Bob Sacamano

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 19, 2018 -> 11:39 AM) I miss John Rooney He was awesome.

Beyond SHOCKED no one wanted him...

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 12:34 PM) Someone somewhere linked a nice Yahoo article about this. 30% of the league is not even trying to win. Looks at last year's standings. You have a few powerhouses, a bunch of rebuilding teams, and then teams like the Pirates who are "trying" to win but never willing to spend money and prospects.

They'll probably platoon like they did last year with the other coming in as a late inning replacement for Delmonico. Of course, this discussion is moot if Tilson can stay healthy (ok, I couldn't say that with a straight face ). IF Tilson is healthy and there are no further moves: C: Castillo 1B: Abreu 2B: Moncada 3B: Sanchez (can spot start at 2B) SS: Anderson LF: Delmonico CF: Tilson RF: A. Garcia DH: Davidson (some starts at 1B and 3B as well) Bench C Narvaez IF/OF Garcia OF Engel With this set up, they can go with an 8th reliever or carry another bench player (Saladino maybe).

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 03:46 PM) #ImWithEngel #engelintheoutfield

Hmmm he wouldn't cost a draft pick.

QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 11:02 AM) In order: 1. MacKenzie Gore, Padres 2. A.J. Puk, Athletics 3. Justus Sheffield, Yankees 4. Luiz Gohara, Braves 5. Brendan McKay, Rays 6. Adrian Morejon, Padres 7. Kolby Allard, Braves 8. Jesus Luzardo, Athletics 9. Stephen Gonsalves, Twins 10. Max Fried, Braves It hurts my insides that I BELIEVE we could have gotten Luzardo + for Robertson... I will still be sad about this.. Luzardo>Rutherford. lol Well, I guess you believe wrong considering it didn't happen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 10:43 AM) I would actually like to see him used a little less next year. After Leury went out, he started pretty much every single game no matter what the match up was. I'd like to see him brought along a little slower with plugging him into places where he has a better chance to succeed being used as the primary technique instead of an every single day starter. Let him grow in situations where the odds are more in his favor, and utilized Leury in match ups as well. Charlie Tilson is also going to be a factor here assuming he doesn't get ran over in the parking lot on opening day. Ryan Cordell has also played a bit of CF It doesn't really take that much to keep him out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 09:18 AM) His best chance of getting out of there is to shut up, and play really well so some team will meet the Marlins price . Pouting and playing the game he is playing is doing no one any good. There is zero chance the Marlins dump him for a discounted package right now. Agreed 100%. Also don't think it really hurts his value when over 10 teams have interest. If it were only a few, then sure.

Man you love gambling lol what do you make, about a thousand bets a year?

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 01:27 AM) I don't know that I remember Konerko, but I want to say the first time they did this it was like 5 or 6 guys, and I want to say it was like Viciedo and Josh Fields from the major league team. Think Pualie was there last year or two years ago.

QUOTE (Moncada @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 07:03 PM) The Sox wouldn't consider paying that high of a price, but with the highly strained relationship btw Yelich and management we might be able to get him at a discounted price. If the Sox could manage that I think it would be worth their while to get him. If there was no interest from other teams, sure.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 05:02 PM) Cubs fans want Sosa back? That’s news to me. My friends who are die-hard fans do not.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 02:46 PM) That would make sense. Basically Disney is going to want to get away from all of the big contracts, so you pretty much have to phase out Iron Man, etc. If it was me, I would just let the current path come to an end. Then I would reboot X-Men, with maybe a few crossovers. I just think that many characters become too cumbersome. I agree. Plus the X-Men movies have really become a mess. All the actors that play the characters in the present are becoming too old to suddenly join the universes and all the recent movies (including one coming out soon) all take place in the past with younger actors. Let it run it's course.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 02:28 PM) If Holland appears in Venom then the exact opposite will happen. Venom is far too big in Spider-Man’s story to be tucked away in its own corner untouched by everything else. If they venture into Carnage it will be even bigger I don't think I really explained what I meant that well. I mean that the greater MCU and the SONY Spider-verse won't really connect too much but that doesn't mean Venom isn't a big part of the Spider-verse going forward. However, it will still be "shared" with the rest of the MCU to an extent.

How do you guys think that the MCU should handle the X-Men? I think they should obviously reboot it, but already have them as being a part of the universe. They've just been laying low learning and training with their powers up until when they eventually appear in a movie.

QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 10:39 AM) What would be interesting is what would happen to the current X-verse I imagine Deadpool and Legion would be safe, but everything else would be on the chopping block. Yeah they pretty much need to reboot the X-Men series (which sucks since they have still movies being released). Deadpool is pretty much the one character you can rip out of one universe and add into the other since his character breaks the 4th wall anyway.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 02:07 PM) nothing confirmed, but Collider reporting the rumor that Tom Holland will appear in a cameo for the Venom movie. pretty significant shared universe news if true I said this on here before. It's connected but at the same time not. Like the Spidey universe will have its own corner which doesn't reference the events in the rest of the MCU. It'll have it's own corner in the universe like The Defenders and Agents of Shield.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 01:03 PM) And Bumgarner being a bonehead on a motorcycle...or ATV or whatever it was. They're old...but I agree that it honestly wouldn't surprise me to see them being good this year...but they're a few pitchers away from being that good. That's a very tough division tho. Personally they'd be better served to clean house and rebuild... Yeah definitely closer to a rebuild than going on a run of world series titles. But as someone pointed out a page or two ago, this core has earned a last chance to go for it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 09:56 AM) Could be interesting to note who is, and who is not on the list. Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin Jan 15 Non 40-man, expected to attend: Joel Booker Burger Call Collins Curbelo Fisher Forbes Gonzalez Danny Hayes Patrick Leonard Polo Luis Robert Rutherford Matt Skole Sheets Yrrizarri Zavala From the 40-man, expected to attend: Adolfo Basabe Cordell Davidson Delmonico Engel Gillaspie Jimenez Moncada Narvaez Palka Smith Tilson Headline an after hour the camp opens: "Tilson side-lined by injury." Nice collection of hitters though.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 15, 2018 -> 09:50 AM) Co-sign. The theaters are also letting me use my rewards card so I am getting points and free stuff like drinks and popcorn without spending anything outside the $10 a month. I keep waiting for them to be like, No more rewards if you use MoviePass. The movie theaters aren't losing money. My buddy said the CEO was on some talk show recently talking about it. He's trying to get sponsorship. Everytime someone uses Moviepass, he loses money. Also, you didn't pay for the $90 annual use when the deal was out there, coming out to like $7.50?

Could honestly see the Giants being good this year. Lot of guys with down seasons last year. They should probably sign whoever the best defensive CF is to help prevent runs and move McCutchen to RF.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 14, 2018 -> 01:06 PM) Yanks did reportedly offer Frazier Only were willing to do one of Frazier and Adams. Everyone else you can think was off the table (Torres, Andujar, Sheffield, Florial).

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 09:14 PM) I don't understand why they didn't just hold onto him. Hard to see them getting a worse offer at the deadline. Only real upside to this deal is it f Boras over badly Astros actually had money to spend but they are basically saying we'd rather swing a trade then do an Arrietta deal. Hold onto him only for Cole to get hurt yet again?

What were the Pirates to do, hold onto him and have him get hurt again?