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HollywoodLeo: You and Kingdom always annoy me
"Oh, don't mind me, I'm rebuilding now" then you win at least 80 games
RIP S3SL Minnesota Twins.
RIP HSL Anaheim Angels
Rebuilding the Dodger Blues
Renewed Start back in the land of 10,000 lakes
Yeah, really. This is a communist TC man.
"Players can't get better over time." -GiantsFanatic
Eh, they just try to keep it fair. Just out of curiousity... what was the original trade... the one that got declined?
Minnesota Receives
Pedro Liriano SP 4.0 stars 8,971,429
Ellis Westling RP 4.5 stars 300,000
Louis Riel RP, 3.0 stars MLC
Salary Subtotal: 9,271,429
Boston Receives
Scott Brown 2b 5.0 spect MLC
Matt Moses SS 2.0 stars 300,000
Reason for decline: imbalance of talent favoring Minnesota.
No shit, there's gonna be an imbalance. I'm ****ing shedding payroll and bringing in youngsters. There's gotta be an imbalance, but I like this one.
"Players can't get better over time." -GiantsFanatic
I think maybe taking out Riel, or a mid range prospect (2.5-3 stars) to you would've got it done. Liriano for Brown is fine... pitching is more important than hitting, but the contract... Westling for Moses goes in his favor, but Moses could be a nice ball player when he maxes out, and the age is a factor... 5 years is pretty big, considering this game starts the decline on players about 33 years old... and Westling is a reliever, so they probably have the least value of any position in the game. So yea.
Slyder, how about I take our Riel?
"Players can't get better over time." -GiantsFanatic
Unless it is blatant (like trading people of the same position, same salary, same age, and huge talent gaps) or the salaries are just too f*cked up, I always thought it was sort of stupid for the TC to reject a trade. I bet the Mets sure wish there was a TC in baseball last year to reject the Kazmir deal. I know this has been argued and it isn't really up for debate, but I just thought I'd throw that in there.
Originally Posted by MarinersFan87
Absolutely correct. Rep ++
"Players can't get better over time." -GiantsFanatic
The TC helps a lot more than it hurts. That's all I'll say, and it's all that needs to be said.
Looks like we finally got a trade done. Tough negotiation on both sides.
"Players can't get better over time." -GiantsFanatic