcats, Hoosiers | LiverpoolComment
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Do you really think so?
I'm an outsider, but it seems that this could be a very big sign that they'll be moving to San Jose, and with it a newer park and more revenue to use.
I wish they could have done something to stay in Oakland. I grew up a Tigers fan, but remember when the A's were killing everyone. It'd be a shame to see them move.
A's need to move to San Jose, it'a a larger market, with frankly a much higher income base to support the team.Comment
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Kwame has made like 70mil in his career.Cincinnati Reds University of Kentucky Cincinnati Bengals
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Looks like the AJ scenario is just about done pending a physical and MLB approval:
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Looks like the Pirates get A.J. Burnett from the Yankees in exchange for a couple prospects.
Good move on both sides. Playing in the NL and at PNC should help Burnett.
I do hope that the Pirates can at least get to the .500 mark this year. They seemed like shoe-ins last year but managed to blow it with their awful second half. I think that bad call from the Braves game probably led to it.
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