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  1. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    irish, Jul 31, 2012
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    blueplatespecial, Jul 31, 2012
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    Just wanted Loney gone so bad. 2006 was the last time I gave a shit about our first baseman.
     
    N.Z, Jul 31, 2012
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    He has been doing well. Could see him in the playoffs. The Giants had been interested so glad he didn't go there.
     
    TuborgP, Jul 31, 2012
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  5. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    Ned should go get Matt Stairs
     
    irish, Jul 31, 2012
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    you cant overact for a rental. thats how we lost mcdonald and how the giants lost wheeler
     
    iggypop123, Jul 31, 2012
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    KLaw on the Pence trade:

     
    grizz, Jul 31, 2012
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    Underwhelmed since 08, nail in the coffin in '10 for me.
     
    THINKBLUE, Jul 31, 2012
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  9. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    yup
    victorino helps us more than pence helps the fags
     
    irish, Jul 31, 2012
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    THINKBLUE DSP Gigolo

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    I don't want us to overact for a rental. I'm not complaining.

    Being disappointed certain things couldn't work out isn't disagreeing with the FO
     
    THINKBLUE, Jul 31, 2012
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  11. N.Z

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    Things like that make me feel better.
     
    N.Z, Jul 31, 2012
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    27 minutes
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Giants didn't add any bullpen help, so far. Say what you want about Broxton/League but they would have helped what is becoming a shaky Giants bullpen.
     
    doyerfan, Jul 31, 2012
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    I was gonna make a fake post about us getting Billy Butler but thought that would be way too cruel. lol
     
    BigDaddyKaine, Jul 31, 2012
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    eerie silence from NYY and Boston
    LAD/SFG... relevant again
     
    irish, Jul 31, 2012
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    Oh, and McDonald was just a bad trade. Nothing else to it.
     
    THINKBLUE, Jul 31, 2012
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    25 minutes and 15 seconds
     
    BigDaddyKaine, Jul 31, 2012
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    Comparing those two is laughable, Mcdonald was a solid reliever who showed limited control and upside as a starter, Wheeler has always been considered a top prospect.

    That said, J-Mac should've never been moved, for Dotel no less. But its getting old.
     
    Dodgers99, Jul 31, 2012
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    Law on League:
    The Dodgers get a right-handed specialist in League without giving up anything of value, giving the Mariners some salary relief rather than handing over prospects.


    League has a plus fastball with great sinking life that generates ground balls, keeping his overall home run rates low because it's hard for hitters to elevate the ball when he keeps it down. His splitter has been an adequate second pitch for him, although he's still shown moderate-to-large platoon splits even since that pitch developed for him, with left-handed batters accounting for six of the seven extra-base hits he's allowed this year and more than half of the total baserunners. He is a free agent after the season, so the Dodgers are just on the hook for about $2 million, but it's not clear to me what need League fills; the Dodgers' bullpen is strong and deep, especially from the right side. Perhaps they feel it frees them up to include Josh Lindblom in a trade, but otherwise, it doesn't seem like the team is better in any meaningful way.


    In exchange, the Mariners get two very fringy prospects. Outfielder Leon Landry can run, but his pitch recognition and overall instincts are weak; his swing is pretty short with almost no load, so he lacks power. His stats this year are largely a function of great hitters' parks in the southern half of the high Class A California League, and Landry's age relative to his competition. If he could play center field well, he'd be a good fourth outfielder candidate, but his defense out there remains weak so he doesn't profile even as an extra outfielder right now. Right-hander Logan Bawcom might surface as a middle reliever, but his command right now would make him an up-and-down guy. Despite some tail on his fastball, he doesn't generate enough ground balls to survive without cutting his walk rate.
     
    dodgers, Jul 31, 2012
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    Don't do shit like that. Really. The WIllingham one wasn't cool either.
     
    THINKBLUE, Jul 31, 2012
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