Longgone
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I don’t see it like that. I think Harris is more focused on the player than the money. He has said if they identify a player that fits where they’re going, they will go hard after him. I think if they wanted Bregman, they’d have signed him.
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It’s not that he doesn’t hit the ball hard, he does, he just doesn’t hit it in the air enough.
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None of this is exactly true. He’s shown periods, flashes, of being able to hit major league pitching. He’s also shown the ability to be an average or better fielder, but again, not consistently. He’s also a better runner than you think. It just takes some players longer to figure it all out. Will he? It’s worth waiting to find out.
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English poet
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It gives them options; if Tork kills it, he can still get 400 abs at dh/1b with Carpenter in rf a lot, if not they are covered. Next year they can always move Keith back to second.
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Pretty much every team has the majority of their pool money committed, not only for this year but several years into the future. Reneging on any of those deals would not be well received by the “buscones”, in any case, it’s not going to be who can scrape up the most money who gets him, it’s going to be the perceived environmental factors.
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Why would anyone ever expect that? There’s no reason they can’t provide accurate and interesting information for the edification of their fans.
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Pumping up prospects for what purpose and what audiences? Most of what is known about prospects is well known within the industry and can be shared with fanbases. There may be some proprietary methods and processes that wouldn’t be shared, but that’s all. No team is going to use “hype” for making decisions.
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There’s no reason for a team not to provide accurate information. What, do you think, other organizations are going to base their decisions on anything other than their own staff?
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That’s the best place to get it. They know these players best.
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He had a shoulder injury he has not fully recovered from
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They are not moving Keith to first
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It means Tork is in, and they have options around the infield
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I get the sentiment, but it’s way too early in the offseason to be making judgments. I will say this offseason should establish what kind of gm we can expect out of Harris/Greenberg. Personally, I like the drafting and player development so far and see glimmers on the international front. Trades and free agents so far seem cautious and particular.
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Game samples are too small, and competition too variable for spring stats to actually be indicative of performance. There are many other ways and means for players to show their competitive advantage. You simply can’t look at spring stats and say one player is a better fit than another. It’s futile.
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Showing you are better prepared to compete compared to your competitors matters. Actual stats in spring training games matters very little.
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More likely than a salary cap
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The players will never agree to it and they don’t need a salary cap, the just need to equally distribute media revenues.
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No, stop it
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It wasn’t full identity theft, just the “h”?
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He’s fine if he’s the 25th or 26th man.
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Excellent job, Eddie
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Week Twelve: Detroit Lions (9-1) @ Indianapolis Colts (5-6)
Longgone replied to MichiganCardinal's topic in Detroit Lions
I don’t think being a great athlete is all that important to play quarterback in today’s nfl. If you can read defenses and get the ball out quickly, accurately and on time, you can be successful. If you depend on running, you just get hurt. The problem is those traits are hard to evaluate in college. -
Why do people feel compelled to make rigid statements like this? No one knows yet. Player development is not often linear. We shall see.
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Yes, I was just noting his propensity to chase is nothing new and not caused by his physical issues, he’s always done that. It’s his inability to drive balls that he can reach that is the problem, and that may be related to his injury.
