NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

There's still time, friend.

 

Laughing.....

 

Perhaps, not sure if time is our friend tho with this schitzo team.
But because he's better, among other factors such as other teams showing interest if he is made available, have to expect the price to be higher for CarGo and LAD's been unwilling to load up their high level specs.
And thank god since Corey Seager would be playing for the Rays right now.
@ColoradoKidWitGame and myself were talking about the price for Bruce being say Grant Holmes, considering outside interest.
For Gonzalez...

Levine reveals a conversation he had with an unnamed general manager about the Rockies' outfielder:

Gonzalez hit 40 homers and had 97 RBIs last season. The money for Gonzalez and what the Rockies front office is asking for in return appear to be the holdup right now.

"They asked for my top two minor league players, a major league player and to absorb most of the contract," said a general manager who was interested in Gonzalez. "We will wait for something more realistic."

 

My Manny moment was this game in '71.

Manny hits a bases loaded double in the top of ninth to give the Dodgers the lead and Hoyt Wilhem (yes, Hoyt F. Wilhelm) comes in to get Willie Mays for the final out.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN197109140.shtml

 

Unbelievable that a veteran ML ballplayer thinks fans will read this and readily accept it as something valid, and just not scoff at it.
That global warming mofo....shit f u everything, right, Scott?

 

Honestly, the Rockies may not and probably should not do anything with CarGo unless they get a huge haul. Their farm is really fucking good right now and the talent up and down is performing very well. They have intriguing young arms that are ready to help and a solid core of position players that they may not want to break up of CarGo, Blackmon, Arrenado, Story and LeMaiheu are a good start. I think they got Parra expecting to trade CarGo when Dahl was ready, but now Parra looks like a 4th or 5th OF'er. Their top prospects are a SS who many predict to be the top prospect in baseball in the next year or two and a 5 tool OF'er that could make for a dangerous combo in the OF with a Blackmon and CarGo. If you're the Rockies right now, it may be smarter to hold onto CarGo and see where you are next year at the trade deadline instead of moving him before then. If Hoffman comes up and deals, plus they've got Dahl in the lineup every day, they could be a very good team next year if their FO can land something decent for 1B and C.

 

Kaz would probably do better pitching in a place with nice weather like LA....................

 

Fucking pussy. Blaming the weather. Blame your first inning meatballs you little bkitch.

 

He's not worthy of the k in bkitch

 

Or Japan, even.

 

And the ROX don't even have any terrible contracts that LAD could purchase and use as value toward the transaction either.
Reds already know that Bruce is the guy that best fits LAD's needs and that sort of sucks, LAD having OF talent coming through the pipe themselves, and Bruce's contract allowing for pretty good roster flexibility for farm purposes.
They make the most sense as trade partners right now.

Like you mentioned earlier, Yuly Gurriel is perhaps an OF option, but while I'd love to get him, if we're talking proven MLB thump that's ready to contribute right away then you have consider that we'd be waiting until sometime in early August for Gurriel and that's if all goes well.
And then how does Gurriel adjust to MLB pitching over say a month and a half, or 2 months left of the schedule once he's in?
That vs. Bruce's experience, readiness, and current performance.
That said, I wish LAD would add both Bruce and Gurriel ( both Gurriels actually), then let the chips fall where they may.
Perhaps Gurriel ends up taking 2B, or maybe they finally see Puig off and open up a corner for Gurriel, hard to say, but adding Gurriel wouldn't be just about this season either, so more depth and versatility moving forward.

 

Yeah thats some bitch shit
If I had to have one or the other, I'd rather him go the Kenley route and just say " see ya tomorrow "

 

Looks like something Sabean would say.
I don't blame whomever it was for saying that either.
CarGo is great, but that man is on the DL way too often to be trying to raid a team's top 2 specs + all the rest of whatever they wanted.
Plus he's already going on 31.
You give up all that young talent for CarGo and then he goes to the DL for 40-50 games