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« Reply #210 on: May 20, 2014, 01:55:35 pm »
aaastros next. won't be his best game of the season for long.

Unfortunately, the Halo's approached last night's game with the same mentality.  Anaheim had a losing record the Astros last season, and are 3-2 against them this season.

richards vs. keuchel tonight should be a nice duel.

I was finishing up a round of golf and missed the first inning, but it sounded like Richards was leaving his fastball in the zone a bit.  He eventually settled down and went 7, but Keuchel was a new man.  He was awful the first time I saw him (early April) but was my kind of lefty last night.  Not a hard thrower, but mixed his speeds up well and located his pitches.

It will be nice to get the offensive starters back, but they're still one injury to a starter away from collapse.     
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« Reply #211 on: May 20, 2014, 02:23:17 pm »
i've read keuchel has legit-ace potential. i meant to watch the game last night, but when i got home from work and saw it was 5-0, i lost interest. 

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« Reply #212 on: May 20, 2014, 02:57:16 pm »
Red Sox resigned Drew for $10m.  WTF?  The one team that didn't lose a draft pick in the Drew saga resigned him today?
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« Reply #213 on: May 20, 2014, 03:03:24 pm »
Red Sox resigned Drew for $10m.  WTF?  The one team that didn't lose a draft pick in the Drew saga resigned him today?
Yeah I was stunned by this.

Detroit should go after Quintanilla. EDIT: Or Clint Barnes.
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« Reply #214 on: May 20, 2014, 10:32:05 pm »
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« Reply #215 on: May 20, 2014, 11:26:45 pm »
Good lord, give the animal the death penalty.

Miguel Olivo goes Mike Tyson on Cuban prospect Guerrero

Olivo can pack his bags....

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« Reply #216 on: May 20, 2014, 11:52:31 pm »
And Juan Juribe promptly pulls a hamstring.   Guerrero would have been called up for sure. You can't make this stuff up...
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« Reply #217 on: May 21, 2014, 06:57:34 pm »
Red Sox resigned Drew for $10m.  WTF?  The one team that didn't lose a draft pick in the Drew saga resigned him today?
Yeah I was stunned by this.

Buster makes a good read here:

If Drew had taken Boston's qualifying offer last fall, for $14.1 million, and then received another this fall -- when the QO's are expected to be about $16 million -- then he would've been in line to make $30 million over two seasons. He's now making $10 million for 2014, instead; is anyone confident he'll get a deal worth $20 million for 2015, to get to $30 million?
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« Reply #218 on: May 21, 2014, 07:05:42 pm »
And Juan Juribe promptly pulls a hamstring.  

Speaking of pulled hamstrings....

Trout is out with a pulled hammie tonight too.
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« Reply #219 on: May 22, 2014, 12:18:46 am »
Red Sox resigned Drew for $10m.  WTF?  The one team that didn't lose a draft pick in the Drew saga resigned him today?
Yeah I was stunned by this.

Buster makes a good read here:

If Drew had taken Boston's qualifying offer last fall, for $14.1 million, and then received another this fall -- when the QO's are expected to be about $16 million -- then he would've been in line to make $30 million over two seasons. He's now making $10 million for 2014, instead; is anyone confident he'll get a deal worth $20 million for 2015, to get to $30 million?

as a sox fan, it delights me whenever we get a boras-represented athlete for less.  does anyone else feel that way? it's like i keep a record of time he fools us, or we fool him. 

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« Reply #220 on: May 22, 2014, 12:46:00 am »
it delights me whenever we get a boras-represented athlete for less.  does anyone else feel that way? it's like i keep a record of time he fools us, or we fool him. 

In complete agreement.  Jered Weaver's deal is still the best deal Anaheim has ever signed and Boras was pissed:

Jered Weaver admits he had to go against the advice of agent Scott Boras before agreeing to the Los Angeles Angels' five-year, $85 million contract extension, but he said the lure of staying home outweighed the seduction of greater riches.

"If $85 (million) is not enough to take care of my family and other generations of families then I'm pretty stupid, but how much money do you really need in life?" Weaver said Tuesday. "I've never played this game for the money. I played it for the love and the competitive part of it. It just so happens that baseball's going to be taking care of me for the rest of my life."

Boras, he said, wasn't so supportive of what amounts to a hometown discount.

"Obviously, he wants to give you the best options and free agency can give you the best options," Weaver said. "He would have liked to have seen me gone, but I told him I wanted to get something done and he was more than willing to work with me about it that way."

It's also what you get by not signing Boras ludicrous deals.  I'm loving watching Teixeira cost NY millions and not produce while reminding Angel fans that we have Trout as the compensation pick.
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« Reply #221 on: May 22, 2014, 03:27:35 pm »
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« Reply #222 on: May 22, 2014, 03:33:03 pm »
Red Sox resigned Drew for $10m.  WTF?  The one team that didn't lose a draft pick in the Drew saga resigned him today?
Yeah I was stunned by this.

Buster makes a good read here:

If Drew had taken Boston's qualifying offer last fall, for $14.1 million, and then received another this fall -- when the QO's are expected to be about $16 million -- then he would've been in line to make $30 million over two seasons. He's now making $10 million for 2014, instead; is anyone confident he'll get a deal worth $20 million for 2015, to get to $30 million?

I am guessing if the Red Soxs make a qualifying offer this year he will take it.  Is he really  making 10 million or is it 10 million pro-rated?  I think the thing learned this off-season that is if you aren't a superstar take the qualifying offer.

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« Reply #223 on: May 22, 2014, 07:50:07 pm »
Is he really  making 10 million or is it 10 million pro-rated?  .

It's $10m from May 20 until the end of the season. 

Which is the exact same monthly rate as $14.1m from the start of the season to the end....and he missed 2 months.
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« Reply #224 on: May 28, 2014, 12:52:58 pm »