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On 2/20/2025 at 2:36 PM, tx 3 putt said:

i've been listening to a lot of interviews, we have a legit shot at 162-0 

Sounds like you just have @Wulaw Hornon repeat

16 hours ago, Scraps said:

I mean i have said it about 3 times already, but dodged a bullet. He did us a favor, but yeah he is a dumbass

 

15 hours ago, WBT said:

thank god

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Posted
21 minutes ago, WBT said:

Marquis Grissom Jr on to pitch for the Nats.  Bet he's better than Delino Deshields Jr.

I wonder if there is a Larry Walker Jr or Moises Alou Jr or Wil Cordero Jr or Archi Cianfraco Jr or Rondell White Jr.

(Still irritating that the ‘94 strike more or less ended baseball in Montreal.)

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1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I wonder if there is a Larry Walker Jr or Moises Alou Jr or Wil Cordero Jr or Archi Cianfraco Jr or Rondell White Jr.

(Still irritating that the ‘94 strike more or less ended baseball in Montreal.)

If there is a Richard Hidalgo jr…

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Posted
3 hours ago, Scraps said:

Oh lawd

Sources: Astros rekindling trade talks for Arenado, who might now be inclined to waive his no-trade clause for Houston (with ⁦@Feinsand⁩ & @JohnDenton555

 

id rather let a younger guy play 

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1 hour ago, The Earl of Texas said:

After Colorado's payments, and Card's potential payments based on our original talks, Stros could get him for like $50M over 3 years. I'd take that. 

But why?  Why do we want to keep bringing it almost washed guys?

52 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

STL reporter said trade talks not really going anywhere and not much has changed on Arenado nixing trade 

Flying Sci-Fi GIF by Feliks Tomasz Konczakowski

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Posted
10 hours ago, Scraps said:

Would rather trade for Luis Robert

I mean, yeah. 
be interesting to see what that would take. Melton, Mathews and Blubaugh? I’d swallow hard and pull the trigger. 

Posted
2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean, yeah. 
be interesting to see what that would take. Melton, Mathews and Blubaugh? I’d swallow hard and pull the trigger. 

Robert has played 68, 98, 145 and 100 games the last 4 years (he probably won’t be healthier as he gets older). He’s good and has the ability to be great, but I wouldn’t make that bet. 

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1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Robert has played 68, 98, 145 and 100 games the last 4 years (he probably won’t be healthier as he gets older). He’s good and has the ability to be great, but I wouldn’t make that bet. 

I mean, maybe like everyone else he just isn’t all that into playing for the whitesox. 

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Robert's like Saberhagen, he's good in odd number years.

Let's beat the Cardinals today and show Arenado what he's missing!

 

 

But seriously, if we start spring training 0-3, it's time to fire Espada and tear it down.

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Posted
56 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

WTF is with this Arenado trade coming back to life? Did we learn nothing from the Abreu debacle? It is like we are intentionally trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory 

If Altuve is your Lf going forward, and I think it makes sense that he should be if he can track down balls out there which I suspect he can, Arenado makes your infield defense fucking awesome and provides a quality 6 hitter (whose pretty good against RHP and doesn’t need a platoon partner). 
That means that against LHP you play Chas and Meyers (or Dubon) who are legit awesome and above average respectively against LHP, hope Chas and Pena are fine against RHP and only need one bat to work out for you in the OF platoon against RHP. 
if we could get him for 15M a year (which is what it sounds like) and a package like Leon, Whitley and one of the pitchers that isn’t Brito or Blubaugh or Ullola (which is what the deal sounds like) then that makes a ton of sense for this team. It means you could also go get a stud OF in FA next year when we have 35M of wasted salary come off the books. 
I’d be all over doing that deal under those parameters. Thats allegedly what we were looking at. 
Doesn’t matter though as he still doesn’t want to come here, so…

