1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Houston Astros 1.0
4. Chicago Cubs 2.0
5. Colorado Rockies 2.5
6. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.0
7. Philadelphia Phillies 5.0
8. San Diego Padres 5.5
9. Minnesota Twins 6.5
10. Boston Red Sox 7.0
11. New York Mets 9.0

1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 1.0
4. Houston Astros 3.5
5. Chicago Cubs 4.5
6. Philadelphia Phillies 5.5
7. Arizona Diamondbacks 5.5
8. Boston Red Sox 6.0
9. Minnesota Twins 7.5
10. San Diego Padres 8.0
11. New York Mets 10.0

So, what you are saying is that the cubs are doing a bad job of losing on purpose?

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That may have been the best move for the Astros.

The Cubs really need to start getting these guys some major league reps. I know that it won't happen but the bulk of our AAA lineup should be our ML lineup right now. It'll speed up the process of them adjusting to the league and then the league adjusting to them. At this point the Cubs are 2 years away from making the playoffs and 3 years away from competing for a ring.

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GO BEARS!!!

It was a horrible move for Houston. It set the organization back by not signing the 1-1 pick and their 5th round pick. Sure they get the 2nd pick in next years draft but it looks to be a weaker draft at the top so they will likely get a less talented player than Aiken. It also seriously damaged their credibility around baseball and with future draft picks. All this to save $1.5M

If they believe that the guy wasn't healthy it definitely was. You and I both know that you can't really project how good a baseball draft will be a year before the draft. Landing the 2nd pick is never bad.

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Aiken is healthy. The issue was Houston's doctor said he has an abnormally small UCL. Conveniently he was the only one of four doctors to have that diagnosis.

Sure there can and probably will be a pop-up guy but they have a pretty good feel for how the draft is going to look and this one looks weak at the top.

1. Colorado Rockies
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Texas Rangers
4. Houston Astros 2.5
5. Chicago Cubs 4.5
6. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.5
7. Boston Red Sox 6.0
8. Minnesota Twins 6.5
9. Philadelphia Phillies 6.5
10. San Diego Padres 8.5
11. Chicago White Sox 9.0

I really wouldn't care if the Sox went into a tailspin at this point. I'm not paying attention anyway with the Bears breaking camp and the college football season two weeks away.

Hooray Losing!

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Compete for half a season and then tank for a high draft pick is the new market inefficiency.

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1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 1.0
4. Houston Astros 3.5
5. Arizona Diamondbacks 5.0
6. Chicago Cubs 5.5
7. Philadelphia Phillies 6.0
8. Minnesota Twins 8.0
9. Boston Red Sox 8.5
10. San Diego Padres 10.5
11. New York Mets 10.5

1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 2.0
4. Houston Astros 4.0
5. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.0
6. Boston Red Sox 5.5
7. Minnesota Twins 7.5
8. Chicago Cubs 7.5
9. Philadelphia Phillies 7.5
10. Chicago White Sox 8.5
11. New York Mets 10.0

1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 1.0
4. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.0
5. Houston Astros 5.0
6. Minnesota Twins 6.0
7. Boston Red Sox 7.0
8. Chicago Cubs 7.5
9. Chicago White Sox 8.5
10. Philadelphia Phillies 9.0
11. New York Mets 10.5

1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 5.0
4. Arizona Diamondbacks 5.0
5. Minnesota Twins 7.0
6. Houston Astros 9.0
7. Boston Red Sox 9.0
8. Chicago White Sox 9.5
9. Chicago Cubs 10.0
10. Philadelphia Phillies 12.5
11. San Diego Padres 12.5

so close to top 5!

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Since August 1st, the White Sox are the worst team in baseball with an incredibly poor 9-23 record. Yowza.

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1. Texas Rangers
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Colorado Rockies 2.0
4. Arizona Diamondbacks 4.0
5. Minnesota Twins 6.0
6. Chicago Cubs 8.0
7. Boston Red Sox 8.5
8. Houston Astros 9.0
9. Chicago White Sox 11.0
10. San Diego Padres 11.5
11. Philadelphia Phillies 12.0

DAMMIT!!

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1. Arizona Diamondbacks
2. Houston Astros (compensation for not signing Brady Aiken)
3. Texas Rangers 0.5
4. Colorado Rockies 3.0
5. Minnesota Twins 4.5
6. Boston Red Sox 6.0
7. Houston Astros 7.0
8. Chicago Cubs 7.0
9. Philadelphia Phillies 9.0
10. Chicago White Sox 9.5
11. Cincinnati Reds 10.0

FUCK!!!

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I didn't realize the bottom 5 teams are all from the NL. The race for Jason Groome is on!

1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves 1.0
3. Colorado Rockies 3.5
4. Cincinnati Reds 4.0
5. Miami Marlins 4.0
6. Oakland Athletics 6.0
7. Milwaukee Brewers 7.5
8. Detroit Tigers 10.5
9. Boston Red Sox 11.5
10. Arizona Diamondbacks 12.0
11. San Diego 12.0
12. Seattle 12.0

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/reversestandings

goddamn Sox. They can't fucking do anything right.

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Neither can the Brewers, even though they did better the last 2 nights.

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They'll both get good players. This draft is deep.

The Brewers farm system has changed pretty dramatically with all of the trades going back to Gallardo.

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Yes it has. They have a nice collection of high upside position players. They (like just about every other team in baseball) could use a few more arms. That's too bad about Kirby. I hope he comes thru this ok.

Yeah, there is concern there for sure. Injured all year and then comes back and now this.

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1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Colorado Rockies 4.5
4. Cincinnati Reds 5.0
5. Miami Marlins 5.5
6. Oakland Athletics 5.5
7. Milwaukee Brewers 6.5
8. Detroit Tigers 10.0
9. San Diego Padres 11.0
10. Chicago White Sox 12.5

hey hey!! movin' on up. NICE.

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1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves 4.0
3. Colorado Rockies 7.5
4. Milwaukee Brewers 7.5
5. Cincinnati Reds 8.0
6. Miami Marlins 8.0
7. Oakland Athletics 8.0
8. Detroit Tigers 14.0
9. San Diego Padres 14.0
10. Chicago White Sox 15.0