MLB 2012

[Dr. Medulla]

2007 seems so long ago.

[Flex]

Holy shit here's hoping tep can keep Hamilton away from the hard stuff for the next half decade.

[tepista]

I promise not to meet him until his contract is up.

[Dr. Medulla]

Lock up your firefighters, Anaheim!

[Dr. Medulla]

Aaaand it's 2 yrs and $26.75M for the Dumpster. Him and Lackey making up 40% of the starts will make it a lot easier for me to figure out which games not to tune in for.

[Wolter]

Man, Tep. It looks like the Angels just bought themselves...well, probably another first-round playoff elimination.

[Dr. Medulla]

Man, Tep. It looks like the Angels just bought themselves...well, probably another first-round playoff elimination.

Things are looking up for our werewolf.

[Flex]

Aaaand it's 2 yrs and $26.75M for the Dumpster. Him and Lackey making up 40% of the starts will make it a lot easier for me to figure out which games not to tune in for.

That's not too bad. The strategy of a short term shore up of the back end of the rotation makes sense, even though it's not very exciting.

The FO clearly has a timetable of 2-3 years for our minor leaguers to get promoted to the big leagues, and is building with that model in mind. Dempster doesn't do anything to hamper that plan, and if Lester and Buccholz regain their form he should be a decent enough 4/5 starter to not totally kill the team.

[Dr. Medulla]

Aaaand it's 2 yrs and $26.75M for the Dumpster. Him and Lackey making up 40% of the starts will make it a lot easier for me to figure out which games not to tune in for.

That's not too bad. The strategy of a short term shore up of the back end of the rotation makes sense, even though it's not very exciting.

The FO clearly has a timetable of 2-3 years for our minor leaguers to get promoted to the big leagues, and is building with that model in mind. Dempster doesn't do anything to hamper that plan, and if Lester and Buccholz regain their form he should be a decent enough 4/5 starter to not totally kill the team.

It's a defensible strategy from a front office position. It's wretched from a Medulla position of not wanting to watch players who make me sad.

[tepista]

Man, Tep. It looks like the Angels just bought themselves...well, probably another first-round playoff elimination.

Fine with me, we haven't even had the chance for one since 2009.

[Dr. Medulla]

Man, Tep. It looks like the Angels just bought themselves...well, probably another first-round playoff elimination.

Fine with me, we haven't even had the chance for one since 2009.

Neither have us have been in the playoffs since I moved to Ottawa. Sorry to tell you that I'm here for the foreseeable future.

[Rat Patrol]

Aaaand it's 2 yrs and $26.75M for the Dumpster. Him and Lackey making up 40% of the starts will make it a lot easier for me to figure out which games not to tune in for.

That's not too bad. The strategy of a short term shore up of the back end of the rotation makes sense, even though it's not very exciting.

The FO clearly has a timetable of 2-3 years for our minor leaguers to get promoted to the big leagues, and is building with that model in mind. Dempster doesn't do anything to hamper that plan, and if Lester and Buccholz regain their form he should be a decent enough 4/5 starter to not totally kill the team.

Plus the team has been sorely lacking in witty catchphrases since they stopped answering Kevin Millar's phone calls.

[tepista]

Man, Tep. It looks like the Angels just bought themselves...well, probably another first-round playoff elimination.

Fine with me, we haven't even had the chance for one since 2009.

Neither have us have been in the playoffs since I moved to Ottawa. Sorry to tell you that I'm here for the foreseeable future.

Somebody Oughttawa kick your ass.

[tepista]

Now we can talk about Wolt's team. They signed Annabelle Sanchez.

[Dr. Medulla]

Now we can talk about Wolt's team. They signed Annabelle Sanchez.

Leaving contract length aside (and yes, I know that's important), that's less than two million more a year than what Dumpster is getting, plus Annie's pitching in a division that should give him a better chance to succeed. All in all, not bad.