Thats true.grodt;1140572 wrote:Replace LF with CF and I agree with you. Duncan isn't a masher but he (hopefully) has enough power to hit ~20-25 HRs.
The CC trade was bad, but the Cliff Lee trade set us back even further.wes_mantooth;1140576 wrote:Lol....yeah, I bet milwaukee is really upset at that cc trade.
We are bad....and I just don't see how they can be competitive. The best we can hope for is the team going up for sale
hoops23;1140581 wrote:The CC trade was bad, but the Cliff Lee trade set us back even further.
I expect Ubaldo to be traded this year... Hell, probably even Masterson.
Dolan is just worried about making money off this team and going into spin mode when reports come out about how much money he's actually operating with.wes_mantooth;1140586 wrote:The Lee trade may be the worst ever. They didn't get shit for him, plus he had a year and a half left on his contract. this front office is the joke of the league....they aren't even trying.
Brantley is what he is. I think he is/can be a serviceable MLB player, but he doesn't have any elite tools.OQB;1140573 wrote:I really thought Brantley would develop well and still has a chance to..maybe it is just too much change for him right now: moving from LF to CF, and then moving up to the leadoff spot in the lineup.....just a thought.
Whats more, is that we fucked up 2 trades in GETTING prospects....then proceed to possibly fuck up one where we are trading prospects. If Pomeranz pans out and Ubaldo is closer to 4.00 than 3.00 on his ERA, Ill be pissed.wes_mantooth;1140586 wrote:The Lee trade may be the worst ever. They didn't get shit for him, plus he had a year and a half left on his contract. this front office is the joke of the league....they aren't even trying.
hoops23;1140588 wrote:Dolan is just worried about making money off this team and going into spin mode when reports come out about how much money he's actually operating with.
For as good as the Bartolo Colon trade was, the Lee trade was 2X worse.
If Ubaldo continues pitching well, he'll be traded. Book it.Laley23;1140599 wrote:Whats more, is that we fucked up 2 trades in GETTING prospects....then proceed to possibly fuck up one where we are trading prospects. If Pomeranz pans out and Ubaldo is closer to 4.00 than 3.00 on his ERA, Ill be pissed.
hoops23;1140610 wrote:If Ubaldo continues pitching well, he'll be traded. Book it.
Which would just be a complete head scratcher. The whole positive on that trade was him being under contract. Then we did NOTHING to upgrade the team for this "window" we had. Now Ubaldo almost has to be traded if the Tribe is out early.hoops23;1140610 wrote:If Ubaldo continues pitching well, he'll be traded. Book it.
lol. Probably. A "legit" single A prospect who throws high 90's but has shoulder issues. Hopefully even a PTBNL as well!wes_mantooth;1140619 wrote:That is thing....we gave up two big time prospects. If we trade him....what will our price be....a single A prospect?....smh
That's the thing that really pisses me off. I was ok with the trade because I thought Dolan finally grew a pair and was going to go all in. I thought he would open up the pockets a bit this offseason and target some guys. Instead, we end up with Grady "DL" Sizemore and Casey Kotchman.Laley23;1140625 wrote:Which would just be a complete head scratcher. The whole positive on that trade was him being under contract. Then we did NOTHING to upgrade the team for this "window" we had. Now Ubaldo almost has to be traded if the Tribe is out early.
I'm starting to think Grady was juicing as well. This dude was NEVER injured. He had a streak where he played every single fucking game that was well over 100... Then suddenly he can't stay healthy for more than 30-40 games at a time? His power and speed also has decreased.wes_mantooth;1140639 wrote:Right, and what led them to believe that Grady and hafner would bounce back? Grady is obviously done and hafner hasn't done anything since they cracked down on steroids.
hoops23;1140648 wrote:I'm starting to think Grady was juicing as well. This dude was NEVER injured. He had a streak where he played every single fucking game that was well over 100... Then suddenly he can't stay healthy for more than 30-40 games at a time? His power and speed also has decreased.
lol, so true. He's probably pacing back and forth right now.wes_mantooth;1140651 wrote:I bet Dolan is pissed that the scoreboard is still lit up for chucks last call. It is another unnecessary expense
not like they will pan out anyways.wes_mantooth;1140619 wrote:That is thing....we gave up two big time prospects. If we trade him....what will our price be....a single A prospect?....smh
Yeah, thats good news.grodt;1140706 wrote:On a more positive note, the Tribe will announce a multi-year extension for Carlos Santana. Presumably buying out some of his free agency years.
