mweir145 wrote:It's basically the same as the Red Sox/Dodgers trade was, except with more going the Marlins way, so no, nothing's getting vetoed.
Except that everyone believes that Red Sox will, in the future, reinvest money back into baseball operations. I do not think anyone is upset about the trade from a baseball prospective. Its actually a pretty good trade for the Marlins.
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
mweir145 wrote:It's basically the same as the Red Sox/Dodgers trade was, except with more going the Marlins way, so no, nothing's getting vetoed.
Except that everyone believes that Red Sox will, in the future, reinvest money back into baseball operations. I do not think anyone is upset about the trade from a baseball prospective. Its actually a pretty good trade for the Marlins.
The Marlins will continue to do the same thing they've done in the past, an approach that has actually proven pretty successful. This is a non-issue, it should and will pass.
mweir145 wrote:It's basically the same as the Red Sox/Dodgers trade was, except with more going the Marlins way, so no, nothing's getting vetoed.
Except that everyone believes that Red Sox will, in the future, reinvest money back into baseball operations. I do not think anyone is upset about the trade from a baseball prospective. Its actually a pretty good trade for the Marlins.
The Marlins will continue to do the same thing they've done in the past, an approach that has actually proven pretty successful. This is a non-issue, it should and will pass.
thedude wrote: Except that everyone believes that Red Sox will, in the future, reinvest money back into baseball operations. I do not think anyone is upset about the trade from a baseball prospective. Its actually a pretty good trade for the Marlins.
The Marlins will continue to do the same thing they've done in the past, an approach that has actually proven pretty successful. This is a non-issue, it should and will pass.
I don't blame him for any of this. I'm just impressed by how well he worked everything to his advantage, taking advantage of elected officials, short-sighted businessmen, and a system that rewards the kind of behavior that might seem despicable but is impossibly profitable. When it comes to Jeffrey Loria, I'm just in awe.
Loria is a businessman and treats his team as such (no differently than Rogers or many other professional sports owners). He's just far more obvious about it.
Full-time CF gig? Potential single category goldmine steal (2 if you respect the .300 avg)? Swiped 37 bags in 130 G last season in Philly. Potential for 40+ in Miami, or should we expect those numbers to fall back to the 27 range he put up in Chicago?
One thing that's nice is he's super durable, and you can count on him for 150+ G of health, more than likely. Having 650 AB of .300+ AVG, 30 - 40 SB, and possibly 90 or so R that will almost assuredly come dirty filthy cheap could be nice.
Pierre couldn't find work this time last year. He's still a huge minus on a real team. This obviously isn't meant to fix any of their problems, but depending on who's PT he ends up stealing, it could hurt more than help.
Team Izzy C Mauer 1 E5 2 Cano 3 ARam S Rollins CI LaRoche MI Altuve O Melky, Pagan, Morse, Hunter, Ruggiano SP Lee, Fister, Estrada, McCarthy, Lohse RP Chapman, Jansen, Frieri, Fujikawa Bench 1 Hart S Cabrera O Eaton U Ortiz P Marcum P Miller P Fernandez
mweir145 wrote:Loria is a businessman and treats his team as such (no differently than Rogers or many other professional sports owners). He's just far more obvious about it.
A businessman who looks at short-term profit versus long-term value.
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