Posted
13 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

If Altuve is your Lf going forward, and I think it makes sense that he should be if he can track down balls out there which I suspect he can, Arenado makes your infield defense fucking awesome and provides a quality 6 hitter (whose pretty good against RHP and doesn’t need a platoon partner). 
That means that against LHP you play Chas and Meyers (or Dubon) who are legit awesome and above average respectively against LHP, hope Chas and Pena are fine against RHP and only need one bat to work out for you in the OF platoon against RHP. 
if we could get him for 15M a year (which is what it sounds like) and a package like Leon, Whitley and one of the pitchers that isn’t Brito or Blubaugh or Ullola (which is what the deal sounds like) then that makes a ton of sense for this team. It means you could also go get a stud OF in FA next year when we have 35M of wasted salary come off the books. 
I’d be all over doing that deal under those parameters. Thats allegedly what we were looking at. 
Doesn’t matter though as he still doesn’t want to come here, so…

My big concern is I think he is going to fall off a cliff offensively much faster than people think. I wouldn't be taking chances on someone with prior back issues. Don't really care how good his defense is if he ends up turning into Abreu with the bat. 

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Posted (edited)
32 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

If Altuve is your Lf going forward, and I think it makes sense that he should be if he can track down balls out there which I suspect he can, Arenado makes your infield defense fucking awesome and provides a quality 6 hitter (whose pretty good against RHP and doesn’t need a platoon partner). 
That means that against LHP you play Chas and Meyers (or Dubon) who are legit awesome and above average respectively against LHP, hope Chas and Pena are fine against RHP and only need one bat to work out for you in the OF platoon against RHP. 
if we could get him for 15M a year (which is what it sounds like) and a package like Leon, Whitley and one of the pitchers that isn’t Brito or Blubaugh or Ullola (which is what the deal sounds like) then that makes a ton of sense for this team. It means you could also go get a stud OF in FA next year when we have 35M of wasted salary come off the books. 
I’d be all over doing that deal under those parameters. Thats allegedly what we were looking at. 
Doesn’t matter though as he still doesn’t want to come here, so…

Watching the game yesterday, it was glaring watching Dubon not even chase shallow fly balls in the outfield. Seems like Tuve was great at covering the shallow outfield from second base

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Posted
57 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

My big concern is I think he is going to fall off a cliff offensively much faster than people think. I wouldn't be taking chances on someone with prior back issues. Don't really care how good his defense is if he ends up turning into Abreu with the bat. 

I think that’s weird and would bet against that, but if he’s playing good glove caliber defense and at all playable in the lineup even if not good you aren’t getting your ass kicked if you are paying him 15M a year. 

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3 hours ago, runthebone said:

Robert's like Saberhagen, he's good in odd number years.

Let's beat the Cardinals today and show Arenado what he's missing!

 

 

But seriously, if we start spring training 0-3, it's time to fire Espada and tear it down.

 

might be a little quick on that but for sure we start the offseason thread 

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1 hour ago, Scraps said:

So i follow Cam Smith on insta and he dates this chick who goes to.FSU that keeps popping up and i cannot unsee her name as Anal Long


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The Anal Long-Ephesians juxtaposition made me do a double take.

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If Altuve is your Lf going forward, and I think it makes sense that he should be if he can track down balls out there which I suspect he can, Arenado makes your infield defense fucking awesome and provides a quality [emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]]]] hitter (whose pretty good against RHP and doesn’t need a platoon partner). 
That means that against LHP you play Chas and Meyers (or Dubon) who are legit awesome and above average respectively against LHP, hope Chas and Pena are fine against RHP and only need one bat to work out for you in the OF platoon against RHP. 
if we could get him for [emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]]]M a year (which is what it sounds like) and a package like Leon, Whitley and one of the pitchers that isn’t Brito or Blubaugh or Ullola (which is what the deal sounds like) then that makes a ton of sense for this team. It means you could also go get a stud OF in FA next year when we have [emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]]]M of wasted salary come off the books. 
I’d be all over doing that deal under those parameters. Thats allegedly what we were looking at. 
Doesn’t matter though as he still doesn’t want to come here, so…

I don’t want Arenado, but if I’m STL I’m not trading him for a perpetually injured pitcher, a AAAA IF/OF, and a JAG pitcher. I’d rather allocate resources to the OF. IF will be fine.
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