November 14, 201213 yr they probably won't keep Escobar after 2013, Hechavarria is the SS prospect coming back.
November 14, 201213 yr Author JIM BOWDEN �@JimBowdenESPNxm One GM who inquired on Giancarlo Stanton was told that they were NOT going to trade him PERIOD
November 14, 201213 yr JIM BOWDEN �@JimBowdenESPNxm One GM who inquired on Giancarlo Stanton was told that they were NOT going to trade him PERIOD He's earning the minimum salary, not a surprise really.
November 14, 201213 yr they probably won't keep Escobar after 2013, Hechavarria is the SS prospect coming back. And its very questionable whether or not he'll be able to hit on the major league level
November 14, 201213 yr they probably won't keep Escobar after 2013, Hechavarria is the SS prospect coming back. He can also play 3B apparently. I think Escobar is going to stay. They have an irrational infatuation with 'connecting' with the Cuban community. He's got pretty cheap options (5 mil a piece for '14 and '15,) so I think they actually wanted him.
November 14, 201213 yr I love the fact Buehrle was traded. It was my favorite part. Now he can make that ridiculous amount of money in the last two years of his contract putting up ERA's of 5+ in Toronto. We didn't get an overwhelming deal because we traded a lot of garbage. The valuable players were either a) on ridiculous backloaded deals or b) on expiring contracts (JJ). We got some valuable pieces in return and sold off the piece of sh*t 2012 team. THE LAST PLACE 2012 TEAM that was going nowhere just like our current sh*tty team; the only difference is the 2012 team cost a lot of money to be sh*tty. Also, I highly doubt the payroll is going to be like $10 million dollars after they trade Nolasco. They're going to sign some guys. Not big name free agents, but this isn't going to be the same, exact team on Opening Day; even if that's what Loria wants, MLB wouldn't allow that.
November 14, 201213 yr Speaking in Pokemon cards: we didn't have a Charizard or a Mewtwo.. But we had a Blastoise, maybe even a really rare Onyx and something weird like a Magneton. We traded it all away for some lousy Magikarps.
November 14, 201213 yr Speaking in Pokemon cards: we didn't have a Charizard or a Mewtwo.. But we had a Blastoise, maybe even a really rare Onyx and something weird like a Magneton. We traded it all away for some lousy Magikarps. Now I feel like playing Pokemon. Thanks a lot.
November 14, 201213 yr Author Can we say we lost any chance of re-signing Giancarlo to a long-term contract. If so, would you gauge offers for him?
November 14, 201213 yr they probably won't keep Escobar after 2013, Hechavarria is the SS prospect coming back. He can also play 3B apparently. I think Escobar is going to stay. They have an irrational infatuation with 'connecting' with the Cuban community. He's got pretty cheap options (5 mil a piece for '14 and '15,) so I think they actually wanted him. that's true I'd forgotten his contract is friendly.
November 14, 201213 yr Can we say we lost any chance of re-signing Giancarlo to a long-term contract. If so, would you gauge offers for him? Nope.
November 14, 201213 yr well if they just flat out said "we did it wrong last year" this certainly does free up a lot of money to spend smarter, if that's their line of reasoning here. I can't see them going into the year with a 20 mil payroll or something, MLB would be all over them. So maybe we'll see some mid-level stuff. They could still go after a Bourn, maybe deal for Span with all the prospects they have now. Guess we need a 2B now too.
November 14, 201213 yr C - Brantly 1B - LoMo 2B - Solano??? 3B - Hechevarria SS - Escobar LF - Ruggiano RF- Stanton CF - ???? Rotation 1. Turner 2. Eovaldi 3. ????? 4. ????? 5. ????? Am I missing something here? There are some huge holes on this team all of a sudden.
November 14, 201213 yr chances of Loria and/or Samson issuing a press release saying that this money is going to go back into the team and they're not just ripping off the city of Miami and the MLB?
November 14, 201213 yr Can we say we lost any chance of re-signing Giancarlo to a long-term contract. If so, would you gauge offers for him? No, we still control him for four more years, either way.
November 14, 201213 yr Can we say we lost any chance of re-signing Giancarlo to a long-term contract. If so, would you gauge offers for him? Lifetime contract, infinity billion dollars
November 14, 201213 yr dunno I'm actually tending to agree with Erick here. There were a lot of players leaving so it certainly seems bad. But I figured JJ was gone by the trade deadline anyway, Buck is not good, Boni is average even if 2011 was the norm which it probably isn't. I mean it's a shocking deal but they could probably throw together some random crap next season and still not be much worse. Let's see what else happens before the season. then again I don't live down there anymore so I don't have much invested.
November 14, 201213 yr well if they just flat out said "we did it wrong last year" this certainly does free up a lot of money to spend smarter, if that's their line of reasoning here. I can't see them going into the year with a 20 mil payroll or something, MLB would be all over them. So maybe we'll see some mid-level stuff. They could still go after a Bourn, maybe deal for Span with all the prospects they have now. Guess we need a 2B now too. they were supposed to have a payroll between 80 and 85 million.
November 14, 201213 yr Rotation 1. Turner 2. Eovaldi 3. ????? 4. ????? 5. ????? Alvarez, Hand, LeBlanc ... Woo last place!
November 14, 201213 yr Obviously I don't expect them to go into the season with a 10 million dollar payroll. I just think it's funny that once Nolasco is traded that our payroll at that point in time would be under 10 million or slightly above it. I have a feeling they'll get away with a 30-35 million payroll though. That's if players actually want to sign here.
November 14, 201213 yr C - Brantly 1B - LoMo 2B - Solano??? 3B - Hechevarria SS - Escobar LF - Ruggiano RF- Stanton CF - ???? Rotation 1. Turner 2. Eovaldi 3. ????? 4. ????? 5. ????? Am I missing something here? There are some huge holes on this team all of a sudden. Alvarez will definitely be in the rotation, for what it's worth.
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