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In what world is this a good trade? lmao

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 08:34 AM) So there goes my Slater isn't real theory on Mr Robot. How so?

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) Moto G is an excellent option that is affordable but not so underpowered that it will frustrate you now or in a couple years. Yup, the $220 version is the way to go here IMO. That $180 version with 1 GB of RAM and only 8 GB of storage seems a bit underwhelming.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:45 AM) My wife hates to spend money on cell phones and hangs onto hers for years past their useful date. We are on T-Mo and have had nothing but great service and coverage for years, thus, not looking to change. Any advice on a mid price phone? Motorola just released the new Moto G. $220 off-contract for a phone with fairly decent specs (5 inch 720P screen, quad core processor, 2 GB RAM, LTE support, decent camera, etc.). https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-g

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) I want Cespedes way more than CarGo. I think we have enough hitters with BB% hovering around 4-5%. Cargo's not the most patient hitter either, but he'll at least be league average walk-wise.

Upgraded to Windows 10 from 7 last night. I'm pretty impressed so far. It feels way better than Windows 8.1.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 01:01 AM) The question is whether that upgrade is worth $42.3 million...not whether he's the better player, because he clearly is/has been (when he can stay healthy and on the field), and he's also a much better defender, which also carries more and more value than it used to. Cargo's wOBA on the road is .332 this year. Not great, but above average. Put him at the Cell and I think he can give us .340. Put that together with decent defense and I think you have yourself a 3 win player provided he's healthy. At this point, Avi is replacement level. He simply doesn't hit for enough power and doesn't walk enough to become something more than an average hitter at the plate and his defense in RF is pretty bad. Even if he becomes a .350 wOBA guy (I think that can still happen), his defense in RF is still bad. You're basically looking at Jermaine Dye at the end of his career, a 1-2 win player. FWIW, I actually think he can succeed if he does go to Coors, he's hit pretty well there before. So you're probably looking at a 2-3 win upgrade provided he's healthy (Avi's not a great example of health either). You're also getting him for his age 29, 30, and 31 seasons, so it's not like he's going to be ancient. Looking at the August schedule, we have a chance. If everything goes right and we continue to hit, we can probably get to 10 over .500 by the start of September. That said, the schedule is not easy by any means. The only poor teams we play are the Mariners and Red Sox (10 of our 28 games). The rest are against possible playoff teams. We've beaten up on two very bad teams the past 6 games, so we really do need to be cautious in terms of buying. Just because we can score on Boston's awful starting pitching and had a couple of decent games in Cleveland doesn't mean we can do this against good teams.

Cargo would be good for this team beyond just this year. He might not be the hitter he once was a few years back and he might have health issues, but he's a huge upgrade over Avi.

3.5 games back of a pretty mediocre Twins team. Sweep Boston and we should probably be buyers. Hell, the Jays are a game under and they just traded for Tulo.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 09:47 PM) Just saw sotos bomb. Wow That Volkswagen got a nice ding in the windshield.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 28, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) Wow That's a really good prospect for a rental like Zobrist. Edit: holy crap, didn't know he was a top 3 prospect in their system. How in the world did Beane pull that off?

Zobrist can play anywhere. He'd be an upgrade over Infante and Paulo Orlando.

Not sure why the Rockies would want Reyes...but meh whatever. Coors should help Reyes quite a bit.

God damn it, this team actually has a shot at a WC spot, but there's a very good chance we start slumping again after the trade deadline. Whether or not we trade Samardzija is gonna come down entirely on how we do the next 3 days.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 10:36 AM) Did Guardado really say he thought about missing the PK on purpose bc it wasn't right? I'm sure it's easy to say that after the fact but I highly doubt anyone would consider that, even if it was a cheaply awarded kick. Unless he had lingering thoughts from the previous match or that the team wants a new manager. lol It's all for show. There's no way any sane player would do that, especially when the penalty is to tie the game in the 89th minute.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 07:24 AM) Refs may have been helping Mexico, but it didn't take any help from the refs to get the US out. That was pretty pathetic. I still can't figure out what Beckerman does for this team, and there seems to be a serious lack of quality defenders. And yeah, Guzan is no Tim Howard. I remember saying during the World Cup that Howard was the most irreplaceable player on the team and getting told it wasn't true because Guzan was almost as good. Nope. We just blew it. That's all it was. Good first 20 minutes in both halves, absolute s*** for the rest of the game.

Another great episode of Mr. Robot. Looks like the conflicts in the show are starting to diverge. It's not just about hacking E Corp anymore.

It's fairly obvious that CONCACAF wants that USA Mexico playoff to get into the confederations cup.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) So is that the worst loss in US soccer history? In Jurgen we trust? Worst loss in his tenure for sure.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) cant give any credit to Jamaica. Those types of things only happens if the defenders just stand around and do nothing. If Alvardo was half way decent, he would've easily cleared that ball. Gotta capitalize on those chances when you get them though. We played poorly, but not every CONCACAF team scores those two goals.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) Lalas was engineering the Guzan train during the pregame and Warren Barton was saying how Howard should walk in to be the #1 because Guzan basically chokes in pressure games. And Klinsmann looking like a moron again for always playing Alvarado. First goal was all on him. Gotta give Jamaica credit though that first header was really well placed as was the FK. Guzan throwing that ball outside the box was absolutely unforgivable though.

Guzan with an awful game so far. This is embarrassing.

He has the second highest wRC+ on the team right now if you don't include Saladino.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) So apparently my buddy just hangs out with Saladino now. Tyler is crashing at a buddy's apartment in the city for the remainder of the year. He went over to my buddy's place Monday night and they played Fifa and my buddy picked out his walk-up song that he used last night. Pretty cool, I guess I need to go visit my buddy in Chicago so I can go hang out with Saladino. BTW, he said Chris Sale is the best one on the team in Fifa. Is that guy just good at everything? Does every pro sports team play FIFA or something? On the topic of Saladino, it's great to finally see a hitting prospect come up doing well for us. I think everyone should be very mildly optimistic. He won't keep hitting like he is now given his track record, but if he can put up a .320-.330 wOBA while playing solid defense at 3B, he should be locked in at 3B or SS for us next year.

Yordano Ventura optioned to AAA. Good to see him struggle after all the stupid s*** he pulled early in the year.