Jake

I've seen nothing from Baseball America throughout the years to indicate that Semien could be a great defender at SS. As is often the case, he is penalized for lacking a plus arm and for scouts not actually seeing him that much.

No reason to think Semien will be a bad defender

I think Kenny is still involved and this is exactly what he wanted to do for a few years -- they have talked about how JR had forbade him from doing a rebuild like this.

We should get into a big argument in here

The logical next step

Catcher still stands out as a position where we look hopeless

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:29 PM) Yeah, Viciedo isnt going before De Aza. It would take a monstrous trade package for them to deal him. Interesting. I'm glad they're looking at it that way. We should be able to get something nice and shiny for ADA anyway.

I want Trea Turner, by far my favorite guy in the 2-10 range of draft prospects

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:39 PM) Aka. Is he Josh Fields Yes, though I hope the talent level is higher (son of a b**** lacked the physical ability to hit a fastball). I'm willing to trade Addison Reed to make that gamble though. A great year from Addison will be equivalent in value to an average 3B

Two concerns w/ Davidson - has defense gotten better? will strikeouts go down/stabilize?

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:20 PM) Hector Santiago, Addison Reed, and Brandon Jacobs for Adam Eaton and Matt Davidson...a starting CF/leadoff man and a power hitting 3B....both under team control for 5 years. Great job by Hahn. I would have been tickled if we could have gotten Eaton and Davidson for Peavy at the deadline. This is even better IMO

YESSSS

Reads like a critique of capitalism

How about our boy from Butler putting Boston in the 4th seed in the East with Rondo on the bench and s***ty Brooklyn giving first round picks every year for eternity?

That is a completely wrong statement that could be tweaked to at least be less immediately refutable. We have quite obviously improved our existence over the centuries and it was more than mere accident that it happened.

It isn't Romo, it's the Cowboys. This is what they do. Romo has no control over it. The Cowboys will just never be good.

Jamaal Charles, you are a bad mothaf***a!

I like Engel very much -- he doesn't have a ton in common with Eaton, but they both may have been undervalued. Main difference with Engel being that he was once considerd a top 5 round pick, whereas Eaton never had a chance due to his size.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 04:43 PM) If I remember correctly, Hawkins called out a local reporter for pointing out a fact about Hawkins' game. He took at as a rip, and tweeted that he was blocking him. The way I look at it, Hawkins was terrible in 2013 at age 19. Hopefully he'll improve going back to Winston-Salem at age 20 with good enough numbers to advance him to Birmingham in 2015. Then it's just a matter if he's good enough. If he's not, oh well. Move on to the next guy. And, of course, if he hasn't quite made it as a Double-A player at age 21, he still won't be a bust.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 03:57 PM) Well, this appears to have been much worse than most of the details I saw in the media. This is why it sucks that the DA decided on the lack of guilt in a quite unclear case

Still a good day for the D

Jay Ratliff is for real

Chuck and duck for the win!

What a meh game

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