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  1. Lefty Specialist
    Stay away from curbs, Jerry.
  2. Lefty Specialist
    Will continue to be lanky and effective. ERA around 3 and a handful of saves in the Callaway Closer du Jour system.
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    Wheeler apparently doesn't like it, but I imagine Callaway doesn't like starters who throw 25 pitches an inning either. And yeah, he'll get his chances eventually.
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    Could they have done better if you replay the offseason? Maybe. But you couldn't be sure that FA's would have such a tough time getting offers. We're a week into spring training and Cobb/Arietta/Lynn are still sitting out there, and Martinez and Hosmer just signed. If you could have predicted that in October, I'd like to get stock tips from you. While I'm not high on Vargas, at least they finally admitted that you can't wish for perfect health from the 'Big Five'. And with the Frazier signing they finally admitted that David Wright is never coming back in any significant capacity. Those two things could have hamstrung their thinking, but didn't. Is it enough to snag a wild card? Dunno. But Dyson wouldn't have been a difference maker, especially since Conforto will miss a chunk of time to start the year.
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    Gives the rose to that annoying woman who you thought would have been eliminated weeks ago.
  6. Lefty Specialist
    Wilmer in the outfield has 'car crash' written all over it. He's a gamer, he'll give it a go, but jeez.
  7. Lefty Specialist
    Worried about that lineup without Conforto, though, which will probably be the case for the first two months of the season.
  8. Lefty Specialist
    10 points to Edgy for the arcane Kiner's Korner reference.
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    Well, coming within a few million dollars of last year's payroll isn't necessarily cause for celebration. Last year's team finished 70-92 and they brought pieces of it back (Reyes, Bruce, Cabrera's option). They didn't make any deals that will haunt them, with Bruce's being the longest deal at 3 years. It's not what you spend, it's how you spend it. Frazier and Bruce were probably good value. Vargas I'm 'eh' on. Gonzales and Reyes were cheap. Swarzak I don't know. It's all about health, but I don't think I need to tell anybody on this board that. Bullpen's a bit of a concern, and I'll be nervous any time someone not named Syndergaard or deGrom takes the mound. If it all comes together, they could be good. Not division-winning good, but competitive. If it starts to fall apart early, it'll be interesting to see how Callaway deals with it.
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    Hosmer to the Padres for 8(!) years, with an opt-out after 5. They already had Wil Myers playing first. Seems like a dumb move. Always thought he'd wind up returning to KC....
  11. Lefty Specialist
    Well, fishing is what it is. It's generally just an excuse for a bunch of guys to get drunk together, which was the 'team-building' part of things. Trump Jr. was just a minor annoyance.
  12. Lefty Specialist
    I have to believe Wheeler's the odd man out (barring injuries). He hasn't been fully healthy since 2014 so I expect very little of him. And he'll probably get a chance to start anyway, knowing this staff's record for DL appearances.
  13. Lefty Specialist
    A little less to this than it appears. Jr. didn't go fishing with them and tried hanging out with them when they came back, like a lot of rich jock-sniffers tend to do. Trump had been fishing with the same captain earlier in the day and crossed paths when he was getting off and they were getting on. He apparently lay in wait for them to come back. It's a little pathetic, actually.
  14. Lefty Specialist
    I don't like this. A two-year deal for a 35-year-old who faded in the second half. So there are too many clowns in this car; someone has to go. Possible that injuries will do that, but right now you have Thor/DeGrom/Matz/Vargas/Harvey/Wheeler. If they all want to start, then they're going to have to battle for it. I'm guessing Wheeler will be the one left without a chair when the music stops. But just not sold on Vargas.
  15. Lefty Specialist
    Perfect depth signing. Stash him in AAA until you need him, and hopefully you don't need him.
  16. Lefty Specialist
    We're really talking about a fifth outfielder here, as Bruce will be in right, Cespy in left, and Nimmo/Lagares in center. So knowing that Conforto will be back at some point there's no need to pick up someone for any kind of money who'd get one start a week at most for only part of the season. Lagares and Nimmo have played all three outfield spots, so no issue there. Agreed they need a body, but nothing above a den Dekker type. Please do not put Flores in the outfield. The mind boggles. Reyes, he's athletic enough to fake it for a short period if necessary, and he has no defined position at present.
  17. Lefty Specialist
    Damn, missed it by an 'e'.
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    Callaway's saying all the right things so far. But he'll only go as far as the injuries let him. Seems like he's got a plan to manage that, though, and if he can exorcise the ghost of Ray Ramirez, he might pull it off. But it's way early. I'm like a dog in those Sarah McLachlan commercials. I've been beaten and tortured by this team and I'm whining in the hope of getting some donations of meaningful baseball this year.
  19. Lefty Specialist
    Ceetar wrote: I feel like this are all "do me a solid?" things. Like, the next time the Nats have to release a guy and the Mets want him they'll work something out. Trea Turner, perhaps.
  20. Lefty Specialist
    Vic Sage wrote: What makes you think Reyes is going to play 2b over Cabrera? The inevitable knee injury Cabrera sustains in Spring Training.
  21. Lefty Specialist
    Centerfield wrote: I'm guessing that, lightning rod that he is, if he really was fat it would be front page news. Surprised no one has written a Matt Harvey "this year I feel totally different" article. "Best Shape of His Life".
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    Dunno. I see Darvish as a risk they might regret.
  23. Lefty Specialist
    If I recall, Lagares has always been able to do this in batting practice. But it hasn't translated to any success on the field.
  24. Lefty Specialist
    Snider and Hodges, certainly.
  25. Lefty Specialist
    Whew. I need a shower.
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