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Archie
speaking of the 2012 draft, for people that have some more knowledge of it.....

the Pirates spent like 3-4 million on it this year due to the restictions and Appel dumbly not taking the 3+ million ceiling offer they were allowed per MLB....

in 2011 they set the all-time record in draft spending with 17 million! Hopefully they didn't just use that money for Wandy's contract. Its my hope that this off-season they will get an above average free agent or even trade for someone like Pence this year.

Only four teams this year spent over $10 M in the draft, after ten teams did the same last year.

so then again thanks to the stupid rules imposed on the draft by MLB, that hamstrings small market teams, alot of teams have a little extra in the bank
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And knowing what the rules were, they still drafted a Boras client and couldn't sign him. The new rules are very dumb. If those rules weren't in place, Appel wouldn't have slid to them.
 
FairWarning
And knowing what the rules were, they still drafted a Boras client and couldn't sign him. The new rules are very dumb. If those rules weren't in place, Appel wouldn't have slid to them.
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they were ok with getting the extra pick....they saw it as a win win. It was a weak draft. Appel will be lucky to go top 20 next year. He'll get 2 million as he has absolutely ZERO leverage now.

they've signed boras clients before they will again, they've set draft signing bonus records.

the GM is on record saying that they knew there was a good chance they wouldn't sign him and they were ok with that.

after having3-4 kick ass drafts and getting double the amount of premium players, they had the luxury of not giving into two brats in boras and appel

maybe you know more than the Pirate GM's.... but until you get hired by an MLB team, I'll give THEM the benefit of the doubt.


Have you come up with any good players the Pirates traded at the deadline that they should have kept yet?

remember that was the original ignorant statement, you still haven't backed up

or we gonna keep back peddling?

wanna point some fingers at international signings now

you are on tangent argument 10 now... you are 0-9 thus far
 
FairWarning
My new stance - the Pirates and Marlins are the bestest teams in baseball. Anyone who knocks them must go thru me.

Thanks for the Angels under fade last Sunday night Daft.
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well you are trading misinformed, misguided ideas/ opinions with a completely assinine stance. No one said the marlins or pirates were good. You made some completely rediculiyd statements about the pirates trades.

I simply challenged you to back you assumptions up with examples.

You couldn't and kept changing the subject with more completely wrong statements like the pirates don't spend on the draft. Again a completely ignorant statement.

I'm the first guy to be critical of the pirates. They aren't good yet, and they may not be as good as many scouts think they can be in 2014. But you gotta admit their approach the last few years with new Huntington has positioned themselves to finally break through. And you can't make blanket statements about trading good players and not getting a good return as they have has a lot of good luck in trades the last few years.
 
classic bait ans switch!!!!!!

that guy is prob swimming in all the HUGH proceeds from new season tickets that he conned people into buying....

smart investment. How many millions did Loria spend/borrow to pay his portion of the stadium bill? 100-200 million?

it totaled in at 500+ right? I thought I read 20% somewhere
 
Daft
The Marlins had a -77 run differential through 90 games (3rd worst in the NL).

Asshole owner gave up that team! They were poised to make a run at it!
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So you spend millions of dollars trying to put together a team and your timeline for making it functional is 3.5 months? That's quality personnel management.

Archie
I know some people if they were GM's woulda traded Adam Dunn after last season for Jamie Moyer
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Yep.
 
Archie
Grienke for sure on the trading block

gotta be hard to be a Brewers fan, when your GM is giving up already...

not even game 100
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It's best to NEVER give up.

Hold on to the NAMES no matter WHAT the cost. It's better to lose a pitcher to free agency and get NO return. Don't want to upset the fans (and bloggers).

Baseball isn't a business. It's ALL about making your fanbase HAPPY. Profits are bottom of the totem pole.


Is it a firesale if you keep all your highest paid players?
 
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