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    The Official Hot Stove thread

    Yeppers. That's part of the Boras plan. The sooner they are required to be on the 40 man, the sooner the big paydays.
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    Team Shapeing out pretty well

    I saw that list and thought D-Backs of the past, present and future. Ugh. Not a list one would want to dominate.
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    Choate signs new deal

    No Steven A. Smith. Puuuuullleeeeezzzeeee :eek:
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    It's the difference between the 40 man roster and the 25 man roster. Once you are put on the 40 man roster - you have three years where you can be sent down to the minors. Terrero's first year on the 25 man roster may have been in 2003, but he was first put on the 40 man roster it would...
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    Choate signs new deal

    Kind of a lot for a lousy lefty specialist. I'm surprised Lyon and Fossum are arbitration eligible. They must both be super twos. Shows the crummy players the D-Backs got.
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    Just the opposite. An option is used every time a player is sent from the big club to a minor league club. So once you are put on the 40 man roster (the 3 and 4 year rule) if you are sent down, other than for injury, even once that year you use up an option for that year. You can be sent up...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    It looks like Terrero is out of options. Remember the rule. A player who is 18 or under when signed has 4 years before he must be added to the 40 man roster. A 19 and over has 3 years. He was signed in 1999 and born in May of 1980, which means he was 19. Thus 1999, 2000 and 2001 are his...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    But, the situation of having no spot for him is both untrue and D-Backs created. It can't be right that they had no roster spot, because they traded him for another pitcher who they put on the 25 man roster. So, by definition, there was room for him as a pitcher. They did not want him, not...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    I can see why you are a hockey fan if you think Randy Choate was a usable piece. He was a freaking left-handed relief specialist with a 6.04 ERA in 2002 and a 7.36 ERA in 2003. How usable is that. Every year one pitcher goes down in spring training. You can book it. It was an incredibly...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    I know that. That was my point. They traded JPatt because he was out of options and they didn't believe they had room on the 25 man roster. Of course then Shane Reynolds ends up hurt and they take Casey Daigle north. The reason they got rid of Patterson turned out to be irrelevant as they...
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    Hillenbrand traded to TOR

    Stan, here is the problem. OBP is very volatile. Last year Shea hit .310. Prior to that he was between .260-280 as a hitter. When you have little plate discipline and your OBP is mostly made up of high BA, when you have bad BA years, you have atrocious OBP. Shea's career OBP is .322. Yuck...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    Indubitably. But he should never, ever have been on the big team. He wasn't nearly ready. Hard to be angry at a guy who is put in a position that he isn't ready for at all. Just why was John Patterson traded? Yeah I know he got hurt, but they got rid of him for a truly god-awful pitcher...
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    Options at center field article...

    Beane would take Conor Jackson in a New York Minute. He would also, I suspect, like a Valverde or a Villareal, because they are both young and still cheap and he doesn't believe in spending a lot of money on closers or bullpen guys, but make his own. However, Hairston seems like a Billy Beane...
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    Thank you Danny Bautista

    I'd rather have Casey Daigle on the 40 man roster than Shawn Estes.
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    Hillenbrand traded to TOR

    A hacker is a guy who swings a lot instead of patiently waiting for a good pitch to swing at. Whether the guy misses or makes contact when he swings is irrelevant to plate discipline. See this excellent column by Alan Schwartz. I was surprised to see that Shea didn't make any of the 5 worst...
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    Options at center field article...

    Eric Byrnes- 28 years old 2004 - .283/.347/.467/.814, career .271/.336/.460/.797 Looks like he is arb eligible this year. This is a guy Oakland would be happy to trade for a very young pitcher still pre-arb like Valverde with a lively arm who is happy closing or a Villareal who also is...
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    Team Shapeing out pretty well

    I'd pretty much agree with the Hardball Times Assessment. I'd be a lot happier without the multi-year deals for mediocre or oft-injured players. I don't like Shawn Green blocking the outfielders of the future, but maybe he will be moved to 1st base.
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    Hillenbrand traded to TOR

    Ham-fisted is the term to apply to his defense. As to hacker, his numbers speak for themselves. A .310 BA and a .345 OBP. 24 walks in 568 plate appearances? That's really, really a hacker. It says nothing about his personality, character, effort. Just that the guy never met a pitch he didn't...
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    Peter Gammons thinks Glaus can hit 50 homers

    The line-up is definitely improved with Glaus and Green. I won't miss Hillenbrand. Pitching staff may be really shaky even with Vazquez. Ortiz and Estes do nothing for me at all. I really have no clue how they will do this year. My best guess will be around .500, better if some of the...
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    Team Shapeing out pretty well

    D-Backs line-up looks significantly improved. Don't like the pitching staff though. Not enough good pitchers, not enough depth.
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    possible estes signing

    $2.5 million and $3 million for Shawn Estes? Ugh. There's a reason he's been with the Giants, Mets, Reds, Cubs, Rockies all in the past 4 years and it isn't because he's good. Shane Reynolds part deux indeed.
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    Done deal

    Declining = posting progressively lower offensive numbers. 2001 - .297/.372/.598/.970 2002 - 285/.385/.558/.943 2003 - .280/.355/.460/.815 2004 - .266/.352/.459/.811 Now, it may well be that injury hampered him the past two years. His post-allstar break numbers are an improvement...
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    Done deal

    With the $10 mil that means Green will cost the D-Backs a little over $7 mil for 3 years, counting the buyout. Much better than I originally thought and more acceptable. I don't quite see why everyone is thrilled with getting a declining player though. D-Backs still need a boatload of...
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    Green deal alive again

    I did some calculations and realized that the total salary dump after RJ's trade is $49.5 mil off of last year's starting payroll. The D-Backs have money to spend and their farm system has some real comers. So they turn around and do dumb things instead of smart things. They are positioned to...
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    Shawn Green A D'Back Afterall

    Yep he is. As to other options, there usually are options. Green is a trade with a $17 mil salary. At $8 mil he is possibly palatable. Just think, Vlad Guerrero was available last year for a lot less than Beltran is asking.

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