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**Anyong Bluth** · 11-10-2014, 12:09 AM

So, I didn't see a thread started, and all the others are pretty maxed out to the point where a fresh thread would be needed soon either way.

Time to share the run up to ST & and another memorable year in the making!

**ChiTown** · 04-04-2015, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by KCCHIEFS27

Mvp=Duffy

Possible, but he's got to stay healthy for a full season as a SP.

**Bufkin** · 04-04-2015, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin

Did Bubba Starling do anything productive in ST?

16 at bats, 8 strikeouts, and only 1 extra base-hit/RBI (a double).

The kid sucks at baseball. He may have been good at one point in his life, but he has no right being on an MLB team at this point. Maybe someday, but not now. And yeah, I know he's only 23, but show us something Bubba. Like, anything.

**Bufkin** · 04-04-2015, 07:36 AM

And Yordano will win team MVP if he stays healthy. The idea of locking him up for the next half-decade at a reasonable price is giving me morning wood. Can't wait to see him on opening day.

Three7s · 04-04-2015, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bufkin

16 at bats, 8 strikeouts, and only 1 extra base-hit/RBI (a double).

The kid sucks at baseball. He may have been good at one point in his life, but he has no right being on an MLB team at this point. Maybe someday, but not now. And yeah, I know he's only 23, but show us something Bubba. Like, anything.

If there was one pick that DM crashed and burned on, it's that one.

**ChiTown** · 04-04-2015, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Three7s

If there was one pick that DM crashed and burned on, it's that one.

Yeah, but that's a pick I think we would have all made. He had all the tools coming out of HS. It sucks that he hasn't developed beyond A Ball, but that is just the way it works out sometimes. There are very few sure things in the MLB draft.

Fairplay · 04-04-2015, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

Johnny Giavotella has apparently won the 2B job for the Angels.

I like how he plays baseball he has a lot of passion for the game, I hope he does well for the Angels.

Fairplay · 04-04-2015, 08:44 AM

Can anyone do a search for the Royals thread for your prediction on how many games they will win this year?

Thanks in advance.

58kcfan89 · 04-04-2015, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

Yeah, but that's a pick I think we would have all made. He had all the tools coming out of HS. It sucks that he hasn't developed beyond A Ball, but that is just the way it works out sometimes. There are very few sure things in the MLB draft.

I think there was also a bit of PR in that pick, too. And it's not like he wasn't being projected as a high pick. If you take him & he pans out, you've got a home-grown superstar in every sense of the word. If you pass & he pans out, OMG HOW COULD YOU PASS ON THE HOME GROWN KID?!?!?!

Obviously it doesn't excuse whiffing on him, but before last October, Bubba was one of the few mistakes DM made that I was fine with. I'm too lazy to look it up, has anyone from that draft really panned out yet?

1moreTRich · 04-04-2015, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

In case anyone is wondering, Ventura is under club control for 5 seasons, but it would still be worthwhile to do something now so that we know what he'll cost us, because if he really becomes an Ace, then his arbitration awards could get gigantic.

If its 5 with 1 club option, then he'd be giving us 1 extra year and cost certainty for his arbitration years.

Thank you, exactly what I was wondering.

duncan_idaho · 04-04-2015, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Three7s

If there was one pick that DM crashed and burned on, it's that one.

The Mariners really messed up the entire draft by taking Danny Hultzen in that draft.

This forced the DBacks into the position of taking a player (Trevor Bauer) who was a bad fit for them philosophically because they wanted a college pitching product.

If the Mariners had taken Anthony Rendon as expected, Hultzen goes to the DBacks at 3, Bauer to the Orioles at 4, and I think the Royals would have taken Dylan Bundy at that point.

arrowheadnation · 04-04-2015, 10:46 AM

Looks like it's in the bag now. 5 more years of Ace for $23 million?....I can handle that.

BREAKING: The #Royals and Yordano Ventura have agreed to a five-year, $23 million contract extension, sources tell @JonHeymanCBS. #MLB

Hootie · 04-04-2015, 10:56 AM

well he took a discount for guaranteed money because I can pretty much guarantee one of those years will be a tommy john year

hate to say it, but it's the nature of the beast

**cabletech94** · 04-04-2015, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

well he took a discount for guaranteed money because I can pretty much guarantee one of those years will be a tommy john year

hate to say it, but it's the nature of the beast

Debbie downer gif

Prison Bitch · 04-04-2015, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

The Mariners really messed up the entire draft by taking Danny Hultzen in that draft.

This forced the DBacks into the position of taking a player (Trevor Bauer) who was a bad fit for them philosophically because they wanted a college pitching product.

If the Mariners had taken Anthony Rendon as expected, Hultzen goes to the DBacks at 3, Bauer to the Orioles at 4, and I think the Royals would have taken Dylan Bundy at that point.

Agree with all this but is Bundy all that great after TJ? Is he still the premier prospect he once was? I'll have to see it before I believe it.

KChiefs1 · 04-04-2015, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DrRyan

Make it happen GMDM!

He did.

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