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[numbers]

Looks like Chapman is going to the Yankees.

I dont really get this move unless a) there's a move in the works for Miller or b) the price for Chapman dropped ridiculously low.

Man, if they don't trade miller that bullpen could be absolutely ridiculous.

And they're still relying on A-Rod, Teixeira and a rotation held together with duct tape to hand them a lead. They're a weird team.

Their last couple offseason have been mind boggling.

[Norah]

Looks like Chapman is going to the Yankees.

I dont really get this move unless a) there's a move in the works for Miller or b) the price for Chapman dropped ridiculously low.

Man, if they don't trade miller that bullpen could be absolutely ridiculous.

And they're still relying on A-Rod, Teixeira and a rotation held together with duct tape to hand them a lead. They're a weird team.

I'm actually of the mind that Sabathia has a decent little come back season.

[philpritchard]

I would be fairly surprised by a Sabathia bounceback, but I would by more surprised if they get full seasons out of Tanaka and Pineda.

[philpritchard]

I'm really concerned this whole Clemens/Halladay spat is going to have a negative impact on my team chemistry if we ever get around to another franchise tournament.

[philpritchard]

Jays get Storen for Revere, and the AL East Bullpen-Off continues.

[numbers]

I like that move a lot for the Jays.

[Bammer]

JUNIOR

[E.H. Ruddock]

Wrong thread

[Bammer]

Another year, another Angels leftover headed to Seattle.

After our rich history of cherry picking Anaheim's finest (Scott Speizio, Chone Figgins, Bill Bavasi) we now get to enoy GM Jerry DiPoto.

For a long time I've gone into each season very optimistic. I'm over that now and I'll believe it when I see it.

Watch, I'll change my tune when we start 10-3 and then again when we fall to like 45-60.

[verb_to_trust]

Brett Boone and that bald white dude who played right field ain't walking through the door bruh

[Bammer]

Brett Boone and that bald white dude who played right field ain't walking through the door bruh

Ah, Booney...

[Bammer]

I just realized he looks a lot like Scott Stapp

[verb_to_trust]

That's too bad

[PHATJ]

Andruw Jones is retiring. This is an interesting little article detailing his greatness (once seemingly a lock HOFer) and subsequent fall into mediocrity.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-bas ... ded-career

[Bammer]

You could've told me Andruw Jones retired 10 years ago and I'd have believed you.

[The Argonaut]

Well, he was a part time player basically since he left Atlanta and he hasn't played since 2012.

[CopperTom]

If having sex with strippers had a hof, he'd be in. Probably the best 10 year stretch of defense by an outfielder though.

[Electromatic]

Andruw Jones is retiring. This is an interesting little article detailing his greatness (once seemingly a lock HOFer) and subsequent fall into mediocrity.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-bas ... ded-career

Yeah he's been playing in Japan I think. He absolutely loves playing baseball, if he hadn't become addicted to trying to hit Home Runs he would have been fantastic.

Legendary times at the Gold Club here in Atlanta, Greatest 10 year run as a defensive center fielder during my lifetime anyway. There are plenty of people who would say he was overrated defensively, but I don't really care to break it down that far. He was an amazing center fielder.

[numbers]

So I was watching a bunch of episodes of that Top 10 right now show they have on the MLB network. Some of the rankings are absurd. What really struck me though, was Brian Kenny, Bill James and co. saying that errors are irrelevant and don't matter when evaluating a player. This is a perfect example of analytics gone mad. That statement, to me, is more asinine than when people put a lot of stock in Wins when evaluating pitchers.

[Norah]

phil, your rebuttal?