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Das Texan

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  1. this is not exactly some trade secret that the Royals have been working on plans for a new stadium though. what i'm saying isnt some gigantic breaking news honestly.
  2. I"m resorting to outsoucing some of my posts.
  3. Kaufmann stadium is something like 5th oldest in all of the Majors. This has been rumored for a long time and this has been a known thing to happen for a long while. I'm sure it's going to be a damn great concept and it will be a fantastic park in the end. Kansas City is a great place for baseball (and BBQ)
  4. Jesus Luzardo allows the Marlins to get back the most 'Tampa Bay Rays' return of any option the Marlins have. Think Archer, Chris as Exhibit A.
  5. 1 year contracts cost you cash of which MLB owners are awash in cash and cash flow. Especially when your payroll is south of 100 million.
  6. I'd' put it at 60% chance Luzardo is moved before opening day.
  7. That Soler contract he signed shows how unserious the Marlins are about actually winning and caring far more about profits end of day. if you want to build upon 2023 - you sign Soler. In today's day and age, thats not even an unreasonable contract. It doesnt hamstring you long term. It allows you to maintain a level of competitivness and keep pushing forward for a playoff berth. Joke of a franchise.
  8. 14 million AAV is too much for Bruce Sherman to pay a player. That's not how it works in Bruce land. The QO was something like 20 million, there is NO WAY Bruce was paying that even if for one year in a million years now! As always....cheapness wins out.
  9. Oh he will do some eating allright....
  10. I wasnt even fucking quoting you. Are you confusing your accounts or something?
  11. He didnt have an AWFUL year, just compared to 2022 it wasnt to his standards. you cant replace Sandy true. But you didnt exactly replace the 184 innings he gave you last year. This is reality: Marlins are facing an innings limit that either has been completely over looked or ignored. I'm not really sure which. This innings limit exists already and if someone gets hurt it gets even MORE glaring. There will be MANY openers used this year, so I hope you like it!!!
  12. Sandy Alcantra matters zero. Dont tell Bruce Sherman this or he will work to get him out of town as quickly as possible.
  13. They will save money with Gordon, now it all makes sense.
  14. This continues two themes: 1. you remain obsessed with me. 2. The Marlins dont give a fuck about winning
  15. backup infielder (who they will have compete for the ss job) for a middle reliever thrilling.
  16. Bruce Sherman is bad for baseball. Bruce Sherman is bad for Miami. Bruce Sherman is bad for baseball in Miami. Look at the crowds for WBC games. Look at the crowds for the Caribbean Series games. Miami is a baseball town. It always has been. But its a town that needs stars to thrive. It needs winning to thrive. The town needs to have someone they can commit to long term that they can graviate around. This requires marketing (spending money). This requires free agents (spending money). These are the realities of the market Bruce Sherman decided to purchase a baseball team in. We can go through the whether MLB should have even allowed this to happen (they shouldn't have). But in the end, this much is clear, Bruce Sherman is not equipped and Bruce Sherman does not care about putting a winning product on the field and in turn increasing the attendance in Miami. And really why should he? There is no incentive for Bruce Sherman to do this. Bruce Sherman is making by many accounts $150 million a season (some say thats really closer to $200 million) per season from shared revenues from broadcasting deals, from his local deals and from revenue sharing as 48% of all revenue is shared among all teams. If Bruce Sherman spends a total of $100 million on payroll he stands to profit between 50 -100 million (AT LEAST). The local media needs to hold Bruce Sherman to the fire. They will not becuase they have never shown the ability to do this. Bruce Sherman is now on his third 'plan' in some six years of ownership. First it was Denbo/Jeter which was rooted in the Yankees ideals which requires spending of money. Jeter and Denbo for all their faults realized that Bruce Sherman is allergic to the commitment to winning. Enter Kim Ng. An otherwise very well qualified General Manager. And guess what in spite of what many have said, she did a fine job. She gets blamed for the poor farm system, but really she only had 1-2 drafts under her watch. The best prospects in the Marlins system are from the last 1-2 years, but you do not get instant gratification in MLB drafts. This is a failure of the Denbo/Jeter years. Kim Ng led this team to a playoff berth. She wanted to essentially build upon this momentum, but that required spending money. Again, Bruce Sherman is allergic to what it takes to consisntenly win in baseball. Kim Ng left rightfully so. Enter Peter Bendix. His only baseball knowledge is rooted in the Tampa Bay world. Now Bruce is talking, cheapness is the Tampa way. Bruce Sherman has allowed Peter Bendix to hire very many assistants. However, ALL are unproven in their roles. The Marlins are taking gigantic gambles in their approach to building this team. Peter Bendix only knows one way of building. Every other main contributor has never done what they are being tasked to do. Will they succeed? Some probably will. But some will most likely fail. As long as Bruce Sherman's cash cow is rolling through, things will not change. That is a guarantee. This offseason has been an absolute joke and embarassment to all of baseball. At this point, the Miami Marlins are the biggest embarassment in all of the sport, other than the Oakland franchise. And that's sad for the city of Miami. That's sad for all of Major League Baseball.
  17. are you on drugs this weekend?
  18. I think even 78 at this point is quite unlikely. 78 is assuming FULL HEALTH for every starting pitcher. And the odds of that happening is...... The depth behind the top starters is well....in the sage words of Craig Mish.... 'Yikes' There are numerous reasons why I've been harping on this organization being light on pitching going into the season. The innings limitations that WILL exist is one reason. The odds of someone missing time due to injury is the other.
  19. AAAA player. Who cares move is what it is.
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