I don't think so but I think he warrants a solid look. He was a specimen but either he lied is ass off about his age and is really 46-47 right now instead of 41 (which is what I see online) or he was juiced as hell.tepista wrote:Is Vladdy HoF? At one point he looked like a 100%er, but then he aged 10 years in one season.
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Yes - unique player, multiple tools and has the batting stats. Also, rapid decline at that age is a sign of not juicing (and probably not having an insane workout regimen either). See Roberto Alomar for a very comparable example.BostonBeaneater wrote:I don't think so but I think he warrants a solid look. He was a specimen but either he lied is ass off about his age and is really 46-47 right now instead of 41 (which is what I see online) or he was juiced as hell.tepista wrote:Is Vladdy HoF? At one point he looked like a 100%er, but then he aged 10 years in one season.
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You've probably already seen this, but Joe Biagini is the best.
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Without looking at his stats I would lean towards a yes but perhaps my perception is skewed.BostonBeaneater wrote:I don't think so but I think he warrants a solid look. He was a specimen but either he lied is ass off about his age and is really 46-47 right now instead of 41 (which is what I see online) or he was juiced as hell.tepista wrote:Is Vladdy HoF? At one point he looked like a 100%er, but then he aged 10 years in one season.
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I know I put a lot of time and hard work into that report and it's about time someone recognized it. Sometimes you wonder if all the hard work is even worth it and then you get recognition like this and it makes it all worth while.KevinSmock wrote:Dear friends! Thanks a lot for the report! It made my day! I just stopped by to tell you that if you wish to get a high-paying job, you will need to know more how to get hired. I am not joking. The most powerful tips:
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Submitting your resume in Comic Sans is actually a terrible idea, Kevin.KevinSmock wrote:Dear friends! Thanks a lot for the report! It made my day! I just stopped by to tell you that if you wish to get a high-paying job, you will need to know more how to get hired. I am not joking. The most powerful tips:
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For the last time, Tony La Russa...you ruined the Diamondbacks, routinely drug pitchers to death, and are a vain and cloying PETA member! No front office is going to hire you as their GM!KevinSmock wrote:Dear friends! Thanks a lot for the report! It made my day! I just stopped by to tell you that if you wish to get a high-paying job, you will need to know more how to get hired. I am not joking. The most powerful tips:
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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1819 ... y-4-months
Delaying the surgery was the correct move. I mean...they were in a pennant race that whole time!
Delaying the surgery was the correct move. I mean...they were in a pennant race that whole time!
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He took the last weekend off.Rat Patrol wrote:http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1819 ... y-4-months
Delaying the surgery was the correct move. I mean...they were in a pennant race that whole time!
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Sale to Red Sox for Moncada and Kopech + 2 additional minor leaguers. I like it.
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The better Basabe brother being a part of this also sorta hurts, as this is 3 of our top 10 prospects, and we lost Dubon earlier today, too. Definitely not a top 10 farm anymore, but we've still got some solid guys here. But this makes me angry about trading Anderson Espinoza for Pomeranz, as one of he/Erod/Buchholz is almost certainly on the trading block now.Flex wrote:Sale to Red Sox for Moncada and Kopech + 2 additional minor leaguers. I like it.
But...SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE. Price/Sale/Porcello/Wright/Whomever is a great rotation that I love.
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Boddington wrote:The better Basabe brother being a part of this also sorta hurts, as this is 3 of our top 10 prospects, and we lost Dubon earlier today, too. Definitely not a top 10 farm anymore, but we've still got some solid guys here. But this makes me angry about trading Anderson Espinoza for Pomeranz, as one of he/Erod/Buchholz is almost certainly on the trading block now.Flex wrote:Sale to Red Sox for Moncada and Kopech + 2 additional minor leaguers. I like it.
But...SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE. Price/Sale/Porcello/Wright/Whomever is a great rotation that I love.
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Yikes...they are going to be in the same luxury tax hell as the Dodgers in 2018 with the CBA's new 90% tax rate for the worst offenders, if they don't find takers for some of their most worst 40-man roster overpays soon enough. This is a GFIN move...but that assumes that the post-Papi '17 team is really a GFIN-caliber roster. Moncada was a big-salary jettison, but his 100%-taxable signing bonus is non-transactable to the Meth Sox so that's sunk cost for however many years it's still got deferred payments on it (EDIT: apparently that's $11M each of the next 3 years).
For their sake Pomagranate needs to be healthy enough to deal without eating excess cash. That would be enough to keep the ledger from tipping too far into the danger zone. However, he certainly wasn't last year when it looked like you might as well pencil him in preemptively for the TJ surgery.
For their sake Pomagranate needs to be healthy enough to deal without eating excess cash. That would be enough to keep the ledger from tipping too far into the danger zone. However, he certainly wasn't last year when it looked like you might as well pencil him in preemptively for the TJ surgery.