Laley23;878437 wrote:We need to lock up Choo and Asdrubal along with some of the pitchers before they go to arbitration or FA. Kind of like the Rays did with Longoria. Sign them to bigger deals (but not huge deals) that seem really big because they get a huge raise and dont have to wait 2 years. Much more likely to get these guys to sign than waiting till they only have to wait a season.
John Hart was the master at that. He had the perfect storm with guys like Thome, Manny, Belle, Baerga, Alomar & Nagy. I doubt we see anything like that (locking up a bunch of young guys to long term deals) here again.wes_mantooth;878516 wrote:That is exactly how the Indians locked down guys in the 90s....I agree
That's what the Pirates did with Tabata and are working on with Walker right now. A. McCutchen seems a bit too bright to fall for that trick, though, so he'll cost a bit more.wes_mantooth;878516 wrote:That is exactly how the Indians locked down guys in the 90s....I agree
Didnt we just do this with Victor, Sabathia, Sizemore, Peralta, and Hafner. Just happens only 2 of them ever did anything for us after. But I think we locked all 5 of them up early on.BR1986FB;878536 wrote:John Hart was the master at that. He had the perfect storm with guys like Thome, Manny, Belle, Baerga, Alomar & Nagy. I doubt we see anything like that (locking up a bunch of young guys to long term deals) here again.
#9 hitter to boot....BR1986FB;878699 wrote:Jesus...Ubaldo walks in a run...tied 1-1
Exactly why I wasn't in favor of the trade. Guy is too inconsistent yet shows flashes of brilliance (ala Carmona). Nothing can be done about it now so I guess I'll give it a chance but I'm not optimistic about him.grodt;878742 wrote:Man watching Ubaldo is like watching Fausto Carmona.