Joe Lucia Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 You will rue the day you dropped Fat Juan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 All 3 roughly equal out to one shitty first basemen, so it really doesn't matter all that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 What's that Mariners? You had Scott Baker penciled in as your number 3 starter before you even saw him face live competition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 What's that Mariners? You had Scott Baker penciled in as your number 3 starter before you even saw him face live competition? They released Randy Wolfe too. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Actually they told him he made the team but they wanted him to sign a 45 day advance consent release and he refused so he told them he wanted his release instead. Looks like it's Blake Beavan (yawn) and Roenis Elias (26 and never pitched above AA) to round out the rotation. I fully expect to see Wade Barrett rise up our of center field at Safeco Field in the middle of the game banging his gavel and taunting what few Mariners fans there are in attendance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The Wolf thing is so damn dumb, but whatever. Man, lots of players going down this spring...too many to even list here that we haven't covered already. This season looks like it'll be a battle of attrition - whichever team stays healthiest wins the World Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 We need a Watt and a Ware on 2nd and 3rd with a Wen up to bat. A Howe can be on deck. I'm not sure what would be equivalent to a Why though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Yup - so didn't realize Zack Greinke was now the highest paid player in baseball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 What's that Mariners? You had Scott Baker penciled in as your number 3 starter before you even saw him face live competition? So many Cubs fans bitched about not re-signing Baker. Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Those are the Hendry holdovers most assuredly. Scott Baker can't stay healthy. Besides, Chris Rusin can't be that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I fucking hate them so much. There's a somewhat small, but vocal contingent of them on BleedCubbieBlue and they're actively ruining every single thread on there on a daily basis. It doesn't help that Al Yellon, dumb fuck he is and a poor choice for the face of Cubs fans in the local and national media, claims he's on board with the rebuild and then so desires the Hendry way. EDIT: I can also practically guarantee that he will come across this comment when he googles his name at some point today because he's a loathsome and paranoid person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillThompson Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I only pop into BCB from time to time now, the overall negativity of the site in regards to having absolutely no faith in the rebuild, or in the fact that sometimes young talents like Rizzo will have incomplete years, put me off of that site. I mainly use Bleacher Nation for my Cubs info these days, seems to be a sit that has a much better handle on the concept of rebuilding, prospects, and the future in regards to the present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Thank you, Bill. I'm glad you said that. I would gladly jump ship to Bleacher Nation because I really like Brett's work over there, but there's a big group of us who have a clear understanding of what is happening with the team and have the patience for it, but then there are those like Al, the site's fucking curator/mod, and a few others who have this notion that attendance will continually dwindle and will never bounce back. It's just constant doom and gloom and SPEND NOW ON EVERYONE and shitting on Theo/Jed for building one of the best, if not the best, farm systems in the league to compete with the Cardinals. It's a really difficult task and because they aren't winning now, then to them, the whole thing is a failure. The glory days of Hendry though, you know, where the team was swept in '07 and '08 from the playoffs and then he completely ruined the team in 2009, not to mention ruining the team for years into the future, is completely cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 And here are your 2014 team payrolls: http://deadspin.com/2014-payrolls-and-salaries-for-every-mlb-team-1551868969?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow The Rays being near the bottom of that list make me have the biggest smile for what they're doing at the major league level. Same thing for the As. The Dodgers taking the top spot this year isn't surprising in the least. Also, it should be noted that AP are using luxury tax numbers so the numbers are slightly off. EDIT: Edwin Jackson making $13 million ($11 million actually), is fucking disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Dustin McGowan takes the Jays the fifth and final spot in the rotation. Really pulling for this kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 LAA has dumped Joe Blanton They end up eating $8.5 million in salary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Man WTF happened to Blanton? He's not even that old. Isn't he only 31 or 32? Others released today: Matt Tuiasosopo, George Kottaras, Mark Lowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I'm not sure, but the Phillies managed to sell high on past-successful lower-rotation pitchers. J.A. Happ, Vance Worley, and now Blanton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I used to read BCB quite a bit a few years back. I never really understood the Yellon hate but if he's stuck on wanting to rebuild the Hendry way he's sadly mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The Yellon hate comes from his many double standards, declaring what is and isn't funny even when he's not involved, getting upset and threatening to quit (which he would never do because it's his job and pays for his season tickets) when people question why he even gets involved, getting massively upset when he thinks someone is making fun of him when people aren't which leads to him then getting made fun of for his overreaction, banning multiple people for questioning if he plagiarized something (he likely did), constantly crying and complaining about attending every home game that he buys season tickets for, getting mad at people who ask him why he then continues to be a season ticket holder if he doesn't like it, etc. And that's really scratching the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I only know him from FB comments on friends posts. He's a piece of work for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Dustin McGowan takes the Jays the fifth and final spot in the rotation. Really pulling for this kid Best stuff on the team just needs some luck for crying out loud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The White Sox look to get people into their ballpark by selling huge $17 sundaes. http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/10676917/chicago-white-sox-offer-3-pound-sundae-helmet If I go to the Cell, I might be tempted to get one. Their nacho helmets for $13 are a good deal as far as stadium food goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 That actually sounds like a (relatively speaking) good value. Certainly a better value than the $25 or $35 hot dog that Texas sells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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