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Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.

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FWIW, Kyle Tucker is currently Slugging .660 in the Carolina League, which has a run environment comparable to the MLB level.


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My opinion is, they are going to use Jose to transition the other Cuban they got from the Sawx.


I'm confused. I thought the biggest selling point this manager that they hired from the Cubs had was that he spoke the same language as the guy they got from the Sawx. Now they also have to pay their struggling first baseman to mentor this guy too? Do all people who speak Spanish like each other? Do all younger Spanish speakers look up to and listen to older Spanish speakers?

Seems like a couple of expensive mentors. I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before. I'd rather have the first baseman concentrate on hitting than mentoring the other guy.


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My opinion is, they are going to use Jose to transition the other Cuban they got from the Sawx.


I'm confused. I thought the biggest selling point this manager that they hired from the Cubs had was that he spoke the same language as the guy they got from the Sawx. Now they also have to pay their struggling first baseman to mentor this guy too? Do all people who speak Spanish like each other? Do all younger Spanish speakers look up to and listen to older Spanish speakers?

Seems like a couple of expensive mentors. I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before. I'd rather have the first baseman concentrate on hitting than mentoring the other guy.


What is he struggling with?

I believe there is quite a culture shock with coming from Cuban. I don't think it's a bad thing to have someone who has done it before as a mentor.

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I believe there is quite a culture shock with coming from Cuban. I don't think it's a bad thing to have someone who has done it before as a mentor.


He's been better the last two weeks but before that he was in Adam Dunn territory.

A $15 million per year mentor seems a bit excessive. I'd rather have Abreu concentrate on his hitting and you can hire some guy to babysit the guy from Boston.


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I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before.


What the manager "did" to get himself fired before was be unable to win with a team that wasn't ready while working for a callow boss who saw a new "toy" he wanted, i.e. the guy who dresses his players in funny outfits, says "man" a lot, almost blew the 2016 World Series single-handedly, and now is about to be run out of town for winning only 87 games with the "best collection of talent ever assembled". That's what is known as a RAW DEAL.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before.


What the manager "did" to get himself fired before was be unable to win with a team that wasn't ready while working for a callow boss who saw a new "toy" he wanted, i.e. the guy who dresses his players in funny outfits, says "man" a lot, almost blew the 2016 World Series single-handedly, and now is about to be run out of town for winning only 87 games with the "best collection of talent ever assembled". That's what is known as a RAW DEAL.


Raw Deal or not I'd be fine with letting another team gobble up the evil team's unwanted scraps. Let him mentor somewhere else.


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I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before.


What the manager "did" to get himself fired before was be unable to win with a team that wasn't ready while working for a callow boss who saw a new "toy" he wanted, i.e. the guy who dresses his players in funny outfits, says "man" a lot, almost blew the 2016 World Series single-handedly, and now is about to be run out of town for winning only 87 games with the "best collection of talent ever assembled". That's what is known as a RAW DEAL.


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juschill wrote:
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I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before.


What the manager "did" to get himself fired before was be unable to win with a team that wasn't ready while working for a callow boss who saw a new "toy" he wanted, i.e. the guy who dresses his players in funny outfits, says "man" a lot, almost blew the 2016 World Series single-handedly, and now is about to be run out of town for winning only 87 games with the "best collection of talent ever assembled". That's what is known as a RAW DEAL.


Raw Deal or not I'd be fine with letting another team gobble up the evil team's unwanted scraps. Let him mentor somewhere else.


If he was an "unwanted scrap" why did Theo (S.A.W.) sign him in the first place? Is He not infallible in matters of baseball?

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We do not question Theo's ways.

Carl Crawford sure doesnt.

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We do not question Theo's ways.

Yes, we do.

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We do not question Theo's ways.

Yes, we do.

That's because you're the #1 fucking idiot amoungst Cub fans.


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We do not question Theo's ways.

Yes, we do.

That's because you're the #1 fucking idiot amoungst Cub fans.

Caller Bob post containing a typo while calling someone else dumb. Never gets old

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He is to yong for that.

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Gotta feel bad for him. He tries so ducking hard

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I duno. I dont think he tries to fuck questions.

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Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.




Thought you were a Win~ loss guy? He's 49-32 with a 3.25 era in a hitters park...not impressed by that?

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Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.




Thought you were a Win~ loss guy? He's 49-32 with a 3.25 era in a hitters park...not impressed by that?



I'm not a GM.

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juschill wrote:
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I'd rather have the manager concentrate on not doing what he did to get himself fired before.


What the manager "did" to get himself fired before was be unable to win with a team that wasn't ready while working for a callow boss who saw a new "toy" he wanted, i.e. the guy who dresses his players in funny outfits, says "man" a lot, almost blew the 2016 World Series single-handedly, and now is about to be run out of town for winning only 87 games with the "best collection of talent ever assembled". That's what is known as a RAW DEAL.


Raw Deal or not I'd be fine with letting another team gobble up the evil team's unwanted scraps. Let him mentor somewhere else.


If he was an "unwanted scrap" why did Theo (S.A.W.) sign him in the first place? Is He not infallible in matters of baseball?


If the Greatest Leader in the World (/sarcasm off) is so great why did Boston have to undo his mess as soon as he left?

Hiring your rival's unwanted scraps when you are already an afterthought in your industry is not a great way to undo that perception. It almost makes hiring Terry Bevington look sane.


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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
America wrote:
Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.




Thought you were a Win~ loss guy? He's 49-32 with a 3.25 era in a hitters park...not impressed by that?



I'm not a GM.

I think GMs knows Yu is good

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FavreFan wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
312player wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.




Thought you were a Win~ loss guy? He's 49-32 with a 3.25 era in a hitters park...not impressed by that?



I'm not a GM.

I think GMs knows Yu is good


GMs think Quintana is good too.

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Hiring your rival's unwanted scraps...
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
312player wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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Quintana's contract doesn't matter if Quintana isn't any good. Right now Darvish is the prize, he will be the one commanding the megadeal and if I were the Astros he is the only one I'm giving up Tucker for. If the Sox want to move Quintana they will find a buyer but it will be at 50% of the price they would've gotten him for in December.


I'm sure GMs are going to be knocking down the door to acquire the AL walks leader.




Thought you were a Win~ loss guy? He's 49-32 with a 3.25 era in a hitters park...not impressed by that?



I'm not a GM.

I think GMs knows Yu is good


GMs think Quintana is good too.

Sure. Yu is clearly better, even as a rental

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Sure. Yu is clearly better, even as a rental



I don't know about that. If you're giving up your top prospects, three seasons of control well below market rate is a big deal.

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I don't know about that. If you're giving up your top prospects, three seasons of control well below market rate is a big deal.

Right but with Yu you're getting an ace

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Sure. Yu is clearly better, even as a rental



I don't know about that. If you're giving up your top prospects, three seasons of control well below market rate is a big deal.

Right but with Yu you're getting an ace



You know I'm not going to argue that Quintana is anywhere near the pitcher Darvish is.

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Yes, we do.


It's a joke, IMU. You can stop trying to be a "good fan." There's no such thing. Just enjoy the sport.

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